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| Xavier BERTRAND President of the Hauts-de-France Region

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| Damien CASTELAIN President of the European Metropolis of Lille

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Le transmédia, source d’excellence dans les Hauts-de-France

ette année encore, Cartoon 360, depuis 2017, permettant l’implantation, Cévénement majeur du transmédia, sur notre territoire, de nouveaux studios a choisi les Hauts-de-France pour comme Cyber Group Studios et MadLab rassembler les professionnels de toute Animations. Dès la rentrée prochaine, nous l’Europe, afin de donner aux acteurs de aurons la joie d’accueillir, sur le site de la l’animation et des métiers numériques Plaine Images, une nouvelle école dédiée connexes la possibilité de présenter leurs aux effets spéciaux et à l’animation : l’école projets transmédia. ArtFX. Cette implantation renforcera l’excellence régionale, déjà portée Nous soutenons l’animation et le par plusieurs établissements dont la transmédia en Hauts-de-France, car prestigieuse école Rubika à Valenciennes. c’est toujours plus de synergies entre le cinéma, la télévision, le gaming… c’est- Les Hauts-de-France sont une référence à-dire de synergies entre toutes les dans le domaine de la création filières créatrices d’activité et d’emplois, audiovisuelle et numérique, et nous en révélatrices de talents et qui s’exportent sommes fiers ! Je souhaite à tous les bien. Les professionnels de l’image et professionnels de Cartoon 360 une belle du numérique savent qu’ils peuvent rencontre, immersive et participative, compter sur la Région, notamment comme il se doit en transmedia, et surtout à travers Pictanovo, dont le budget la réalisation de leurs projets. d’investissement a été multiplié par 2,5 Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical

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Transmedia, driving excellence in Hauts-de-France

nce again this year, Cartoon 360, a studios such as Cyber Group Studios Omajor transmedia event, has chosen and MadLab Animations have moved Hauts-de-France to bring together into our region. For the next academic professionals from all over Europe, giving year, we are delighted to welcome a new players from the animation and connecting special effects and animation school on digital industries an opportunity to present the Plaine Images site: the ArtFX school. their transmedia projects. This establishment will strengthen regional excellence, already buoyed by We support animation and transmedia in several institutions such as the prestigious Hauts-de-France, because it leads to more Rubika School in Valenciennes. synergy between the film, television and gaming industries - synergy between all Hauts-de-France is a leader in the field of the sectors that create economic activity audiovisual and digital creation and we are and jobs, unearth talent and find success very proud of it! I hope all the professionals in export markets. Media and digital at Cartoon 360 enjoy an immersive and professionals know that they can count on hands-on experience, as it should be in the Region, for example with Pictanovo, transmedia, and that their projects come whose investment budget has increased to fruition. by 250% since 2017, meaning that new *Key figures 2017 © Comdesimages a majorregionintheworldof cinema of newworks. Two major operators: ACAP formediaeducation Help withorigination,production,filminganddevelopment les Hauts-de-France! For youraudiovisualprojects, there’s onlyoneplace togo: and Pictanovoforcreationproduction. > > > > >

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a Métropole Européenne de Lille (MEL) l’innovation design ainsi que sur ses 7 Loccupe une place de choix dans le sites d’excellence: panorama de la filière Images Numériques › Euralille ; 3e quartier d’affaire français et Industrie Créatives. Le développement et pôle tertiaire de premier plan, de la Plaine Images, site d’excellence dédié › Eurasanté ; dédié à la filière biologie/ à cette filière en témoigne. Il accueille santé, il s’agit du plus grand campus notamment les entreprises Ankama, hospitalo-universitaire d’Europe, Wakanim ou encore 3DDUO. › Euratechnologies ; dédié aux TIC et à Dans cette dynamique, la MEL soutient la filière numérique dont Blanchemaille le pôle d’excellence Pictanovo, qui by Euratech, premier incubateur e-com- joue un rôle clef notamment dans le merce de France et AGTech, dédié aux in- développement du secteur audiovisuel novations dans le secteur de l’agriculture, et jeu vidéo, aux côtés des acteurs de la Plaine Images. Après une 1e édition › La Haute Borne ; parc scientifique Haute réussie en 2018, qui vient s’ajouter au Qualité Environnementale, succès grandissant du Festival Séries › Le CETI et la Plaine Images ; écrin des Mania, la seconde édition de Cartoon 360 filières textiles et Image du quartier de marque la montée en puissance de la l’Union, Métropole Européenne de Lille sur la › Euralimentaire, dédié aux produits frais carte européenne de l’innovation. et locaux. À propos de la Métropole Tous interconnectés, ils ont pour Européenne de Lille particularité d’être structurés et Au service des 90 communes qui la animés via un écosystème complet composent, la Métropole Européenne de qui a pour spécificité d’allier le monde Lille agit au quotidien pour améliorer la vie de l’entreprise, de l’enseignement et des 1,2 million d’habitants du territoire. de la recherche, de la formation et de Elle a pour ambition de développer son l’entrepreneuriat. Ensemble, ils forment attractivité et construit ainsi un territoire un maillage solide et multi-centralisé d’excellence autour de 3 filières phares que favorisant une meilleure implantation sont le numérique et l’image, la santé et sur le territoire et le développement l’alimentation et les matériaux innovants. accompagné des projets. La MEL s’appuie pour cela sur 3 leviers de compétitivité des entreprises : la transition Plus d’informations sur : numérique, la transition énergétique et www.lillemetropole.fr Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical

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ille Métropole holds a prime position Furthermore, the metropolis can rely on Lin the Digital Image and Creative its seven centres of excellence: Industries sector. As we can see with › Euralille, France’s third-largest busi- the development of Plaine Images, a ness district and a leading tertiary hub, cluster dedicated to the sector. It houses › Eurasanté, largest university hospital companies such as Ankama, Wakanim campus in Europe dedicated to biology and 3DDUO. and health, In this scope, Lille Métropole supports the › Euratechnologies, dedicated to ICT and Pictanovo centre of excellence, which plays the digital sector, including Blanchemaille a key role in developing the audiovisual and by Euratech, France’s first e-commerce video game sector alongside the companies incubator, and AGTech, dedicated to at Plaine Images. This second edition of innovation in the agricultural sector, Cartoon 360 in Lille, added to the success of the first edition and the increasing popularity › La Haute Borne, a science park focused of the Series Mania festival, marks the on environmental quality, rising importance of the metropolis in the › CETI and Plaine Images, centres for the European field of innovation. textile and image industries in the Union About Lille Métropole district, Every day, Lille Métropole works to › Euralimentaire, dedicated to fresh, local serve 1.2 million inhabitants from 90 production. municipalities. All interconnected, these centers of Its ambition is to develop its attractiveness, excellence are structured and coordinated building a land focused on excellence via a complete ecosystem that brings around three key industries – digital together the worlds of business, technology and images, health and food, teaching and research, training and and innovative materials. entrepreneurship. Together, they form To achieve this, Lille Métropole acts in a solid, decentralized fabric that helps three fields for business competitiveness: companies to establish a presence in the digital transition, the energy transition the area and provides support for project and design innovation. development.

