Aria Ungerer: 'Labour of love' for Cork animator to adapt late father's book for TV

Flix was one of Tomi Ungerer's most celebrated works and the TV adaptation will be shown on RTÉ in 2022
Aria Ungerer: 'Labour of love' for Cork animator to adapt late father's book for TV

Aria Ungerer, and her father, the late Tomi Ungerer, lived in West Cork.

A new animated TV series to be produced in Munster will bring to life a book by a renowned French artist and author who lived in Cork for many years. 

Flix, adapted from storyteller and artist Tomi Ungerer’s novel, has been commissioned by RTÉ and will be produced in Tralee, Co Kerry, by Pictor Productions in partnership with Avalon Films. The late author’s adaptation for TV will be produced by Ungerer’s daughter, Aria, who lives near Midleton in East Cork.

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