UK: Aardman Secures Distribution Rights for “Brave Bunnies“

The UK-based animation production company Aardman Animation just announced the acquisition of the distribution rights for the new “Brave Bunnies“ pre-school series, which was created by Ukraine-based Glowberry Creative Lab. 52 episodes of seven minutes each are currently being produced by Spanish production company Anima Kitchent under the direction of Tom Fehrenbach.

Every episode shows the adventures of a bunny family, travels on a “Bunny Bus“. The content is aimed at showing children the diversity of the world and teach them about respect and equality. Alison Taylor, Head of Sales and Acquisition at Aardman says: “Brave Bunnies looks like nothing else on our slate, and when Glowberry first pitched it to us at MIPCOM we could instantly see the series appealing to audiences all over the world. We are very excited to be working with the teams at Glowberry and Anima, and to be showing Brave Bunnies to our clients for the first time at the Kidscreen Summit.” Marine Vardanyan, Head of Brand Management at Glowberry adds: “We consider the Brave Bunnies to be a huge breakthrough for the Ukrainian animation world and we feel proud about gathering an international team for the production of the series to be distributed worldwide by our new partner Aardman.”

The premier of “Brave Bunnies“ is scheduled for spring 2021. (eap)