Anne Frank to come to life in animated film for children

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Waltz with Bashir director Ari Folman is to bring the story of Anne Frank to the big screen with a new animated film based on her famous diary.

The untitled project has the full backing of the Anne Frank estate and will be aimed at children, a first for the Oscar-nominated Israeli film-maker. "Bringing the Anne Frank diary to all screens is a fantastic opportunity and challenge," Folman, who will write and direct the movie, told The Hollywood Reporter. "There is a real need for new artistic material to keep the memory alive for younger generations."

Production is due to start in late 2014. Last week Folman won the animation prize at the European film awards for his latest animated venture, The Congress, a futuristic satire of Hollywood.

Folman's best known work, the 2008 film Waltz with Bashir, won multiple prizes around the world and garnered an Oscar nomination for best foreign language film. It takes the form of an animated documentary in which the director searches through lost memories of his experiences as a teenage Israeli soldier in the 1982 war with Lebanon.

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