You will find here below the buyers attending Cartoon Movie 2024.
You can find here the full list of participants of Cartoon Movie 2024.
Thibaud Feyhl
- Position
- Production Coordinator
- Company
- 22D Music Group
- Country
- France
Anissa Nassih
- Position
- Copyright Manager
- Company
- 22D Music Group
- Country
- France
Hyeihn Lee
- Position
- Senior Acquisition Manager
- Company
- ACOMMZ.Co.
- Country
- South Korea
Natalie Čulkova
- Position
- Campaign Manager
- Company
- Aerofilms
- Country
- Czech Republic
Aerofilms started as a joint project of two biggest art-house cinemas in Prague, in 2006. Since then, Aerofilms has brought more than 200 carefully curated films to Czech cinemas. Since 2013, Aerofilms has also operated the Aerovod VoD platform.
Géraldine Arnoux
- Company
- ALCA Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
ALCA, the New Aquitaine Region cultural agency, provides a wide range of backing services for cinema and TV industries. It supports creation and production, notably through a 7M€ film fund (which reaches 11M€ with local governments), active at every step of the creation process (scriptwriting, development, production) and opened to international co-production. Nouvelle-Aquitaine is the biggest region in France and hosts an important animation cluster, Magelis, based in Angoulême.
Noémie Benayoun
- Position
- Head of Creation
- Company
- ALCA Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
ALCA, the New Aquitaine Region cultural agency, provides a wide range of backing services for cinema and TV industries. It supports creation and production, notably through a 7M€ film fund (which reaches 11M€ with local governments), active at every step of the creation process (scriptwriting, development, production) and opened to international co-production. Nouvelle-Aquitaine is the biggest region in France and hosts an important animation cluster, Magelis, based in Angoulême.
Ingrid Florin Muller
- Position
- Animation Funds Manager
- Company
- ALCA Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
ALCA, the New Aquitaine Region cultural agency, provides a wide range of backing services for cinema and TV industries. It supports creation and production, notably through a 7M€ film fund (which reaches 11M€ with local governments), active at every step of the creation process (scriptwriting, development, production) and opened to international co-production. Nouvelle-Aquitaine is the biggest region in France and hosts an important animation cluster, Magelis, based in Angouleme.
Rachel Cordier
- Position
- General Director
- Company
- ALCA Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
ALCA, the New Aquitaine Region cultural agency, provides a wide range of backing services for cinema and TV industries. It supports creation and production, notably through a 7M€ film fund (which reaches 11M€ with local governments), active at every step of the creation process (scriptwriting, development, production) and opened to international co-production. Nouvelle-Aquitaine is the biggest region in France and hosts an important animation cluster, Magelis, based in Angoulême.
Chantal Chauzy
- Position
- Sales Americas/UK and International Acquisitions
- Company
- All Rights Entertainment
- Country
- France
Aymeric Desfontaines
- Position
- Managing Director
- Company
- All Rights Entertainment
- Country
- France
All Rights Entertainment is an international sales agent established in 2009 with offices in Hong Kong, Paris and Los Angeles, with a wide catalogue of films and a focus on high-quality animation films with an international potential. Our current release in 2024 is the animated movie “Lendarys” and “Proud Princess” and, in 2025, “Fleak” and “Kai” and others. We attend all international film festivals, film markets, TV markets year round (Cannes, Berlin, Filmart, Toronto, AFM, Mip…).
Aurélien Piris
- Position
- Head of Sales - Europe, Africa, CIS
- Company
- All Rights Entertainment
- Country
- France
- SVOD
Dagmara Molga
- Position
- Chief Specialist / Film Department / Director of Film Festival
- Company
- Andrzej Wajda Center for Film Culture
- Country
- Poland
Andrzej Wajda Centre for Film Culture was established in 2018 by the Mayor of the City of Warsaw. It was designed as a modern, inclusive institution that promotes art-house film culture, presents, and analyses masterpieces of national and international cinema, and raises general awareness of European audiovisual heritage. The Centre will offer a wide range of events, workshops and debates related to filmmaking and modern visual culture. we have created a very modern VoD platform.
Peter Thomsen
- Position
- Managing Director / Buyer / Producer
- Company
- Angel Films
- Country
- Denmark
Distribution and production company of animated and live-action feature films, established in 1988. Awarded “Distributor of the Year” at Cartoon Movie 2017. Founder of the award-winning concept, Rabalder Bio, that is specialised in the distribution of quality films for children and young adults.
Stefanie Larson
- Position
- Manager
- Company
- Animation Media Creators Region Stuttgart (AMCRS)
- Country
- Germany
Baden-Württemberg has been Germany’s top location for animation and visual effects for many years. No other federal state has such a high density of animation and VFX studios. The creative professionals in these studios have received numerous internationally renowned prizes - including Oscars, Emmy Awards, Annie Awards, VES Awards and the Deutscher Computerspielpreis Award. Behind this remarkable success is the work of the Animation Media Creators of the Stuttgart Region (AMCRS).
Bertrand Fleury
- Position
- CFO
- Company
- Apollo Films Distribution
- Country
- France
Apollo Film is a French theatrical distributor and co-producer.
Richard Klicnik
- Position
- Comic Book Editor
- Company
- Argo Publishing
- Country
- Czech Republic
Argo is a major Czech publisher, renowned for its vast list of literary fiction, non-fiction and poetry, as well as trade and mass market fiction.Since 1992, books from Argo have won extraordinary acclaim, including numerous Czech and international awards. Our ability to combine literary excellence with commercial success brings us to the fore of the Czech Republic’s publishing market.
Nadezda Motina
- Position
- CEO
- Company
- Arna Media
- Country
- Russia
Distributor in CIS who is releasing 12 titles theatrically per year, sells TV, VoD and new media rights. We are looking for the acquisition of European animation films. We released theatrically more than 160 titles including such animation projects as “Maya the Bee - Movie”, “Maya the Bee 3: the Golden Orb”, “Song of the Sea”, “Pinocchio”, “Jungle Beat: the Movie” and “Princess Emmy”.
Hedvika Petrzelkova
- Position
- PR Manager
- Company
- Artcam Films
- Country
- Czech Republic
The film distribution company Artcam was founded in 2000 by Artemio Benki, French producer and director, who lived, worked and created in Prague since the early 90s. Since its beginnings, Artcam’s aim was to bring courageous, innovative and provocative films that broaden the horizons of Czech distribution. Thus Artcam has released here films of arthouse film icons such as Jim Jarmusch, David Lynch, Michael Haneke, Lars von Trier, Arnaud Desplechin, Chan-wook Park, Claire Denis or Pablo Larraín.
Etienne Bonnin
- Position
- Senior Manager, Media Development & Licensing
- Company
- Asmodee Entertainment
- Country
- France
Diana Santamaria
- Position
- Director of Distribution
- Company
- Atalante
- Country
- Spain
Peter Voelkle
- Position
- CEO
- Company
- Atmosphere Media / NeXtFrames Media
- Country
- Germany
Xiaojuan Zhou
- Position
- President
- Company
- Attraction Distribution
- Country
- Canada
Attraction Distribution is a world leader in quality family entertainment and a proud partner with European film producers for over two decades. We are a Montreal-based sales agent specializing in the co-financing, promotion and all rights distribution award-winning and universally appealing family films, animated or live action or anything in between. Part of Attraction group that is one of Canada’s major production powerhouses of motion pictures and episodic content.
Andrei Agudaru
- Position
- Co-owner
- Company
- August Film
- Country
- Romania
Gregory Faes
- Position
- Directeur général
- Company
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma
- Country
- France
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma is the regional film fund in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes for feature films. The average investment per film is 300,000€. A significant part of the animation must be done in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and a French producer has to be involved in the project. Animated films supported: “The Summit of Gods”, “Azur & Asmar”, “Even Mice Belong in Heaven”, “A Cat in Paris”, “The Day of the Crows”, “Aunt Hilda!”, “Yellowbird”, “Phantom Boy” and “My Life as a Courgette”.
Andrew Sewell
- Position
- Creative Director
- Company
- B7 Comics
- Country
- United Kingdom
B7 Media is a UK indie producer (radio, television and film) and publisher (audiobooks, comic books) telling stories across multiple content forms and working with much-loved IP, including “Dan Dare”, Ray Bradbury’s “The Martian Chronicles” and Isaac Asimov’s “I, Robot”. Under its new B7 Comics imprint titles include sci-fi thriller “Pilgrim”; graphic novel “Hancock: The Lad Himself” charting the rise and fall of legendary comic Tony Hancock, and a new comedy-horror “The Furnace”.
Claire Deshaies
- Position
- Programmatrice
- Company
- BAC Films Distribution
- Country
- France
Alexis Hofmann
- Position
- Head of Acquisitions
- Company
- BAC Films Distribution
- Country
- France
BAC Films specialises in developing, financing, producing and releasing cutting-edge independent films for the French market and beyond. Since its creation in 1986, BAC Films has maintained itself as one of the leading European distributors and international dealers for independent films with over 550 films released, among which 10 Palmes d’Or.
Sandra Sankat
- Position
- Theatrical Manager
- Company
- Bad Unicorn
- Country
- Romania
Founded by experienced film distribution specialists Ştefan Bradea and Monica Felea, Bad Unicorn is an ambitious auteur film distribution company, also providing complete programming, marketing and publicity services to Romanian features. The first distributed film was the Berlinale Golden Bear winner “On Body and Soul”, followed by acclaimed titles such as “Close”, “Aftersun”, “Past Lives”. Upcoming animated releases: “The Boy and the Heron”, “Digimon Adventure 02 Beginning”, “Niko 3”.
Wiepko Oosterhuis
- Position
- CEO
- Company
- Bantam Film
- Country
- Netherlands
Which film just stays in your head despite the world and all other films? Touches you in a way that makes you want to show it to as many people as possible? Bantam Film chooses its films carefully and releases them with passion and care. We specialize in animation features for adults and theatrical documentaries. Like “Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman” by Pierre Földes, or “No Dogs or Italians Allowed” by Alain Ughetto, which we both released in 2023.
Michele Foschini
- Position
- Chief Creative Officer
- Company
- BAO Publishing
- Country
- Italy
Graphic novel publisher based in Milano.
Alessandra Sternfeld
- Position
- Rights manager
- Company
- BeccoGiallo
- Country
- Italy
- SVOD
Manon Musset
- Position
- Editorial Manager
- Company
- Benshi
- Country
- France
Benshi is the first SVoD platform dedicated to children from 2 to 11 years old. We offer more than 200 films (shorts, feature films, programs and a few series). We are only available in France for now.
- SVOD
Emma Tirand
- Position
- SVOD & Acquisitions
- Company
- Benshi
- Country
- France
Benshi is the first SVoD platform dedicated to children from 2 to 11 years old. We offer more than 200 films (shorts, feature films, programs and a few series). We are only available in France for now.
