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From live-action titles like <\/span>Heirs of the Night<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>The Athena<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>Pan Tau<\/span><\/i> to animated series such as <\/span>The Muscleteers<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Coconut,<\/span><\/i> the Little Dragon<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Space Nova<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>Zoom\u2014The White Dolphin<\/span><\/i>, ZDF\u2008Enterprises (ZDFE) remains a prolific provider of kids\u2019 and youth titles for the global market.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur series all meet the requirements clients are asking for,\u201d says Arne Lohmann, VP ZDFE.junior, ZDF Enterprises. \u201cOur entire catalog consists of high-quality programs for children that have often been produced in co-production with esteemed and experienced international partners. Thus, they transport messages that are understood and valued all around the globe.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Lohmann, the programs most in-demand at present are live-action series aimed at a co-viewing audience and animated titles targeted at kids 6 to 10. \u201cZDF Enterprises\u2019 junior department has been able to boost its production slate to meet this demand with a handful of new high-class commissions in live action and animation,\u201d says Lohmann.<\/span><\/p>\n

The company is currently working on the animated series <\/span>Gris\u00f9<\/span><\/i>, based on the classic property created by its original authors, Nino and Toni Pagot. ZDFE is part of the co-production team together with Toon2Tango and the Mondo TV Group subsidiary Mondo TV France. Lohmann also points to the live-action series <\/span>Alea Aquarius<\/span><\/i>, an adaptation of the German young adult novels of the same name by Tanya Stewner for which it partnered with Red Balloon Film. \u201cIn the first quarter of this year, we will be busy getting these commissions into production.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

ZDFE is also working on the new surf series<\/span> Surviving Summer<\/span><\/i> with Australia\u2019s Werner Films and <\/span>Theodosia<\/span><\/i>, based on the books by the <\/span>New York Times<\/span><\/i> best-selling author Robin L. LaFevers that follow a fearless girl who is fascinated with Egyptology at the turn of the century.\u00a0\u201c2020 has been a good year for us, and 2021 looks just as excellent!\u201d says Lohmann of ZDFE.junior\u2019s forthcoming slate additions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With the worst impacts of Covid-19 on the media sector more or less in the rearview mirror, <\/span>Lohmann believes that the global kids\u2019 content industry is in as positive a position as ever. \u201cThere is a bigger demand for kids\u2019 content, especially as the streamers are focusing on it in order to maintain their subscribers,\u201d he says. <\/span>\u201cChildren are often the decision-makers in the family!\u201d As for what the kids\u2014and those sitting beside them\u2014want to see on the screen in the months and years to come, that\u2019s what ZDFE is already solving for.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe big question is what kind of programs does the audience want after the pandemic?\u201d muses Lohmann. \u201cWill it be pure escapism with engaging into fantasy worlds? Or do we need to commission further educational programming and real-life scenarios? Perhaps a mixture of both, like in our series <\/span>Zoom\u2014The White Dolphin<\/span><\/i>.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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