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Among the highlights from France tv distribution are the preschool series Ana Pumpkin and two shows for 6- to 9-year-olds: Disco Dragon and Grosha & Mr B.

Presto! School of Magic is a new animated series produced by TeamTO in co-production with Belgian partners Panache Productions and La Compagnie Cinématographique and distributed by Federation Kids & Family worldwide (outside of China).

TV Kids Summer Festival, a free event focused on the major challenges and opportunities at play in the children’s media business today, kicks off on Monday with a powerful lineup of keynote speakers and panels.

Even though they take time, planning and precise alignment of interests, co-productions remain a viable way of bringing projects to the screen.

Federation Kids & Family has partnered with TVO in Canada and Canadian producer Sarah Haasz to launch the docu-style kids’ series Let’s Dance.

Kate Morton, currently the content strategy director of family brands at Entertainment One, has been appointed as BBC Children’s head of commissioning and acquisitions for 0 to 6s.

The third day of the TV Kids Summer Festival features M6 Group’s Philippe Bony, Aardman’s Sean Clarke and 9 Story’s Vince Commisso, along with an AVOD superpanel that includes WildBrain Spark’s Jon Gisby, Roku’s Ashley Hovey, Jetpack’s Dominic Gardiner and Xilam’s Charles Courcier, and ZDF’s Nicole Keeb will be honored with a TV Kids Pioneer Award.

The Winsing Animation highlight Undersea Journey aims to popularize scientific knowledge of the underwater environment.

Aardman’s slate includes Interstellar Ella, Shaun the Sheep: A Flight Before Christmas and Lloyd of the Flies, each of which has its own unique comedy style.

At 12 p.m. EDT on June 10, tune in to the TV Kids Summer Festival for episodes of two shows from the Australian Children’s Television Foundation: Hardball and The Inbestigators.