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Actor-producer Anshuman Jha’s First Ray Films has come on board as a co-producer on “Error#404,” an Indian animated feature from Bauddhayan Mukherji and Monalisa Mukherji’s Little Lamb Films, marking the first foray
into feature animation for both companies.
The film is among five Indian projects selected for the MIFA Namaste India Pitch Sessions at the Annecy Animation Festival 2026, where it will be presented to global producers, distributors and financiers this week.
Jha first encountered the project at the 2025 Kerala Film Market, where director Farah Khatun – whose previous credits include “Holy Rights” and “I Am Bonnie” – pitched the film. First Ray Films has now committed to backing the project’s development and international rollout.
“Error#404” is set in the dystopian island city of Akara, where a tyrannical ruler has banned the planting of trees. When ten-year-old Gauri stumbles upon a colony of ghosts clinging to the last surviving tree, she is charged with a dangerous mission: defy the regime, plant trees, and save the ghosts from extinction – with a ragtag band of humans, non-humans and fellow ghosts at her side, armed with magic seeds from the underworld.
The film claimed the Best Pitch prize at India’s Animela 2026 ahead of its Annecy selection.
“The moment I saw the pitch at the Kerala Film Market and met Farah, I knew this was something special,” Jha said. “It’s rare to find a story that’s imaginative, entertaining and socially relevant in equal measure. We’re excited to join Bauddhayan and Monalisa on this beautiful journey. I don’t know if films can change the world. I just hope that one day, when my daughter watches this, she’ll know her father tried to tell stories that cared about it. This one’s for her.”
“We’re delighted to welcome First Ray Films to the project,” Monalisa Mukherji said. “Anshuman immediately connected with the emotional core of the film and understood its global potential. Having another like-minded creative producer strengthens our vision as we take ‘Error#404’ to Annecy and beyond.”
Little Lamb Films’ previous credits span “The Violin Player,” “Manikbabur Megh” (The Cloud & the Man) and “Whispers of Fire & Water.” First Ray Films has built its slate around independent Indian cinema, with titles including “Lakadbaggha,” “Lord Curzon Ki Haveli” and “Bajrangi.”
