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Conference > New Emerging Business Models in Animation www.cartoon-media.eu pitching event for animated transmedia projects

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CALL FOR ENTRIES 15 MARCH – 15 JUNE FILMFESTIVAL.NL/PROFESSIONALS Willemien van Aalst Gerben Schermer Festival Director - NFF Festival Director - HAFF

Dear participants,

elcome! We are delighted to meet you in the city that both the Netherlands Film Festival (NFF) and Holland Animation Film Festival (HAFF) operate from. We are proud to host the Cartoon W Business seminar in tandem with our solid partners. Annually in late September, the Netherlands Film Festival (NFF) is a vibrant event for connecting both filmmakers and audiences. The NFF, with the concurrent Holland Film Meeting, is the authoritative festival for Dutch cinema, fostering the interests of the Dutch film and film culture by drawing wide attention to it and by deepening and broadening knowledge about the discipline. We are very happy to see our great city brighten up with scores of animation enthusiasts and professionals in March at HAFF and now at Cartoon Business as well. HAFF is one of the leading international animation festivals and official partner of Cartoon d’Or. It is important to have these events celebrate the art and build on sustaining it. Therefore, we are pleased Cartoon Business chose the city of Utrecht – the rightfully proclaimed animation capital of the Netherlands – for this high-quality seminar focusing on financing and distribution. The Dutch animation sector is on a roll. Very recently with Nina Gantz’s short “Edmond”, which clinched awards at BAFTA, BIFA and overseas at Sundance, last year with the Oscar nomination for “A Single Life” by Utrecht-based studio Job, Joris & Marieke and a 2015 Golden Calf for Best Short Film for Erik van Schaaik’s “Under the Apple Tree”, plus production companies Submarine and Utrecht’s il Luster, who excel in animated features and animation for television. Another vital element contributing to Utrecht as an animation hub is the nurturing role the University of the Arts Utrecht (HKU) plays for emerging animation talents. We believe in bringing people and parties together to make the sector prosper and to be able to jointly embrace cinema, television and interactive (co) productions at film festivals. We wish you all an exhilarating three days and a lot of inspiration and dynamic alliances for the future!

5 Kees Diepeveen Executive for Culture - City of Utrecht

Dear Cartoon Business Seminar attendants,

n behalf of the Mayor and Municipal Executive I warmly welcome you to Cartoon Business in Utrecht. We are proud to host Cartoon Business for the ﬁrst time in Utrecht, because in many O ways our beautiful city is the place to be for professionals like you. I assume many of you attended the Holland Animation Film Festival last week, a great example of how our city is involved with animation, movies and everything in its context. I will give you some other examples. The international blockbuster “Miffy the Movie” was based on the work of Dick Bruna, the famous cartoonist who was born and raised in Utrecht. We host The Netherlands Film Festival and Holland Animation Film Festival, and our academy of arts (HKU) is one of the greatest suppliers of animation talent. Many Dutch ﬁlm professionals studied at the University of Utrecht. Also, Utrecht houses multiple successful international studios such as Job, Joris and Marieke (productions like “(Otto)”, “Mute”, “the Tumblies”, “A single life”, that received an Oscar nomination) and il Luster “Woezel & Pip”, just released and already 100.000 visitors in two weeks, “Fallin’ Floyd”, “Resurrection”, “Triple Trouble animal TV” & “Pilar e.g.”. Impressed? Well, there is more! Utrecht is the beating heart of the Netherlands. A medieval city center small enough to explore on foot, and large enough to enjoy world-class festivals, modern architecture, trendy shops and interesting museums for days on end. Utrecht is developing from a medium-sized provincial city into a regional capital of European importance. The city’s current expansion, more rapid than any in the city’s long history, combines physical expansion with innovation, major economic opportunities and a new urban dynamism. As a medieval treasure and a leading academic, technological and cultural center, Utrecht is now a pro-active player in the international community. The last couple of years have seen an amazing increase of the professionalism in the animation scene. Seminars like this help a lot, so we are delighted to host this edition of Cartoon Business in Utrecht. I sincerely hope everyone attending Cartoon Business enjoys this seminar, and everything our beautiful city has to offer!

6 Do you want to grab a bite or enjoy some drinks? THESE LOCAL TIPS WILL HELP YOU FIND THE PERFECT SPOT FOR A NICE EVENING OUT!

WELCOME IN THE JUNGLE Deborah (21 - Student) Once you enter LEBOWSKI and walk pass the bar and all the way to the back you’ll arrive to the fun part. You’ll be accompanied by a giraffe while you sit down for a snack or dinner. It’s reasonable prices, but the most promintent reason for coming here are the stuffed animals. But don’t feed them! (Mon - Thu: 11:00 to 1:00, Fri: 11:00 to 2:00, Sat: 10:00 to 2:00, Sun: 11:00 to 0:00) Domplein 17

BEERS, BEERS AND BEERS Frank (30 - Marketer) If beer is your drink, you’ll be in heaven at KAFE BELGIE. With over 200 bottled beers and 20 beers on draft, this place is where you start your night out and where you’ll finish it too (and realise that you never made it to the club). (Mon - Sun: 13:00 to 3:00, Tue - Wed: 11:00 to 3:00, Thu - Sat: 11:00 to 4:00) Oudegracht 196

TOKO Stephanie (27 - Blogger) The Indonesian cuisine is alway popular and loved in The Netherlands and the Indonesian family running restaurant BLAUW knows how to prepare some food! The look of the place is quite trendy and mostly red, even though the name suggests otherwise. For the classic Indonesian experience try one of their nasi goreng dishes with saté. (Mon - Thu: 18:00 to 22:00, Fri: 18:00 to 23:00, Sat: 17:00 to 23:00, Sun: 17:00 to 22:00) Springweg 64

