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There might be different icons on other devices but the functions stay the same. Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical FINANCEMENT Map & Venues Social Events Blurbs How to navigate? ACCOMPAGNEMENT NETWORKING RECHERCHE & DÉVELOPPEMCreativeENT Europe MEDIA: INNOVATION Helping the animation industry grow since 1991 VALENCIENNES MÉTROPOLE ACCÉLÉRATEUR creative europe-media ec.europa.eu/media CreativeEuropeEU NUMÉRIQUE @MEDIAprogEU INCUBATION HÔTELS D’ENTREPRISES EMPLOI BUSINESS CPLAaNrtoon Cartoon FORMABTIOuNsiness START-UP 21-23 May 2019, Cagliari (Italy) région hauts-de-franceBusinesvalencienness métropole pictanovo pere (Finland) 19, Tam ril 20 5 Ap 3-2 2

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Cartoon warmly thanks the public bodies and professionals who have helped bring Cartoon Springboard in Valenciennes. RÉGION HAUTS-DE-FRANCE PICTANOVO

| Xavier BERTRAND | Guillaume DELBAR President of the Region Hauts-de-France Vice-President of the Regional Council Vice-President of the European | François DECOSTER Métropole of Lille Vice-President in charge of Culture Mayor of Roubaix | Karine CHARBONNIER President of Pictanovo Vice-President in charge of the | Malika AÏT GHERBI PALMER Professional Training and Relations CEO with Companies

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Xavier Bertrand François Decoster Bienvenue en Hauts-de-France, la grande Président de la Région Vice-Président en charge Hauts-de-France de la Culture région du cinéma et de l’animation ! Après Cartoon 360 en mai dernier, nous accueillons cette fois Cartoon Springboard, un événement dédié aux jeunes talents de l’animation, d’ici et d’ailleurs. Et des talents, il y en a dans notre région ! L’animation est une filière d’excellence que nous soutenons fortement, avec une dizaine de studios et des écoles reconnues d’où sortent les meilleurs que l’on retrouve ensuite au générique de productions à succès.

Bon nombre de ces créations sont réalisées en Hauts-de-France : nous sommes la 3e région productrice de films d’animation de France ! Une vraie dynamique régionale s’est créée au coeur de cette filière d’avenir et nous nous réjouissons que des événements comme Cartoon Springboard viennent à Valenciennes et offrent aux jeunes talents des écoles de formation la chance de présenter leurs projets devant un panel d’experts de la profession. L’occasion est unique d’oser et d’être plus créatifs que jamais !

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Xavier Bertrand François Decoster President of the Vice-Chairman Hauts-de-France Region responsible for Culture Welcome to Hauts-de-France, the great cinema and animation region! Following on from Cartoon 360 last May, this time we are hosting Cartoon Springboard, an event dedicated to young animation talent from here and elsewhere. And there is certainly talent in our region! Animation is an area of excellence that we greatly support, with ten renowned studios and schools out of which come the best, who we then find in the credits of successful productions.

A great deal of these creations is made in Hauts-de-France: we are the 3rd biggest in terms of animated film production in France! A real regional momentum has been created in the heart of this promising sector and we are delighted that events like Cartoon Springboard are coming to Valenciennes and offering young talent from training schools the opportunity to present their projects in front of a panel of experts from the profession. It is a unique chance to be daring and more creative than ever!

Successful pitches and good luck to all.

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Valenciennes Métropole s’est naturellement engagée auprès du président de la Région Hauts-de-France, de Pictanovo et des Laurent Degallaix organisateurs afin de soutenir Cartoon Président Springboard, événement majeur autour des de Valenciennes Métropole métiers de l’audiovisuel et de la télévision ayant pour vocation le développement de l’industrie de l’animation européenne.

Labellisé French Tech pour sa dynamique entrepreneuriale, notre communauté d’ag glomération a fait le choix ambitieux de l’excellence en matière de services innovants et de technologies.

Comme en témoigne notamment le parc des Rives Créatives de l’Escaut à Anzin, qui réunit sur un même site des formations de renommée internationale (groupe Rubika – CCI Grand Hainaut), des locaux dédiés à l’accueil d’entreprises numériques ou encore la Cité des Congrès Valenciennes, nous bâtissons et aménageons un territoire connecté et en phase avec les grandes évolutions mondiales.

En développant ainsi un pôle d’excellence numérique et technologique, Valenciennes Métropole poursuit l’objectif d’attirer les entreprises, de la startup au groupe confirmé, d’accompagner et d’encourager les jeunes talents et de favoriser l’emploi. Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical

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Valenciennes Métropole is of course committed to the Region Hauts-de-France, to Laurent Degallaix Pictanovo and organizers in order to support President of Valenciennes Métropole Cartoon Springboard, a major event around the audiovisual and television jobs which aims to develop the industry of the European animation.

Labeled French Tech for its business dynamic, our conurbation made the ambitious choice of excellence in terms of innovative services and technologies.

As reflected in the park of the Rives Créatives de l’Escaut in Anzin, which brings together on a training site (Group Rubika – CCI Grand Hainaut) dedicated workshops to host the digital companies or the Cité des Congrès Valenciennes, we built and manage a connected territory in step with the global evolutions.

By developing a center of digital and technologic excellence, Valenciennes Métropole pursues the goal of attracting business, from startup to large firm, supporting and encouraging talented young people and promoting employment. FINANCEMENT ACCOMPAGNEMENT NETWORKING RECHERCHE & DÉVELOPPEMENT INNOVATION VALENCIENNES MÉTROPOLE ACCÉLÉRATEUR NUMÉRIQUE INCUBATION HÔTELS D’ENTREPRISES EMPLOI BUSINESS PLAN FORMATION START-UP

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En tant que Président de Pictanovo, pôle Guillaume Delbar Images Hauts-de-France, je suis particu Président de Pictanovo lièrement fier d’accueillir pour la première Maire de Roubaix fois le Cartoon Springboard, un événement Vice-Président de la Métropole dédié aux jeunes talents de l’animation. Européenne de Lille Vice-Président de la Région Hauts-de-France Tout d’abord, parce que Cartoon Springboard a lieu cette année dans un des lieux emblé matiques de la Région Hauts-de-France à Valenciennes, la Serre Numérique, véritable écrin pour les étudiants de l’école Rubika. Ce lieu traduit concrètement la dynamique de reconversion en marche à Valenciennes comme dans toute notre région. tion et le long métrage de cinéma à tous les stades : à l’écriture, au développement et à la production. Ensuite, parce que notre région compte de nombreuses écoles d’animation qui, chacune, avec leur singularité et leur Aussi, le renouvellement et leur accom compétence, apportent leur contribution à pagnement des talents nous importent l’excellence de la filière animation française sincèrement. Il est le facteur-clé de reconnue dans le monde entier. succès pour que l’animation européenne poursuive son développement et renforce son rayonnement qui sera d’ailleurs mis Enfin, parce que notre association Pictanovo à l’honneur dans notre région à Lille le qui gère l’ensemble des fonds d’aide 8 décembre lors de la 2e cérémonie des régionaux pour la création audiovisuelle et Emile Awards. cinématographique consacre une large part de ses moyens à l’animation sous toutes ses formes : le court métrage, la série d’anima Bonne chance et excellents pitchs à tous. Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical

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As President of Pictanovo, the Hauts-de- France Images cluster, I am particularly proud Guillaume Delbar to welcome for the first time the Cartoon President of Pictanovo Springboard, an event dedicated to young Mayor of Roubaix talents in animation. Vice-President of the European Métropole of Lille Vice-President of the Firstly, because Cartoon Springboard is taking Hauts-de-France Region place this year in one of the symbolic venues in the Hauts-de-France region, Valenciennes’ Digital Greenhouse (Serre Numérique), a genuine showcase for students of the Rubika school. This place provides concrete eviden ce of the retraining dynamic that is under way in Valenciennes and across our whole region.

Secondly, because our region has several animation colleges, each with its own characteristics and skills but all of whom contribute to the excellence of the French animation sector, which is renowned around the world.

