PRESS RELEASE

24/10/19

POLISH LGBTQ PLATFORM ACQUIRE FRENCH SAME-SEX PARENTING WEB SERIES

French production company Melocoton Films and British distributor Videoplugger are delighted to announce that Polichinelles has been picked up in a deal with Tongariro Releasing, and will be released on OUTFILM.pl in original language with Polish subtitles.

Polichinelles is a French short-form series. Salomé (Sandra Parra) and Marion (Magali Genoud) are a same-sex couple, whose relationship gets tested when they decide to have a child, by their family and the society around them.

Outfilm’s mission is to popularize and develop LGBTQ film culture, introduce artists, report on the most important events from Poland and the world, provide entertainment and present the greatest achievements of film art.

Polichinelles won Plume de Cristal Série Digitale International Scriptwriters Festival of Valence and was part of 2019 Série Séries European series festival of Fontainebleau.

Jakub Mróz President Tongariro Releasing says, “Polichinelles tells an actual story in a contemporary form. I know that there is an audience which will enjoy this series.”

Théo Laboulandine, Producer Melocoton Films says, “We are very proud to present this series to the Polish audience. We also hope that we can contribute to the debate on Homoparentality in Poland. ”

Emanuele Galloni, CEO Videoplugger says, “Polichinelles is a well-acted and brilliantly scripted short series covering a timely topic, and we are happy for it to be streaming on OUTFILM in Poland.”