AFM 2022: FilmSharks' "Dalia And The Red Book" heads to Germany

FilmSharks' animated feature film “Dalia and the Red Book” has sealed a German speaking all rights deal with Little Brother Films GmbH & Engizek Films GmbH. The Deal was negotiated between Ekrem Engizek, Timo Joh. Mayer (Little Brother Films GmbH - Engizek Films GmbH) and Matias Fontenla and Guido Rud (FilmSharks - The Remake Co.). The Film received an Epic MegaGrant from Epic Games during Cannes.

Inspired by “The Never Ending Story” and “Corpse Bride”, the upcoming feature will utilize Epic’s Unreal Engine and will be distributed in multiple territories by The Walt Disney Co. through the new distribution label STAR Distribution across LATAM. Also, major players are on board such as Rocket Releasing (Russia/CIS); AV Jet (Taiwan), E-Muse (Singapore). France, US and Italy are in advanced discussions.

Partners of the film are Disney, Epic Games, Alvaro Urtizberea's Vista Sur Films, Guido Rud’s FilmSharks, Signos Studio (CO) (who has carried out all the tests together with the support of Golem Studio from Peru and Kapi Studio from Ukraine), Matte (EC), DOCE (Spain), Cinefilm (Brazil). The Film will be distributed as a STAR Original Productions.

The film will be directed by Argentinian filmmaker David Bisbano, known as the Latin Tim Burton, who most recently directed his sold worldwide out CGI 3D animation “Rodencia and the Princess’ Tooth”.

FilmSharks CEO Guido Rud said: “It’s an honor to see that top players pre buying and joining us in this masterpiece. We are thankful with all our partners including Disney and Epic Games, supporting 'Dalia and the Red Book' through the Epic MegaGrants program. Although animation has done an excellent job of entertaining through comedy and colorful creatures, there is also a huge appetite and opportunity to share unseen epic stories like this one, that allows us to tell larger-than-life cinema experiences.”