Montreal/Madrid-based international sales company Pink Parrot Media (PPM) has secured a wave of deals for its recently completed CG animated fantasy feature, Elli and Her Monster Team! — a co-production between Germany’s Zooper Film, Dreamin’ Dolphin Film (Latte and the Magic Waterstone) and Traumhaus Studios alongside Canada’s CarpeDiem Film & TV (Snowtime!, Racetime, Butterfly Tale). PPM made the announcement at the European Film Market in Berlin, during which the film had its market premiere.
The film has sold to Just Entertainment (Benelux), Bim Distribuzione (Italy), NOS Lusomundo (Portugal), Flins&Piniculas (Spain), GPI (Baltics), Pro Films (Bulgaria), Rocket Releasing (CIS), Forum (Czechia/Slovakia), MCF Megacom Film (Former Yugoslavia), Cinetel (Hungary), Forum (Poland, Romania, Israel) and Front Row (Middle East). Elli and Her Monster Team! will be released in Germany in June by Wildbunch and by Level Film and Maison 4:3 in Canada.
Synopsis: When a homeless little ghost knocks on the door to the eccentric residents of a Ghost Train on the lookout for a place to belong, she accidentally attracts the attention from the “outside world” and must team up with the motley crew of monsters on a crazy quest not only to save their future, but also her only chance to finally have a family of her own.
“Through Elli and Her Monster Team!, we wish to show that people can change and that life itself is not a solid block, but a malleable path through a spectrum of experiences from which everyone grows to become a better person,” said Marie Claude Beauchamp, President & Producer at CarpeDiem.
Lilian Klages, CEO & Producer at Zooper Film, Dreamin’ Dolphin Film, added, “Elli and Her Monster Team! is a truly fabulous film for families everywhere, of all ages and all constellations. And just like Elli learns in this unique and heartwarming story: real emotional attachments you choose with your heart — and no matter who and what we are, we’re all part of the same big universal family.”
Based on the best-selling children’s book by Klaus Baumgart, Elli and Her Monster Team! is directed by Jesper Møller (Asterix and the Vikings, Spy Cat) and Piet de Rycker (Laura’s Star, Little Polar Bear) and co-directed by Jens Møller (LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures). The film is co-written by Jesper Møller, Piet de Rycker and Paul Risacher (Racetime). Producers are Lilian Klages and Thomas G. Muller for Zooper Film and Dreamin’ Dolphin Film alongside Marie Claude Beauchamp for CarpeDiem Film & TV and Michael Luda for Traumhaus Studios, with executive producers including Marc Gabizon for Wildbunch and Tania Pinto Da Cunha for Pink Parrot Media.
“The story of Elli and Her Monster Team! couldn’t be more timely as it offers audiences important messages of love, acceptance and inclusion — and it’s fantastic to have partners from all around the world embrace this uplifting story,” said Tania Pinto Da Cunha, Partner / Vice-President and Head of International Sales & Acquisitions at Pink Parrot Media. “Jesper and Piet have crafted a hilarious and wonderfully original adventure, which we believe has the potential to capture the hearts of family audiences around the world and to become an instant classic.”