Furthermore, we sincerely care about Lastly, because our Pictanovo association, renewing and supporting talents. That is a which manages all the region’s funds for key factor in enabling European animation supporting audiovisual and cinematographic to continue to thrive and grow its reputation. creation, allocates a substantial portion of its Indeed, its success will be honoured in Lille resources to animation in its various forms : on 8th December during the 2nd Emile Awards. short films, animation series and cinema features, and covering all stages from writing to development and production. Good luck and excellent pitches to everyone !

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Marc Vandeweyer CARTOON est très heureux de vous présenter Directeur général de CARTOON la quatrième édition du Cartoon Springboard, notre événement de pitchs organisé pour la nouvelle génération de jeunes talents européens. Durant quelques jours, les 24 projets d’animation présentés seront mis sur le devant de la scène. Enfin, un grand merci à nos partenaires : le programme MEDIA /Creative Europe, qui Notre panel est composé de 13 experts soutient cet événement avec enthousiasme, des domaines de l’écriture, la création, la la Région Hauts-de-France, Pictanovo, la production, la diffusion, la distribution, le Métropole de Valenciennes, et enfin la Serre cross-média et le financement. Ils aideront Numérique, où se déroulera l’événement. ces jeunes talents à comprendre quels sont les points forts et comment pallier les points Grâce à cette combinaison d’efforts et cette faibles de leurs projets afin que ces projets vision partagée, nous sommes fiers d’annoncer puissent être présentés sur les marchés que, depuis la première édition du Cartoon professionnels. Springboard, 10 projets ont été sélectionnés pour être présentés lors des événements de Dans un environnement très concurrentiel et coproduction Cartoon Forum et Cartoon Movie! un marché mondial en évolution permanente où les projets d’animation sont légion, les Nous espérons que les jeunes talents de porteurs de projets doivent comprendre les cette quatrième édition sauront profiter règles du marché, percevoir les nouvelles des conseils, créer un nouveau réseau tendances et saisir les opportunités qui se professionnel pour lancer leurs projets présentent. Les pitchs seront précédés par prometteurs. Nous leur souhaitons autant 3 sessions animées par des professionnels et de succès que les talents précédents. un atelier sur le développement narratif. Nous avons foi en leur réussite. Nous remercions notre panel pour les précieux conseils prodigués aux jeunes auteurs et pro- ducteurs de ces projets. Nous souhaitons également remercier les écoles d’animation européennes qui ont fait découvrir cet événe- ment à leurs étudiants de dernière année. Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical

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Marc Vandeweyer General Director of CARTOON

CARTOON is very happy to present the fourth edition of Cartoon Springboard, our pitching event for the upcoming generation of European young talents. For a few days, the light will shine on the 24 projects of animation they will be presenting here. Our panel of 13 experts, coming from writing, creative, production, broadcasting, distribution, cross-media and financing strands will help these young talents understand Last but not least, we wish to express our where the strengths of their projects lie, deepest gratitude to our partners : the MEDIA how to overcome their weaknesses to create Programme of Creative Europe as they conti successful professional shows that are ready nue to support this event wholeheartedly as to be pitched at professional markets. well as the Region Hauts-de-France, Pictanovo, In a highly competitive environment and the Métropole de Valenciennes, and finally the evolving global market, where animation Serre Numérique, which is hosting this event. projects abound, it is essential that project Thanks to all these combined efforts and leaders understand market rules, see new vision, we are happy to say that since the 1st trends and seize opportunities. To this end, the edition of Cartoon Springboard, 10 projects pitching part of the event will be preceded by already presented were selected to pitch at 3 professional presentations and a workshop European co-production events Cartoon Forum on storytelling and story development. and Cartoon Movie ! Our thanks go towards the panel of experts We wish the same success to this year’s young for the advice and generous guidance they professionals and hope that they embed the will provide to today and tomorrow’s creative good advice given to them, start creating a animation authors and producers. We also professional network and are able to launch wish to thank the European animation schools their promising projects. which have relayed the information about this event to their last year students. We have confidence this will be the case. Cartoon CBaurstionoenss Business pere (Finland) 19, Tam ril 20 5 Ap 3-2 2

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Basil and Spence - Dimension Basket Royal Billie and Bam Blackbird Defence

josh o’caoimh florent grattery zoé harley esther gandarillas

Blue Winter Colour Blues Catchers Dream Team FILI

philip piaget amanda richardson paul hickey maria virginia moratti

Forsake Granny the Grave and Dottie Hope KAKOKIS

enrique pons del rey lia booi fernando belisario antoine delebarre

Mousse & Mystery Bichon Delivery Oya Permut Show

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Playmobil Pumpers Petlovers Generation Paradise Taleraiders

britt raes thomas leclercq eddy hohf michele assante

The Turtles The Very Hairy Tony, Shelly & of Bolilanga Alphabet Genius Umbrellas

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The Dimension Defense Agency is an organisation that protects us from un- wanted interdimensional intruders. The two top agents in the field are Ridley and Scott. However, this is not a show CATEGORY TV series about them. This is a show about the TARGET AUDIENCE Children two worst agents... Basil and Spence. The series follows the comedic high jinks assignments of this mismatched duo. When Basil (a highly-strung half farm boy, half Jackalope) momentar- ily gets sucked into a portal and is pulled out by rule breaking Spence (a seven-foot Minotaur), other worldly problems are never far away. Spence takes the rookie Basil under his buffa- Josh O’Caoimh JAM Media {Ireland} lo wing as the pair clean up the portal disturbances and save Rockfall County (353) (83) 470 72 45 from complete destruction. [email protected] www.jammedia.ie Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical BASKET ROYAL

In a small kingdom nestled in the heart CATEGORY TV special of the Himalayas, basketball has be- TARGET AUDIENCE Family come, over the past 20 years and as the country started modernizing, a sport reserved for royalty. The Princess and future sovereign has been passionate about the sport from the earliest age. She would do anything to take part in the royal championship game reserved for men, even if it means challenging the court itself. Virginie Giachino Florent Grattery Doncvoilà productions {France} Doncvoilà productions {France} (33) (6) 26 53 35 98 (33) (6) 85 79 51 05 [email protected] [email protected] www.doncvoila.net www.cargocollective.com/ florentgrattery Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical BILLIE AND BAM

Billie and Bam are siblings. They’re on a journey in the mountains, searching for food. The woods are dried out by the sun, and the trees look like spikes. Billie CATEGORY TV series (the older sister) is a brave, irresponsi- TARGET AUDIENCE Young adults/adults ble brat. Bam (the younger brother) is a grumpy, fussy little boy. Distracted by their games and their arguments, the two siblings get lost in the dangerous forest, and they’ll need to find their way back before nightfall. Billie will nearly fall from a tree while picking fruit, Bam will find a gun while playing with his sister in an abandoned car. Realising they’re lost, Billie and Bam will have a Angelin Paul Zoé Harley GHWA Productions {France} GHWA Productions {France} huge argument, and almost have an ac- cident while rushing through the forest (33) (6) 65 55 38 68 (33) (6) 24 11 33 83 at night. [email protected] [email protected] www.ghwa.fr www.ghwa.fr Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical BLACKBIRD

Eliana, a young black girl from Turin, pursues the dream of being an incred- ible jazz singer during the 30’s. At the age of 17, and with the help of a young CATEGORY Feature film businessman named Alberto, she man- TARGET AUDIENCE Young adults/adults ages to leave her vineyard and start a difficult and exciting journey that will take her to meet her new friends and discover some of the places that have seen the evolution of jazz. When they arrive in Paris, she must face the harsh reality and realize her situation as a black woman. With the help of Josephine Baker and other great figures of the time, this peculiar group will achieve their dreams and will end up forming Esther Gandarillas {Spain} the first String Club, a unique jazz band with a new style of improvisations. (34) (644) 44 00 12 [email protected] Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical BLUE WINTER BLUES

A harsh winter has taken over the merry lives of the forest-dwellers. Bjørn is preparing to go into hibernation when she notices that she is surrounded by sad CATEGORY TV series faces all around. Old Goat Sebastian is TARGET AUDIENCE Family telling horrible stories of how there is a Winter King spreading darkness across the land, setting off blizzards and let- ting loose Snow Monsters across the forest. Concerned for her friends, Bjørn sets forth to put a stop to the Winter King. Hoping she can put an end to the winter blues. During her journey, Bjørn will discover that Sebastian’s stories are not quite true, and that winter can Philip Piaget Rikke Planeta Ouros {Denmark} Ouros {Denmark} be beautiful… All she needs to do is discover hygge, and share it with her (45) (71) 72 41 73 (45) (30) 24 36 05 friends. [email protected] [email protected] www.ouros.net www.ouros.net Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical COLOUR CATCHERS

