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French Toon House Folivari Hires Industry Veteran Melissa Vega To Set Up International Distribution Arm
EXCLUSIVE: France’s Folivari is setting up an international distribution arm for its toons. The company has hired former Dandelooo acquisitions and sales exec Melissa Vega to head up the divi…
The company has hired former Dandelooo acquisitions and sales exec Melissa Vega to head up the division, which will be called Folivari International. Folivari has been a key player in the landscape since 2014, when Damien and and Didier Brunner, the producer of cult French animated film The Triplets of Belleville, and Ruby created the business. Delmas joined in 2015 as Head of Development, and it went on to produce the likes of The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales(2017) and The Summit of the Gods( 2021), which both won a César Award and a Prix Lumière for Best Animated Feature Film, as well as TV shows such as Ernest & Celestine: The Collection and Samsam: Cosmic Adventures, which is currently being broadcast in France.
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