Cartoon Movie 2022 was held from 8th to 10th March at the Bordeaux Congress Centre in France and 57 animated feature projects were pitched to over 900 professionals from 42 countries, including 297 buyers.
The Top 10 Projects Most Attractive to Participants
The 57 pitched projects showed great diversity in genres and graphical styles, portraying the richness of the European animated film industry. Below are the top 10 projects that attracted the largest number of participants, according to Cartoon:
1. Melvile
Need Productions (Belgium), Special Touch Studios (France) and Creative Touch Studios (France)
2. Young Vincent
Submarine (Netherlands) and Tchack (France)
3. The Amazing Maurice
Ulysses Filmproduktion (Germany) and Cantilever Media (United Kingdom)
4. Titina
Mikrofilm (Norway) and Vivi Film (Belgium)
5. Mary Anning
La Boîte,… Productions (Belgium), Nadasdy Film (Switzerland) and Les Films du Nord (France)
6. Flow
Dream Well (Latvia), Sacrebleu Productions (France) and CINÉ-LITTÉ Productions (Germany)
7. Juul
Fabrique Fantastique (Belgium), Toon2Tango (Germany), Mr. Miyagi Film (Spain), Kepler Film (Netherlands) and M.A.R.K. 13 (Germany)
8. Starseed
Special Touch Studios (France) and Aparte (Romania)
9. At the Ark at 8
Zooper Film (Germany), Now Films (Germany), Parka Pictures (Denmark) and Hydralab (Denmark)
10. Living Large
Barletta (Czech Republic), Novanima Productions (France) and NOVINSKI (Slovakia)
Cartoon Movie 2022 Statistics
1. Projects
There were 57 animated feature film projects from 19 European countries pitched at Cartoon Movie 2022.
2. Number of Projects by Country (Main Producers)
| Country | Projects | Country | Projects | Country | Projects |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 15 | Italy | 2 | Ireland | 1 |
| Spain | 8 | Latvia | 2 | Luxembourg | 1 |
| Belgium | 5 | Poland | 2 | Netherlands | 1 |
| Norway | 5 | Portugal | 2 | ||
| Czech Republic | 3 | Croatia | 1 | ||
| Denmark | 2 | Greece | 1 | ||
| Finland | 2 | Hungary | 1 | ||
| Germany | 2 | Iceland | 1 |
3. Number of projects by target audience
| Target Audience | Projects |
|---|---|
| Children | 6 |
| Family | 29 |
| Teenagers | 1 |
| Young Adults / Adults | 21 |
Cartoon Movie Tributes 2022
The Cartoon Movie Tributes 2022, the prestigious prizes for outstanding contribution to the development of European animation over the past year, were decided by the votes of participants.
The Winners are:
Director of the year: Jonas Poher Rasmussen (Denmark) for Flee
Producer of the year: Fresh Films (Czech Republic), Les Films du Cygne (France), Cinemart (Slovakia) and Animoon (Poland) for Even Mice Belong in Heaven.
Distributor of the year: Charades (France)
Nordic Spotlight
Cartoon Movie put the spotlight on Nordic animation this year. 8 rich and diverse Nordic animated feature projects were pitched at Cartoon Movie 2022:
Just Super Qvisten Animation (Norway)
Magical Friends Ulvenfilm (Norway) and Kool Produktion (Norway)
My True Imaginery Friend – Mr. Clutterbuck Monkey Business Pictures (Finland) and Aurora Pictures (Finland)
Niko – Beyond the Northern Lights Animaker (Finland), Anima Vitae (Finland), Ulysses Filmproduktion (Germany), A. Film Production (Denmark) and Moetion Films (Ireland)
Odd is an Egg Miso Film (Norway)
Ploey 2 GunHil (Iceland)
Titina Mikrofilm (Norway) and Vivi Film (Belgium)
Valemon: the Polar Bear King Maipo Film (Norway)
