CAKE Entertainment has today announced a co-production deal with Studio Baestarts for a of slap-stick comedy series HUHU(52x2') which was first pitched at last year's Cartoon Forum. The series is targeted at 6-12 year-olds, and its short-form format isintended for distribution onto TV, online and mobile platforms. The series is currently in pilot stage and CAKE will be taking it to Cartoon Forum and also MIPCOM Jr this year.
HUHU is directed by Alexey Alexeev and produced by Andras Erkel, and has been produced using digital animation in small file formats, so the shorts can be used immediately on the internet or as mobile downloads. The series is a non-dialogue burlesque that follows the lives and adventures of eleven owls. The comedy centres on the stupidity of the owls and their lack of memory, and combines this with slap-stick visual humour. The owls - which follow each other around like a flock of sheep, despite their strong individual characteristics - are always learning things about the world for the first time. For example, in one episode the owls poke an icicle creating sound and discover music.
CAKE and Studio Baestarts have already achieved pre-sales for HUHU to the following territories: YLE, STV, NRK, Duna TV, MinimaxCanal + France, Canal + Poland and Canal + Spain as well as securing Media Plus funding. They are seeking one more significant pre-sale at Cartoon Forum to complete finance.
Cartoon Forum has proved a successful marketplace for CAKE's programming, and CAKE has recently been nominated as Cartoon Forum's 'Best Investor/Distributor of the year 2009'. Previous properties picked up have included international hits Skunk Fu andHareport, along with the recently announced Angelo Rules - all of which have been financed by CAKE.
Genevieve Dexter, Partner & Commercial Director at CAKE, says: "HUHU is a fantastically funny show and we're really excited about the flexibility of the shorts and the new media and mobile exploitation aspect. We are confident the show will be well received at Cartoon Forum, and then at MIP, and look forward to continuing our relationship with Studio Baestarts."
HUHU is directed by Alexey Alexeev and produced by Andras Erkel, and has been produced using digital animation in small file formats, so the shorts can be used immediately on the internet or as mobile downloads. The series is a non-dialogue burlesque that follows the lives and adventures of eleven owls. The comedy centres on the stupidity of the owls and their lack of memory, and combines this with slap-stick visual humour. The owls - which follow each other around like a flock of sheep, despite their strong individual characteristics - are always learning things about the world for the first time. For example, in one episode the owls poke an icicle creating sound and discover music.
CAKE and Studio Baestarts have already achieved pre-sales for HUHU to the following territories: YLE, STV, NRK, Duna TV, MinimaxCanal + France, Canal + Poland and Canal + Spain as well as securing Media Plus funding. They are seeking one more significant pre-sale at Cartoon Forum to complete finance.
Cartoon Forum has proved a successful marketplace for CAKE's programming, and CAKE has recently been nominated as Cartoon Forum's 'Best Investor/Distributor of the year 2009'. Previous properties picked up have included international hits Skunk Fu andHareport, along with the recently announced Angelo Rules - all of which have been financed by CAKE.
Genevieve Dexter, Partner & Commercial Director at CAKE, says: "HUHU is a fantastically funny show and we're really excited about the flexibility of the shorts and the new media and mobile exploitation aspect. We are confident the show will be well received at Cartoon Forum, and then at MIP, and look forward to continuing our relationship with Studio Baestarts."
