EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based Folivari Worldwide has acquired world gross sales rights for hit French animated sequence Samuel.
The cope with French manufacturing firm Les Valseurs follows the brief format present’s runaway success in France, Germany and Spain.
Consisting of easy black and white illustrations and a voiceover by creator and director Émilie Tronche, the present follows 10-year-old protagonist Samuel as he navigates the complexities of friendships and crushes whereas transitioning from elementary to center college.
The sequence is produced by Damien Megherbi and Justin Pechberty at Paris-based manufacturing and distribution firm Les Valseurs, who developed its modern format bridging linear broadcasting and social media.
Thus far, Samuel has generated greater than 35 million views on Arte and its social channels in France and Germany.
The sequence has additionally delivered successful for Spain’s nationwide broadcaster RTVE and the regional Catalan channel TV3, and their respective platforms. It’s also the primary animated sequence to be shotwcased on TikTok by these channels.
It has additionally loved excessive ranges of engagement on Instagram and YouTube.
“We’re thrilled to signify such an modern and artistic sequence as Samuel,” mentioned Folivari Worldwide Head of Gross sales Mélissa Vega, who has introduced the deal forward of the sequence being showcased within the screening library of the upcoming Unifrance Rendez-vous in Biarritz.
“The success of Samuel in Europe highlights its worldwide potential, and we’re excited to work with Les Valseurs to convey it to a good wider viewers.”
For Les Valseurs, the deal represents a big step in its progress technique.
The corporate has produced a number of award-winning brief movies, together with Depraved Woman, which received the Jury Prize at Annecy and a César for Finest Animated Brief, is now actively increasing into function movies and sequence.
“We selected Folivari Worldwide as a result of we really feel intently aligned with Folivari’s DNA and belief their crew to unlock the worldwide potential of a novel program like Samuel,” mentioned Megherbi.
“This partnership marks an important step in creating a brand new type of animated sequence that can result in the creation of latest IPs with worldwide attain.”
French animation firm Folivari – led by Damien Brunner, Sarah Delmas, and Thibaut Ruby – launched Folivari Worldwide earlier this yr in a transfer to develop its attain exterior of France.
Its slate additionally options sequence Nino Dino and The 4 of Baker Avenue produced by Folivari and in addition to just lately acquired Guitar & Drum (Punk Robotic, Hype).
