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Remember how the European animation industry was in 1988, and how it has grown since then... Creative Europe/MEDIA is proud to have contributed to this success.
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The pitching event for animation’s CARTOON next generation wallonie-bruxelles cartoon forum 15-17 november 2016 halle (germany)
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Cartoon warmly thanks all those who have contributed to the establishment of Cartoon 360 in Barcelona. In particular we are grateful to everyone who provided help and support.
GOVERNMENT OF CATALONIA – MINISTRY OF CULTURE ICEC – CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR CULTURAL COMPANIES
| Xavier DÍAZ Director
| Antònia ANDÚGAR Market Development Director
| Marisol LÓPEZ Digital Department Director
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Xavier Díaz Vilanova Director of Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies | Ministry of Culture – Government of Catalonia
Catalonia welcomes again Cartoon 360 for a second year in a row
Original projects and innovative ideas need The Catalan animation industry is fully the right playing field to be developed and immersed as well in this general industry- to make them happen. Talent, advice and wide process. After having hosted Cartoon expertise are good ingredients looking for Finance in Barcelona and Cartoon Forum in the right stakeholders in order to become Girona in previous years, it is now a pleasure tangible products. The animation industry to host for a second year in a row Cartoon is a perfect example of the confluence of all 360. The philosophy underlying this event these human factors, which find a natural is fully shared by the policies implemented meeting point at Cartoon 360. by our Ministry of Culture in support of the Catalan animation and digital entertainment The animation industry is undergoing a industry. major transformation and concepts such as 360 have become part of its distinctive We would like to thank the participation of definition. Video games, tablets, augmented our City Council, Ajuntament de Barcelona, reality, apps, interactive toys or e-books… for the fact of bringing onboard such any project has to consider those unlimited magnificent venue as Disseny Hub and we possibilities to explain stories from the very hope this great collaboration will be renewed moment it is conceived. These types of diverse in the near future. formats can contribute to create a successful brand to be known all over the world. The next three days of intense work will bring Different formats attract different operators exciting ideas and useful synergies to reward and different market needs. The animation the effort of putting together all these players industry, with the creative vitality that is its in the animation industry. hallmark and its ability to give visible form to Welcome and make the most of it! the most unimaginable universes, is a logical choice for cross-media project development.
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Berta Sureda Culture Commissioner – Barcelona City Council
Once again, Barcelona welcomes Cartoon Barcelona’s animation sector is thriving. 360. Whereas last year we met at the Centre Many producers, festivals, schools, studios de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona and professionals have discovered that the (CCCB), in the heart of the Raval, this year city offers the ideal creative climate in which Disseny Hub Barcelona is hosting the event. to grow: this year, five of the 23 projects Disseny Hub Barcelona is a new space taking part in Cartoon 360 involve Catalans, that opened in 2014 and symbolises the in some cases in collaboration with producers Barcelona of knowledge, innovation and and creatives from other countries. This experimentation; it is conceptually designed indicates that several recent success stories to be the engine and driving force of the from the world of animation coming from our creative industries, based on design but city have a solid foundation and excellent open to all kinds of artistic, cultural and future prospects ahead of them. technological approaches. So for yet another year, transmedia TV Playing a key role in revitalising and transfor series, apps, films and games come together ming the city, Disseny Hub Barcelona has in Barcelona. Thanks to Cartoon 360 and all gradually become a powerful focal point those taking part in it, the city is becoming for the city’s emerging talent and creativity. a world capital of creativity and imagination FADfest, the “What’s next?” exhibition, the and a place where a host of projects will B-Anime Film Festival and the latest editions finally manage to become a reality. of Pecha Kucha Barcelona are just a few of the activities that have recently been held here and provide examples of the role this building intends to play. As a platform for promoting the animation sector, Cartoon 360 fits perfectly with Disseny Hub Barcelona’s mission to serve as a catalyst for innovative ideas.
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Marc Vandeweyer General Director – CARTOON
A platform for cross-media professionals
For the third year running, CARTOON is The objective is train producers develop very happy to welcome you to Cartoon better and more targeted cross-media 360, a platform for animation producers brands whilst interacting and networking which we conceived to help them face the with specialists and an audience of peers new challenges of cross-media production, interested to learn and take part in the financing and distribution. development of these projects.
As most animation projects are now devel- We are proud that Barcelona is hosting the oped with a 360° approach, involving mul- event again and we want to express our tiple devices and narrative forms, different deep gratitude to Creative Europe/MEDIA consumption modes and monetisation is- programme, ICEC/The Government of sues, but also new partners from the digital Catalonia for their renewed support and trust world, we are convinced that this event offers in this digital venture and are very happy to a real opportunity for all to learn, exchange collaborate with Barcelona City Council. and go one step further in the finalisation of digital undertakings. We wish these pioneering producers luck and warmly thank the experts for their This year, 23 European cross-media projects involvement in what we hope is becoming a coming from 12 distinct countries, will be new business and creative rendez-vous for pitched here to receive instant advice and animation cross-media projects. guidance from 25 digital mentors coming from broadcasting, e-publishing, game development and publishing, merchandising and financing, digital marketing, VR, cross- media production, online portals, and transmedia writing, to name just a few… Cartoon conn ection 2016
24 – 27 October 2016, Québec City– Canada Illustrator: Francis Desharnais Francis Illustrator:
The networking event for animation professionals
Keynotes • Co-pro meetings • Cross-media opportunities
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GOVERNMENT OF CATALONIA – MINISTRY OF CULTURE ICEC – CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR CULTURAL COMPANIES
| Antònia ANDÚGAR Market Development Director
| Monika GANZENMÜLLER Market Development - Audiovisual Coordinator
EUROPA CREATIVA MEDIA CED-MEDIA CATALUNYA
| Àlex NAVARRO Coordinator
CATALAN FILMS & TV PROA
| Mar MEDIR | Raimon MASLLORENS Coordinator President
| Montserrat BOU PROANIMATS General Manager | Tony ALBERT President DIBOOS
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CARTOON General Director | Marc VANDEWEYER
Director Cartoon Masters & Cartoon Connection | Yolanda ALONSO
Director Cartoon Forum & Cartoon Movie | Annick MAES
Event coordinator | Joëlle KESENNE
Operations | Julie LIAMIN
Communication | Hélène MAMBOURG EXTERNAL SERVICES
Publications Computers | Stéphanie SIEGELS | Serge VAN BAELEN (The Hidden Source)
Finance & Accounting Technical supplier | Nathalie DEWANDEL | Neumann & Müller
Customers Accounting Visual Cartoon 360 | Marina KHAJYORGUI | Javier GALDOS
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Art with Mati Ascent from Before You Ante Chris and Dada Akeron Wake / Tesla
SQUAREFISH ACHTOONS SUBMARINE MY MAGICAL THOUGHTS
Brothers Bradley and Bee Bubble Bip Catapulteers Bearcubs
RED KITE NUKUFILM TRIACOM AUDIO. LIGHTNING SPRITE
Chez Simone Cinda Real Dickie DinoGames
XBO FILMS INSTITUTE FOR DE HOFLEVERANCIERS DREAM TEAM CONCEPT TRANSMEDIA DESIGN
Duck-Mouse Grand Banda Gummy Bear Hee Hee Hatty Channel
SILLY WALKS GS ANIMATION IMIRA ENT. ANIMA ART
My Preschool Orkyns - Unlock The Adventures Mash&Co Monsters Their Powers of Musicella
MASH&CO KD PRODUCTIONS POD ENT. CINÉ-LITTÉ PROD.