MUSIC FROM A TO Z Robin (23 - Content marketer) It may look like a building to play ‘four in a row’ with, but TIVOLIVREDENBURG is our latest music and party hotspot. From jazz to dance, from pop to classical, the five (concert) halls have it all. Before the gig starts have a drink or two at the bar down at the main entrance, called HET GEGEVEN PAARD. Check the (online) agenda for upcoming events. (Booking office: Mon - Sat: 12:00 to 18:00) Vredenburgkade 11

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7 8 Doreen Boonekamp CEO - Netherlands Film Fund

Dear participant,

n behalf of the Netherlands Film Fund I warmly welcome you to Cartoon Business and to my home town, the creative city of Utrecht. OThe Netherlands has a long tradition of high-quality animated shorts. Over the last years the Dutch animation industry has very rapidly opened up to series and features as well as to the international market. Dutch broadcasters and animation producers are increasingly active at international markets and their dedicated partnerships in internationally coproduced animated films, series and shorts is swiftly growing. The Fund focuses on the development and strengthening of Dutch cinema and film culture both domestically and internationally. It strives to intensify international collaboration by stimulating international co-production and cross border distribution through selective support schemes for both creative majority and minority co-productions with a strong international appeal. Besides this the Netherlands Film Production Incentive scheme offers an attractive 30% cash rebate for production spend in the Netherlands. The Fund also oversees the activities of the Netherlands Film Commission which is the official liaison between the Dutch creative industries and foreign producers and production companies. I am very happy that Cartoon Business chose Utrecht as a venue for this high level seminar. We are looking forward to witness how this years’ focus on smaller producing countries will stimulate animation producers from countries with smaller local markets to actively participate in future co-productions. I wish you a fruitful seminar and a pleasant stay in Utrecht.

9 Educating animators that tell the story of a dynamic future

Contact us: Peter de Vries, director HKU Media, [email protected] Dimme van der Hout, courseleader animation, [email protected]

10 Désirée Majoor Peter de Vries Vice President Executive Board - HKU Director - HKU Media

Dear participants of Cartoon Business 2016,

s Vice President of the Executive Board of HKU University of the Arts Utrecht and Director of HKU Media, we are delighted to welcome the Cartoon Business Seminar 2016 in our city. A As an Arts University we continually strive to be a front-runner in offering new and innovative perspectives on art and art practice within the creative sector. The Dutch animation industry is an important partner for us in achieving this goal. With our distinctive focus on the arts, media and entrepreneurship we want to contribute to the development of the animation industry. Our ambition is to not limit ourselves to education alone. HKU University of the Arts has a long-standing tradition in the area of (international) research on the interchange between art and art practice. The theme of this years’ seminar, New Emerging Business Models in Animation, is closely linked to our lectureship Creative Economy, where lector Elisabetta Lazzaro researches innovative business models and organisational principals in the creative sector. HKU has vast experience in educating animation specialists, many of whom have got a ﬁrm foot on the ground through starting private companies. We kindly invite you to explore the work of alumni and of the generation who are on the cusp of graduating and entering the work ﬁeld. The exhibition is a collaboration with Holland Animation Film Festival (HAFF) and takes place in the city’s Town Hall. In these coming days we would also like to get closer acquainted with you to see how HKU and your institution or company could possibly strengthen each other. Wishing you a pleasant seminar and looking forward to inspiring meetings!

11 Henk Broeders Chairman - Economic Board Utrecht

he world around us is changing faster than ever and this brings with it major challenges. Urbanisation is constantly on the increase and people are living longer and longer. Natural T resources are running out and new technologies are turning everything upside down. How do we keep healthcare affordable and keep ourselves healthy? How can we quickly ﬁnd new solutions for the energy transition to a green, circular economy? Which technologies can help us with this? Here at Economic Board Utrecht (EBU) we believe that these challenges offer us commercial opportunities. That’s why we help businesses make green, healthy and smart business cases into sound investments. Business Cases that offer a solution to these challenges. Solutions that work and that create work. We bring together sectors that aren’t yet communicating sufﬁciently with each other. We connect businesses with authorities and knowledge institutions in new consortiums. Consortiums with scalable initiatives which lead to new products and services which will make life Greener, Healthier and Smarter, both in the Utrecht region and beyond. Initiatives that generate growth, jobs and market share for businesses in the Utrecht region. We’re always looking for public-private partnerships, existing or in the making, which will help implement the focus areas of the EBU agenda in its strategic Green, Healthy and/or Slim areas. Initiatives that will have positive social and economic consequences, such as employment, new private investments or a better competitive position for regional businesses. Do you have an idea for making the Utrecht region Greener, Healthier or Smarter? Does your initiative meet the above-mentioned requirements? If so, please get in touch! Together we will build the most attractive economy in Europe.

12 Marc Vandeweyer General Director - Cartoon

or over 25 years now, Creative Europe - MEDIA Programme has actively supported the Cartoon Masters as they offer an adequate reply to European F professionals’ needs of coherent and extensive information in the fields of financing, development and distribution of animation works. Thanks to the combined partnerships of the Netherlands Film Festival, the City of Utrecht, the Netherlands Film Fonds, the Economic Board Utrecht (EBU) and the University of the Arts Utrecht (HKU), we will be holding Cartoon Business, our first conference of the year here in the beautiful city of Utrecht and for the first time in the Netherlands. This year’s conference will be dedicated to the creative and business strategies developed by animation houses to define and scale their resources to embrace the real opportunities offered by the new, more global and digital television world. 27 speakers from all over Europe coming from 10 different European countries, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain and the UK, will be sharing their experiences and know-how to inspire you with their accomplishments, and help you find the best route to finance, establish and monetize your own animation shows. There will be a special focus this year on 5 countries who manage to create their shows with little broadcaster’s and public support. We hope you enjoy the programme, the networking moments and wish you a successful Cartoon Business in Utrecht.

