UK Animation: Open for business Friday 14 June 2013 Supported by Timetable of UK@Annecy Events 2 Friday 14th June 10AM Delegates Arrive and Register Coffee and Networking 10.30AM-10.35AM Welcome and Introduction Greg Childs (CMC) The tax break – a new start for UK animation Gina Fegan (UKTI) & Introductory presentation 10.35AM-11.15AM Panel – Qualifying and fulfilment Moderator: Mike Watts (Novel Entertainment and PACT) • What makes it British? Panelists: Anna Mansi (Head of Certification, BFI) • What spending qualifies? Moses Nyachae (Director, Film & TV, Saffery Champness) • Process, accountancy, and getting your ducks in a row Oli Hyatt (Blue Zoo and Animation UK) 11.15-11.45AM Coffee Networking 11.45-12.00NOON UK Training plans Moderator: Ken Anderson (Red Kite Animation) Speaker: Kate O’ Connor (Executive Director & Deputy CEO, Creative Skillset) 12.00-12.45PM Panel – Working in the Real World and with an International Perspective Moderator: Mike Watts (Novel Entertainment and PACT) • What are the restrictions? Panelists: Jackie Edwards (CBeebies) • How will the tax break work for international partners? Genevieve Dexter (Serious Lunch) • Is it compatible with MEDIA and other forms of funding? Sarah Muller (CBBC) • How will it work with current treaties? Ken Anderson (Red Kite Animation) • How will banks and gap financiers support? Marc Dhrami (Alphanim Gaumont) Oli Hyatt (Blue Zoo and Animation UK) 12.45-1.30PM Lunch Networking Contributors 3 Ken Anderson Helen Brunsdon Greg Childs Editorial Director CEO Animation Producer The Children’s Media Red Kite Animation and Consultant Conference A BAFTA award winning producer with With twenty years experience, Helen The Brothers McLeod series Quiff and Greg Childs worked for over 25 years at over 20 years experience in the animation has worked extensively in the animation Boot which Helen produced recently the BBC, mainly as a director, producer industry. Ken co-founded Red Kite in industry, firstly joining the BBC as a won a Children’s BAFTA. In addition to and executive-producer of children’s Edinburgh, in 1997, and has since led production co-ordinator and then as an her busy work schedule she finds time programmes. He created the first the company to become an established assistant for the Cardiff International to programme animation and moderate Children’s BBC websites and, as Head international producer of children’s Animation Festival. Joining Aardman sessions for festivals, sit on the board for of Children’s Digital, developed and content. Collective credits include 64 in 1993, she established herself within South West Screen, Animated Exeter, the launched the children’s channels, CBBC Zoo Lane (BAFTA nominee) and Pablo production and was approached by S4C to British Animation Awards and is a visiting and CBeebies. Greg left the BBC in 2004 the Little Red Fox (BAFTA winner 2000). produce two World Faith animated films. lecturer in animation. She has been on and has since advised producers on digital, The company, its founders and partners She then worked as a production manager the advisory board for the Cheltenham interactive and cross-platform strategies, have been honoured with many awards on Wife of Bath directed by Joanna Screenwriters’ Festival and Animated and broadcasters on channel launches, including BAFTAs, Emmys, CableAces, Quinn and produced by Les Mills, which Encounters and was a special jury member digital futures and management support. Pulcinellas, Grammys and also an received an Academy Award nomination for SICAF, Seoul Animation festival in He was in the launch teams for Teachers Academy Award. and a host of other awards at major 2004, Trickfilm festival, Stuttgart in 2007 TV and the CITV Channel in the UK, and Since setting up Red Kite he has been International Animation Festivals. In 1999 and Supinfocom 2008. She also co-hosts a was advisor to the Al Jazeera Children’s active in the global media scene Helen returned to Aardman Animations local animation forum. Channel for three years. developing and producing a number of where she played an important part in He is currently consulting with the highly successful children’s animated developing new projects for Aardman’s European Broadcasting Union on their programmes for television. Some of these Broadcast production slate and heading Children’s and Youth strategy. At the successes include Wilf the Witch’s Dog; up the short film content, executive same time, as Editorial Director of the The Secret World of Benjamin Bear; the 65 producing the BAFTA winning The Pearce Children’s Media Conference, Greg has episode series The Imp; Dennis & Gnasher Sisters. grown this annual event into a gathering (CBBC - series 3 & 4); Wendy (ZDF / France Since December 2008 she has worked of over 800 delegates, with 150 speakers, TV); Marvo the Wonder Chicken (Disney as a freelance animation producer and and spin-off events and activities year- XD) and International Kids Emmy 2013 consultant for clients including ArthurCox, round. He is also one of the Heads of nominated Best Animation Series – Ask Brothers Mcleod, Wonky, Snapper-Films, Studies at the German Akademie für Lara. South West Screen, Children’s Media Kindermedien, and has recently taken Conference and CBBC. on the role of Director of The Children’s Media Foundation. Greg was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2010 in recognition of his contribution to children’s rights and culture. Contributors 4 Genevieve Dexter Marc Dhrami Jackie Edwards Gina Fegan Head of Production Executive Producer, CEO Founder and CEO Financing and Animations and D-Media & the South Serious Lunch Ltd Co-Productions Acquisitions East Media Network Gaumont Alphanim CBeebies Board Genevieve has worked in children’s A graduate of the Business School of Jackie is Executive Producer, Animation Gina is a Screen & Digital Media television entertainment for over 20 years. Paris Chamber of Commerce and and Acquisitions for CBeebies – the U.K.’s Specialist at UK Trade & Investment She is best known for founding London Industry, Marc Dhrami, aged 40, started foremost dedicated pre-school television and is an international specialist on based CAKE Entertainment, which won in animation in 1998 at the Studio channel. Prior to joining CBeebies in the emerging relationships between best distributor/investor at both Kidscreen Dargaud-Marina as Post-production October 2008, Jackie worked as an traditional media, new technologies and Cartoon Forum 2009. Having sold the Supervisor and then Head of Production. animation producer and consultant and telecommunications. She advises company in 2010 she set up Serious Lunch He joined Millimages in 2000 to organize working on many prestigious and award- global media companies, financing in 2011 to assist companies in all areas of and control the manufacturing of winning animated series and specials in organisations, creative content producers IP exploitation and finance. Genevieve has Millimages series in its outsourced the Independent sector, from BAFTA, RTS, and public sector agencies. Gina is on the managed the international commercial exclusive partners or subsidiaries in Prix Jeunesse and Prix Danube winning BBC online advisory board, the advisory exploitation of multi platform television Ukraine, Romania, Poland and India. The First Snow of Winter BBC1 through to committee for Digital Hollywood and is a programmes such as Total Drama Island Head of Productions on Millimages’ the Pulcinella winning Frankenstein’s Cat member of BAFTA. Gina recently founded which was CAKE’s break out success in series and animated movies since 2005, for CBBC and France 3. At CBeebies, Jackie the D-Media Network, which is a member the US and managed the international he recently joined Gaumont Animation manages the Animation and Acquisitions of UK-wide Onedigital and the EU Digital roll out of the interactive and television as Head of financing and slate and she is Executive Producer on Think Tank. programming for many series over the co-productions. many of CBeebies animated series, such years. Genevieve’s Executive Producer as Tree Fu Tom, Driver Dan’s Story Train, credits include the following animated The Octonauts, Raa Raa the Noisy Lion series: Ebb & Flo with Canning Factor, FIVE, and Rastamouse. Hahn Film & WDR; King Arthur’s Disasters for ITV and Zenith (BAFTA nom); Edgar & Ellen for Nickelodeon USA and Star Farm; Skunk Fu! for BBC, Super RTL (BAFTA nom) and Angelo Rules for TeamTo, France 3, RAI and Cartoon Network. Contributors 5 Oli Hyatt Anna Mansi Sarah Muller Moses Nyachae Head of Acquisitions Creative Director Head of Certification and Drama Director, Film & TV Blue Zoo BFI Development Saffery Champness CBBC Oli Hyatt has been Creative Director at Anna has been part of the Certification Sarah Muller is currently Head of CBBC Moses is a Director in the Film & TV Blue Zoo for 12 years, helping it thrive Unit team for eight years. She started Acquisitions and Drama Development. department of Saffery Champness, through difficult times for the animation as a Certification Analyst whilst the unit Passionate about both drama and providing specialist advice on accessing industry. His most recent show Olive was still with the Department for Culture, animation, commissioned projects include and maximising the UK film tax credit. the Ostrich is a huge hit on Nick Jr, and Media and Sport dealing with British Spirit Warrior, Dr Who – Dreamland, He has substantial experience in UK film has been sold right around the world. He film applications under the old tax relief Halfmoon Investigations, My Almost tax breaks for both co-productions and is the Director of Alphablocks Limited, schemes. She moved with the team to Famous Family, Tracy Beaker’s Back, Schedule 1 British qualifying films and the company behind CBeebies Phonics the UK Film Council in April 2007 and was Strangehill High, Sadie Jones, Wolf Blood, works very closely with HMRC and the show Alphablocks, as well as being instrumental in the introduction of the Just William and Muddle Earth – which she BFI on all matters relating to the UK the chair of AnimationUK.