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Dandelooo has a bevy of animated programs to offer the international market, including third-party titles and those produced through its own studio, Ooolala, which started out with\u00a0Stinky Dog<\/em>\u00a0and has gone on to produce\u00a0Mum is Pouring Rain<\/em>,\u00a0Billy the Cowboy Hamster<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0The Upside Down River<\/em>. To expand its slate even further, the company recently launched Dandelooo Cin\u00e9ma to focus on feature films, as well as a short-film department.<\/p>\n

Dandelooo Cin\u00e9ma provides \u201ca beautiful opportunity to tell longer stories,\u201d says Emmanu\u00e8le P\u00e9try, producer and head of distribution. \u201cIt all started because we noticed that there is a lack of films for preschoolers. There are a lot of blockbusters for older kids, but very few for the little ones.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Already, \u201cwe have three of our films that will be released theatrically in France at the end of the year,\u201d she notes. \u201cFrance is leading on that front with animated feature films. We\u2019re hoping to develop that and bring these films to Europe and North America.\u201d<\/p>\n

Producing films isn\u2019t something completely new to the company, which has been making longer compilations of its series for several years now, some of which have been released in theaters. The Dandelooo Cin\u00e9ma department will produce 2D feature films, and the distribution arm of the business will focus on acquiring CGI films to complement them. The company\u2019s short-film department will bring projects five to ten minutes in duration to the Dandelooo portfolio.<\/p>\n

In terms of age demos, \u201cWe\u2019re known for preschool and upper preschool because we have lots of series like\u00a0Billy the Cowboy Hamster<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Pompon Little Bear<\/em>,\u201d P\u00e9try says. \u201cWe did explore the higher end with\u00a0The Upside Down River<\/em>. That\u2019s 8 to 12, so it\u2019s the highest [age demographic] we\u2019ve ever done. Now we\u2019re exploring early preschool. For the first time, we have a series for distribution for 2 to 5, coming from Korea. And we\u2019re developing our own 2-to-5 early preschool program. So, we\u2019re exploring from 2 to 12.\u201d<\/p>\n

No matter what age the series or film is geared toward, Dandelooo likes to get involved as early as possible and is able to provide help from storyboarding all the way through to final delivery. And it is open to hearing from anyone with good ideas. \u201cJust before Christmas, we got a proposal from someone unknown to us, and it was amazing,\u201d P\u00e9try notes. \u201cWe fell in love with it. We decided to go for it. But we had no connection with this writer before. We\u2019re making a teaser for a comedy show for Cartoon Forum. It\u2019s quite exciting when that happens.\u201d<\/p>\n

And because of Dandelooo\u2019s location within La Cartoucherie in Valence and its proximity to La Poudri\u00e8re, it has a group of highly skilled creatives it can tap into to help bring ideas to life. \u201cThe beauty about [La Poudri\u00e8re] is that the people love to live in Valence, and they stay there and marry and have kids, so we have a whole pool of very talented directors in that spot who love to work on our projects,\u201d P\u00e9try says.<\/p>\n

Regarding specific topics Dandelooo is currently on the lookout for, \u201cwe\u2019d love to do an ecology\u201d project, P\u00e9try says. \u201cNot an in-your-face series about making your compost or closing your tap of water, but something that is really meaningful for what we\u2019re facing today, the challenges of sustainability.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This would be in line with the real action the company is taking in this realm. \u201cWe\u2019ve been the first animation studio to do a carbon footprint on our full activities to understand where we can do better,\u201d says Jean-Baptiste W\u00e9ry, CEO and producer. \u201cWe\u2019ve been publishing this [information] publicly for two years now.\u201d<\/p>\n

The company also has a tool that it is installing throughout its production studio that helps it monitor the computers and the electricity they consume at various times. \u201cThe idea is to understand where we can consume less or be more efficient and then automate as much as possible,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Then, the company can take action to avoid buying new technology \u201cbecause this is the essence of ecology,\u201d W\u00e9ry continues. \u201cYou need to buy as little as you can and use the resources you have in the best possible way.\u201d By doing so, the company is working toward producing high-quality shows and films at a lower, more environmentally friendly cost.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, though, Dandelooo\u2019s main focus remains on delivering projects that feature \u201cthemes that are important to everybody, about friendship, growing up, losing people we love, becoming who we are supposed to be,\u201d P\u00e9try notes. \u201cWe can help kids grow up and find answers for all these difficult questions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we aim for is to tell meaningful stories,\u201d W\u00e9ry adds. \u201cWe have a sentence we like to say about ourselves: Dandelooo\u2014eye-opening stories. And that applies to everything, TV or feature films.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur goal is not to make margins but to make [projects] that we\u2019re very proud of,\u201d P\u00e9try emphasizes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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