The Big The Snow Adventure of Ulysses Queen a Little Line
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He’s more evil than Damien, more bitter CATEGORY than Carrie, crueler than Chucky and gor- Cartoon ier than Dexter. But Chris is mainly just TARGET AUDIENCE an orphan. Like most of the boarders at Young adults/adults Saint-Molard de Mimolette, he doesn’t CONTACTS AT CARTOON 360 CROSS MEDIA know where he’s from or who his parents 1 | Comics are. Sister Marceline, the head of the es- 2 | Mobile game tablishment, is convinced that he’s the son of Satan. What if she’s right? Chris is sometimes cruel and extreme towards his fellow orphans, but he’s still a nice kid. After all, the devil himself can come Valentin Grégoire Iva Tkalec across as endearing... But if you don’t want any trouble, don’t pinch his lunch! PRODUCER Squarefish{Belgium} Valentin Grégoire [email protected] www.squarefish.be Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical Art with Mati and Dada
Welcome to the world of Mati and Dada, CATEGORY TV series where learning meets creativity and TARGET AUDIENCE Children imagination. “Art with Mati and Dada” CROSS MEDIA is an animated series for kids from 5 to 1 | Apps 8 years old, produced by Achtoons and 1 | Workshops in Museums Rai Fiction. Building upon the model of the museum as a creative learning 1 | TV series CONTACT AT CARTOON 360 institution, the series invites children 1 | Comics to become inspired by the world of art 1 | E-book through engaging storytelling. Cartoons, 1 | Connected toy screening in Museums, licensing experi- 1 | Music ences and a series of books to be sold 2 | Mobile game in bookshops inside Italian Museums, 2 | Interactive books/Comics are still a reality for Mati and Dada. Our 2 | Videogame/Console Giovanna Bo aim is now to develop interactive com- 2 | Second screen ponents like e-books and apps, to be 2 | Augmented reality integrated in a path of live workshops 3 | Live show on art for little kids. PRODUCER Achtoons {Italy} Giovanna Bo [email protected] www.achtoons.it Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical Ascent from Akeron
Akeron is a ramshackle city festering at CATEGORY the foot of a monolithic tower that ris- Interactive comic es from the middle of a remote island. TARGET AUDIENCE The people of Akeron live in perpetual Young adults/adults CONTACT darkness. They survive on scraps their AT CARTOON 360 CROSS MEDIA meager reward for mining coal. There’s 1 | Films a mysterious race of Elders on the is- 2 | Comics land who spy on the people of Akeron and warn them to abide by strict rules. 3 | Interactive books/Comics Deviating from these rules is deadly. Yet a 17 year-old boy, Machai, befriends a group of rebellious teenagers. By ac- Bruno Felix cident, they uncover a 21th century safe room that contains a chest of superhero comics. They discover resistance, fight, PRODUCER passion, light and love and decide to up- Submarine {Netherlands} set the status quo. Femke Wolting [email protected] www.submarinechannel.com Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical Before You Wake / Tesla
Ada, 12, a quiet dyslexic girl with wild CATEGORY Feature film imagination, suddenly discovers that TARGET AUDIENCE Family her world is not real and that she is, in CROSS MEDIA fact, living in a dream of the genius in- 1 | Film CONTACT ventor Nikola Tesla. In this dream, the 1 | Apps AT CARTOON 360 inventor has vision of his greatest inven- 1 | Mobile game tion. However, the energy powering the dreams has been drained and as a result 2 | Videogame/Console the dream – together with Ada’s world – 2 | E-book begins to slowly disappear. Since dream 2 | Second screen energy comes from memories, Tesla 3 | Interactive books/Comics sends Ada to certain instances of his 3 | Augmented reality Helena Bulaja Madunic past to collect sketches of the forgotten inventions. Meanwhile, a secret organi- sation called the Masters of Knowledge PRODUCERS is trying to get their hands on all of My Magical Thoughts Studio Carousel Tesla’s sketches in order to gain the {Croatia} {Serbia} entire knowledge of the world. Helena Bulaja Madunić Branislav Brkić [email protected] [email protected] www.mymagicalthoughts.net www.branislavbrkich.com Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical Bradley and Bee
Brave young Bradley and his determined CATEGORY TV series little sister Bee love to play together in TARGET AUDIENCE Pre-school their room. But they have a secret: a CROSS MEDIA wonderful, magical book that transports 1 | Second screen them and their vintage toy plane Victor 1 | Connected toy into an endless series of charming ad- ventures all over the natural world. 1 | Augmented reality There they meet a delightful cast of an- 2 | Apps imal characters and join in their funny 2 | Mobile game and exciting stories. A series that revels 2 | Live show in the love of books, stories and imag- 2 | Interactive books/Comics inary play, but also of the bond of love 3 | TV series between a brother and a sister. CONTACTS AT CARTOON 360
PRODUCERS Red Kite Animation Tomavistas {United Kingdom} {Spain} Ken Anderson Pierre Nothman [email protected] [email protected]
www.redkite-animation.com www.tomavistas.com Kenneth Scott Downie Pierre Nothman Anderson Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical Brothers Bearcubs
Three orphans bearcubs are wandering CATEGORY in a thick Siberian forest trying to escape Feature film from the hunter who attempted to shoot TARGET AUDIENCE their Mommy. They grow up as adopted CONTACT Children AT CARTOON 360 children in bohemian and art-friendly CROSS MEDIA families in Europe. They all want to be- 1 | Mobile game come famous artists but until now all 2 | Interactive web platform their attempts have failed. After meeting with each other and realizing that they 3 | Film are brothers, their lives get a whole new meaning. They want to become famous Kerdi artists and find their mother. The quest Kuusik-Oengo turns into a wild adventure.
