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Cartoon Media CARTOON >>> e-Catalogue 4-6 december 2018 valenciennes (france) Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical Map & Venues Social Events Blurbs How to navigate? HOW TO NAVIGATE? IT’S EASY! You have uploaded and saved the e-Catalogue Cartoon Springboard 2018 on your tablet/smartphone/ computer using Adobe Acrobat Reader. This enhanced digital version will allow you to take notes, make quick searches, and contact other participants with a simple “click”. HOW TO ACCESS THE DIFFERENT PAGES? THE PROJECTS THE PARTICIPANTS To reach the projects’ pages, just click on the button Click on “Participants” in the main Index or in the tabs “Projects” in the main Index or in the tabs above. above. They are all listed by alphabetical order. Click on This will redirect you to the projects’ Index. the email next to their photo to contact them directly. Click on the project you wish to view. You can also use the search tool and bookmarks You can also use the search tool and bookmarks (see below). (see below). The navigation stays the same to access other information in the e-Catalogue. Do not forget: the easiest way to access everything is by using the tabs at the top of the pages. HOW TO USE THE MAIN FUNCTIONS AVAILABLE IN ADOBE ACROBAT READER? VIEW MODES GO TO PAGES These modes allow you to read/turn Don’t want to scroll all the pages? It’s easy: the pages in different ways: TAP on the page number; you can then enter Continuous: scroll vertically. the number of the page you want to go to. Single page: book style, from left to right. Night mode: useful when in a dark room. BOOKMARKS SEARCH The bookmarks will give you a direct access Use this function to search a specific word to each part of the e-Catalogue just by in the whole document (project, clicking on the chapter needed. participant’s name, etc.) COMMENT & EDIT Choose among different tools, depending on what you want to do (icon available in the main Adobe Acrobat Reader menu): Add a note Underline text Highlight text Add text Strikeout text Draw 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 Tampere (Finland) 2019, pril 25 A 23- 5 - 7 M A R C H 2 0 1 9 CONTAB O RC D E ATU X N O U V E L L E - A Q U I T A I N E SERVICE DEVELOPPEMENT ECONOMIQUE Tel : 03 27 096 140 • mail : [email protected] Y K NOR C I ANN Y M FOR A NIMATIO N FIL MS PIT CH INcartoonG & CO-PRO FORU movie cartoon business cartoon digital WWW.CARTOON-MEDIA.EU Creating Entertainment for Connected Screens • Networking www.cartoon-media.eu • Case studies Top speakers • Market trends www.cartoon-media.eu Conference > New Emerging Business Models in Animation fédération wallonie-bruxelles animation dingle jam media Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical WELCOME ORGANISATION OFFICIALS PARTNERS 1 WORDS COMMITTEE 2 PROJECTS 3 PROFILES EXPERTS SPEAKERS CHAIRPERSONS TALENTS 4 PARTICIPANTS LIST & DETAILS MAP & HOW TO PRACTICAL SOCIAL EVENTS BLURBS 5 VENUES NAVIGATE? Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical WELCOME ORGANISATION OFFICIALS PARTNERS 1 WORDS COMMITTEE 2 PROJECTS 3 PROFILES EXPERTS SPEAKERS CHAIRPERSONS TALENTS 4 PARTICIPANTS LIST & DETAILS MAP & HOW TO PRACTICAL SOCIAL EVENTS BLURBS 5 VENUES NAVIGATE? Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical Partners Welcome words Organisation committee CARTOON SPRINGBOARD IS ORGANISED BY WITH THE SUPPORT OF IN COLLABORATION WITH CARTOON IS SPONSORED BY + Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical Partners Welcome words Organisation committee Our partners 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 VALENCIENNES MÉTROPOLE | Laurent DEGALLAIX President of Valenciennes Métropole Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical PartnersPartners WelcomeWelcome wordswords OrganisationOrganisation committeecommittee FR EN 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 ! Bonne chance et excellents pitchs à tous. Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical PartnersPartners WelcomeWelcome wordswords OrganisationOrganisation committeecommittee FR EN 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. Index Officials Projects profiles participants practical PartnersPartners WelcomeWelcome wordswords OrganisationOrganisation committeecommittee FR EN 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- glo mération 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 PartnersPartners WelcomeWelcome wordswords OrganisationOrganisation committeecommittee FR EN 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
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