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HOTELS Court Hotel City Centre Korte Nieuwstraat 14 3512 NM Utrecht ORGANISATION COMMITTEE T (31) 30 233 0033 CARTOON Mother Goose Hotel Marc Vandeweyer Yolanda Alonso Zindering Ganzenmarkt 26 Joëlle Kesenne Julie Liamin 3512 GE Utrecht Hélène Mambourg Stéphanie Siegels T (31) 30 303 6300 Fouzia Arrouj Elodie Wattiaux Eye Hotel Av. Huart Hamoir 105 Wijde Begijnestraat 1-3 1030 Brussels - Belgium 3512 AW Utrecht T (32) (2) 242 93 53 T (31) 30 303 6303 [email protected] www.cartoon-media.eu

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES TECHNICAL SUPPLIER Welcome Dinner – 21 March Neumann & Müller Zussen Wettersteinstraße 1 Korte Jansstraat 23 82024 Taufkirchen/München - Germany 3512 GM Utrecht T (49) (89) 500 36 10 T (31) 30 233 3633 [email protected] Farewell Dinner – 23 March www.neumannmueller.com Zindering Lucasbolwerk 24 3512 EJ Utrecht T (31) 30 232 4160 Lunches – 22/23 March Winkel Van Sinkel Oudegracht 158 3511 AZ Utrecht T (31) 30 233 3030

Programme

Monday 21 March Arrival of participants in the afternoon 19:30 Welcome Dinner at Zussen Restaurant

Tuesday 22 March

9:00 – 9:15 Welcome Words Speakers Yolanda Alonso (Cartoon) Willemien van Aalst (Netherlands Film Festival) 9:15 – 9:45 Keynote from Jacques Bled, CEO of one of the world’s leading studios for animated features With a career of 30 years in animation spanning from digital visual effects, 3D animation, VFX for commercials and cinema, Jacques Bled became in mid-2011, the CEO of Illumination Mac Guff, a new company created by Universal Pictures with Chris Meledandri as producer. The animation studio based in Paris produced blockbusters “Despicable Me” (2010), “Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax” (2012), “Despicable Me 2” (2013), and “Minions” (2015). Jacques Bled will reflect upon the creative changes in the animated film industry and offer his vision on the forthcoming business opportunities. Speaker Jacques Bled (Illumination Mac Guff ) Moderator Christophe Erbes 9:45 – 10:45 Focus on the Dutch animation industry A one-hour presentation by leading Dutch professionals on what the Dutch animation industry can offer for animated shorts, TV series and feature films in terms of support schemes, know-how and services. Speakers Doreen Boonekamp (Netherlands Film Fond) Bruno Felix (Submarine) Job Roggeveen (Job, Joris & Marieke) Michiel Snijders (il Luster) Moderator Marleen Slot 10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break

17 11:15 – 12:15 Business strategies: IP development, work for hire, or else ? In order to adapt to the kids’ ever-changing market, animation houses have chosen different strategies to exist and succeed at national and international levels. Each speaker will focus on his positioning – IP development, design and talent-led, executive production, line production, etc. Speakers Clément Calvet (Superprod) Phil Chalk (Factory) Moderator Natalie Altmann 12:15 – 13:00 Giving creative input to toy manufacturers An inspirational presentation from Keith Chapman, the creative writer who has helped leading toy manufacturer Spin Master enter the pre-school animated TV series market. Highly popular “PAW Patrol” series is now shown on Nickelodeon and is yieding signiﬁcant merchandising revenues. Keith will explain how animation creatives can work for entertainment companies, and in return get their shows ﬁnanced. Speaker Keith Chapman (Keith Chapman Productions) Moderator Christophe Erbes 13:00 – 14:25 Lunch

14:30 – 15:30 Scaling your animation business: models of development Most European animation companies are independent, of small size and need to find what development model will drive their business. This session will look into how production companies can define their business, and which financial and commercial entrepreneurial skills have to be secured to grow bigger. Speakers Erica Darby (Spider Eye) Gabriele M. Walther (Caligari Film- und Fernsehproduktion) Moderator Natalie Altmann 15:30 – 16:30 Focus on smaller producing countries (Part 1) The difficulties of smaller producing countries who may not have broadcasters’ support nor tax incentives to help the financing of their shows. How do they manage to create their own IP, build local successes for larger markets, use co-production, etc. Speakers Sarita Christensen (Copenhagen Bombay) Moe Honan (Moetion Films) Moderator Christophe Erbes 16:30 – 17:00 Coffee break

17:00 – 17:45 Using AVoD platforms to increase monetisation of shows How can you build YouTube audiences, rollout digital and branded kids entertainment channels? An inspiring talk from Wildbrain International, distributor of AVoD premium kids TV entertainment from the DHX library generating half a billion views a month globally on YouTube and other AVoD platforms. Speaker Alfred Chubb (Wildbrain International) Moderator Christophe Erbes Free evening

