Tag "André Franquin"

GKIDS’ ‘The Rabbi’s Cat’ Rolls Out in the U.S.

January 18, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Prolific French comic-book artist and film director Joann Sfar discusses the real-life inspirations behind The Rabbi’s Cat and his love for American classics. Joann Sfar, the celebrated French comic-book artist and director of the animated film The Rabbi’s Cat, had harbored dreams of writing about his grandmother’s tales of life [...]

MIPTV: PGS Offers 4 New Seasons of Hit Toons

March 28, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan 1 Comment divider image

Leading international brand managers PGS Entertainment have revealed their toon slate for the MIPTV market, which kicks off in Cannes next week. Four new seasons of popular and award-winning shows total 81 half-hours of new programming available for broadcasters. “The fact that the majority of the properties represented by PGS [...]

A Fin-de-Siècle Fantasy: ‘A Monster in Paris’

September 7, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 4 Comments divider image

DreamWorks veteran Bibo Bergeron goes back to his French roots with A Monster in Paris, an elegant CG-animated feature set in 1910. French director Bibo Bergeron has directed two very different DreamWorks animated features (The Road to El Dorado and Shark Tale) and worked as character designer on the studio’s [...]