CARTOON FORUM - 12 UK projects selected!
Cartoon Forum is celebrating coming of age from September 19-22 in the Catalonian city of Girona, presenting the latest generation of European animation series, with the participation of 750 sector professionals.
The business forum will host 60 projects from 12 different countries, summimg up about 400 hours of content and a budget of 216 million euros.
France will head up the 18th Cartoon Forum with 15 projects, followed by the UK with 12 and Spain with 11, while Germany and the Nordic countries will present six projects each.
A list of all UK participants can be found at: http://www.cartoon-media.be/FORUM/6_Projects.htm
Cartoon Forum Catalunya will also host the Cartoon d'Or 2007 awards ceremony for best European animated short film and the Cartoon Tributes for television, which elects the best producer, broadcaster and investor of the year.
This is the fourth time that the Cartoon Forum is being held in Spain, following editions in Lanzarote (1990), Córdoba (1999) and Santiago de Compostela (2004). This year, the event will be celebrated in a region with one of the most thriving traditions in European animation.
Since Cartoon Forum was created 18 years ago, over 300 projects have obtained financing to the tune of over 1 billion euros and are currently being produced or broadcast in countries all over the world.
The business forum will host 60 projects from 12 different countries, summimg up about 400 hours of content and a budget of 216 million euros.
France will head up the 18th Cartoon Forum with 15 projects, followed by the UK with 12 and Spain with 11, while Germany and the Nordic countries will present six projects each.
A list of all UK participants can be found at: http://www.cartoon-media.be/FORUM/6_Projects.htm
Cartoon Forum Catalunya will also host the Cartoon d'Or 2007 awards ceremony for best European animated short film and the Cartoon Tributes for television, which elects the best producer, broadcaster and investor of the year.
This is the fourth time that the Cartoon Forum is being held in Spain, following editions in Lanzarote (1990), Córdoba (1999) and Santiago de Compostela (2004). This year, the event will be celebrated in a region with one of the most thriving traditions in European animation.
Since Cartoon Forum was created 18 years ago, over 300 projects have obtained financing to the tune of over 1 billion euros and are currently being produced or broadcast in countries all over the world.
22 June 2007