1. European animation producers presenting a new project
   
2. European animation producers who presented a project last year and wish to come back in order to finalize ongoing negotiations
   
3. Broadcasters, investors and distributors (regardless of the distribution platform)
   
4. Institutional partners
   
5. The general press and the specialized press
   
   

The registered office of the producer should be located in one of the countries associated with the MEDIA Programme. These countries are the 27 countries of the European Union, the 3 EEA countries (Iceland, Norway and Lichtenstein), Croatia and Switzerland.

• an accreditation badge, which will allow you to participate fully in the Cartoon Forum
• the presentation of your trailer during the Croissant & Coffee Shows in front of all participants
  
• the presentation of your new selected project in a room with all the broadcasters and other potential buyers interested in your project
  
• the presence of your company and its representatives in the Cartoon Forum catalogue
• the presentation of your project in the brochure
• the poster of your project on the digital exhibition visible to all participants
• the audiovisual equipment you will need for your presentation
• the benefit of the expertise of a consultant who will act as a session chairperson at your meeting
• use of the shuttle buses made available to participants
• the CARTOON D’OR evening
• the professional membership and administrative costs
• your hotel reservation (reservation only)
• the services of an interpreter (if requested beforehand)
• a personal labelled pigeonhole
• the participation at the sightseeing tour(s)

• 2 dinners: the Welcome Dinner on Tuesday evening and the Farewell Dinner on Friday evening
• 3 lunches during the Cartoon Forum
• 3 breakfasts served during the Croissant Shows and 3 Coffee Shows

Unfortunately yes. The Cartoon Forum is not a “à la carte” market like other ones (with stands) but rather a global “menu” concept of 3 intense days.

You must submit a cancellation request in writing as soon as possible. Requests to refund registrations must be received by CARTOON no later than 22 August and must include the name, company and contact details of the original registrant.

For cancellations made before this date, participants will not be refunded the subscription expenses amounting to 300 EUR.

For cancellations made after 22 August, no refund will be possible.

VISA and Master Card.

You can download the registration form from our website but we ask you to send us a signed copy by fax or by email (by scanning the signed document).

From 15 May to 30 June.

No, you can book a hotel yourself, but you should know that CARTOON is holding the majority of rooms at the hotels nearest the Cartoon Forum venue and these rooms are being offered through CARTOON at a special rate. And keep in mind that CARTOON is organizing free shuttles from the hotels to the venue and back, for all participants having booked their hotel through CARTOON.

To be able to present a new project, a producer must obtain from a market partner, whether broadcaster, investor or distributor (regardless of the distribution platform), a short letter showing interest for the project.

It should be interest only, not a firm commitment to fund or distribute the project.

Yes, we require from the producers to comply with the deadlines set by the organization in order to enable the Cartoon Forum to take place in the best possible conditions and to give the best chance for projects to succeed.

The only flexibility that we give is the deadline for the project submission. If a producer needs 2 or 3 extra days, the project will be considered as "submitted" if requested in writing to CARTOON before the deadline.

The buyers have explicitly asked not to be “flooded” by information or appointment requests before the Cartoon Forum. That’s why CARTOON does not release buyers’ contact details to producers.

Presenting a new project in front of a large audience (from 25 to 250 persons, depending on the interest expressed for the project) isn’t an easy task! Especially when the final goal is to convince the auditors to invest in it…

In order to help the producers with this crucial mission, CARTOON has decided to assign to each of them a neutral, experienced animation professional acting as a moderator.

The role of these chairpersons is to help the producers to prepare their presentation the weeks before the Cartoon Forum and to assist them during the business session itself. Their neutral position allows them to introduce in a positive way the production team as well as the developed project and to deal with potential questions from the public. It is the role of the producers however to defend their project. The producers and the chairpersons agree on a presentation scenario, the producers remaining master of their project.

We have noticed that this way of working helps tremendously the producers and enhance the professional aspect of the project presentations.

Watch the testimony of some chairpersons explaining how they see their function!

The visual of each project is presented in the busiest part of the Cartoon Forum. Since 2007, the “paper” exhibition has been replaced by a digital exhibition in the form of a dozen flat screens where the posters of each project are being screened, bright and attractive.
The visual of your project should be a VERTICAL image (format: 9:16 – pixels: 768x1360) and must contain the title of the project and the name of the production company.

As a prelude to each half-day of work, CARTOON will invite all the participants to the Croissant & Coffee Shows. Here they will be given much practical information on the day’s activities (sightseeing tours, press conferences, …). The trailers of the projects presented in the morning will be shown during the Croissant Shows. The projects presented in the afternoon will have their trailers shown at the Coffee Shows, after lunch.

We ask all producers presenting a new project to provide a trailer in the form of a “commercial” clip. This trailer will be projected during the Croissant & Coffee Shows in front of all the participants.

The copy of the trailer you send us should be as follows:
- Format: Betacam SP or Digi / 16:9
- Anamorphic
- NO letterbox
- Length: 30 to 45 seconds

Please note that the Beta tape will not be given back to you. It means that you will have to bring a copy with you if you intend to present your trailer during your business session.

The following equipment is available:
- big screen
- video player (format 16:9)
- DVD player (format 16:9)
- computer connexions
- You will have to bring your own computer. If you are using an Apple iBook or a PowerBook, don’t forget to take your VGA-Adapter with you.

Once you are registered, you will receive a technical form where you will have to specify the devices you need for your presentation.

Yes, you will be proposed the services of an interpreter. You will have to specify the language spoken during your presentation on the technical form you will receive once you are registered. English, French, German, Italian and Spanish can be used as active languages.