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3 www.investni.com/invest Jeremy Fitch Executive Director, Business and Sector Development, Invest Northern Ireland

s the Government agency responsible for supporting new and existing businesses to grow and compete internationally, and to attract new inward investment, Invest Northern Ireland is proud of the rapid Agrowth and success our animation companies are having on a global stage. The Northern Ireland animation sector has a cluster of young, dynamic companies who are utilising their unique blend of skills to produce award- winning animation that is selling worldwide. Companies such as Sixteen South, Jam Media, Flickerpix Animation and Dog Ears have developed new content in collaboration with major international players such as the Jim Henson Company, CBBC, Nick Junior which highlights the region’s capability and potential to become a centre of excellence for animation.

Northern Ireland has taken huge steps forward in developing the wider film and TV sector in the region through the work of Northern Ireland Screen. High levels of collaboration between industry, academia and government mean that the development of talent is a priority and there is a growing range of animation courses supported by leading multi platform media facilities in both our Further and Higher Education institutions.

Invest Northern Ireland is delighted to welcome Cartoon Finance 2013 to Belfast and to support this esteemed event which offers an invaluable opportunity for local and international animators to network, learn from industry leaders and showcase their capabilities to an international audience.

4 Máirtín Ó Muilleoir Lord Mayor of Belfast

s Lord Mayor of the great city of Belfast, Last year, we announced our most ambitious it gives me great pleasure to welcome programme of support to date: our £150 million you to the city for the Cartoon Finance Investment Programme. This outlines how we Aconference 2013. will contribute to the growth and revitalisation of the city, by supporting the local economy, and As with most cities around the world, global providing the appropriate investment in the economic conditions have, and continue to development of the city’s economic infrastructure. impact significantly on our local business, To date, one of the significant achievements of communities and residents and we have set this programme has been the recent financial ourselves the challenge to do what we can to boost of £13 million to make Belfast a super- battle this recession. connected city, which aims to make Belfast one Supporting the development of the city and its of the top cities in Europe in relation to ultrafast local businesses is a role Belfast City Council broadband access and availability, providing takes seriously and this is no more evident local businesses greater access to new global than in our support for the development of opportunities. the creative industries, which has been and We are also developing plans to establish a still very much is, a key focus in our economic creative hub facility in Belfast. The hub will development plans over the coming years. provide flexible workspace to accommodate As a city, we are fortunate to have a young start-ups and micro businesses, working in the population, a highly skilled workforce and a key sectors of film, television, music and digital plethora of creative SMEs making their mark content, who are developing their own creative in the global media industry. Whether it be the intellectual property. The development will creation of ground breaking-children’s television take place in the Cathedral Quarter area and programming from Sixteen South and Jam will act as a catalyst for wider development in Media to state of the art animation and visual the area and add significant value and support FX from Inlifesize and Black North, Belfast is to the planned development and relocation of home to a new breed of creative entrepreneurs. the University of Ulster, who themselves are pioneers in relation to 3D animation, visual FX And, of course, the city is a temporary home and design. for the cast and crew of HBO’s award winning television series “Game of Thrones” and It is a pleasure for us, to host the Cartoon Universal Pictures’ production of Dracula, which Finance Conference here in Belfast and I hope it further cements Belfast and Northern Ireland’s is a successful and inspiring one for you all. reputation as a world-class production location.

5 Carál Ní Chuilín Minister, Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure

he Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure The Department’s Creative Industries Innovation (DCAL) is the government department in the Fund, administered through the Arts Council, north of Ireland responsible for the arts and provides catalytic support to digital businesses Tcreativity. DCAL supports a wide range of sponsored and has helped many animators and children’s bodies such as NI Screen and organisations content producers to develop new collaborations covering areas such as museums, libraries, sport and business models capable of competing and and languages. The Department is also the succeeding on the world stage. government lead on the creative industries. DCAL is committed to proactively harnessing DCAL is not merely about culture, arts and the transformative power of the creative and leisure, in isolation. Rather it is a department cultural sectors to advance a sustainable for the economy and a department of equality. economic agenda. These sectors are increasingly The creative and cultural sectors are important recognised across Europe as drivers of wider facets of sustainable economic growth, as well business and social innovation and can act as as vital tools for the promotion of equality. The catalysts and enablers of the cultural change work of DCAL and its sponsored bodies supports required to nurture creativity and innovation the emergence of creative people, creative ideas, at all levels of society. By proactively targeting creative communities and creative businesses. meaningful resources to those most in need, the Department develops tangible opportunities and Innovative NI Screen programmes are a prime measurable outcomes supporting a confident, example. In addition to funding film and creative, informed and healthy society in this television productions and skills development, part of Ireland. NI Screen, with DCAL support, coordinates three Creative Learning Centres across the region; DCAL is delighted to be a partner in Cartoon the Nerve Centre in Derry, Nerve Belfast, and the Finance 2013 and to welcome delegates to AmmA Centre in Armagh. All three centres deliver Ireland and the city of Belfast. This prestigious programmes for schools and young people in the event offers an important opportunity for use of new creative digital technologies. A key local animators and creative entrepreneurs to element to the services provided is professional develop new partnerships with international development programmes for teachers and youth industry leaders and to demonstrate the ability, leaders. This range of integrated programmes and commercial potential and proven track record of innovative support aims to build sustainability in Irish talent and creative businesses. schools and fuel the next generation of animators, digital innovators and creative entrepreneurs.