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> en Guillaume DELBAR Vice-Président de la Région Hauts-de-France Vice-Président de la MEL Maire de Roubaix Président de Pictanovo

L’animation : un secteur en plein essor, en France comme en Europe

a première édition de Cartoon 360 C’est dans ce contexte que Cartoon 360 L en Hauts-de-France a rencontré, en offre aux experts, créatifs, techniciens, 2018, un très grand succès auprès des sociétés de production, diffuseurs professionnels européens de l’animation, et éditeurs une formidable occasion et je suis heureux que le pari pris de multiplier les rencontres et les d’implanter ce rendez-vous de référence opportunités d’affaires. des projets animés transmédia dans la Ces deux jours d’échanges et d’affaires Métropole Européenne de Lille ait été sont une fenêtre supplémentaire brillamment relevé. pour l’écosystème des Hauts-de- Les œuvres animées ont ceci de singulier France, dont nous encourageons la qu’elles croisent création originale, croissance. Des organismes de formation diversité culturelle et historique, propres internationalement reconnus, comme à chaque pays dont elles sont issues. Les Rubika (Valenciennes), l’Esaat (Roubaix), histoires que l’on raconte notamment Pôle 3D (Roubaix), ArtFX (Roubaix) ou à nos enfants sont constitutives de leur encore l’Esad (Amiens), pour ne citer imaginaire et de la représentation du qu’eux, forment les talents de demain. De monde qui les entoure. grands acteurs de l’animation, à l’instar d’Ankama (Roubaix), Les Films du Nord Le transmédia, pour les acteurs de (Tourcoing), Tchack (Lille), Studio Redfrog l’animation, constitue une opportunité de (Lille) et bien d’autres, travaillent sur développement stratégique essentielle. notre territoire. Déployer un univers créatif sur différents supports, c’est créer une convergence des Pictanovo, au travers de ses fonds d’aide, publics et en optimiser la portée, dans et avec le soutien de la Région Hauts-de- une économie mondialisée. France et du Centre National du Cinéma

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et de l’image animée, consacre plus de Je remercie chaleureusement Marc 2 millions d’euros chaque année pour Vandeweyer et toutes les équipes de soutenir la création d’œuvres animées. Cartoon, l’association internationale à C’est une économie florissante auprès de l’origine de Cartoon 360 et de nombreux laquelle nous poursuivons nos efforts : les événements dédiés à l’animation, atouts de la région Hauts-de-France sont de conforter cet événement majeur réels et reconnus. dans les Hauts-de-France et, plus particulièrement, dans la métropole lilloise. Je souhaite pleine réussite à cette deuxième édition de Cartoon 360 ! Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical

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> fr Guillaume DELBAR Deputy President of the Hauts-de-France Region Deputy President of Lille European Metropolis Mayor of Roubaix President of Pictanovo

Animation: a sector on the rise, in France and in Europe

he first Cartoon 360 event in Hauts- It is in this context that Cartoon 360 T de-France in 2018 was a resounding offers experts, creative professionals, success amongst European animation technicians, production companies, professionals, and I am thrilled that the broadcasters and publishers a wonderful gamble taken to establish this bench opportunity to increase their networking mark assembly of animated transmedia and business opportunities. projects in the Lille European Metropolis has so brilliantly paid off. These two days of exchange and business are an additional showcase for the Hauts- Animated works are unique in that they de-France ecosystem, whose growth it cross original creation with cultural is our goal to encourage. Recognised and historical diversity, specific to their international training bodies, such as country of origin. The stories that we Rubika (Valenciennes), Esaat (Roubaix), tell, especially to our children, are a Pôle 3D (Roubaix), ArtFX (Roubaix) and building block of their imagination and a Esad (Amiens) - to name just a few - train representation of the world around them. up-and-coming talents. Major animation players, such as Ankama (Roubaix), Les Transmedia, for players in the animation Films du Nord (Tourcoing), Tchack (Lille), field, is an opportunity for essential Studio Redfrog (Lille) and many others, strategic development. Rolling out a work in our region. creative universe on different mediums means converging audiences and Pictanovo, through its aid funds, and optimising its reach, all in a globalised with the support of the Hauts-de-France economy. Region and the Centre National du Cinéma

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et de l’image animée (National Centre of I would like to thank Marc Vandeweyer Cinema and Animated Image) allocates and all of the teams at Cartoon, the more than 2 million euros every year to international association which gave birth support the creation of animated works. to Cartoon 360 and numerous events We pursue our efforts within a flourishing dedicated to animation, for supporting economy: the Hauts-de-France region’s this major event in Hauts-de-France assets are substantial and widely known. and, particularly, in the Lille Metropolis. May this second Cartoon 360 event be a tremendous success!

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> en Marc VANDEWEYER Directeur général – CARTOON

Lille : le rendez-vous des professionnels de l’animation transmédia

artoon se réjouit que Lille accueille à Cette année et pendant 3 jours, des Cnouveau Cartoon 360 (6è édition) dont producteurs en provenance de 15 pays la vocation est d’aider les producteurs distincts viendront pitcher 24 projets européens d’animation à transformer européens d’animation transmédia ciblés leur projet d’animation en programme pour des publics allant du pré-scolaire transmédia à destination des marchés aux adultes. numériques. Ces producteurs recevront des conseils À cet égard, les défis de la production, avisés d’une trentaine de professionnels du financement et de la distribution qui sont surtout des experts dans de multiplateforme ne sont pas des plus nombreux domaines liés à la diffusion simples, mais puisque désormais la télé, l’édition de livres numériques, plupart des projets d’animation sont le développement et l’édition de jeux développés avec une approche à 360°, vidéo, la production multiplateforme et sur des supports et avec des formes transmédia, l’écriture interactive, la RV et narratives multiples, prenant en compte la RA, le financement, le marketing digital, de nouveaux modes de consommation la distribution VOD… pour n’en citer que et de monétisation de contenus, il est quelques-uns. important d’accompagner les producteurs L’objectif de ces journées est d’aider ces sur ces nouveaux chemins. porteurs de projets à développer leurs Nous sommes convaincus que cet marques avec succès sur ces nouveaux événement offre à tous et particulièrement médias grâce à des échanges interactifs aux porteurs de projets transmédia, de et personnalisés avec ces experts et réelles opportunités d’apprentissage, et aussi grâce à la mise en relation avec de rencontres qui permettront d’accélérer d’autres professionnels qui pourraient se ces migrations. positionner sur ces projets.

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Nous exprimons nos remerciements Nous souhaitons à tous ces producteurs et notre gratitude à Créative Europe/ pionniers avec ou sans projet de mener à Programme MEDIA, ainsi qu’à la bien leurs rendez-vous d’affaires et par Région Hauts-de-France, la Métropole avance remercions le panel d’experts Européenne de Lille, Pictanovo, Plaine pour sa contribution à cet événement qui Images et Noranim pour leur soutien représente une plateforme unique pour et leur confiance dans cette aventure les projets d’animation transmédia. numérique. Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical

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> fr Marc VANDEWEYER General Director – CARTOON

Lille: the venue for transmedia animation professionals

artoon is delighted to be once again in development and publishing, VR and CLille for the sixth edition of Cartoon 360, AR, financing, digital marketing, VoD a platform for animation producers who distribution, cross-media production and want to focus on creating new transmedia transmedia writing, to name just a few of brands for the different digital markets. their skills.

