FORMAT
3D animated comedy adventure
TARGET AUDIENCE
4-6 years old
STAGE
Development
MAGIC ADVENTURES
Best buddies Molly and Vigor, an aspiring apprentice witch and a colorful dragon, embark on magical journeys, where they learn that the best kind of magic is friendship. It’s a 3D animated show for the 4-6 age group, with vibrant and colorful environments and diverse characters. Molly and Vigor live with Molly’s Grandpa, her Wizard mentor and guardian. Grandpa is training Molly to become the most awesomely equipped witch ever, who will possibly one day, take over his role as the wise advisor of the Magic Forest.
MAGIC MOLLY is filled with epic broom rides, BFFs and magic spells gone wrong!
TEASER TRAILER
Blue-Zoo is the animation studio that produced the Magic Molly teaser trailer, along with Pixel giants. It’s one of the UK’s leading animation studios with an enviable client list, and a shelf full of BAFTAs for their trademark character animation. They have produced some of the most well-loved kids shows for TV and digital, including the ‘The Adventures of Paddington’, ‘Miffy Adventures Big and Small’, ‘Numberblocks’, ‘Alphablocks’, ‘Tree Fu Tom’, ‘Digby Dragon’ and ‘Olive The Ostrich’.
CHRIS DREW
Chris worked with Blue-Zoo to direct the Magic Molly teaser trailer. He is an Emmy Award Winning Animation Director whose animated series storyboard credits include shows such as ‘Mr Bean’, ‘Yoko Jakamoko Toto’, ‘Charlie and Lola’, ‘The Octonauts’, ‘Jungle Junction’ and ‘Tree Fu Tom’ Then, he was approached to head the storyboard team for Hit Entertainment, eventually overseeing ‘Mike the Knight’ before being asked to join Blue-Zoo as Director on ‘Miffy's Adventures Big and Small’. He has also directed the well known Blue Zoo kids series ‘Digby Dragon’ and ‘The Adventures of Paddington’.
DEVELOPMENT ARTWORK
PITCHING
Magic Molly secured a Creative Europe/MEDIA development fund with the help of Filmblades LTD. This is the first time an animated project from Cyprus was awarded this fund (one of 8 in the EU). With the support of Creative Europe, we were able to move forward with development.
Magic Molly started its pitching journey at ANIMATION PRODUCTION DAYS in Stuttgart, Germany. APD is a curated business platform for the German and international animation industry. In exclusive pre-planned one-to-one meetings producers present their fresh ideas for animated feature films, TV series, games or transmedia projects to broadcasters, streamers, investors, distributors and potential co-production partners.
Armed with valuable feedback and contacts from APD, we prepared our pitch for CARTOON FORUM, a pitch¬ing & co-pro forum for ani¬mat¬ed TV projects in Toulouse, France. For 3 days, pro¬duc¬ers have the oppor¬tu¬ni¬ty to pitch their project in front of 1000 broad¬cast¬ers, investors and oth¬er poten¬tial part¬ners from 40 coun¬tries. Again, this was the first time an animated series from Cyprus made it this far! An unprecedented experience of presenting this passion project in front of a big audience, despite the projector mishap!
After pitching, the show was optioned by a major international studio. Now it’s back in our hands, ready for more adventures and magic!
Contact us if you are interested to know more, or if you want to be involved!
WHO WE ARE
Maria Pavlou
Creator/Producer – IP Owner
TV series: Co-Creator/Producer - The Olive Bunch, 6-9, 2D animated show. Developed with a Kickstarter campaign and pitched at Cartoon Forum, Mifa, CEE and Kids Kino. Currently under further development at a major EU studio.
SHORTS: Producer-Director-Scriptwriter - 3D animated film Dragon Recipes. Festivals: Chicago International Children's Film Festival, RiverRun International Film Festival, Encounters Film Festival, Montreal International Animation Film Festival, Animafest Cyprus 2019, Thessaloniki Animation Festival 2019 (among others). Producer of the Commissioned film J+A Philippou, 60-year anniversary. Festivals: ANIMA - Córdoba International Animation Festival.
