Meanwhile, director Sébastien Laudenbach pulled double duty, introducing his nearly finished “Chicken for Linda!” on one day, before pitching his follow-up, “Love Is a Gypsy Child - A Carmen Story,” the next. Inspiring welcome comparisons to the work of Mamoru Hosoda, Foliascope’s 2D-styled “Back to Tomioka” also drew the highest number of buyers. Winner (alongside a number of co-production partners) of the Producer of the Year prize for “No Dogs or Italians Allowed,” French studio Foliascope also boasted this year’s most popular presentation. “It takes this kind of European co-production to depict modern Brooklyn,” the panelist cracked onstage. Adapted from Jessica Love’s acclaimed picture book “Julián Is a Mermaid,” the project celebrates the nuances and new avenues of gender expression with the security afforded by an ecosystem operating at full steam. A family film that doesn’t talk down to its audience, “Julián” follows a Dominican American boy and his immigrant grandmother as they make their way across Brooklyn en route to the Coney Island Mermaid Parade. While the presentation (perhaps unsurprisingly) drew top overall attendance numbers, the very project spoke to Cartoon Movie’s animating principals. Led by Ireland’s Cartoon Saloon and listing Sun Creature (Denmark), Folivari (France), Aircraft Pictures (Canada) and Wychwood Media (U.K.) as co-producers, the family title benefits from the accrued pedigree of titles like “Flee,” “The Breadwinner” and “Ernest and Celestine.” Throw in Wychwood - the banner led by “Harry Potter” and “Fantastic Beasts” impresario David Yates - and you have the makings of a blockbuster development project. No film drew greater buzz than “Julián” (pictured above).
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