Cartoon Movie, the co-production and pitching event for European animated feature films, has revealed the 55 projects selected to participate in the next edition, taking place March 5-7 in Bordeaux, France.
France is once again the leading national toon representation (out of 16 involved in the projects as main producing country) with 15 projects, followed by Belgium, Germany and Spain with five each, Norway with four, Italy, Luxembourg and Poland with three each, Czechia, Denmark, Ireland and Sweden with two each, and Finland, Hungary, Netherlands and Portugal with one each.
The majority of projects are in the development stage (33, 60%), and most of the pics are aimed at family audiences (31, 54%).
Bordeaux’s Nouvelle-Aquitaine surroundings are home to four of the projects. Three are supported by the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region: Picasso in Royan by Benoît Laure, Into the Wonderwoods by Vincent Parronaud & Alexis Ducord, and Living Large by Kristina Dufkovà. Picasso in Royan as well as The Line are supported by the Département Charente.
Seasoned directors will present their latest projects at Cartoon Movie 2024, including the In Concept works Alain Ughetto (director of No Dogs or Italians Allowed, 2022) with Rose and the Marmots, or Alessandro Rak (director and co-writer of The Art of Happiness, 2013 – Winner of the 2014 European Film Awards for European Animated Feature Film) with The Little Prince of Shangri-La.
In Development, attendees will be introduced to Dog my cats! by Alain Gagnol (co-director of Nina and the Hedgehog’s Secret, 2023), Out of Frame by Toby Genkel (director of The Amazing Maurice, 2022), Summer in the Hood by Jean-Pascal Zadi (actor, director and writer) & Louis Clichy (co-director of Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods, 2014), The Wild Inside by Patrick Imbert (writer and director of The Summit of the Gods, 2021).
First-look images and footage of films In Production will be shown by Alexis Ducord (co-director of Zombillénium, 2017) & Vincent Parronaud (writer-director of Persepolis) with Into the Wonderwoods, as well as directing duo Kari Juusonen & Jørgen Lerdam (The Incredible Story of the Giant Pear, 2017) with Niko – Beyond the Northern Lights.
And in the Sneak Preview section, audiences will discover Elli directed by Jesper Møller, Piet de Rycker & Jens Møller, as well as Kensuke’s Kingdom (nominated for the Annecy Cristal Award in 2023) by Neil Boyle & Kirk Hendry, Living Large directed by Kristina Dufková, and SuperKlaus by Steven Majaury (Mission Kathmandu: The Adventures of Nelly & Simon, 2017) & Andrea Sebastiá.
View all the selected projects here. Registration for Cartoon Movie 2024 is now open at cartoon-media.eu.