18 Wednesday 23 March

9:00 – 9:45 Raising private finance and equity As public and TV support is more difficult to secure, animation producers and companies need to look at raising finance from other sources. How can producers make their IP and business proposition attractive to investors and venture capitalists will be explained by Cathal Gaffney, a seasoned producer who managed to sell his animation company to Canadian 9 Story Media Group. Speaker Cathal Gaffney (Brown Bag Films) Moderator Natalie Altmann 9:45 – 10:30 “Peppa Pig” – A marketing phenomenon Since its launch in 2004 on Channel 5, “Peppa Pig” has become one of the world’s biggest shows for pre-schoolers and a global license and merchandise brand that has turned into an incredible phenomenon. Phil Davies will explain how the creative and business aspects are ensuring the longevity of the property. Speaker Phil Davies (The Elf Factory) Moderator Natalie Altmann 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 – 12:00 Broadcasters’ investment in animation (co-pro models and exploitation) A discussion by broadcasters of their co-production budgets and larger investment and exploitation budgets for animation programmes. Speakers Sebastian Debertin (Der Kinderkanal ARD / ZDF (KiKA)) Vicky Schroderus (Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE)) Moderator Christophe Erbes 12:00 – 12:45 Online: new business opportunities for new business models As the TV market is reaching maturity with high-quality animation, Internet is becoming a new High Street with new disruptive ways to make money, new formats with shorter narratives and new opportunities to launch “lower cost” brands. What does this all mean for producers? Speaker Tom van Waveren (CAKE Entertainment) Moderator Natalie Altmann 12:45 – 14:25 Lunch

14:30 – 15:00 Being creative for digital platforms Our speaker will illustrate how he is putting his creative talent at the service of Hooplakidz, a YouTube channel for pre-schoolers and how he is balancing quality of animation with low cost production. Speaker Robert Jaszczurowski (GS Animation) Moderator Christophe Erbes

19 15:00 – 16:15 Development of animated series: think global! Webtoons, micro programmes, test modules… How and why should animation producers invest for the “on demand” consumption of kids and how can it help the brand recognition and wider exploitation of their animation properties… These will be some of the topics raised by this panel. Speakers Julien Borde (France Télévisions) Alfred Chubb (Wildbrain International) Jesse Cleverly (Wildseed Studios) Moderator Christian Davin 16:15 – 16:45 Coffee break

16:45 – 17:45 Focus on smaller and bigger producing countries (Part 2) The difﬁculties of smaller and bigger producing countries who may not have broadcasters’ support nor tax incentives to help the ﬁnancing of their shows. How do they manage to create their own IP, build local successes for larger markets, use co-production, etc. Speakers Cristina Brandner Garcia (Neptuno Films Production) Frank Mosvold (Kool Produktion) Moderator Christophe Erbes 19:30 Farewell dinner at Zindering Restaurant

Thursday 24 March Departure of participants

20 Speakers

Jacques Bled Illumination Mac Guff (France) Doreen Boonekamp Netherlands Film Fund (Netherlands) Julien Borde France Télévisions (France) Cristina Brandner Garcia Neptuno Films Production (Spain) Clément Calvet Superprod (France) Phil Chalk Factory (UK) Keith Chapman Keith Chapman Productions (UK) Sarita Christensen Copenhagen Bombay (Denmark) Alfred Chubb Wildbrain International (UK) Jesse Cleverly Wildseed Studios (UK) Erica Darby Spider Eye (UK) Phil Davies The Elf Factory (UK) Sebastian Debertin Der Kinderkanal ARD / ZDF (KiKA) (Germany) Bruno Felix Submarine (Netherlands) Cathal Gaffney Brown Bag Films (Ireland) Moe Honan Moetion Films (Ireland) Robert Jaszczurowski GS Animation (Poland) Frank Mosvold Kool Produktion (Norway) Job Roggeveen Job, Joris & Marieke (Netherlands) Vicky Schroderus Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) (Finland) Michiel Snijders il Luster (Netherlands) Tom van Waveren CAKE Entertainment (UK) Gabriele M. Walther Caligari Film- und Fernsehproduktion (Germany)

Moderators Natalie Altmann Media Valley (France) Christian Davin Christian Davin Production (France) Christophe Erbes Kids Media ©nsulting (France) Marleen Slot Viking Film (Netherlands)

21 Speakers

Jacques Bled ILLUMINATION MAC GUFF (FRANCE) Upon completion of his cinema and social studies, Jacques Bled co-founded Mac Guff Ligne in 1986, a digital visual effects design studio specializing in 3D animation and VFX for commercials and feature ﬁlms (“Azur et Asmar”, “Irréversible”, “Un Prophète”, “Welcome”, “Kirikou 3”…). In August 2011, Jacques Bled became CEO of Illumination Mac Guff, a new company created by Universal Pictures. Illumination Mac Guff is one of the world’s leading studios for animated feature ﬁlms. Based in Paris, the animation studio is known for such global blockbusters as “Despicable Me” (2010), “Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax” (2012), “Despicable Me 2” (2013) and “Minions” (2015), all produced by Chris Meledandri’s Illumination Entertainment for Universal Pictures. “The Secret Life of Pets” and “Sing” are currently in production to be released respectively in July 2016 and December 2016. Jacques was promoted “Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres” and was appointed President of the Technical Industries Commission within the CNC. He was also named “Personality of the year” in 2013 by readers of the magazine Le Film Français.

Doreen Boonekamp NETHERLANDS FILM FUND (NETHERLANDS) Doreen Boonekamp is the CEO of the Netherlands Film Fund, the national agency responsible for supporting the development, production and distribution of features, feature length documentaries, animated ﬁlms and experimental ﬁlms. Besides the Fund supports activities such as festivals and training. Since 2014 the Fund is also responsible for the Netherlands Film Production Incentive (30% cash rebate) and the Netherlands Film Commission. Doreen Boonekamp holds this position since October 2009. Besides her position at the Fund, Doreen is also involved as a decision maker and Expert for organisations such as EAVE and Member of the Board of the association of European Film Agency Directors (EFADs). Before the Fund, she was during 8 years Director of the Netherlands Film Festival, the largest cultural media event of the Netherlands. She has worked at the Netherlands Film Festival since 1990 holding different positions. She previously also worked for the CineMart at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.

