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Epsilon Film on Mimi and Harold - Out of Frame bei Cannes

Epsilon Film on Mimi and Harold - Out of Frame bei Cannes

Epsilon Reveals Cannes Sales Slate for 2024, Headed by Mimi & Harold - Out of Frame

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Butterfly Tale has won at the Chicago International Children's Film Festival

Butterfly Tale has won at the Chicago International Children's Film Festival

Now it's official: Butterfly Tale has won the children's jury award at the Chicago International Children's Film Festival, in the category Animated Feature Film! We are very happy, that the intended audience and our harshest critics, children, enjoy and celebrate our movie!

A lot of thanks to the jury and the festival organisation for this very special 40 anniversary.

The Amazing Maurice nominated for European Film Awards!

The Amazing Maurice nominated for European Film Awards!

What an honour! Our wonderful film The Amazing Maurice is nominated for the European Film Awards 2023 in the category "European Animated Feature Film".

The awards ceremony will take place on December 9th, 2023 in Berlin.

The Amazing Maurice and Butterfly Tale at Schlingel Filmfestival

The Amazing Maurice and Butterfly Tale at Schlingel Filmfestival

We are visiting Chemnitz to show two films Maurice the Cat and Butterfly Tale at the Schlingel Filmfest 2023 in the category "Spotlight Germany".

The Amazing Maurice wins at the Cartoons on the Bay Festival

The Amazing Maurice wins at the Cartoons on the Bay Festival

Thank you Cartoons on the Bay for awarding The Amazing Maurice with the Pulcinella Award for 'Best Animation'.

Pirate Mo wins Screenplay Award

Pirate Mo wins Screenplay Award

It's ITFS festival Stuttgart time again! This year we are happy to have had two projects involved in the festival.

We are super excited that the script for our new project ‘PIRATE MO and the Legend of the Red Ruby’, written by Richie Conroy, is won the German Animation Screenplay Award at ITFS! It’s time to set sail little Mo!

On top, 'THE AMAZING MAURICE/MAURICE DER KATER' will be screened at the ITFS Open Air event.

Nomination “Producer of the Year” The Amazing Maurice

Nomination “Producer of the Year” The Amazing Maurice

How wonderful that Ulysses is nominated alongside Cantilever Media as "Producer of the Year" for The Amazing Maurice  by Cartoon Movie.
Thank you to Cartoon and the whole team of this film. It was an extraordinary journey, we are very happy! See you soon in Bordeaux!

Theatrical release The Amazing Maurice

Theatrical release The Amazing Maurice

After being able the to celebrate the German premiere of "The Amazing Maurice" (Maurice der Kater) the movie is now in cinemas!

The day could not have been better or more beautifully. The largest cinema at Cinemaxx Dammtor was jam-packed and everyone, big and small, had a lot of fun! After years of hard work, a wonderful reward for the whole team. Thank you to everyone who came and celebrated with us! We are proud of everyone involved and especially of our beautiful film.

The Amazing Maurice longlisted for Deutscher Filmpreis 2023!

The Amazing Maurice longlisted for Deutscher Filmpreis 2023!

Our film 'The Amazing Maurice' has been longlisted for the Deutscher Filmpreise (German Film Awards) 2023 in the category "Children's Film"!

We're incredibly happy about that - many thanks to the committee.

The shortlist will be announced on March 24th, 2023. We're keeping our fingers crossed!

The Amazing Maurice longlisted for BAFTA Awards 2023!

The Amazing Maurice longlisted for BAFTA Awards 2023!

Our film 'The Amazing Maurice' has been longlisted for the BAFTA Awards 2023 in the category "Best Animated Feature"!

We're hugely excited about that, what an honour.

The shortlist will be announced on March 24th, 2023. We're keeping our fingers crossed!

The Amazing Maurice at Sundance 2023!

The Amazing Maurice at Sundance 2023!

It's official now... THE AMAZING MAURICE has been selected for the 2023 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL. The festival takes place in January in Utah for the 39th time.

We are delighted to be invited with this extraordinary German-UK co-produced animated feature.