6 Xavier Troussard Sari Vartiainen Head of Unit of the Head of MEDIA Unit – MEDIA Programme Education, Audiovisual & of the European Commission Culture Executive Agency

ontinuous training of professionals and talented individuals is essential to reinforce the competitiveness of the European audiovisual industry, a core objective of the MEDIA programme Cof the European Union. That is why ever since its beginnings in 1990 the MEDIA programme has devoted a substantial amount of its budget to co-finance training initiatives developed by and for professionals in the audiovisual industry. More than 2000 professionals coming from countries participating in the MEDIA programme are trained every year through MEDIA funded training initiatives where they have the opportunity to acquire new skills, learn from others’ mistakes or successes; develop their projects and explore new technologies as well as expand their contact base. MEDIA Training provides an excellent platform for professional networking and cooperation.

For the last years, MEDIA has actively supported the Cartoon Masters as they offer an adequate reply to European professionals’ needs of coherent and extensive information in the fields of development, financing and distribution of animation works be they TV series or animated features.

From January 2014 the present MEDIA, Culture and MEDIA Mundus programmes of the European Union will be merged and transformed into Creative Europe. This new seven years’ programme will continue to support professional training activities with a reinforced focus on innovation and adaptation of the rapid evolution of the sector fuelled by digitisation and globalisation.

We wish you a successful Cartoon Master workshop in Belfast.

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THE VENUE ORGANISATION COMMITTEE Europa Hotel **** Great Victoria Str. CARTOON Marc Vandeweyer Yolanda Alonso Julie Liamin Antrim, BT2 7AP Belfast Joëlle Kesenne Nicola Lennon Stéphanie Siegels Valérie de Halleux Fouzia Arrouj T (44) (28) 90 27 10 66 Av. Huart Hamoir 105 HOTELS 1030 Brussels Europa Hotel **** Belgium Great Victoria Str. T (32) (2) 242 93 53 F (32) (2) 245 46 89 Antrim, BT2 7AP [email protected] Belfast www.cartoon-media.eu T (44) (28) 90 27 10 66 Technical supplier Jurys Inn Hotel *** Neumann & Müller GmbH Great Victoria Str. Wettersteinstr. 1 Antrim, BT2 7AP 82024 Taufkirchen/München Belfast Germany T (44) (28) 90 53 35 00 T (49) (89) 500 36 10 F (49) (89) 50 11 83 [email protected] RESTAURANTS www.neumannmueller.com Welcome Dinner – Tuesday 26 November Belfast City Hall Donegall Pl. Antrim, BT1 5GS Belfast T (44) (28) 90 32 02 02 Farewell Dinner – Thursday 28 November Titanic Belfast The Bridge Room Queens Island Antrim, BT3 9DT Belfast T (44) (28) 90 76 63 86

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Tuesday 26 November

18:45 Welcome drinks and Dinner at Belfast City Council

19:30 Dinner at Belfast City Council

Wednesday 27 November

9:30 – 9:40 Welcome Words Speakers: Yolanda Alonso (Cartoon) Jeremy Fitch (Invest Northern Ireland)

9:40 – 10:10 Keynote Address on New Funding Opportunities Speaker: Miles Bullough (Wildseed Studios)

10:10 – 11:15 Presentation of Northern Ireland Animation Studios Five leading studios will present the landscape of animation in Northern Ireland and in particular the benefits when working there in terms of location, talent and financial incentives, through NI Screen and the Tax Credits among others. Speakers: Tim Bryans (Flickerpix Animation) Fionnuala Deane (Dog Ears) Bob Price (360 Production) John Rice (Jam Media UK) Colin Williams (Sixteen South) Richard Williams (Northern Ireland Screen) Moderator: Christophe Erbes

11:15 – 11:45 Coffee break

11 11:45 – 13:00 Panel on Fundraising and Investment for Animated TV Series Producers need to become very skilled at working out their financial strategies in an ever-changing landscape of production investment. The recent economic climate has put pressure on the traditional sources of funding and yet new opportunities have arisen such as the UK Tax Credit, crowdfunding, new players like Netflix and Google, gaming companies, Hedge Funds seeking investment opportunities. The session will look at the ways in which the financial market has changed and how, based on case studies, the panel is adapting to these formidable challenges. Speakers: Jean-Baptiste Babin (Backup Media) Simon Flamank (Bob and Co.) Juan-Carlos Jeffrey (Cameron Thomson Group) Moderator: Mike Robinson

