June 10 – Two titles co-produced by Rai Fiction have been selected for the International Animation Film Festival competition of Annecy, France. The animated series “Mofy” and the feature film “Pinocchio” by Enzo d’Alo will compete in the Festival from today until June 15, while a third title, currently in production, will be the star of the MIFA opening gala, the animated films market,one the most important events in the field of animation. Calimero, who in Annecy officially celebrate its 50th birthday, was born in 1963 by the pen of Nino and Toni Pagot and Ignazio Colnaghi. The famous black chick will soon return to the screens with 11 minutes 3D 104 episodes, co-produced by France’s Gaumont and Rai Fiction with the Campedelli Calidra Studio, TF1 and Disney Junior. For the occasion, famous and emerging artists will paint in Annecy on eggshell replicas – Calimero’s famous headdress – re-interpretations this iconic character. The shells then will be part of a traveling exhibition that from Paris will visit the main capitals of the world. Finally, once the exhibition comes to an end, the paintings will be auctioned off to fund Les Toiles enchantées, an association created in 1997, represented by actor and French director Alain Chabat, that offers hospitalized children and adolescents a chance to see the latest movies. Before Calimero, the association collaborated with Tim Burton, Vanessa Paradis, Celine Dion and Jodie Foster.
