{"id":15843,"date":"2019-02-13T10:23:13","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T15:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/dreamweavers-wins-china-tales-incubator-contest\/"},"modified":"2019-02-13T10:39:05","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T15:39:05","slug":"dreamweavers-wins-china-tales-incubator-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/dreamweavers-wins-china-tales-incubator-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Dreamweavers Wins China Tales Incubator Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Corus Entertainment\u2019s Nelvana, in partnership with Toon Boom Animation and China\u2019s WeKids, has chosen to proceed into development with <em>Dreamweavers<\/em>, one of the animation concepts submitted through their China Tales Incubator program.<\/p>\n<p>Beijing-based Bingo Animation Studio\u2019s <em>Dreamweavers<\/em> follows Eve, a budding creative who is invited into a fantastical textile world, where her costume-making dreams include a magical twist that sees her create enchanted clothing that may one day earn her the title of the Dreamweaver.<\/p>\n<p>The program welcomed China-based animators, writers, illustrators, storytellers and artists to submit kids\u2019 animation concepts, with the best entry proceeding into development. Nelvana, WeKids and Toon Boom Animation hosted six workshops in Hangzhou, Suzhou, Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen. The larger goal of the joint China Tales Incubator initiative is to present the selected concept to an international market for distribution, licensing and merchandising.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are proud to foster China-based talent and offer original, cutting-edge kids\u2019 animation to global audiences,\u201d said Athena Georgaklis, head of development at Nelvana. \u201cThe chosen project, <em>Dreamweavers<\/em>, was particularly intriguing because of its emphasis on the strong female characters who would later serve as role models for girls ages 4 to 7.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sean Chu, founder and CEO of WeKids, added: \u201cWe are excited to be part of this historic partnership with Nelvana and Toon Boom Animation, and work with some of the most talented Chinese creators in order to bring the concept of <em>Dreamweavers<\/em> to life. 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