We are proud of the whole team, of all the people involved in this production. We've grown into a really good squad over the years and have racked up a lot of extra miles - together!

THE AMAZING MAURICE hits theaters in Germany on February 9th 2023. The film has sold worldwide and we are looking forward to many happy, delighted, enchanted and hopefully thought-provoked audiences from all countries.

Ulysses receives European Slate Development Funding from Creative Europe MEDIA!

Ulysses receives European Slate Development Funding from Creative Europe MEDIA!

We are delighted: We received European Slate Development Funding from Creative Europe MEDIA! Here we go, three new projects are waiting in the wings at Ulysses to be developed and funded in the coming months. We look forward to existing and new partnerships and lots of creative work on these outstanding animated films!

The Amazing Maurice won its first award!

The Amazing Maurice won its first award!

We're happy and thrilled to announce that The Amazing Maurice has won the Audience Award 2022 at Nantes Science Fiction Film Festival!
The first award for our German-UK-coproduction. The film will be in cinemas soon!

Ulysses turns 18!

Ulysses turns 18!

Finally Ulysses is 18, we're of legal age now!
 
It started 6574 days ago, Ulysses journey of ugly ducklings, flying reindeer, children who have crushes, talking hammers, father and son stories, brightly colored creatures that nobody has seen before, storks and those who think they are, hyperactive aliens, magical elves and of course an amazing cat and his gang of rats. Almost 1000 minutes in which we put a smile on the faces of children and families.
 
We are grateful, proud and excited and look forward to many more adventures!
See you all very soon, Emely, Sonja, Denise and Wolfgang – the Ulysses Team

Ooops! 2 on bestseller list

Ooops! 2 on bestseller list

Great news for us!
 
Ooops!2 is number 3 on the German Films list of the best-selling German films in 2021. And number 1 of the animated films!
Really exciting and we couldn’t be prouder!

Niko 3 at Cartoon Movie

Niko 3 at Cartoon Movie

This week we had the pleasure to attend Cartoon Movie in Bordeaux and present "Niko 3 - Beyond the Northern Lights" in development together with Animaker, Anima Vitae, A.Film Production and Moetion Films and "The Amazing Maurice" in production together with Cantilever Media.
 
We were able to show people from the film industry first impressions from Niko 3 and 10 minutes finished material from The Amazing Maurice.
 
We hope everyone had as much fun as we did - thanks for having us Cartoon Movie!

Butterfly Academy at Cartoon Forum

Butterfly Academy at Cartoon Forum

On September 22nd, 2021 we had the pleasure to present our series project "Butterfly Academy" at Cartoon Forum in Toulouse.
 
The series will be based on the film "Butterfly Tale", which is currently in production.
The great feedback after the pitch made us really happy!
 
We're glad to be on board of the series, together with CarpeDiem Film & TV and can't wait to dive further into the universe of our beloved butterflies

It's Ulysses' Birthday!

It's Ulysses' Birthday!

Today Ulysses Films turns 17! We have been producing animated films for the international market since 2004. That is what we can do and what we will also be showing with our current productions “The Amazing Maurice” (based on the novel by Terry Pratchett) and “Butterfly Tale”. The first finished material looks fantastic!

Many thanks to all of our partners, colleagues and friends from all over the world!

As filmmakers we are happy to be doing our part to quickly overcome the unprecedented situation that arose last year and this year. We have to produce good, high-quality films so that the cinemas continue to offer people an attractive range of culture and education, entertainment and fun when the pandemic subsides.

We at Ulysses are really looking forward to the coming years and many more beautiful projects!

Ooops! 2 in pre-selection for German Film Award!

Ooops! 2 in pre-selection for German Film Award!

We are incredibly happy that “Ooops!2 - Land in Sicht” (“Two by Two: Overboard!”) was included in the pre-selection for the 2021 German Film Award in the category "Children's Film". Many thanks to the committee!

The Amazing Maurice - additional cast confirmed!

The Amazing Maurice - additional cast confirmed!

Some new fantastic names have been added to our "The Amazing Maurice" cast: DAVID TENNANT as Dangerous Beans, ARIYON BAKARE as Darktan, ROB BRYDON as The Pied Piper and JOE SUGG as Sardines.