13:00 – 14:15 Lunch

14:15 – 14:45 Managing Rights with MovieChainer MovieChainer was launched last April as a cloud-based app designed to allow rights holders to keep track of the production, distribution and allocation of revenues of their projects. Speakers: Jean-Baptiste Babin (Backup Media) Jean Roman (MovieChainer) Moderator: Mike Robinson

14:45 – 15:30 Practicalities of Using the UK Tax Credit A few months following the enforcement of the UK Tax Credit, 2 producers will explain how they have actually implemented the scheme in their respective animated TV series. Speakers: Jamie Badminton (Karrot Entertainment) Oliver Hyatt (Blue-Zoo Productions) Moderator: Mike Robinson

12 15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 – 17:00 The Evolution of International and Digital Distribution How is distribution evolving in this digital world and how can producers work with distributors will be the focus of this session. Speakers: Morgann Favennec (Superights) John Lomas-Bullivant (Kickback Media) Adam Selly (Union Media) Moderator: Christophe Erbes

17:00 – 18:15 Case Studies on the Financing Plan of a Cross Media Property Two case studies will show in detail how funding and revenues can be included in the financing plan of a cross media property. Speakers: Denis Friedman (Denis Friedman Productions) Anttu Harlin (Gigglebug Entertainment) Moderator: Christophe Erbes

18:30 Drinks at the “Crown Bar” sponsored by Northern Ireland Screen

Free evening

13 Thursday 28 November

9:30 – 10:00 Preparing For The Cartoon Forum Speakers: Yolanda Alonso (Cartoon) Mike Robinson (Mike Robinson Consultancy)

10:00 – 11:00 A Panel of Broadcasters Discusses What Kids Are Watching Today Speakers: Céline Chesnay (France Télévisions) Sarah Legg (CBeebies) Tim Patterson (Nickelodeon UK) Kai-Roman Schöttle (KiKA (Der Kinderkanal ARD/ZDF)) Moderator: Christophe Erbes

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 – 12:45 The Importance of Creating Top Development Materials What do European broadcasters, distributors, co-producers and licensing partners require from both creative development and materials produced and as creators & producers, how can we best improve how we approach this? Speakers: Dan Good (Absolutely Cuckoo) Eamon McElwee (Absolutely Cuckoo / Global Media Finance) Tim Patterson (Nickelodeon UK) Moderator: Christophe Erbes

12:45 – 14:30 Lunch

14:30 – 15:15 Crowdfunding Platforms and Crowdsourcing A discussion about creating connections and the value of a group wanting to achieve something new that goes beyond just the Internet. Speaker: Mark Ashmore (Future Artists) Moderator: Mike Robinson

14 15:15 – 16:00 Cross Media Funding Using Crowdfunding Panache Animation is looking to partly crowdfund 2 of its projects and will share their approach. Speakers: Guillaume Noblet (Panache Animation) Valérie Seban (Panache Animation) Moderator: Christophe Erbes

16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 – 17:15 Case study of “Minkee” – a multi-platform production Speaker: Tim Bryans (Flickerpix Animation) Moderator: Mike Robinson

18:30 Visit of Titanic Belfast and Cocktail at 19:15

19:45 Farewell Dinner for All Participants at the Titanic Belfast

Friday 29 November

Departure of all participants

15 Pitching & co-pro forum for animation fi lms

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Speakers  Mark Ashmore John Lomas-Bullivant Pitching & co-pro forum Future Artists (UK) Kickback Media (UK)  Jean-Baptiste Babin Eamon McElwee for animation fi lms MovieChainer (France) ABSOLUTELY CUCKOO / GLOBAL MEDIA FINANCE (IRELAND)  Jamie Badminton Guillaume Noblet Karrot Entertainment (UK) Panache animation (France) Tim Bryans  Tim Patterson Flickerpix Animation (UK) Nickelodeon (UK) Miles Bullough Bob Price Wildseed Studios (UK) 360 Production (UK) Céline Chesnay John Rice France Télévisions (France) Jam Media (UK)  Fionnuala Deane Jean Roman Dog Ears (UK) MovieChainer (France) Morgann Favennec Kai-Roman Schöttle Superights (France) KiKA (DER KINDERKANAL ARD/ZDF) (Germany) Jeremy Fitch Valérie Seban Invest Northern Ireland (UK) Panache animation (France) Simon Flamank Adam Selly Bob and Co. (UK) Union Media (UK) Denis Friedman  Colin Williams Denis Friedman Productions (France) SIXTEEN SOUTH (UK) D a nGood  Richard Williams Absolutely Cuckoo (UK) Northern Ireland Screen (UK) Anttu Harlin Gigglebug Entertainment (Finland) Oliver Hyatt Blue-zoo Productions (UK) Moderators  Juan-Carlos Jeffrey Christophe Erbes Cameron Thomson Group (Canada) media ©NSULTING (France) Sarah Legg  Mike Robinson CBeebies (UK) Mike Robinson Consultancy (UK) www.cartoon-media.eu

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Mark Ashmore Future Artists (UK) Mark Ashmore FRSA is the founder of Future Artists and a Director and Producer. Future Artists is a film studio, a creative space and an ideas factory – born out of a need for change in a world where digital and real world collide. Future Artists produces and distributes content and feature length stories that are created with an audience, delivered globally by the fans. Future Artists is a pioneer in Transmedia storytelling, and Crowd sourcing – enter their world www.futureartists.co.uk.