Charles Bin
- Position
- CEO
- Company
- Best Friend Forever (BFF)
- Country
- Belgium
Martin Gondre
- Position
- Partner
- Company
- Best Friend Forever (BFF)
- Country
- Belgium
Vanessa Lahitte
- Position
- Executive Acquisition & Marketing
- Company
- Beta Film
- Country
- Germany
Beta Film’s boutique label BETA KIDS & FAMILY complements its vast and diverse library of content by addressing younger target groups. Long-lasting cooperations with established premium producers and channels guarantee a broad range of high-quality fictional, animated and reality content. BETA KIDS & FAMILY has been able to build up international brands like SKAM, ANNE WITH AN E, CAPTAIN NOVA, and ALL-ROUND CHAMPION, ready-mades and formats alike.
Bodo Horn-Rumold
- Position
- Managing Director
- Company
- BHR-Agency
- Country
- Germany
Giulio Bruno
- Position
- Marketing manager
- Company
- BIM Distribuzione
- Country
- Italy
Eleonora Loiacono
- Position
- Acquisitions and Sales Executive
- Company
- BIM Distribuzione
- Country
- Italy
Founded in 1983, Bim Distribuzione is a leader distribution company in the Italian scenery with more than 500 movies released.
Sriram Chandrasekaran
- Position
- Founder & Managing Director
- Company
- Broadvision Rights + Studio56 Animation
- Country
- India
Broadvision Rights is an investor in animated TV series and feature films, with a portfolio of USD. 19.5 Million spanning premium European productions such as “Mia and Me” (the movie), “Mia and Me” (TV series) and “100% Wolf” (TV series). Studio56 Animation is the 2021 Telly Gold Winner in animation, with 250 full-time artists and experience across 36 productions including the #1 Shows of Germany (“Mia”), Italy (“Sissi”), Australia (“100% Wolf”), France (“Heidi”) and USA (“Jungle Book”). Recent movie credits include “Mia & Me” and “Vic the Viking”.
Nathalie Leffray
- Position
- Head of animation development / Kids department
- Company
- CANAL+
- Country
- France
Sandra Mirimanoff
- Position
- Acquisition Manager
- Company
- CANAL+
- Country
- France
CANAL+ Group is a leader in premium and thematic television channels, as well as in the distribution of pay television services. In France, it is also a major player in free-to-air television with 3 national channels, and its related advertising arm. Outside of France, CANAL+ Group has recorded strong growth with a significant presence in Europe, Africa and Asia. In total, CANAL+ Group has more than 20 million subscribers worldwide, including more than 8 million in mainland France.
Géraldine Soto
- Position
- Head of Acquisitions, Coproductions & Prebuys - Kids Department
- Company
- CANAL+
- Country
- France
CANAL+ Group is a leader in premium and thematic television channels, as well as in the distribution of pay television services. In France, it is also a major player in free-to-air television with 3 national channels, and its related advertising arm. Outside of France, CANAL+ Group has recorded strong growth with a significant presence in Europe, Africa and Asia. In total, CANAL+ Group has more than 20 million subscribers worldwide, including more than 8 million in mainland France.
Benjamin Honore
- Position
- Director
- Company
- Case depart distribution
- Country
- Belgium
Sophie Cheynet
- Position
- Animation Projects Manager
- Company
- Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC)
- Country
- France
Carole Baraton
- Position
- Co-founder
- Company
- Charades
- Country
- France
Lucie Desquiens
- Position
- Acquisitions Manager & Sales
- Company
- Charades
- Country
- France
Carole Baraton, Yohann Comte and Pierre Mazars founded Charades in January 2017, following successful tenures as head and VPs of international sales at Wild Bunch, Gaumont and StudioCanal, respectively. Charades offers a fresh perspective and wealth of experience in international sales, packaging and distribution. Their catalogue includes an eclectic and prestigious animation movies such as “The Queen’s Corgi”, “I Lost My Body” and Academy award-nominated “Mirai”.
Eric Reginaud
- Position
- Project Manager Ciclic Animation
- Company
- Ciclic Centre-Val de Loire
- Country
- France
Ciclic is the Centre-Val de Loire regional agency for cinema, audiovisual, book and digital culture. We offer a cultural public service which results from the collaboration between the Centre-Val de Loire Region and the French government. The missions it carries out and the actions it develops are based on cooperation, research, innovation, support for professionals and audiences, spatial planning and cultural economy.
Laure Llose
- Position
- Canal+ Grand Ecran & Ciné+ Famiz Director
- Company
- CINE+
- Country
- France
CINE+, part of French CANAL+ group, is a bunch of 6 pay TV channels with SVoD service, each specialized in a movie genre. In 2022 CINE+ pre-purchased 15.9M€ in 116 French feature films, of which the following animations: 1st Pay TV windows “In waves” , and 2nd pay: “Dans la foret sombre et mystérieuse”, “La plus précieuse des marchandises”, “Les as de la jungle 2”, “Sauvages”. In addition, the family channel CINE+ Famiz devotes 15% schedule for animated films, targeting children and families.
Daan Vermeulen
- Position
- Managing Director
- Company
- Cinema Delicatessen
- Country
- Netherlands
Cinema Delicatessen is a distributor of documentaries for the Dutch cinema market. Recent titles include “Collective”, “The Mole Agent”, “I am not Your Negro”, “Kedi”, IDFA-winners “A Strange Love Affair with Ego” and “Now Something is Slowly Changing”, and contemporary classics such as Joshua Oppenheimer’s “The Act of Killing”, “The Look of Silence” and Sergei Loznitsa’s “Maidan and the Event”. Next to its regular releases each year, Cinema Delicatessen distributes The Best of IDFA on tour around the Netherlands.
Edward Noeltner
- Position
- President
- Company
- Cinema Management Group (CMG)
- Country
- United States of America
Edward Noeltner is a seasoned and well-respected executive in the field of international motion picture licensing, distribution, and sales with over 30 years of experience in this industry. Prior to founding Cinema Management Group in 2003, Mr. Noeltner held the following positions: President, Senator International, Head of Television at Pandora Cinema, Sr. Vice President Int’l Distribution at AB Svensk Filmindustri, Sr. Vice President and Head of Sales at Miramax International.
Mika Siltala
- Position
- CEO
- Company
- Cinema Mondo
- Country
- Finland
Cinema Mondo (est. 1990) is the leading art-house and world cinema distributor in Finland. We release about 15 titles theatrically per year, and operate in all windows. Recent releases Un beau matin, First Slam Dunk, Les enfants des Autres, Mon crime, The Last Bus, Demon Slayer, Truffle Hunters, Yak in a Classroom, Belle, Panahi: No Bears … Our animation crown jewels: all Studio Ghibli productions.
Valentin Rebondy
- Position
- Managing Director
- Company
- Cinema Public Films
- Country
- France
Since 1989, Cinéma Public Films is a specialised independent distribution company fully committed to promote and distribute to cinemas high-quality animated films (all formats) towards the young audience.
Sebastien Ledru
- Position
- Account manager
- Company
- Coficiné
- Country
- France
Armand Thievet
- Position
- Account Director
- Company
- Coficiné
- Country
- France
Léo Lavolé
- Position
- Analyst
- Company
- Cofiloisirs
- Country
- France
One of the two leading French financial institutions only dedicated to making loans to cashflow films and TV programmes production expenditure. Grants on an annual basis around €0,7 billion loans to French and non-French producers, a team of 30 professionals specialised in film financing in Europe and other Anglo-Saxon countries (Canada, United States and Australia). A 50 year track record and a reliable company with strong shareholders: BNP Paribas.
Kevin Levy
- Position
- Account manager
- Company
- Cofiloisirs
- Country
- France
One of the two leading French financial institutions only dedicated to making loans to cashflow films and TV programmes production expenditure. Grants on an annual basis around €0,7 billion loans to French and non-French producers, a team of 30 professionals specialised in film financing in Europe and other Anglo-Saxon countries (Canada, United States and Australia). A 50 year track record and a reliable company with strong shareholders: BNP Paribas.
François Ruiz
- Position
- Author
- Company
- Collectif Paquerette
- Country
- France
Krešimir Zubčić
- Position
- Editor / Buyer
- Company
- Croatian Television (HRT)
- Country
- Croatia
- SVOD
Matthias Jambon-Puillet
- Position
- Sr. Manager Content Development
- Company
- Crunchyroll
- Country
- France
Marketa Santrochova
- Position
- Head of the Czech Film Center
- Company
- Czech Film Fund
- Country
- Czech Republic
The Czech Film Fund supports all stages of film production, as well as promotion, distribution and other film-related areas. The Fund also administers production incentives for audiovisual projects made in the Czech Republic. The Czech Film Center division of the fund promotes and markets Czech films and the local film industry worldwide. The Czech Film Commission division promotes the country with its film infrastructure as one of the world’s top destinations for audiovisual production.
Emmanuèle PETRY
- Position
- Producer
- Company
- Dandelooo
- Country
- France
Luna Sirvin
- Position
- International Sales Manager & Head of Acquisitions (feature)
- Company
- Dandelooo
- Country
- France
Jean-Baptiste Wery
- Position
- CEO
- Company
- Dandelooo
- Country
- France
Freshly announced Dandelooo Cinéma is not a newcomer to the French and International market and will enlarge its activities by acquiring, developing, producing and selling animated films for children. Expert in the kids animation industry, Dandelooo has helped launch in cinemas around the world beautiful animated films such as “Shooom’s Odyssey”, “Mum is Pouring Rain”, “Ernest and Celestine’s Wintertales”, “Stinky Dog”, “Pompon Bear”, “Dounia”, “Hungry Bears to the Pole” and more.
Lillah Girardot
- Position
- Assistant Acquisitions
- Company
- Diaphana
- Country
- France
Victor Pothevin
- Position
- Acquisitions
- Company
- Diaphana
- Country
- France
Sarah Chamard
- Position
- Rights manager
- Company
- Didier Jeunesse
- Country
- France
Marie Heguy-Urain
- Position
- Project manager
- Company
- EGTC Euroregion Nouvelle-Aquitaine Euskadi Navarre
- Country
- France
Alice von Einem
- Position
- Managing Director
- Company
- Epsilon Film
- Country
- Germany
Julia Weber
- Position
- Managing Director
- Company
- Epsilon Film
- Country
- Germany
Iris Cadoux
- Position
- Project Manager
- Company
- Eurimages
- Country
- France
Eurimages is the cultural support fund of the Council of Europe. Established in 1989, it currently numbers 38 of the 46 member states of the Strasbourg-based organisation, plus Canada. Eurimages promotes independent filmmaking by providing financial support to feature-length films, animation and documentary films. In doing so, it encourages co-operation between professionals established in different countries. Eurimages has a total annual budget of approximately 27.5M€.
Eleni Chandrinou
- Position
- Advisor
- Company
- Eurimages
- Country
- France
Eurimages is the cultural support fund of the Council of Europe. Established in 1989, it currently numbers 38 of the 46 member states of the Strasbourg-based organisation, plus Canada. Eurimages promotes independent filmmaking by providing financial support to feature-length films, animation and documentary films. In doing so, it encourages co-operation between professionals established in different countries. Eurimages has a total annual budget of approximately 27.5M€.
