Ani­mat­ed UK Meets Europe

Animation UK, in collaboration with CARTOON and with the support of BBC Children’s and Education, is delighted to announce the return of the “Animated UK Meets Europe” initiative at Cartoon Forum 2025.

This collaboration has been instrumental in reinforcing European partnerships and showcasing the strength of UK talent and creativity in European markets. We are thrilled to be back in Toulouse to support UK producers and foster new co-production opportunities across Europe.

About the Initiative

The special session will take place on the afternoon of Wednesday 17 September, showcasing two exciting new UK animation projects currently seeking European co-production and distribution partners. This curated event complements the official programme of European project pitches and aims to spotlight emerging talent and encourage new creative alliances.

To further highlight the power of cross-border collaboration, a Cartoon talk on the importance of co-productions will also take place. Chaired by Vanessa Chapman, the session will bring together leading European voices to share insights and successful case studies and will include Sarah Muller from the BBC.

““Car­toon Forum is one of the most impor­tant plat­forms for ani­ma­tion pro­duc­ers to con­nect with inter­na­tion­al buy­ers and com­mis­sion­ers. We’re thrilled to return with the Ani­mat­ed UK Meets Europe’ ini­tia­tive, which cham­pi­ons the cre­ative and com­mer­cial poten­tial of UK–EU col­lab­o­ra­tion. At a time when cross-bor­der part­ner­ships are more valu­able than ever, we strong­ly encour­age UK par­tic­i­pants to attend Car­toon Forum, forge new con­nec­tions, and explore all the oppor­tu­ni­ties this unique forum has to offer.”” Kate O’Connor, Exec­u­tive Chair of Ani­ma­tion UK
““BBC Chil­dren’s and Edu­ca­tion is return­ing to Car­toon Forum sup­port­ing this impor­tant indus­try and build­ing on the suc­cess of the pre­vi­ous UK Ani­ma­tion pan­el. We’re show­cas­ing home­grown cre­ativ­i­ty along­side Europe’s best, col­lab­o­rat­ing with UK Ani­ma­tion and Car­toon Forum to sup­port and ele­vate the ani­ma­tion indus­try globally.”” Patri­cia Hidal­go, Direc­tor BBC Children’s and Education