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| Mush-Mush and the Mushables | |
|---|---|
 "Mush-Mush and the Mushables"'s logo | |
| Genre | CGI animation, Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy |
| Created by | Elfriede de Rooster |
| Directed by | Joeri Christiaen |
| Voices of | Jules de Jongh, Teresa Gallagher, Kaycie Chase, David Gasman, Christopher Ragland, Lizzie Waterworth, Rachael Miller |
| Composer(s) | Federik Segers, Jan Duthoy |
| Country of origin | France Belgium |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 50 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Perrine Gauthier |
| Running time | 11 |
| Production company(s) | La Cabane Productions
Thuristar Cake Entertainment |
| Release | |
| Original network | Canal+ (France), RTS (Switzerland) |
| Original release | August 24, 2020 - present |
| External links | |
| [{{#property:P856}} Website] | |
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Mush-Mush and the Mushables is a computer-animated comedy/adventure preschool series, created by Elfriede de Rooster and directed by Joeri Christiaen, produced by La Cabane Productions (France) and Thuristar (Belgium), in coproduction with Cake Entertainment (UK).
The Mushables were initially created in 2014 byFlemish artist Elfriede de Rooster who had started developing anthropomorphic mushroom-like characters living in the forest. The project was then developed as an animated series co-written by Elfriede de Rooster and Benjamin Richard, directed by Joeri Christiaen and produced by Perrine Gauthier.
The production of the first season was completed in 2020. The series was launched on August 24th, 2020...[1] and is airing in 150 countries.
The program has won several awards, including a Rockie Award at BANFF[2], and was nominated for an International Emmy Award ®, in the Kids: Animation category[3].
A second season is currently in production[4] and is set to premiere in the Fall 2023[5].
Plot[edit]
Mush-Mush & the Mushables follows the forest adventures of Mush-Mush, his best friends Lilit and Chep and the rest of the Mushable community, as they explore and grow up together. The series tackles various themes such as friendship, personal abilities, self-discovery, community, nature and the circle of life.
Origins[edit]
Mush-Mush was first born as a little 3D figurine, created in 2014 by Elfriede de Rooster, a Belgian artist[6]. After drawing a mushroom character on paper, Elfriede modelled and printed it in 3D. She then created new mushroom characters and developped their world[7].
Producer Perrine Gauthier then discovered Mush-Mush on Elfriede de Rooster’s website and suggested starting the development of an animated series. Since then, the Mushable characters and their world have been developed further and brought to screen[8]
Cast and characters[edit]
Main characters[edit]
Mush-Mush[edit]
Mush-Mush is enthusiastic and always ready to jump into action. He is a natural leader, but far from being perfect. Distracted and impulsive, he gets himself and his friends into tricky situations. With Mush-Mush, things never turn out as planned, but the Mushables never get bored with him.
Mush-Mush has the ability to communicate with nature and to feel its dangers.
Lilit[edit]
Lilit is Mush-Mush’s best friend. She's full of delight and wonder, and finds loveliness in every day. But beyond her dreamy side, she's also a strong character known for her total honesty.
Lilit’s hat has the ability to glow with radiant light.
Chep[edit]
Chep is Mush-Mush’s other best friend. He is driven by an insatiable curiosity about how Mushworld works. He loves facts and figures, information and anecdotes of all sorts. But Chep is also easily stressed out and scared – which is not always easy with Mush-Mush’s taste for adventure.
Chep is also gifted with an impressive memory.
Secondary characters[edit]
The Mushlets[edit]
The Mushlets are younger than our Mushlers heroes. They are not really conscious of being individuals yet, so they behave and move around as a group – like a flock of slightly out of control ducklings.
Sushi-Mushi[edit]
Sushi-Mushi is the village chef. He is an expert at cooking up delicious compost recipes. He has a booming laugh and a big, exhuberant but very warm personality. However, Sushi-Mushi is very picky about good manners and no one wants to get on the wrong side of his.
Chanterelle[edit]
Chanterelle is an artist. She is the creative heart of the community and her pockets are always stuffed full of paintbrushes and crayons. Chanterelle is always ready to organize a celebration or some other peculiar Mushable event. However, she is not very organized and tends to panic randomly.
Mushpot[edit]
Mushpot is the oldest Mushable in Mushton. He has many stories to tell – the autumn hurricane, the great mud slide, the evening beetle stampede... Mushpot embodies everybody’s grandfather figure – a forgetful and sometimes laugh-provoking figure.