Butterfly Tale wins German Screenplay Award!

Butterfly Tale wins German Screenplay Award!

We’re proud to announce that our script for „Butterfly Tale” won the German Animation Screenplay Award at the 28th Festival of Animated Film in Stuttgart.
 
Thank you ITFS, the jury and our talented writers Heidi Foss and Lienne Sawatsky!

Ooops!2 on Blu-Ray and DVD in Germany!

Ooops!2 on Blu-Ray and DVD in Germany!

Join our friends Finny and Leah on a new adventure to save the animals of the ark!

Ooops!2 is now on Blu-Ray, DVD and digital platforms everywhere in Germany.

The Amazing Maurice - confirmed Cast!

The Amazing Maurice - confirmed Cast!

We have great news! The cast attached to date to our animated feature „The Amazing Maurice“ are HUGH LAURIE as Maurice, EMILIA CLARKE as Malicia, HIMESH PATEL as Keith, DAVID THEWLIS as Boss Man, GEMMA ARTERTON as Peaches and HUGH BONNEVILLE as The Mayor.

Ooops!2 in German cinemas NOW!

Ooops!2 in German cinemas NOW!

Today's the day! With over 520 copies, OOOPS!2 is released in German cinemas. We're over the moon!

Ooops!2 in German cinemas soon!

Ooops!2 in German cinemas soon!

We are happy and excited to announce that, despite these hard and trying times, we were able to finish our newest film and will release OOOPS! THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES... (German: Ooops!2 - Land in Sicht) in German cinemas on 24th of September, 2020. The German distributor is Telepool (distribution partner: Paramount).

bayala title song released!

bayala title song released!

Happy Release Day! You can buy the title song of bayala - A magical Adventure "I will find you" by Under The Pink feat. Malou now everywhere online. Get ready to have this song stuck in your head for days!

bayala books in stores now!

bayala books in stores now!

Only 20 days left until bayala - Das magische Elfenabenteuer is released in theaters all over Germany. But from today on  you can already buy great books by Egmont based on the film - film tie-in book, first-readers book, mandala colour pad, pre-school pad. You can buy them here online or in book stores near you!

bayala - in theaters soon!

bayala - in theaters soon!

Not long until bayala - Das magische Elfenabenteuer is released in theaters all over Germany on 24th of October, 2019. Get ready for an adventurous journey through the magical world of fairies and dragons. We can't wait!

bayala movie figurines in a toy store near you!

bayala movie figurines in a toy store near you!

We're still over the moon happy over this - you can now buy the Schleich figurines based on our movie characters from "bayala - a magical adventure" online https://www.schleich-s.com/de/DE/bayala/produkte/filter/thema/movie.html or in a toy store near you!

Luis and the Aliens on DVD!

Luis and the Aliens on DVD!

From outer space straight into the living rooms! Luis and the Aliens will be released on DVD in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on November 1st, 2018.

Luis in UK and Ireland!

Luis in UK and Ireland!

Luis made it to the island! Thanks to Warner UK it will be released in UK and Ireland on August 24th, 2018 in cinemas everywhere!

Luis at the Goldener Spatz 2018!

Luis at the Goldener Spatz 2018!

We are more than happy that our film "Luis and the Aliens" is nominated for the 26. Childrens Media Festival Goldener Spatz. It's the third time for us to be nominated. The festival will take place from 10th - 16th June, 2018 in Gera and Erfurt.

Ooops! 2 receives funding!

Ooops! 2 receives funding!

Thank you Eurimages! On March 16, 2018 in Yerevan it was decided we will get Eurimages funding for our film "Ooops! Back in the Deep End". The project is at the ready and we're so happy we can start production in June in Hamburg, Luxembourg and Ireland!

Bavarian Film Award for Richard, the Stork!

Bavarian Film Award for Richard, the Stork!

The Bavarian Film Award took place in Munich on January 19th, 2018 and we were lucky enough to receive one for “Richard, the Stork” in the category “Best Youth Film” along with the producers from Knudsen & Streuber Medienmanufaktur from Berlin. We are so proud of our little sparrow!

