Report on the project selec­tion 2023

LINE-UP OF THE 2023 SELECTED PROJECTS!

We are happy to announce the line-up of projects that will be pitched at Cartoon Forum 2023!

COUNTRIES OF SELECTED PROJECTS

A few more facts and numbers

  • 20 countries in total: 16 European countries as main producers + Canada, China, North Macedonia, United Kingdom as co-producers.
  • 24 projects (31%) are already co-productions, among them 14 projects (17%) involve two or more countries.
  • 21 new companies (27%) have not pitched at any Cartoon event before.
  • 5 projects previously pitched at Cartoon Springboard made it to Cartoon Forum: "9 Million Colors" by Bionaut (CZ), "Apocalypse Mojito" by Passion Paris (FR), "Exit Tales" by Storyhouse (BE), "Happily Never After" produced by Helium Film (CZ) and co-produced by Reynard Films (DE), and "Toko Loko" by Submarine Animation (NL).
  • Produced in the territory (Toulouse / Region Occitanie): "Pil's Adventures" (TAT productions), and "School Monitors" (Xbo films).

A special initiative for this edition, lead by UK broadcasters to encourage co-productions between European and UK producers.
A total of five new projects in development from UK creative voices will be pitched together with a UK broadcast partner in a 90-minute session. Each project will be actively looking for collaboration with a European co-production partner.
> This session will be in addition to the official program of projects' pitching sessions.


The 5 projects selected by 4 UK broadcasters (BBC, Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, Sky) are: “Duck & Frog”, pro­duced by Sun & Moon Studios; “Hug­gy the Hugasaurus”, pro­duced by Yam­i­na­tion Stu­dios & Three­wise Entertainment; “Mag­ic Ani­mal Friends”, pro­duced by Coolabi Pro­duc­tions & Paper Owl Films; “Plea­sure Beach”, pro­duced by Nexus Studios; and “The Wolf­b­jorns”, pro­duced by BBC Stu­dios Kids & Fam­i­ly Pro­duc­tions & BBC Chil­dren’s and Education.