Jean-Baptiste Babin Backup Films (France) Jean-Baptiste Babin is a founding partner and Head of Co-productions for Backup Films, a Paris-based Film Financing Agency. Law graduate in Paris and London, Jean-Baptiste started his film industry career as business and legal affairs at Paris- based production company Elzevir Films before joining Backup Films. Since 2002, Backup Films, part of the Backup Media Group, has packaged the financing and distribution of over 100 ambitious international film productions through co-productions, pre-sales, equity and bartering. Films financed through Backup Films have gathered over 60 selections, won over 20 prestigious prices in A-list festivals and have been sold worldwide. Beside its financing and packaging agency Backup Films, Backup Media Group also operates several investment vehicles through its arm B Media Management, to finance development, production and exploitation of film and TV productions.

Jamie Badminton Karrot Entertainment (UK) Jamie co-founded Karrot with Chris White and Tim O’Sullivan in 2008, and is a Creative Director of the company as well as the Producer of their first series, “Sarah & Duck”, for CBeebies and BBC Worldwide. Karrot’s London UK-based animation studio, in which “Sarah & Duck” is produced, also has a commercials division producing wide-ranging idents, videos, series pilots and adverts. As well as such collaborations, Karrot is currently focusing on developing further animated series for 0-6 & 7-14 year olds and have just been commissioned for a second series of 40 “Sarah & Duck” episodes.

18 Tim Bryans FLICKERPIX ANIMATION (UK) Tim Bryans is the Head of Production at Flickerpix Animation in Holywood, Northern Ireland. He brings with him a great deal of experience in the animation industry as both a producer but also as a creative. As one of the founders of Straandlooper Animation, Tim was one of the producers of “Lifeboat Luke” – the first animated series ever to be both produced and financed entirely in Ireland. The series was broadcast in over 40 territories around the globe and Tim was responsible for the development of the multi-platform expansion of the property which includes, a children’s book, DVD, interactive website and series of iOS Apps. Tim was also involved in the development and production of the award- winning “Hector: Badge of Carnage” trilogy of Apps and also produced Spotflick iOS App, which was voted as one of the Top 5 Apps of 2010 by the News of the World. He currently heads up the production and development activities of Flickerpix which includes delivery of “Five Fables” for BBC NI, which sees Billy Connolly narrate a series of fables written by the late Irish poet Seamus Heaney, and the development of a number of animated pre-school shows for the international market.

Miles Bullough Wildseed Studios (UK) Miles Bullough is Managing Director of Wildseed Studios, a newly established, next-gen talent and content incubator which offers finance and creative and strategic support to creators looking to produce original ideas. Previously Miles was head of Broadcast at and prior to that Managing Director of comedy producer Absolutely Productions Ltd.

Céline Chesnay France Télévisions (France) Céline Chesnay joined France 5 in 2005 as a programme advisor with responsibility for programming and editorial content of the channel’s pre-school slots and production of “Zouzous” block. In her current role as France Télévisions’ pre-school Animation Manager, Céline has worked on co-productions such as “Sam Sam”, “Zipadoo”, “Mouk”, “Mini-Wolf”, “What’s the big idea?” and many more. Previously a buyer at Canal J, France’s first cable and satellite channel dedicated to children, she has also been Sales Manager at Eva Entertainment, and Development Coordinator for the French production company Millimages.

19 Fionnuala Deane Dog Ears (UK) Fionnuala Deane is the Managing Director of Dog Ears. Fionnuala ran an independent publishing company for 12 years where she managed and edited a catalogue of books and magazines prior to setting up Dog Ears, of which she is a founding director (est. 2010). Dog Ears is currently in production of, “Puffin Rock”, with partners Cartoon Saloon and Penguin, an animated pre-school series for 3-5 year olds, set on a wild and beautiful Irish island. Dog Ears will begin production of their next animated series, “Miss Rosie Red”, in Autumn 2014.

Morgann Favennec Superights (France) Following a Master in International Trade Negotiation (Paris III Sorbonne) and a first experience at Europe Images, Morgann joined Salsa Distribution in 1997. When TV-Loonland bought out the company in 1999, she was offered the opportunity to focus on the European market. She distributed series such as “Clifford”, “Connie the Cow”, “Henry’s World” or “Little Ghosts” in France, Spain and Portugal. In 2004, she integrated the Walt Disney Company as Acquisitions Manager at Disney Television and Jetix. Then, she joined French terrestrial broadcaster M6 as Acquisitions and Creative Manager before becoming Head of Children’s Programmes of the M6 Group in October 2009. Last May, she went back to distribution, integrating the brand new distribution company Superights as Deputy Managing Director for international sales and acquisitions.

