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Anima’s Fleak wins at Cartoon Movie
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March 10, 2020
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Finnish animation studio Anima Vitae's (Niko and the Way to the Stars, Moominvalley) animated feature film project Fleak has won the Eurimages Co-production Award at the 22nd edition of Cartoon...
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Third Niko movie in the making
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July 2, 2019
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Popular 3D animated movies about a young reindeer boy Niko are getting a sequel. The Finnish Film Foundation has allotted a scriptwriting grant for our movie project with working title Niko 3....
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Fleak at Annecy Festival
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June 17, 2019
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Anima's Producer Antti Haikala attended Annecy Internationl Animation Film Festival and the International Animation Film Market (Mifa) in Annecy, France 10-15 June 2019 presenting Anima's feature...
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Moominvalley dominates Yle Areena
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June 10, 2019
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Moominvalley is now officially the most-watched TV show ever on Yle Areena on-demand service in Finland. Read more about the record breaking viewer numbers here (the article is in...
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Anima at FMX 2019
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May 6, 2019
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Antti Haikala, producer & COO at Anima Vitae, talked about the development of Moominvalley, from concept to the innovative new CG animated series, at FMX 2019 in Stuttgart, Germany. Moominvalley...
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Moominvalley gets a global distributor
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May 1, 2019
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Award-winning distributor PGS Entertainment is now global distributor (excluding Finland, U.K., Japan, China & South Korea) for Moominvalley, the new TV adaptation of Finnish writer/artist Tove...
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Anima pitched Fleak at Cartoon Movie 2018
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March 10, 2018
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Anima's feature film project Fleak was selected to be pitched at Cartoon Movie 2018. Producer Antti Haikala travelled to Bordeaux, France to present the project to the audience consisting of movie...
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Anima to work on TV series Moominvalley
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October 4, 2017
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Gutsy Animations, the Finnish production company behind MOOMINVALLEY, has appointed Anima Vitae as the animation studio for its first two series which will feature 13 episodes each. Gutsy...
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ANIMA goes APE in Cannes
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May 12, 2016
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Once again Cannes – here we come! This year we go APE. Our Cannes Film Market 2016 is fulfilled with China seminar and speed dating, financing seminar, virtual reality besides one-to-one...
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Hong Kong FILMART 2016
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March 25, 2016
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The 20th edition of Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (FILMART) just ended. 800 exhibitors from more than 30 countries and regions took part. On one topic there seems to be a consensus...
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Cartoon Movie 2016
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March 7, 2016
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Our Cartoon Movie visit was great and inspiring this year. Cartoon events succeed continuously to present animation on it's full wide scale and the events doesn't exhibit only animation projects for...
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Berlin EFM 2016
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February 21, 2016
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Anima visited EFM once again. This time 90% of Anima's meetings in Berlin were related to China. Bridging the Dragon and the European Film Market organised the first Sino-European Production...
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Wrapping up the year 2015
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December 18, 2015
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It's time to wrap up the year and wish Happy Holidays to all of our friends! Let's take a quick look on what our year 2015 included. Our main projects in 2015 have been Fleak, Hugo and Julia &...
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Development support for Fleak
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September 21, 2015
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Great news! The Finnish Film Foundation has granted a development support for Fleak yet again. This is already the third time as FFF supported Fleak so they really like the project and we appreciate...
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Anima is starting co-operation in Tokyo
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May 29, 2015
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Anima’s red t-shirt looks good in Japan too. Anima has been looking for designers and production artists in Asia for our Julia&PAL feature. Now it is happening with Japan. This all started...
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Fleak mobile games
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May 25, 2015
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During spring 2015 we were happy to collaborate with Metropolia to produce small-scale Fleak mobile games. Anima has a long history with Metropolia because many Metropolia students have been...
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Fleak to Animation Production Day 2015
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March 16, 2015
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We are very proud to announce that Fleak has been selected for Animation Production Day 2015. The Animation Production Day, hosted by FMX and ITFS, is a business platform for the international...
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Fleak at Digital Biscuit
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January 30, 2015
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Fleak's director, Antti, visited Digital Bisquit 2015 in Ireland. We were happy to receive an invitation to this interesting film and technology forum which was packed up with interesting...
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Wrapping up the year 2014
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December 18, 2014
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It's time to wrap up the year 2014 and wish Happy Holidays to all of our friends! Let's take a quick look on what our colourful year included. Our main projects in 2014 have been Fleak, Hugo, Niko...
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Anima at Asia TV Forum 2014
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December 16, 2014
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We attended Asia TV Forum between 9-12 December. Anima's main producer Petteri Pasanen was presenting our projects (Fleak / Hugo / Niko) at Finnanimation's booth D35. During the week we got also...
