Cartoon Movie is an indispensable business event for the European animation industry that has facilitated the creation of long-lasting partnerships and co-productions, allowing the funding of animated feature films since 1999.
55 projects from 16 countries have been selected for Cartoon Movie 2025. The selected projects will be pitched in front of animation professionals from all of Europe, including producers, creators, investors, distributors and sales agents of animated feature films, video games, and new media.
Cartoon Movie 2025 will be held from 4th to 6th March in Bordeaux, France, with the support of the Creative Europe-MEDIA Programme of the European Union, CNC (Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée), Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Bordeaux Métropole, Pôle Image Magelis, and France Télévisions.
Our Picks
Here are 12 film projects from the selected 55 projects that caught our attention:
For Children
Cut and Run
[In development]
- Director: Chloé Mazlo
- Runtime: 65 minutes
- Technique: 2D digital
- Producer: Blue Spirit Productions (France)
Timelessness
[In development]
- Directors: Denisa Grimmová, Jan Bubeníček
- Runtime: 90 minutes
- Technique: 3D digital / Stop-motion
- Producers: Hausboot (Czechia), Les Films du Cygne (France)
For Family
Bergeronnette
[In development]
- Director: Lucrèce Andreae
- Runtime: 80 minutes
- Technique: 2D digital / Painting
- Producer: Miyu Productions (France)
Hyacinthe
[In development]
- Director: Gerlando INFUSO
- Runtime: 80 minutes
- Technique: Stop-motion
- Producers: Wrong Men (Belgium), Foliascope (France), Likaon WJT (Poland)
Lou and the Glacier’s Secret
[In development]
- Directors: Frédéric Guillaume, Samuel Guillaume
- Runtime: 80 minutes
- Technique: 3D digital / Painting
- Producers: Gao Shan Pictures (France), Cine 3D (Switzerland), Need Productions (Belgium)
My Dad the Truck
[In development]
- Director: María Cristina Pérez González
- Runtime: 80 minutes
- Technique: 2D digital / Painting
- Producers: Sultana Films (Spain), Sacrebleu Productions (France),Pez Dorado Animaciones (Colombia)
Rose and the Marmots
[In development]
- Director: Alain Ughetto
- Runtime: 80 minutes
- Technique: 3D digital
- Producers: Les Contes Modernes (France) / Artichoke (Slovakia) / Fabian&Fred (Germany)
For Teenagers
Mu Yi and the Handsome General
[In development]
- Director: Julien Chheng
- Runtime: 90 minutes
- Technique: 2D digital / Painting
- Producer: Studio La Cachette (France)
For Adults/Young Adults
All the Softness in the World
[In concept]
- Director: Ayce Kartal
- Runtime: 100 minutes
- Technique: 2D digital
- Producer: Les Valseurs (France)
Black Wolf
[In development]
- Director: Raf Wathion
- Runtime: 80 minutes
- Technique: 3D digital
- Producers: Czar Film & TV (Belgium), Special Touch Studios (France)
Condenaditos
[In development]
- Director: Matisse Gonzalez
- Runtime: 80 minutes
- Technique: 2D digital
- Producers: Studio Seufz (Germany), Ikki Films (France)
Désert
[In development]
- Director: Aurel
- Runtime: 80 minutes
- Technique: 2D digital / Painting
- Producers: Les Films d’Ici Méditerranée (France), Tchack (France)
Sneak Previews
Here is a list of new European animated features that will have sneak previews at Cartoon Movie 2025:
Fleak
- Director: Jens Møller
- Runtime: 83 minutes
- Target audience: Family
- Technique: 3D digital
- Producers: Anima Vitae (Finland), Animoon (Poland), Anima Vitae Point (Malaysia), Godo Films (France)
Tales From the Magic Garden
- Directors: Jean-Claude Rozec, Patrik Pass, Leon Vidmar, David Sukup
- Runtime: 70 minutes
- Target audience: Children
- Technique: Puppets / Stop-motion
- Producers: MAUR film (Czechia), Vivement Lundi ! (France), Artichoke (Slovakia), ZVVIKS (Slovenia)
The Songbirds’ Secret
- Director: Antoine Lanciaux
- Runtime: 66 minutes
- Target audience: Family
- Technique: Cut-out
- Producers: Folimage (France), Les Armateurs (France), Lunanime (Belgium), Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma (France), Will Production (France), JPL Films (France), Dragons Films (Belgium), Pictanovo (France), TNZPV Productions (France)