Jeremy Fitch Invest Northern Ireland (UK) Invest NI is Northern Ireland’s main economic development agency. Jeremy holds the position of Executive Director, Business & Sector Development Group which has responsibility for the account management of strategic and growth businesses across a number of sectoral divisions. The Group has an annual programme budget of about £40m and staff of over 100. In his time with Invest NI, Jeremy and his team have been involved in securing a number of significant investments for Northern Ireland. These include Bombardier’s C Series project, Citi, New York Stock Exchange, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Firstsource, Fujitsu, HBO’s “Game of Thrones”, Allen & Overy and Herbert Smith as well as expansions from BT, Allstate, Liberty IT, Teleperformance, B/E Aerospace, Caterpillar, Seagate and Terex. A first class honours and International MBA graduate from the University of Ulster, Jeremy previously worked for Marks and Spencer plc and KPMG Chartered Accountants. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland. Jeremy is married and has 2 daughters and 1 son.

20 Simon Flamank Bob and Co. (UK) Simon has over 25 years’ experience operating entertainment companies at an executive level both in the UK and overseas (this included taking on the role of CEO of TV-Loonland in Munich) on behalf of investors and content owners. He has an extensive knowledge of commissioning content, distribution platforms and financing structures. Simon and Bob Benton met through their work together in rescuing Handmade Films in 2010. They are now the Executive Directors and majority shareholders of Bob and Co. which is a media advisory and investment business, connecting content to finance, and are actively investing in children’s content. To date they are the financiers (Directors and Shareholders) of “Q Pootle 5”, “Minor Entertainment” (Children’s Live Theatre) and are currently actively fundraising/ financing over three further children’s programmes.

Denis Friedman Denis Friedman Productions (France) Denis Friedman has been involved in the production of feature animation for more than 15 years. Its first production was “KAENA, the Prophecy”, the first full CGI feature film to be produced in Europe (released in France in 2002, and distributed in more than 20 countries all over the world). In 2005 Denis Friedman co-produced with Prima Linea, “Fear(s) of the dark”, a landmark feature animation that will remain a reference in the field of adaptation of graphic novels to the world of animation. In 2007, DFP Joined the famous Japanese studio to co-develop and co-produce “Yona Yona Penguin”, the last feature from world acclaimed director (“Metropolis”, “Captain Herlock”). Released in 2010, the film was selected in many festivals worldwide and was chosen by the Venice Mostra in 2009 as the closing movie of the Festival. Denis Friedman completed in 2011 “The lost town of SWITEZ”, a 20-minute animated short, co-produced with Poland, Switzerland, Norway and the National Film Board of Canada. Part of the official competition at the last Berlinale, the film has won so far more than nine international awards, including the Jean-Luc Xiberras price, for best first film in the Annecy Film Festival. DFP has completed the production of “Closer to the Moon”, a live action feature staring Vera Farmiga and Mark Strong, which was coproduced by Romania, France, Italy and Poland. Denis is currently working on four feature films (one animation and three live action) and developing two animated TV series.

Dan Good Absolutely Cuckoo (UK) Dan Good opened Absolutely Cuckoo in late 2006 with partners Lucy Chesher and Kevin Snoad. They have a team of 6 highly skilled in-house creatives with significant abilities in drawing, painting, model making, puppet making, CGI design, 2D and 3D animation. They also work closely with writers and occupational therapists to develop robust, commercial, original pre-school television propositions. One of their first commissions came from the initial slate, when, in 2007 we created and developed the BBC’s landmark 150 episode, Bafta nominated, pre-school show, “Waybuloo”. “Waybuloo” is shown on CBeebies three times a day and is broadcast in over 80 countries worldwide. “Waybuloo” is also a licensing and merchandising success, with toys and other products available in all leading UK retailers.

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Absolutely Cuckoo works at the front end of development; either inventing their own brands or developing existing brands for the pre-school television market, recently “Spot”, the multimillion selling picture book brand from Penguin. They are passionate about creating big, commercial character brands for children’s television. They have significant expertise in creating and developing highly commercial pre-school television brands having worked with Cbeebies, ORF (Austria), Fisher Price, Hit Entertainment, Zodiak Media, DHX Media, Random House and many other key entertainment companies. Absolutely Cuckoo continually strives to create high quality, engaging and exciting shows for kids and their slate of new projects is constantly renewed with original and unique content for development. Dan was Creative Director for KidsTV Austria from 2010-2012, one of Europe’s biggest producers of children’s programming with the AC studio handling all production design and puppet/character creation on the multiple slate of programming produced for ORF. Absolutely Cuckoo works in partnership with several leading London ad agencies and has created animated content for a number of commercials, including Protect Your Bubble with Space City and directly with Vectone Mobile, creating their original character of “Tony” for a run of national TV commercials and outdoor campaign. Their puppet development led them into partnership with The Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust which helps young people with mental health issues. They created original, hand painted animation for The Cystic Fibrosis charity in a nationwide schools campaign to raise awareness of the disease. They were commissioned by Richard House Children’s Hospice to create a puppet of “Harry” famous for raising “Harry’s Million”, a national fund raising campaign supported by many TV personalities. Absolutely Cuckoo’s own latest development, “Wissper” was accepted at Cartoon Forum, with the support of Channel 5 and was pitched in Toulouse in September 2013. Dan served on the BAFTA jury in 2011 – Animation category. Dan studied sculpture at St Martins School of Art and lives in London with his partner Lucy Chesher and their 3 children, 2 cats and new arrivals, Boris and Missy the turtles.