PRODUCER Nukufilm{Estonia} Kerdi Kuusik-Oengo [email protected] www.nukufilm.ee Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical Bubble Bip
Look, we know homework is boring, but CATEGORY are your toys starting to look dull? Is that TV series playground slide getting tiresome? Then TARGET AUDIENCE meet BIP a wacky video game hero who Children CONTACT has escaped into our world! To him ev- AT CARTOON 360 CROSS MEDIA erything is fresh, funny and fantastic... 1 | TV series and he will show you that even the most 2 | Apps boring day can be an amazing adventure! Mobile game 3 | Comics Second screen
Judit Foz Povill
PRODUCERS Triacom Audiovisual {Spain} Planeta Junior {Spain} Toonz Media Group {India} Gemma Prat Judit Foz Povill P. Jayakumar [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.triacomaudiovisual.com www.planeta-junior.com www.toonz.co Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical Catapulteers
The beating heart of “Catapulteers” is CATEGORY an irreverent, genre-busting 3D catapult Mobile game Mobile App Game for casual gamers of TARGET AUDIENCE all ages. It’s Angry Birds meets 3D Space CONTACT Family AT CARTOON 360 Invaders with a unique twist: aiming CROSS MEDIA and firing catapult is only the beginning 1 | Videogame/Console of the fun! Fling unhinged human-can- 1 | Connected toy nonball commandoes – “Catapulteers” – at relentlessly advancing ranks of 2 | TV series robots then control their awesome at- 3 | Apps tacking moves on the battlefield to kick 3 | Mobile game Daniel Bays bot butt, face to face. The game powers and provides a platform for multifaceted shortform animated series exploring PRODUCERS the formation, backstories and comical Lightning Sprite Media Plug-In Media adventures of this misfit militia on epic {United Kingdom} {United Kingdom} quests to help, save and be accepted by Daniel Bays Juliet Tzabar the cowardly citizens of Castletopia. [email protected] [email protected] www.lightningspritemedia.com www.pluginmedia.net Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical Chez Simone
Simone is a sixty-something cougar CATEGORY who has run the local neighbourhood TV series mini-market in a large town for as long as TARGET AUDIENCE anyone can remember. One day, a large Young adults/adults CONTACTS AT CARTOON 360 supermarket moves in across the street, CROSS MEDIA headed up by the ambitious Sylvain 1 | Videogame/Console Lhéritier. The two retailers will compete Informational website ruthlessly and fiercely, argue over cus- tomers and suppliers, and deal with economics concepts, sometimes with-
out knowing. The programme combines Luc Camilli Alwa Deluze an animated series, a serious game and an informational website. Each season means that a business topic can be tack- led in an amusing, practical and wacky PRODUCERS way. The first season will deal with Xbo films{France} anoki {France} competitiveness, but will also address Luc Camilli Mannuela Marque purchasing power, currency, etc. [email protected] [email protected] www.xbofilms.com www.anoki.fr Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical Cinda Real
Cinda Real is a re-telling of Cinderella CATEGORY across several platforms (film, app & TV series VR). It is the first in a series of 6 fairy TARGET AUDIENCE CONTACT tales, each re-imagined to tackle a sep- Pre-school AT CARTOON 360 arate stigma (physical, sexual, mental, CROSS MEDIA racial, religious & psychological). By 2 | Apps re-imagining the narrative of the familiar 2 | VR Exhibition fairy tale, the goal is to explore a par- ticular stigma in a meaningful manner. “Cinda Real” is a story about a girl who is stigmatized for having only one leg Sara Bozanic and her intention to overcome this dis- ability within herself, within her family and within the community. PRODUCER Institute for transmedia design {Slovenia} Sara Bozanic [email protected] www.transmedia-design.me Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical Dickie
Dickie is an animation series based on CATEGORY TV series a comic-strip character developed by TARGET AUDIENCE Young adults/adults Pieter De Poortere. In a series of one-min- CROSS MEDIA ute short films, we follow the exploits of 1 | Videogame/Console a pitiful antihero with a big mustache 1 | Live show who draws the short straw in every sto- ry. Dickie is the universal loser. Whether 3 | Mobile game he is playing the role of farmer, fireman, 3 | Citymarketing + merchandising astronaut or knight: he always draws the 3 | E-book short straw. Dickie is full of good inten- 3 | TV series tions but he has no comprehension of 3 | Comics CONTACTS AT CARTOON 360 how society works. The end of a story often means a gruesome end for Dickie. But no matter how many times he dies, like many cartoon characters, Dickie is resurrected in the next story. Only to jump headlong into his own misfortune Peter Rogiers Renaat once again. Van Ginderachter
PRODUCERS De Hofleveranciers{Belgium} Beast Animation {Belgium} Autour de Minuit {France} Peter Rogiers Steven De Beul Nicolas Schmerkin [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.de-hofleveranciers.be www.beastanimation.be www.autourdeminuit.com Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical DinoGames
Siblings Cody and Vera and their friends CATEGORY Feature film are enjoying their favorite Virtual Reality TARGET AUDIENCE Family video game as they usually do. The ad- CROSS MEDIA venture starts when they are magically 1 | Interactive books/Comics transported to the “DinoGames” uni- 1 | Apps verse through their VR glasses: a portal communicates with the two worlds... 1 | Videogame/Console and our characters are now inside their 1 | Connected toy favourite video game. There, they’ll meet 3 | Mobile game their DinoPets. The group of friends will 3 | Virtual Reality Game soon discover that they have to get over 3 | TV series their differences and work in teams in 3 | Film CONTACTS AT CARTOON 360 order to go back to the real world. To re- turn home, they will have to reach the Crystal Dome and open a portal between the two worlds.
