• On August 11, TAT Productions released “Pil”, an animated film produced entirely in the Occitanie region.

  • The adventures of this young orphan, a real antidote to fairy-tale princesses, will be distributed in 500 copies in French cinemas and have already been sold in about sixty countries.

  • TAT, the bridgehead for animated films in the region, has proven that we can stay in the provinces, in a region where the sector remains very dynamic with around fifty production companies.

She is mischievous, adventurous, wears princess dresses but looks surprisingly like a Lagertha straight out of the

Vikings

series

, in miniature version. This astonishing heroine is

Pil

, the latest born from Toulouse animation studios TAT ​​Productions, the creators of Maurice, the tiger penguin, and his accomplices from the

Aces of the Jungle

.

This August 11, the animated film by Julien Fournet will tumble into dark rooms. Between two blockbusters, and while the health pass has become complicated, this adventure for young and old will try to find its way. Despite a difficult context, its producers hope to reconnect with viewers who had enjoyed the studio's previous films in France and internationally, placing them three years in a row in the top 10 of the biggest French successes in France. 'foreigner. The Adventures of Pil, who has nothing to envy to Rapunzel or Rebel, will be released in nearly 500 theaters in France this summer and have already been sold in 60 countries.

Able to compete with any Disney film,

Pil

allows the company of Jean-François Tosti, David Alaux and Eric Tosti to be imposed even more as a benchmark in the field of animated films.

Founded twenty-one years ago, their small business now employs nearly 150 people and produces films costing eight million euros.

While remaining in the provinces.

Local roots claimed

The three acolytes have always refused to leave their hometown despite the sirens of the capital. "We are one of the few companies which exports internationally and which produces its films entirely in the provinces when we were told that this would never be possible", assures Jean-François Tosti.

Pil's

music

was also composed in Toulouse and the mixing in Montpellier. A regional anchoring which is found even on the screen since the heroine moves in medieval cities inspired by Rocamadour or Carcassonne. And even in the accent of a minstrel who speaks like Francis Cabrel.

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Flagship of the sector, the presence of TAT, supported by the regional council and the Metropolis of Toulouse, allows the sector to have training schools in these trades which also benefit other creation studios.

In its wake, other productions made in Occitanie have been successful this year such as

Josep

or

La traversée.

, in totally different styles.

“There is a real regional ecosystem, thanks to the proximity we can train here and work here.

There are about fifty production companies that make both films and documentaries, which represents 4,000 employees and more than 50 million in economic benefits.

Occitanie is just a setting, it is also a place of creation, ”insists Karim Ghiyati of Occitanie Films, the regional film and audiovisual agency which runs the industry.

Movies and series

To continue its development, TAT productions has decided to be more regular in its film production, with a second opus of

Jungle Aces

in preparation but also

Pets on a train

which will be released within three years. Financially, in the event of failure of one of her animated films, she could count on the Aces of the Jungle series which is a hit in France and abroad and allows her to have a financial cushion.

And it is perhaps another series which will continue to establish its notoriety, in France but also abroad.

"We were contacted by a large platform to manufacture a series, it is under negotiation", slips Jean-François Tosti.

At a time when video-on-demand companies are making a splash,

Pil's

arrival is

timely

to showcase Occitanie's know-how.

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