Charades Closes Asian Distribution Deals for Animated Feature 'We Are Aliens' Ahead of Annecy Premiere
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Kevin Giraud
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Paris-based sales company Charades has closed multiple Asian distribution deals for Kohei Kadowaki's animated feature 'We Are Aliens' ahead of its Annecy International Animation Film Festival premiere in Competition. The Japanese-French co-production has sold to distributors in South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Thailand. The film follows two boys in a small Japanese town whose friendship is altered by an act of betrayal.
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VarietyCharades Closes Asian Distribution Deals for Animated Feature 'We Are Aliens' Ahead of Annecy Premierevariety.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledParis-based sales company Charades has closed a raft of Asian deals on Kohei Kadowaki's animated feature 'We Are Aliens' ahead of its Annecy International Animation Film Festival premiere in Competition.
The Japanese-French co-production has sold to Geen Narae Media in South Korea, Hooray Films in Taiwan, Shaw Organisation in Singapore, Intercontinental Film Distributors in Hong Kong and Sahamongkol Film in Thailand.
Written and directed by Kadowaki, 'We Are Aliens' follows two boys in a small Japanese town whose friendship is altered by an act of betrayal that continues to shape their lives.
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