Antoine Prost
- Position
- Junior Project Manager
- Company
- Eurimages
- Country
- France
Eurimages is the cultural support fund of the Council of Europe. Established in 1989, it currently numbers 38 of the 46 member states of the Strasbourg-based organisation, plus Canada. Eurimages promotes independent filmmaking by providing financial support to feature-length films, animation and documentary films. In doing so, it encourages co-operation between professionals established in different countries. Eurimages has a total annual budget of approximately 27.5M€.
Sarah Quinless
- Position
- Project Coordinator
- Company
- Europa Distribution
- Country
- Belgium
Europa Distribution is the association of independent film publishers and distributors, created in 2006. With more than 115 leading independent distributors representing 31 countries in Europe and beyond, it acts as a network, a think tank and serves as the voice of the sector. The network’s aim is to strengthen the exchange and collaboration process between its members, to improve their skills and the content curation, promotion and distribution of independent films, including animation.
Jesús Silva Vilas
- Position
- Freelance Journalist
- Company
- Europa Distribution
- Country
- Belgium
Europa Distribution is the association of independent film publishers and distributors, created in 2006. With more than 115 leading independent distributors representing 31 countries in Europe and beyond, it acts as a network, a think tank and serves as the voice of the sector. The network’s aim is to strengthen the exchange and collaboration process between its members, to improve their skills and the content curation, promotion and distribution of independent films, including animation.
Adeline Chauveau
- Position
- Managing Director
- Company
- Europa International
- Country
- Belgium
Europa International is the European organisation for sales agents, created 10 years ago. The main target of the association is to represent and defend the interests of the exporters, essential players regarding the financing and distribution of European cinema. European sales agents have decided to join forces to face the important challenges of the actual market, in particular the transition to the digital world and the emergence of new media and business models.
Romain Brosolo
- Position
- Acquisitions
- Company
- Eurozoom
- Country
- France
Amel Lacombe
- Position
- CEO
- Company
- Eurozoom
- Country
- France
Jessica Cobham-Dineen
- Position
- Development Executive
- Company
- Ffilm Cymru Wales
- Country
- United Kingdom
Ffilm Cymru Wales is the development agency for Welsh film. We are dedicated to advancing and sustaining a strong film industry for Wales; one that we can all be proud to call our own. We do this by providing funding and training to emerging and established Welsh filmmakers, offering exciting cinematic experiences to audiences across Wales, engaging people of all ages and abilities in creative learning, and developing new skills and career paths through a range of training programmes.
Edward Parodi
- Position
- Director of Acquisitions
- Company
- Film Constellation
- Country
- United Kingdom
Film Constellation is an integrated production, finance and sales company headquartered in London and Paris. The company builds on a track record for growing award-winning filmmaker brands working with new and established talent, fostering strong producer ties across both sides of the Atlantic. Since inception, the company has packaged, produced and sold over 50 commercially and critically acclaimed films, premiering at A-class festivals including Cannes, Venice, Toronto, Sundance and Berlin.
Norbert Laporte
- Position
- Consultant
- Company
- Film Fund Luxembourg
- Country
- Luxembourg
The Film Fund Luxembourg exists primarily to promote and foster an environment in which the country’s film production industry can develop and flourish. Particularly, it manages the program through which the Luxembourg government provides financial support to audiovisual productions (national and international).
Sébastien Tasch
- Position
- Head Project Management
- Company
- Film Fund Luxembourg
- Country
- Luxembourg
Julian Scott
- Position
- Animation Consultant
- Company
- Film London
- Country
- United Kingdom
We work to sustain, promote and develop London as a global content production hub. We support the development of the city’s new and emerging filmmaking talent. And we invest in diverse and rich film culture. Our aim is to ensure the capital is a thriving centre for a creative industries sector that enriches the city’s businesses and its people.
Beril Heral
- Position
- Acquisitions Executive
- Company
- Filmarti Film
- Country
- Turkey
Filmarti is one of the major independent distributor for premium animation contents for theatrical and VoD releases. Some of our animation titles include, “Nut Job 2”, “Norm of the North” sequels, “Yakari”, “Around the World”, “Ooops”, “Ainbo”, “Dreambuilders” and many more. We have a creative, dynamic and innovative team who seeks to bring the audience together with the most qualified products of the animation world.
Sune Thomsen
- Position
- CEO
- Company
- FilmFocus Independent / Gentofte Kino
- Country
- Denmark
FilmFocus independent and Gentofte Kino, deales in distribution, sales, acquisition, eventizing, marketing, and launching of films. The company also owns a major Danish Cinema.
- SVOD
Elodie Mellado
- Position
- Programmer
- Company
- Filmin
- Country
- Spain
Filmin is a VoD platform based in Spain focused on independent and art-house cinema. Created in 2007 by Juan Carlos Tous, Jaume Ripoll and José Antonio de Luna, Filmin offers more than 10,000 feature films and television series plus 1,100 short films, the largest VoD catalogue of any European company. It is also one of the founding associates of EuroVoD, the first European association for online cinema.
Tom Carpelan
- Position
- CEO/Producer
- Company
- Filmkompaniet
- Country
- Finland
We are a production and distribution company focusing on animation. We produce both series and features and we distribute only a few handpicked European animation annually. Last titles we have had in theatrical distributions are: “Titina” (Norway/Belgium), “Lotte and the Lost Dragons” (Estonia/Latvia), “Ploey” (Iceland/Belgium) and “Ternet Ninja” (Denmark).
Joao Abreu
- Position
- Managing Director
- Company
- Films4You
- Country
- Portugal
Films4you is a Portuguese distribution company acting is theatrical distribution , TVoD and SVoD distributions Pay and free TV.
Karen van Hellemont
- Position
- Project Manager Animation & InnovationLab
- Company
- Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF)
- Country
- Belgium
The Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF) is a public funding body that supports audiovisual and games production in, and international co-productions with Flanders (Belgium). VAF supports films, series and games, from idea to experience and a part of the fund’s annual budget is allocated for professional training.
Yort Jansen
- Position
- Fiction & Animation
- Company
- Flanders Image
- Country
- Belgium
Flanders Image is in charge of the promotion of audiovisual creations made in Flanders and Brussels. It is the sole official representative of Flanders’ content and talent at all key international festivals and markets.
Jaime Comas
- Position
- Co-Founder / Acquisitions
- Company
- Flins y Piniculas
- Country
- Spain
Flins y Pinículas was created in 2000, as an independent movie distribution company for every movie we think that it has something.We do cinema/DVD/platforms and all broadcast media distribution for family and animation movies.
Sam Arthur
- Position
- CEO
- Company
- Flying Eye Books
- Country
- United Kingdom
We are an award-winning independent publisher of graphic novels, comics and children’s picture books. Based in London, we distribute our books in all world English markets and sell licenses to foreign language publishers all over the world. We have many titles under option with the likes of Dreamworks, Disney and Amazon whilst series 3 of the multi-award-winning animated TV show “Hilda” is in collaboration with Netflix and Sony Kids.
Rose-Marie Strand
- Position
- Head of Children Film Department / Acquisitions
- Company
- Folkets Bio
- Country
- Sweden
Folkets Bio is an art-house distributor in Sweden that have been in business since 1973. Within the art-house and independent scene, we look for films in all genres, for all ages, and also to find and stimulate new talent. Every year we release around 25 feature films and 15-20 short films theatrically. Our latest animation releases are “Latte Igel and the Magic Waterstone”, “Shooom’s Odyssey”, “Wolfwalkers” and “The Breadwinner”.
Martine Baldacchino
- Position
- Editorial Manager
- Company
- France Télévisions (FTV)
- Country
- France
Joseph Jacquet
- Position
- R&D Animation Manager
- Company
- France Télévisions (FTV)
- Country
- France
Pierre Siracusa
- Position
- Animation & Young audience Director / Animation Director
- Company
- France Télévisions (FTV)
- Country
- France
France Télévisions is the first commissioner of animation in Europe with more than 15 animated series and 3 animated movies produced every year with French independent studios. Pre-schoolers, kids, tweens, young adults and families can enjoy a wide variety of animated shows from classics to new universes or newcomers. France Télévisions offers 6600 hours of children and youth programs on linear France Télévisions channels, the platform kids Okoo and the platform France.tv Slash for young adults.
Christel Delahaye
- Position
- Head of Acquisitions & Development
- Company
- France TV Distribution
- Country
- France
France TV Distribution works with producers and licensors to maximise programmes across all media platforms encompassing video, VoD and music publishing, merchandising, magazine and book publishing, plus French and international distribution and fund-raising. Since January 2017, France TV Distribution has gone hand in hand with distributing films abroad. As a major player on the distribution of rights in France and in foreign markets, this new activity is added to its savoir faire.
Reginald de Guillebon
- Position
- President
- Company
- Gebeka Films
- Country
- France
Marion Delord
- Position
- Productrice
- Company
- Gebeka Films
- Country
- France
Valérie Yendt
- Position
- General Manager
- Company
- Gebeka Films
- Country
- France
Gebeka Films is a distribution company founded in 1997 by Marc Bonny and is Hildegarde’s property (Reginald de Guillebon) since 2018. Our main goal: releasing long and short movies on French territory - theatrical, video/DVD and TV rights. Policy: high-quality films, mainly for a young audience (animation or fiction). Gebeka Films has also developed a co-production activity with “Princes and Princesses” (M. Ocelot) in the first place, and with well-awarded “My Life as a Zucchini” (C. Barras).
Jason Bressand
- Position
- International sales
- Company
- Gebeka International
- Country
- France
Wild Bunch International is a world-renowned independent film sales company. Characterised by its diverse editorial policy, the company offers an innovative slate of films from all over the world - director-driven, art-house, genre or commercial - which have won countless awards and enjoyed box office success both internationally and domestically (such as “The Artist”, “March of the Penguins”, “City of God”, “Spirited Away”). The company is also renowned for discovering new talents.
Ina Sommer
- Position
- Head of Animation Germany
- Company
- German Films Service + Marketing / Animation Germany
- Country
- Germany
German Films Service + Marketing is the national information and advisory center for the promotion of German films and talents worldwide. Animation Germany as part of German Films, is the first personal point of contact for international partners seeking information about Germany as a business location regarding production and technical services in the German animation market. Animation Germany connects, prepares relevant data and provides information about economic facts of the industry.
Sean Feeney
- Position
- Producer / Head of Production
- Company
- GFM Animation
- Country
- United Kingdom
Rodney Uhler
- Position
- Director of Acquisitions and Development
- Company
- GKIDS
- Country
- United States of America
GKIDS is a US-based producer and distributor entertainment specialising in animation for both adults (mostly) and family audiences. The company has scored twelve Academy Award nominations for Best Animated Feature, for films from Europe, Japan and South America. GKIDS handles the films of Studio Ghibli and top Japanese directors and studios. We executive produced Academy Award-nominated “The Breadwinner” and “Wolfwalkers” and currently have a slate of animated projects in development and production.
Klaus Rasmussen
- Position
- Co-Head Int. Sales & Acquisitions
- Company
- Global Screen
- Country
- Germany
Global Screen is the world sales unit of TELEPOOL, a leading entertainment company with over 55 years of experience in licensing, distributing and co-producing films and television. With a strong focus on animated features, Global Screen has successfully brought independent, high-quality animation to the big screen worldwide. Among the latest releases are “The Amazing Maurice”, “My Fairy Troublemaker” and upcoming “The Last Whale Singer”.