In the world of “Colour Catchers” the colours of the world are roaming free, and it is up to our heroes to catch them CATEGORY TV series and put them back where they belong. TARGET AUDIENCE Children Three children who absolutely love colours are chosen to be their guardians, to ensure the world remains a beautiful, bright and vibrant place for everyone to live in. Once colours are captured by the children they are either returned to where they belonged, or the children keep them for future battles and cap- tures. The more colours they catch, the Amanda Richardson more power and variety in battle they {United Kingdom} have. Our heroes learn to not only catch the colours and use them, but also to (44) (7703) 58 16 86 appreciate them in all walks of life. [email protected] www.evesbellybutton.co.uk Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical DREAM TEAM

A tale of life, love, loss, and Mice. We CATEGORY TV series follow the story of Chubbyface, a man- TARGET AUDIENCE Young adults/adults child filled with dreams and little hope for the future. That is until a cosmic being enters his little world to turn it on its head. Join Chubby, the being Bloodboil, and a host of lost souls finding their way through life in the worst part of rural Ireland. Expect war, drugs, spies, and the Virgin Mary shooting laser beams out of her eyes. And keep dreaming. Paul Hickey Conor Leech {Ireland} {Ireland} (353) (89) 204 64 79 (353) (83) 867 49 29 [email protected] [email protected] haulpickey.wixsite.com/paulhickey conorleech3.wixsite.com/conorleech Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical FILI

“FILI” is the story of a city, a room, a situation, an everyday’s life object, many lives. “FILI” is a biographical tale: memories and records, an images collection, a family photo album. CATEGORY TV series “FILI” is not a complaint documentary TARGET AUDIENCE Young adults/adults or a mouthpiece for inveterate words about immigration. What are you afraid about? Why did you leave your country? Do you have regrets? In order to be able to listen to these answers you must first be able to see the person in front of you. Are you real? Who are you? Or rather, who were you? What memories did you bring with you from your native soil, the land where you grew, where you cried, laughed and lived, Maria Virginia Moratti but that at the end you were forced to {Italy} abandon? (39) (347) 179 39 62 [email protected] Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical FORSAKE THE GRAVE

“Forsake the Grave” is an action game in which you take on the role of Irea, a powerful Arkanist who will need to overcome many dangers to save her child. Use the power of your staff to de- CATEGORY Video game stroy your foes as well as the capacity TARGET AUDIENCE Young adults/adults to revive their corpses and make them fight alongside you in order to survive powerful enemy waves. You’ll explore through Irea a unique universe whilst discovering its history. The main focus is on her desperate attempt to revive her child: she isn’t a hero, she’s simply human with her own desires and Enrique Pons Del Rey Luca Miskic Thomas Bourdon contradictions. Due to extreme circum- Primal Seed {France} Primal Seed {France} Primal Seed {France} stances she will be pushed to make (33) (6) 26 10 74 65 (33) (6) 37 79 58 45 (49) (151) 46 86 83 85 extreme decisions. The game suggests enriqueponsdelrey [email protected] thomas_bourdon@ an alternative reflection on the theme of mourning. @gmail.com www.primal-seed.com hotmail.fr www.forsake www.primal-seed.com thegrave.com Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical GRANNY AND DOTTIE

In the back of a shabby Toko on a small CATEGORY TV series island in the Dutch Caribbean, a mute TARGET AUDIENCE Teenagers tough as nails Granny runs a slow Private Investigation Service along with her whimsical protégé Dottie. However, when local villagers start complai ning about mysterious events taking place all across the island, Granny and Dottie find themselves wrapped up in a complex case involving a mischievous Supernatural Entity with its own secret plans for the island. The duo must ven- ture deep into the Island’s Folklore to Lia Booi Brontë Kolster Liamunchi {Netherlands} {Netherlands} locate this Entity and somehow put a stop to all the madness, before things (31) (634) 57 11 37 (31) (627) 34 40 91 take a turn for the worse… [email protected] [email protected] www.liamunchi.com www.brontekolster.nl Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical HOPE

Venezuela. 1906. Esperanza and Rafael, live happy days in Coro. Rafael works for the Post Office and gets a promo- tion that takes him to move to a city several weeks away from Coro. While they wait to come together in this new CATEGORY Feature film city, the spouses promise a sustained TARGET AUDIENCE Family epistolary exchange. After two years, the correspondence stops inexplicably. So, Esperanza decides to go and look for him. Esperanza’s epic trip begins on board a ship, heading towards Puerto Cabello, before taking a train to La Victoria. There she finds the coachman who takes her on a cart to Calabozo. It is during these journeys, crossing multiple landscapes that the heroine Fernando Belisario {France} will have to face the various ghostly and popular figures sent by the wicked (33) (7) 89 90 46 80 witch Doña Soledad. [email protected] www.fernandobelisario.com Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical KAKOKIS

The Kakokis are three creatures living on a strange island in the middle of nowhere. They’re the last of their kind and they live in symbiosis with nature, CATEGORY TV series spending most of the day eating fruits, TARGET AUDIENCE Pre-school drinking in the stream and relaxing under the sun. Visibly, they never in- vented anything, but it doesn’t seem to bother them! In each episode, their relative tranquillity will be disturbed by the arrival of a mysterious object from our reality that the Kakokis see for the first time. Televisions, shovels, water- ing cans and toilet plunger will make their joy or their misery! The Kakokis Antoine Delebarre {France} will always find odd uses to those ob- jects that even their inventors would (33) (6) 79 62 43 24 never have thought of. [email protected] www.expedydelabarre.blogspot.com Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical MOUSSE & BICHON

Mousse is a tiny sock who is organised, shy, sensitive and enjoys his everyday routine. Bichon on the other hand is a huge walrus who is loud, silly, warm and enjoys hanging out at Mousse’s place CATEGORY TV series even when not welcome. Set in and TARGET AUDIENCE Pre-school around Mousse’s wooden house by the beach, the episodes start off with the tide that floods up Mousse’s home every morning, leaving behind seashells and other surprising elements for the duo to discover. With the conflicts and laughs that come along with this seem- ingly impossible friendship, the two learn about the world around them, Vinnie Bose Rosalie Benevello Hippolyte Cupillard by finding a way to complement each {India} {France} {France} other. Mousse & Bichon are two best friends, almost like brothers, though (33) (7) 55 91 66 47 (33) (6) 23 49 85 22 (33) (6) 37 81 66 15 they would never admit it! vinnieannbose@ [email protected] hippolytecupillard@ gmail.com orange.fr Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical MYSTERY DELIVERY

In the underbelly of the future, all the most extravagant vigilantes and daunting creatures of the infinite gal- CATEGORY TV series axy make use of one secret delivery TARGET AUDIENCE Children service: Mystery Delivery, a huge con- glomerate that delivers all kinds of exotic and dangerous packages to the most inhospitable and insane places in the universe. Who would dare to work for such a company? Well, the naive and adventurous teenage girl, Nola, and the whimsical, flamboyant college drop-out Taro! As Nola joins Mystery Delivery in the hope of finding her es- Coen Balkestein Lindsay Vluttert Knisper {Netherlands} Knisper {Netherlands} tranged mother, Taro wishes to rise in the ranks to become a legendary (31) (637) 43 96 52 (31) (610) 11 58 36 deliverer. [email protected] [email protected] www.knisperanimation.com ambrosalia.tumblr.com Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical OYA

Sacha, an engineer, is sent to repair CATEGORY TV series malfunctions of the augmented reality TARGET AUDIENCE Young adults/adults Network on an island in northern Europe named Oya. Once there, she discovers that a man was sent before her and dis- appeared completely from the island and the Network, to the point of no one remembering him. Soon, she will be engulfed in the mysteries of Oya and its strange inhabitants. Subjected to uncanny and horrific visions, and over- whelmed by an increasing paranoïa, she Gaëlle Roques Laurine Kotte will gradually neglect her initial mission {France} {France} and become obsessed about finding (33) (6) 74 20 81 51 (33) (6) 02 23 19 74 out what happened to her predecessor. [email protected] [email protected] gaellerocks.tumblr.com www.instagram.com/kottelaurine Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical PERMUT SHOW

