“Manou the Swift” winner of the PRIME 4 KIDS award 2012

(Amsterdam) “Manou the Swift” is the winner of the PRIME 4 KIDS award 2012 in Amsterdam. The German Producer and Co-writer Andrea Block of LUXX FILM and screenwriter Axel Melzener won the award for best scriptwriting today at the Cinekid festival in Amsterdam. The team, including Franziska Mueller (drama coach) and Leszek Plichta (art director), expressed their great thanks especially to Primehouse media, the MFG Baden-Württemberg and the people who organized the Prime 4 Kids event. The screenplay for “Manou the Swift” was selected and sponsored by the film funding MFG Baden-Württemberg. Earlier this year the script was nominated for best German Scriptwriting for Animation at the International Trick Film Festival (ITFS) in Stuttgart Germany. “Manou the Swift” is a 95 minutes CG animated family entertainment feature film. The project is a modern fable about friends and strangers. It‘s a story about the differences that divide us but also make us unique.

Logline
The little swift Manou grows up believing he’s a seagull. Learning to fly, he finds out that he’s different. Shocked, he runs away from home. He meets birds of his own species and learns who he really is. When both seagulls and swifts face a dangerous threat, Manou becomes the hero of the day and helps the birds overcome their prejudices.

Facts
Manou the Swift is a 3D-animated feature for the whole family (children 6 years and up). It is produced by LUXX Film, Stuttgart with European Coproduction partners and will be shot in English aiming at the world-wide market.

Creativ Producer: Andrea Block, LUXX Film
Author: Axel Melzener, Andrea Block
Dramaturgic Advisors: Franziska Mueller, Chris Trengove, Erika Norén, Dirk Stoppe
Art Direction: Leszek Plichta
Genre: Drama
Format: Animated Feature, 95´
Audience: Family Entertainment (+6 )

LUXX FILM is involved in the context of film production. We are involved from the initial story, through scriptwriting shooting, editing, and screening the finished product. LUXX FILM is a partner Company of LUXX STUDIOS.

LUXX FILM is situated in the Heart of Stuttgart. LUXX Film for Development and Production of Visual Effects driven Movies. LUXX Studios offers all steps of professional VFX production from development to final: Preproduction + Planning, VFX Supervision + Producing, 3D Modelling + Animation, Effects, Stereo 3D and Compositing. We specialize in VFX for CINEMA, TV, Commercials and Games.

LUXX FILM
Kornbergstr. 35
D- 70176 Stuttgart
fon. +49 (0)711 6335503
email. info@luxx-film.com
www.luxx-film.com

LUXX FILM
Andrea Block
fon. +49 (0)711 6335503
email. a.block@luxx-film.com
www.luxx-film.com

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