Cape Town-based Triggerfish Animation has secured funding that will be used to
develop the first phase of five new animated feature films, expansion of the studio’s
digital department and exploration of new concepts, apps and games.
Jean-Michel Koenig, CFO of Triggerfish, secured the deal with Business Partners’
Venture Fund, a specialist risk finance company for formal small to medium
enterprises in South Africa and select African countries.
Says Koening: “We are very pleased with the confidence Business Partners has
placed in us as we look to invest further into our development slate.’
Based on the success of previous films, Adventures in Zambezia (Sony International
Acquisitions) and Khumba (Millennium Entertainment) work on two films
selected to go into development, Here be Monsters and Seal Team (working titles),
has already begun.
The company’s first venture into animating human characters begins with Here Be
Monsters, a story of a boy and a sea monster. Written by Raffaella Delle Donne, who
worked on both of Triggerfish’s previous films, the movie was selected for the
Creative Focus pitch at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in France.
The script for another animated feature, Seal Team, is currently being written by
Brian and Jason Cleveland of CMG who handled world sales on Triggerfish’s previous
films. The action-comedy features a group of Cape fur seals going up against their
natural enemies: great white sharks.
Triggerfish aims to release one film a year starting in 2016, with a focus on producing
movies with universal messages for all ages.
Visit: www.triggerfishstudios.com for more information.