Anttu Harlin Gigglebug Entertainment (Finland) Anttu Harlin is the co-founder & CEO of Gigglebug Entertainment. The company aims to raise smiles around the world through games and entertainment. The company’s first App has topped the charts in Finland and China, spreading giggles and winning critical acclaim on the way. The simultaneously released “Gigglebug” TV series has driven pre-school ratings online for YLE in Finland. Anttu believes that making a spellbinding connection with your audience is the most important factor in entertainment, regardless of the genre, technique or platform. Anttu entered the animation industry in 2002, learning the ropes at the visual effects studios of London’s Soho. In 2007, he co-founded the award-winning design and animation studio Anima Boutique, based in Helsinki. The studio has produced over 200 client projects spanning commercials, music videos, short films, character development, TV-series, Apps and transmedia. At the moment, Anttu is co-creating, producing, spreading laughter and enjoying every minute with “GIGGLEBUG”! More information on www.gigglebug.tv

22 Oliver Hyatt Blue-zoo Productions (UK) Oli Hyatt has been Creative Director at Blue-Zoo (BAFTA Independent production company of the year) for 13 years, helping it thrive through difficult times for the animation industry. His most recent show “Olive the Ostrich” is a huge hit on Nick Jr., and has been sold right around the world. He is the Director of Alphablocks Limited, the company behind CBeebies Phonics show “Alphablocks” as well as being the chair of Animation UK. The former young businessman of the year, former nominated young animator of the year, former young director of the year, has realised he’s too old to enter all these awards so has retired in to the Children’s BAFTA Committee.

Juan-Carlos Jeffrey Cameron Thomson Group (Canada) Juan-Carlos (J-C) Jeffrey is an associate at Cameron Thomson Group, focused on international business development, growth and finance. He has spent over 18 years in strategic development, marketing and business development in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada and Europe. J-C works with media and entertainment companies internationally, across film, television, digital media and media technology on strategic development, new business opportunities, sales and distribution deals, technology solutions and corporate and slate finance. J-C was raised in the UK, and has lived in the United States and Canada for the last 13 years. His previous roles include Vice President Media Development at a UK Government consultancy agency advising international companies such as Disney, Procter and Gamble, GE and Viacom and Vice President at Organization Metrics, a leading Canadian HR software company, working with Johnson and Johnson, RBC and BDO.

Sarah Legg CBeebies (UK) Sarah joined the BBC in 2004, and has been with BBC Children’s for the majority of that time. Her career has seen her work in various areas including repeat scheduling and facilitating programme deliveries with independent production companies. After a spell within Knowledge, where she helped BBC THREE achieve its first smash-hit acquired single documentary, she joined CBeebies Animation & Acquisitions in 2011 as executive producer on shows such as “Cloudbabies”, “Peter Rabbit”, “Chuggington”, “Everything’s Rosie”, “Mike The Knight”, “Postman Pat: SDS” and “64 Zoo Lane”.

23 John Lomas-Bullivant Kickback Media (UK) John Lomas-Bullivant founded Kickback Media in 2002 and was the first European Children’s Media Executive to espouse a Transmedia approach to content creation with its original mantra of “Character is King not the Medium”. With over 25 years’ experience working in Children’s Media and experience gained at Senior Executive level at Fireback Entertainment, TV-Loonland, Pearson Television and HIT Entertainment, John now provides strategic & creative transmedia consultancy services as well as working as a freelance writer/show developer across children’s television and also film.

Eamon McElwee ABSOLUTELY CUCKOO / GLOBAL MEDIA FINANCE (IRELAND) As producer with Global Media Finance Ltd, Eamon is a new-age media traveller, mainly dividing his time between Dublin and London. He assists raising project funds and strategic partnerships, with a variety of UK based media companies. Eamon is shareholder and currently focuses half his time in business development with Absolutely Cuckoo Ltd, creator of the very successful “Waybuloo”, sold in over 80 countries. GMF and Cuckoo have been skipping down the yellow-brick-road of Kid’s TV project funding together, developing Absolutely Cuckoo project slate during last 12 month period, with 3 significant projects emerging leading the charge to production; - 1. “Wissper” (52 7’), 2. “Whale Trail” (52 x 11’ - 4.5M downloaded App) and 3. the Penguin classic picture book “Spot the Dog” (104 x 7’ - 60 million books sold in 60 languages). Eamon is an EP and media consultant, locating strategic partnerships, raising production funds, sales, investment and project subsidies in a variety of genres, with many established international media companies. He is a trained club-singer and is available for dog-walking and house-sitting engagements in body-paint, equally.

