Supported by INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE 2013 Edition Welcome to the CMC International Exchange The International Exchange is a new initiative taking The Children’s Media Conference into Contacts the International arena and offering a brand new opportunity to buyers and sellers of kids’ If you need any more advice on the booking system or on the content. International Exchange please contact me: International Guests Alice Burden All our international guests are listed in this brochure, and you can find helpful International Exchange Manager information about what they’re looking for at The Exchange so you can choose who to [email protected] meet in Sheffield. T. + 44 (0)7775 944 446 Book Your Meetings One-to-one meetings will be available throughout Wednesday 3rd July, and at times on the 4th and 5th. You will receive a link when you register so you can book meetings via our online booking system. International Exchange This is your chance to meet specially invited broadcasters, co-producers, funders and investors from various territories with an interest in UK content creators and distributors and we are delighted to be welcoming guests from the US, Canada, Singapore, China, Malaysia, India, Brazil and Europe to Sheffield this year. Whether you’re a writer, director or consultant looking to sell your services, an interactive company looking for leads, a publisher making connections or a producer or distributor seeking funding for a project - the International Exchange will offer the connections you need. If you’re seeking investment, co-production partners or special expertise – the Exchange can provide solutions. Focus On…Sessions And of course it wouldn’t be CMC without content. A series of Focus On…..sessions will be stripped through Wednesday 3rd July for those wanting to find out more about tax relief, funding, and working in international territories and markets. Details correct at time of going to press May 2013 Wednesday 3 July 9.30–10.30am Focus on the UK Tax breaks The Children’s Media Conference Limited 11am–12noon Focus on Funding PO BOX 4719 12.30–1.30pm Focus on China Sheffield S10 9EU UK 2–3pm Focus on India T. + 44 (0)7411 424 455 3.30–4.30pm Focus on Markets E. [email protected] W. www.thechildrensmediaconference.com International Guest Information speaking, presenting, curating, judging Vera Zaverucha Anand Gurnani and collaborating. Anand is involved in Justine Bannister creative development and has 18 projects Director in development with collaboration partners Founder Ancine: from all over the world. The projects include Founder Anand Gurnani Media Nacional (Brazilian) preschool animation shows, picture books Justine B Pvt Ltd Cinematografic Agency and graphic novels as well as live action France India Brazil feature films and documentaries. Looking For Telephone: +91 9819439018 Jenny Buckland Telephone: +336 86 17 87 69 Ancine is a Federal Governmental Agency Looking For Looking For responsible for regulating and promoting I am looking for high quality boutique New Projects, Animation Studios looking for the Brazilian film and video industries. I will studios that want to enter the television long CEO studio partners and co-production partners, be interested to meet with people who can form and TV series space. I have a pre-school Australia Children’s Feature and series writers (adult and kids), share and exchange information on how show developed by me and a partner from Television Foundation Dubbing houses that perhaps have some other countries work in terms of financing Prague, and will be looking at pre production Australia knowledge of Chinese. the audiovisual industry. In turn, I can and animation design development partners explain how we finance contents for TV and Company Profile for that. I’m also looking for UK studios that feature films and the steps that a producer Justine is an independent children’s media want to collaborate with Asia as I shall be would need to follow in a co-production consultant with 20 years experience in able to add value to their global vision. 