XILAM The rich animation portfolio by Xilam

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THE RICH ANIMATION PORTFOLIO BY XILAM

Academy Award®-nominated French animation studio Xilam Animation has a distinctive slate of new and refreshed brands which it will be bringing to Festival of Licensing 2020, as well as showcasing to new and existing partners over the Q4 period.

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Lupin’s Tales

Lupin’s Tales is a new 2D and 3D comedy series for upper preschoolers which is set to be delivered by Easter 2021. The series is set against the backdrop of well-known international tales and each episode takes place in a pop-up book setting, as it follows a young wolf who experiences adventures across Asia to Amazonia. With major broadcasters already on board, Where’s Chicky? Xilam is now looking to secure publishing, toy and plush partners. Produced by Xilam’s CGI studio Cube Creative, non-dialogue comedy series

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Where’s Chicky? is targeted at a crossdemographic audience and sees an adorable little chick turn up in a new environment in every episode. Season two of Where’s Chicky? is currently in production and expected to be delivered in early 2021. In the second season, two new characters will be introduced: Bekky, who is Chicky’s best friend and Poyo, a little playmate. There are lots of hilarious situations and unexpected surprises in store for the three little friends. The series already has an impressive digital presence including 130M monthly views and 4 billion lifetime views on YouTube; 600k ‘likes’ and 120k followers on TikTok; and ranks #2 on Kidoodle TV in the UK and USA. Xilam is currently looking to build a Where’s Chicky? lifestyle focused merchandising programme for millennials, alongside a cross-category offering for kids. Following the 20th anniversary of its globally renowned Oggy and the Cockroaches, Xilam is also gearing up to launch a rebooted version of the series.

Scheduled for delivery in Autumn 2021,

Oggy and the Cockroaches – Next Gen

will see Oggy take on the responsibility of parenthood as his friends’ daughter, a 7-year-old elephant named Piya, comes to stay. Xilam is looking to build a crosscategory consumer products programme which reflects the series’ new modern look and thematic focus on emotions, tenderness and friendship. Xilam also has two further brands based on Cube Creative-produced series and targeted at upper preschoolers. Set to

© Cube Creative Productions

© Cube Creative Productions

Pffirates Tangranimals

be delivered in Q1 2022, Pfffirates is set on Calypso Island and sees three crews taught Pfffiracy by the legendary Captain Lamar. The series is full of action and visual comedy, with a core focus on discovery and teamwork during adversity. Pfffirates’s unique look features a bouncy, inflatable world and Xilam is looking to kick-start the licensing programme with a master toy partner. Tangranimals is a comedy adventure series which sees Young Geo explore

ABOUT XILAM

A major player in animation, Xilam is an integrated studio founded in 1999 that creates, produces and distributes original programmes in more than 190 countries for both children and adult audiences. Xilam’s content is broadcast on television, and is also available on SVoD platforms including Netflix, Disney+, Amazon and NBC Universal, and ADVoD streaming platforms including YouTube and Facebook. With its creativity and capacity for innovation recognised worldwide, and editorial and commercial expertise at the cutting edge of the industry, Xilam is positioned as a key player in a fast-growing market. Each year, Xilam builds real successes and capitalises on its powerful historical brands including Oggy and the Cockroaches and Zig & Sharko, as well as new properties such as Oggy Oggy for a preschool audience, Moka, Mr. Magoo, and Academy Award® nominated adult feature film I Lost My Body. Xilam’s expanding and strong catalogue now consists of over 2,200 episodes and three feature films. In 2019, Xilam acquired Cube Creative, a studio providing the company with unique expertise in 3D and computer generated images. Xilam employs more than 500 individuals, including 400 artists, across its studios in Paris, Lyon, Angoulême and Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam. Tangra-planet, an amazing place with geometrical landscapes, along with his friends the Tangranimals. These adorable and colourful creatures can link together like Tangram pieces, and create all sorts of vehicles, creatures and objects. The series takes a playful approach to logic and is expected to be delivered in September 2021. Xilam is now looking to build the brand’s licensing programme and secure a master toy partner. “We are very excited by our development projects and the new series which are on the way for 2021,” explains Capucine

Humblot, Head of Licensing and Merchandising at Xilam Animation.

“The wide range of heroes within the shows means there will be something for everyone, and the different characters are reflective of the multi-faceted nature and personalities of today’s children. For example, with Lupin’s Tales, the young wolf is impetuous but creative, and always learns from his mistakes, and in Oggy and the Cockroaches – Next Gen we’ll see Oggy deal with a larger range of emotions than ever before - he becomes more open to talking about his feelings and the audience will discover his tenderness, which is sometimes even show towards the cockroaches! In Where’s Chicky, our fluffy hero is always curious and eager to discover new things, but remains audacious even when faced with unexpected, but humorous, situations.”