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Sentient Acorns, Badass Grandmas and Underwater Knights Feature Among MIFA’s 2025 Feature Pitches


Annecy's MIFA Pitches spotlight standout animated feature projects 'Mami Wata,' 'Acorn's Adventure,' 'Pangea,' 'Dreamwalker' and 'The Sunken Knight.'

Describing their project as a “thriller and a classic monster tale with a love story at its heart,” directors Coker and Darries blend their experience working in high-end environments with Nigerian and Southwestern African visual style to create what promises to be a gripping feature. Again relying on their teams’ solid knowledge of the European animation landscape, Vivi Film has detailed plans to share for a 3-country co-production scheme and is looking for partners, international sales agents and distributors. A feature that can also count on talents such as acclaimed French screenwriter Fabien Velhmann, artistic duo Kerascoët (“Tobie Lolness”) and both cute and funny animatics created by Oscar-nominated director Benjamin Renner, who also storyboards the project.

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