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Niko 1 – CBS’s Annual Holiday Favorite
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December 5, 2014
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Niko 1 a.k.a. The Flight before Christmas was one of the winners on CBS's thanksgiving week in USA. "CBS's annual holiday favorites Frosty The Snowman, Yes, Virginia, The Flight before Christmas...
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Cartoon Forum 2014 summary
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September 30, 2014
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Cartoon Forum, Europe's biggest pitching & co-production forum for animated TV projects, celebrated its silver anniversary this year. The event attracted more than 850 industry professionals...
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Fleak got development support
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September 22, 2014
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Yet another great news for Fleak! The Finnish Film Foundation has granted a development support for our new animated series - Fleak. The timing is perfect because we are heading this week to Cartoon...
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Fleak to Cartoon Forum 2014
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June 23, 2014
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Let us introduce you to Fleak! Fleak is Anima's new series in development and we are so proud to announce that it has been accepted by the Selection Committee to be presented during the Cartoon...
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Anima at Annecy
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June 10, 2014
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Today Anima's producers arrived in Annecy. We are at MIFA from Wednesday 11th to Friday 13th. This is one of the animation industry's top events in Europe and nowadays people visit the animation...
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AnimaPoint celebrated it’s 1st birthday
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June 5, 2014
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In 2013 Anima set up its second animation studio, AnimaPoint, to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in cooperation with a local partner Creative Media Point. The animation studio is based on a production line...
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Niko 2 – Best-selling Finnish DVD/Blu-ray
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May 9, 2014
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According to The Finnish Film Distributors' Association's fresh report Niko 2 was the best-selling Finnish DVD/Blu-ray in 2013! In Finland the animation feature is distributed by Nordisk...
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Visiting China
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January 30, 2014
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Anima's CEO Petteri Pasanen made a short visit to Beijing. Now that Anima's joint venture studio AnimaPoint is up and running in Malaysia, there are lots of collaboration possibilities also in other...
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Niko 2’s DVD and Blu-ray release in Finland
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November 13, 2013
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It's time to celebrate – Niko 2 has just been released in DVD and Blu-ray here in Finland! Support the flying reindeer and his awesome friends by sharing these excellent...
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Niko 2 sold to multiple territories
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October 30, 2013
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German sales group closed deals across Europe and Asia for the 3D animated films Niko 2 and Richard the Stork. "Niko 2 sold to Metrodome in the U.K.; Chinese distributor Flame; Intersonic/Abbey Road...
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AnimaPoint
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August 27, 2013
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AnimaPoint was kickstarted in mid-July 2013 – half a year earlier than planned. Things are happening fast at the moment. The animation studio is a joint venture between Anima Vitae, Finland, and...
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Tokyo Kinder Film Festival 2013
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August 20, 2013
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Great news from 21st Tokyo Kinder Film Festival! Niko 2 - Little Brother, Big Trouble won the Grand Prix of the best film in feature section! The award was selected by their kinder jurors. The staff...
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Cartoon Movie Tributes 2013 nomination
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March 5, 2013
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Great news! Anima Vitae and Cinemaker have been nominated for Cartoon Movie Tributes 2013 in the category “European Producer of the Year”. We got this honour for our fantastic success with Niko 2...
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Anima hired a visionary Creative Director
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January 4, 2013
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Year 2013 started very well for Anima. We received a confirmation that one of the top talents in animation industry, Mikko Pitkänen, is joining our team as a Creative Director. “Anima offered a...
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Niko 2 Gala Evening
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November 1, 2012
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Time flies. Niko 2 – Little Brother, Big Trouble launched here in Finland almost a month ago. By 31th October we had 100k viewers and now in November it’s time for some bigger countries such as...
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One night to premiere!
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October 27, 2012
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Niko 2 – Little Brother, Big Trouble will soon be in theaters in Finland followed by Germany, Denmark and France. It’s funny how excited you’ll get of seeing the film even you’ve worked with...
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Niko flies into AppStore
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October 24, 2012
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Now it is also possible to take part in Niko’s adventures with mobile game. Niko 2 game is downloadable from App Store. In the official mobile game of Niko 2 – Little Brother, Big Trouble the...
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Nordic TD Forum
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October 15, 2011
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Anima is one of the proud founders of the Nordic TD Forum. Now, after two annual conferences and one Stereoscopic seminar, we can say that the forum has successfully increased the know-how and...
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The president of Finland visited Anima
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November 4, 2009
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President of the Republic of Finland Tarja Halonen visited Anima Vitae to meet Finnish animation professionals and to get acquaited with the industry. Present were also animation producers Jyrki...
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