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Sola Media Family Films | CANNES Line Up 2019
FORGOTTEN CHRISTMAS
CAN ONE LITTLE GIRL SAVE CHRISTMAS?
Elise (8 years) wakes up one morning with a strange feeling… there is something special about this day, but she can’t quite put her finger on it. Unsuccessfully, she tries to explain to her family and friends that this day is different from any other day. So Elise sets out on an incredible journey on her own and through new and unexpected friendships, she rediscovers the joy of Christmas. Now it’s up to her to make sure her whole village experiences a Christmas they will never forget. But the clock is ticking - will she make it before it's too late?
Carpenter Andersen & Santa Claus are back, helping young Elise with her great mission - saving Christmas before it is too late.
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Director: Andrea Eckerborn
Producers: Therese Bøhn, Catrin Gundersen, Martin Sunderland
Length: approx. 72 minutes
Language: Norwegian
Status: In Production
Genre: Family, Christmas, Adventure
Release: Nordisk Film, Norway, November 9th 2019
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Available worldwide except Baltics, Iceland, Poland & Scandinavia
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CAPTAIN SABERTOOTH AND THE MAGIC DIAMOND
THE PIRATES ARE BACK! TWO LONG LOST BROTHERS FACE INCREDIBLE CHALLENGES IN THE ADVENTUROUS CHASE AFTER THE MAGIC DIAMOND
In a dark jungle somewhere in the Caribbean, the young boy Marco is fleeing from the terrible wizard Maga Kahn and his army of ape soldiers. Marco has stolen a magic diamond that can fulfill wishes at full moon. Soon, the infamous Captain Sabertooth hears about the Magic Diamond and decides to take it... However, he mistakes the keeper of it for one of his former young pirates, Pinky. After a dangerous journey to Maga Kahn’s island, Pinky and Marco realize they have more in common than to save the diamond from both, Captain Sabertooth’s and the wizard Maga Kahn’s hands.
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Directors: Rasmus A. Sivertsen & Marit Moum Aune
Producers: Eirik Smidesang Slåen, Heidi Palm Sandberg & Ove Heiborg
Length: approx. 81 minutes
Language: English, Norwegian (OV)
Status: In Production
Genre: Family, Adventure
Release: Nordisk Film Egmont, Norway, September 27th 2019
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Available worldwide except Austria, Baltics, Benelux, Bulgaria, CIS, Ex-Yugoslavia, Germany, Middle East, Portugal, Scandinavia & Turkey
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DREAMBUILDERS
IF YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE YOU HAVE TO WAKE UP
"MONSTERS INC." MEETS "INSIDE OUT"
Minna’s life is turned upside down when her dad’s new fiancée Helena and her daughter Jenny move in. Her new stepsister Jenny turns out to be horrible and Minna is frustrated. She wants her gone! One night, Minna discovers a world behind her dreams in which the dreambuilders create our dreams on theater stages and finds out how to manipulate Jenny's dreams. But interfering with people’s dreams has dire consequences and when Minna goes too far one night, Jenny can’t wake up any more. Minna must enter the dream world one final time to face the dreams she has created in order to save Jenny and her new family.
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Director: Kim Hagen Jensen
Producer: Nynne Selin Eidnes
Length: 83 minutes
Language: English, Danish (OV)
Status: In Production
Genre: Family, Adventure
Release: SF Film, Denmark, February 6th 2020
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Available worldwide except Austria, Baltics, Benelux, Bulgaria, China, Czech and Slovak Republics, Ex-Yugoslavia, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, LatAm, Poland, Portugal, Scandinavia, South Korea, Taiwan & Turkey
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THE ELFKINS - BAKING A DIFFERENCE
THE SWEETEST FILM OF THE YEAR
For more than 200 years, the Elfkins have been living under ground, hiding from the upper world and avoiding any interaction with the “ungrateful and mean” human beings. But one day, the vivid Elfkin girl Helvi cannot bear the lack of space and individual fulfillment any longer. Together with two companions, the Elfkin boys Kipp and Butz, she climbs up to the earth‘s surface to find her fate. After hilarious adventures, Helvi‘s growing friendship with the initially grumpy pastry chef Theo will remind her and all the other Elfkins of their true purpose in life: helping others!
