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DRAGON RIDER
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Completed - ENGLISH - Animation, Children's, Family

Log Line

Dragon Rider is an animated feature film based on the bestseller by Cornelia Funke. A family film about an unlikely trio of heroes – a dragon, a boy and a forest brownie, and their epic adventure to find the 'Rim of Heaven' - the mythological safe haven for all dragons.

Previous markets

  • Berlin EFM 2017 (Debut)
  • Cannes 2017 (Line up)
  • AFM 2017 (Line up)
  • Berlin EFM 2018 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2020

Director(s) : Tomer ESHED
Writer(s) : Johnny SMITH
Cast : Felicity JONES, Freddie HIGHMORE, Patrick STEWART, Thomas BRODIE-SANGSTER, Meera SYAL, Sanjeev BHASKAR, Nonso ANOZIE

Producer(s) : Oliver BERBEN (Constantin Film), Martin MOSZKOWICZ (Constantin Film)

Synopsis

When humans threaten to invade the valley the dragons live in, Firedrake, a young silver dragon, and his best friend Sorrel, a forest brownie, sneak away in the middle of the night and secretly embark on a great quest to find the ‘Rim of Heaven’, a mystical place the other dragons consider to be a myth. On the way they meet Ben, a 14-year-old boy, who joins them on their journey under the pretence of being an alleged ‘Dragon Rider’. Firedrake puts his faith in the boy, despite Sorrel's protests that humans should not be trusted. Unbeknownst to the trio they are being stalked by a vicious, man-made, dragon-killing machine called Nettlebrand, who is intent on following them to the Rim of Heaven and hunting down Firedrake and all the other dragons there. Once Firedrake, Ben and Sorrel realise that Nettlebrand is following their tracks, a race against time begins. Their journey ends in the discovery of the Rim of Heaven, the defeat of Nettlebrand and avoiding the reignition of war between dragons and humans.

Production

Country(ies) : GERMANY

GERMANY CONSTANTIN FILM
HUNGARY FREEMAN FILM
ICELAND SAM FILM ENTERT
ISRAEL FILMHOUSE
ITALY Aug 06, 2020 ADLER ENTERTAIN
KOREA (Sou M-LINE DISTRIBU
POLAND MONOLITH FILMS
PORTUGAL NOS LUSOMUNDO A
SOUTH AFRI TIMES MEDIA FIL
SWITZERLAN Aug 06, 2020 PRAESENS-FILM A
UNITED ARA GULF FILM
UNITED KIN SKY PLC / BSKYB


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