Lorena Ares Carlos Fernández Jordi Mendieta
PRODUCERS Dream Team Concept {Spain} Lady Bug Films {Spain} Carlos Fernández Ángel De la Cruz [email protected] [email protected] www.dreamteamconcept.com www.ladybugfilms.es Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical Duck-Mouse Channel
The series follows the crazy adven- CATEGORY tures of TJ, Sam, and Marvin three TV series dinosaurs from Leadfield and wannabe TARGET AUDIENCE CONTACT “YouTubers”. Recording videos and up- Family AT CARTOON 360 loading them to the Internet, keeping CROSS MEDIA up to date on technology, and above 2 | Mobile game all enjoying every minute of each day 2 | Videogame/Console are the hobbies of these friends. Their 2 | Second screen imagination is infinite, just like the su- perpowers possessed by Duck-Mouse, 3 | TV series the superhero they have created and Javier which serves as the nickname for their Gimenez Aznar gang. They fear nothing: for them, any wild idea is a challenge to be met. PRODUCER Silly Walks Studio {Spain} Javier Gimenez Aznar [email protected] www.sillywalksstudio.com Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical Grand Banda
Grand Banda is a series about two re- CATEGORY tired secret agents Kezzie and Maggie TV series – old ladies who appear to be ordinary TARGET AUDIENCE pensioners leading calm and peaceful Children lives. However, old habits die hard, and CONTACT CROSS MEDIA AT CARTOON 360 when it turns out they need to take care 1 | Second screen of their granddaughter they do it using 2 | Music methods they know best: old school super secret agent methods! Although 3 | Apps Kezzie and Maggie differ from each oth- 3 | Mobile game er in every possible way the grannies are 3 | Virtual reality the best of friends who would go to the 3 | TV series Anna Glowik ends of the Earth for each other and even 3 | Interactive books/Comics further for their grandkid. The grannies often cross paths with the Mustache Gang – three barbeque enthusiasts who PRODUCER lead a clumsy gangster life. GS Animation {Poland} Robert Jaszczurowski [email protected] www.g-s.pl Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical Gummy Bear
Gummy Bear series talks about the CATEGORY funny life and adventures of Gummy TV series Bear & his friends, Harry & Kala, liv- TARGET AUDIENCE ing in an apartment in a beautiful city. Children CONTACTS AT CARTOON 360 Gummy solves daily issues in his unique CROSS MEDIA and hilarious ways. Every episode has 1 | TV series a 40 seconds song sung and danced by 1 | Connected toy Gummy. 1 | Music 1 | Live show
Giles Bones Sergí Reitg
PRODUCER Imira Entertainment {Spain} Sergí Reitg [email protected] www.imiraentertainment.com Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical Hee Hee Hatty
It tells about the adventures of a little CATEGORY boy and his amazing paper hat. In each TV series episode, the boy deals with a mystery TARGET AUDIENCE hidden in his hat. It may resemble a con- Pre-school CONTACTS AT CARTOON 360 jurer’s hat, full of all kinds of surprises, CROSS MEDIA but constitutes an independent entity 1 | Film of its own and has amazing powers to 2 | Mobile game imitate the behaviour of people, ani- 2 | Connected toy mals and objects. Their common plays will give the series a mixture of emo- 3 | Apps 3 | Interactive books/Comics tions, thus filling it with expression and Marta Gebhardt Bogna fast-paced story. Key to solving riddles Sroka-Mucha hidden in the hat are the sounds which come out of it. Its behaviour, as well as the traces it leaves also give hints to PRODUCER solving the mystery. The titles are riddles Anima Art Foundation {Poland} themselves and inspire the audience to Marta Gebhardt creative thinking. [email protected] www.heeheehatty.com Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical Mash&Co
Mash&Co is an episodic app based on CATEGORY the story of Mash and Periwinkle who Interactive animation embark on a journey in search of wa- TARGET AUDIENCE ter that suddenly disappeared from the CONTACT Pre-school AT CARTOON 360 forest. Through interactive cartoons, CROSS MEDIA pre-schoolers learn, episode after epi- 1 | E-book sode, the values of sharing and respect 1 | Connected toy for nature. Parents have the opportunity to be part of kids’ experience and track 3 | Apps their progress. 3 | Mobile game 3 | Augmented reality 3 | Interactive books/Comics Katrin Ann Orbeta
PRODUCER Mash&Co {Italy} Vincenzo Merenda [email protected] www.mashandco.tv Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical My Preschool Monsters
My Preschool Monsters is a new trans- CATEGORY media brand that uses connected TV Series devices to allow real-time interaction TARGET AUDIENCE between different media. “My Preschool Pre-school CONTACTS AT CARTOON 360 Monsters” is designed for children be- CROSS MEDIA tween 2 and 6 years old, and consists 3 | Apps initially of three products: app + con- 3 | Mobile game nected toy + animated series. Each can 3 | Connected toy be enjoyed as a standalone product, but connecting them makes the user 3 | TV series
experience improve exponentially. Sandra Guillermo Salvador Velasco
PRODUCERS KD Productions Toons & Big Bang Box Games {Spain} {Spain} Sandra Salvador Guillermo Velasco [email protected] [email protected] www.kdptoonsandgames.com www.bigbangbox.es Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical Orkyns - Unlock Their Powers
Vanda (13) is a fearless farm girl. Her CATEGORY world suffers from drought and though TV series bound to the earth she dreams of flying TARGET AUDIENCE and adventure. When a group of Hunters Children CONTACTS AT CARTOON 360 kidnap her sister Disa, taking her to CROSS MEDIA their master, Tarc, Vanda loses their trail 1 | Film but bumps into a strange creature, an 1 | Videogame/Console Orkyn. Vanda follows the Orkyn to a for- est and discovers that behind its spooky 1 | E-book border life here flourishes thanks to the 1 | Music 2 | Interactive books/Comics forests keeper, part-time goddess, Ina. Håkan Sandberg Simon Staffans Vanda makes new friends, a group of 2 | Comics teenage outcasts, and learns to unleash 2 | Augmented reality the power of the Orkyns. With her team 3 | Webseries she carries out gutsy missions fooling 3 | Apps PRODUCER the evil Hunters. She does whatever it 3 | Mobile game POD Entertainment {Finland} takes to save Disa – even if it means sav- 3 | TV series Håkan Sandberg ing the world on the side. [email protected] www.orkyns.com Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical The Adventures of Musicella
The Adventures of Musicella is a come- dy TV series and transmedia project for kids about the magic of music. Musicella is a magic musical girl with an incredible gift to inspire people. She carries music in her hair made of cello strings. Like most children, Musicella is funny, curi- ous and sometimes naughty. She loves to play, eat caramel candies, and discov- er the world. That’s why she gets in all sorts of adventures and trouble, where the music is often the key to solutions. CONTACTS AT CARTOON 360 CATEGORY TV series / Transmedia project TARGET AUDIENCE Children CROSS MEDIA 1 | TV series 1 | Film 1 | Apps 1 | Connected toy Claire Falk Didier Falk Tatiana Kiseleva Lilia Schneider 1 | Music 1 | Printed children’s picture books PRODUCERS 2 | Mobile game CINÉ-LITTÉ Will Production 2 | Videogame/Console productions {Germany} {France} 3 | E-book Lilia Schneider Didier Falk 3 | Second screen [email protected] [email protected] 3 | Interactive books/Comics www.cine-litte.com www.will-production.com Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical The Big Adventure of a Little Line