Guillaume Noblet Panache Animation (France) After honing his skills in street festivals in the 90’s as manager of a theater company, then studio manager in the movie and videoclip business, and advertising director, Guillaume Noblet meets the creators of the feature film project “Renaissance” in 1997, a decisive turning point in his life. Early in 2000, he participates in the creation of Attitude studio and works on video game projects such as “Lara Croft 6” or “Terminator 3”. In 2003, he launches his new activity as independent artistic producer which leads him to set up his own production company in 2006, Panache Animation, specialized in the production of animated series and films. Under Panache Animation, Guillaume Noblet produces several animated films for renowned trademarks (Nescafé, Danone, BNP, PMU, SFR), develops several concepts of series for kids (“Grand Nord”, “Sket”, “Sporto & Kantes”) and especially harbours the project “The World of Smog”, an ambitious multi-license universe including a live action and special effects feature film. In March 2013 and in parallel, Guillaume Noblet takes up the position of Director of the Animation/Vfx department of Prodigious, the international production branch and subsidiary of the Publicis/Omnicom Group. He is in charge of the executive and line production of all animation projects in France for the Group, whether for advertising or for the creation of digital projects with a special focus on the synergy of contents.

24 Tim Patterson Nickelodeon (UK) Tim Patterson is currently Vice President, Director of Programming at Nickelodeon UK, and is responsible for programme acquisition and development, content strategy, planning and scheduling, media planning and operations for Nickelodeon’s portfolio of channels including its on-demand and multi-platform offering. Before joining Nickelodeon, he was Head of Editorial Operations, Planning and Services at UKTV (joint venture between the BBC and Scripps), a network of 10 channels covering entertainment, factual and lifestyle genres. Tim has worked in broadcasting for over 30 years in both the public and commercial sectors. He started his career at the BBC in 1982, was a member of the channel launch teams for both Carlton Television in 1992 and Disney Channel in 1995. His experience covers a range of disciplines from marketing research to the running of channels. He sits on the board of the British Sign Language Broadcasting Trust and is an Executive, Leadership and Management Coach and Mentor.

Bob Price 360 Production (UK) Bob joined 360 Production in 2012 with over 15 years’ experience in digital media, serving 7 years as an agency creative director. At 360 Production he has worked on projects such as James May’s “Things You Need to Know”, a show that uses animation and humour to make science more accessible, fun and ultimately memorable. Bob was part of the development team behind “HeadSqueeze” a YouTube channel in partnership with BBC Worldwide gaining over 250,000 subscribers and over 10,000,000 views in its first 10 months. 360 are a production company that specialise in using animation in adult factual television and digital media. Bob’s career goal is to convince his children that colouring in is a proper job.

John Rice Jam Media (UK) As co-founder and CEO of Jam Media, John previously worked with a variety of International animation houses, including FOX Animation and MTV in the USA before starting Jam Media. John is executive producer on BAFTA award-winning series “Roy” which is in production on series 03 + 04 – 26 x 28-minute live-action/animation series, the third and fourth commissioned series for Jam Media/BBC. He is also executive producer on “Baby Jake” Series 2 – 26 x 11-minute pre-school animation series and “Tilly and Friends” – 52 x 11 minute pre-school animation series. John also executive produced the original and award-winning series “Roy” 01 + 02 for BBC and “Baby Jake” series 1 26 x 11 minute for BBC, along with various series such as “Funky Fables” - 26 x 11-minute animated series. He also produced 104 x 5-minute episodes of the award-winning pre-school animated series “PICME” for RTE. John has also directed “Escape” the IFTA award-winning short film and produced the Irish Film Board funded film “Badly Drawn Roy”.

25 Jean Roman MovieChainer (France) Jean is in charge of new developments for Backup Media and therefore Project Manager of MovieChainer, the Film and TV rights management web-app. Jean is a Master graduate from HEC business school, Paris, as well as a Bachelor graduate in Mathematics from La Sorbonne, Paris. He started his career at distribution company Chrysalis Films, and later joined Wild Bunch’s VoD department FilmoTV. Jean joined Backup Media in 2009 to monitor the group’s companies and funds investments, before shifting to head the MovieChainer project.

Kai-Roman Schöttle KiKA (Der Kinderkanal ARD/ZDF) Kai-Roman Schöttle graduated as Designer of Visual Communication at the Bauhaus-University Weimar, Germany. He worked as CGI artist, producer, director and writer for several animated children’s programmes. Since 2008, he is creative producer and commissioning editor of animation programmes at Germany’s top children’s broadcaster KiKA.

Valérie Seban Panache Animation (France) After graduating with honours from La Sorbonne, Paris, Valérie Seban started her career in the animation business with 4D/Marina Productions where she gained experience in all departments: sales, merchandising, marketing, communication, contracts and development. She subsequently found her creative calling as Head of Development and editorial line for prodco TEVA and Blue Spirit Animation. While there she supervised, developed and script edited cartoon shows such as “Loopdidoo”, the serial sequel “Mysterious Cities of Gold” and the animated feature film, “The Painting”. After more than 20 successful years in the business, she is now pursuing her own path as an independent consultant on development, IP building and media strategy. To that end, she has been a creative consultant for Panache Animation for more than 2 years now.

