MIAM! animation: female stories

Hanna Mouchez, CEO and Founder, comments to Prensario: 'We have started the production of Edmond and Lucy (52x'12) with France 5, the executive production of the series is carried out by MIAM! studio, our new real-time 3D production studio. To found a new 3D studio is quite a challenge, this is why I chose to recruit two experienced persons, both former Gaumont Animation executives Gaëlle Guiny as Head of Studio and Jérôme Desvignes as Technical Director’.

The preschool show is an adaptation from the illustrated books by Marc Boutavant and is published in more than 20 countries. The story follows Edmond the squirrel and Lucy the little bear, along with their band of friends, in their daily adventures in the middle of nature, a nature that we managed to create in a diverse and realistic way thanks to a new 3D real time pipeline. France Televisions acquired the series for France, as well as RTS in Switzerland, SVT for Sweden and TV5 Monde for the French-speaking world. Presales have begun.

With regards its international distribution activity, the company is promoting this fall Brazen (30 x 3’30), produced by Silex Films. Brazen is a bold 2D series, targeted to teens, families and adults from 9 years old and up, adapted from a French bestseller comic book that sold worldwide to +550.000 copies, that introduces the portraits of 30 women, each revolutionary in their own way, who changed the world but where forgotten by History. It's time to remember them and bring inspiration to new generations. Brazen premiered in March 2020 in France and gathered more than 12 million views ranking the show within the top 10 most watched series on France Televisions. YLE, RTP, RAI, RTS and Gulli Russia are already on board. 

Two recent acquisitions at MIAM! have also been successfully launched in France. Fail in Love (13x’4) from Darjeeling Productions premiered on Arte in July 2020 and gathered more than 2 million views so far. At a time when more than 180 million people are using dating-app such as Tinder, Happn, Grinder, etc. It brings up 13 funny, unexpected and awkward dating app stories… when surprise, comedy or absurdity disrupt the game. The adult animated series won the ‘Best Animated Short’ award at Berlin Short Film Festival and has been nominated to many international Festivals including Ottawa International Animation Festival. 

What if 007 was a woman? Away from the James Bond girl cliché, Women Undercover (6x’6) introduces the portraits of 6 former Cold War spies and unveils their determinant and yet unknown contribution to International Intelligence. Produced by French prodco Quark, the show premiered on Arte last March 2020 and reached more than 2 million views in a few weeks! It is already nominated to many international Festivals including Ottawa International Animation Festival. 

MIAM! is participating at Cartoon Forum, Virtual Screenings and soon at MIPJunior/MIPCOM. ‘We are opened to discuss and introduce to global clients our new and available shows’, concluded Mouchez.