Nan & Lili go global
Classic Media has acquired worldwide TV and home entertainment distribution rights (excluding Middle East) for brand new 3D animated pre-school series.
Created by multi-award-winning director and executive producer Firdaus Kharas of Chocolate Moose Media for Al Jazeera Children’s Channel (JCC), Nan & Lili is the first ever Arabic animated pre-school series..
The show, which is being unveiled to buyers at MIPTV, is created for a global audience of pre-school boys and girls (two - four years). Innovative and interactive, the series is designed to engage young viewers in a playful way whilst educating and empowering them through a world of exploration and discovery. 200 three-minute episodes are currently available in three languages: Arabic, English and French, with a further 100 episodes in development for delivery later this year.
Chloé van den Berg, EVP international at Classic Media, commented: “We’re delighted to be launching Nan & Lili at MIPTV and are very excited to be working with JCC on its first animated pre-school series. Nan & Lili is a fantastic show with a unique animation style and a fresh approach to pre-school learning – offering entertainment whilst encouraging the valuable building blocks of problem-solving skills and emotional intelligence.”
Commenting on this announcement, Malika Alouane, director of channels’ programming at Al Jazeera Children’s Channel and Baraem TV, said: “Nan & Lili is a multi-award winning series that has gained international recognition and appreciation for providing pre-schoolers with unique and fresh educational content. We are confident that Classic Media... will secure international positioning of this property, especially with broadcasters who are keen on delivering quality programming to their young audiences.”
During its first broadcast year, Nan & Lili has won several international awards, including; The CINE Golden Eagle Award, a People’s Telly Award voted for by the general public on-line, two Accolade Awards, and the Chicago International Film Festival’s INTERCOM Certificate of Merit Award in the Educational Children Audience Category.
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