Katerina Pantela
Art Director/Production Designer
FEATURES: Props and Location Design - Titina (directed by Kajsa Næss at Mikrofilm/ Vivi Film).
TV series: Co-Creator/Art Director/Character Designer - The Olive Bunch, 6-9, 2D animated show. D eveloped with a Kickstarter campaign and pitched at Cartoon Forum, Mifa, CEE and Kids Kino. Currently under further development at a major EU studio.
Background Supervisor - Cockroaches (Mikrofilm), 2D Design - Ridley Jones (Brown Bag Films - Netflix), Character Design - Τ-Rex Ranch (Moonbug Entertainment), Concept Art and 2D Design - Buttterbean’s Cafe Seasons 1&2 (Brown Bag Films, Nickelodeon Junior), Character Designer - Space Chickens in Space (Gingerbread Animation, Disney EMEA), Colour Keys - Vampirina Season 3 (Brown Bag Films, Disney Junior), Art Director/Production Designer - Magic Molly (PIXEL giants), Character Animator - Pete The Cat (Cartoon Saloon, Amazon Prime). Character Animator - Wonder Over Yonder season 2 (Boulder Media).
SHORTS: Director, Designer - The Ice Cream Man (animated music video, festivals: Cinanima 2019, Balkanima 2019, Tenerife Shorts 2020, ICONA Animation Festival 2019, Animasyros 2019, Animest Bucharest 2019, Animafest Cyprus 2019, MONSTRA 2020, ANIMAC 2020), Production Designer – Dragon Recipes (directed by Maria Pavlou, produced by Pixel giants).
Magnus Kravik
Storyboard Supervisor
FEATURES: Story Artist – Titina (Mikrofilm, Hand Drawn Feature Film), Story Artist – My Little Pony A New Generation (Boulder Media).
TV series: Storyboard Artist - Ivandoe season 1 (Sun Creature Studio, Cartoon Network), Storyboard Supervisor - Littlest Pet Shop: A World of Our Own season 1 (Boulder Media, Discovery Family). Storyboard Artist - Magic Molly (PIXEL giants). Storyboard Artist – Transformers: Rescuebots Academy Opening Titles (Boulder Media, Discovery Family). Storyboard Artist – Littlest Pet Shop: A World of Our Own season 1 + Opening Titles (Boulder Media, Discovery Family), Storyboard Artist - Vampirina season 1 + Opening Titles (Brown Bag Films, Disney Channel), Character Animator - Wonder Over Yonder season 2 (Boulder Media).
SHORTS: Storyboard Artist – The House (Nexus Studios, Netflix). Storyboard Artist, 2D Rigger, Animator – The Ice Cream Man (music video by Katerina Pantela), Storyboard Artist – Dragon Recipes (PIXEL Giants).
AWARDS: Nominated for the 45th Annual Daytime Emmy Award for his role in storyboarding the opening titles of Vampirina.
ADVERTISMENTS: Storyboard Artist - Pitch directed by Patrick Osborne (Nexus Studios).
Krystal Georgiou
Creative Producer
Krystal has been working in animation since 2008 in a variety of roles - Director, storyboard artist, animator, designer, writer. Born in London and raised in a small village in Cyprus, she is passionate about creating emotionally compelling content that makes a difference, no matter the viewer's age. Krystal is currently series director on “Goat Girl” by Daily Madness, for Cartoon Network & HBO Max EMEA. Other recent credits include storyboarding for Netflix’s “Deadendia”, and Disney's "101 Dalmatian Street" and "Space Chickens in Space".
Neofytos Neofytou
DOP/TD
Neofytos is a 3D artist with many years of experience in the industry, both as an Art Director and Animation Instructor. He wears many hats on a daily basis; Storyteller, Director of Photography, Technical Guru, Rendering Master, AI Concept Artist. A keen eye on every shot, offering a detailed analysis of every pixel!
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