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Director: Ute von Münchow-Pohl
Producers: Dirk Beinhold, Valentin Greulich, Sebastian Runschke
Length: approx. 76 minutes
Language: English, German (OV)
Status: In Production
Genre: Family, Adventure
Release: Tobis Film, Germany, January 30th 2020
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Available worldwide except Baltics, Bulgaria, CIS, Ex-Yugoslavia, France, GAS & Israel
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LATTE AND THE MAGIC WATERSTONE
TWO RIVALS SET OUT ON A DARING ADVENTURE - AND TWO FRIENDS COME BACK WITH THEIR MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
In the forest where hedgehog girl Latte lives, the last lake has dried out and plants and animals are suffering from a terrible drought. The last hope is the magic waterstone – but it was stolen years ago by the terrifying bear king! Only Latte has the courage to venture out to the bear kingdom – or so she thinks. But when she realizes that Tjum, the shy squirrel boy, has set out on the same mission, she is determined to prove he doesn’t stand a chance. But the two young heroes can only save the forest if they stick together...
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Directors: Regina Welker & Nina Wels
Executive Producers: Lilian Klages, Mark Mertens, Thomas G. Müller
Length: 81 minutes
Language: English
Status: In Production
Genre: Family, Adventure
Release: Koch Media, Germany, January 30th 2020
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Only available in: Australia/NZ, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, LatAm, North America, Scandinavia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom
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KIDS IN THE SPOTLIGHT
HERE THE KIDS ARE THE STARS
The documentary film KIDS IN THE SPOTLIGHT follows five children of the youth ensemble at Friedrichstadt-Palast Berlin, witnessing the exciting process from casting, through rehearsals, to the grand premiere in front of 2.000 viewers on the largest theater stage of the world.
KIDS IN THE SPOTLIGHT is an authentic, exciting and touching documentary that inspires Kids around the world.
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Director: Alice Agneskirchner
Producers: Christian Beetz
Length: 92 minutes
Language: German, Arabic
Status: Completed
Genre: Family, Documentary
Release: NFP, Germany, March 14th 2019
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Available worldwide except: GAS, Ex-Yugoslavia & Poland
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LOUIS & LUCA -
MISSION TO THE MOON
IN COMPETITION AT BERLINALE GENERATION. MORE THAN 420.000 ADMISSIONS IN NORWAY
In the international race to the moon, the Norwegian mission is led by a brilliant inventor. And with Louis the magpie as the brave astronaut, what could possibly go wrong? Quite a bit, actually – on the daring mission, secret passengers are discovered, hidden agendas are revealed, and nothing seems to work out the way it was planned. Louis and his friend Luca the hedgehog are in for some surprises on their trip to the moon.
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Director: Rasmus A. Sivertsen
Producer: Cornelia Boysen
Length: 80 minutes
Language: English, Norvegian (OV)
Status: Completed
Genre: Stop-motion Animation
Release: Nordisk Film, Norway, September 21st 2018
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Available worldwide except: Baltics, Benelux, Ex-Yugoslavia, France, North America, Poland, South Korea, Spain & Turkey
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MANOU THE SWIFT
WITH THE VOICES OF KATE WINSLET AND WILLEM DAFOE
FROM THE ANIMATION STUDIO RENOWNED FOR VFX IN GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL, WHITE HOUSE DOWN AND INDEPENDENCE DAY 2
The little swift Manou grows up believing he’s a seagull. But when he tries to learn how to fly and glide, he finds out that he never will be. Shocked, he runs away from home, meets birds of his own species and finds out who he really is. When one day both, seagulls and swifts, face a dangerous threat, Manou has an opportunity to be the hero of the day...
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Directors: Chris Haas, Andrea Block
Producer: Andrea Block
Length: 88 minutes
Language: English
Status: Completed
Genre: Animation, Family
Release: Kinostar, Germany, February 28th 2019
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Only available in: Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Japan, North America, Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, Sweden & Thailand
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UP AND AWAY
PRODUCED BY THE OSCAR WINNING TEAM FROM M&M PRODUCTIONS: KIM AND TIVI MAGNUSSON
A village boy, his faithful goat, a power-seeking sultan, two hungry crocodiles, an unscrupulous villain, a streetwise city girl, an absentminded carpet dealer – and, of course, a flying carpet – all play their part in this adventure. It’s the tale of a thousand-and-one-nights-hillbilly who, against all odds, manages to travel the world, defeat his enemies, overcome his own fear, and who eventually returns home with an unexpected bonus.
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Director: Karsten Kiilerich (The Little Vampire, Albert, The Ugly Duckling and me)
Producers: Kim Magnusson, Tivi Magnusson, Anders Mastrup
Length: 81 minutes
Language: English, Danish (OV)
Status: Completed
Genre: Family, Adventure
Release: UIP, Denmark, February 8th 2018
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Available worldwide except: Australia/NZ, Bulgaria, China, CIS, Ex-Yugoslavia, France, GAS, Greece, Italy, Indian Subcontinent, Malaysia, Middle East, North America, Poland, Portugal, Romania, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, UK & Vietnam
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