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Marion Claret to lead Dandelooo’s animation studio Ooolala

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Emmy Award-winning French animation production and distribution company Dandelooo has appointed Marion Claret to head its animation studio Ooolala in La Cartoucherie, Valence, France.

A partner at Dandelooo, Marion Claret also helped launch the Ooolala studio three years ago, founded by Jean Baptiste Wéry and Emmanuèle Pétry. Marion will spearhead a development slate of original productions, drive its expanding studio, and help supervise the pre-production teams for both original and client service work.

A graduate of Gobelins, Ecole de l’image, Paris, Marion joined Dandelooo in 2016 to produce the 2-D and live-action Emmy Award-winning series The Treehouse Stories for Canal+, now in its fourth season. She previously worked at French production companies Stromboli Films and Medialab Technology.

Ooolala is currently producing Billy the Cowboy Hamster, a 2-D series for preschoolers commissioned by France Televisions, and has recently completed the heart-warming Special Mum is pouring rain, co-produced with French/German production company Laïdak Films and commissioned by Canal+, as well as Stinky Dog, a slapstick comedy series co-produced with Folivari (France), Panique! (Belgium) and Pikkukala (Spain), commissioned by France Televisions.

Emmanuèle Pétry, Co-Founder, Dandelooo, says: “We are thrilled to have Marion head up Ooolala.  She brings great passion and energy to the role, and we believe she has all the necessary talents to make the studio blossom and help our projects become international successes.”

 

 

Dandelooo to adapt children’s book series ‘Gaston’s Emotions’ for TV

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Emmy Award-winning French animation production and distribution company Dandelooo is set to adapt the successful children’s book series Gaston’s Emotions for television.

Written by author and illustrator Aurélie Chien Chow Chine and published by Hachette Enfants, an imprint of Hachette Livre France, the books featuring a unicorn with a rainbow-coloured mane – which changes colour when he experiences strong emotions – have sold over 900,000 copies in France alone over the past three years and have been translated into 24 other languages.

The preschool comedy series, which teaches children to identify their feelings and manage them effectively, is currently being developed by Aurélie Chien Chow Chine, Chloé Sastre and Romain Gadiou.

Dandelooo will hold worldwide distribution rights to the animation series.

“At Dandelooo we fell in love with Gaston, who’s not just unique but cute too, thanks to his humour, spontaneous charm and true kindness,” says Emmanuèle Pétry Sirvin, Co-Founder of Dandelooo. “With all his great qualities, it’s probably why so many children love him as their best friend. We are proud to be chosen by its creator as the production company to develop the concept make this series happen and bring Gaston to life.”

Award-winning TV special ‘Shooom’s Odyssey’ gathers sales

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Emmy Award-winning French animation production and distribution company Dandelooo has garnered a batch of sales for its 2D TV special Shooom’s Odyssey, targeted at preschoolers.

Winner of the Crystal Award for Best TV Production at the 2020 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, the Best Shorts Film – Category Up to 6 Years Fiction at Prix Jeunesse International 2020, the Best Animated Short Film for children at ANIMA 2020, Brussels and with 33 international awards and over 70 festival selections, Shooom’s Odyssey(1 x 26’) has found a home with Discovery Kids (Latin America), ZDF (Germany), RAI (Italy), NHK (Japan), Movistar (Spain), Periscoop (Netherlands), Hop! (Israel), Truecorp (Thailand) MomoKids TV (Taiwan) and South Korean educational pubcaster EBS.

The TV special, produced by Picolo Pictures, features baby owl Shooom, who hatches just as a storm turns the bayou surrounding her tree upside down. No sooner has she fallen from her nest, the little fledgling totters off into the mangrove, pushing a second egg from the brood along with her. Come hell or high water she is determined to find a mother… even if that mom turns out to be an alligator or a raccoon! As she embarks on this dangerous journey through the mangroves, she encounters a series of wild animals before falling in with Walter and Rosie, two children determined to save her.

Emmanuèle Pétry Sirvin, Co-Founder of Dandelooo, says: “This cute little female owl has captured the hearts of people from all over the world thanks to the wonderful talent of creators Julien Bisaro and Claire Paoletti. We hope that she continues to garner many more. We are so proud to be a part of their great adventure”.