The challenges for multi-platform The objective is to train producers develop production, financing and distribution are better and more targeted cross-media not easy to handle but as most animation brands whilst interacting and networking projects are developed nowadays with a with specialists and an audience of peers 360° approach, involving multiple devices interested to learn and take part in the and narrative forms, addressing different development and production of these consumption modes and monetisation projects. issues, we felt the need to accompany We want to express our deep gratitude these producers along the way. to Creative Europe/MEDIA Programme, This is why we are convinced that this and to the Region Hauts-de-France, the event offers a real opportunity for all of Métropole Européenne de Lille, Pictanovo, you to learn, exchange and go one step Plaine Images and Noranim for their further in the finalisation of your digital support and trust in this digital venture. undertakings. We wish to all these pioneering producers This year, 24 European transmedia proj- and the rest of the audience some fruitful ects coming from 15 European countries, meetings and warmly thank the panel will be pitched here for 3 days with audi- of experts for their involvement in what ences in target from pre-school to adult. we hope is a new business and creative platform for animation transmedia Their producers will receive guidance projects. from almost 30 digital mentors coming from broadcasting, e-publishing, game

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| Jérôme ALLARD Coordinator of the Animation Funds

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CARTOON General Director | Marc VANDEWEYER

Cartoon Masters Director | Frédérique VINEL

Coaching Programme Coordinator | Agnès BIZZARO

Event coordinator | Joëlle KESENNE

Operations | Julie LIAMIN & | Clara FAUST EXTERNAL SERVICES Communication Videos | Laura NGUYEN | Elodie WATTIAUX

Publications Computers | Stéphanie SIEGELS | Serge VAN BAELEN (The Hidden Source)

Finance & Accounting Technical supplier | Marcia PEETERS | Neumann & Müller Customers Accounting Visual Cartoon 360 | Marina KHAJYORGUI | Partially designed with Freepik Administrative assistant by Nicolas Haye (Studio Redfrog) | Fouzia ARROUJ Graphic Design Logistics support | Nathalie DOUROV & | Béty HALFAOUI | Carol PAGES (Marmelade) The ﬁrst cluster dedicated to audiovisual and digital formats in France.

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BIBI, BOBBY & ARIANE BALDIES BEARDY BODO ZAZZY (BIBI’S AND NINO WORLD)

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Production company Bachibouzouk and CATEGORY PRODUCERS animation company Dupuis Edition & Interactive and TV series Dupuis Edition & Audiovisuel Audiovisuel have joined forces to de- TARGET AUDIENCE {France} velop a new interactive programme and Children Caroline Duvochel animated series based on the adven- [email protected] CROSS MEDIA tures of “Ariane and Nino”. Ariane and 1 | Web series www.dupuis.com Nino time travel through history, leaving 1 | TV series Bachibouzouk {France} their 21st century life to explore, among 1 | Apps Laurent Duret other moments, the days of the Vikings, [email protected] the discovery of oil, dinosaurs, Louis XIV, 1 | Mobile game Albert Einstein and World War I. 2 | Video game/Console www.bachibouzouk.net 2 | Licensing/Cons. Prod. 3 | Film CONTACTS AT CARTOON 360 3 | Interactive books/ Sophie Caron comics Laurent Duret Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical Baldies

Yes, you have cancer, but this project CATEGORY PRODUCERS is going to help you become bold and TV series Old&Rich Productions strong, but mainly positive. All the doc- TARGET AUDIENCE {Czech Republic} tors around, all the scary examinations Family Jiri Sadek and all the fear you have inside is nor- [email protected] CROSS MEDIA mal, but we will explain many things to 1 | Apps www.oldrich.rocks you through the magic of animation, so 2 | Interactive books/ Cofilm{Czech Republic} we can look inside the body and even comics Jindrich Trcka the chemotherapy becomes to be your 3 | YouTube channel [email protected] friend. Why will your hair fall off your head? Why can’t you go to school with www.cofilm.eu your friends? And what is the tumor? These aren’t simple questions at all CONTACTS AT CARTOON 360 and thanks to this project you’ll have an Jindrich Trcka answer. Julie Ondrackova Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical Beardy Bodo

A rowdy web series that teaches kids to CATEGORY PRODUCERS read. Young viewers will be taken on a TV series FunGameMedia {Germany} journey from individual letters to read- TARGET AUDIENCE Leonid Zaletaev ing exercises and even through some of Pre-school [email protected] the trickier aspects of language, led by CROSS MEDIA Riki Group {Russia} the hilarious Bodo, a grouch with a long 1 | Web series Dessislava Medkova beard who doesn’t know how to read 1 | Apps himself and ends up muddling things [email protected] 1 | Mobile game up more often than he actually manages www.riki-group.com to explain the rules of reading. By solv- 2 | TV series ing a range of tasks and simple puzzles, 2 | Video game/Console CONTACTS AT CARTOON 360 playing games and stopping Bodo from 2 | Licensing/Cons. Prod. Anna Mysskaya 2 | E-book hiding the letters, kids learn the alpha- Dessislava Medkova bet and improve their reading abilities. 2 | Interactive books/ comics 2 | Uses AR/VR 3 | Comics 3 | Connected toy Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical Bibi, Bobby & Zazzy (Bibi’s World)

Bibi’s World: Bibi, Bobby and the small CATEGORY PRODUCER alien Zazzy are protagonists of classical TV series Bibiland {Macedonia} fairytales with a humorous twist and ed- TARGET AUDIENCE Zharko Stojanoski ucational messages, teaching kids good Pre-school [email protected] habits such as to be clean, earnest, hon- CROSS MEDIA www.bibiland.mk est, respectful, eco-friendly etc. Bibi is 1 | Uses AR/VR temperamental and cheerful, but also 1 | Music CONTACTS AT CARTOON 360 quite empathetic: she sympathizes with 2 | Mobile game others and she loves animals. Her fa- Zharko Stojanoski vorite exclamation is “Yaaaay!”. Bobby, 2 | Comics Goce Cvetanovski Bibi’s best friend, is also her neighbor. 2 | Second screen Stojche Gjorgjiev His garage is a wonderful place for ex- 2 | Connected toy ploring and doing experiments. Zazzy 3 | TV series is a creature from another planet and it 3 | Interactive books/ is very curious. It likes discovering new comics things and it is a little clumsy and con- fused. Zazzy has a hidden power. Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical Blue Figures

“Blue Figures” aims to explore the rela- CATEGORY PRODUCER tionship between Jazz and its musicians TV series Laïdak Films {France} in the form of an animated anthology se- TARGET AUDIENCE Antoine Liétout ries and record-comics collection. Using Young adults/adults [email protected] animation to revive past eras, the series CROSS MEDIA www.laidakfilms.com will portray a graphic and contempo- 1 | TV series rary vision of Jazz, its main actors and 2 | E-book CONTACT AT CARTOON 360 its legacy. Each episode will be a short 2 | Comics biopic exploring a thematic axis inspired Nathan Otaño by the life of one famous Jazz musician. 3 | Mobile game Crossing different countries and times, 3 | Music each episode will be linked to the next 3 | Live show thanks to a character or a location. That way they can be watched separately or consecutively, bringing flexibility to distribution. Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical Burnout Diary

