India-Israel animation collaboration screened at Tel Aviv festival

The Story in Brief

Arlequino & Pierrot, a short animated film co-produced by Israel’s The Hive Studio and India’s Live Pixel Technologies, was screened at Tel Aviv’s International Festival for Animation, Comics and Caricature. The producers describe it as the first India-Israel animation co-production. The film follows Arlequino, a cheerful clown, and Pierrot, a sad clown, whose circus journey changes when Pierrot leaves during a performance.

The film adapts the graphic novel by Israeli artist Revital Bronshtein, known as Navy Bird, who was killed by terrorists in October 2024 aged 24. Her mother helped bring the project to completion. Director Anan Gibson said the film honours Bronshtein’s artistic voice. Producers raised nearly 40,000 euros through Kickstarter, with additional support from the Makor Foundation for Israeli Films.

The Indian Opinion

The easy narrative is that one film proves a broad creative partnership, or that cross-border collaboration must carry a political message. The facts support a narrower claim: two studios completed a shared project rooted in one young artist’s work. Calling it the first such co-production is a claim from the producers, not an independently established industry record. The useful test is whether the film secures wider screenings and audiences beyond this festival.

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