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Hong Kong-based income outfit Golden Network Asia has picked up world income authorities to family animated characteristic A Mighty Adventure, directed by Toe Yuen, and will present nan movie to buyers successful Cannes.
Yuen is known for Hong Kong’s astir celebrated animation franchise, McDull, astir nan adventures of a young pig arsenic he navigates time to time life successful Hong Kong. The first movie successful nan franchise, My Life As McDull, which Golden Network Asia besides handled internationally, won nan Cristal Award astatine nan Annecy International Animated Film Festival successful 2003.
A Mighty Adventure, which blends CG animation pinch live-action footage changeable successful Taipei and Taichung, brings together a pan-Asian imaginative squad spanning Taiwan, Malaysia and Hong Kong.
The movie is produced by Yi-Ching Chen, laminitis of Taiwan’s Zero One Film, and Wee Meng Hee, laminitis and CEO of Malaysia’s FlyStudio.
The 77-minute escapade follows a brave grasshopper, a funny spider and a free-spirited butterfly who are abruptly swept from their quiet wood into a towering, fast-moving city. In this unusual caller world – wherever mundane objects loom for illustration mountains – nan mini trio must instrumentality together to survive, navigating h2o towers, sewer mazes and unpredictable robot cleaners.
But what originates arsenic a wild, chaotic travel soon becomes a heartfelt communicative astir friendship, courageousness and uncovering wherever you genuinely belong. The communicative is told wholly without dialogue, unfolding done visuals and emotion, making it easier for audiences each astir nan world to entree and enjoy.
The movie was awarded pinch Best Sound Effects astatine past year’s Golden Horse Awards successful Taiwan, wherever it was besides nominated for Best Animated Feature and Best Visual Effects. While astatine task stage, it won nan Sky Animation Award astatine Hong Kong- Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF).
Support for nan movie came from Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture, Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA), Taichung City Government’s Information Bureau, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) and National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (FINAS).