A small boy taking a walk picks up a lit- CATEGORY tle line he finds lying on the sidewalk. Transmedia Putting it in his pocket, he forgets about TARGET AUDIENCE it entirely. Then the line starts to move – Family it’s alive! It’s the start of a long, shared CROSS MEDIA adventure. “The Big Adventure of a Little 1 | Film Line” is a cartoon tale, an ode to draw- 3 | Apps ing. We invite the very young to the very old to take part in the many stages of CONTACT lifelong friendship between a little boy AT CARTOON 360 and his red line. The project is composed of: a short film, freely based on the book by Serge Bloch, where the main subject is the love of drawing / an application which lets users make the most of inter- active experiences. It is the users’ own drawings that drive the story. Laurent Duret
PRODUCERS Bachibouzouk La Station Animation Les Editions Sarbacane {France} {France} {France} Laurent Duret Michel Cortey Frederic Lavabre [email protected] [email protected] www.editions-sarbacane.com www.bachibouzouk.net www.lastationanimation.com Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical The Snow Queen
After heroically defeating both the Snow CATEGORY Queen and the Snow King, Gerda still Feature film cannot find peace. Her dream is to find TARGET AUDIENCE her parents who were once taken away Family by the North Wind and finally reunite CROSS MEDIA CONTACTS AT CARTOON 360 the family. Gerda and friends venture 1 | Connected toy on a difficult journey to find her parents 1 | Live show and encounter new challenges along the way: they discover an ancient magical 1 | TV series artifact of the trolls, the Stone of Fire and 3 | Apps Ice. From that moment on things don’t go 3 | Mobile game according to the initial plan. Will Gerda 3 | Augmented reality Yuri Moskvin Vladimir Nikolaev be able to tame the mighty forces of the 3 | Film magical elements and get her family back? This is a story that contains every- PRODUCERS thing you love about Wizart: kindness, Wizart {Russia} Wizart {Russia} bravery, friendship, mystery, family love, Vladimir Nikolaev Yuri Moskvin and a happy ending, of course! [email protected] [email protected] www.wizartanimation.com www.wizartanimation.com Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical Ulysses
By attempting to reverse global warm- CATEGORY ing through bioengineering, Man has TV series & Video Game provoked the Gods and triggered their TARGET AUDIENCE anger. Exasperated by such arrogance, Young adults/adults CONTACT they induce a new ice age in order to re- CROSS MEDIA AT CARTOON 360 generate the planet. The rare survivors 2 | Apps have settled around the few naturally 2 | Mobile game warm areas. Among them is Ulysses, the captain of a ship who wanders across 2 | Film the ice with his crew. Along the way, 2 | Interactive books/Comics he crosses paths with Pallas (Goddess 2 | Music Athena incarnation), disguised as a va- 3 | Videogame/Console Pierre Cattan grant. As the only woman onboard, she’ll 2 | TV series have to prove her value and help Ulysses return to Ithaca. This philosophical ad- PRODUCER venture is presented through both an Small Bang {France} animated series and a video game. Pierre Cattan [email protected] www.smallbang.fr Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical
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Voyelle Acker France Télévisions {France}
After hosting a TV show for La Cinquième (ex-France 5) and editing a website about interactive fiction between 1999 and 2001, Voyelle spent 10 years in children’s television starting as a Production Assistant in a NYC animation studio. After her return to France, she spent five years at M6 as Programme Advisor and then as Head of Acquisitions and Development. She then joined France 3 as Deputy Head of children’s programmes. After the merge of the three youth departments (France 2, France 3 and France 5) she was promoted Head of new formats and new media in the youth and children’s department of France Télévisions. In 2011, she joined Boris Razon to help create and develop the digital storytelling and transmedia department of France Télévisions.
Japhet Asher Polarity Reversal {United Kingdom}
Japhet has created, produced and/or overseen content for Nickelodeon, Disney, CBBC, CBeebies, MTV, ABC, CBS, HBO, Fox, CANAL+ and more. He launched the CBBC and CBeebies YouTube channels and was in charge of digital content for CBBC during its most successful era to date. Japhet started out as a writer and documentary maker, making films for ABC, PBS and HBO. He went on to become a partner in the groundbreaking animation studio Colossal Pictures, which produced the very first MTV ID and made many more identity campaigns for most major kids and youth channels. Colossal is widely credited with turning broadcast graphics into interstitial entertainment, culminating in the TV series Japhet created for MTV and the BBC, “Liquid Television”. Japhet’s work has earned Emmy, BAFTA and Oscar recognition. After 25 years working in the USA, Japhet returned to the UK in 2004. He joined the BBC as an executive producer overseeing Children’s development, and was subsequently in charge of digital content for CBBC, where he developed the channel’s mobile and app strategy as well as establishing YouTube channels for CBBC and CBeebies. Japhet left the BBC to found Polarity Reversal where he develops original IP and consults for publishing, broadcast and digital companies. In addition to this, Japhet is Development Director at Carlton Publishing, where he oversees the development process for new formats and business opportunities in print and digital content. Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical
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Ida Brinck-Lund Brinck-Lund Media {Denmark}
Serial entrepreneur with a big heart, architect of disruptive and immersive experiences with aspirational values! Mostly across media and products – always tied in with digital – always looking at standing out. Focus on making “it” matter, branding that a (cross/ trans)media, developing, rolling it out and processes around it all and how to finance the monster you are developing. History within Danish TV Channels and kids media, Disney Channel, own brand Art of Crime developing a multiplatform universe that ended in 10 countries called “Crimeville” from MMO, Trading cards, TV Series to apps, boardgames, merchandise and connectivity within it. Left own company and has been consulting since while brewing on new stuff. Consultant at LEGO’s future Lab for their major Big Bang brands and at other companies about the future and how to get there.
