Hong Kong-based sales outfit Golden Network Asia has picked up international sales rights to family animated feature A Mighty Adventure , directed by Toe Yuen, and will introduce the film to buyers in Cannes.
Yuen is known for Hong Kong’s most popular animation franchise, McDull , about the adventures of a young pig as he navigates day to day life in Hong Kong. The first film in the franchise, My Life As McDull , which Golden Network Asia also handled internationally, won the Cristal Award at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in 2003.
A Mighty Adventure , which blends CG animation with live-action footage shot in Taipei and Taichung, brings together a pan-Asian creative team spanning Taiwan, Malaysia and Hong Kong.
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The film is produced by Yi-Ching Chen, founder of Taiwan’s Zero One Film, and Wee Meng Hee, founder and CEO of Malaysia’s FlyStudio.
The 77-minute adventure follows a brave grasshopper, a curious spider and a free-spirited butterfly who are suddenly swept from…