“Permut Show” is a programme with strong themes, that takes you at the heart of the kind, happy animals’ kingdom. They sometimes experience, as everybody, little blues. They sometimes have the secret desire to become somebody else, as in the famous fable about our fabulous frog which wanted to become a beef. Guided by a char- ismatic presenter, the guests of this programme are going to tell one by CATEGORY TV series one, with the support of reconstruction TARGET AUDIENCE Family images, the adventure of their new life. A phasmid insect becomes a great star of the social networks, a solitary fox integrates a marmots’ community and some other more stories. This emotion/ comic series, of a few minutes, shows us through all these testimonies, that the destiny of the smallest animal to the most gigantic is determined by passion and will. If animals are capable to Lily Renon Cécile Lemoine repulse their instincts to live another Le poivron farci {France} Le poivron farci {France} life, we, humans, can change ourselves (33) (6) 72 95 38 29 (33) (6) 67 55 50 73 according to our craziest dreams. [email protected] [email protected] lily-renon.tumblr.com www.cecilelemoine.portfoliobox.io Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical PETLOVERS

Neko, a giant teenage cat finds a tiny human in the streets and takes it home. Through experience and with the help of friends and family, Neko learns what it means to take care of some- CATEGORY TV series one. Petlovers is a series about loving TARGET AUDIENCE Children others despite being very different. Neko’s environment shows a variety of conventional and unconventional rela- tionships. Each episode focusses on a different theme: loneliness, adoption, divorce, LGTB identity, discrimination, diversity, gender variety... Placing the themes in a flipped world with animals as owners and humans as pets, these meaningful topics are approached with Britt Raes {Belgium} a playful tone. The viewer is encouraged to understand others, and themselves, (32) (473) 75 88 96 better. [email protected] brittraes.tumblr.com Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical PLAYMOBIL GENERATION

Félix, Joseph and all of their friends are CATEGORY TV series living extraordinary and bizarre adven- TARGET AUDIENCE Children tures all around their school.

Thomas Leclercq Lucas De Thier Oh mais c’est haut! {Belgium} Oh mais c’est haut! {Belgium} (32) (477) 36 41 71 (32) (491) 11 56 46 [email protected] [email protected] Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical PUMPERS PARADISE

“Pumpers Paradise” is a mini sketch series that consists currently of three short episodes. The series plays in a world, in which only trained people live, who try to perfect their bodies in every CATEGORY Web series situation. Banal everyday situations TARGET AUDIENCE Young adults/adults challenge them extremely, because you simply can’t workout everywhere and anytime. In order to satisfy their fitness addiction, all everyday situations must now be adjusted, so that they always bring a strength training with them. Every episode starts in the gym, where the characters workout to a massive techno track. Then we cut in the nor- Aleksandra Todorovic Eddy Hohf mal situations, where the pumpers try {Serbia} {Germany} to devoutly bury their dead, to take re- (49) (162) 427 94 22 (49) (176) 999 990 43 sponsibility for a lost dog or just to do aleksandra.todorovic@ [email protected] effective mountain-climbing. filmakademie.de Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical TALERAIDERS

After having met his grandmother Agata Scipione, Iacopo finds out that his family has belonged for centuries to the order of the Taleraiders, former ma- rauders now keepers of the 100 Seas, CATEGORY TV series formed by all the magical places in Italy. TARGET AUDIENCE Family Yet the balance between magic and reality is threatened by the Collector and his evil plan: to seize the 100 seas and exploit the power to conquer reality, by removing its magical protections. In order to stop him, Iacopo and his friends will have to find the Treasure of the Prime Taleraider, hidden in the depths of the 100 seas. Only with the artifacts hidden there the last of the Taleraiders will be able to unify all the magic crea- Michele Assante Fabiana Fiengo tures under a single flag to defeat the {Italy} {Italy} tin legions of the Collector. (39) (334) 997 98 42 (39) (334) 736 62 76 [email protected] [email protected] Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical THE TURTLES OF BOLILANGA

Alam, a young boy of 10, lives on CATEGORY TV special an Indonesian island. He’s trying to TARGET AUDIENCE Children achieve some kind of closure after the death of his younger brother, Salah, from malaria. To comfort him, Nenek, his grandfather, tells him the legend of Ibou Min’, the story of a woman who turned into a turtle and who looks after children who died before their time. It is said that they go on living off the Hippolyte Cupillard Mathilde Roy Vaiana Gauthier coast of the island of Bolilanga, oppo- {France} {France} {France} site the village. Alam makes a vow to (33) (6) 37 81 66 15 (33) (6) 34 43 63 39 (33) (6) 83 38 01 32 protect the island and its turtles… hippolytecupillard@ mathilde.roy@ vaiana.gauthier@ orange.fr hotmail.fr orange.fr hippolyte-c.tumblr.com vimeo.com/ vimeo.com/ mathilderoy vaianagauthier Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical THE VERY HAIRY ALPHABET

Nitso is a big yellow monster, who wants to learn the alphabet. He also likes to eat a lot... He is so voracious, that he CATEGORY Transmedia concept even eats his ABC Book! Oh no! Nitso TARGET AUDIENCE Pre-school ate his homework… How will he get to know the next letter of the alphabet? Well, he will ask the Great Master Tebahpla! Tebahpla, the wisest of all people, lives on the highest mountain and knows eeeeverything and anything about everything. But will he manage to help Nitso bring the missing letter back? With Nitso and Tebahpla, the apparently simple task of learning the alphabet becomes full of discov- Eliza Polcieniak-Alvarez Laura Messner eries and humour! Come and join the {Poland} {Austria} adventure! (49) (176) 43 78 57 30 (43) (664) 185 81 04 [email protected] [email protected] Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical TONY, SHELLY & GENIUS

Shelly is a bespectacled, quirky girl. She grew up in the theatre with her mother, a prima ballerina, who has just retired. Tony, on the other hand, is from a full, very friendly and open CATEGORY Feature film family. Tony’s whole body glows. Being TARGET AUDIENCE Children so different he stays most of the time hidden in his bunker at home. One day Shelly moves in to Tony’s house. She is fascinated by his light, and Tony by her imagination. They both enjoy their first true friendship and love. Shelly’s mother is, unfortunately, more and more depressed, blaming the darkness of their new home. She wants to move out instantly. Will the kids find out how Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova Filip Pošivač Nutprodukce {Czech Republic} {Czech Republic} to beat the mysterious creature called Genius Loci and bring light to the house (42) (0605) 25 61 90 (42) (0737) 24 25 15 again? [email protected] [email protected] www.nutprodukce.cz www.filipposivac.com Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical UMBRELLAS

In a village where the rain never stops, CATEGORY Short/Feature film in the heart of a forest growing be- TARGET AUDIENCE Family tween two peaks, a lovely little girl named Kyna plays happily under the umbrella – shaped beard of her Father, Din. One night, while preparing for bed, Nana, Kyna’s beloved pet, goes missing. In order to find her dog, Kyna will need to embark on a poetic adventure of self-discovery and face her greatest Diana Hentulescu José Prats Lopez Alvaro Robles fear: the rain. Moukda Production Bigaro Films {Spain} Garcia {France} (34) (644) 26 44 73 Bigaro Films {Spain} (33) (6) 51 31 77 99 Josepratslopez@ (34) (615) 58 43 91 contact@ gmail.com alvrobles90@ moukdaproduction.com joseprats0. gmail.com www.moukdaproduc- carbonmade.com www.elsrrobles.com tion.com 21-23 May 2019, Cagliari (Italy)

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Daniel Bays Lightning Sprite Media {United Kingdom} Passionate about creating and producing outstanding content on all platforms, Daniel left the BBC in February 2016 after 15 years working in development and production across platforms and age groups. Most recently, Daniel created internationally successful, twice BAFTA nominated multi-platform animated brand : “Tree Fu Tom” (also working as multi-platform Showrunner for 4 years) and new CBeebies/Fremantle brand : “Bitz and Bob”. As well as creating and producing a new slate of pan-platform brands like genre-busting VR-arcade catapult game, “Catapulteers” and working with partners such as Nickelodeon and Sesame, Daniel set up Lightning Sprite Media to offer creative and digital consultancy, development and production services in animation, digital, cross-platform projects and games.