Maaike is an illustrator, lover of tea, and CATEGORY PRODUCER a perfectionist. Her life is fun fun fun, Graphic novel Studio Pupil {Netherlands} but also busy busy busy. Maaike opti- TARGET AUDIENCE Tünde Vollenbroek mistically pulls through the many long Young adults/adults [email protected] working days and social engagements, CROSS MEDIA www.studiopupil.com thanks to an “inner voice” that she af- 1 | Film fectionately calls her Little Dictator. But 1 | Social media project CONTACTS AT CARTOON 360 when Maaike gets a full-on panic at- 2 | Apps tack, out of nowhere, her deepest fear Tünde Vollenbroek becomes reality: she can no longer be Dario van Vree perfect… During her year-long burnout Maaike Hartjes that follows, Maaike goes on a personal quest with her Little Dictator, learning to accept that being “good enough” really is good enough. Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical Code Benders

Two fresh Virtual Academy coding cadets CATEGORY PRODUCER and their pet robot are thrown a hundred TV series Chase a Cloud {Bulgaria} hops away from home in a mysterious TARGET AUDIENCE Stanimir Milev glitch caused by a delusional ghost AI Children [email protected] with a covert agenda. Now, they have to CROSS MEDIA www.chaseacloud.com use their gadgets, their brains, and their 1 | TV series programming skills to find a way back 2 | Mobile game CONTACTS AT CARTOON 360 home, solving puzzles, playing games 3 | Connected toy and dodging traps in a colorful mash- Stani Milev up of mischievous virtual worlds. “Code 3 | Uses AR/VR Sava Komitski Benders” is futuristic, adventurous and action-packed, 360 degrees experience for 6-9 boys and girls that teaches computer programming concepts, strategies for solving problems and communicat- ing ideas in a modern and inclusive way. Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical Dog and Dagger

The story begins in the middle of a war CATEGORY PRODUCER between three major factions: the croco- 2D Animated web series Knisper {Netherlands} diles, the loyal Dog Alliance and the Frog TARGET AUDIENCE Coen Balkestein Kingdom. The Dog Alliance was once Young adults/adults [email protected] hired by the Frog Kingdom to rid the CROSS MEDIA www.knisperanimation.com swamp of crocodiles, but right after their 1 | Web series victory the Frog Kingdom betrayed the 1 | Comics CONTACTS AT CARTOON 360 very dogs they hired. Shiba the dog, who 2 | Table Top RPG values loyalty more than anything, now Coen Balkestein swears revenge for his fallen comrades. Florian Walraven To Slip the frog, the swamps means ev- Dara Dharmaperwira erything and getting rid of these dog invaders would be a perfect way to re- store order to it. Slip sees his brother get killed by Shiba right before his eyes. His answer is revenge. Following the killer at every turn, he looks for the perfect opportunity to strike. Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical Fail in love

We’ve all heard hilarious confessions CATEGORY PRODUCER about dating-app experiences. At a Web series Darjeeling {France} time when more than 180 million peo- TARGET AUDIENCE Marc Lustigman ple worldwide are using dating apps, Young adults/adults [email protected] dating failures are becoming one of the CROSS MEDIA www.darjeelingprod.com hottest conversation topics for millen- 1 | Web series ials. Swiping right on Tinder could lead 2 | Second screen CONTACTS AT CARTOON 360 us down to infinite possibilities of stories 3 | TV series that can be great as well as awkward Marc Lustigman or hilarious. We wanted to get a better Noam Roubah idea of the diverse situations that online dating can create. So we built-up this animated series to show what those stories really had to tell about our relation to sex, love and relationships. “Fail in Love” brings up some of the weirdest and funniest online dating stories in a highly qualitative 2D animation. Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical Ghostdance

“Ghostdance” is a creative transmedia CATEGORY PRODUCERS campaign specially designed to awaken Feature film a_Bahn {Luxembourg} teenagers around the world to the need TARGET AUDIENCE François Le Gall to fight for gender equality and diversi- Teenagers [email protected] ty, and to mobilize them. Build around a CROSS MEDIA www.a-bahn.com feature-length film, Ghostdance is also 1 | Film Terre Innue {Canada} a tool for social and political expression, 2 | Apps designed to encourage young people to Andrée-Anne Frenette 3 | Web series collectively create a chain of solidarity [email protected] that transcends borders, relying on so- www.terreinnue.com cial networks and original and innovative tools for artistic creation. CONTACTS AT CARTOON 360 Nicolas Blies Stéphane Hueber-Blies Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical Immortal

Paul Archer, a hitman for hire, must find CATEGORY PRODUCERS his immortal twin sister Emma in 1970’s Feature film Narrativium design {Croatia} New York before the next solar eclipse. TARGET AUDIENCE Renato Grgic To get to her he has to go through a Young adults/adults renato.grgic@ maze of corrupt cops, catholic clergy CROSS MEDIA narrativium-design.com and a few surviving members of their 1 | Comics www.narrativium-design.com ominous Family, all fighting bitterly over 2 | Film Studio Dim {Croatia} the last remaining drops of Ambrosia, 2 | Apps Darija Kulenovic-Gudan the coveted elixir of immortality. With a [email protected] young and very inquisitive policewoman 2 | Video game/ Console Luca Yeager hot on his trail, Paul must www.dim.hr confront his own guilty conscience and 2 | Uses AR/VR Studio Dim {Croatia} remember that he once was - Apollo - Marina Andree Škop God of Light, Music and Healing. [email protected] www.dim.hr CONTACTS AT CARTOON 360 Renato Grgic Kristijan Petrovic Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical Kino

Take a small ink blot and a few color CATEGORY PRODUCER droplets, add some paper sheets with TV series Mupi {Italy} kids drawings and you’ll get the ador- TARGET AUDIENCE Ugo Murgia able adventures of Kino. Kino is a tiny Pre-school [email protected] curious ink droplet and when no one’s CROSS MEDIA www.mupistudio.com looking, he and his multiple color drop 1 | Connected toy friends hop into kids drawings to dis- 2 | Web series CONTACT AT CARTOON 360 cover what kind of fancy worlds a child 2 | E-book drawing can hide. They experience the Ugo Murgia most funny adventures, meet the most 2 | Music whimsical characters and learn about 3 | TV series the most peculiar animals and places 3 | Apps spawned by kids imagination. Kino with 3 | Mobile game his friends can turn every drawing into 3 | Licensing/Cons. Prod. an amusing experience by helping who- 3 | Second screen ever is in need, by dancing and learning 3 | Uses AR/VR while having fun. Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical Kiwiwho & Maeva

“Kiwiwho & Maeva” is a new high-speed CATEGORY PRODUCER thrill-a-minute action-comedy series TV series Kiwiwho Productions {Belgium} for kids. From their animal sanctuary is- TARGET AUDIENCE Philippe Coenen land home of Korata, New Zealand, our Children [email protected] two heroes, travel the world, fighting CROSS MEDIA www.kiwiwho.com to save endangered animals and pro- 1 | Web series tect important ecological habitats from 1 | TV series CONTACTS AT CARTOON 360 the destruction caused by human greed 1 | Licensing/Cons. Prod. and ignorance! Our globetrotting young Philippe Coenen 1 | Comics adventurers, 12-year-old Maeva and Alain Fabi 1 | Music Kiwiwho, a mystical creature with amazing powers, rescue endangered animals 1 | Live show threatened by natural disasters, habitat 1 | Table top Game destruction, and poachers while inspir- 2 | Film ing children to become honorary Earth 2 | E-book Guardians! 2 | Interactive books/ comics 3 | Apps 3 | Mobile game Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical Laser Infinity

