Russian animation is holding its own at the Key Buyers Event: Digital Edition — the country’s first virtual content market, running through June 15. One of the industry’s leading players, Wizart, has announced a number of deals which will send its popular feature films to diverse territories around the globe.
Signature Entertainment, one of Britain’s leading distributors, picked up the rights to distribute The Snow Queen: Mirrorlands and Sheep & Wolves: Pig Deal in the U.K. Signature will be responsible for bringing the features to the cinemas and largest VOD platforms such as iTunes and Amazon.
“Signature are thrilled to be releasing Sheep & Wolves: Pig Deal and The Snow Queen: Mirrorlands in the U.K. & Ireland. Both are very appealing, great quality animations and are strong additions to our 2020 slate, emphasising the company’s ongoing dedication to release the highest standard of independent animations in the market,” said Katie Wilkinson, Signature Ent. Acquisitions. “We are expecting the large number of viewers at home to be charmed by our animal friends, whilst parents keen on venturing out to the cinema (when they reopen shortly after such a long hiatus) with their little ones will be delighted by the magical world of this icy monarch.”
Signature are releasing The Snow Queen: Mirrorlands theatrically on Friday, July 10, a month before the home entertainment release of Sheep & Wolves: A Pig Deal on Monday, August 10. Mirrorlands will then be available on home entertainment in November, just in time for the holidays.
The African continent, which is already familiar with the films of the Wizart studio, will soon be able to get acquainted with the second part of the Sheep & Wolves franchise. It will be released on this territory by Gravel Road Distribution Group.
During Key Buyers Event, the company has also signed an agreement with Miraj Group to release Snow Queen: Fire and Ice and Snow Queen: Mirrorlands in India.