Mushpie[edit]
Mushpie is the reassuring and comforting voice of Mushton. She cheerfully looks after the Mushies, the baby Mushables who are quite capable of causing havoc. However, she's still quick to hug them tight in her soft arms whenever she gets a chance. Like an overly attentive aunt, she can sometimes ‘baby’ older Mushables.
Morel[edit]
Morel is patient and trusting. He is also a font of knowledge and anecdotes and Chep loves learning from him. Morel looks after the Mushlets. This is where his patience, kindness – and storytelling talents – are most effective, even if he also spends a lot of time chasing after them.
Bolly[edit]
Bolly is a speedy little Mushler who is always racing about, eager to please. He loves fixing things and doing errands, and volunteers for any job – big or small. He's so fast it's sometimes hard to follow him.
Truff[edit]
Everybody loves Truff. He doesn't take himself seriously and everything is alright in his world. Truff loves nothing better than to lie back in a meadow and look up at the sky, admiring the clouds. He's like a good-natured, easy-going, always smiling big brother.
Fung and Miff[edit]
Fung and Miff are a bit older than Mush-Mush and his friends. They are mischief-makers who find it funny to try and spoil things for any Mushlers smaller and younger than them. They are not mean or bad, but they just like to push boundaries. However, Fung and Miff aren't as clever as they think they are.
Sumush[edit]
Sumush only expresses himself in wallas and is remarkably strong. He is a calm ‘gentle giant’, a reassuring presence to have around. Sumush’s strength often comes in extremely handy.
Puff[edit]
Puff is a shy Mushable who always wants to do things right. He likes things to run smoothly and be settled. He's very emotional and easily gets startled. When that happens, he lets out a puff of smoke out of the top of his hat.
Amanita[edit]
Amanita is a Mushler who tends to put her foot in her mouth. She isn't ill-intentioned but she loves to be right, which isn't always easy with Mush-Mush and his friends.
Starmush[edit]
Starmush is a legendary Mushelder who roams Mushworld alone. Mushables have many stories featuring the brave deeds of Starmush. But the reality is less heroic. Although Starmush does exist and have impressive powers of healing plants, he is not a super-hero figure. He is a grumpy loner who likes his own company and is not keen on being around other Mushables. Depending on his mood, he might help them as well as he might not, or he might try to put them off approaching him again.
Muddler[edit]
Muddler is a mud monster who wants to rid the forest of Mushables. He is lumpy and much taller than Mushables. Because he is made of mud, Muddler avoids sunshine as it dries him out and makes him crackly and stiff. He works in the shadows on achieving his villainous goal...
Muddler does not like Mushables. To him, they keep “ruining” his forest by looking after it. Muddler wants the forest to be a smelly, muddy place, perfect for him alone. To get rid of the Mushables, Muddler uses any means possible, from terrifying them to capturing them in traps. Muddler loves being a villain and coming up with sophisticated plans. He's convinced that he's brilliant at it, no matter how many times Mush-Mush and friends outwit him. That's why, although he can really be threatening, Muddler more of a pantomime villain.