Miki Chojnacka Hopster TV {United Kingdom}
Miki is responsible for brand, content and creative strategy at Hopster, UK’s leading TV and learning app for pre-school kids that helps them learn through the shows they love. Miki’s talent is for making things sparkle – brands, programmes, channels and products. Miki started her career at MTV Networks, responsible first for MTV, Nickelodeon and VIVA brands (creative, production and programming) and later for all Viacom entertainment brands across the emerging markets division. She oversaw the growth of Viacom’s entertainment channel portfolio from two channels to seven, including successful launches in Africa, Russia, SEA, India and Israel, ending her time there as VP, Global Head of Brand and Business Development, Comedy Central International. She attended Warsaw University where she studied journalism, radio, television and digital communication, and then attended Warsaw Centre for journalism, studying TV Directing. She has also been a producer and director of music videos, TV commercials and TV shows. Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical
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Ferran Clavell TV3 - CCMA {Spain}
Ferran Clavell is Head of Innovation & Digital Analytics at CCMA (Catalan Broadcasting Corporation). Since 2001 he has been involved in the creation and development of TV3 interactive media strategy: online presence, VoD (TV3alacarta), mobile apps, connected TV, interactive TV and social media. Prior to this he worked as a journalist in several TV programmes at RTVE and TV3 and was a founding partner of iMente, a content aggregation startup created in 2000. He has also been a jury member in some editions of the Webby Awards and Digital Emmy Awards.
Eleanor Coleman INDIE SALES {France}
Eleanor Coleman is a Paris-based American producer who was responsible for conceiving and implementing the first truly profitable 360° strategy for children’s programming and digital content in France, during her tenure as head of in house production across all platforms at TF1. 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), where she is also developing and acquiring ground breaking transmedia projects. 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, promoting Tostan, a human rights NGO in West Africa, as well as inter-religious dialogue and cooperative initiatives in Palestine. Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical
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Vincent Dondaine BulkyPix {France}
13 years in the gaming industry from tester to company founder, from physical gaming industry to digital distribution, Vincent has a global view on a very fast-moving industry where everything is changing on a 6 months basis: hardware, software, working methods and marketing… In 2008 Vincent co-founded BulkyPix, which is now one of the mobile industry’s fastest growing international publishers with more that 150 titles published on iOS and Android.
Nick Dorra Nick Dorra Productions {Finland}
Nick’s life is a mash-up of animation, mobile entertainment and all the talented colleagues he is lucky to work with. He has been leading creative teams in the production of animation, events and interactive drama since 1997. Currently Nick is prepping his latest venture and does advisory and consulting work for a selection of international clients. Previously at Rovio, he was responsible for original content sales and 3rd party acquisitions, after building the company’s animation studio from the ground up. Projects produced included “Angry Birds Toons”, which shot to 2 billion views in its first 20 months.
Julien Fabre Ankama Animations {France}
Julien Fabre has been working at Ankama since 2009. He is in charge of TV sales and Licensing for Ankama transmedia IPs (“Dofus”, “Wakfu”, “Abraca”, “Krosmaster”). He is also in charge of Ankama Editions publishing foreign rights (“Mutafukaz”, “Freaks Squeel”, etc.). Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical
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Yago Fandiño Lousa Radio Televisión Española (RTVE) / Clan TVE {Spain}
With over 15 years’ experience in integrated Interactive/TV projects, Yago Fandiño has linked his life and career to new communication technologies, and more specifically, to communication and children’s entertainment. Trained in journalism, he has been Deputy Director of Children’s Interactive Content at RTVE, and Online Editor for the Fox Kids and Jetix websites in Spain. He is currently Head of Children Content at TVE, responsible for the production of children’s TV programmes and interactive development.
Benjamin Feld Mixtvision {Germany}
Benjamin Feld is Managing Director at Munich based Mixtvision Digital, a 100% subsidiary of Mixtvision, a cross-platform publishing house for high-quality award winning content. Mixtvision has a strong focus on transmedia storytelling, where creativity and innovation in content production are key in order to tell engaging and immersive stories across platforms and target groups. Benjamin has been working in the media industry for over 10 years and has a track record of developing and producing successful formats for different media. Projects include TV series, console games, apps, e-books and others, some of which are based on famous brands like “Maya the Bee” or “Janosch: The Trip to Panama” while others are original creations. Benjamin holds a Master of Arts in media science and literature. He was one of the first to write about digital interactive fiction realizing the potential in this new form of storytelling at an early stage. Besides producing digital interactive content and defining the digital strategy for Mixtvision, Benjamin also pursues his writings and is a regular speaker at industry events. He is also a board member of the Transmedia Bayern. Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical
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Simon Flamank {United Kingdom}
Simon has worked in the entertainment industry for the last 30+ years both in Europe and North America. Throughout that time he has been involved in the financing and distribution of content, as well as overseeing M&A transactions in the sector. From 2006 to 2009 he was the CEO of TV Loonland the leading German children’s content producer and distributor. For the last four years he has been working in London and Jersey with various content creators and owners through Bob & Co, and its associated businesses, of which he was an Executive Director. Simon has helped advise numerous producers on achieving their financing goals, with a particular emphasis on children’s and animated content.
