EXCLUSIVE: Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired UK and Irish distribution to Ugo Bienvenu’s Annecy award-winning French animation Arco from Go
EXCLUSIVE: Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired UK and Irish distribution to Ugo Bienvenu’s Annecy award-winning French animation Arco from Goodfellas.
The 2D computer animation was premiered as a Special Screening in Cannes in May before going on to win the top prize in Annecy last week.
Set in 2075, Arco follows a 10-year-old girl called Iris who witnesses a mysterious boy in a rainbow suit fall from the sky. He comes from an idyllic far future where time travel is possible and Iris must support him return to his time.
Natalie Portman is among English-language voice actors and also has a producer credit.
Neon will distribute Arco in the US. Further producers include Félix de Givry and Sophie Mas.
Clare Binns, managing director of Picture Entertainment, said Arco “marks Ugo Bienvenu as a major talent in animated film, and is a film that will captivate both family audiences and independent cinema-goers alike”.
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