Cartoon Forum Tributes Awarded

Companies from Portugal and France have been recognized with the Cartoon Forum Tributes awards.

The set of awards is given annually in acknowledgment of the outstanding work of broadcasters, investors/distributors and producers in the promotion and development of European animation. The Broadcaster of the Year Tribute went to Portugal’s RTP – Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, while the Producer and Distributor of the Year Tributes were awarded respectively to France’s GO-N Productions and APC Kids.

Winners were voted by the 1,051 professionals from 37 countries attending Cartoon Forum in Toulouse.

Public broadcaster RTP offers content aimed at preschoolers and children under Zig Zag, a programming block broadcast daily through RTP’s free-to-air channels and streaming platform Zig Zag Play. Largely focused on European content, RTP also plays an active role as co-producer in series developed by Portuguese animation studios such as Mr. Passenger, Crias and duArte, a Piece of Art.

APC Kids is the children’s entertainment arm of the co-production and distribution company APC Studios. The company has a growing portfolio of children’s and family properties including the animated series Kid-E-Cats, DinoCity, Galactic Agency, Jade Armor and Tinka, which have been broadcast in more than a hundred countries worldwide.

Paris-based animation producer and distributor GO-N Productions is known for both its own productions and its co-productions with partners worldwide. Simon Super Rabbit, Zip Zip and Jasmin’s World are some of the works by this company, which this year presented its latest series at Cartoon Forum, entitled Annette, Apprentice Witch.

Companies from Germany, Belgium, Spain, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania and the U.K. were also shortlisted for the Tributes.