Tommy François Ubisoft {France}
Tommy François is VP Editorial at Ubisoft International Production. Tommy joined Ubisoft in 2006 after varied experiences within the entertainment industry, first working as a journalist for French cable TV Channel CANAL+ as well as print and radio medias, then as a producer at Shiny and as an editorial manager for TV Channel Game One & MTV. He is now in charge of developing new franchises at Ubisoft, supporting studios throughout the creative process and helping them achieve the best game play experience. Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical
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Richard Haines Penguin Random House {United Kingdom}
After a Degree in media and film, Haines started his publishing career in the marketing department at HarperCollins Children’s Books before moving into a licensing role working on brands including “Dr. Seuss”, “One Direction” and “Hello Kitty”. He joined Penguin in early 2012 and is now Acquisitions and New Business Manager. Current brands include “Furchester”, “World of Warriors”, “Dennis the Menace” and “Peppa Pig”. He is also responsible for the acquisition and development of new IP including pre-school television show “Puffin Rock”.
Valérie Hénaire Frima Studio {Canada}
Valérie has over 22 years of professional experience in the multimedia industry, including 20 in the video game industry. Before joining Frima, Valérie was a partner at SAGA, a studio specialising in the creation of transmedia narrative universes. Previous to that, she spent 8 years on Ubisoft Québec’s executive board, all while producing popular titles such as “Prince of Persia” and “Assassin’s Creed”. Pioneer of the video game industry in Quebec, she oversaw the production of over 30 titles, several of which fall under the “edutainment” category. She also participated in the production of several feature films, short films, animated series, TV ads, and documentaries. Valérie currently sits on the board of directors for ANDI, MediaLab and Festival Vitesse Lumière. She also founded the Fondation philanthropique Grant- Mathieu. Valérie holds diplomas from Université Laval in social advertising and educational technology. Valérie received the Corus scholarship for the Banff New Media Career Accelerator Programme and is one of the 550 Université Laval graduates to have received the “Influent Leader” recognition. Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical
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Joseph Jacquet France Télévisions {France}
Born in 1971, Joseph Jacquet has been working for 20 years in the book field. As editor of children books and art books when 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 published 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 head of a professional school for publishers and became an author with Christel Gonnard for TV series such as “Milly Miss Question” (France 5), “Les blagues de Toto” (M6) and “Plankton Invasion” (CANAL+). In 2011, he started working for the 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 Televisions as a Research and Development Animation Manager.
Pablo Jordi Pikkukala {Finland}
More than fifteen years of experience in kids entertainment. Hands- on Executive Producer with focus on creativity. Pablo just finished producing the third season of “Angry Birds Toons” for Rovio. ABT is the most popular series on Toons.tv, Rovio’s VoD platform which reached 4 billion views in only two years. He founded Stor Fisk in Barcelona in 2001 and Pikkukala in Helsinki in 2012. He built two original animation series – “Saari” and “Fungi” – from the ground up by putting together a great team of talented artists, partnering with broadcasters, institutions and other production companies to finance, produce and license the shows to more than 20 countries worldwide. “Saari” and “Fungi” were created and co-directed by Pablo’s wife Veronica Lassenius. Proud to have enabled the first long-format animation series co-production between Spain and Portugal: “Emma&Gui”. Pablo has a solid artistic, technical and business understanding of animation projects. With time, he has learnt about Intellectual Property law, contract negotiation and financial planning. Curiosity has taken him from studying Fine Arts to producing and directing animation, and more recently to game development. Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical
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Shawn Mahoney Sunny Days {France}
Shawn Mahoney managed the digital asset catalogue of TFOU (TF1 children’s programmes) for 8 years, in charge of increasing the TFOU multi-screen audience (Internet, tablet and smartphone) connected with the TV programmes, strengthening community membership, as well as monetizing the brand assets through creative operations with TF1 ad network and advertisers (Mattel, McDonald’s, Kellogg’s...). Dedicated to transmedia and children’s entertainment, he left TFOU in 2013 to focus on his career as a Writer for animated series. He’s currently developing two of his own original series with producers and a transmedia project about heroes, and he has just published his fifth children’s book. He is the founder of Sunny Days, a consultancy specializing in digital storytelling for children and their families. He offers his services to communication agencies, advertisers, producers of animated series and publishers to help them conceive the best stories for their clients and enrich their properties with creative interactive content.
Jon Mason Jollywise {United Kingdom}
Jon is a digital content professional who believes passionately in telling the right stories on the right platforms. Over the last 18 years he has delivered and managed a wide range of digital media projects at an international level both client and agency side. Cutting his teeth in a start up in the late 90s, then taking a role as Creative Producer within the Walt Disney Company before setting up Jollywise a multi award winning digital content company. He is proud to have worked on content & campaigns to support some of the largest brands and properties on the planet. His company currently works with Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, NGkids, Disney and Universal Pictures and is helping them to deliver fun and educational experiences in this new Multiplatform world. Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical
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Antoine Maurel Le Lombard {Belgium}
Manager of a comics’ transmedia imprint, Lombard XP, at Le Lombard publishing house. Transmedia writer and co-founder of It’s Dangerous To Go Alone, a production company specialized in literary development for all kind of medias: video games, animation & comics.
Dominic Minns Plug-in Media {United Kingdom}
Dom is Plug-in Media’s Creative Director and he has been originating and leading the company’s creative output for over 12 years, cementing its reputation for creative excellence. Following an apprenticeship in comic strip, Dom moved into television production as an assistant director, art director and production designer, working on a number of films and drama documentaries through the 1990s. Dom started working in digital media in 2000 when he joined Victoria Real as Lead Animator. In 2004 he partnered with Seb Lee Delisle to form Plug-in Media, and has been conceptualising, designing, animating and directing its projects ever since, enabling him to pursue his passion for creating inspirational and humorous content for kids. Most recently he has been directing Plug-in Productions linear animation output: “Tee and Mo”, and “Big Billy Little Billy”, each based on his original ideas. Dom has spoken at conferences all over the world including Flash on the Beach, InPlay, The Japan Prize and CMC, and has lectured on game design at the New England Institute of Art. Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical
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Antonio Naranjo Kid’s Cluster {Spain}
Antonio Naranjo is specialised in the association’s environment, developing events and working groups around common knowledge and business opportunities. Since 2010 he is managing the Kid’s Cluster® in Barcelona, a cluster of more than 50 companies from several activities that offer products and services for children. The cluster helps create a network of agents focused in generating and sharing knowledge as well as facilitating business opportunities for new proposals. He has a good understanding of cross-sectorial opportunities for business involving education, leisure, product development and communication. He was born in Barcelona in 1970 and has a Degree in Economics.