Hop on the Laser Express intergalactic CATEGORY PRODUCERS train with Luna, Sunny and their Team TV series La Chouette Compagnie {France} Evolution as they embark on the greatest TARGET AUDIENCE Sylvain Dos Santos Laser Game challenge there ever was to Children [email protected] save Red Dust galaxy from an impend- CROSS MEDIA www.chouetteco.com ing ecological doom! From one planet 1 | Second screen Laser Game Evolution {France} to the next, they’ll have to master every 3 | TV series Labyrena there is to seize the galaxy’s Moore Belhadj 3 | Licensing/Cons. Prod. destiny and protect the environment for [email protected] the next generation! Welcome to the first www.lasergame-evolution.com Intergalactic ecological western... with lasers! CONTACTS AT CARTOON 360 Antoine Maurel Sylvain Dos Santos Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical Mars Colony High

Late 21st Century, Mars. Ludo, Ryan, CATEGORY PRODUCERS Becky and Danny are one of four teams TV series Film.UA Group {Ukraine} of children entrusted with the future of TARGET AUDIENCE Kateryna Vyshnevska the colony. The task is to gain knowledge Children Oleksandrina Vyshnevska and pass it on to those who will come af- CROSS MEDIA [email protected] ter them. These kids are the brightest, 1 | TV series www.film.ua but their talents are hindered by an in- 2 | Web series Signal Red {Ukraine} ability to work together, making them lag 2 | Apps Eugene Sannikov behind the other teams. Ludo and Ryan 2 | Mobile game keep fighting over leadership; Danny’s 2 | Interactive books/ [email protected] and Becky’s personalities are worlds comics www.signalred.tv apart. Becky is developing feelings for 2 | Second screen Ryan, causing further complications. 2 | Uses AR/VR CONTACTS AT CARTOON 360 Each episode is a chance to gain prac- 3 | Film Kateryna Vyshnevska tical scientific knowledge and reconcile 3 | Video game/Console Oleksandrina Vyshnevska the differences within the group, all the 3 | Licensing/Cons. Prod. Eugene Sannikov while trying not to destroy themselves 3 | E-book and the colony. 3 | Comics 3 | Connected toy 3 | Music 3 | Live show Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical Mick The Mini Chef 2

Leo and Mathilde, a brother and sister CATEGORY PRODUCERS duo, spend all their free time concocting TV series Studio Redfrog {France} very healthy meals for their friends and TARGET AUDIENCE Lahcen Bahij family! But Leo & Mathilde share a very Family [email protected] secret ingredient in their cooking… Mick CROSS MEDIA www.studioredfrog.com the Minichef! A full of beans elf, living 1 | TV series Animationsfabrik {Germany} in a magical cookbook in their kitchen! 2 | Apps Assisted by Spoonita, a shape-shifter Jörn Radel 3 | Interactive books/ spoon able to transform into any usten- [email protected] comics sil; be sure that Mick the Minichef knows www.animationsfabrik.de how to impress the pickiest gourmet! Because cooking is like living: nothing CONTACTS AT CARTOON 360 happens as planned! So, put on your Clément Lestrat chef’s hat and slip on your apron to join Lahcen Bahij Mick’s culinary adventures and discover amazing and well-balanced dishes from all over the world, with recipes exclu- sively revisited for kids. Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical One For The Road

“One For The Road” is an animated CATEGORY PRODUCERS docu-fiction series about real historical TV series Tiwi {Italy} figures and their life-changing journeys. TARGET AUDIENCE Federico Riboldazzi In each episode the audience will meet Young adults/adults [email protected] a different personality that in some way CROSS MEDIA www.tiwi.it/en or another left a mark on modern history 2 | Apps Origin Tales {Serbia} and listen to them while they recount the 3 | TV series story of the one trip that changed their Ivan Beres 3 | Interactive books/ life. One For The Road is not about full [email protected] comics biographies. It focuses instead on a very www.origintales.com specific episode in the lives of its protagonists and the way it changed them. The CONTACTS AT CARTOON 360 series is conceived for a family audience Federico Riboldazzi and intends to spread clues of histori- Ivan Beres cal literacy through direct meeting with Igor Zarol renowned historical characters. Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical SideQuest

For every hero, there were thousands of CATEGORY PRODUCERS dreamers who never made the cut. These TV series Tordenfilm{Norway} are their stories. “SideQuest” is about TARGET AUDIENCE Eric Vogel four amateur adventurers, or questers, Young adults/adults [email protected] who dream of accomplishing great he- CROSS MEDIA www.tordenfilm.no roic feats. Instead they find themselves 1 | TV series Qvisten Animation {Norway} struggling with paying bills, staying on 2 | Web series top of family problems, being short on Eirik Smidesang Slåen 2 | Video game/Console time, being short on self-awareness [email protected] and managing the fear of being inade- 3 | Comics www.qvisten.no quate. In short: “SideQuest” is about us. “SideQuest” is an animated sitcom with CONTACTS AT CARTOON 360 stand-alone episodes that aims to ex- Eric Vogel pand into games and other media. David Skaufjord Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical Starting with Hope

A very small light can pierce even the CATEGORY PRODUCER darkest shadows... Personal short ac- Digital platform & Moukda Production {France} counts about the battle on depression in short series Kèota Dengmanara the form of a TV/Web series and a dig- TARGET AUDIENCE [email protected] ital platform. The animated series will Young adults/adults www.moukdaproduction.com give hope to those who have none for CROSS MEDIA depression can reach any age group or 3 | TV series CONTACTS AT CARTOON 360 social class. This project will accompa- 3 | Apps ny those who are alone and perhaps give Kèota Dengmanara 3 | Platform reuniting some clues to their community. It will Diana Hentulescu content, apps, reach the unreachable through the viral- advice etc. ity of the internet. Concentrating on the moments that have helped people con- quer the disease, our work alternating different stories will show that life after depression is imaginable. Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical Studio Killers

Studio Killers 404 is a visually stunning CATEGORY PRODUCER parody on the classic ‘magical girl’ con- YouTube & music Visible Realms {Finland} cept. Like Sailor Moon Meets Rick And TARGET AUDIENCE Eliza Jäppinen Morty! Thrown into cyberspace and left Young adults/adults [email protected] fending for their very existence, Cherry CROSS MEDIA www.visiblerealms.com and the Studio Killers are building an 1 | Web series army of LGBTQ+ positive, misfits and 1 | TV series CONTACTS AT CARTOON 360 outliers, to overthrow the Evil Algorithm, 1 | Mobile game Eliza Jäppinen a deep state like organization that is de- 1 | Music Isra Rab stroying the internet and erasing all it’s 1 | Live show weird wonders. Using Cherry’s unique 2 | Video game/Console power of style, she’s bringing “love” back 2 | Comics to the internet, and proving that the true 2 | Interactive books/ power of likes comes from within! comics 2 | Second screen 3 | Film 3 | Apps 3 | Licensing/Cons. Prod. 3 | Connected toy 3 | Uses AR/VR Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical Teslopolis.Online

