Perro Verde wins at Cartoon Movie

LYON, France -- Manuel Cristobal's Perro Verde Films won European Producer of the season in 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 ecu director jerk for 2D adventure "Zarafa," beating Bibo Bergeron for EuropaCorp-created "Monster in Paris," and also the Danish trio, Thorbjorn Christoffersen, Philip Einstein Lipski and Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen, for "Ronal the Barbarian."Belgium's Cineart won the ecu distributor kudo over Romania's Transilvania Film and Pathe, which works in France and also the U.K. Marc Bonny, founding father of leading French arthouse company, Gebeka Films, that is located in Lyon, was feted having a special tribute in 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 created Ignacio Ferreras' feature debut "Facial lines," that was pitched at Cartoon Movie this past year coupled with its Gallic premiere in the mart on March 7. The pic, the company's fifth feature, is repped by 6 Sales. Cristobal told Variety that Perro Verde is creating a second toonpic with Ferreras.The business's credits likewise incorporate "Talking.Inch "We goal to carry on creating family features in addition to films like 'Wrinkles' that push the limitations of animation by addressing moving difficulties with humor and endearing figures," Cristobal told Variety. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com