Barcelona-based studio Filmax has swooped on sales rights to animated musical feature “Jasmine & Jambo,” the anticipated movie spin-off from one of the most successful of recent animated Catalan TV series, whose Seasons 1 and 2 scored the Quirino Awards for best animation in 2023 and 2024.
Filmax will also handle distribution of the animated theatrical feature in Spain. The deal is announced in the run-up to Annecy’s 40th MIFA Market, running June 10-13. At France’s Annecy, the most important animation festival in the world, Filmax will present a sales promo to clients, featuring a one-man band musical number by Jambo in which he laments he’s past his best. Filmax will also attend Madrid’s ECAM Forum.
The film is now fully in the production stage and is due to be released in Spanish cinemas in 2026, also by Filmax.
An international sales breakout for Dandelooo, the series sold to a slew of major territories, including France – in a significant deal with France Télévisions, as well as Canada, Sweden, USA, Portugal, Argentina (Pakapaka), Brazil, UAE and Chile, and has been dubbed into more than ten languages.
Produced by Teidees Audiovisuals and public broadcaster 3Cat, “Jasmine & Jambo” enrols the same titular characters, little Jasmine, 8, and her loyal elephant friend Jambo, as well as the talent behind the series, director Silvia Cortés and producer Marta Alonso co-founders of Teidees Audiovisuals. Picking up on new themes, it looks set to repeat the winning mix of friendship, music and emotions, and a hugely colorful palette which however uses the softer tones of the natural world.
Jasmine and Jambo
Courtesy of Dandelooo
In it, Jasmine, after the death of her parents, Jasmine feels like music is broken. A mysterious musical score leads her to Soundland, a musical paradise, who’s guardian, Jambo, is going through am age-related crisis. There she not only fixes music, but is able to come to terms with her grief.
The film “reveals universal secrets about music, things that we’ve never heard talked about before.,” said Cortes, calling the animated feature “a classic adventure story” that “captivates our senses and emotions and has a universal purpose: to save music. Jasmine & Jambo is essentially a story of friendship, that takes us on an aesthetic, musical, and emotional journey,” she concluded.
The film also celebrates a diversity of accents, both in the original version of the film and in its international versions.
“This film is truly a delight and one of the most special presentations we’ve had in recent times. The story is beautiful, emotional and colourful and the quality of the soundtrack is quite exceptional,” said Iván Díaz, Filmax head of international. He went on: “The film’s emotional side, which deals with themes such as grief over the loss of a loved one, is extremely powerful and has the ability to touch viewers of all ages. The animation style is unconventional and overwhelmingly charming”.
“Jasmine & Jambo” the series also walked odd with the best international series at the Festival Écran Jeunesse and scored a nomination for the Quality in Children’s TV Worldwide award at the prestigious Prix Jeunesse International.
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