Michel Reilhac Mélange {France}
Michel Reilhac designs innovative story-based experiences, using digital platforms (cinema, TV, mobile, tablets, …) and real life events. His creative approach to storytelling ambitions to offer viewers/ participants a unique opportunity for an immersive, participatory and interactive experience. He focuses exclusively on Virtual Reality films and experiences. Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical
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Tanu-Matti Tuominen IPR.VC Fund {Finland}
Tanu-Matti Tuominen is Co-founder, Partner of IPR.VC Fund. He has been a digital media serial entrepreneur for 28 years and investor for 15 years. Professional experience: Partner and Co-founder of Vision+ Fund Investor and Board Member at Privanet Capital Plc, a FSA regulated brokerage house; Co-founder and Creative Director of Tietovalta, the very first and one of the largest digital media companies in Finland, 1988. Successful exit 1999. Since then business angel, investor, consultant and company developer. Board member and partner of advertising agency Zeeland Family Plc (NasdaqOMX: ZEE1V), Board Member of Åkerlund Foundation (a foundation that actively supports the development of expertise and education in the field of media and communications) and Board Member of Mindtrek ry, several company board memberships awarded Scriptwriter, Producer and Project Director. He is an ocean sailor, a runner, a male choir singer (2nd tenor) and guitarist.
Maurice Wheeler The Little Big Partnership {United Kingdom}
As Founder and Strategy Partner at The Little Big Partnership, Maurice Wheeler has developed audience-led strategies that have solved problems such as: how are decisions made on what games console a family will buy; how can you get more kids to engage with the Premier League; what role social media plays in a mum’s purchasing process; what and how content can be used to reinforce brand stories. He has more than 19 years of marketing experience starting out in the classic agency environment of Leo Burnett before starting his own agency Doco (formerly Digital Outlook) in 1998, and then The Little Big Partnership in 2012. Wheeler has helped many clients including Nickelodeon, BBC, Disney, Microsoft, Google, Universal Music, Unilever and LEGO. He has written a number of papers on how to effectively engage with different audience types from kids to fathers to the family unit as a whole. You will mostly find him reading or writing research papers, preparing presentations, outdoor swimming or playing with his two boys. Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical
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Vanessa Chapman Brighter Path / VJC Media {United Kingdom}
Vanessa Chapman is an internationally respected media executive, whose 30 years in the sector has spanned all media platforms. With proven experience in content and business strategy; fundraising and investment, she heads up VJC Media, a creative and business agency that works with international broadcasters, media companies, brands and creators. She is a director of a number of companies and advises on content/strategy at Brighter Path which manages intellectual property, with especial focus on digital distribution/ e-commerce solutions. As award-winning journalist, Vanessa began her broadcasting career with the BBC before joining London Weekend Television (LWT), where she worked across multiple disciplines, including current affairs, popular factual, entertainment and youth programming. In the late 90’s, she was Controller of Children’s, Youth and Family Programmes for the ITV Network. She went on to help develop the strategy for The LEGO Company’s entry into the global television and movie business, subsequently being appointed Managing Director of the newly created TV and Film Company, Create TV and Film. Her credits at Create include the award-winning film/ multi-platform franchise “Bionicle” and popular pre-school show “Little Robots”. She also executive produced the cult sci-fi film, “Ultramarines”. Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical
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Christophe Erbes Kids Media ©nsulting {France}
Christophe Erbes was born in 1963 in Paris and studied Mathematics, Telecommunications Science and Economics. After some scientific research in Montreal, he worked for CANAL+ International in Paris. He was then responsible for the kids and short films department at PREMIERE (now SKY Deutschland) in Hamburg before becoming Head of Programmes at S-RTL / Disney in Cologne. After being Deputy Managing Director and Head of Programmes of Nickelodeon Germany, he was Managing Director at Jetix (now Disney XD) in Madrid, London and Munich. He lives in Marcousin (Dordogne) and is an international Media Consultant focusing on children content strategies. He sits on few boards (Stuttgart Animation Festival, German Kids Film Association) and regularly hosts media festivals and podium discussions, organizing for kids channels worldwide the Global Kids Media Congress in Angoulême. He develops and writes for original and classic TV and film properties for children and, under his pseudonym Theo de Marcousin, he’s a successful kids books author: see on FaceBook – and maybe like?! – OSCAR & HOO.
John Lomas-Bullivant Kickback Media {United Kingdom}
John Lomas-Bullivant is the Founder of Kickback Media a children’s IP company which helps businesses operating in the children’s media space understand how to create and develop content that can move from one medium to another. John has over 25 years’ experience working in children’s media with experience gained at Senior Executive level at Fireback Entertainment, TV-Loonland, Pearson Television and HiT Entertainment. John began espousing a transmedia approach to content creation as far back as 2002 when he set up Kickback Media which was founded on the principle “Character is King not the Medium”. The pitching event for animation’s CARTOON next generation
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Conference Venue Social Events 1 Disseny Hub Barcelona 4 Welcome Dinner | 30 May Plaça de les Glòries 37-38 1881 Per Sagardi Plaça de Pau Vila 3 Hotels 5 Farewell Dinner | 1 June 2 Hotel Silken Diagonal Can Travi Nou Avinguda Diagonal 205 Calle Jorge Manrique
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Social Events Monday 30th May | The Welcome Dinner will take place at 20:00 at 1881 Per Sagardi restaurant, a rooftop with an amazing view of Barcelona sea port.
Tuesday 31st May | Following the last session of the day, you are kindly invited by Catalan Films & TV and ProAnimats to join an informal drink Wednesday 1st June and networking within Disseny Hub. | The Farewell Dinner will take place at 20:00 at Can Travi Nou restaurant, an authentic catalan farmhouse, a fairytale environment from the 17th century in the middle of gorgeous gardens. Remember how the European animation industry was in 1988, and how it has grown since then... Creative Europe/MEDIA is proud to have contributed to this success.
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