August 15, 2025

TAFITI celebrates its Baden-Württemberg premiere

The animated feature film TAFITI – ACROSS THE DESERT will celebrate its Baden-Württemberg premiere on August 26! At the 42nd Filmfest München, the movie about the adventures of the meerkat Tafiti and his friends had its German premiere and won the “Audience Award” in the CineKindl section. More info

Directed by Nina Wels (Ritter Rost, Der kleine Drache Kokosnuss), the film is based on the children’s book series TAFITI by Julia Boehme (also screenplay) and Julia Ginsbach. The animation was led by our CREATORS at Red Parrot Studios, and included Mountaineer Animation and Traumhaus Studios. Tradewind Pictures produced the film, with Little Dream Entertainment as co-producer, while Little Dream Pictures is handling distribution. World sales are managed by our CREATORS at Sola Media. The production was funded, among others, by MFG Baden-Württemberg.

The Stuttgart premiere will take place on August 26, 2025, at 16:00 CET at the GLORIA Innenstadtkino (tickets). Following the screening, there will be a Q&A session with the team – director Nina Wels, producer Helmut Weber, and voice actor Dustin Semmelrogge – moderated by Tim Gailus. The official nationwide cinema release will follow on September 4.

June 27, 2025

42. Filmfest München

Two animated projects involving AMCRS members will celebrate their world premieres this coming weekend at the 42. Filmfest München (June 27 to July 6, 2025) – and both are in the running for an award.

“TAFITI – ACROSS THE DESERT” and “PUMUCKL’S NEW ADVENTURES” are screening in the “CineKindl” competition and have been nominated for Best Film in this children’s and youth film section.

The animated children’s film “TAFITI – ACROSS THE DESERT” (directed by Nina Wels) was created with the participation of Red Parrot Studios. World sales are handled by Sola Media. The premiere will take place on Saturday, June 28. All information and cre dits

The animation for the goblin Pumuckl in the TV series “PUMUCKL’S NEW ADVENTURES” (directed by Marcus H. Rosenmüller) – with selected episodes from season 2 nominated – was created by Studio Soi. The premiere is scheduled for Sunday, June 29. All information and credits

The Filmfest München is the second-largest film festival in Germany, after the Berlinale.

Fingers crossed for everyone involved!

More information and sources: Filmfest Mü nchen | MFG Baden-Württemberg

January 2, 2025

Welcome, Red Parrot Studios Stuttgart!

New year – new CREATORS! We’re beyond excited to welcome Red Parrot Studios Stuttgart to our network!

Whether it is 3D animation for the whole family (MOONBOUND, TAFITI), high-quality VFX (THE MUCKLAS… AND HOW THEY CAME TO PETTERSON AND FINDUS), cartoonish 2D animation (FRIEDEFELD) or innovative animation techniques for sophisticated arthouse films (TEHRAN TABOO, LITTLE GERMANS) – ever since its foundation in 2014, Red Parrot Studios has established itself as one of the most creative animation studios in Germany.

Find out more about Red Parrot Studios!