3rd Floor, 145 Smith Street, Fitzroy Vic 3065, project with Brazil, offering opportunities Australia the children’s entertainment industry. to identify possible paths of action for UK Company Profile Telephone: +61 3 9200 5500 She currently consults for Shanghai Media producers and companies. Anand Gurnani has devoted more than Group (Toonmax) and French production a decade to curating, promoting and Looking For house Panache Animation among others. Company Profile interfacing Indian animation to the Partnerships and co-production Her very broad skill set spans distribution, Ancine is a Government Agency, supervised world. What began as an entrepreneurial Company Profile acquisitions, co-productions, production, by the Ministry of Culture, that is responsible and journalistic foray into the world of The ACTF is committed to providing children post-production, marketing, brand and for the regulation and promotion of the animation, has led to being involved in 360° with entertaining media made especially for community management gained notably activity, not only for producers, but all aspects of the animation world from creation them, which makes an enduring contribution at 20th Century Fox, The Lagardère Group, involved in the audiovisual chain. Ancine to distribution, and from representation to to their cultural and educational experience. Disney Channels, TV Loonland, Dupuis, also supervises the enforcements of rules promotion. Anand is able to assist with any Dargaud and PGS Entertainment. She has a that affect the activity related to the queries you may have about the creative strong track record in spotting hot properties, audiovisual market (production, distribution as well as business aspects of Indian acquiring them, and turning them into and exhibition) in all segments. animation, media and entertainment and global brands. The three-times BAFTA- Asian animation. Anand spends at least half nominated Little Princess (TV Loonland) a year away from home, living out of a bag Register sold in 200 territories, the hugely successful (full of awesome animation films and reels) for the International Exchange at Inazuma (Disney Channels France) and the as he travels from continent to continent and Emmy-Award nominated The Jungle Bunch www.thechildrensmediaconference.com animation event to event around the world; (PGS Entertainment) now being developed into a long form series and an animated Company Profile Company Profile to grow robustly over the next few years with a Feature. In her role as International Head of CANAL+ Group is the leading pay TV group CBC is the Canada’s National Public CAGR of about 17 percent from 2012 to 2016. Distribution, Justine tripled sales revenues in France, ranking first both for its premium- Broadcaster. Kids’ CBC champions kids and Industry revenues are expected to reach Rs. at Lagardère, Dupuis and Dargaud and content and themed networks. It is also the their families by making content accessible 1.76 trillion (US$ 37.6 billion) by 2016. CII-PwC quadrupled them at TV Loonland, inking top multi-channel platform and distributor on all platforms which is focused on the report, ‘India Entertainment & Media Outlook several major pan-European and pan-global for pay-TV offerings, with a total of 11.2 “whole child”. This means that we go beyond 2012’. DEZ Chennai offers a unique, integrated deals for key properties. million subscribers. Taking into account its curriculum and look for shows which cluster environment where businesses across international operation, in particular the high- encourage children’s development in the the industry value chain share a work campus profile presence in Poland, the group reaches areas of creative expression, socio/emotional dedicated to their industry. This promotes Laurence Blaevoet almost 13 million subscribers worldwide. A intelligence, cognitive learning, physical vastly greater interaction among peers and pioneer in innovative use of the medium and development and awareness of themselves vendors, translating into better efficiency and Director of a benchmark player in production for film and and the world around them. opens up a host of business opportunities. Programming of television, CANAL+ Group has also announced DEZ Chennai, invites highly talented UK CANAL+ Channels, plans for development in free-to-air television entertainment and media companies to look Director of Youth unit broadcasting. at the growth potential in the Indian market, of CANAL+ Group Christie Fernandez and DEZ Chennai will assist UK companies CANAL+ in setting up operations and in business France Carla de Jong development. Director Executive In Charge DEZ Chennai Géraldine Soto of Production and India Development CBC Focus On…Sessions Children’s and Head of Programming, Youth Programming Wednesday 3 July CANAL PLUS, Youth Canadian Broadcasting Reallify Properties Private Limited. 9.30–10.30am Department Corporation (CBC) 52A Sterling Road, 3B Raag Durbar, Focus on the UK Tax breaks CANAL+ Canada Nungambakkam, Chennai - 600034, India. France 11am–12noon Focus on Funding PO Box 500 Stn A, Toronto, Ontario M5W 1E6 Telephone: +919840281815 12.30–1.30pm Focus on China Canada. Looking For 2–3pm Focus on India Looking For Looking For UK entertainment and media companies CANAL+’s Children’s Department comprises The CBC is looking for unique, innovative interested in exploring the Indian 3.30–4.30pm Focus on Markets of children’s animation on terrestrial