Richard flies to Berlinale again!

Richard flies to Berlinale again!

Exciting! „Richard, the Stork“ is pre-selected for the German Film Awards 2018. The pre-selected films will be shown on the big screen during the European Film Market. “Richard, the Stork” will be shown on February 22nd, 2018 at 10.15 o’clock in the Delphi LUX 3 in Berlin. So, whoever hasn’t seen the film yet or wants to see it again – now is your chance! And keep your fingers crossed that we take the award home!

The award show will take place on April 27th, 2018 in Berlin.

Richard, the Stork in German cinemas!

Richard, the Stork in German cinemas!

After our German pre-release premiere in Hamburg on 7th of May, 2017, the little sparrow will finally make it's way to German cinemas! Release is on May 11th, 2017 - we can't wait!

Richard, the Stork nominated!

Richard, the Stork nominated!

It's an honour to be nominated again for "Producer of the Year" at Cartoon Movie. This time together with our Co-Producers Knudsen & Streuber Medienmanufaktur, Walking the Dog, Mélusine Productions and Den siste skilling for "Richard, the Stork".

Richard, the Stork at Berlinale

Richard, the Stork at Berlinale

"Richard, the Stork" will celebrate it's world premiere on the 12th February at Berlinale 2017 and is also nominated in the category "Generation Kplus"! We'll keep our fingers crossed!

The official german release will then be on May 11th 2017 - We can't wait for the little birds to start their big journey!

bayala receives funding!

bayala receives funding!

On 22nd June 2016 our elf-project "bayala" received 500.000 Euro production funding from the Filmfund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein!

See all the funding decisions here: http://www.ffhsh.de/de/foerderung/entscheidungen/Hamburg_Schleswig_Holstein.php

Ooops!...we won!

Ooops!...we won!

Europes top animation producer is from Hamburg

It wasn’t a home match. At Cartoon Movie in Lyon, France 750 professionals (producers, directors, writers, television editors, distributors and world sales) from all over Europe chose the most successful animation producer of the year. The award went to Hamburg, to Emely Christians from Ulysses Filmproduktion, who developed and produced the film “Ooops! Noah is gone…” (“Two by Two”, “All Creatures Big and Small”) in 3D in cooperation with Studio Rakete (Hamburg) and co-producers in Luxembourg, Belgium and Ireland.

The film is about heartbreakingly comical creatures who have missed the boat when Noah set sails and despite all the contradictions become a team to survive storm and flood. The film was already a sensation at the last film festival in Cannes, because it was sold to every country on earth. The strongly represented French delegation in Lyon also thus honored the success of the film in French cinemas where until now more than 550.000 visitors came.

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Ooops! nominated...again!

Ooops! nominated...again!

It's official! Ulysses Films, Fabrique d'Images, Grid Animation and Moetion Films are nominated for the 2016 CARTOON TRIBUTES in the category "Eurpoean Producer of the Year" for "Ooops! Noah is gone...". The winners will be announced on March 4th 2016 in Lyon. We are excited!

Ooops! nominated...

Ooops! nominated...

"Ooops! Noah is gone..." is nominated for the Award of the German Film Critics in the category "children's film"! The awarding will take place on 15.02.2016 in Berlin. Fingers crossed!

Ooops! DVD Germany

Ooops! DVD Germany

On 4th January 2016 "Ooops" Noah is gone..." DVD, 2D & 3D BluRay as well as VoD will come out in Germany!

Ooops! DVD Ireland and UK

Ooops! DVD Ireland and UK

Finally, Finny and his friends at your home! At least in Ireland and UK, because there "Two by Two - Ooops! The Ark has gone..." is available on DVD now!

Ooops! Noah is gone... receives award!

Ooops! Noah is gone... receives award!

On Friday, 5.6.2015 in Erfurt the following was announced: The Goldene Spatz in the category "Animation" goes to - Ooops! Noah is gone...

We are happy that the kids jury liked the film so much and we are very proud! Producer Emely Christians, Director Toby Genkel and Co-Director Sean McCormack were there to receive the award.

