Filmax Reunites With Judith Colell on Moss

Filmax has teamed up again with director Judith Colell, this time for an animated war feature that shifts the battlefield into a more intimate story of loyalty and survival.

The new project, titled “Moss,” follows the friendship between Moss, a loyal dog, and a young girl named Ana. Reports indicate the film will tell another war story after Colell and Filmax previously joined forces on “Frontier,” the WWII drama-thriller that Menemsha Films picked up in the U.S. The move keeps both parties in familiar thematic territory while opening a new visual lane through animation.

By pairing a war setting with animation and the bond between a dog and a child, “Moss” signals a more personal route into conflict.

That creative pivot matters. War stories often arrive with scale, spectacle, and strategy at the forefront. “Moss” appears to narrow the lens instead, using the relationship between an animal and a child to guide viewers through upheaval. Sources suggest that approach could widen the film’s emotional reach, especially for audiences who respond to conflict stories through character rather than combat.

The project also reinforces Filmax’s appetite for distinctive international storytelling from Barcelona, where studios continue to look for ways to stand out in a crowded market. An animated feature with a wartime backdrop gives the company a different kind of package: familiar stakes, but with a format that can travel across age groups and territories if the execution lands.

What comes next will shape whether “Moss” emerges as an art-house animation title, a festival play, or something with broader commercial momentum. For now, the signal is clear: Filmax and Colell see more ground to cover in stories shaped by war, and they are betting that a dog and a girl can carry that weight in a way live action cannot.