Cast[edit]
| Characters | Actors (English version) | Actors (French version) | Actors (Flemish version) | Actors (Dutch version) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mush-Mush | Jules de Jongh | Fanny Bloc | Mieke Laureys | Christa Lips |
| Lilit | Kaycie Chase | Kaycie Chase | Aline Goffin | Nicole van Dorp |
| Chep | Teresa Gallagher | Emmylou Homs | Griet Dobbelaere | Brigit Schuurman |
| Bolly | Lizzie Waterworth | Barbara Beretta | Cathy Petit | Jip Bartels |
| Chanterelle | Jules De Jongh | Barbara Beretta | Mieke Laureys | Cystine Carreon |
| Fung | Christopher Ragland | Emmanuel Garijo | Pieter Verelst | Jary Beekhuizen |
| Miff | Lizzie Waterworth | Barbara Beretta | Cathy Petit | Gina Ghatas |
| Amanita | Rachael Miller | Emmylou Homs | Aline Goffin | Caithlin van Gils |
| Truff | Kaycie Chase | Kaycie Chase | Pieter Verelst | Floortje van den Akker |
| Morel | Christopher Ragland | Emmanuel Garijo | Pieter-Jan De Smet | Rogier Komproe |
| Muddler | David Gasman | Xavier Fagnon | Thomas Cordie | Mike Ho-Sam-Sooi |
| Mushpie | Teresa Gallagher | Fanny Bloc | Mieke Laureys | Frédérique Sluyterman van Loo |
| Mushpot | David Gasman | Christophe Lemoine | Govert Deploige | Rob van de Meeberg |
| Puff | Christopher Ragland | Xavier Fagnon | Pieter Verelst | Justin Swagerman |
| Starmush | David Gasman | Xavier Fagnon | Jos Dom | Jan Nonhof |
| Sushi-Mushi | David Gasman | Emmanuel Garijo | Pieter-Jan De Smet | Has Drijver |
| Sumush | Christopher Ragland | Emmanuel Garijo | Thomas Cordie | Has Drijver |
| Mushlets | Kaycie Chase | Kaycie Chase | Mieke Laureys
Aline Goffin |
Kaycie Chase |
Key credits[edit]
Produced by La Cabane Productions and Thuristar
In coproduction with Cake Entertainment and VRT-Ketnet
With the participation of Piwi+ and Canal+
Created by Elfriede de Rooster
Directed by Joeri Christiaen
Produced by Perrine Gauthier
Literary bible by Elfriede de Rooster and Benjamin Richard
Graphic bible by Elfriede de Rooster
Music by Frederik Segers and Jan Duthoy
Head writer Ross Hastings
Art director Joeri Christiaen
With the support of:
The Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée
The Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF)
The Creative Europe – Media Programme of the European Union
The Ile-de-France Region in partnership with the CNC
The PROCIREP-Société des Producteurs and the ANGOA
The Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government via Scope Invest
International sales: Cake Distribution Limited
Licensing agent: Copyrights Group
3D Studio: Cube Creative
Broadcast[edit]
Television[edit]
48 episodes of 11 minutes and 2 specials of 22 minutes are airing in over 150 territories[9]
The series was first aired in Switzerland on RTS on August 24, 2020. It then premiered in French-speaking Belgium on RTBF on September 1st, 2020, and in France on Canal+ and Piwi+ Family on October 17th, 2020. It also launched in Flemish-speaking Belgium on Ketnet on February 13, 2021.
The show made its international premiere on Warner Bros Discovery’s channels in February 2021 Boomerang / Cartoon Network / Cartoonito), reaching other European countries as well as the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. It first aired in the United States on September 13, 2021 on the same channels, and has been available on the United States catalogue of HBO MAX since January 27, 2022.
The series also started airing on Disney Channel in Germany in the Fall 2021.
Other broadcasters include:
- RTL Telekids in the Netherlands, since October 12, 2020
- Mango TV in China, since March 2021
- RTHK in Hongkong, since August 2021
- MEDIACORP in Singapore, since August 2021
- YLE in Finland, since August 2021
- LTV in Latvia, since September 2021
- RTP in Portugal, since September 2021
- TV5 Quebec in Canada, since January 2022
- AQLBOY in Uzbekistan, since February 2022
- PTS in Taiwan, since March 2022
- Tiny Pop in the United Kingdom, since May 21, 2022
- ERR in Esonia, since September 2022
- Czech TV in Czechia, since January 2023
- TVP in Poland
- MTVA in Hungary, etc.