Based on a synergetic union of several CATEGORY PRODUCER animated movies and IPs’ that extended Cross-media Project Teslopolis {Croatia} into a new immersive gallery installa- TARGET AUDIENCE Helena Bulaja Madunic Family tion: walk through the movie experience [email protected] Film Fresco, crafted in real space with CROSS MEDIA www.teslopolis.online cross-media interactive immersive an- 1 | Web series imated worlds, Teslopolis.Online is an 1 | Apps CONTACT AT CARTOON 360 extension to a global network of rich 1 | Mobile game immersive Storytelling Worlds and 1 | Licensing/Cons. Prod. Helena Bulaja Madunic Experiences. It consists of several sub- 1 | Comics brands: Tesla Caravan; Kino Tesla; Pop 1 | Interactive books/ Tesla; Tesla Kids; Tesla Quest; Play Tesla; comics Tesla Galaxy and Nikola Tesla Exhibition, 1 | Uses AR/VR with the aim to build interconnectivity 1 | Exhibition & Pop-up of real and virtual worlds of entertain- corners ment, education, art & science, inspired 2 | Film by the philosophy of life and worldview 2 | E-book of Nikola Tesla. 2 | Live show 3 | TV series Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical The Feature Creature

The Feature Creature will burst onto your CATEGORY PRODUCERS screens as 52x2,5’ minute animated epi- TV series Jamba Entertainment {United sodes in UltraHD. Each episode will take TARGET AUDIENCE Kingdom} the viewer on an exciting and comedic Family David Garbett journey to meet an extraordinary crea- [email protected] CROSS MEDIA ture in its natural environment, finding 1 | TV series www.jambaentertainment.com out bizarre and amusing facts along 3 | Web series Fandango Productions {United the way. From Dinosaurs to Octopuses, Kingdom} 3 | Uses AR/VR Platypus’s to Pereneciums, amazing Daniel Slight creatures from the distant past to the [email protected] present day will star in “The Feature www.fandango.tv Creature”. Each episode will be accom- panied by an awesome VR experience, allowing the viewer to literally take a CONTACTS AT CARTOON 360 ring side seat inside the episode. Daniel Slight David Garbett Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical Thomas Merritt’s cabinet of curiosities

Welcome to the year 2164, in the cab- CATEGORY PRODUCER inet of curiosities of the famous space VR experience Umanimation {France} explorer Thomas Merritt. To honor the TARGET AUDIENCE Aymeric Castaing ten years since its disappearance into Family [email protected] the depths of space, the human space CROSS MEDIA www.umanimation.com center (based on Mars) invites you to ob- 1 | Uses VR serve and interact with a few artifacts 2 | Book CONTACT AT CARTOON 360 collected by Merritt during his travels in the universe. Maybe this curious space Aymeric Castaing will help you understand what happened to him... Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical Women in War

Women in War is a collection of European CATEGORY PRODUCERS women’s portraits during the second TV series Godo Films {France} WW. Women that you probably nev- TARGET AUDIENCE Joëlle Caroline er heard about, they could have been Teenagers [email protected] you, your mother, your sister or your CROSS MEDIA www.godofilms.fr daughter. Women that decided not to 1 | TV series Sparre Production {Denmark} surrender in front of the Nazis. Women 2 | Podcasts that through their actions, their courage Irene Sparre 3 | Uses AR/VR and their choices have shown immense - [email protected] almost unbearable - strength and have www.sparreproduction.dk kept an unbreakable faith in the greater Letko {Poland} cause. Women who managed to main- Jakub Karwowski tain their integrity and dignity despite [email protected] yearlong imprisonment in Nazi concen- www.letko.co tration camps. Despite torture, severe beating, and threats these women stood CONTACT AT CARTOON 360 their ground. Joëlle Caroline année Licence 2019 - PÔLE 3D année Licence ème 3

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Voyelle Acker Tobo {Canada}

Voyelle has been engaged in linear, digital and interactive content for the last 18 years with production companies, creative studios, commercial and public broadcasters, between the US, Canada and France. She last spent 10 years at France Télévisions, first as Deputy Head of children’s programmes, in charge of co- productions and digital strategy, then as the Head of digital storytelling and transmedia, in charge of original web creation, as well as transmedia developments for all France Télévisions branches. She then started her own consulting company whose purpose was to accompany producers, authors and talents with digital creative content-based strategies, with a focus on international projects related to interactive media and digital storytelling. She is now in charge of international business development for Montreal-based creative studio Tobo and keeps following several immersive projects.

Courtney Arumugam Gaumont {United Kingdom}

Courtney Arumugam has been appointed in April 2019 Vice President, Creative Development, for Animation & Family divisionof Gaumont, based in London. The appointment is part of the company’s continuing Animation and Family expansion strategy in key countries throughout Europe, to ramp up development and production across a wide range of content. Courtney Arumugam joins Gaumont from literary and illustration company The Bright Agency, where as Senior Creative Executive, Children’s Content, she led their newly launched in-house film and TV division to develop projects inspired by titles from the company’s library of bestselling authors and illustrators. Prior to this, Courtney Arumugan spent several years at Mattel as Senior Executive, Creative Content Development, overseeing original and existing IP and developing both animated and live-action content. She has also worked in commissioning and production for Channel 4, BBC and Fremantle Media. Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical

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Japhet Asher Polarity Reversal {United Kingdom}

Japhet has created, written, 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 United States, primarily as a television writer/producer and interactive content maker, 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 writes and develops original IP and consults for publishing, broadcast and digital companies. Japhet is also known as a pioneer in augmented reality powered storytelling, combining digital and print to create immersive experiences. His AR powered novel, the Ghostkeeper’s Journal and Field Guide, was 2018’s Futurebook Book of the Year and is now for sale in 12 countries and 9 languages. He has just completed an AR book and app based on Disney/Lucasfilm’s “Star Wars: The Galactic Explorer’s Guide”. Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical

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Daniel Bays Lightning Sprite Media {United Kingdom}

Passionate about creating outstanding content with heart, soul and digital baked in, Daniel is a BAFTA-nominated creator and multi-platform Producer and showrunner who created and brought to screen, international hit, cross-platform preschool animated series: “Tree Fu Tom” and “Bitz & Bob”. Avid gamer, technology nut, animation addict; professional ideas thinker- upper, developer and producer of multi-platform wonderments, Daniel left the BBC in 2016, after 15 years working across platforms and age groups, to set up Lightning Sprite Media: offering creative and digital consultancy and end-to-end development and production services, specialising in animation, digital and games for children and families. Daniel also continues to create his own new shows, games, brands and digital experiences that will hopefully become the next big global cross-platform smash hits.

Anna Charrière CNC (Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée) {France}

A Sorbonne Philosophy and Paris Vincennes Cinema University graduate, Anna Charrière worked in distribution and cinema programming. She joined the CNC in 2015 to be in charge of the digital experiences’ fund (ex New Media fund). Since being set up in 2007, the fund has supported over 700 projects, integrating web and new screens specificities, connected to their artistic approach. Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical

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Miki Chojnaka 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.