Julien Borde FRANCE TÉLÉVISIONS (FRANCE) Julien Borde is Head of SVoD for France Télévisions. Up to September 2015, he was SVP of New Projects at France Télévisions Programming and Digital Department in charge of the public broadcaster multichannel development on the web, more than 135 non-linear channels on YouTube and Dailymotion. A large portfolio from children and kids content to general entertainment and original series. Before that, he was General Secretary of Programmes and Deputy Director of Programming at France 3, 4th terrestrial generalist channel in France. Between October 2008 and June 2012, he ran children’s and youth programming for France Télévisions, the ﬁrst commissioner of animation in Europe. He was in charge of animation co-productions, acquisitions and youth programming for all of France Télévisions channels and digital services. In 2005, Julien Borde joined France Télévisions, to run the children’s and youth programming unit of France 3. Previously, between 1997 and 2005, he successively held the position of Deputy Programming Director, Programming Director and then Executive Director of Programming and Production at Disney Channel France. He holds a postgraduate degree from the IEP (Institute of Political Studies) in Bordeaux and a Master’s in Media from the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce in Paris. Julien Borde began his career at Canal J as a Programming Assistant.

22 Cristina Brandner Garcia NEPTUNO FILMS PRODUCTION (SPAIN) Cristina Brandner is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Neptuno Films Production. During the last twenty years, she produced lots of animated series such as “This Story isn’t over yet” (26 x11’), “Tex” (52 x11’), “Megaminimals I, II and III” (260 x 6’), “Rupert and Sam” (26 x 3’), “Poppets Town” (26 x 22’), “Pim and Pam” (130 x 5’), and many more.

Clément Calvet SUPERPROD (FRANCE) Clément Calvet has twenty years of experience in animation. He was Producer and Managing Director for Gaumont Animation (formerly Alphanim). He founded Superprod in 2010, which produced “Song of the Sea” (Tomm Moore’s second feature film nominated for an Oscar and winner of a European film award) and “Cafard” (Jan Bultheel’s first feature film). Superprod is in production of “White Fang” (an adaptation of Jack London’s novel directed by the Oscar winner Alexander Espigares), which will be released in 2018.

Phil Chalk FACTORY (UK) Phil Chalk is Managing Director and Executive Producer of Factory, an animation workshop of creativity and innovation. Over the last ten years, Phil has produced many award-winning animated series, including: BAFTA- winning “Clangers”, “Scream Street”, “Strange Hill High” “Newzoids’ Disney Club Penguin’s specials, “Roary The Racing Car”, “Fifi & The Flowertots”, “Raa Raa The Noisy Lion” and BAFTA nominated “Muddle Earth”. Factory is currently co-producing “Scream Street” with Coolabi, currently airing on CBBC and making the BAFTA award-winning “Clangers”, a co-production from CBeebies, Coolabi and Sprout, which launched on CBeebies in June 2015 and it immediately hit number 1 in the UK’s top children’s programmes. In 2015, Factory produced its first show for a prime time slot, “Newzoids”, a co-production between Factory and Citrus Television. The topical animation sketch show satirizes musicians, politicians, sports stars, actors and celebrities and used low-tech traditional puppetry and state of the art animation to create a surreal, pastiche of famous faces. This prolific studio also recently completed a series of animated specials for Disney and Club Penguin, which aired across the world. Phil is passionate about the animation and film industry and is dedicated to nurturing new talent and intellectual property for exploitation across all media from a UK production base.

23 Speakers

Keith Chapman KEITH CHAPMAN PRODUCTIONS (UK) After leaving Art College and starting as an Art Director in advertising, Keith Chapman moved into kids TV, working for the legendary Jim Henson. Here he worked on “The Muppets”, “Muppet Babies” and “Fraggle Rock” and learned about character and brand creation. In 1996 he sold his first TV creation, “Bob the Builder”, to HiT Entertainment. Launched on BBC in 1999, Bob became a global success, generating $5 billion in revenues to date. From the success of Bob, Keith Chapman formed his own company Chapman Entertainment in 2001 with business colleagues. He created or produced award-winning shows “Fifi & the Flowertots”, “Roary the Racing Car”, “Little Charley Bear” and “Raa Raa The Noisy Lion” which sold all over the world. More recently Keith Chapman has created “PAW Patrol” for Spin Master Productions, now a global smash hit on Nick Jr. He has several new TV shows in development with various international production companies and he is currently working on his first full length animated movie.

Sarita Christensen COPENHAGEN BOMBAY (DENMARK) Sarita Christensen is Founder, CEO and Executive Producer at Copenhagen Bombay. She has produced a number of films, first at Zentropa and later Zentropa Grrr, which she founded. In 2006 she founded Copenhagen Bombay, and has developed the company into one of Scandinavia’s leading animation studios and production companies of entertainment for children and young people. Copenhagen Bombay is a diverse and talent-oriented company working with a broad range of projects. No matter the platform, the intention with all of Copenhagen Bombay’s stories is to capture the audience by relevance and originality. Copenhagen Bombay gives special attention to new talents, original stories and unique designs, and this makes the company profile unique. The vision of Copenhagen Bombay is to stimulate the inquisitive child to remain inquisitive, and to generate innovation and entrepreneurship.

Alfred Chubb WILDBRAIN INTERNATIONAL (UK) Respected board level industry executive. Current focus on AVoD exploitation across YouTube, Facebook and other online ad-based video platforms generating over 650 million views a month from kids TV on YouTube. 10 years experience in digital content rights, VoD/EST/SVoD/AVoD. 2 years experience producing and distributing feature ﬁlms theatrically worldwide and delivering live streamed satellite performances to up to 3000 screens.

