Höhenkirchen/Munich – The animated series Mia and Me has been selected by the children’s jury as the Best Animated Series for Children at the recent 19th Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film (ITFS), one of the largest and most significant festivals for animated films worldwide. Developed in Germany by Hahn Film and m4e through Lucky Punch GmbH, the series previously received the Licensing Challenge Award 2011 at MIPCOM in Cannes.

Mia and Me has already been sold internationally in more than 50 territories. Its German TV premiere will be on 6 August 2012 on the KiKA children’s channel.

Hans Ulrich Stoef, CEO of m4e AG as well as producer of the series, commented: “We are delighted and proud to discover that our series has been very well received not only by the trade audience and international broadcasters, but now also with considerable enthusiasm by the immediate target group: the children themselves.”