Barcelona-based studio Filmax has swooped on gross sales rights to animated musical function “Jasmine & Jambo,” the anticipated film spin-off from some of the profitable of latest animated Catalan TV collection, whose Seasons 1 and a pair of scored the Quirino Awards for greatest animation in 2023 and 2024. 

Filmax will even deal with distribution of the animated theatrical function in Spain. The deal is introduced within the run-up to Annecy’s fortieth MIFA Market, working June 10-13. At France’s Annecy, an important animation pageant on the earth, Filmax will current a gross sales promo to shoppers, that includes a one-man band musical quantity by Jambo by which he laments he’s previous his greatest. Filmax will even attend Madrid’s ECAM Discussion board.

The movie is now absolutely within the manufacturing stage and is because of be launched in Spanish cinemas in 2026, additionally by Filmax.

A global gross sales breakout for Dandelooo, the collection offered to a slew of main territories, together with France – in a major take care of France Télévisions, in addition to Canada, Sweden, USA, Portugal, Argentina (Pakapaka), Brazil, UAE and Chile, and has been dubbed into greater than ten languages.

Produced by Teidees Audiovisuals and public broadcaster 3Cat, “Jasmine & Jambo” enrols the identical titular characters, little Jasmine, 8, and her loyal elephant pal Jambo, in addition to the expertise behind the collection, director Silvia Cortés and producer Marta Alonso co-founders of Teidees Audiovisuals. Choosing up on new themes, it appears set to repeat the profitable mixture of friendship, music and feelings, and a vastly colourful palette which nevertheless makes use of the softer tones of the pure world.   

In it, Jasmine, after the demise of her dad and mom, Jasmine appears like music is damaged. A mysterious musical rating leads her to Soundland, a musical paradise, who’s guardian, Jambo, goes by means of am age-related disaster. There she not solely fixes music, however is ready to come to phrases together with her grief.

The movie “reveals common secrets and techniques about music, issues that we’ve by no means heard talked about earlier than.,” stated Cortes, calling the animated function “a traditional journey story” that “captivates our senses and feelings and has a common objective: to avoid wasting music. Jasmine & Jambo is basically a narrative of friendship, that takes us on an aesthetic, musical, and emotional journey,” she concluded.

The movie additionally celebrates a variety of accents, each within the authentic model of the movie and in its worldwide variations.

“This movie is really a delight and some of the particular shows we’ve had in latest occasions. The story is gorgeous, emotional and vibrant and the standard of the soundtrack is kind of distinctive,” stated Iván Díaz, Filmax head of worldwide.  He went on: “The movie’s emotional facet, which offers with themes akin to grief over the lack of a cherished one, is extraordinarily highly effective and has the power to the touch viewers of all ages. The animation fashion is unconventional and overwhelmingly charming”.

“Jasmine & Jambo” the collection additionally walked odd with the perfect worldwide collection on the Pageant Écran Jeunesse and scored a nomination for the High quality in Kids’s TV Worldwide award on the prestigious Prix Jeunesse Worldwide.