Ana Herrera
- Position
- Coordinator Audiovisual Area, Culture
- Company
- Gobierno de Navarra
- Country
- Spain
Vincent Maraval
- Position
- Sales Agent
- Company
- Goodfellas
- Country
- France
Javier Sanz
- Position
- Director, Book & Film Rights
- Company
- Grupo Planeta
- Country
- Spain
Grupo Planeta is the leading Spanish communication group with wholly family-owned capital, a producer and distributor of editorial, news, educational and entertainment contents for Spanish markets. Founded in 1949, it is now the leading publishing group in Spain and Latin America, and it figures among the main leaders in publishing in Europe. It has consolidated its presence in over twenty countries, adapting to the needs of a potential public of over 700M people.
Laure Caillol
- Position
- Head of Acquisitions
- Company
- Haut et Court Distribution
- Country
- France
Haut et Court is a French independent production and distribution company. Our line-up usually consists of eight to ten films per year, among which at least one animation film. We released “Wolfwalkers” by Tomm Moore and Ross Stuart, “Flee” by Jonas Poher Rasmussen and “Sirocco” by Benoît Chieux. We are co-producing “Sauvages!” by Claude Barras and will distribute “Silex” by Jul and Amelie by Liane Cho Han and Maylis Vallade.
Laurence Petit
- Position
- Head of Distribution
- Company
- Haut et Court Distribution
- Country
- France
Haut et Court is a French independent production and distribution company. Our line-up usually consists of eight to ten films per year, among which at least one animation film. We released “Wolfwalkers” by Tomm Moore and Ross Stuart, “Flee” by Jonas Poher Rasmussen and “Sirocco” by Benoît Chieux. We are co-producing “Sauvages!” by Claude Barras and will distribute “Silex” by Jul and Amelie by Liane Cho Han and Maylis Vallade.
Giorgia Fassiano
- Position
- Digital Platforms Coordinator
- Company
- I Wonder Pictures
- Country
- Italy
I Wonder Pictures, with the theatrical presence, the online platform iwonderfull.it and the IWONDERFULL Prime Video channel, distributes some of the most compelling and exciting life stories and animation masterpieces from all over the world, such as “Robot Dreams”, “Unicorn Wars”, “My love affair with Marriage”, “Chicken for Linda!”, “Flee”, “Another Day of Life”, “Little Nicholas: Happy As Can Be”, “Ernest and Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia”.
Diana Bueno
- Position
- Animations & Videogames Area Manager
- Company
- ICEX, Spain Trade & Investment
- Country
- Spain
Francesca Delise
- Position
- Head of Sales
- Company
- Illmatic Film Group
- Country
- Italy
Yannick Schandené
- Position
- Sales Manager
- Company
- Imagine Film Distribution
- Country
- Belgium
Created in 2002, Imagine is a totally independent company releasing art-house films in the Benelux. Our line-up includes films from all around the world, made by directors with a personal vision, be it dramatic, humoristic, off-beat or fantastic. For each film, we apply the most suitable release plan, matching its commercial potential. Recent animation acquisitions are “Swallows of Kabul”, “Blind Willow”, “Sleeping Woman” and “Winterreise”.
Marjolijn Janknegt
- Position
- Sales & Acquisitions manager
- Company
- In the Air (ITA)
- Country
- Netherlands
We offer high-quality entertainment for children of all ages. Focus and passion are the magic ingredients to make sure our projects get the extra attention they deserve. We work together with independently operating specialists. In this way, we create the most optimal exploitation plan and reach for each specific film or series. Reliable, accessible, aiming for optimum cooperation with all our customers and contacts; that’s who we are!
Dennis Zuijdervliet
- Position
- General Manager
- Company
- In the Air (ITA)
- Country
- Netherlands
Eleanor Coleman
- Position
- Acquisitions
- Company
- Indie Sales
- Country
- France
Indie Sales is an independent international film sales company based in Paris. Our line-up includes A-list festival animated films, such as “My Life as a Courgette” by Claude Barras and “Another Day of Life” by Raoul de la Fuente & Damien Nenow, recent acquistions include “Richard the Stork 2”. Our films sell worldwide to all audiences. Best Friend Forever, our sister company in Brussels, also represents animated films, including Anca Damien’s musical “The Island” and Alé Abreu’s “Perlimps”.
Nicolas Eschbach
- Position
- CEO
- Company
- Indie Sales
- Country
- France
Norbert Maass
- Position
- Sales Agent / Script Consultant / Writer
- Company
- International Script & Sales Company (ISSC)
- Country
- Germany
Script consulting and film value optimising is the core business of International Script & Sales Co. We help to develop, evaluate and optimize films and series for successful domestic and international distribution. In addition to script, sales and marketing services, ISSC aims to become a producer-distributor for quality feature and animation films with a strong human factor.
Stéphane Garcia
- Position
- Project Manager
- Company
- Invest in Bordeaux
- Country
- France
Bregt van Wijnendaele
- Position
- Head of acquisitions & sales
- Company
- JEF
- Country
- Belgium
Sarah Chazelle
- Position
- Co-founder and co-owner
- Company
- Jour2Fête & The Party Film Sales
- Country
- France
Jour2Fête is a Paris-based company set up in 2006 by Sarah Chazelle and Etienne Ollagnier, started as a national distributor of fictions and feature length documentaries and has since then released 130 films theatrically, and in video/VoD/TV/SVoD. In 2012, Jour2Fête opened an international sales department. In 2020 Jour2Fête is rebranding the merged sales operations of its recent acquisition Doc & Film International and in-house sales team under the banner of The Party Film Sales.
Mina Hana
- Position
- Marketing Manager
- Company
- Just4Kids
- Country
- Netherlands
Just4Kids is a distribution company in the Benelux. The company has distributed hundreds of kids movies in the Netherlands and Belgium on all different platforms.The last years animation is getting more important. We distributed ‘The Snow Queen’, ‘Cattle Hill’, ‘Ploey’, ‘Richard the Stork’, ‘Checkered Ninja’, ‘Ooops 2’ and ‘Amazing Maurice’. Just4Kids produces also books, boardgames and created the ‘Very Hungry Caterpillar’ theater show. Just4Kids has also a youtube channel with 110.000 subs.
Fokko Vonk
- Position
- Managing Director and Buyer
- Company
- Just4Kids
- Country
- Netherlands
Just4Kids is a distribution company in the Benelux. The company has distributed hundreds of kids movies in the Netherlands and Belgium on all different platforms.The last years animation is getting more important. We distributed ‘The Snow Queen’, ‘Cattle Hill’, ‘Ploey’, ‘Richard the Stork’, ‘Checkered Ninja’, ‘Ooops 2’ and ‘Amazing Maurice’. Just4Kids produces also books, boardgames and created the ‘Very Hungry Caterpillar’ theater show. Just4Kids has also a youtube channel with 110.000 subs.
Eve Barbara
- Position
- DIRECTRICE DE PRODUCTION
- Company
- Kalank
- Country
- France
Adrien Carta
- Position
- General Director
- Company
- Kalank
- Country
- France
Since 2017 Kalank has been co-developing quality video games with a constant growth of its partners and its team, now composed of 15 people. Based in Angoulême, we recruit the best talents of the regional ecosystem: in particular from Ecole 42 or Cnam-Enjmin schools, which for 20 years have provided talent for Ubisoft, Dontnod, Arkane…We’re expert in programming with 3D engines and setuping rendering processes, using Unreal Engine 5 or Unity & Blender.
- SVOD
Martin Poix
- Position
- CEO
- Company
- Kidjo
- Country
- Switzerland
Grégoire Melin
- Position
- President
- Company
- Kinology
- Country
- France
A Paris-based world sales and (co-)production entity representing some of the most ambitious and innovative European feature films starring international talents such as Leos Carax’s “Annette”, “Mustang”, “Spring Breakers”, Cronenberg’s “Cosmopolis”, Amirpour’s “A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night” and “Buried”. Kinology recently produced the $25M heist action lingo “Overdrive”, Terry Gilliam’s long-awaited “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote” and the Sony romance fantasy release “A Mermaid in Paris”.
Doris Gruel
- Position
- Young Audience Programmer
- Company
- KMBO
- Country
- France
KMBO is a distribution and production company based in Paris. A significant part of our theatrical releases are dedicated to animation feature films. Animation feature films for the family and the young audience, also animation genre films. Our recent animation releases : “The Inseparables”, “The Inventor (Leo)”, “Nina and the hedgehog’s secret”, “Le Royaume des Abysses (Deep Sea)”, “Sky Dome 2123 (White plastic Sky)”, “Le Royaume de Naya (Mavka)”, “The Amazing Maurice” & “Moonbound”.
Vladimir Kokh
- Position
- CEO
- Company
- KMBO
- Country
- France
KMBO is a distribution and production company based in Paris. A significant part of our theatrical releases are dedicated to animation feature films. Animation feature films for the family and the young audience, also animation genre films. Our recent animation releases : ‘The Inseparables’, ‘The Inventor (Leo)’, ‘Nina and the hedgehog’s secret’, ‘Le Royaume des Abysses (Deep Sea)’, ‘Sky Dome 2123 (White plastic Sky)’, ‘Le Royaume de Naya (Mavka)’, ‘The Amazing Maurice’, ‘Moonbound’.
Gregoire Marchal
- Position
- Head of Distribution
- Company
- KMBO
- Country
- France
KMBO is a distribution and production company based in Paris. A significant part of our theatrical releases are dedicated to animation feature films. Our recent animation releases are the following ones : “The Amazing Maurice”, “Moonbound”, “Rabbit Academy 2”, “White Snake” and “The Elfkins”.
Vincent Henry
- Position
- General manager
- Company
- La Boite à Bulles
- Country
- France
Alice Labadie
- Position
- Acquisitions
- Company
- Le Pacte
- Country
- France
Jean Labadie
- Position
- CEO
- Company
- Le Pacte
- Country
- France
Le Pacte, created in December 2007, is an independent distribution, international sales and video publishing company that promotes an eclectic program of French and international films of all genres.
Romain Rancurel
- Position
- Head of International Sales
- Company
- Le Pacte
- Country
- France
Le Pacte, created in December 2007, is an independent distribution, international sales and video publishing company that promotes an eclectic program of French and international films of all genres.
Thomas Unterberger
- Position
- Acquisitions
- Company
- Le Pacte
- Country
- France
Le Pacte is a French distribution, production and sales company founded in 2008 by Jean Labadie which distributes 15 to 20 films a year and is one of France’s leading independent distribution companies. Le Pacte has won 3 Palmes d’or and many other prizes and distinctions.
