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THE ELFKINS – BAKING A DIFFERENCE wins Bavarian Film Award for Best Animated Feature
(29/4/2021)
We are thrilled to announce that THE ELFKINS – BAKING A DIFFERENCE took home the Bavarian Film Award as Best Animated Feature at last night’s award ceremony. The Bavarian Film Award (“Bayerischer Filmpreis”) is one of the most prestigious and highly endowed film awards in Germany, and we‘re happy to receive this national honor after already having won Chicago and Giffoni.
Since animated films are not awarded annually but only for special achievements, this award is a special honor and an important acknowledgement for the animation industry in Germany and the fantastic talent behind it. Such as our great screenwriter Jan Strathmann, exceptional director Ute von Münchow-Pohl, brilliant art director Heiko Hentschel and the incomparable Jella Haase as the German voice of elfkin girl Elfie, to name just a few.
A huge THANK YOU to everyone!
New episodes of PETRONELLA to air from April 29th on KiKA
(23/4/2021)
Fantastic applewitch PETRONELLA will air with new episodes at the end of April. Starting on April 29th, the last 13 episodes of the series will broadcast daily at 6.35 pm on German tv station KiKA. Afterwards, the first 26 episodes will be rebroadcast. In addition, the new episodes will be shown every Sunday from May 23rd on ZDF at 6.40 am.
All wands out for a magical summer! Zip zap!
A witchy surprise for Easter: Original Score for PETRONELLA APPLEWITCH – THE TV-SERIES is now available online!
(2/4/2021)
After the successful release of our tv-series PETRONELLA APFELWITCH on prominent German tv stations KiKa and ZDF, lovely applewitch Petronella is turning to the magic of music. The original soundtrack to the series is now available on Spotify, Amazon and iTunes. To sing along anytime and anywhere!
And for even more Easter fun, our feature film RABBIT SCHOOL – GUARDIANS OF THE GOLDEN EGG will air for the first time on German broadcaster ARD. Right on time for the Easter bunny at 07:10 a.m.!
Akkord Film with big box office success – ELFKINS internationally 4th most successful German film in 2020
(10/3/2021)
With one of the highest international box office results, THE ELFKINS ranked number 4 of all German productions sold abroad in 2020. This is not only another milestone for us, but also a success for German animated films which are gaining popularity worldwide.
We’ve also had a solid year on a rather difficult domestic market. Akkord Film’s THE ELFKINS and RAVEN THE LITTLE RASCAL – HUNT FOR THE LOST TREASURE both ranked among the top 15 German movies in 2020. With a market share of 6.4%, Akkord Film’s productions contributed to the success of German films at the German box office in 2020. THE ELFKINS also held up against Hollywood movies, ranking No. 23 among all films released in German cinemas in 2020.
MFG Baden-Württemberg sets first funding milestone for RABBIT ACADEMY – THE SERIES
(2/3/2021)
The MFG film fund Baden-Württemberg awarded a sum of EUR 400,000 to our new series project RABBIT ACADEMY – THE SERIES at their first meeting in 2021. Packed with action and comedy, the new TV series (2D, 52×11 min) is based on our feature films THE RABBIT SCHOOL – GUARDIANS THE GOLDEN EGG (2017) and THE RABBIT SCHOOL – THE EGG FORCE (currently in production).
In collaboration with our co-producers SWR, NDR and KiKA as well as SERU Animation and 2 Minutes (France) we are excited to send the cheeky bunny Max and his big city buddies on adventurous missions in the magical forest boarding school. Production start is scheduled for 2022.
THE ELFKINS – theatrical release in South Korea
(9/2/2021)
Starting tomorrow (February 10), THE ELFKINS will be shown in more than 280 South Korean cinemas! The Korean trailer can be found here– and if you’ve always wanted to hear Elfie and her friends sing in Korean, you can do so here. Special thanks to the Korean distributor Boxoo Entertainment. 감사합니다 (Thank you!)