Three Spanish projects in the Cartoon Forum Pitch

During the next edition of Cartoon Forum, which will take place from September 16 to 19 at the Pierre Baudis Congress Center in Toulouse, the projects 'Limbo VIll', 'Titan Tofu' and 'All Good' will be presented during the traditional Pitch sessions. For their part, Televisió de Catalunya, Pikkukala and Mondo TV Studios have been nominated for the Cartoon Forum Tributes 2024.

In addition to the large participating Spanish delegation, three projects have been officially selected in the Cartoon Forum Pitch sessions: Limbo Ville, 26×11′ (Children from 6 to 9 years old) by the production company Magician Productionn and who already participated with great success in the pitch session Women in Animation from Spain at the Annecy Festival in 2023; Titan Tofu, 26×7′ (Preschool from 2 to 4 years old) from the producers Uniko Creative Studio y Abano Productions y All Good, 10×22′ (Young adults / Adults) presented by the production company GLOW, which was also presented at Cartoon Springboard during its last edition in October 2023 in Madrid.

It is notable that, of the three selected projects, two have been created by women, in this case, Maria Luquero is the author of Titan Tofu and Pilar and Raquel Maestre of Limbo Ville. For the case of All Good, emerging talents such as Diego Porral y Joaquín Garralda They will defend their authorship before the general public of Cartoon Forum.

Furthermore, during the next edition of Cartoon Forum, the umbrella brand of Spanish animation, Animation from Spain will continue to present a new promotional video of Spanish animation, in addition to the new edition of Animation From Spain Who is Who 2024, a publication that provides a complete overview of the Spanish animation industry.

Nominations for the Cartoon Forum Tributes

European animation rewards its most outstanding figures of the year in the Cartoon Forum Tributes, which will be delivered on September 19 in Toulouse. The winners in the three categories – Broadcaster, Investor/Distributor and Producer of the Year – will be voted on by the nearly 1,000 professionals attending Cartoon Forum.

Among the 12 finalists from eight countries there are three Spanish companies: Television of Catalonia - TVC competes for the Broadcaster of the Year award, while the animation studio Little fish and the distributor and producer World TV Studios compete in the Producer and Investor/Distributor of the Year categories, respectively.

Televisió de Catalunya – TVC was nominated in the category of Broadcaster of the Year together with ARTE (France-Germany), Radio Télévision Suisse – RTS (Switzerland) and Radio Televizija Slovenija – RTV (Slovenia), confirming the importance of public channels in the production and dissemination of European animation. Catalan public television offers content for early childhood, childhood and adolescence, both through its SX3 channel and online. In addition, she has participated as a co-producer in internationally renowned animation series such as The three twins, Ask Lara o Jasmine & Jambo.

The category Investor/Distributor of the Year It will be contested between the Spanish Mondo TV Studios, the French Madrigall Group and Prime Entertainment Group, and the German ZDF Studios. A subsidiary of Squirrel Media, Mondo TV Studios is dedicated to both the distribution and production of content and the provision of 2D and 3D animation services. Monster Loving Maniacs, Annie & Carola y Beat the Bed These are some of the series in its catalog that have passed through Cartoon Forum in their development phase.

Finally, Pikkukala (Finland – Spain) competes for the award for Producer of the Year together with Cartoon Saloon (Ireland), Movimenti Production (Italy) and Sacrebleu Productions (France). Founded in Helsinki by Veronica Lassenius and Pablo Jordi, Pikkukala specializes in the production of animated series for children and family audiences. In 2018, the company landed in Spain with Pikkukala Barcelona, ​​a studio focused on the production of animated series and films from which titles such as My Real Neighbors, Taste Buddies y Remove it. The company has also participated as co-producer in series such as Samuel o Froggie.