24 Jesse Cleverly WILDSEED STUDIOS (UK) Jesse Cleverly is Creative Director at Wildseed Studios. Wildseed Studios is a next-generation media company which enables emerging talent to create fantastic new entertainment IPs by investing directly into the development and production of their ideas. Wildseed is investing 50 x £10k into new ideas over the next three years, with two successive rounds of increasing funding available for the ideas which show potential to become the break out hit we seek. Wildseed looks in three categories – Kids 6-11, animated and live-action adult comedy, and genre fiction. We produce digital original series and microbuster movies – blockbuster movies on a microbudget. All of Wildseed’s series commissions premiere on one of two proprietary OTT entertainment channels Wildseed Comedy and Wildseed SciFi, while our movies generally go into VoD distribution networks. Since launching Wildseed Comedy in November 2014, it has fast become the biggest independent OTT comedy channel in the UK. Wildseed’s first full length feature “Hungerford” (produced for £23k) recently won Best SciFi at Berlin Independent Film Festival, and lead actress Georgia Bradley won Best Actress at Fantasporto. It has also been officially selected for SciFi London Film Festival and Shriekfest in Los Angeles, and is currently available on iTunes for pre-order. Prior to founding Wildseed with his business partner Miles Bullough, Jesse ran his own creative solutions company Connective Media, and before that Jesse held a range of senior editorial positions at the BBC, culminating in three years as Head of Co-Production and Acquisition for BBC Children’s. He began his career marketing new plays in the theatre and spent five years as Stephen Daldry’s Head of Marketing at the Royal Court Theatre in London.

Phil Davies THE ELF FACTORY (UK) Phil Davies has been producing animation since the 1980’s. He has won 6 animation BAFTA’s, been nominated a further 11 times, and the films produced have received many other awards from around the world. While working with students at London’s Middlesex Polytechnic in the 80’s several groundbreaking films were produced including many for the newly established music station MTV. In the 90’s he regularly produced short films for Channel 4 and he also ran the Channel 4 student animation competition. He currently sits on the professional advisory panel at the National Film and TV school and also regularly supports students and projects at London’s Royal College of Art. The successful partnership of Astley, Baker and Davies was born in 2002 when Phil Davies joined forces with old college friends Neville Astley and Mark Baker to produce children’s animation. Mark Baker’s short films, “The Hill Farm”, “The Village” and “Jolly Roger” have all been Oscar nominated and have won major awards around the world, including a BAFTA award and the Annecy Grand Prix (for “The Hill Farm”). Neville Astley enjoys a similar standing in the world of commercials, having been responsible for Smarties, Budweiser and Nike ads among others. His short film “Trainspotter”, co-directed with Jeff Newitt, was nominated for a BAFTA and won the Edinburgh Festival’s McLaren Award. Together through their company The Elf Factory the trio have produced 104 episodes of their popular TV series “Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom” and are currently working on a new series of 52 episodes of the multi award-winning series “Peppa Pig”.

25 Speakers

Erica Darby SPIDER EYE (UK) Erica has worked in the animation industry for 30 years, and spent her formative years freelancing as an Artist and Production Manager for many studios including TVC, Richard Williams, Passion Pictures and Uli Meyer Studios in London, and Disney in Sydney. In 1999 she started working with a new company, Spider Eye, subsequently becoming Co-Director and Producer. Spider Eye established its reputation with many award-winning commercials, shorts and features. Now one of the UK’s most commercially viable and internationally recognised animation studios, Spider Eye has a stellar reputation for excellence in servicing and 3rd party studio work on high proﬁle properties. The company has created its own international brand, “Jungle Junction”, and has built a slate of eclectic properties with considerable international potential. Erica’s role is very much one of Creative Producer and she is actively involved in development of new projects as well as ﬁnancial and production work.

Sebastian Debertin DER KINDERKANAL ARD / ZDF (KIKA) (GERMANY) Sebastian Debertin helped create and launch KiKA – The Children’s Channel of ARD & ZDF that became market leader in German speaking territories in 2015. As Head of Fiction, Acquisitions and Co-Productions, a position he has held for more than 19 years, Sebastian oversees all international acquisitions, productions and co-productions. Sebastian has won several national and international awards, including an Emmy. He oversees all international acquisitions, productions and co-productions for KiKA and its platforms. He looks for acquisitions and co-productions for truly all genres of programming from national and international sources, more precisely, in Europe from Germany, France, UK, Ireland, Italy, Scandinavia as well as Canada, Australia and the US, South Korea and Singapore. Furthermore, he is responsible for programme development, contract negotiations with national and international partners, relationship management with KiKA’s international production and distribution partners, supervision of productions, co-productions and dubbing projects, plus securing third-party funding. He is sharing his experience and expertise at various Universities and Media Academies, e. g. The Television Business School, The German Academy for Children’s Media and others.

Bruno Felix SUBMARINE (NETHERLANDS) Bruno Felix is, together with Femke Wolting, Founder and Managing Director of Submarine, an independent film and transmedia production company, spanning features, documentaries and animation. Submarine boasts a roster of award-winning productions created with an extensive network of international acclaimed directors. Bruno has produced many award-winning animation series sold to broadcasters around the world, such as the Emmy-nominated series “Hola Lara!”, “Kika & Bob” (Europrix Interactive TV) and “Naked” (Awards at Annecy International Film Festival, AniFest, SICAF). Most recently he produced the second season of the animation series “Kika & Bob” and the crossmedia animation series “Picnic with Cake”. Bruno produced many award-winning transmedia productions, such as the Emmy nominated “Collapsus”, (SXSW Interactive Award, Spin Award, Lovie Award). Recently he also produced the interactive documentary “Last Hijack Interactive” (Prix Europa, two awards at Tous Ecrans, International Emmy Award) an interactive companion to the feature length film by Tommy Pallotta & Femke Wolting. Most recently Bruno produced Peter Greenaway’s latest film, “Eisenstein in Guanajuato”, that premiered in International Competition at the Berlinale Film Festival 2015. He is currently producing the new animation series “Fox and Hare”.

