“Therefore our main aim was to create a short cartoon series which whilst entertaining our children, we will give them a chance to understand and learn Maltese, which was the primary purpose of Id-Denfil back then.”

The cartoons are all produced in a 2D hand-drawn animation style. The animators drew one drawing after the other in order to create motion, with the style and technique being quite similar to some of the most beloved cartoons available.

“After consulting with a number of primary teachers, we learnt that the biggest struggle our children face when watching content is that content in Maltese with animated subtitles is very limited,” the studio explained. 

“Subtitles tend to help children understand faster how to speak and write. Therefore we immediately decided that all of our episodes in id-Denfil will have animated subtitles that will light up when they are hearing the voice within the cartoon episode.”

Turi Animation Studio has been working on this project for more than a year, with help provided by Arts Council Malta and as well as a private investment.

A team of five people worked on this project ranging from production management to animators and a music composer.

Production was taken care of by Chris Spiteri and Vanessa Attard, and the main animators on the series were Christ Scicluna and Chris Spiteri once again. The music was composed by David Debono and the voice-over was done by Celine Buhagiar.

The first episodes of the mini-series will start airing on ONE TV in the coming month of October.

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