Gauthier Jacquinet
- Position
- Head of Distribution
- Company
- Le Parc Distribution / Les Grignoux
- Country
- Belgium
Le Parc Distribution is the distribution activity of Les Grignoux, a cultural center located in the city center of Liège, in French speaking Belgium. Les Grignoux owns four theaters (three in Liège, one in Namur), two restaurants and one café. As for the distribution, we release around 12 films a year, mainly animated films for toddlers and a young audience. We recently released “Yuku et la fleur de l’Himalaya”, “My Father’s Secrets”, “La Traversée”, “My Mother is a Gorilla”
Georgia Lorenzo
- Position
- Acquisition & Sales
- Company
- Les Films du Losange
- Country
- France
Founded in 1962 by Barbet Schroeder and Eric Rohmer, Les Films du Losange has always supported filmmakers worldwide. As of July 2021, succeeding Margaret Menegoz, Charles Gillibert and Alexis Dantec have taken over. With passion, the company has grown and diversified from production to distribution and international sales. Our catalogue comprises over 150 films by prestigious directors, such as Eric Rohmer, Michael Haneke, Mia Hansen-Løve, Barbet Schroeder and Alain Guiraudie.
Emmanuelle Chevalier
- Position
- CEO
- Company
- Les Films Du Préau
- Country
- France
Les Films du Préau is a French distribution company specialised in kids audience for 24 years. We are looking for animation films (features and shorts), TV specials, live-action feature films or documentaries, and our main goal is to propose high-quality films from Europe or all over the world to young people and family.
Alexandra Cruz
- Position
- Sales Executive
- Company
- LevelK
- Country
- Denmark
LevelK is handling international sales and aggregation. We are working with edgy, original films that we can market worldwide and that will resonate with international audiences. Our profile includes high-quality productions across all genres, working with established and emerging international talents in both English and foreign language. Films must have strong festival potential, international marketability and digital possibilities as we work across all areas.
Laurent Danielou
- Position
- CEO
- Company
- Loco Films
- Country
- France
Loco Films is a Paris-based world sales and production company created by Laurent Daniélou and Enrique Gonzalez Kuhn, cinema lovers and veterans in the European film industry who are joining forces in order to find and reveal the finest of independent filmmaking.
Vanessa Ciszewski
- Position
- Manager & Owner
- Company
- Luftkind Filmverleih
- Country
- Germany
Luftkind’s mission is to engage young audiences in cinema, art, and culture by providing them with access to stories that are both age-appropriate and challenging through animated films – in all their diverse and creative forms.
Annemie Degryse
- Position
- Co-Owner / Producer
- Company
- Lumière
- Country
- Belgium
Lumière Group started its activities in 1996 with the creation of an art-house cinema in Bruges, now owns four city cinemas. In 2003, the distribution division of Lumière was created (all rights Benelux, + MyLum platform). In 2008, Lunanime - production - started and is now part of the Lumière Group comprised of distribution, cinemas and production and Luminvest, an intermediate for Taxshelter incentives. The Lumière group distributes and produces fiction & animation, series, features & shorts.
Juraj Barabas
- Position
- Managing Director
- Company
- Luminescence
- Country
- Hungary
Luminescence is an international sales and production company focused on high-profile theatrically-driven animated feature films.
Marcin Was
- Position
- CEO
- Company
- M2 Films
- Country
- Poland
M2 Films is an all-rights distribution company encompassing releases of wide spectrum of titles ranging from family animation to award-winning dramas.
Gilles Romele
- Position
- programm advisor
- Company
- M6 Métropole Télévision / Gulli
- Country
- France
Gulli (M6 Group) is the No. 1 TV broadcaster for kids! It is the children’s favourite channel and the one in which parents have the most confidence in. All day long, children find their favourite heroes in animated series based on comedy or action, live action, cinema, games and documentaries. More than just entertainment, Gulli is a referential, engaged and reassuring brand. Through its programs, it offers ways of thinking about tolerance, open-mindedness and knowing how to live together.
Ksenia Contat Desfontaines
- Position
- Head of Acquisitions/Co-production
- Company
- Magic Fair
- Country
- United States of America
Magic Fair is a worldwide boutique sales company based in the USA and Europe with the headquarters in Miami and Paris. Our specialists have more than 17 years of operational experience in the global film marketplace. Magic Fair specialises in high-quality commercial titles, animation/family entertainment as well as some cherry-picked genre and female-driven titles.
Michael Calero
- Position
- CEO / Co-Publisher
- Company
- Massive Publishing
- Country
- United States of America
Kevin Roditeli
- Position
- Owner - President
- Company
- Massive Publishing (Canada)
- Country
- Canada
Victoire de Souza
- Position
- Sales
- Company
- Mediatoon Audiovisual Rights
- Country
- France
Mediatoon Audiovisual Rights represents the audiovisual rights for all publishers of the Media-Participations Group and few others. With historical graphic novels publishers such as Dargaud, Dupuis, Le Lombard… and traditional literary powerhouses like Le Seuil/La Martinière, as well as independent publishers, it is more than 100,000 novels and 4,000 comics IPs waiting for you to be adapted.
Laurent Duvault
- Position
- DIrector of Audiovisual Development
- Company
- Mediatoon Audiovisual Rights
- Country
- France
Mediatoon Audiovisual Rights represents the audiovisual rights for all publishers of the Media-Participations Group and few others. With historical graphic novels publishers such as Dargaud, Dupuis, Le Lombard… and traditional literary powerhouses like Le Seuil/La Martinière, as well as independent publishers, it is more than 100,000 novels and 4,000 comics IPs waiting for you to be adapted.
Aleksandra Ilic
- Position
- Marketing and Event Manager
- Company
- MegaCom Film (MCF)
- Country
- Serbia
Vincent Comoy
- Position
- International Distribution Manager
- Company
- Memento International
- Country
- France
Memento International is a boutique sales company that specializes in director-driven independent films. With a selective lineup of up to 12 films a year, we offer tailor-made strategies and provide business expertise through production, financing and international sales. Our catalogue includes high-profile and award-winning filmmakers such as Asghar Farhadi, Luca Guadagnino, Dominik Moll, Joachim Trier, Cate Shortland, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Kelly Reichardt, Philippe Lacôte, Malgorzata Szumowska…
Patrick Tauss
- Position
- Project Manager / Production Funding / Animation/VFX
- Company
- MFG Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg (MFG)
- Country
- Germany
Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg (MFG)’s film funding department reflects the organization’s commitment to promoting the southern German state’s film sector. The annual budget of approx. 15M€ subsidizes cinema and TV productions, script development, and distribution of games, documentaries, and animated films. Within the scope of its multipronged funding policy, MFG aims especially to promote the animation and VFX industry.
Anna Pokorska
- Position
- Consultant
- Company
- mk2 Films
- Country
- France
Every year, mk2 films co-produces, sells and distributes a dozen new films by established or promising directors such as “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”, “Atlantics”, “Cold War” and “Ash is Purest White”. mk2 films distributes a unique library of 800 films in France and around the world, including both fictions and documentaries. A rich collection which includes films from Charles Chaplin, François Truffaut, Abbas Kiarostami, Agnès Varda, Jacques Demy, Claude Chabrol, Krzysztof Kieślowski…
Oscar Albert
- Position
- CEO
- Company
- Motion Pictures Entertainment
- Country
- Spain
Guille Ayora
- Position
- Executive Producer
- Company
- Motion Pictures Entertainment
- Country
- Spain
Andrea Bertók
- Position
- Marketing Manager
- Company
- Mozinet
- Country
- Hungary
Leading Hungarian distributor of company of art-house titles. Animation titles included “Ruben Brandt, Collector”, “Little Nicholas: Happy As Can Be”, “Belle”, “Mirai”, “The Boy and the Beast”, “Early Man”, “A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon”, “Red Turtle”, “The Tragedy of Man” & “Toldi”.
Karine Leclerc
- Position
- Editorial Director
- Company
- Nathan Univers Jeunesse
- Country
- France
Editions Nathan, publisher of children’s books for 130 years. A family business that has become one of the reference houses of the Editis Group, Editions Nathan offers a very large range of books: books for toddlers, from birth to first steps, children’s picture books and tales, non fiction titles and literature in all its forms in paperback or large-format novels, from early readers to teenagers and young adults.
Erik van Drunen
- Position
- Filmconsultant Animation
- Company
- Netherlands Film Fund
- Country
- Netherlands
Daniel Melamed
- Position
- Manager
- Company
- New Cinema
- Country
- Israel
New Cinema was founded in 1981 and was united into a firm in 1983. The company’s main focus is managing cinema theatres across Israel and distributing European based art movies. The recent acts of the company are the distribution of the animation “Even Mice Belong in Heaven”. The company New Cinema is based in Tel Aviv.
Jan Naszewski
- Position
- CEO
- Company
- New Europe Film Sales (NEFS)
- Country
- Poland
Warsaw-based boutique world sales company. Catalogue includes “The Peasants” (Sony Pictures Classics) from the makers of “Loving Vincent”, “Cattle Hill” series (Qvisten), “Gordon & Paddy”, “Yuku & Himalayan Flower” (Artemis/Les Films du Nord, Vivement Lundi), “Lamb” (Cannes, A24), “Corpus Christi” (Oscar nom 2020), “Sometimes I Think about Dying” (Sundance 2023). New Europe picks up 1-2 animations and ca. 5 shorts a year. We are also active in development and financing.
Viola Gabrielli
- Position
- Head of Programme
- Company
- New Horizons Association / Young Horizons
- Country
- Poland
Young Horizons is one of the key branches of the New Horizons Association. It is responsible for distributing and supporting high-quality films and series for young audiences. The Young Horizons brand includes several complementary areas: int. film festival, industry, education. As distributor we release about 20 titles/year - from artistic titles to family films. Our catalogue includes animation titles like “Belle”, “The Bears’ Famous Invasion of Sicily”, “Argonuts” or “The Boy and the Heron”.
Maciej Jakubczyk
- Position
- Member of Board
- Company
- New Horizons Association / Young Horizons
- Country
- Poland
Young Horizons is one of the key branches of the New Horizons Association. It is responsible for distributing and supporting high-quality films and series for young audiences. The Young Horizons brand includes several complementary areas: int. film festival, industry, education. As distributor we release about 20 titles/year - from artistic titles to family films. Our catalogue includes animation titles like “Belle”, “The Bears’ Famous Invasion of Sicily”, “Argonuts” or “The Boy and the Heron”.
Liselott Forsman
- Position
- CEO
- Company
- Nordisk FIlm & TV Fond
- Country
- Norway
Nordisk Film & TV Fond (NFTF) is a pan-Nordic fund whose objective is to promote the Nordic audiovisual industry by supporting schemes and initiatives. The Fund promotes Nordic audiovisual productions (feature films, creative documentaries and drama series) of high quality by providing funding in the form of top financing, in the five Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden).
Torleif Hauge
- Position
- Senior Advisor FIction
- Company
- Nordisk FIlm & TV Fond
- Country
- Norway
Nordisk Film & TV Fond (NFTF) is a pan-Nordic fund whose objective is to promote the Nordic audiovisual industry by supporting schemes and initiatives. The Fund promotes Nordic audiovisual productions (feature films, creative documentaries and drama series) of high-quality by providing funding in the form of top financing, in the five Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden).
Thomas Schäffer
- Position
- CEO
- Company
- nordmedia Film- und Mediengesellschaft Niedersachsen/Bremen
- Country
- Germany
Funding - networking - developing! These terms essentially sum up the core activities of nordmedia. In its role as the central media funding organisation for Lower Saxony and Bremen, nordmedia has shaped the consolidation and development of the media branch in both of these North German states since 2001. With regard to film and media funding, this is structured, organised and supervised according to cultural-economic criteria.
Hanna Lang
- Position
- Rights and Licensing Director
- Company
- NordSüd Verlag
- Country
- Switzerland
Luis Martínez
- Position
- Editorial director
- Company
- Norma Editorial
- Country
- Spain
With over 40 years of history, Norma Editorial is an independent publisher specialising in comics and illustrated books, located in Barcelona. Founded in 1977, the company has a team of more than 30 individuals engaged in various aspects of publishing, distribution and representation. Over the years, Norma has served as the home for some of the most prominent figures in the international and Spanish comic scenes, solidifying its position as a leading name in the field of comic book publishing.
Olivia David
- Position
- Project Management Assistant
- Company
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine Euskadi Navarre Eurorégion
- Country
- France
Arola Urdangarin Ferreira
- Position
- Director
- Company
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine Euskadi Navarre Eurorégion
- Country
- France
Vivien Vande Kerckhove
- Position
- General Management & Sales
- Company
- O’Brother Distribution
- Country
- Belgium
O’Brother Distribution est une société de distribution cinématographique active au Benelux dont l’ambition est de proposer une offre différente en diffusant des œuvres de qualité belges et étrangères, tout en se donnant les moyens de les défendre avec l’enthousiasme nécessaire.
Viveka Nilsson
- Position
- Director Southern Europe
- Company
- ODMedia
- Country
- Netherlands
ODMedia provides a one-stop solution which makes sure your content is in the right format, in the right place, at the right time. We connect content owners & platforms to deliver content to viewers on any screen around the world. We take care of all technical requirements, which allows you to focus on your core activities. We offer services covering the entire content lifecycle; from creation of a Digital Cinema Package to technical delivery to OTT platforms and broadcasters.
Antoine Cambier
- Position
- Account Manager
- Company
- Option Media
- Country
- Belgium
Option Media is a full-service provider for all video & audio post-production. We’re a leader in localisation of audiovisual content for years. We provide translation, subs and dubbing for (inter)national film distributors, television channels & production companies. We can offer full PM. In order to achieve optimal distribution, we can deliver your content on all possible physical mediums and digital formats. Eligible for co-financing by Screen Flanders, the Flanders Audiovisual Fund & Tax Shelter.
Sabine van Riel
- Position
- CEO & Founder
- Company
- Option Media
- Country
- Belgium
Option Media is a full-service provider for all video & audio post-production. We’re a leader in localisation of audiovisual content for years. We provide translation, subs and dubbing for (inter)national film distributors, television channels & production companies. We can offer full PM. In order to achieve optimal distribution, we can deliver your content on all possible physical mediums and digital formats. Eligible for co-financing by Screen Flanders, the Flanders Audiovisual Fund & Tax Shelter.
- SVOD
Florestan la Torre
- Position
- Head of programming
- Company
- Orange Cinéma Séries (OCS)
- Country
- France
OCS is a french pay tv player. As such, OCS finance and buy arount 1000 movies a year including animation movies.
Laurent Geissmann
- Position
- Managing Director
- Company
- Outsider Diffusion
- Country
- France
Born in 1989, Outsider Diffusion was one of the first independent companies to release Japanese anime in France. Over the years, Outsider has developed activities in consulting, acquisition and booking of movie theaters.
João Froes
- Position
- Partner - Controller
- Company
- Outsider Films
- Country
- Portugal
Outsider Films is a films distributor created by three professionals in the Portuguese market, based in Lisbon. It operates in the segment of independent movies. Outsider Films is now releasing 14 to 16 films per year with a special focus on animation. Last animated movies released in the last 4 years: “Loving Vincent”, “Duck Duck Goose”, “Mirai”, “Mary & the Witch´s Flower”, “Breadwinner”, “Cats and Peachtopia”, “Earwig and the Witch” , “Checkered Ninja 1” and “Latte and the Magic Waterstone”.
Guillaume Arnoult
- Position
- Head of Acquisitions and Development
- Company
- Paradis Films
- Country
- France
Paradis Films is the French distributor of such animated feature films as “Ooops! Noah is Gone…”, “Richard the Stork”, “Ooops! The Adventure Continues…” and “Koati”.
Adrien Chef
- Position
- Producteur
- Company
- Paul Thiltges Distributions
- Country
- Luxembourg
Paul Thiltges Distributions is a Luxembourg-based film production and world sales company founded in 1993 by Paul Thiltges and jointly run with Adrien Chef. Collaborating with a large range of international partners, the PTD team has built up a considerable network, allowing it to initiate projects or participate in ventures on a worldwide scale as producer, co-producer or sales agent.
San Maltha
- Position
- Head of Acquisitions / Co-owner
- Company
- Periscoop Film
- Country
- Netherlands
Jérôme Allard
- Position
- Coordinator Animation & Video Game Funds
- Company
- Pictanovo
- Country
- France
Regional centre of excellence in charge of implementing the film and audiovisual policy of the Hauts-de-France region, Pictanovo supports the creation and production of over 200 works per year.
Jan Macola
- Position
- CEO
- Company
- Pilot Film
- Country
- Czech Republic
Marie Beauchamp
- Position
- CEO
- Company
- Pink Parrot Media
- Country
- Canada
Pink Parrot Media is an international sales company set up in 2018 by Marie Claude Beauchamp and Tania Pinto Da Cunha. We specialise in animation and live-action family entertainment. The company is active in distribution, acquisitions, packaging and financing projects as well as co-production opportunities. We want to give producers the best place for their projects, promoted with passion and always on a personal basis. We can say we are a boutique in the family entertainment business.
Tania Pinto da Cunha
- Position
- Vice-President / Partner / Head of International Sales & Acquisitions
- Company
- Pink Parrot Media
- Country
- Spain
Pink Parrot Media is an international sales company set up in 2018 by Marie-Claude Beauchamp and Tania Pinto Da Cunha. We specialise in animation and live-action family entertainment. The company is active in distribution, acquisitions, packaging and financing projects as well as co-production opportunities. We want to give producers the best place for their projects, promoted with passion and always on a personal basis. We can say we are a boutique in the family entertainment business.
Jhonie Aelbrecht
- Position
- CEO
- Company
- Pixel-Nexus
- Country
- Belgium
Pixel-Nexus aims to become your technical hub to provide solutions tailor-made to your needs, leaving you to create your vision without technical hassle and focus on your core business.
Paul de Beco
- Position
- Acquisitions Executive
- Company
- Playtime
- Country
- France
Playtime is a Paris-based international sales company active since 1997, also active in production of feature films and series. Each year, Playtime launches approximately 10 new films in the most prestigious festivals. Playtime is known for the quality of its artistic choices and worldwide successes such as “Son of Saul”, “BPM”, “By the Grace of God” or the latest “Paris 13th District”, including animation titles like “A Cat in Paris” or “The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess” by Michel Ocelot.
David Beauvallet
- Position
- Head of Marketing and Communication
- Company
- Pôle Image Magelis
- Country
- France
With some more than 200 specialised companies, including 50 animation-VFX and video game studios, more than 250 cartoon authors, 15 colleges of international renown and 2,000 students, Magelis has built a strong ecosystem dedicated to creation and innovation in the sectors of the image and has established itself in a dominant position in the international environment.
Frédéric Cros
- Position
- General Manager
- Company
- Pôle Image Magelis
- Country
- France
With some more than 200 specialised companies, including 50 animation-VFX and video game studios, more than 250 cartoon authors, 15 colleges of international renown and 2,000 students, Magelis has built a strong ecosystem dedicated to creation and innovation in the sectors of the image and has established itself in a dominant position in the international environment.
Elodie Jacob-Juin
- Position
- Marketing & Communication Executive
- Company
- Pôle Image Magelis
- Country
- France
With some more than 200 specialised companies, including 50 animation-VFX and video game studios, more than 250 cartoon authors, 15 colleges of international renown and 2,000 students, Magelis has built a strong ecosystem dedicated to creation and innovation in the sectors of the image and has established itself in a dominant position in the international environment.
Sabine Hofmann
- Position
- CEO
- Company
- Polyfilm
- Country
- Austria
Polyfilm is an Austrian-based distribution company, in the business since the 1980s. Focused on art-house films, documetaries and animation. The company also runs two art-house theatres in Vienna, the Filmcasino and Filmhaus Kino.
Ana Marques
- Position
- Executive Director
- Company
- Portugal Film Commission (PFC)
- Country
- Portugal
The Portugal Film Commission’s mission is to promote the internationalisation of Portugal as a filming destination and to streamline the procedures regarding filming requests by Portuguese and foreign producers, in Portugal.
Elodie Moog
- Position
- Manager
- Company
- Praxinos
- Country
- France
Praxinos is a French cooperative company founded in late 2018, made of skilled members united under one banner: their passion for animation and for making great tools to contribute to its artistic enhancement. Thanks to the support of Epic Games, they could develop free plugins for Unreal Engine, before releasing a 2D animation software named Odyssey. Odyssey is the perfect tool for ambitious productions that want to create high-quality animations mixing 2D & 3D.
Emil Simeonov
- Position
- General Manager / Buyer
- Company
- Pro Films
- Country
- Bulgaria
Pro Films was established in 2005 as a distributor of European films for Bulgaria. Since then, we had distributed over a hundred films theatrically, most of them animation features. In the last 7 years, Pro Films is the leading independent distributor of animated features and TV series in Bulgaria.
Anna Todorova
- Position
- Dubbing Director
- Company
- Pro Films
- Country
- Bulgaria
Pro Films was established in 2005 as a distributor of European films for Bulgaria. Since then, we distributed over a hundred films theatrically, most of them animation features. For the last 7 years, Pro Films is the leading independent distributor of animated features and TV series in Bulgaria.
Indiana Perrier
- Position
- Acquisitions & Festivals
- Company
- Pulsar Content
- Country
- France
Pulsar Content is an international sales and co-production company promoting a variety of singular films. With a limited number of titles per year, we dedicate our full attention and expertise to all of them, enhancing festival exposure and developing a strong focus on innovative marketing, to facilitate the work of distributors. As part of the Logical Pictures family, we are creating a ‘home for talent’, and bringing solutions to each step of the creation and distribution processes.
Franciane Abassan
- Position
- Producer & Head of Sales
- Company
- QWEST MEDIA
- Country
- France
Yago Fandiño
- Position
- Clan TV Director & Head of Children Content
- Company
- Radio Television Española (RTVE)
- Country
- Spain
Murielle Couëslan
- Position
- Director
- Company
- Rageot editeur
- Country
- France
Luca Milano
- Position
- Head of Rai Kids
- Company
- RAI Kids / Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI)
- Country
- Italy
Rai Kids is a department of Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI), the Italian public broadcaster, the leading TV and Radio company in Italy. The offer for children and kids comprehends two free TV Channels, RAI Yoyo (pre-school and children) and RAI Gulp (kids). Children content is also distributed on RAI Play, RAI’s free VoD service, and specifically on RAI Play Yoyo, as well as on RAI Radio Kids. RAI Ragazzi is one of the main European investors in the production of animation and kids’ drama.
Sophie Lebreton
- Position
- Communication manager
- Company
- Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
Agnès Paratte
- Position
- Manager - Cinema and Audiovisual Support Fund
- Company
- Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
Marie Perronnet
- Position
- Image and Video Games Project Manager
- Company
- Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
Benoit Caron
- Position
- Head of the Creative Industries Department
- Company
- Région Occitanie
- Country
- France
The Occitanie Region aims to strengthen the film industry and the cultural dynamics on its territory. The Region supports filmakers by providing financial assistance for development and production and offers supports to film festival and film markets. This approach also includes a film education program, as well as a support to film heritage through the Cinémathèque de Toulouse and the Jean Vigo Institute.
Karen Piotrowski
- Position
- Direction of Culture and Patrimony
- Company
- Région Occitanie
- Country
- France
The Occitanie Region aims to strengthen the film industry and the cultural dynamics on its territory. The Region supports filmakers by providing financial assistance for development and production and offers supports to film festival and film markets. This approach also includes a film education program, as well as a support to film heritage through the Cinémathèque de Toulouse and the Jean Vigo Institute.
Florian Cabane
- Position
- In charge of Animation
- Company
- Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
- Country
- France
The Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region has been supporting animation since 2010. We provide support for feature films, short films and films or series for television at the writing, development and production stages. Now with a budget of 1M€, the regional support fund for animation has financed more than 80 projects over the past 11 years. Produced in one of the 13 regional studios or by companies that have chosen to settle in the region, these projects have created a dynamic ecosystem.
Claudia Mera Cabezas
- Position
- Head of acquisitions
- Company
- Rita&Luca Films
- Country
- Spain
Rita&Luca Films is a children’s film distribution company focused on independent European movies, feature films and shorts. Although we do theatrical releases of our movies, our strength is the non-theatrical and educational market. Our catalogue is a guarantee of quality and artistic films with strong values behind.
Nathalie Modigliani
- Position
- Managing Director
- Company
- Rita&Luca Films
- Country
- Spain
Zinos Panagiotidis
- Position
- President
- Company
- Rosebud.21
- Country
- Greece
Rosebud.21 was founded in 2013 as a continuation of the 21 years old Rosebud, with a new shareholder structure but with the same passion for good films. Rosebud.21 travels the world on all the important film markets aiming to acquire movies that stand out as wants to be established as a boutique art distribution company with around 10 titles per year, available Theatrical–DVD–TV.
Ioanna Panagiotidou
- Position
- Managing Director
- Company
- Rosebud.21
- Country
- Greece
Rosebud.21 was founded in 2013 as a continuation of the 21 years old Rosebud, with a new shareholder structure but with the same passion for good films. Rosebud.21 travels the world on all the important film markets aiming to acquire movies that stand out as wants to be established as a boutique art distribution company with around 10 titles per year, available Theatrical – DVD – TV.
Paola Acosta
- Position
- In charge of Co-production
- Company
- RTBF
- Country
- Belgium
RTBF co-produces animated series and individual programmes rooted in Belgium’s art and literature; it also pays particular attention to projects that stand out for their aesthetic character. These programmes must be produced or co-produced by independent Belgian companies. In terms of acquisitions, RTBF concentrates on innovative contemporary European animated series for children aged 8 to 10. RTBF also intends to explore European and international fiction aimed at 10-15 and at 15-18-year-olds.
Muriel Dujardin
- Position
- Fiction animation assistant
- Company
- RTBF
- Country
- Belgium
RTBF co-produces animated series and individual programmes rooted in Belgium’s art and literature; it also pays particular attention to projects that stand out for their aesthetic character. These programmes must be produced or co-produced by independent Belgian companies. In terms of acquisitions, RTBF concentrates on innovative contemporary European animated series for children aged 8 to 10. RTBF also intends to explore European and international fiction aimed at 10-15 and at 15-18-year-olds.
Simon Crowe
- Position
- CEO
- Company
- SC Films International
- Country
- United Kingdom
SC Films International was founded by Simon Crowe and financier Matthew Joynes in London in 2008. SC Films is a sales, finance and distribution company specialising in animation features including such titles as “Yellowbird” aka “Gus”, “Monkey King”, “White Fang”, “Gnome Alone”, “Charming and Pachamama”. Simon is currently producing animation features “Girl in the clouds” and “Dragonkeeper”. Current slate also includes live action films, the award-winning “Little Bone Lodge”, “On fire and “Orang Ikan”.
Katrien Maes
- Position
- Head of Production
- Company
- Screen Flanders
- Country
- Belgium
Screen Flanders is your first stop for audiovisual activities in the Flanders Region, providing financial support through its Economic Fund, information and services via its Film Commission. Via the Screen Flanders Economic Fund, Belgian (co-) producers can apply to receive up to 400,000€ refundable advances by way of economic support to cover their audiovisual expenses in the Flanders Region.
Noël Magis
- Position
- Managing Director
- Company
- screen.brussels Fund
- Country
- Belgium
screen.brussels offers financial support to audiovisual productions which spend (part of) their budget within the Brussels-Capital Region. Some of our last projects in animation: “Opération Medina” (Panique), “Upside Down River” (Vivi Films), “Marcel et Monsieur Pagnol” (Walking the Dog), “Valemon”, “The Polar Bear King (Vivi Films), “Sauvages” (Panique), “The Inseparables” (nWwave), “No Dogs or Italians Allowed” (Lux Fugit Film), “Titina” (Vivi Films), “Sirocco and the Kingdom of Winds” (Take Five).
Lotte Sejersted
- Position
- Marketing Coordinator
- Company
- Selmer Media
- Country
- Norway
Selmer Media is a film distribution company that distributes feature films to the Nordic market. The company invests in movie rights and releases films theatrically and via TV and VoD, in collaboration with various partners in the Nordic countries. Selmer Media holds the right to a wide range of films, from art-house dramas to broad entertainment. Our foundation is our passion for film and love of cinema, combined with a clear focus on running a profitable and internationally competitive company.
Silke Wilfinger
- Position
- Managing Director
- Company
- SilkWayFilms (SWF)
- Country
- Germany
SilkWayFilms was founded in 2016 and is specialized in acquisition, sales, financing and developing projects and films. SilkWayFilms is permanently scouting for animated feature projects for distribution in Germany.
Eugene Mirnyy
- Position
- Head of Special Projects Department
- Company
- Silver Box
- Country
- United Kingdom
- SVOD
Stella Noh
- Position
- General Manager
- Company
- SK Broadband
- Country
- South Korea
As a top telecommunication company in Korea, SK Broadband provides broadband internet, IPTV broadcasting and VoD platform service (including mobile TV). We proceed with investment, acquisition, planning and marketing in animation. Our animation projects are “Pororo”, “Robocar Poli”, “Vroomiz”, “Larva”, “Time Traveler Luke”, “Botos Family” and “Miraculous Ladybug”. As ICT convergence leader, SK Broadband is making happiness in communication beyond the technology.
Nils Andersson
- Position
- Head of acquisitions
- Company
- Smorgasbord Picture House
- Country
- Sweden
Smorgasbord Picture House is a distribution company based in Sweden. We specialise in family, children’s and youth films, and we acquire and distribute films from all over the world, animations, live-action feature films and documentaries, for the Swedish and Scandinavian markets. We release films for theatrical screenings, festivals, VoD, non-theatrical and TV. Some of the animations we have acquired includes “Yuku and the Himalayan Flower”, “The Pond”, “Sweet Night” and “Hello World!”.
François-Nicolas Descombes
- Position
- International Sales
- Company
- SND Groupe M6
- Country
- France
SND is the film distribution subsidiary of the M6 Group, one of the leading TV networks in Europe. SND handles film distribution, video publishing, international sales and film production. Animation highlights include “Asterix, Land of the Gods”, “The Jungle Bunch”, “Asterix and The Secret of the Magic Potion” and recently “The Extinct” and “Pil”.
Mathieu Fort
- Position
- Acquisitions
- Company
- SND Groupe M6
- Country
- France
SND is the film distribution subsidiary of the M6 Group, one of the leading TV networks in Europe. SND handles film distribution, video publishing, international sales and film production. Animation highlights include “Asterix, Land of the Gods”, “The Jungle Bunch”, “Asterix and The Secret of the Magic Potion” and recently “The Extinct” and “Pil”.
Eric Geay
- Position
- Creative producer
- Company
- SND Groupe M6
- Country
- France
Capucine Chauffourier
- Position
- Communication Officer
- Company
- SO·Games
- Country
- France
SO·Games is born from the merge of Angoulême Video Games and Bordeaux Games, creating the main gathering of the video game sector in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.The association gathers 1000 full time jobs, 100M€ worth of business in 100 studios. Among the famous members: Asobo Studio, Ubisoft Bordeaux, Shiro Games, Motion Twin, Nova-Box, Headbang Club, Black Flag, La Poule Noire, Evil Empire, Gamesplanet, G4F, and many more.
Marie-Charlotte Ynesta
- Position
- Managing Delegate
- Company
- SO·Games
- Country
- France
SO·Games is born from the merge of Angoulême Video Games and Bordeaux Games, creating the main gathering of the video game sector in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.The association gathers 1000 full time jobs, 100M€ worth of business in 100 studios. Among the famous members: Asobo Studio, Ubisoft Bordeaux, Shiro Games, Motion Twin, Nova-Box, Headbang Club, Black Flag, La Poule Noire, Evil Empire, Gamesplanet, G4F, and many more.
Barbie Heusinger
- Position
- Head of Acquisitions and Development
- Company
- Sola Media
- Country
- Germany
One of the leading international Sales Agent, Sola Media has since 2004 brought some of the most beloved children and family films to a global marketplace. The passionate and experienced team devote a lot of individual attention to our films; developing customised strategies and presenting them prominently at markets and festivals. Releases and marketing strategies are coordinated on a pan-European and global level. Since August 2020, Sola Media is a part of Plaion Films, but remains independent.
Solveig Langeland
- Position
- Managing Director
- Company
- Sola Media
- Country
- Germany
One of the leading international Sales Agent, Sola Media has since 2004 brought some of the most beloved children and family films to a global marketplace. The passionate and experienced team devote a lot of individual attention to our films; developing customised strategies and presenting them prominently at markets and festivals. Releases and marketing strategies are coordinated on a pan-European and global level. Since August 2020, Sola Media is a part of Plaion Films, but remains independent.
Lizhi Chen
- Position
- CEO
- Company
- Spire Media
- Country
- China
Spire Media is a Beijing-based production and acquisition company.
Lorena Booth
- Position
- Sales Executive
- Company
- Studio 100 Film
- Country
- Germany
Studio 100 Film is an international, independent sales agency for exceptional family movies. Based in Munich, the company is a subsidiary of Studio 100 Media. With more than 10 years of experience, Studio 100 Film has successfully marketed and sold animation feature films such as “Giants of La Mancha”, the “Maya the Bee” trilogy, “Mia and me – The Hero of Centopia” and other Studio 100 Media titles. In addition, it also acts as a sales agency for selected third-party films.
