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Owen Wilson-Voiced Family Adventure ‘Charlie the Wonderdog’ Picked Up by Global Constellation for International Sales (Exclusive)
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Icon Creative Studio has tapped European sales and finance outfit Global Constellation to handle international sales on its upcoming CG-animated family feature “Charlie the Wonderdog,” which is voiced by Owen Wilson.

The superhero adventure has already racked up an impressive slate of pre-sales across major territories, including the U.S., Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Benelux, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Ex-Yugoslavia, Ukraine, the Baltics, Cis, Turkey, Israel, Middle East and North Africa, South Africa, Mongolia and Vietnam.

Global Constellation will handle sales in the remaining territories including U.K. and Ireland, France, Scandinavia, Hungary, Latin America and Asia (excluding Mongolia and Vietnam), as the film readies for a Q4 2025 delivery.

“Charlie the Wonderdog” follows nine-year-old Danny and his dog Charlie (voiced by Wilson), who gains superpowers after an alien abduction. Together, they must thwart a diabolical plan by the neighbor’s cat Puddy and his canine sidekick...
See full article at Variety Film + TV
  • 7/14/2025
  • by Leo Barraclough
  • Variety Film + TV
Global Constellation Unveils Ambitious Animation Slate at Annecy (Exclusive)
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Global Constellation, the financing and international sales outfit recently formed through the union of London- and Paris-based Film Constellation with Munich’s Global Screen, is making a strong showing at the Annecy Animation Festival as it unveils its animation slate.

Global Constellation, part of Vuelta Group’s international sales division Playtime Group, has six high-caliber animated features in production and slated for delivery in 2025 and 2026, and additional titles in advanced development for 2027 and beyond.

Fabien Westerhoff, managing director – film, Global Constellation, said: “Animation is a key pillar of our strategy, and this slate signals the scale of our ambition. We’re curating projects that combine strong market appeal with the distinct creative signatures of Europe’s most exciting talents. This is about building globally-minded, theatrically viable animation that travels, both commercially and culturally.”

In Cannes, Global Constellation unveiled a new promo for underwater CG adventure “The Last Whale Singer” from...
See full article at Variety Film + TV
  • 6/10/2025
  • by Leo Barraclough
  • Variety Film + TV
Vuelta’s Playtime to Merge Film Constellation and Global Screen to Form Global Constellation
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Vuelta Group’s international sales division, Playtime, has completed the full acquisition of sales house Film Constellation from Fabien Westerhoff, and integrated its operations with Global Screen, the German-based international sales outfit under Playtime. Together, these entities will form Global Constellation.

Global Constellation will be part of the Playtime Group, which includes sales companies Playtime, Film Boutique, and Be for Films.

Westerhoff takes an executive role as managing director of the theatrical film division bringing together the strengths of both companies with a strategic market focus on animation, family entertainment, and genre cinema.

Ulrike Schroder will be managing director of the TV division, heading the hub for international TV distribution within Vuelta.

Global Constellation will collaborate closely with Vuelta Germany, Vuelta’s German film distribution arm, born from the merger of Squareone and Telepool. This positions Global Constellation as the “go-to partner for German and international filmmakers seeking pan-European collaborations and international reach,...
See full article at Variety Film + TV
  • 4/29/2025
  • by Leo Barraclough
  • Variety Film + TV
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Film Constellation acquired by Vuelta, merges with Global Screen
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The pan-European Vuelta group has fully acquired UK-based sales outfit Film Constellation from founder and CEO Fabien Westerhoff.

The company’s operations will merge with Global Screen, the German-based international sales outfit that is part of Vuelta’s collection of sales companies, the Playtime Group.

Film Constellation and Global Screen will now operate as Global Constellation.

Westerhoff will take an executive role as managing director of the theatrical film division of Global Constellation, with a focus on animation, family entertainment and genre cinema.

Ulrike Schroderis managing director of Global Constellation’s TV division.