Nuria Blanco Cartoon Saloon {Ireland} Nuria González Blanco studied animation at Edinburgh College of Art in Scotland. For the last eight years, Nuria has worked across the full spectrum of animation production roles in children’s television, advertising and film. Past projects include the International Emmy® Kids Award Nominee “Puffin Rock”, the Golden Globe® and Oscar® nominated feature “The Breadwinner” and the Tribeca and IFTA Film & Drama Awards winner short “Late Afternoon”. Nuria currently works as a Producer in Ireland-based animation studio Cartoon Saloon, helping with the production, pitching and sale of projects in development as well as looking for outstanding talent to accomplish them. Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical

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Sara Cabras Rai Radiotelevisione / RAI Gulp - RAI Yoyo {Italy} Sara has worked in kids’ entertainment for the last 25 years. She has been part of RAI’s children channels as Content Developer, Producer and Editorial Supervisor for different target age groups: pre-school, pre-teens and teens. She is presently Editorial Producer for TV series and cartoons for RAI Yoyo (pre-school) and RAI Gulp (Kids). As of 1997, she was assigned to the Topic Channels and New Offer as Executive Producer of the new satellite channel Rai Sat Ragazzi. She continued as part of the team for the launch of the two Rai’s Kids channel: RAI Sat Yoyo (pre-school) and RAI Sat Smash (Kids 7-10). As of 2008, she has been in charge for acquisitions for the new RAI Gulp digital terrestrial channel. From October 2010, her working area continues in the Rai Ragazzi Department in relation to the project for the merger by incorporation of RAI Sat into Rai SpA.

Eleanor Coleman INDIE SALES {France} Eleanor Coleman is a Paris-based American producer who was responsible for conceiving and implementing the profitable 360° strategy for children’s programming and digital content at TFOU, during her tenure as Head of in-house production across all platforms at TF1 Jeunesse. Since leaving TF1, Eleanor works independently in animated feature film acquisitions, development and production with INDIE SALES (voted Best European Distributor at Cartoon Movie in 2015). Her cartoon television work concentrates on international development and pre-sales for the award-winning studio, Blue Spirit. Eleanor is a founding member and co-vice president of the association Les Femmes S’animent, part of the global Women in Animation network. Finally, Eleanor devotes as much time as possible to Vipassana meditation and promoting Tostan, a human rights NGO in West Africa, dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls in rural communities. Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical

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Lila Hannou M6 Métropole Télévision / M6 Kid {France} Lila is Director of the Youth Programming Unit in charge of the production of animated programmes and M6 Kid. Lila is a graduate of Paris-Sorbonne University, Panthéon-Assas University and Paris ESLSCA Business School. Lila Hannou joined Groupe M6 in 2001 as marketing researcher for the management of M6 Publicité. She was then tasked with monitoring youth programming (from 2006 to 2011) before being appointed Manager of youth programming coordination in 2012.

Craig Hunter Sony Pictures Television {United Kingdom} A highly experienced international content specialist for Kids and family. Craig currently works for Sony Pictures Television as the Senior Channel Manager of Kids (Western Europe International Networks) with responsibility for the Pop channels, acquisitions and programming across the UK, Italy, Africa and Pakistan. Over the last 6 years he’s credited with helping to grow the POP brand to become the number 1 kids commercial channel in the UK. Prior to that he spent years as a Creative Executive at Nickelodeon after also working at Disney across on-air & production.

Joseph Jacquet France Télévisions {France} Born in 1971, Joseph Jacquet has been working for 20 years in the book field. First being editor in children’s books and art books, he founded L’Ampoule, his own publishing company with Olivier Douzou in 2002. In 2003, he created another company, Deux éditeurs where he developed and completed until 2011 many books and collections for children, comics, art. He also worked on several transmedia projects with Le Monde, Télérama and other publishers. At the same time, he took the lead of a professional school for publishers and became an author with Christel Gonnard of TV series such as “Milly Miss Question” (France 5), “Les blagues de Toto” (M6) or “Plankton Invasion” (CANAL+). In 2011, he started working for France Télévisions group to develop the publishing activity of its subsidiary : France Télévisions Distribution. In January 2013, he joined the Children and Youth Programmes Department of France Télévisions as Research and Development Animation Manager. Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical

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Antoine Maurel La Chouette Compagnie {France} After beginning his career as a freelance journalist, Antoine Maurel became a comics writer, which led him to become an editor at Le Lombard publishing house for five years - an activity he still carries over to this day through a bit of freelance publishing. But, since 2016, he came back to his primary aspirations and has written comics, video games and animation series. Nowadays, he’s mainly writing the latter as well as helping La Chouette Compagnie developing new shows for TV, always envisioning transmedia synergies and storytelling in the process.

Karen Mitrega {Germany} Karen Mitrega is working as Script Producer, Creative Producer, Editor and Script and Development Consultant for Super RTL and other companies. Until October 2014 she was Head of Children’s Content at Super RTL. She was responsible for the development, coproduction and acquisition of new series and magazines as well as the website www.toggo.de. Before joining Super RTL in 2004, Karen was working as Production Manager for several international feature film productions. Karen has a degree in Film and TV producing from the Filmakademie in Ludwigsburg, Germany.

Delphine Nicolini Les Armateurs {France} After a Master in Econometrics in Paris and a year at Columbia University in New York studying Business and Journalism, Delphine Nicolini joined the world of cinema and audiovisual production. Between 1992 and 2008, she worked in different companies as Production Manager, Line Producer and Producer on various TV Series, documentaries and live-action feature films. In 2008, she joined the world of animation and started working as Head of Development and Artistic Director for Les Armateurs on all cinema and TV projects of the company. At the moment, she is working on the feature films “The Swallows of Kabul” and “Lulu & Nelson” as well as several TV series such as “Runes”, a chronological series about William the Conqueror’s youth and “Cheeky Ana”. Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical

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Emmanuèle Pétry-Sirvin Dandelooo {France} Emmanuèle has been able to bring together her passion for books into the world of animation thanks to “the Treehouse Stories” series on CANAL+. But this programme is only the youngest of all her “babies”. As Head of the European office of Nelvana for 17 years she helped many programmes get made and moreover be watched all over the world : “Babar”, “The adventures of Tintin”, “Franklin the Turtle”, “Maurice Sendak’s Little Bear”, “Rolie Polie Olie”. She also initiated “Mouk” when in charge of development at Millimages. Now a happy partner at Paris-based studio Dandelooo she is nurturing “Stinky Dog” for France Télévisions and the newest kid on the block : “Billy the Hamster Cowboy”. Her strong experience in the international distribution allows her to share her enthusiasm for children’s programmes with broadcasters from Iceland to Hong Kong, from South Africa to Argentina. At Cartoon Forum in 2017, Dandelooo received the Cartoon Tribute for Best Producer of the year.

Vicky Schroderus Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) {Finland} Vicky Schroderus is Acquisitions Executive for YLE Television, the Finnish Broadcasting Company. She has overall responsibility for acquiring more than 60 % of the 1,000 hours transmitted annually of children’s programmes on YLE2, Finland’s leading children’s channel. In addition, Vicky oversees all aspects from legal, dubbing and to scheduling. Vicky joined YLE in 1997 and before her current role acquired non-English fiction, music and extreme sports. Prior to joining YLE, Vicky earned her master’s degree in Business Administration at the Turku School of Economics. She started her career at the market research department at Schweitzerische Mobiliar in Switzerland and also held positions in Germany and India. Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical

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Barbara Slade The Story Academy {United Kingdom} Barbara Slade is a Writer, Creator and Executive Producer. Born in L.A, but now based in London, Barbara has extensive experience in the animation industry with credits on series such as “Rugrats”, “Winnie the Pooh”, “Sonic the Hedgehog” and “Angelina Ballerina”. She is creator of “Dead Gorgeous” (CBBC/ABC) and “Hi Opie” (TVO/ Netflix) and has won numerous awards throughout her career. Barbara consults with production companies and channels around the world and also leads writing and series development workshops through her new company “The Story Academy”. Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical

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Sarita Kjeldahl Christensen Copenhagen Bombay {Denmark} Sarita Christensen started her career in the film business at Zentropa in 1997. In January 2004, Sarita established the children and youth division Zentropa GRRRR under the Zentropa Corporation, with the primary objective to create entertainment for children and youth. In August 2006 Sarita and director Anders Morgenthaler founded Copenhagen Bombay together with Egmont. The production company’s main focus is to develop original stories for children and youth, producing feature films, TV series, animation films, books, concepts etc. for all available platforms. Over the years, Sarita has expanded Copenhagen Bombay to also include a production company in Sweden ; CB Sverige AB, a sales and distribution company ; Copenhagen Bombay Sales, and a company with special focus on creating learning material ; Copenhagen Bombay Learning. Alongside being CEO of Copenhagen Bombay and producer and executive producer on a number of films, Sarita has also been CEO of Wulfmorgenthaler from 2007-2011. Sarita Christensen’s core competences are management, strategically and on a daily basis. As CEO of Copenhagen Bombay and Wulfmorgenthaler she has built a strong network of business relations, nationally as well as internationally, always with a strong focus on the companies’ core values.

