Mediawan Youngsters & Household, a number one European youth animation studio working with filmmakers Sylvain Chomet (“The Triplets of Belleville”) and Joann Sfar (“The Rabbi’s Cat”), is ramping up its worldwide distribution pipeline with the acquisition of three premium sequence: “Maddie + Triggs,” “The Specials” and “Idefix and the Indomitables.”

“Maddie + Triggs” is an inclusive preschool musical comedy sequence produced by Turnip + Duck, an award-winning Irish studio. A derivative of a well-liked podcast geared toward kids aged 4 to 7, the sequence was pitched at Cartoon Discussion board in 2022 and commissioned by the BBC’s children’ community CBeebies within the U.Ok. and RTÉjr Eire’s Youngsters’s broadcast service. The sequence is animated by the Bristol-based indie Solar & Moon Studios. “Maddie+ Triggs” follows the adventures of Maddie, a visually impaired 7-year-old woman, and her canine Triggs, who discover music via the sounds of on a regular basis life.

“At present, there’s extra consciousness and appreciation of distinction than ever earlier than, however fusing
these points and themes with an entertaining idea that youngsters will take pleasure in might be difficult,” mentioned Colm Tobin, the co-creator of “Maddie + Triggs” and Turnip + Duck’s managing director. Tobin praised RTÉ, the Irish Movie Fee (Coimisiún na Meán) and Display screen Eire for co-financing it in its early phases.

Aidan O’Donovan, the sequence’ co-creator and inventive director at Turnip + Duck, mentioned “kids everywhere in the world will join with the tales, the music, the guts and the inclusive message of ‘Maddie + Triggs.’”

Julien Borde, Mediawan Youngsters & Household president, known as “Maddie + Triggs” a “standout” and “an inclusive program with a particularly modern method to visible incapacity and acceptance of variations.”

“As in manufacturing, our distribution ambition is to supply a various portfolio of content material masking all genres of youth applications to satisfy market calls for,” Borde mentioned, “as a result of broadcasters, streamers and youngsters have eclectic tastes and crave new ideas and heroes.”

Mediawan Youngsters & Household includes eight manufacturing labels together with Methodology Animation, Someplace, Elliott Studios, Sfar’s Magical Society, Palomar Animation, Submarine, Wildseed Studios and MKF Cinema. With the acquisition of those three reveals, the distribution arm’s library will boast 2,500 half-hours of youth programming.

“Maddie + Triggs” has already been picked up by SVT (Sweden) and YLE (Finland). Kate Morton, BBC Youngsters’s and Schooling’s head of commissioning and acquisitions, mentioned the present “creates an pleasurable and equal viewing expertise for each sighted and vision-impaired kids.”

Morton mentioned the banner believes within the “energy of storytelling to bridge gaps and create a world the place all kids can be part of within the magic collectively.”

“The Specials,” produced by Mediawan Finland, is a live-action-comedy TV sequence for kids and youths aged 7 to 13 years previous. The present, which follows the every day lives of a main college class, has been a scores hit on the Finnish broadcaster YLE.

Mediawan Youngsters & Household has additionally acquired worldwide gross sales rights to the second season of “Idefix and the Indomitables,” produced by Studio 58. The sequence relies on Goscinny and Uderzo’s Astérix and Obélix characters. The primary season, which aired on France 4 after which on M6 and Gulli in France, was bought in over 45 international locations by Mediawan Youngsters & Household.

“Three new formidable TV sequence are extending our portfolio of IPs, whereas sustaining the premium ambition and narrative values to which we pay the utmost consideration,” Borde mentioned.