Global Constellation will collaborate closely with Vuelta Germany,...
See full article at ScreenDaily
  • 4/29/2025
  • ScreenDaily
Vuelta Group Merges Sales Entities Film Constellation & Global Screen To Create Global Constellation
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European film and TV studio Vuelta Group’s international sales division Playtime has announced the full acquisition of subsidiary sales arm Film Constellation and merged it with Global Screen into a single entity called Global Constellation.

Fabien Westerhoff will take on the executive role of Managing Director of the theatrical film division bringing together the complementary strengths of both companies, with a strategic market focus on animation, family entertainment, and genre cinema. Ulrike Schroder, Managing Director of the TV division will head the exclusive hub for international TV distribution within Vuelta.

Global Constellation will collaborate closely with Vuelta Germany, the German film distribution arm born from the merger of SquareOne and Telepool. Vuelta said the operation positioned Global Constellation as the ‘go-to’ partner for German and International filmmakers seeking pan-European collaborations and international

First joint projects will be unveiled at the upcoming Cannes Market.

The current feature film slate includes...
See full article at Deadline Film + TV
  • 4/29/2025
  • by Melanie Goodfellow
  • Deadline Film + TV
Global Screen adds ‘A Beautiful Imperfection’, ‘The Flying Classroom’ to Cannes slate (exclusive)
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Michiel van Erp’s Casanova drama ‘A Beautiful Imperfection’ stars Jonah Hauer-King and Dar Zuzovsky.

German sales outfit Global Screen has added two new titles to its busy Cannes market line-up.

The Munich-based company has taken on international rights, excluding Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Italy, for Michiel van Erp’s A Beautiful Imperfection, a romantic costume drama telling the story of the love affair between a young woman and the notorious Italian adventurer and womaniser Giacomo Casanova.

The project is in post-production and Global Screen will have a first promo for pre-sales at the Cannes Market.

Jonah Hauer-King stars as...
See full article at ScreenDaily
  • 5/3/2023
  • by Geoffrey Macnab
  • ScreenDaily
German Talents From ‘Berlin Alexanderplatz’, ‘Crimes Of The Future’ & ‘We Children From Bahnhof Zoo’ Among Those Selected For German Films’ Face To Face Campaign
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Exclusive: German Films, the agency that promotes German cinema globally, has unveiled the seven participants for the eighth edition of its annual Face to Face campaign, which include talents who have worked on projects ranging from Berlin Alexanderplatz to David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future to Amazon Prime Video hit We Children of Bahnhof Zoo.

This year’s edition, which is dubbed Face to Face with German Films – The Filmmakers, will showcase seven filmmakers who have made a lasting impact on the German film industry with their creative and artistic work. The initiative is considered a prominent platform for showcasing German talent to the international film and television worlds.

The participants this year are: screenwriter Sönke Anderson, who has worked on projects such as 2019 Grimme Award winner Familie Lotzmann Auf Den Barrikaden and upcoming opera film Orphea In Love; actor Welket Bungué, who has appeared in Berlin Alexanderplatz, Body...
See full article at Deadline Film + TV
  • 1/19/2023
  • by Diana Lodderhose
  • Deadline Film + TV
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First Trailer for the Epic Games MegaGrants-Funded ‘The Last Whale Singer’ Debuts
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A proof-of-concept trailer dropped today for Germany-based Telescope Animation’s planned feature The Last Whale Singer, which will be made using a newly-created workflow centered on Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5 real-time game engine through funding by two Epic MegaGrants and a grant from the EU’s Creative Europe Media. The trailer debuts today online and will be featured next week as part of Epic’s exhibition at the Annecy International Animation Festival in France.

