Indie Sales has acquired Japanese director Momoko Seto’s “Dandelion’s Odyssey,” an ecological fable animated by Guionne Leroy (“Toy Story”) and scored by Nicolas Becker (“Sound of Metal”) and Quentin Sirjacq. Shot from Japan to Iceland, “Dandelion’s Odyssey” is an adventure set in a dystopian world and is reminiscent of “Microcosmos,” with plants and animals as the main characters. The feature boasts a mix of timelapse photography, as well as live-action shooting and 3D animation. Most of the production is being done in France, where Seto is based. Seto is best known for her shorts “Planet A,” “Planet Z” and “Planet ∑,” which played at Locarno and the Berlin Film Festival, respectively.

[Momoko] Seto (born 1980 in Japan) studied at the Lycée Français of Tokyo before attending the Fine Arts College of Marseille and Le Fresnoy National Studio of Contemporary Arts in France. She began her career making short fiction films and documentaries for the CNRS (National Centre of Scientific Research). She then delved into creating hybrid mix-genre films, such as the award-winning experimental animated shorts 'Planet Sigma' and 'Planet Z,' and her photoreal animated “seafood porn” shorts including 'Octopus Love Affair' and 'Prawns Orgy.'

Synopsis: Dendelion, Baraban, Léonto and Taraxa — four dandelion achenes that survive from a series of nuclear explosions destroying Earth — are propelled into the cosmos. After crash-landing on an unknown planet, they set out in search of soil where their species might survive. However, they must face countless obstacles: the elements, fauna, flora, the climate.

Screenshot of DANDELION'S ODYSSEY a.k.a. PLANÈTES (dir. Momoko Seto, 2025) that shows four dandelion achenes, that survive from a series of nuclear explosions destroying Earth, on something that looks like soil, surrounded by native vegetation.

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