26 Adam Selly Union Media (UK) Adam runs Union Media, an international distribution business specialising in animation series, which he started in 2012. He has 25 years’ experience in television, mainly in international distribution and licensing of children’s content. He has held senior positions at Granada, HIT Entertainment, and LazyTown Entertainment and has experience of selling across all rights and to all territories. Union Media offers a new kind of flexible deal for producers, which has attracted a growing catalogue of high quality new series to represent for international sales. He has an Engineering degree from the Oxford University.

Colin Williams Sixteen South (UK) After several years of working in advertising and running his own award-winning commercial production house, Colin Williams founded Sixteen South Television in 2007 to harness his passion for making world class children’s television in Northern Ireland. Colin serves as Creative Director and Executive Producer on all of Sixteen South’s productions while also leading the company’s development team. In the last five years, Sixteen South has created and produced four award-winning children’s series including “”, a new version of Sesame Street for CBeebies in partnership with Sesame Workshop, “Big City Park”, a co-production with BBC Scotland, for CBeebies, and the BAFTA award-winning “Big & Small” in partnership with Kindle Entertainment, also for CBeebies. Sixteen South has just completed production of 52 episodes of “Pajanimals” – a brand new bedtime puppet show in partnership with the Jim Henson Company and the US cable giant, Sprout. The show airs daily in the US, Australia, New Zealand and throughout most of Europe on Disney Junior. It also airs on the NBC Saturday morning kids block, reaching an audience in excess of 200 million homes across the US. The show employed 71 people in Northern Ireland for over a year. Colin’s work has already notched up over a dozen international awards including CINE Golden Eagles, HUGOs, an IFTA and a BAFTA. Sixteen South are currently in production on their brand new mixed-media animated series, “Driftwood Bay” which they have already pre-sold to 20 territories including the US, UK, Germany, Scandinavia and Australia. They are in early pre- production on their first live action high-end kids’ drama. All of Sixteen South’s work has always been created for export. Sixteen South is independently ranked as one of the UK’s top production companies by Televisual magazine and won both the 2011 and 2012 Rising Star award in the Deloitte Fast 50. Based in one of Belfast’s old linen halls, the company has two floors of production offices with four edit rooms, sound booth, dubbing theatre, post facility, and an 18-seat animation studio. Colin was appointed Visiting Professor at the University of Ulster’s School of Art in 2013. He is a member of Digital Circle’s.

27 Richard Williams Northern Ireland Screen (UK) Richard is Chief Executive of Northern Ireland Screen which has, in the last 10 years, taken the lead role in developing the film and television industry in Northern Ireland. Under Richard’s leadership, Northern Ireland Screen developed the Paint Hall at Titanic Quarter as a film studio and used it to attract Walden Media and Universal Pictures to produce films based there. The facility has subsequently been let out to HBO’s “Game of Thrones” which has returned to Northern Ireland for its third season. During his time, Northern Ireland Screen has supported the development and production of many independent films, all genres of television and a growing number of digital content projects, including “Hunger” for which Steve McQueen won the Camera D’Or and Terry and Oorlagh George’s Oscar winner “The Shore”. Richard previously worked for Waddell Media, during that time representing Northern Ireland on PACT, the Producers Alliance for Cinema & Television. He also previously worked in newspaper management and was a commercial solicitor.

28 Moderators

Christophe Erbes 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 Première 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 Fox Kids/Jetix in Madrid, London and Munich. Living now mostly in the Dordogne, he is an international Media Consultant focusing on content strategies. He also hosts numerous media festivals and podium discussions. Under his pseudonym Theo de Marcousin, he’s a published kids’ books author as well as an animated film writer.

Mike Robinson Mike Robinson Consultancy (UK) Mike Robinson graduated from Lancaster University in 1969 and went to work in British Repertory Theatre as stage manager and for 8 years as production manager at the Manchester Library Theatre Company. In 1979, he joined Cosgrove Hall productions as studio manager and for 9 years as general manager. The company produced such classics as “Danger Mouse”, “Count Duckula” and “The Wind in the Willows” and won many international awards. In 1992, Mike set up his own animation consultancy specialising in project management and co-production. He has worked with broadcasters, distributors, production companies and investors. In addition to project consultancy, Mike is asked to prepare reports on animation issues as well as advising clients on production budgets, schedules, control facilities, business plans and finance/rights strategies. Mike was one of the founder members of The British Animation Training Scheme (BATS); he is a moderator for both Cartoon Forum and Cartoon Movie; he chairs and participates at Cartoon Cine, Cartoon Finance and Cartoon Training for Trainers. He also participates in the “Animation Sans Frontières” (student) programme and European Animation Masters where his subjects include role playing interactive games on co-production and pitching. Mike is passionate about giving young producers and graduates a greater understanding of The Business of Animation.

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