Corinne Destombes Folimage {France} After working ten years in the cinema industry, Corinne Destombes began animation at renowned studio Folimage in 2006, working for TV series and short films. In 2011 she produced short formats and supervised artists’ residencies while developing projects of TV series. Always looking for talented writers and unreleased films, she particularly defends quality projects for young audiences. Today she is the Editorial Director of Folimage Studio and she collaborates regularly in juries, debates and workshops in France and abroad. Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical

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Stephan Roelants Melusine Productions / Studio 352 {Luxembourg} Professionally active for almost 30 years in the audiovisual area, Stephan Roelants created Studio 352 in Luxembourg in 1997, an animation studio whom the founding team is still active today surrounded by an average of forty artists. At the same time, he set up his production company, Melusine Productions, which is mainly dedicated to animation and documentary. In more than 20 years, Stephan participated in the production of 60 TV series and 18 feature-length movies. Among the most emblematic and awarded are “Ernest and Celestine”, “Song of the Sea”, “Ethel & Ernest” and “The Breadwinner”. Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical

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Joëlle Caroline {France} Joëlle began her career in the music industry and joined Ubisoft in 1996 to develop Ubisoft’s sound and video studios. During these years her responsibilities within Ubisoft have included the reorganization of the support studios and the creation of service studios for the group, including the implementation of a reporting process, the management of international production cost control and organisation & development direction within the International Production team. In 2007 Joelle was part of movies & series development within the group, before joining Ubisoft Motion Pictures at its creation in 2011 where she is now a producer on “the Rabbids” TV show as well as working on the administration of the entity and the funding of some of its projects.

Christophe Erbes Kids Media ©nsulting {France} Christophe studied maths, telecommunication science and holds an MBA. After having done some kids TV (CANAL+, S-RTL, Nickelodeon, Disney), he now consults (Orange, Ubisoft, EBU, TF1 International, MFG, Magelis, Normaal, Copenhagen Bombay), hosts (Mip Jr and Mip, Annecy, APD, Cartoon, European Animation Awards) and writes as Theo de Marcousin (see Facebook) books, movies and series (e.g. “Maya the Bee”, “Calimero”, “Ella, Oscar & Hoo”, “Driver Dan’s Story Train”, “Squids”, “Flying Squirrels”, “Kiwi and Stritt” & “Shelland”). Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical

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Joan Lofts {United Kingdom} Freelance media consultant, Joan Lofts started her career in TV production with ITN and Thames Television. She then moved to the BBC where she was Deputy Head of Acquisitions and Development for Children’s BBC. She joined the Children’s channel and launched teen channel Trouble and continued her channel career with Disney, Kindernet, Saga, Children’s ITV and ITV2. From November 2000, she was Director of TV and Production at Contender Entertainment (now E1) where she managed “Tractor Tom”, “Peppa Pig”, “Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom”, “Humf” and a C4 special “Lost and Found”. Since 2009 she has been working worldwide running Creating IP and pitching workshops in emerging animation territories. She works with emerging European animation companies helping with development of projects to pitch. She is also part of the European Media initiative for European animation.

Manuela Schöbel-Lumb {Germany} Manuela Lumb is an experienced animation and live-action producer who has successfully developed and produced numerous brands, movies and TV series for broadcasters and production companies. For many years she was commissioning editor at public broadcaster SWR and WDR where she was responsible for the iconic programme “The Show with the Mouse”. In 2008 she became Head of Children’s and Family Programmes at Berlin based Studio TVFilm, where among others she developed and produced Germany’s most popular pre- school brand “Kikaninchen” for KiKA. After working as Head of Development for the animation production company Motionworks, she has started working as an independent creative producer and consultant . Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical

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Michele Assante {Italy} Taleraiders Born in 1992, his first animated short “La Stanza” won the Jury’s Special Award at the 2015 “Cinema Povero” International Film Festival. His passion for cinema brought him to Rome’s Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, where he completed the basic course in Film Directing in 2018. Also, a film journalist and radio author, he has been awarded with “best format” at 2017 National College Radio Festival and recently has worked as freelance stop motion animator.

Coen Balkestein {Netherlands} knisper Mystery Delivery Coen started as an animator but has found true passion in cultivating creative talents and supporting them in developing personal and original stories through the magic of animation. With this as his mission he has started Knisper, an animation production company that focuses on providing a safe place for personal ideas to grow and further develop while working together with like-minded creators. He was awarded Best Upcoming Producer at the Dutch Film Festival 2018 with the series “Mystery Delivery”.

Fernando Belisario {Venezuela} Hope I am an illustrator and a Venezuelan animation filmmaker, commit ted to an author’s focus. I made and illustrated several works published in Venezuela, Argentina, Spain and Germany. And I recently produced a first animated short film as part of a university course in France (carried out by the resumption of my studies and concluded in 2018 with the obtaining a Master) that helped me to familiarize myself with techniques of direct animation under camera, stop motion and motion design, and with creation-research methodologies in animation films. I was able to project and develop my drawing practice and my taste for family stories in this area. Animation cinema has become a new field of graphic experiences. Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical

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Rosalie Benevello {France} Mousse & Bichon Born in 1994, Rosalie Benevello is a French Animation Director. She graduated from EMCA in 2016 where she directed “Nitrogen Narcosis” and “Black Sheep”. At La Poudrière, she directed “Symbiose” (one-minute film), “Mini-portraits” (Les Espoirs de l’Animation, Gulli) and “Olivia”, her graduation film. She is now directing a short film for the collection “En sortant de l’école” produced by Tant mieux Prod.

Lia Booi {Netherlands} liamunchi Granny and Dottie I aspire to tell stories and create dynamic characters that tackle unconventional subjects, with a touch of humor. My passions lie with storytelling and a fascination for the eccentric and misunderstood. Growing up on Bonaire, my work is often inspired by my cultural heritage and the vast multicultural community around me, who continue to question what we might consider to be “the norm” instead of adhering to it. I studied animation at the Willem de Kooning Academy and graduated in 2018.

Vinnie Bose {India} Mousse & Bichon Animation film maker recently graduated from La Poudrière, école de film d’animation, France. Originally from India, having graduated from National Institute of Design, India in 2015, having made her graduation film “What is your Brown Number?”. She moved to France in 2016 to pursue studies in animation film direction at La Poudrière where she made “Mousson” (one-minute long film), “Duel Dégueu” (Les Espoirs de l’Animation) and “Sunday Morning” / “Dimanche Matin” (graduation film – CANAL+). She is currently living and working in the field of animation and direction in Valence, France. Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical

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Thomas Bourdon {France} primal seed Forsake the Grave I am a 26-year-old Freelance Artist specialized in Illustration and concept art for video games. I have been studying Illustration for 3 years at ESMI in Bordeaux. I have joined the Primal Seed team as the lead concept artist at the very beginning to participate in the creation of the studio. I am currently working on Primal Seed’s “Forsake the Grave” video game project as Art Director, lead concept artist, illustrator, UI artist & storyboarder.

