Gig Production & Siyahmarti Team for Dollyphant

Turkey’s Gig Production and Siyahmarti Animation Studios have partnered for the animated preschool series Dollyphant.

Now in development, the 30×7-minute original series follows the adventures of the world’s most joyful elephant, Dollyphant, and friends Heart, Himbo, Bono and Anka. Aimed at kids 2 to 5, Dollyphant features such themes as friendship, family, sharing, kindness, respect, equality and preserving nature.

TRT Kids has ordered a pilot episode, which is set to begin production next month.

Music and songs will be created by Rahman Altın, an award-winning composer, songwriter and music producer.

Famelog Content will distribute Dollyphant. Fahriye Şentürk, managing director of the company, commented: “We are feeling so lucky to be involved in Dollyphant’s journey at the very beginning as its development stage and it is such an excitement to see how it evolves. We have already started to look for international partners and we will be ready soon for presenting the show in following important industry showcase events. I am so confident about the show’s success in many different territories. Dollyphant has a lot of fun and excitement in its episodic stories, also focusing mainly on emotional intelligence and edutainment suitably for preschoolers. I can’t wait to bring together the world’s most joyful toy Dollyphant and its friends’ adventures with the kids all around the world.”