                                                                                                   Welcome to the ark, little sparrow!

Ooops! Noah is gone... got rated

Ooops! Noah is gone... got rated

"Ooops! Noah is gone..." got the rating "especially valuable" by the Deutsche Film- and Medienbewertung. We say thank you!

Luis receives production funding!

Luis receives production funding!

"Luis and his Friends from Outer Space" received production funding in the amount of 650.000 Euro by the Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein! We are very happy about this early Easter egg!

Monstrous Maud receives script development funding

Monstrous Maud receives script development funding

We have pleasant news - our project "Monstrous Maud" received FFA script development funding! We are happy to work together with script writer Katharina Reschke on this project.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Ulysses wishes everyone merry christmas and a happy and successful year 2015!

Ooops! Noah is gone... Trailer

Ooops! Noah is gone... Trailer

You can now watch the international trailer for our project "Ooops! Noah is gone..." on youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spcghvLHXdk). Also visit the corresponding page on facebook (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ooops-Noah-is-gone/222749614584770) to not miss any updates about the film.

Thor on TV!

Thor on TV!

On Friday, 31.10.2014, our film "Legends of Valhalla - Thor" is on german television on SuperRTL at 8.15 pm. A perfect entertainment on a friday evening for big and small!

Ulysses turns 10!

Ulysses turns 10!

In May 2014 Ulysses celebrates its 10th anniversary! There is a nice article under "Press" about it from the Hamburger Aufblende.

Richard receives funding!

Richard receives funding!

We received an early christmas gift from Eurimages. Richard gets 480.000 Euro Eurimages funding.

Thank you very much!

 

European Film Awards

European Film Awards

Ari Folman's "The Congress" won "Best European Animation Feature Film" in Berlin on December 7th. Congratulations also to Studio Rakete, who produced parts of the animation in Hamburg.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Ulysses wishes everyone a merry christmas and a happy new year 2014!

Award for Igor

Award for Igor

We are pleased to report, that Evgeny Ruman won the award for best director for "Igor and the Cranes' Journey" at the Minsk International Film Festival! Congratulations!

Niko 2 won...

Niko 2 won...

the hearts of the young jury (the CineSeekers) of the Cinemagic Children's Festival in Belfast. They voted "Niko 2 - Little brother, big trouble" the winning film in the 6+ age category and so the film won the Emerald Star Award for best feature for a children's audience. Congratulations!

Richard receives funding!

Richard receives funding!

On the 21. August 2013 our new project Richard the Stork received funding from the FFA in the amount of 300.000 €. Now the production will start, as planned, next year! Our team is already looking forward to the work on this touching, exciting and adventurous film.

Niko 2 wins in Tokyo!

Niko 2 wins in Tokyo!

Great news from 21st Tokyo Kinder Film Festival. Niko 2 - Little Brother, Big Trouble won the Grand Prix of the best film in feature section! The award was selected by their kinder jurors.

This also means that Niko 2 will be screened at the upcoming big event Tokyo International Film Festival (17.-25.10.), as it is the winner of the Grand Prix.

 

Richard the Stork gets production funding

Richard the Stork gets production funding

In the last meeting of the FFHSH, we have been awarded with 400.000 €  production funding for our new film “Richard the Stork”. We are very pleased , because the little stork nowvalso has a nest in Hamburg!

Noah - It's going ahead

Noah - It's going ahead

Global Screen reports more sales of our film “Ooops! Noah is gone…” at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The film is in production at the moment and the currently developing storyboard promises a really funny entertaining and touching story.

Richard the Stork in Global Screen Line-Up

Richard the Stork in Global Screen Line-Up

Now it's official: Global Screen took over world sales for our animation feature film "Richard the Stork", which we produce together with Knudsen & Streuber Medienmanufaktur in Berlin. For the first time the film is in the Global Screen Line-Up at Cannes Film Festival!

Cinema release Thor

Cinema release Thor

On April 11th 2013 „Legends of Valhalla – Thor” is coming to german cinemas!
We are looking forward to the release of our exciting animation feature film about the Icelandic saga about the young hero Thor.
The German Distributor is Koch Media.

