Tag: Cartoon Forum
Change of Plans: Cartoon Forum Pivots to Virtual ‘Business First’ Affair
***A previous version of this article originally appeared in the Sept./Oct. '20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 303)***
Despite firm plans to become the first...
Cartoon Forum Nixes In-Person Plans as France Red-Zoned for Travel
Organizers of the 2020 Cartoon Forum, scheduled to take place September 14-17, have announced the decision to cancel the in-person event programs due to...
Event Updates: ITFS Online, OIAF, Animafest, Hiroshima, Cartoon Forum & More
Oscar-qualifying festival Cinanima (November 9-15; Epinho, Portugal) has issued its call for entries, seeking animated films created after Jan. 1, 2019 for its International...
The Show Goes on at Cartoon Movie in Bordeaux
Despite growing concerns over the spread of the coronavirus epidemic around the world, this year's edition of the Cartoon Movie animation event attracted about...
Toon2Tango Taking ‘Monster Park’ Worldwide
Toon2Tango GmbH & Co. KG., the new kids and family entertainment venture headed up by long-time television and movie industry experts Ulli Stoef and...
Gaumont & Submarine Partner on ‘Pol the Pirate Mouse’
France's Gaumont and Amsterdam-based Submarine have partnered to co-produce animated series Pol the Pirate Mouse, based on the children's book of the same name...
Superights’ New ‘Horn Quartet’ Special Serenades Broadcasters
Superights recently acquired the distribution rights to the second animated opus of The Horn Quartet: “Up to the Mountain.” Both specials are produced by...
Belgium & Ireland Make an Impact at 2019 Cartoon Tributes
The 30th edition of Cartoon Forum wrapped up in Toulouse, France Thursday night with the presentation of the 2019 Cartoon Tributes honors. The awards...
Haruworks, Zodiaks Kids Team Up for ‘Worst Best Friends’
With Cartoon Forum around the corner, Finnish production company Haruworks has struck a distribution deal for its pitch project Worst Best Friends. Zodiak Kids,...
Turnip & Duck Announce ‘Critters TV’ Original for RTEjr
Dublin-based animation studio Turnip & Duck has announced that their first-ever original comedy series, Critters TV, will premiere on RTÉjr this October. The show...
Cartoon Forum 30th Edition: It’s All Happening in Toulouse!
***This article originally appeared in the Sept./Oct. ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 293)***
If you think there is already an abundance of animated projects...
Belgium’s Belvision Pounces on New CG ‘Marsupilami’ Series
The popular French-Belgian comic-book character Marsupilami is getting the modern CG-animated treatment in a new animated series produced by Belgian studio Belvision. The studio...
30th Cartoon Forum Presents 85 Original, Wide-Ranging TV Projects
Organizers of the 30th edition of European animated series co-pro confab Cartoon Forum (Sept. 16-18; Toulouse, France) have selected 85 original projects from across...
Angela Poschet Joins Akkord Film Ahead of ‘Elfkins’ Release
Akkord Film, one of Germany’s leading animation production companies and a nominee for the 2018 Cartoon Forum Producer of the Year, has appointed Angela...
Sara Wikler, Caroline Oustlant Bolster Blue Spirit Feature & TV Teams
Having recruited Muriel Achery to direct its new production label Just Kids (Splat & Harry) in November 2017, 2D/3D animation studio Blue Spirit Group...
Graverobber Teams with Bejuba! on ‘Chicken Big’
Things are really clucking along for GraveRobber -- the animation studio founded two years ago by children’s book author/illustrator Keith Graves and writer/producer Rob...
Postcard from the 2018 Asian Animation Summit
After two years in Brisbane, the Asian Animation Summit has moved to Seoul, South Korea, meaning that the delegates no longer had to resist...
New Europe Collars ‘Jacob, Mimmi and the Talking Dogs’
Edmunds Jansons’ charming 2D-animated family feature Jacob, Mimmi and the Talking Dogs has been picked up by Warsaw’s New Europe Film Sales. The film,...
RTEjr Unwraps ‘Hopscotch and the Christmas Lights’ from Ink and Light
Fresh from its nomination at the Cartoon Forum 2018 Cartoon Tributes for Producer of the Year, Ireland- and Finland-based Ink and Light is getting...
Thatcher Mines, Linnea Karlsson-Autio to Lead Gigglebug’s Digital Biz
Finnish animation IP studio Gigglebug Entertainment has hired on Thatcher Mines as Director of Digital and Linnea Karlsson-Autio as Chief Financial Officer. These senior...
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