Hippolyte Cupillard {France} The turtles of Bolilanga Mousse & Bichon Hippolyte Cupillard is an animation director from France. In 2014, after having completed his studies in fine arts at the Institut Supérieur des Beaux Arts de Besançon, he co-founded TABASS co. a 2D animation collective based in Brussels. In 2016, he decided to take up studies at La Poudrière, an animation film direction school in Valence. During his course, he directed “Peupleute” (a one-minute film), “To the South” (Les Espoirs de l’Animation, Canal J) and “The Island of Irene” (graduation film).

Lucas de Thier {Belgium} oh mais c’est haut ! Playmobil Generation Lucas was born and raised in Brussels (Belgium). He pretty soon developed an interest in drawing which never left him. Despite not having a TV at home, he also enjoyed the world of animated cartoon at his grandma’s and grew fond of that wonderful world. After secondary school, Lucas went to study at ENSAV - La Cambre, a Belgian art school, which he graduated from with a master’s degree in animation. He worked for a year for the RTS (a Swiss public entity active in TV and radio), creating small animations for Facebook. He is currently working on several projects for a wide range of clients. Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical

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Antoine Delebarre {France} KAKOKIS Antoine is a French animator and director based in Lille (France). He directed a series of educational films for the French Ministry of Education and he also worked as a compositing artist for TV series for children. He graduated from La Poudrière in 2017.

Fabiana Fiengo {Italy} Taleraiders Born in Naples in 1992, she graduated in Classical Philology at the University of Naples Federico II and in Comics and Concept art at the Scuola Italiana di Comix. She has drawn comics and strips for newspapers and hospital associations. In 2015 has illustrated the book “Scrittori in viaggio con i classici”. Currently, she is working on a graphic novel for Sergio Bonelli Editore.

Esther Gandarillas {Spain} Blackbird Student of Animation Degree in Madrid, Spain. Currently specializing in direction, from preview and storyboarding, to editing and composition. Fond of animation movies since childhood, she is now dedicated to learning the rules of cinematography. Self- taught comic author in her teens and winner of 4 comic contests of Red Joven Norte : “Renacer”, “Libro de escusas”, “Nightmare” and “Blue Sky”. Director and animator for the stop motion short film “Deborah”, which was screened at the Madrid Film Academy. Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical

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Vaiana Gauthier {France} The turtles of Bolilanga Born in 1988, Vaiana Gauthier studied film animation at ESAAT in Roubaix and at EMCA in Angoulême where she directed short films including “Allister” (2011), “Knitted and Eros” (2012), which won a special mention at the Monstra festival (Lisbon). She worked for four years as an animator and designer for short and feature films and TV series. She directed “Marina” (2014), a music video for the Australian band Baychimo Kin, and co-directed “Leaf” (2016) a self-produced short. After participating in a scriptwriting course at La Poudrière, she decided to join its two-year film-directing course. There, she directed “Mimosa Pudique” (one-minute film), “La baleine Enrhumée” (broadcast on French TV channel Tiji, Les Espoirs de l’Animation) and “First Contact” (2018), her graduation film.

Virginie Giachino {France} doncvoilà productions Basket Royal Producer of Doncvoila.

Florent Grattery {France} doncvoilà productions Basket Royal Director, animator and illustrator.

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Zoé Harley {France} ghwa productions Billie and Bam Zoé Harley is a 22-year-old animation student. She first started studying applied arts in high school in Grenoble, her hometown, and then went to study 2D animation in Roubaix (E.S.AA.T). Since a very young age, she was inspired by gangster movies, and by bright neon colour pallets. She once wished to be a rockstar, live in Japan, and have a dog, but couldn’t play guitar for peanuts. So she just decided to stick with drawing and living in the dullest place in France, and she’s pretty happy with it.

Diana Hentulescu {Romania} Moukda Production Umbrellas Based in France, Diana worked as VFX production supervisor on “Despicable me 3”, “Secret life of pets”, and freelanced for Disney and Marvel. Romanian born, UK-schooled in Fine Arts, her passion is art and film. Diana and her associate Kèota Dengmanara, met in Gobelins’ production class, 2013 and started Moukda Production, an inspiring company with an international ambition. Among other projects, they are currently developing “Zoobox”, a 26’ TV special and future series in development with France 5.

Paul Hickey {Ireland} Dream Team From the moment I got my sticky 5-year-old hands on a piece of paper and some red sauce, I have dedicated my life to my creative passions, which include ideas and concepts such as the human condition, the futility of existence and my favourite topic, interdimensional mice. I don’t use red sauce to draw anymore, thankfully. After dabbling in Fine Art, Illustration and Film, I decided why not go for a nice healthy mix of all three ? And so my career in animation began. Keep Dreaming. Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical

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Eddy Hohf {Germany} Pumpers Paradise Born in Hamburg in 1988, Eddy Hohf spent time in Canada and worked as a freelancer in an online media agency. He finished his bachelor’s degree in media design at the Fachhochschule Muenster in 2014. Since October 2014, he has been studying animation at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in Germany.

Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova {Czech Republic} nutprodukce Tony, Shelly & Genius Pavla studied Journalism at Charles University and Film Production at FAMU. In 2009 she co-founded production company Nutprodukce. She has produced many documentary films and short animated films (e.g. “Graffitiger” - Student Oscar Nominee). She is one of the producers of HBO miniseries “Burning Bush”, directed by Agnieszka Holland and HBO series “Wasteland” (premiered at Toronto IFF 2016). She is one of the co-producers of “Spoor” (dir. Agnieszka Holland) that was awarded Silver Bear at Berlinale 2017.

Brontë Kolster {Netherlands} Granny and Dottie In my work I like to reference elements from my childhood to tackle issues that are still relevant today, with themes like female sexuality, growing up in our society, womanhood and queer stories. I translate these themes into 2D digital character-based animations with colorful atmospheric environments addressing serious subjects, with humor and lightheartedness. In 2018 I graduated in animation at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam and am currently working as a freelance animator. Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical

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Laurine Kotte {France} Oya After graduating at the Roubaix animation DMA, and EMCA, I found myself more interested in illustration and animation pre-production. I am currently developing illustration and visual communication for musical events in Angoulême.

Thomas Leclercq {Belgium} oh mais c’est haut ! Playmobil Generation Born in Brussels in 1993, Thomas Leclercq joined La Cambre in 2013. He directed short films with absurd humor such as “Sésame” (2016) & “The Amazing Space Doggo” (2017). “Playmobil Generation”, his graduation film is a series for kids which has the sweet smell of friends, plastic toys and chocomiam biscuits.

Conor Leech {Ireland} Dream Team A weedy little creature cultivated in the bogs of Ireland, I was raised on a healthy mixture of bad movies and weird art. Currently taking time out of my space cowboy career to study animation. Ultimately, I’m just a boy trying his best. Keep Dreaming.

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Cécile Lemoine {France} le poivron farci Permut Show Young graduate of the Color Image Design Higher Institute of Montauban in the 2D animation/cartoon film/motion design category. Passionate about character design since the dawn of time. Create and share with my teammates is the sun of my days. From Toulouse. Belgian rap, Gravity falls and Guy Ritchie movies are my dope. Le Poivron Farci co-director.

Laura Messner {Austria} The Very Hairy Alphabet After finishing school with the Abitur in 2013, Laura Messner studied theatre, media and film studies at the University of Vienna. Alongside her studies, she produced student short films, worked in event management and advertisement and participated in an animation class at the New York Film Academy. After her Bachelor graduation, Laura worked in a production company of the ad-agency BBDO. Since 2017 she studies at the Filmakademy Baden-Wuerttemberg to become an animation and effects producer.

Luca Miskic {France} primal seed Forsake the Grave Passionate about video games since childhood, I have been working on “Forsake the Grave” for two years. Writing, Marketing Intelligence, Communication and even Game Design : I have a wide range of skills that I use in the development process. As a self-taught man, these skills have been gathered along an unconventional study track and the work on “Forsake the Grave” is allowing me to keep learning every day. Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical

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Maria Virginia Moratti {Italy} FILI Maria Virginia Moratti is an Italian film maker and animator. She has a bachelor’s in architecture from the IUAV University of Venice and a bachelor in Animation from Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia – National Film School, based in Turin. She graduated in 2018 with the film “The Eel - L’Anguilla”, in which she worked as concept artist, animator and producer. She is now working on “FILI”, an animated docuseries about immigration, while studying Arabic Language and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Turin.

