The Mystic World Of The Golden Apple




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The Golden Apple is a Bulgarian fantasy animated series, inspired by Bulgarian legends,  myths and folklore. The project is created by Studio Zmei and is currently in development. It is expected to air on TV in 2018.

[caption id="attachment_37113" align="alignnone" width="742"]WideSpreadFinaljpg742 Courtesy of The Golden Apple Series[/caption]

About five years ago, one of the most exciting Bulgarian animation projects was launched. It all began with the current art director of the series Dimitar Petrov coming back to Bulgaria after a completed internship at Cartoon Network Europe. The development of the project began with a small group of animation artists working in their spare time for about three years. After creating a trailer in both English and Bulgarian, the team later decided to launch a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter which helped them raise about 50,000 BGN and thus Studio Zmei was born. After long hours spent on research and visual developments, the short animated film “Legend Of The First Kuker” debuted in 2016 and got a lot of positive feedback. It serves as a prequel to the main story in the series.

"In a magical world, people and spirits are at the edge of war. The peace lays in the hands of four children, who set out on an epic adventure to find the Golden Apple – a mythical artifact, which has the power to fulfill wishes,” reads the introduction description on the website of the production.

“Meet Vihra – the daughter of a Zmei (storm spirit); Tina – a  young samodiva (water nymph); Vlad and Bran – two young Kuker warriors, sworn to protect the humans from aggressive spirits and evil,” further says the trailer's description. 

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReHr1P6asjM&t=1s[/embed] The setting of the series is going to be exotic, however, the narrative is said to revolve around contemporary issues to which the viewer can easily relate. Each episode is expected to follow all characters on their journey through the wondrous land. It will have a stand-alone narrative while also following the general storyline.

“The premiere of 'Legend Of The First Kuker' served the role of a presentation to investors and distributors and led to a contract with the French company Dandeloo and a co-production with BNT” , said Irene Parvanova, screenplay writer of The Golden Apple.

“In 2017 another crowd-funding campaign was launched, with the goal of funding a twelve-minute episode and еnded successfully. Currently, the project is in development and if everything goes as planned, the pilot episode is going to air by the end of 2018.”

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjFHl8bd2iM[/embed] After many bumps along the road, The Golden Apple will finally have its pilot episode and  will have a full-season afterwards. [caption id="attachment_37115" align="alignnone" width="1024"]Reading-fairytales-1024x724 Courtesy of The Golden Apple Series[/caption]