Silver Ant & JCC Present Seefood

CANNES: The animated feature film Seefood, a co-production between Silver Ant and Al Jazeera Children’s Channel (JCC), made its debut at an event last night in Cannes. 

Seefood is a joint effort from Silver Ant and JCC, with support from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation in Malaysia and the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC). The feature is expected to get a theatrical release later this summer, followed by a DVD release in English, Arabic and other languages. 

The film follows a shark, Pup, who finds himself above water in man’s land. He is on a mission to save his brothers and sisters, after human poachers steal egg sacks from his reef. The big blue shark Julius makes also embarks on a quest, to bring his pal Pup home. The project also brings to light different aspects of maritime life through a story line that raises awareness on the intrusion of mankind into the ecological balance under the sea surface.

Goh AunHoe, the film’s director, said: “I am very proud to be here today to launch our company’s first animated movie; the journey with Seefood was exciting yet rough given the challenges we faced on several fronts that are known to our industry. Nevertheless, we have learnt a great deal during these last two years, and we hope this movie will touch the heart of the audience around the world as it did for me, my partner and all our team members.”

Mahmoud Bouneb, JCC’s executive general manager, stated: “It is vital for all families to see Seefood as it raises a red flag on the damages occurring in the marine world where mankind’s ill treatment of this precious environment and its inhabitants has already resulted in some extinction. We wanted the world to ‘SEE,’ so we came up with the title Seefood.”

“JCC and its partner Silver Ant will be working hand in hand to promote Seefood on an international scale alongside our appointed global distributors,” Bouneb added.