1. Presenting 85 New TV Animation Projects
From 14th to 17th September 2020, the 31st Cartoon Forum will be held as an online-only event. (Cartoon, the organiser of the event , announced on 2nd September that they will organise Cartoon Forum 2020 as being online-only due to the current situation of COVID-19 spreading in Europe.)
Cartoon Forum has been the core event for the growth of co-production and distribution of European animation for television and new media platforms since 1990. It has helped finance 817 TV animation projects, funding over 2.81 billion EUR since its inception.
Projects Selected from 29 Countries
85 projects from 29 countries have been selected for pitching at Cartoon Forum 2020. France leads the selection with 36 projects, followed by Ireland with 8 projects, Denmark with 6 projects and Spain with 6 projects. Furthermore, five projects pitched at the Cartoon Springboard, an event for young talents, were selected for Cartoon Forum 2020: Baldies (Czech Republic), Blue Figures (France), Felix! He Can Explain Everything (France), Hanna & Nana (Ireland) and The Very Hairy Alphabet (Germany / Poland).
2. Our Picks
We picked 12 projects that caught our attention from the 85 selected projects that will be pitched at Cartoon Forum 2020.
Pre-School
Pop Paper City
- TV series – 52 x 11′
- Producer: LoveLove Films (United Kingdom)
- 3D Computer / Live action
Kids
Baïdir
- TV series – 26 x 26′
- Producers: Andarta Pictures (France)
- 2D Computer / 3D Computer
Icebreaker Snow Adventures
- TV series – 52 x 11′
- Producers: POB Production (Finland) / Anima Vitae (Finland)
- 3D Computer
My life in Versailles
- TV series – 6 x 26′
- Producers: Films Grand Huit (France)
- 2D Computer / Drawing / Painting
Super-Lucha
- TV series – 52 x 12′
- Producers: Vivement Lundi ! (France)
- 2D Computer / Stop-motion
The Upside Down River
- TV series – 10 x 26′
- Producer: Dandelooo (France)
- 2D Computer
Zombillenium
- TV series – 12 x 26′
- Producer: Maybe Movies (France) / 2 Minutes (France)
- 2D Computer / 3D Computer
Family
The Drifting Guitar
- TV special – 26 minutes
- Producers: JPL Films (France)
- Stop-motion
The Possum That Didn’t
- TV special – 26 minutes
- Producers: Gao Shan Pictures (France)
- 2D Computer
Two Little Birds
- TV series – 52 x 3′
- Producers: Autour de Minuit (France) / Palermo Estudio (Uruguay) /Can Can Club (Argentina)
- 2D Computer / Stop-motion
Young Adults/Adults
Good Enough: Burnout Diary
- TV special – 30 minutes
- Producers: Studio Pupil (Netherlands)
- 2D Computer / Cut-out
WOMEN IN WAR
- TV series – 26 x 11′
- Producers: Sparre Production (Denmark) / Godo Films (France) / Letko (Poland)
- 2D Computer