Josh O’Caoimh {Ireland} jam media Basil and Spence - Dimension Defence Josh O’Caoimh is currently studying for a BA in animation from IADT, Dun Laoghaire. Josh pitched an original concept in front of industry professionals & his peers alike at “The Big Pitcher” in Animation Dingle 2018. His pitch was chosen by a panel of industry experts as the winner and got him to be selected at Cartoon Springboard this year. With that he won a 6-month placement in JAM Media to develop his concept further. Josh has received recognition for his short films, including “Pineapple Hands” which was selected by numerous film festivals in 2016.

Angelin Paul {France} ghwa productions Billie and Bam Angelin Paul is the founder of GHWA Productions, an animation company which aims to recover tales, myths and legends around the world and adapt them to cartoons... He produces institutional films, clips, 2D animation. Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical

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Philip Piaget {Denmark} ouros Blue Winter Blues Philip Piaget Rodriguez (born November 12, 1990) is a filmmaker, animator and visual artist from Mexico City, Mexico. He graduated in 2018 from The Animation Workshop in Viborg, Denmark with a Bachelor of Arts in Character Animation. He has previously studied Classical Animation at the Vancouver Film School (2010-2011) as well as worked on numerous studios like Global Mechanic, Might and Delight and TinDrum as an animator, designer and filmmaker. Philip has directed and developed the CG/mixed media film “Reverie”, selected at festivals like Hiroshima, Odense Film Festival, Anima Mundi, Siggraph Asia, amongst others. He is currently developing original content and films at the company he has co-founded : Ouros.

Rikke Planeta {Denmark} ouros Blue Winter Blues Rikke Planeta, born in 1993, is a director and CG-artist from Copenhagen, Denmark. She recently graduated from The Animation Workshop, with her main focuses being modelling, sculpting and texturing, as well as story development and character exploration. During her studies she directed the award-winning “Bacchus”, currently circulating in the most prestigious animation festivals.

Eliza Polcieniak-Alvarez {Poland} The Very Hairy Alphabet Eliza Plocieniak-Alvarez is a multilingual film director, writer and animator specialized in stopframe animation and absurd humor. Born in Wroclaw, she has lived in 11 cities. Learnt animation at Madrid’s ECAM and at the Oscar-winning animation Studio Semafor in Lodz. Working as a freelance director since 2011, she gained experienced with short narrative forms, commercial content and educational videos. Since 2014 she has been studying animation at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. Mum of 1-year-old Kuba. Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical

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Enrique Pons Del Rey {France} primal seed Forsake the Grave I created Primal Seed in 2016. My goal was to create a team of talented people and to give them the opportunity to develop games. With a degree in musicology, I pursued my studies in instrumental composition while working on “Forsake the Grave”. I work as Project Leader, Composer and Sound Designer on “Forsake the Grave”. Since 2016, I am learning how to run a business, create a network and to exchange with the professionals I meet in order to benefit from their experience.

Filip Pošivač {Czech Republic} nutprodukce Tony, Shelly & Genius Filip graduated from the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague in the field of animation. In 2015 he finished a short film “Deep in Moss””, which was screened at many festivals – HAFF, Ottawa IAF, Chicago Intl. Children’s Film Festival, DOK Leipzig, Animateka or Anifilm. In 2016 a series called “Live from the Moss” followed up on the film. As an illustrator and director, Filip has been enrolled on this year’s IBBY (International Board on Book for Young People).

José Prats Lopez {Spain} bigaro films Umbrellas José is a Spanish illustrator and filmmaker established in Manchester, UK. He also works as a storyboard and illustrator for Aardman Animations. Previously a concept artist in Madrid on the animation feature “Capture the Flag” by Enrique Gato, he was recently selected in the prestigious animation development lab ASF, organised by Gobelins (France), TAW (Denmark), Filmakademie (Germany), MOME (Hungary). He has studied filmmaking and scriptwriting in Escuela Metrópolis (Madrid) as well as Fine Arts. Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical

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Britt Raes {Belgium} Petlovers Britt loves to draw and tell stories. Working in animation makes her happy every day ! She likes chocolate, indie music, Totoro and riding her bike. If she is reincarnated, she hopes to come back as a cat named Fluffy. In 2016 she directed her first professional short film, “Catherine”. It screened at 200 festivals worldwide and won over 50 prizes. Britt is currently developing an animated series about pets and writing several children’s stories.

Lily Renon {France} le poivron farci Permut Show Born in grassroots France, storytelling and drawing are my passions from the very beginning. I chose to study animated movie to see and make every conceivable type of production. I like Cécile, Gypsy music and Toulouse.

Amanda Richardson {United Kingdom} Colour Catchers This is Amanda’s second appearance at Cartoon Springboard after pitching “Dinosaurs in the Sky” in 2015. Luck has smiled upon her since as she worked as a screenwriter for Cartoon Saloon, wrote a whole series for Animais in Portugal and developed a web series with Silly Walks in Spain. She won the IMDB Script to Screen Award, was selected at Bridging the Gap and last year pitched at both Visegrad and Animation Production Day. She wishes to meet producers looking for new writers and TV series projects. Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical

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Alvaro Robles Garcia {Spain} bigaro films Umbrellas Originally a copywriter for advertisement, Alvaro decided to focus his career on the film industry. He then studied filmmaking and scriptwriting in Escuela Metrópolis (Madrid) and pursued a Master in Screenwriting in the University of Seville. Since, he has combined work as a freelance copywriter with personal film projects. He wrote and directed the short film “Mara, Maravillas” along with José Prats, with whom he usually collaborates. Soon, Álvaro will release his solo short film “Si no puedes”.

Gaëlle Roques {France} Oya After graduating in science at high school, I took courses in art and animation. I just graduated from EMCA presenting a show project, “Oya”, with three friends. I am currently working at Prima Linea Studio on a feature film, in FX animation. In my free time I try to write as many short stories, shows and video game pitches as I can, in order to improve my writing skills.

Mathilde Roy {France} The turtles of Bolilanga Mathilde Roy is an animation director from France. In 2016, after having completed her studies in fine arts at EESI, Ecole Européenne Supérieure de l’Image, she decided to take up studies at La Poudrière, an animation film direction school in Valence. During her course, she directed “Grande Marée” (a one-minute film), “Grande Sœur” (Les Espoirs de l’Animation, Canal J) and “Dormir” (graduation film). Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical

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Aleksandra Todorovic {Serbia} Pumpers Paradise Aleksandra Todorovic is an animation & effects Producer, who is studying at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg since 2014. Everything started after her school years with live action production until she specialized in animation and VFX during project studies. Aleksandra gained work experience at the television and broadcasting channel SWR, worked on a feature film production and since 5 years is an established part of the organization team for FMX - Conference of animation, games, effects, VR and transmedia.

Lindsay Vluttert {Netherlands} knisper Mystery Delivery Lindsay Vluttert is a Dutch-Caribbean artist who recently graduated as 2D animator and director from HKU. After working as a director and writer on the animated series “Mystery Delivery” for the past year, they are currently finishing up their thesis film entitled “Please Stand By”. The film is about two women who get married and have their honeymoon in virtual reality. It’s about standing by your choices and overcoming a fear of missing out. The film will be finished in January 2019 .

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La Serre Numérique Amphithéâtre 2, rue Péclet 59300 Valenciennes HOTELS

1 Hôtel Mercure Valenciennes Centre 5, rue du Saint-Cordon 2 Hôtel Ibis Baudouin 3 90, rue Baudouin l'Edifieur 3 Le Grand Hôtel de Valenciennes 8, Place de la Gare SOCIAL EVENTS

1 Welcome Dinner | 4 december 1 L’HP 1 46, rue de Famars

2 Farewell Dinner | 6 december Le Bonavis Grill Rue Dauphiné

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Social Events Tuesday 4 DECEMBER | The Welcome Dinner will take place at 20:00 at l’HP, a wine bar and restaurant located in a beautiful 19th Century house.

Thursday 6 DECEMBER | The Farewell Dinner will take place at 19:30 at Bonavis Grill Valenciennes. Creative Europe MEDIA: Helping the animation industry grow since 1991

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