The Last Whale Singer is a planned multi-platform project that would also include a prequel video game, episodic series, and Ar/VR projects, each created using the same assets designed for the film. Telescope is targeting 2025 for the release of the feature as well as the prequel game, currently in development for PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation and Xbox. The feature follows Vincent, a rebellious teenage humpback whale who must...
See full article at The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
  • 6/8/2022
  • by Carolyn Giardina
  • The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Animated Movie ‘The Last Whale Singer’ Acquired by Global Screen – Cannes (Exclusive)
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Global Screen has acquired the animated family feature film “The Last Whale Singer” for global distribution, and will launch pre-sales at the Cannes Film Market. The movie is an epic and emotional family entertainment adventure written and directed by Reza Memari, creator of hit movie “Richard the Stork.”

The film’s characters are based on designs by Uwe Heidschötter, best known for films such as Academy Award nominated and BAFTA Award winning “Revolting Rhymes,” the Academy Award nominated and Golden Globe winning “Missing Link,” and the Annie Award nominated “Zog.” The film is produced by Maite Woköck (“My Fairy Troublemaker”) at Telescope Animation.

Memari, co-ceo at Telescope Animation, said: “This is the story of a young humpback whale who, after the sudden loss of his parents, is confronted with a seemingly impossible task: to discover the song that will save the oceans from destruction. It’s a story about radical...
See full article at Variety Film + TV
  • 5/5/2022
  • by Leo Barraclough
  • Variety Film + TV
Indie Sales Boards Family Animation Sequel ‘Richard The Stork 2’ – AFM (Exclusive)
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Paris-based company Indie Sales (“My Life as a Zucchini”) has acquired “Richard the Stork 2,” the sequel to the family animated film which traveled to 155 countries and grossed over $20 million worldwide.

Directed by Mette Rank Tange and Benjamin Quabek, “Richard the Stork 2” follows a daring sparrow, Richard, who was adopted by a stork family and is enjoying wintering at the Great Lake in Northern Africa when he realizes he won’t be the one to lead the flock back north. He runs away to travel on his own and meets Samia and her sparrow flock, who are being held captive by a greedy peacock, Zamano. The sparrows’s only choice to set themselves free is to solve a riddle and find the Great Jewel, which will require teamwork, trust and most of all, spork skills.

“Richard the Stork 2” was written by Reza Memari and Philip Lazebnik. The film is being produced...
See full article at Variety Film + TV
  • 10/27/2021
  • by Elsa Keslassy
  • Variety Film + TV
Toby Genkel’s ‘Stitch Head’ Readies for Bordeaux’s Cartoon Movie
Produced by Germany’s Gringo Films, “Stitch Head” will pitch at March’s Cartoon Movie in Bordeaux, a leading European event for animation coming down the pipeline. Fellow German studios Lavalabs and Studio Rakete co-produce.

“Stitch Head” will be a stereoscopic 3D animated feature directed by Toby Genkel, co-director –alongside Reza Memari– of the successful “A Stork’s Journey,” a German production from Ulysses Filmproduktion which secured a U.S. release through Grindstone and Lionsgate, and was sold by Global Screen.

“Stitch Head” is a family entertainment adventure-comedy intended for mainstream audiences. According to its producers, it’s a fun take on the Frankenstein myth, where the monsters are the good guys, and the humans are scary.

“It’s based on a simple premise: If a mad professor is obsessively bringing monstrous creatures to Almost-Life in his castle’s laboratory… then who takes care of the monsters? Who keeps them fed and clean?...
See full article at Variety Film + TV
  • 2/14/2019
  • by Emilio Mayorga
  • Variety Film + TV
Our Time (1974)
'The Chinese Widow' to replace 'Our Time Will Come' as Siff opener
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No reason has been given for the change in opening film.

Danish director Bille August’s The Chinese Widow will open this year’s Shanghai International Film Festival (Siff, June 17-26), replacing Ann Hui’s Our Time Will Come, which was previously announced as the opening film.

However, Our Time Will Come will still play in the Golden Goblet competition at Siff. No reason was given for the change by either the festival or the film’s producer Bona Film Group.