Rating for Thor

Rating for Thor

Our project Thor got the "rating particularly valuable" from the Filmbewertungsstelle Wiesbaden. We are very happy about that and can't wait for our exciting animation feature film, about the icelandic saga around the young hero Thor, to be released in german cinemas on April 11th.



The Distributor in Germany is Koch Media.



The film won two national Edda awards (Icelandic Oscar) for Best Editor (Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir) and Best Production Design (Gunnar Karlsson). It was nominated for 6 Edda awards.

And the Jussi goes to…Niko 2?!

And the Jussi goes to…Niko 2?!

Great news from Finland! Niko 2 is nominated in four categories for the finnish Oscar, the Jussi:



BEST PICTURE - Antti & Petteri & Hannu

BEST SCREENPLAY - Hannu & Marteinn
BEST MUSIC - Stephen

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN - Mikko

The award is taking place on the 3rd Febuary, 2013.

We are excited!

Happy new Year!

Happy new Year!

We wish everyone a happy and succesfull new year and we are looking forward to 2013!

“Niko & The Way to the Stars” on TV!

“Niko & The Way to the Stars” on TV!

On 24th December 2012 it's time again! Not only is it Christmas Eve, but the first part of our Niko-series "Niko & The Way to the Stars" will be shown on german TV. You can watch the film on ZDF at 9 am. For everyone who hasn't seen the film yet or could watch it again and again, that's your chance!

We are very happy about that and wish everyone a merry christmas!

Niko 2 – Cinema release

Niko 2 – Cinema release

On November 1st, 2012 the christmas movie 
„Niko 2 – Little brother, big trouble“, starts in German cinemas!
Exciting information about the movie on

www.niko-derfilm.de




The World Sales Agent is, like for the first part, Global Screen (formerly Telepool).


The German distributor is Universum Film.

Totally True Love DVD release in Germany

Totally True Love DVD release in Germany

Totally True Love DVD release in Germany

The german DVD of "Totally True Love" is out and can be bought everywhere, for example at amazon: In case you haven't got the beautiful soundtrack of composer Marcel Noll already you can download it on e.g. amazon or itunes:


New project “Richard the Stork” support by FFHSH

New project “Richard the Stork” support by FFHSH

We are happy that our new project Richard the stork received development funding by the Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein.

Worldpremiere Niko 2

Worldpremiere Niko 2

„Niko 2 – Little brother, big trouble“ successfully celebrated its worldpremiere at the Filmfest Hamburg on September 29th 2012 together with young and old.
Commentaries from the audience:
“The film was VERY cute”
“Mama, that was the best film I have ever watched!”

New project “My Chaosfairy & Me” in development

New project “My Chaosfairy & Me” in development

We are happy to announce that our new animation feature film project "My Chaosfairy & me", written by Simone Veenstra and Anja Schneider, received MEDIA Development.


In November 2011 it already received script development funding from the filmfunding Hamburg Schleswig - Holstein.

The project has been developed as a TV series at the "Akademie für Kindermedien" 2009*10 and as a feature film by the producer Maite Woköck at the EAVE European Producers Workshop 2011.

Luis – Trailer is finished

Luis – Trailer is finished

We recently presented our new project "Luis and his friends from outer space" at Cartoon Movie. The market has shown great interest! 
At the moment we are operating at full stretch on the script, the trailer is finished and can be watched on our website at Feature Films/development.



The project is developed with the brothers Lauenstein.

“Ooops! Noah is gone…” support by FFHSH

“Ooops! Noah is gone…” support by FFHSH

We are happy that our project “Ooops! Noah is gone…” received production funding in the amount of 1 Million Euro by the Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein. It’s our first self-developed and self-written project and the german part will be completely realized in Hamburg.



The film was already supported by the programme of the Hamburger Behörde für Wirtschaft und Arbeit (BWA) zur Beschäftigungssicherung during development.



It’s a co-production with Belgium, Luxembourg and Ireland and is expected to go into production by the end of 2012.