The Lunnis and the Great Fairytale Adventure

Fantasy is in danger. The evil Crudo has discovered a way to destroy the Magic Book that contains all the stories ever invented by Humanity, leaving people with no imagination. Mar, a 9-year-old girl, is designated to save it with the help of her puppet-like friends, the Lunnis. To do so they must enter the book itself and beat Crudo in a race through the stories. Classic characters like Pinocchio, Alice, the Wizard of Oz and the Pied Piper join in the race to try and ensure the survival of the stories forevermore.

The Lunnis is Spain’s answer to America’s Sesame Street and has scored generations of fans in Spain since first broadcasting in 2003. The series has always featured morally-based, educational content and plenty of puppets. The film aims to educate as well as entertain, by extolling virtues of reading and having a bright imagination.

‘For the first time, a film in our country has mixed puppets, animation and real actors using new technologies. It allows you to have an entirely greenscreen set, but with the ability to see how the final scene will look. That allowed us to enter the world of Pinocchio or reach Camelot. It was a constant challenge of changing sets and visual universes. The film is a bit analogue in that it proposes thinking, imagining and dreaming alongside this contemporary world of the digital age where children are subjected to endless demands to consume, not to create.’

Director, Juan Pablo Buscarini