EXCLUSIVE: Peccadillo Pictures has picked up UK-Ireland rights for Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese’s Australian animation Lesbian Space Princess, winner of the Teddy award for queer cinema at this year’s Berlinale.
Blue Finch Films represents sales. Queer cinema specialist Peccadillo Pictures will release the film theatrically later this year.
The sci-fi comedy animation, which also screened at SXSW London and is playing in the Horizons strand at Karlovy Vary, follows a space princess that is thrust out of her sheltered life and into a galactic quest to save her bounty hunter ex-girlfriend from the Straight White Maliens.
Voice cast includes Shabana Azeez, Gemma Chua Tran and Richard Roxburgh. Tom Phillips produces for We Made A Thing Studios.
The film previously sold to US (Cineverse), Canada (Renaissance Media), Germany (Salzgeber), Spain (SelectaVision), Singapore (Anticipate Pictures), and Ukraine (KyivMusicFilm). The Australian and New Zealand rights are being handled by Umbrella Entertainment.
“Lesbian Space Princess is an utter joy from beginning to end, a real laugh out loud inventive, comedy that works for everyone regardless of sexuality. We’re really excited to be bringing this film to UK and Irish cinemas later this year,” said Kahloon Loke, director at Peccadillo Pictures. The distributor’s slate also including Sophie Dupuis’s Solo and Mikko Makela’s Sebastian.