{"id":19079,"date":"2020-08-28T09:34:06","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T13:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/event-preview-cartoon-forum\/"},"modified":"2020-08-31T09:11:27","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T13:11:27","slug":"event-preview-cartoon-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/event-preview-cartoon-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Event Preview: Cartoon Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Annick Maes, director of Cartoon Forum and Cartoon Movie, tells <\/em>TV Kids <em>about the highlights of this year\u2019s event, set to be held September 14 to 17 in Toulouse, France, and shares the precautions that are being put in place as the kids\u2019 industry finally returns to live events. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Cartoon Forum, marking its 31st edition this year, continues to reaffirm its vital position in facilitating the growth of the European animation business, with 80-plus projects from 30 countries included in the lineup, totaling a budget of \u20ac357 million and encompassing 486 hours of content.<\/p>\n<p>The co-pro event usually attracts some 950 delegates from 40 countries, according to Annick Maes, director of Cartoon Forum and Cartoon Movie, including 260 buyers. The platform serves as a critical event for networking, Maes notes: \u201cYou create, we connect,\u201d she says. It has proven to be an effective formula. \u201cSince the first Cartoon Forum edition in 1990, over 817 projects (with a total budget of more than \u20ac2.8 billion) presented at Cartoon Forum have secured their financing and are now in production or being aired worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Over three days, European producers can pitch their projects to decision-makers, buyers and financiers. \u201cThe highly professional yet very friendly atmosphere makes it easier to consolidate commercial links, meet new contacts, and deal with all aspects of partnerships\u2014whether commercial or artistic\u2014at leisure,\u201d Maes explains. \u201cOn average, one project presented at Cartoon Forum out of three secures financing and enters into production.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pitching sessions are indeed the core of the event, with creatives given 30 minutes to present their projects. \u201cThe screening of trailers during the traditional breakfast \u2018Croissant Shows\u2019 gives a taste of the project and encourages people to attend the presentations. The relaxed setting of the Cartoon Forum has become an intrinsic element for the whole European animation industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The forum is organized by CARTOON, an international non-profit association based in Brussels. \u201cThrough Cartoon Forum, CARTOON is trying to build a network of European animation distributors,\u201d including sales agents, broadcasters and OTT platforms. \u201cIn this perspective, CARTOON keeps on inviting representatives from new distribution platforms to involve them ahead of animation projects, whether in distribution or even in production. Cartoon Forum is one of the main showcases for buyers of animated content.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Attendees will hear about 86 projects from 30 countries, mostly from Europe, but also from Argentina, Canada, Turkey, Uruguay and the U.S.\u00a0 From the selection, Maes says it\u2019s clear there\u2019s been a growth in the animation sector from across Europe, notably from outside the powerhouse that is France. She says there are eight selections from Ireland, six from Denmark and 11 from the Nordic territories. \u201cThe projects selected tend to present more and more female protagonists. An important number of projects promote inclusiveness and the acceptance of differences and disabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maes adds, \u201cSeries targeting kids and families stay the main focus of European animation production. Among those, there are comedies and adventures that try to teach them fundamental values such as inclusion, diversity, empathy, solidarity and the importance of friendship, but there are also stories that, with humor and endearing characters, tackle more complex and sensitive issues like cancer, grief, bullying, etc.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated some changes for this year\u2019s edition. \u201cWe will, of course, follow all health safety rules imposed by both the French government and by WHO to avoid any spread of the virus and any rebound of the epidemic.\u201d This will include social distancing among participants, mask-wearing and encouraging frequent handwashing.<\/p>\n<p>The setup of the Pitch Rooms is being adjusted so that there can be a distance of one meter between participants, Maes explains. Plus, she continues, \u201cTwo queues\u00a0will be created: The first queue, called the Buyers\u2019 Line, will allow \u2018buyers\u2019 to enter the room first, to make sure that producers pitching their projects will have all investors interested attending their pitch on time. This is, we think, the most important for producers. The second queue, called the\u00a0Producers\u2019 Line,\u00a0will allow all the other participants to attend the pitch until the room is full. To avoid refusing entrance to professionals for some pitches, we are modifying the rooms. The objective here is to allow as many people as possible access to the different rooms, with the sole priority of promoting \u2018business\u2019 between professionals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the overarching theme at Cartoon Forum this year is \u201cBusiness First,\u201d enabling \u201cthe animation sector to finally meet again to restart a positive dynamic. This 2020 edition is new in many ways, and we do hope that it will embody the return to a life that once again allows the meetings and exchanges so necessary, so precious for animation projects to take shape and develop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maes continues, \u201cAt the Cartoon Forum, projects come first, since it\u2019s around these preparations, prepared with care and determination by the producers, that our entire event revolves and must focus. A successful Cartoon Forum equals TV series that are being created, that have found financing or that are driven by strong European co-production. This success is the result of professionals meeting, working together, and producing the extraordinary creativity of the animation industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe main objective will be to allow us to meet each other and to do business again, after these long months with no face-to-face contacts. The social activities and friendly times will, therefore, be put on hold, exceptionally this year, to prioritize presenting the projects and doing business.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Annick Maes, director of Cartoon Forum and Cartoon Movie, on the highlights of this year\u2019s event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":19080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,21],"tags":[5644,5536],"class_list":["post-19079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-profiles","category-top-stories","tag-annick-maes","tag-cartoon-forum","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Event Preview: Cartoon Forum - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/event-preview-cartoon-forum\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Event Preview: Cartoon Forum - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Annick Maes, director of Cartoon Forum and Cartoon Movie, on the highlights of this year\u2019s event.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/event-preview-cartoon-forum\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-08-28T13:34:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-08-31T13:11:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/AnnickMaes-CartoonForum-820.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"319\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mansha Daswani\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mansha Daswani\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/event-preview-cartoon-forum\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/event-preview-cartoon-forum\/\",\"name\":\"Event Preview: Cartoon Forum - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-28T13:34:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-08-31T13:11:27+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/83da304c8bad8bfdb3edd7eb47cfe5ad\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/event-preview-cartoon-forum\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/event-preview-cartoon-forum\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/event-preview-cartoon-forum\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Event Preview: Cartoon Forum\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\",\"name\":\"TVKIDS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/83da304c8bad8bfdb3edd7eb47cfe5ad\",\"name\":\"Mansha Daswani\",\"description\":\"Mansha Daswani is the editor-in-chief and associate publisher of World Screen. 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