Indie Sales has closed a raft of deals on “Dandelion’s Odyssey,” Japanese director Momoko Seto’s feature debut. The movie will have its North American premiere in the Centrepiece section at Toronto.
“Dandelion’s Odyssey” world premiered at Cannes Critic’s Week where it won the FIPRESCI Award, and went to play at Annecy where it nabbed the Paul Grimault Award.
The animation film has sold in Switzerland (Praesens), Greece (Cinobo), Poland (Best Film), Baltic States (GPI), Ex-Yugoslavia (MCF Megacom), Latin America (Cinetopia), Indonesia (PT Falcon) and Philippines (Crystalsky Multimedia).
Leading family movie distributor Gebeka will handle the French theatrical release in March 2026, while Bantam (“Flow”) will release it in the Benelux.
An ecological fable animated by Guionne Leroy (“Toy Story”) and scored by Nicolas Becker (“Sound of Metal”) and Quentin Sirjacq, “Dandelion’s Odyssey” is set in a a dystopian world where plants and animals are the main characters. The feature boasts a mix of timelapse photography, as well as live-action shooting and 3D CGI animation.
The story revolves around “Dendelion, Baraban, Léonto and Taraxa are four odd friends; four seeds which used to belong to the same dandelion. Rescued from a nuclear explosion that destroyed the Earth, they find themselves hurled into the cosmos, travelling through planets and constellations. When they land on an unknown land, they set off on an unforgettable adventure to find a new home and settle for good,” reads the synopsis.
“Dandelion’s Odyssey” is produced by Miyu Productions (“Death Doest Not Exist,” “Chicken for Linda!”) and Ecce Films, and co-produced by Arte Cinéma and U Media in Belgium, among others.
“‘Dandellion’s Odyssey’ connects with our ecological consciousness all around the world,” said Nicolas Eschbach, Indie Sales co-founder. “With its unique universe and captivating storytelling, we follow four dandelion seeds in an extraordinary tale of survival and perseverance,” he continued.
Indie Sales’s track record in animation includes “My Life as a Zucchini,” the Oscar and Golden Globe-nominated feature, as well as “Richard the Stork 2” and Michel Gondry’s “Maya, Give Me A Title” which won the Berlinale’s Crystal Bear in the Generation Kplus section.
Indie Sales’ recent titles include Laura Wandel’s “Adam’s Sake,” which opened Cannes Critic’s Week, and Anne Emond’s “Peak Everything” which played at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, along with “Mata” directed by Rachel Lang.