Eleanor Coleman Indie Sales / Blue Spirit {France}

Eleanor Coleman is a Paris-based American producer working independently in animated feature film acquisitions, development and production with Indie Sales (Voted Best European Distributor at Cartoon Movie in 2015). Her cartoon series work concentrates on international development and pre-sales for the award- winning French studio, Blue Spirit. Eleanor is a founding member and co-vice President of Les Femmes s’ Animent, part of the global Women in Animation network. Eleanor also devotes as much time as possible to 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

Experts Speakers Chairpersons

Marie Congé Ankama Animation {France}

Marie has dedicated her career to kids and family programming. She started at Moonscoop overseeing International Distribution & Consumer Products across all media for iconic properties such as “Code Lyoko”, “SamSam” or “Geronimo Stilton”. She then moved to Cyber Group Studios leading the International Sales, Acquisitions & New Media team before joining GO-N International as Head of Sales & Business Development and launching the popular preschool series “Simon” on the global market. Since 2019, Marie is Head of Global Distribution for Ankama Group, in charge of expanding their commercial activities for all of their current and future animated productions through the brand “Planet Nemo by Ankama”. Marie is also Member of the Audiovisual Export Commission of the CNC (Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée). Marie holds a Master in Management from Paris IX Dauphine Faculty, an MBA from Nicholls State University (USA) and a Master of Law and Administration of Audiovisual Communication from Paris I Sorbonne Faculty.

Nick Dorra Haruworks {Finland}

Nick is a seasoned animation and digital content Executive with 20 years of experience in animation, interactive storytelling and related fields. In 2018 he co-founded Haruworks, an animation production company with a mission to create social and behavioural change through high-quality childrens’ content. Prior to Haruworks, Nick was Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the New York-based video start-up incubator Thirty Labs (created by digital media visionary Fred Seibert). From 2011 to 2015 Nick worked at Rovio, the “Angry Birds” makers. There, he was tasked with integrating and growing the newly acquired animation team from ten to 100+ artists, overseeing all aspects of production, also joining Rovio’s operation management team. Later he headed content strategy for the company’s ToonsTV AVOD service, sourcing content and handling acquisitions and roll-out strategy. Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical

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Ken Faier Epic Story Media {Canada}

Ken Faier, the Founder of Epic Story Media, is a globally recognized industry veteran with over 20 years of commitment to producing quality content for children across multiple platforms. Previously, Ken served as SVP and GM and then SVP and Executive producer for DHX Media after DHX acquired Nerd Corps Entertainment, where Ken served as El Presidente for over 10 years. Ken has executive produced hundreds of episodes of original properties, including the Emmy-winning action/comedy “Slugterra”, “League of Super Evil”, “Storm Hawks”, “Kate & Mim Mim” and more recently for DHX continues to serve as Executive Producer on “Mega Man” for Cartoon Network, “Massive Monster Mayhem” for Nickelodeon and “The Deep”, which is airing globally on Netflix, CBBC and Super RTL. Prior to Nerd Corps, Ken Faier was Vice President of Production and Distribution for the children’s division at Alliance Atlantis. Prior to Alliance Atlantis, Ken was with Brunico Communications where he launched KidScreen as the founding Publisher and eventually KidScreen Summit. Ken has a Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University in Montreal.

Ingrid Florin Muller Ankama Games {France}

After a Master’s Degree in Marketing, Management and trilingual Negotiation, Ingrid took responsibility for the development of Ankama’s videogames, anime and comics on international markets. She then acted as a facilitator in the collaboration of the company with international publishers and also managed an intercultural marketing team before she specialized in User Acquisition, Marketing & e-commerce. She is also a Lecturer at the ENJMIN videogame school in France. Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical

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Barbara Fuchs ARTE France {France}

Barbara Fuchs is an Interactive Commissioning Editor in ARTE France’s Digital Department. She is responsible for the editorial supervision and coordination of programmes such as web series (non-fiction/fiction), VR/AR/XR experiences or video games. In 2017, Barbara took a sabbatical year from ARTE and worked six months at the Center for Documentary Art Uniondocs in Brooklyn, NY. She spent the remaining half year in South America dedicated to creative projects. Barbara is participating in the selection of the 2020 Sundance New Frontier Story Lab projects as an external reader.

Damien Giard Bayam {France}

Damien leads the digital development of the international publishing group Bayard Jeunesse, where he has worked for the last 10 years, developing both e-commerce and digital products. Bayard just launched Bayam, an innovative platform for kids from 3 to 11. Based in Montreal since 2012, Damien is in charge of Tobo Studio, Bayard’s digital development studio. From 2012 to 2014, he worked for Tribal Nova (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) as VP product development and head of the studio. In 2005, he entered Bayard Group to take charge of the development of digital content and e-commerce. In 2000, he joined cHmAn, a French online game start-up with Ubisoft in the capital, where he specialized in new business model development. He began his career in 1995 at Sony Music, as promotion and set-up Manager, and later in charge of online marketing. Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical

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Marc Goodchild Turner EMEA {United Kingdom}

Marc Goodchild joined Turner EMEA in January 2017 as Head of Digital Content Strategy & Product. In this role, he is responsible for the overall content strategy and digital content vision for EMEA, working in close collaboration with all regional content and digital teams. He also leads the EMEA Central Digital Team and provides support and editorial guidance to the local heads of digital, alongside the central research, commercial, advertising sales, marketing, PR and franchise management teams. Goodchild is an award-winning television Producer and digital Executive with a 20-year track record in broadcast, production and the start-up community. Before joining Turner, he worked with UK start-ups where among other achievements he pioneered a new second-screen system for kids shows, and most recently a family app gifting platform. Prior to this, his career includes a mix of Senior Director, Producer and Executive roles at Disney and the BBC, and on commissions for Discovery and Channel 4. He has also consulted for independent production companies including Jamie Oliver, Zodiak Kids and Lion TV. He has a BA Hons in Politics from the University of Nottingham and a post- grad in Broadcast Journalism from City University. 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. First 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 Editeurs, where he developed and completed until 2011 many books and collections for children, comics and 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 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 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 Télévisions as Research and Development Animation Manager.

Pablo Jordi Pikkukala {Finland}

Pablo Jordi is a Senior Producer of animation TV series and Founder of Pikkukala, with studios in Helsinki and Barcelona. Familiar with iconic properties like “Moomins” and “Angry Birds”, he has also developed and produced original animation series like “Saari”, “Fungi”, “Emma&Guiu”, short films and commercials. Producer of the dedicated VoD app “SaariTV”, and several mobile games. Pablo is a European animation enthusiast. He is currently working on “Royals Next Door”, a Finnish-Belgian-Spanish- Irish animated sitcom that entails an ambitious crossmedia deployment including short form content, real-time animation and web-based games. Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical

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Telidja Klaï Ketnet / VRT {Belgium}

Telidja Klaï studied Clinical Psychology at the Free University of Brussels. She specialized in Developmental Psychology and obtained a PhD in Clinical and Developmental Psychology. Telidja is responsible for the Programme Acquisitions and Co- productions of animation for Ketnet. She is in charge of the selection, sales, adaptation and programming of international children’s programmes and she follows up on animation co- productions with Flemish animation studios and producers. The main thrust of her activities is the development of children and Ketnet’s vision and values.

