Starseed
Starseed is centered on Loveness, a preteen girl with albinism living in the Zimbabwean township of Los Angeles, along with her spirited friends, Dumi and Gloria. Their world is parched by drought; the local river has dried up, and with it, Magagasi, the half-fish, half-snake river Goddess, has vanished. When King Black, a mysterious visitor claiming to come from the future appears, Loveness and her friends embark on an adventure involving time travel, mythology, and the search for Magagasi, whose disappearance is linked to the community’s crisis.
Status
In Preproduction
Format
Long Feature Animation
Release
To Be Announced
Running Time
95’
Audience
Family film
PRODUCERS
Dream Vessel Films (France),
Special Touch Studio (France),
Aparte Film (Romania),
Wrongmen, Quetzalcoatl (Belgium),
Yzanakio (Canada)
Script
Noviolet Bulawayo,
Anca Damian
Director
Anca Damian
Art Director
Gina Thorstensen
Set Designer
Mphethi Morojele
Props
Cyrus Kabyru
Music
Thibault Kientz Agyemang
Editing
Catherine Aladenise
Voices (French Version)
Isaach de Bankolé,
Aisa Maiga
Voices (English Version)
Ditebogo Ledwaba,
Thembalethu Brian Ntuli,
Lesego Khoza,
Bonko Khoza,
Leroy Gopal,
Lwazi Mthembu,
Mpho Osei-Tutu
Support
Creative Europe,
Cinema du Monde,
Romanian National Center of Cinema,
Occitanie Region
Starseed is centered on Loveness, a preteen girl with albinism living in the Zimbabwean township of Los Angeles, along with her spirited friends, Dumi and Gloria. Their world is parched by drought; the local river has dried up, and with it, Magagasi, the half-fish, half-snake river Goddess, has vanished. When King Black, a mysterious visitor claiming to come from the future appears, Loveness and her friends embark on an adventure involving time travel, mythology, and the search for Magagasi, whose disappearance is linked to the community’s crisis.
Starseed is centered on Loveness, a preteen girl with albinism living in the Zimbabwean township of Los Angeles, along with her spirited friends, Dumi and Gloria. Their world is parched by drought; the local river has dried up, and with it, Magagasi, the half-fish, half-snake river Goddess, has vanished. When King Black, a mysterious visitor claiming to come from the future appears, Loveness and her friends embark on an adventure involving time travel, mythology, and the search for Magagasi, whose disappearance is linked to the community’s crisis.
Status
In Preproduction
Release
To Be Announced
Format
Long Feature Animation
Running Time
95’
Audience
Family film
Script
Noviolet Bulawayo,
Anca Damian
Director
Anca Damian
Art Director
Gina Thorstensen
Set Designer
Mphethi Morojele
Props
Cyrus Kabyru
Music
Thibault Kientz Agyemang
Editing
Catherine Aladenise
PRODUCERS
Dream Vessel Films (France),
Special Touch Studio (France),
Aparte Film (Romania),
Wrongmen, Quetzalcoatl (Belgium),
Yzanakio (Canada)
Voices (French Version)
Isaach de Bankolé,
Aisa Maiga
Voices (English Version)
Ditebogo Ledwaba,
Thembalethu Brian Ntuli,
Lesego Khoza,
Bonko Khoza, Leroy Gopal,
Lwazi Mthembu,
Mpho Osei-Tutu
Support
Creative Europe,
Cinema du Monde,
Romanian National Center of Cinema, Occitanie Region
Audience
Family film
Script
Noviolet Bulawayo,
Anca Damian
Director
Anca Damian
Art Director
Gina Thorstensen
Set Designer
Mphethi Morojele
Music
Thibault Kientz Agyemang
PRODUCERS
Dream Vessel Films (France),
Special Touch Studio (France),
Aparte Film (Romania),
Wrongmen, Quetzalcoatl (Belgium),
Yzanakio (Canada)
Props
Cyrus Kabyru
Editing
Catherine Aladenise
Voices (French Version)
Isaach de Bankolé, Aisa Maiga
Voices (English Version)
Ditebogo Ledwaba, Thembalethu Brian Ntuli, Lesego Khoza, Bonko Khoza, Leroy Gopal, Lwazi Mthembu, Mpho Osei-Tutu
Support
Creative Europe, Cinema du Monde, Romanian National Center of Cinema, Occitanie Region
Screen Daily singled out Starseed as one of 10 projects with international potential at Cartoon Movie 2026
Emilio Mayorga
March 3, 2026
Screen Daily singled out Starseed as one of 10 projects with international potential at Cartoon Movie 2026
Emilio Mayorga
March 3, 2026
Screen Daily singled out Starseed as one of 10 projects with international potential at Cartoon Movie 2026
Emilio Mayorga
March 3, 2026
Cartoon Movie 2026 – Starseed in Production (March 3–6, Bordeaux, France)
Starseed, a long-gestating project, has finally entered production. The 3D feature is co-produced with Dream Vessel Films (France), Special Touch Studios (France), Yzanakio (Canada), Wrong Men (Belgium). The project was pitched at Europe’s leading animated feature co-production forum.
Cartoon Movie 2026 – Starseed in Production (March 3–6, Bordeaux, France)
Starseed, a long-gestating project, has finally entered production. The 3D feature is co-produced with Dream Vessel Films (France), Special Touch Studios (France), Yzanakio (Canada), Wrong Men (Belgium). The project was pitched at Europe’s leading animated feature co-production forum.
Cartoon Movie 2026 – Starseed in Production (March 3–6, Bordeaux, France)
Starseed, a long-gestating project, has finally entered production. The 3D feature is co-produced with Dream Vessel Films (France), Special Touch Studios (France), Yzanakio (Canada), Wrong Men (Belgium). The project was pitched at Europe’s leading animated feature co-production forum.
