Perro Verde wins at Cartoon Movie

LYON, France -- Manuel Cristobal's Perro Verde Films won European Producer of year within the 14th edition of Cartoon Movie, the animation small-mart that wrapped Friday in Lyon. Perro Verde was competing against two Gallic companies, Moonscoop and Blue Spirit Animation. France's Remi Bezancon and Jean-Christophe Lie nabbed the eu director jerk for 2D adventure "Zarafa," beating Bibo Bergeron for EuropaCorp-produced "Monster in Paris," as well as the Danish trio, Thorbjorn Christoffersen, Philip Einstein Lipski and Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen, for "Ronal the Barbarian."Belgium's Cineart won the eu distributor kudo over Romania's Transilvania Film and Pathe, which fits in France as well as the U.K. Marc Bonny, founding father of leading French arthouse company, Gebeka Films, that's situated in Lyon, was feted getting a unique tribute within the Rhone-Alpes region. Gebeka's slate includes Jean-Francois Laguionie's "The Painting" and "Couleur Miel," a hybrid live action-animation pic helmed by Laurent Boileau and Jung Henin.Galicia-based shingle Perro Verde was setup by Cristobal in 2007. It produced Ignacio Ferreras' feature debut "Lines and wrinkles,Inch which was pitched at Cartoon Movie a year ago combined using its Gallic premiere within the mart on March 7. The pic, the business's fifth feature, is repped by 6 Sales. Cristobal told Variety that Perro Verde is developing a second toonpic with Ferreras.Their credits have "Speaking.Inch "We goal to continue creating family features additionally to films like 'Wrinkles' that push the restrictions of animation by addressing moving problems with humor and endearing figures," Cristobal told Variety. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com