
Sparkle Zeppelin ACE
Zeppelin Filmes, Lda
About
Sparkle Zeppelin ACE is the first step towards the definitive merging of two Portuguese of creation and production companies, mainly of animation, with more than 20 years of continuous activity and about 30 cinematographic and audiovisual works.
Having started its activity in 1997, Zeppelin Filmes won, among others, the Cartoon D’Or 2000 (European animation Oscar) for the production of “The Suspect”, its first project;
Sparkle Animation closed 2017 with the award of Best Short Animation at the Tribeca Festival, NY USA, for the first co-production, Luso-Norwegian, “Odd is an egg”, in the meantime shown in 21 NOS theatres, to about 150 000 spectators, making it the most-viewed animated short film in Portugal in cinemas. More than 350 000 spectators, in various forms of exhibition, cinema, tv, vod, etc. The film was also seen in Scandinavia and Central European countries.
Between the first and the last prize, more than a hundred have been awarded to Sparkle and Zeppelin productions over the years.