‘Dilili In Paris’ Coming To U.S. In Samuel Goldwyn Deal

Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired U.S. rights to Michel Ocelot’s animated Dilili in Paris, which is part of SGF’s plan to expand into distributing more family entertainment films. A 2019 theatrical release is in the works.

Dilili centers on a young girl who becomes caught up in a mystery plot that will take her through the upper reaches and lower depths of Belle Époque-era Paris. In the course of her investigation, she visits incredible places and encounters a series of extraordinary characters, each providing her with clues that will help in her quest to save the women of Paris. Prunelle Charles-Ambron, Enzo Ratsito and Natalie Dessay voice the cast.

Ocelot, whose credits include the animated Kirikou and the Sorceress, Princes and Princesses and Azur & Asmar: The Princes’ Quest, wrote and directed Dilili, which opened the 2018 Annecy animation festival, bowed in French theaters last fall and was nominated for a César Award. Christophe Rossignon and Philip Boëffard are producers.

“It’s an exciting time here at Samuel Goldwyn Films as we are expanding back into family entertainment” Peter Goldwyn said in a release announcing the acquisition. “We believe that Dilili in Paris is a great family film to launch us back into this space.”