26 Cathal Gaffney BROWN BAG FILMS (IRELAND) Cathal Gaffney is the CEO and Co-Founder of Brown Bag Films. Brown Bag Films is a global leader in children’s animation with programmes currently on air in over 150 countries worldwide watched by more than 100 million children. Located in Dublin and with operations in Los Angeles and Manchester. In 2015 Brown Bag Films announced their acquisition by Canadian producer and distributor 9 Story Media Group and Cathal has assumed the responsibility of Group COO which collectivley employs more than 500 staff. In 2002 Cathal was nominated for an Academy Award as director of the short ﬁlm “Give Up Yer Aul Sins”. Recent credits as Executive Producer include the Peabody winning “Doc Mc Stufﬁns” (Disney), Emmy Award-winning “Peter Rabbit” (Nickelodeon), “The Octonauts”(BBC), BAFTA nominated “Bing” (BBC) and “Henry Hugglemonster”(Disney). Cathal was previously nominated for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award and won the European Producer of the Year at the Cartoon Forum in Norway. Cathal is an honorary fellow of the National Film School in Dublin and is a former Chair and current Board Member of Animation Ireland.

Moe Honan MOETION FILMS (IRELAND) Moetion Films produces and develops animated feature films and TV series for international distribution. Based in Galway, Ireland, Moetion Films works with a strong and established network of writers, animators, actors and directors and co-producers. Owner/Producer, Moe Honan, is a long-time co-producer with partners across Europe and Canada and has recently co-produced animated feature films such as the award winning “Niko and the Way to the Stars”, “The Sequel”, “Niko 2 - Little Brother, Big Trouble”, and “Legends of Valhalla - THOR”. Previously she has co-produced “The Ugly Duckling and Me!”, (feature and TV series), “Lilly The Witch”, “Zombie Hotel”, “The Fairytaler”, “The World Of Tosh”, “Norman Normal” and many more. Moetion Films most recent co-production was the highly successful feature film “Two by Two - Ooops! The Ark Has Gone...” a comedy adventure about the creatures who missed the boat… Moetion Films also provides production services to other partners and Moe Honan also works as a Casting and Voice Director.

Robert Jaszczurowski GS ANIMATION (POLAND) During 17 years of his career in the animation industry, Robert gained experience in directing animation, creating layouts, backgrounds, characters’ design. Since 2009 he acts as a Creative Producer with the most important project TV series “Mami Fatale”. Robert is an active member of Polish Filmmakers Association and Co-Founder and Board Member of the Polish Animation Producers Association. Currently working on many projects including: “Basia” and “Grand Banda” TV series, as well as “Mice on Strike” feature and developing his company’s brand new YouTube channel with pre-school content – Toon Balloon.

27 Speakers

Frank Mosvold KOOL PRODUKTION (NORWAY) Frank Mosvold is a Norwegian producer and creator of entertainment for kids. He has created and produced the animated TV series ”Hubert” (26 x 10’) and ”Ella Bella Bingo” (104 x 7’). He is currently developing two animated feature films: “Ella Bella Bingo & the Bicycle Thief” and “City of Friends.” Mosvold has produced and directed several award-winning short films, such as “Bendik & the Monster”. He has also produced several apps and written 4 books for kids. Frank Mosvold has an MFA in film production from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.

Job Roggeveen JOB, JORIS & MARIEKE (NETHERLANDS) Job Roggeveen is Co-founder, Designer and Composer of animation studio Job, Joris & Marieke. Job, Joris & Marieke is a Dutch studio for animation, illustration, character design and music. Their work can be described as cute, funny, poetic and sometimes disturbing. Job founded the studio in 2007 together with Joris Oprins en Marieke Blaauw. In 2015, their short film “A Single Life” was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short and won more than 20 international awards. Their short film “Mute” also won several international awards, amongst which the Grand Prix and Audience award at the Holland Animation Film Festival. In 2016, they released their 10-minute short “(Otto)”. At the moment the studio is working on a 25-minute film and is developing a feature film. They also work on commercials, educational projects and music videos. Their most known work is probably the music clip “I’ll Take You Along” for rapper Gers Pardoel. With almost 20 million views it was the best-viewed Dutch music video ever on YouTube. In 2012, the children’s series “The Tumblies” was released. Job, Joris & Marieke worked on the concept and character design. It’s being broadcasted in Holland, Italy, Turkey and Indonesia. The music for all their work is composed by Happy Camper, an award-winning music project by Job. And obviously in return the studio creates all the music videos for Happy Camper.

Vicky Schroderus FINNISH BROADCASTING COMPANY (YLE) (FINLAND) Vicky Schroderus joined YLE, Finnish Broadcasting Company in 1997 and is currently working as Acquisition Executive for YLE Television. When measured by ratings and audience satisfaction YLE TV2 is the leading channel for children’s programming in Finland. It transmits annually over 1200 hours of children’s programming for a 2- to 12-year-old audience. Vicky is responsible for acquiring over 65% of this volume. In practice this means that she decides and negotiates all the titles. She also oversees the dubbing and programming of the shows. Before the current position at YLE, Vicky also acquired non-English ﬁction, music and extreme sports. Before joining YLE, Vicky earned a Master’s degree in Business Administration at the Turku School of Economics. She started her career at the market research department at Schweitzerische Mobiliar in Switzerland.