Theatrical release[edit]
From September 15, 2021, three episodes of Mush-Mush were also released in French theaters as a program titled Mush-Mush et le petit monde de la forêt (Mush-Mush and the Tiny forest world). On January 12, 2022, the movie had totaled 51,639 entries[10]
Festival prizes and selections[edit]
Awards[edit]
- Best 3D Film, ANIMATION STUDIO FESTIVAL — USA, January 2020
- Best TV series, WORLD FESTIVAL OF ANIMATED FILM VARNA — Bulgaria, September 2020
- Audience Award Best animated TV series (4-6 y.o.), ÉCRAN JEUNESSE FESTIVAL — France, October 2020
- Special mention for Best Character, ÉCRAN JEUNESSE FESTIVAL — France, October 2020
- Best TV series, TBILISI INTERNATIONAL ANTIMATION FESTIVAL — Georgia, December 2020
- Best TV series, ABIDJAN ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL — Côte d'Ivoire, May 2021
- Best Animation (Children category), ROCKIE AWARDS— Canada, June 2021
- Audience Award – Best TV series, IV ANIMAFILM INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL (Competition Program) – Azerbaijan, September 2021
Selections and nominations to date[edit]
- NATIONAL ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL (Kids series programme) — France, April 2020
- LA GUARIMBA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (La Grotta dei Piccoli) — Italy, August 2020
- ANIBAR (Kids & Teen programme) — Kosovo, August 2020
- ANIMAZE (Short films programme) — Canada, August 2020
- DYTIATKO (Kids series programme) — Ukraine, September 2020
- IAFF GOLDEN KUKER (Episode from TV series) — Bulgaria, September 2020
- ZERO PLUS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Short animated films) — Russia, September 2020
- CINEMAGIC FILM FESTIVAL (Short films programme) — Northern Ireland, October 2020
- TOFUZI INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ANIMATED FILMS (Animated TV series) — Georgia, October 2020
- INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES FILEM’ON (TV Animation Award) — Belgium, October 2020
- TALLINN BLACK NIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL (Children's Short Animations) — Estonia, November 2020
- CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S FILM FESTIVAL (Animated TV series) — USA, November 2020
- AJAYU INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL (Animated Series) — Peru, November 2020
- CARTOONS ON THE BAY (International Showcase, Upper Preschool TV Series) — Italy, December 2020
- CHINA INTERNATIONAL NEW MEDIA SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Animated short films) — China, December 2020
- PROVIDENCE CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL (Short films) — USA, February 2021
- KABOOM ANIMATION FESTIVAL (Animated Shorts) — The Netherlands, March-April 2021
- NATIONAL ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL (TV Series) — France, April 2021
- RIGA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (International Childrens Short Competition) — France, April 2021
- ANNECY INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL (TV Films in Competition) — France, June 2021
- ANIMAFEST ZAGREB (Family Program – out of competition) — Croatia, June 2021
- KECSJEMÉT ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL (TV and online series) — Hungary, August 2021
- 2D & 3D ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL (Official selection) — Italy, August 2021
- INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES FILEM’ON (TV Animation Award) — Belgium, October 2021
- FESTIVAL OF ANIMATION BERLIN, (Animated Series programme) — Germany, October 2021
- SHLINGEL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Children and Young Audience)— Germany, October 2021
- ANIMA2021 - XI CORDOBA INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL (International Commissioned Animation Competition – Series) – Argentina, October 2021
- BIG CARTOON FESTIVAL, (Official Competition) – Russia, October 2021
- INTERNATIONAL EMMY® KIDS AWARDS (Kids: Animation) — USA, October 2021
- LES TOILES DES MÔMES – France, October 2021
- MANCHESTER ANIMATION FESTIVAL – United Kingdom, November 2021
- CARTOONS ON THE BAY (International Showcase, Upper Preschool TV Series) — Italy, December 2021
- PEQUEFILMES (Fanecas best Short Film) – Spain, January 2022
- MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL (Category: Mini-cinéphiles) – Canada, February-March 2022
- DE ENSORS (Best Animation) – Belgium, March 2022
- TAIWAN INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection) – Taiwan, March-April 2022
- LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S FILM FESTIVAL – USA, March-April 2022
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Home • Mush-Mush". Mush-Mush. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
- ↑ "Rockie Awards ★ 2021 Winner ★". rockies.playbackonline.ca. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
- ↑ International Academy of Television, Arts and Science (September 7, 2021). "2021 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® KIDS AWARDS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED". iemmys.tv.
- ↑ "'Mush-Mush and the Mushables' Gets Season 2 Greenlight". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
- ↑ "The path to sustainable animation with Mush-Mush & the Mushables". Unreal Engine. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
- ↑ "The Magical World of 3D Printed Comic Creatures: The Mushables by Elfriede de Rooster". 3D Printing Blog | i.materialise. 2015-01-21. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
- ↑ Muriel (2020-11-15). "ITW - Elfriede de Rooster, créatrice de "Mush-Mush et les Champotes"". Little Big Animation (in français). Retrieved 2023-02-21.
- ↑ "« Mush-Mush & les Champotes », une série qui veut « montrer aux enfants que protéger son environnement va de soi » | CNC". www.cnc.fr (in français). Retrieved 2023-02-21.
- ↑ "WarnerMedia Kids & Family on Board for Mush-Mush & the Mushables". Total Licensing. 2022-05-09. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
- ↑ AlloCine. "Box Office du film Mush-Mush et le petit monde de la forêt" (in français). Retrieved 2023-02-21.
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