This previous week, a few of the prime figures within the European animation world gathered in Marseille, France, for the 2023 Version of the CartoonNext occasion, which featured keynotes, panels and case research about the way forward for the medium. Based on the organizers, the Euro occasion drew 221 contributors from 23 nations and featured 40 audio system, 17 keynotes, panels and case research and eight pitching periods.
Among the many wide selection of subjects coated throughout the three-day occasion have been the affect of anime and gaming, use of silo-marketing to remodel IP, growing profitable methods of cross-platform IPs and the expansion of grownup audiences wordlwide. Among the many keynote audio system and panelists showcased at CartoonNext 2023 have been:
- Mark Gustafson (co-director of Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio)
- Alexander Bulkley (producer of Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio)
- Aaron Davidson (Amazon/USA)
- Adam Woodgate (Dubit/UK),
- Cristian Jezdic (Cartoon Italia)
- Samuel Kaminka (AnimFrance)
- Kate O’Connor (Animation UK)
- Justė Michailinaitė (Lithuanian Animation Affiliation)
- Julie Kane-Ritsch (The Gotham Group/USA)
- Julien Borde (Mediawan Youngsters & Household/FR)
- Jean-Philippe Randisi (bRAND-WARD/UK)
- Thierry Baujard (Spielfabrique/DE/FR)
- Teddy Kossoko (Masseka Recreation Studio/FR)
- Eliza Jäppinen (Seen Realm/FI)
- Laurent Nicolas (WeJustKids/FR)
- Bartosz Sztybor (CD PROJEKT RED/PL)
- Alexandre Cornu (Les Movies du Tambour de Soie/FR)
The occasion additionally featured two case research specializing in current animation success sequence: Marc du Pontavice (Xilam) detailed the unimaginable journey, technical challenges and narrative dilemmas and triumphs of his film I Misplaced My Physique. Eva Lee Wallberg and Christian Boeving-Andersen (Titan’s Thunder) provided an insightful have a look at their mission The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe) and the way they made their cross-media IP come to animated life.
As well as, CartoonNext spotlighted eight promising new animated tasks from totally different nations in Europe:
Babookums, produced by Make It Occur (Lithuania)
Eli, Bimzal and the Water of Life, produced by Premierstudio Plus (Bulgaria)
Jeppe’s Pixie World, produced by Dully&Dax (Germany)
Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds, produced by Sacrebleu Productions (France)
Spanish Chapbooks, produced by Pata Palo Movies (Spain)
Surkotés, produced by Surkotés (Belgium)
The Trip, produced by Mira (France)
Marvel Legends, produced by Myths and Steam (Poland)
Sacrebleu Productions and Folimage.
The subsequent occasions produced by Cartoon Media are:
- Cartoon Discussion board (18-21 September 2023 in Toulouse – France)
- Cartoon Springboard (24-26 October 2023 in Madrid – Spain)
- Cartoon Enterprise (14-16 November 2023, