A FORMULA TO EXPLORE BOTH INNOVATION & CREATIVITY
Over three days, international experts and professionals come together to share insights, challenge ideas and explore the opportunities shaping tomorrow’s industry: from technological innovation and new ways of consuming content to emerging formats, platforms and creative practices.
KEYNOTES & PITCHING: FROM IDEAS TO ACTION
International experts from a wide range of specialisations will open up new perspectives through case studies, market insights, forward-looking analysis and lively debates. The goal: give professionals the knowledge and tools they need to understand what’s next and stay on top of change.
The pitching sessions bring this thinking into practice. Selected producers and talents from across Europe are invited to present innovative projects with a multi-platform strategy, in front of leading international experts. It is a unique opportunity to put projects in the spotlight and receive first-hand feedback from top-level industry professionals. Their insights can challenge and enrich the projects, open new creative and business perspectives, and give them a new dimension and fresh opportunities for development.
At CartoonNext, participants don’t just hear about the future: they take part in shaping it!
A UNIQUE ATMOSPHERE
One of CartoonNext’s unique strengths is its format: a carefully curated event where meaningful connections can happen. With a more intimate setting than some other larger industry markets, participants have the time and space to meet leading experts, exchange ideas, receive direct feedback and build valuable relationships. From senior decision-makers, experienced producers to new talents, CartoonNext brings together a diverse community where every conversation can spark a new idea, collaboration or opportunity.
WHO ATTENDS CARTOONNEXT?
International professionals and talent from animation, and across the platforms and the wider creative industries:
- Producers and studios
- Distributors, broadcasters, streamers, sales agents and investors
- Directors, authors and creators
- Game companies and video game professionals
- Publishers and book industry professionals
- Service companies and technology providers
CartoonNext brings together and connects opinion-formers, experts, creative minds and projects holders from across Europe, creating a truly international environment for exchange, collaboration and networking.
OBJECTIVES
- Stay ahead of industry trends and gain insights into emerging technologies, formats, business models and creative practices.
- Explore new opportunities and discover how innovation is transforming the way content is created, produced and consumed.
- Pitch your project, receive direct feedback from top-notch experts and develop its creative and multi-platform potential.
- Meet high-level European professionals and build new business and creative connections.
- Encourage cross-sector collaboration between animation, gaming, distribution, publishing, XR and other creative industries.
KEY FIGURES
- +250 participants from 25+ countries
- +35 international speakers and experts
- 12-14 keynotes, panels & case studies
- 8-10 selected projects pitched during the event