Epsilon Secures AFM Sales for ‘Mimi & Harold,’ ‘Brave Heart Yakari’

Germany-based film sales co. Epsilon Film has secured multiple territory distribution for two European-produced animated features at AFM this week.

Directed by Toby Genkel (The Amazing Maurice, Paul McCartney’s High in the Clouds) from a script by Keiron Self & Giles New (The Canterville Ghost, Animal Farm) and produced by Ulysses Filmproduktion (Germany) in co-production with Space Age Films (U.K.) with animation by Hamburg’s Studio Rakete, the animal art museum adventure Mimi & Harold – Out of Frame has sold to:

• Poland (Kino Swiat)
• Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia & Bulgaria (Prorom Media)
• ex-Yugoslavia (Karantanija)
• Baltics (GPI)
• Ukraine (SVOE Kino)
• Russia (Arna Media)
• Israel (Red Cape Distribution)
• Middle East (Selim Ramia & Co)
• Turkey (TME)
• Portugal (Pris Audiovisuais)
• Greece (Rosenbud)
• Vietnam (Mockingbird)
• Taiwan (Swallow Wings).

Due for delivery in 2027, Mimi & Harold – Out of Frame will be released in Germany by DCM.

Synopsis: When Mimi, a scrappy crossbreed dog, falls out of a painting of old, she is lost in the real world of a museum, the home of Harold, an art-loving but snobbish dog. Armed only with her determination and Harold‘s friendship, Mimi recklessly jumps into paintings to find her beloved owner — and Harold becomes the hero he never dreamt of being.

 

Meanwhile, the popular Franco-Belgian comic-book hero returns in Brave Heart Yakari. The second big-screen animated feature starring Derib & Job’s creation is written and directed by Xavier Giacometti, building on his work on the Yakari animated series and the first movie, Yakari, A Spectacular Journey. The film is produced by Dargaud Media (France), Belvision (Belgium) and France 3 Cinema, with animation by Ellipse in France, part of Média-Participations Group. Brave Heart Yakari has sold to:

• Scandinavia (Another World)
• Israel (Five Stars)
• Greece (Neo Films)
• Portugal (Pris Audiovisuais)
• Poland (Nowe Horyzonty)
• ex-Yugoslavia (Karantanija)
• Ukraine (SVOE Kino)
• Turkey (TME)
• Baltics (GPI)
• Russia (Arna Media)

The sequel is due for release in 2026 and will open in France through BAC Films.

Synopsis: Yakari, the little Sioux, wants to save his injured friend Buffalo-Seed. While Rainbow tries to heal their friend, Yakari gallops with Little Thunder to the far reaches of Sioux territory to seek help from the only being capable of awakening him: Buffalo-Seed’s totem, the fearsome giant bison Thathanka!

Epsilon’s AFM animation slate also includes the company’s first original development, Nessie Junior, and the Terry Pratchett-inspired sequel The Amazing Maurice 2. The company is also shopping the live-action/CG critter pic School of Magical Animals 3. Visit epsilonfilm.de for more information.

[Source: ScreenDaily]