New Europe Film Sales has closed distribution deals for stop-motion animation “Tales From the Magic Garden” with buyers in multiple territories, ahead of its screenings next week at the Annecy Intl. Animation Film Festival in the Contrechamp Feature Competition.

Buyers include Pack Magic in Spain, Hulahop in Croatia, Skalvijos Kino Centras in Lithuania, Falcon in Indonesia, Bear With Me Distribution in Slovakia, Pilot Film in the Czech Rep. and Animateka in Slovenia. Gebeka will release the film in France. Talks in other countries are ongoing.

The film, which had its world premiere in the Berlinale’s Generation Kplus section, follows three kids who spend the night at their grandpa’s house. To fill the silence after losing their grandma, the family’s storyteller, they begin to create the

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