Lisette Looman Studio 100 Media {Germany}

Graduated in 2000 in the field of pedagogics and education, Lisette Looman started out working in advertising before becoming active in the animation industry. In 2003 she joined Telescreen and worked on “Miffy”. When the company was acquired by m4e, she then produced “Tip the Mouse”, “Wissper” and “Mia and me”. m4e has currently been integrated in Studio 100 Media, an international production and distribution company within the children’s and family entertainment sector. It develops and acquires new content, engages in co-production and co-financing and is responsible for the distribution of its own and third- party rights. Lisette Looman works as a content and production Manager for the German office and her series work expands from early development until postproduction. Her motivation comes from working on great content and this is always done in close cooperation with the L&M department as well as the sales team with a focus on building brands. Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical

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Shamik Majumdar The Walt Disney Company – EMEA {United Kingdom}

Shamik Majumdar is Creative Director, Original Series Animation, Disney Channels EMEA. This role has a focus on the development of original animated content & creative supervision of series in production. Projects include “Chip’n’Dale”, “101 Dalmatian Street”, #DisneyXDFC Shorts, “Counterfeit Cat” and “Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja”. Prior to the Walt Disney Company, Shamik worked across brand and content for Turner Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) and Channel [v] STAR TV (Mumbai). His work has been awarded for direction, design, writing, editing and animation. This includes a Best of Show at BDA New York and the International Audi Design Award (Dieter Rams, Kenji Ekuan Ross Lovegrove Jury) for an interdisciplinary project.

Dominic Minns Plug-in Media Group {United Kingdom}

Dominic is the Creative Director and co-Founder of Plug- In Media, a digital production company based in the UK. Be it creating digital strategies and interactive experiences for third party brands or conceiving and developing Plug-In’s original IP, Dominic has been responsible for Plug-In’s creative output since the company began. Over the 17 years he has been creating content for children, Dom has both conceived of and directed: games, digital toys, 2D and 3D linear animation, interactive stories, creativity tools, educational apps, VR experiences, adult comedy, short form animation and music albums, working with broadcasters and production companies across the world. Under Dom’s direction, Plug-In Media’s projects have collected many awards, including 4 BAFTAs and 2 Prix Jeunesse Awards. Dom is also the Creator and show runner of “Tee and Mo”, the first brand ever to be commissioned by the BBC for CBeebies, following an interactive debut, with the first series released on CBeebies and TVO in 2018. Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical

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Virginie Sergent VMS consulting projects {United Kingdom}

Virginie was EMEA Consumer products Director for Ubisoft and has provided consulting services to independent studios. She contributed to the transformation of Ubisoft from a videogame publisher to a brand-licensing pioneer with products ranging from internal development of figurines to apparel, toys and games, accessories, publishing and stationery. Now she runs VMS, an Entertainment brand licensing consultancy. Her particular skill is to bring together the experience she has, and the knowledge she’s accrued, to work out what the company needs to develop and manage their brand in order to deliver sustainable profits. This ranges from delivering commercial and brand licensing strategies, to sourcing new business partners, licensees and retailers, to negotiating terms, managing contracts and developing licensed products to get their name out there.

Marc Van Den Bosch-Mprah Super RTL - RTL Disney Fernsehen {Germany}

Marc Van Den Bosch-Mprah joined Super RTL in April 2019 as Senior Manager – Content Acquisitions & Co-Production. In this function, he is responsible for the acquisition and co-production of kids content for the network. Super RTL is Europe’s leader in children’s television and is jointly owned by RTL Group and Walt Disney International Television. The channel offers programming for the whole family, including classic animated movies, cartoon specials, feature films and series for primetime viewing after 8.15pm. Prior to Super RTL, Marc was responsible for the programme sales of Warner Media’s and HBO’s (formerly Warner Bros.) New Release and Catalogue slate to streaming services in German speaking Europe. Marc held management positions at Viacom and Discovery Networks, where he was responsible for the channel distribution of Pay- and FTA Channels in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical

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Sebastian Wehner Wonderz {Germany}

Sebastian is the co-Founder and CEO of Wonderz. Wonderz was founded in February 2017 with the mission to enable content creators to publish any kind of content of their entertainment brand in one app with the help of Mediabox, a transmedia publishing platform. At the same time Wonderz is currently developing its own transmedia IPs for the Mediabox. Sebastian is also co-Founder and CEO of Wolkenlenker, a company, which stands for transmedia family entertainment. He is the Creative Producer behind all of Wolkenlenker’s products, including award- winning TV productions, games, picture books and audiobooks. Sebastian also co-founded Watchmen productions in 2004, a production company for TV commercials and image films for brands like Apple, Siemens and Samsung as well as feature films like the Berlinale competition entry “Praia do Futuro”. His TV and film career began in 1997 as a freelance Editor for German broadcasters ZDF/3Sat and ProSieben and assistant director for TV commercials.

Maurice Wheeler We Are Family {United Kingdom}

For over 20 years Maurice Wheeler has developed audience-led strategies that have helped clients to - get the children of Britain to fall in love with cricket; understand how to create games console the whole family want to buy; create a commercially viable children’s charity subscription product; take a heritage brand and get it ready for the 21st century child and much more. Wheeler has helped many clients including Nickelodeon, BBC, Disney, Microsoft, Google, Universal Music, Unilever and LEGO. Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical

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Matthieu Levisse Ankama Games {France}

Matthieu is passionate about American literature and taught English in French schools before making a career switch to focus on Customer Relationship Management and Digital Marketing. Brand strategy, content marketing, community management, communication, social networks and product promotion are the central pillars of his role as the Marketing and Communication Director at Ankama, where he applies his enthusiasm for games, art and storytelling to his professional life every day.

Nick Richardson Kids Insights {United Kingdom}

Nick Richardson, CEO & Founder, has established himself as one of the go-to-people on Kids Insights writing for numerous monthly trade magazines and being asked to speak at events in the UK, Europe and the US. Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical

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Vanessa Chapman VJC Media / Inflorescent Media{United Kingdom}

Vanessa Chapman is an International Media Executive, whose more than 25 years in the media, has spanned all 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, animation studios, brands and creators. She is Director of a number of media companies and is on the board of The Centurions, a networking group for professionals, predominantly in the media, digital and gaming space. An award- winning Journalist, Vanessa began her broadcasting career with the BBC before joining London Weekend Television (LWT). In the late 90’s, she was Controller of Children’s 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 TV and Film Company, Create TV and Film.

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, CopenhagenBombay), hosts (MipJr 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”, “Flying Squirrels”, “Kiwi and Stritt” & “Shelland”). Index Officials Projects Profiles Participants Practical

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John Lomas-Bullivant Kickback Media {United Kingdom}

John Lomas-Bullivant is the Founder of Kickback Media, a children’s IP consultancy which helps businesses operating in the children’s media space developing Children’s Story Content. John has over 25 years’ experience working in children’s media with experience gained at Senior Executive level at Bloomsbury Publishing – Director of IP & Brand Development, Fireback Entertainment – Joint Managing Director, TV-Loonland – Director of Programmes, Pearson Television – Head of Animation and HiT Entertainment – Head of Development & Co-Productions. Kickback Media is developing a new slate of Children’s Publishing IP and applying a TV style development strategy to creating new publishing IP by actively identifying new publishing ideas and unpublished writing talent, with the creative target being high- concept middle grade / young adult fiction.

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MONDAY 2ND DECEMBER The Welcome Dinner will take place at 20:00 at Omnia, a gastronomic restaurant with a decoration that evokes the cinema.

TUESDAY 3RD DECEMBER The evening is free for participants. For those who want to visit the Christmas Market, we will be pleased to accompany you there for a small tour from 19:30 to 20:30. Then the speakers will be invited to a special and cosy dinner.

WEDNESDAY 4TH DECEMBER You are kindly invited by Noranim to join an informal drink and networking at Terrasse des Remparts from 20:00. The cocktail will be followed by the Farewell Dinner in the same place from 20:30. Creative Europe MEDIA: Helping the animation industry grow since 1991

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