SF Studios to distribute Gutsy Animations’ Moominvalley to the Nordics

14 April 2020 - Last updated 7 May 2020

SF Studios has acquired the Nordic rights to the Moominvalley series, the new record-breaking adaptation of Finnish-Swedish author Tove Jansson’s beloved Moomin stories produced by Gutsy Animations. The first two seasons will be released in December 2020. 

The two first seasons of the new Moominvalley animated drama series will be available on DVD and digital copy in the Nordic countries in December 2020. The series will also be available on SF Studios’ SVOD platform SF Kids in Sweden, Norway and Denmark at a later stage.

“We are very excited and proud to be the Nordic distributor of Moominvalley, making sure that all the Nordic families will be able to watch this fantastic adventure with such strong Nordic heritage whenever or wherever they want “, says Viktoria Johansson, Kids Acquisition Manager at SF Studios.

The Moominvalley series has so far been sold to over 30 countries, including Norway (NRK), Iceland (RUV), Finland (YLE), Germany (ZDF), UK (Sky) and Japan (NHK). PGS Entertainment represents the series for worldwide distribution excluding the UK, Finland, Japan, South Korea and China.

Moominvalley recently won the Best Children’s Series Award at the accomplished British Animation Awards. Moominvalley has also been awarded at TBI Content Innovation Awards 2019 and Golden Venla 2019.

“Moomins have a great history in the Nordics so we are very happy to be able to share new Moomin content with new and existing fans. The core values of Moomins are highly important as we need love, respect for nature and friendship now more than ever”, states Marika Makaroff, Gutsy Animations Creative Director and Executive Producer of the Moominvalley series.

For more information, please contact:
Viktoria Johansson, Kids Acquisition Manager, SF Studios, +46 76 525 66 47
Reetta Ranta, Gutsy Animations, reetta.ranta@gutsy.fi

About SF Studios
SF Studios is one of the world’s oldest film companies and celebrated 100 years in 2019. Today SF Studios is the leading film studio in the Nordic region with its headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden and offices in Oslo, Copenhagen, Helsinki and London. The company is producing and distributing feature films and TV series as well as providing the digital services SF Anytime and SF Kids. SF Studios is part of the leading Nordic media company Bonnier.

About Gutsy Animations
See Good. Be Gutsy.

We are a company who believes that the world is in need of funny, clever and meaningful content. All of our productions are aimed at international audiences with positive impact.

www.gutsy.fi