Both films are set in China during the Second World War. Starring Emile Hirsch and Yu Nan, The Chinese Widow tells the story of an American pilot who is shot down and saved by Chinese villagers. It remains unclear if the film has been made under the recently signed Danish-Chinese co-production treaty. August recently served as jury president at the Beijing International Film Festival.

Our Time Will Come, which stars Zhou Xun and Eddie Peng, revolves...
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  • 6/12/2017
  • by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
  • ScreenDaily
China (1931)
Annecy unveils 2017 line-up
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Zombillenium announced as opener; China named as guest country, Guillermo del Toro to return.

French animator and illustrator Arthur de Pin’s child-friendly comedy-horror tale Zombillenium (pictured) - set against the backdrop of an amusement-terror park were the staff are a motley crew of vampires, zombies and werewolves - will open this year’s edition of the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, running June 12-17 this year.

It is among nine special event screenings including Pixar’s Cars 3, which will be proceeded by a presentation of footage from Mexico-set, Day of the Dead-inspired drama Coco in the presence of director Lee Unkrich, producer Darla K. Anderson and co-director Adrian Molina; Despicable Me 3 and The Big Bad Fox And Other Animals.

Zombillenium will also compete in the 10-title feature film competition.

Other contenders for Annecy’s Cristal for best feature film include Iranian director Ali Soozandeh’s Tehran Taboo, exploring sexuality...
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  • 4/25/2017
  • ScreenDaily
Berlin 2017: Michael Winterbottom music doc, Lena Dunham-voiced animation in Generations
Three UK features among first 15 films selected for Berlin’s Generations programme.Scroll down for list

The 2017 Berlin Film Festival has revealed the first raft of titles selected for its Generations sidebar, which features youth and children’s films.

Michael Winterbottom’s music documentary On The Road [pictured], which follows the band Wolf Alice on tour, will open the Generation 14plus programme this year.

Also playing in that strand will be Dash Shaw’s My Entire High School Sinking Into The Sea, which features the voices of Jason Schwartzman, Maya Rudolph, Lena Dunham and Susan Sarandon.

Further UK features playing in 14plus include the world premieres of Carol Salter’s Almost Heaven and Rafael Kapelinski’s Butterfly Kiss.

Titles selected for the separate GenerationKplus strand include the European premiere of Kriv Stenders’s Australian family feature Red Dog: True Blue.

The 2017 Berlin Film Festival takes place February 9-19.

Selected titles

Synopses provided by Berlinale press office.

Generation14plus

On The Road...
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  • 12/23/2016
  • by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
  • ScreenDaily
Berlinale 2017. Lineup
Sally Potter's The PartyThe titles for the 67th Berlin International Film Festival are being announced in anticipation of the event running February 9 - 19, 2017. We will update the program as new films are revealed.COMPETITIONOn Body and Soul (Ildiko Enyedi, Hungary)Ana, mon amour (Călin Peter Netzer, Romania / Germany France)Beuys (Andres Veiel, Germany)Colo (Teresa Villaverde, Portugal / France)The Dinner (Oren Moverman, USA)Félicité (Alain Gomis, France / Senegal / Belgium / Germany / Lebanon)The Party (Sally Potter, UK)Spoor (Agnieszka Holland, Poland / Germany/ Czech Republic / Sweden / Slovak Republic)The Other Side of Hope (Aki Kaurismäki, Finland)A Fantastic Woman (Sebastián Lelio, Chile / German / USA / Spain)Berlinale SPECIALThe Queen of Spain (Fernando Trueba, Spain)The Young Karl Marx (Raoul Peck, France / Germany / Belgium)Last Days in Havana (Fernando Pérez, Cuba / Spain)PANORAMAVazante (Daniela Thomas, Brazil/Portugal)I Am Not Your Negro (Raoul Peck, France/USA/Belgium/Switzerland)The Wound (John Trengove, South Africa/Germany/Netherlands/France)Politics,...
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  • 12/22/2016
  • MUBI
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