Thorsten Wegener
- Position
- Director Business Operations
- Company
- Studio 100 Film
- Country
- Germany
Studio 100 Film is an international, independent sales agency for exceptional family movies. Based in Munich, the company is a subsidiary of Studio 100 Media. With more than 10 years of experience, Studio 100 Film has successfully marketed and sold animation feature films such as “Giants of La Mancha”, the “Maya the Bee” trilogy, “Mia and me – The Hero of Centopia” and other Studio 100 Media titles. In addition, it also acts as a sales agency for selected third-party films.
Françoise Guyonnet
- Position
- CEO Copyrights - EVP Kids Brands Studiocanal
- Company
- Studio Canal
- Country
- France
Studio Canal is Europe’s leader in production, distribution and international sales of feature films and TV series.
Hyeongjoo Lee
- Position
- Managing Director
- Company
- Studio Elon
- Country
- South Korea
Studio Elon has been a distribution and acquisition company in Korea since 2018. The company used to release feature films and recently started to release several animations including ‘Ooops!2’ and Japanese animations. We keep looking for all kinds of commercial films including animations.
Alberto Vandenbroucke
- Position
- Acquisitions
- Company
- Surtsey Films
- Country
- Spain
Surtsey Films was founded 12 years ago by Miguel Ángel Pérez, who has more than 30 years of experience in film distribution, in companies such as TriPictures and Vertigo, as well as creating the distribution company Karma Films, founded in 2003, in Spain. One of the main concerns has been to choose films that address sensitive issues to viewers, both for the cinematic quality, as for its proximity.
Muntsa Tarres
- Position
- Executive Producer - Kids Programs
- Company
- Televisió de Catalunya (TVC)
- Country
- Spain
Televisió de Catalunya is the generalist public TV broadcaster of Catalonia. TV3 is committed to offer its viewers a socially relevant, quality programming, while supporting and promoting Catalan culture and language, as well as encouraging innovation and creativity. TVC promoted from its outset the successful animated series “The Triplets”. It has taken part since then in a variety of productions with international impact: “Chico&Rita”, “Lucky&Fred”, “Saari”, “Ask Lara” or “Pumpkyn Reports”.
Anna Kozanecka
- Position
- Head of Film Programming and Acquisitions
- Company
- Telewizja Polsat
- Country
- Poland
Jiří Blažek
- Position
- Acquisitions
- Company
- The Czech Television (CZ)
- Country
- Czech Republic
The seven television channels of the Czech Television meet the objectives of the public service by informing and consistently creating and broadcasting original programmes for all age groups in the Czech Republic. Cultivating and drawing on its more than sixty years of experience, the Czech TV produces programmes of superb quality and a rich variety of genres. ‘ČT Déčko’ is a kids´channel for children aged between 4 and 12 offering a variety of original and foreign content.
Moritz Hemminger
- Position
- Head of Sales & Acquisitions
- Company
- The Playmaker Munich
- Country
- Germany
The Playmaker is a highly enthusiastic, open and determined international sales agent within the mother company SL Group. Since many years we are specialized on Family Entertainment, our animation slate includes international box-office hits such as “Ploey”, “The Ogglies” and the upcoming “Pirate Mo”. Within our company holding we are also able to offer through our sister companies cofinancing as well as servicing (camera & lighting equipment, post-production, deliveries and VFX).
Steven Bestwick
- Position
- Head of Sales & Business Development
- Company
- The Yellow Affair
- Country
- Finland
The Yellow Affair is a World Sales Agent and Executive Producer for films & TV series from around the world. Formed in 2010„ The Yellow Affair boasts a proven track record and has a growing reputation in areas of development, financing, marketing and selling films and TV series of all types and genres. The Yellow Affair is one of the most prominent international sales companies based in Helsinki, New York and London.
Francois-Pascal Iweins
- Position
- Chef de projet Postproduction Animation
- Company
- TITRA STUDIOS
- Country
- France
Founded in 1933, TITRAFILM is France’s oldest dubbing and subtitling company and is still very active in these fields, as well as for festivals, television and all existing media (DVD, Blu-ray, VoD, etc.). The company has also developed its skills in subtitling for the deaf and hard of hearing and audio description, and contributes to the digitisation and restoration of film heritage.
Gaelle COLLET ALICOT
- Position
- SALES MANAGER
- Company
- TITRAFILM
- Country
- France
Founded in 1933, TITRAFILM is France’s oldest dubbing and subtitling company and is still very active in these fields, as well as for festivals, television and all existing media (DVD, Blu-ray, VoD, etc.). The company has also developed its skills in subtitling for the deaf and hard of hearing and audio description, and contributes to the digitisation and restoration of film heritage.
Sylvain Delcourt
- Position
- Director
- Company
- TOKU
- Country
- France
Xavier Truchon
- Position
- Producer
- Company
- TOKU
- Country
- France
Tony Lavaud
- Position
- Co-Fondateur
- Company
- Tonesprod
- Country
- France
Tones prod is a visual music production studio specialising in video games and cinema: artistic direction, composition, arrangements, mixing & mastering.
Paul Robert
- Position
- President
- Company
- Tonesprod
- Country
- France
Laurie Dumas
- Position
- Sales Manager
- Company
- Transperfect Media
- Country
- France
Rodolphe Ploquin
- Position
- Head of sales Animation post-production
- Company
- Transperfect Media
- Country
- France
Gaetano Maiorino
- Position
- Managing Director / Head of Acquisitions
- Company
- True Colours Glorious Films
- Country
- Italy
True Colours is a fresh and emerging international sales outfit based in Rome. The company established in 2015, in a partnership between Italian powerhouses Lucky Red Distribution and Indigo Film Production, whose credits include Paolo Sorrentino’s Oscar-winning “The Great Beauty”, with the aim of bringing the best of Italian and international art-house cinema worldwide.
Susan Wendt
- Position
- Managing Director
- Company
- Trustnordisk
- Country
- Denmark
Based in Denmark, TrustNordisk is one of the leading sales agents in Europe with a diverse catalogue and decades of experience and close familiarity with the film business, including some of the most seminal Scandinavian auteurs and film makers.
Pascale Dillemann
- Position
- Manager Partner
- Company
- Under The Milky Way
- Country
- Spain
Under the Milky Way is an international aggregator and distributor of films on VoD platforms (iTunes, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Rakuten…). It ensures the operational, editorial, marketing and financial interfaces between the rights-holders and the platforms, and facilitates the process of exploiting features.
Daphne Kapfer
- Position
- Head of Cross Sector Actions
- Company
- Unifrance
- Country
- France
Unifrance is the organisation responsible for promoting French cinema and TV content worldwide. Located in Paris, Unifrance employs around 50 staff members, as well as representatives based in the U.S., in China and soon in Japan. The organisation currently brings together more than 1,000 French cinema and TV content professionals (producers, talents, agents, sales companies, etc.) working together to promote French films and TV programmes among foreign audiences, industry executives and media.
Frederic Corvez
- Position
- President
- Company
- Urban Group
- Country
- France
Ivanka Hahnenberger
- Position
- Managing Director
- Company
- VIP Brands
- Country
- Ireland
Laura Prieto
- Position
- VP Acquisitions
- Company
- Viva Pictures Distribution
- Country
- United States of America
Viva Pictures is a film production studio and all-rights distributor based in Los Angeles. Viva has a successful track record releasing films theatrically and through major digital platforms, including direct TV, Hulu, Dish, Amazon Prime, IMDb TV, Redbox and more. Viva’s movies have grossed over 500M$ at the global box office and have garnered over 600M impressions on social media.
Vanessa Chapman
- Position
- Managing Director
- Company
- VJC Media / Inflorescent Media
- Country
- United Kingdom
VJC Media is a successful creative and business strategy agency, working with international animation & media companies, broadcasters, creators, brands & Investors, focusing on Children’s, Family and Young Adult Content. Led By Vanessa Chapman, an internationally well-known and respected media professional, whose career has spanned all platforms. Formerly commissioner at Children’s ITV & Managing Director of LEGO’s Global TV & Film Company.
Telidja Klaï
- Position
- Content Manager
- Company
- VRT-Ketnet
- Country
- Belgium
Ketnet is the transmedia children’s brand of VRT. The approach of Ketnet contains a dedicated linear channel, blocs on the main channels, several apps, a website and more than 130 live events a year. The key elements are innovation, participation, interaction, playing, watching and listening. Ketnet co-produces and acquires content that is high-quality, innovative, refreshing and match the channel’s values connecting, stimulating, fascinating, positivity, relaxing, daring and engaging.
Virginie Nouvelle
- Position
- Managing Director
- Company
- Wallimage
- Country
- Belgium
Since 2001, Wallimage aims to develop the audiovisual sector in Wallonia by financing in audiovisual projects (live and animation) of Belgian or international initiative (co-produced in Belgium), namely: series, feature films, documentaries and VR/AR projects. Additionally, since 2007, the Fund supports audiovisual & gaming industries in Wallonia by financing in audiovisual companies (film industry, gaming, Musictech…). Since 2022, the Fund finances also video games projects.
Vanessa Vincent
- Position
- Animation Projects Officer
- Company
- Wallimage
- Country
- Belgium
Since 2001, Wallimage aims to develop the audiovisual sector in Wallonia by financing in audiovisual projects (live and animation) of Belgian or international initiative (co-produced in Belgium), namely: series, feature films, documentaries and VR/AR projects. Additionally, since 2007, the Fund supports audiovisual & gaming industries in Wallonia by financing in audiovisual companies (film industry, gaming, Musictech…). Since 2022, the Fund finances also video games projects.
Genevieve Kinet
- Position
- Project Manager
- Company
- Wallonie Bruxelles Images (WBI)
- Country
- Belgium
Established in 1984, WBImages is the official international promotion agency for the audiovisual arts and industry of the Walloon-Brussels Community. WBImages is co-financed and co-managed by the Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel and Wallonie Bruxelles International.
Hervé Le Phuez
- Position
- Managing Director
- Company
- Wallonie Bruxelles Images (WBI)
- Country
- Belgium
Established in 1984, WBImages is the official international promotion agency for the audiovisual arts and industry of the Walloon-Brussels Community. WBImages is co-financed and co-managed by the Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel and Wallonie Bruxelles International.
Alida Klung
- Position
- Business Developper-Communication-Partnership
- Company
- Will Studio
- Country
- France
Jeroen Pel
- Position
- C.E.O.
- Company
- Wim Pel Productions (WPP)
- Country
- Netherlands
Maxime Duchateau
- Position
- Director of International Distribution
- Company
- WTFilms
- Country
- France
Franziska Gärtner
- Position
- Acquisitions & Development
- Company
- X Verleih
- Country
- Germany
X Verleih is a Berlin-based film distribution company. Founded in 2000 as a distribution division of X-Filme Creative Pool (“Good Bye Lenin!”, “Run Lola Run”, “The White Ribbon”, “Amour”, “Cloud Atlas”, “The Kangaroo Chronicles”), it has become one of Germany’s leading independent distributors also for external productions (e.g. “The Lost King”, “The Inspection”, “The Forger”, “Presque”, “Wanda, My Wonder”, “Babyteeth”, etc.).
Ione Feijoo Uranga
- Position
- Marketing and international development
- Company
- Zineuskadi
- Country
- Spain