28 Michiel Snijders IL LUSTER (NETHERLANDS) Michiel Snijders is Animation Producer for il Luster. After studying Film and Televison Sciences at Utrecht University and working as a Script Reader, Michiel joined il Luster in 1997 as a Producer/Script Editor and became partner. il Luster soon became the biggest producer of animated short films in the Netherlands, winning many awards on international film festivals. Recently the company also produced two animated series and two animated features (released in 2014 and 2016). As a producer, Michiel is responsible for all creative development and the production of all animation projects; independent, commissioned and network productions. Together with Arnoud Rijken, Michiel also is a screenwriter for animation. As Chairman of the il Luster Films Foundation, the non-profit sister organisation of il Luster Productions, Michiel is also a lobbyist for the animation industry in the Netherlands and incidentally teaches animation.

Tom van Waveren CAKE ENTERTAINMENT (UK) Tom kicked off his career in animation at Nelvana in 1996 and soon became Director of its London ofﬁce. In this role, Tom was introduced to executive production and worked on projects such as “Bob and Margareth”, “Pippi Longstocking” and “Redwall”. In 1999, Tom moved to Copenhagen to head up Egmont Imagination as its President where he was involved in the production of over 100 hours of programming including “Lizzie McGuire”, “Rex The Runt”, and “Hamilton Mattress”. Tom started his own company in 2004 and merged his pipeline of projects with CAKE in 2006. Since that date, he has been responsible for scouting, development and the executive production of all content. Projects he has worked on include “Skunk Fu”, “Eliot Kid”, “Angelo Rules”, “Oscar’s Oasis” and “Poppy Cat”. In 2010, he became CEO and Creative Director. Tom has also been nominated for a daytime Emmy in the Best pre-school series category three times and is currently overseeing a development slate involving ten properties from pre-school to late night. Tom is currently working on the production of “Angelo Rules” series 3, “Bottersnikes & Gumbles” and “My Knight and Me”.

Gabriele M. Walther CALIGARI FILM- UND FERNSEHPRODUKTION (GERMANY) Gabriele M. Walther is the owner and Managing Director of Caligari Film and its affiliated companies. After completing her degree at the University of Television and Film Munich (HFF) in 1985, she produced “Das Arche Noah Prinzip”, Roland Emmerich’s first full length feature film. She founded her first business together with the director Ulrich Edel (“Die kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo”, “Last exit to Brooklyn”). With the formation of Caligari Film in 1986 Gabriele M. Walther followed up her entrepreneurial career. In the 90’s Gabriele M. Walther established the genre Sitcom onto the German market in co- production with Sony Columbia TriStar. Since 1999 she has produced 80 episodes of Germany’s most successful sitcom “Hausmeister Krause”, starring Tom Gerhard. With animation productions of famous brands like “Princess Lillifee”, “The Moonbeam Bear”, “Felix”, “Knight Rusty”, “Coconut the little Dragon” and “Capt’n Sharky“ Caligari Film has become the German market leader in the animation segment. Up to present day, Gabriele M. Walther has produced more than 500 episodes in the documentary, entertainment and fiction segments, all with a very high public appeal. In 2007 Gabriele M. Walther received the prize for Bavarian businesswoman of the year. In 2009 she became a Member of the Executive Board of the section animation in the Allianz Deutscher Produzenten Film & Fernsehen e.V. (German Producers Alliance Film & Television). Since 2010 she is also Member of the Board of Administration of the German Federal Employment Agency.

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Natalie Altmann MEDIA VALLEY (FRANCE) Based in Paris, France, Media Valley is specialized in the production of content for kids and families, ranging from animated TV series and features to live-action series. Founded in 2010 and owned by Natalie Altmann, former Head of Children’s Programmes at French private broadcaster M6, Media Valley is currently developing a slate of animated and live-action series aimed at the international market (among which “Zoom the White Dolphin” – 52 x 13’ for TF1 and “Les Triplés” – 78 x 7’ for France Télévisions). On top of developing her own IPs, Natalie Altmann worked as Executive Producer on the CGI 3D animated feature based on Asterix, the well-known character from Goscinny and Uderzo.

Christian Davin CHRISTIAN DAVIN PRODUCTION (FRANCE) He started as representative of Antenne 2 in Canada for sales and co-productions. In 1984 he founded Lumière and in 1989 he became Head of France Animation. He founded Alphanim in 1997 and sold it in 2007 to Gaumont. He produced more than 900 half-hours of animation both for TV and cinema theatres. He is President of Cartoon since 2009.

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”.

30 Marleen Slot VIKING FILM (NETHERLANDS) Viking Film is the Amsterdam-based film production company founded in 2011 by Marleen Slot. International in scope, Viking Film wants to make high-quality films for both Dutch and international audiences with a special focus on arthouse, children films and animation films. Viking Film recently finished the stop-motion animation “Munya in Me” (Mascha Halberstad, BANFF Grand Jury Prize and Rockie Award Best Animation 2015) feature films “Oscuro Animal” (Felipe Guerrero, IFFR Tiger Competition 2016), “Siv Sleeps Astray” (Catti Edfeldt, Lena Hanno Clyne opening film Berlinale Generation K+ 2016), “Neon Bull” (Gabriel Mascaro, selection Venice Orizzonti and TIFF Competition 2015), “Zurich” (Sacha Polak, Berlinale Forum winner CICAE Art Cinema Award 2015) and “Summer of Sangaile” (Alanté Kavaïté, Sundance Competition and Berlinale Panorama 2015). At the moment Viking Film is working on the single play “Don’t lose your head” by Job, Joris & Marieke and the stopmotion feature film “Oink’s Revenge” by Mascha Halberstad. Marleen worked as a producer at Lemming Film for many years. She is part of EAVE and member of the board of ACE and the association of Dutch Film Producers. In 2013 she was selected Producer on the Move during the Cannes Film Festival.

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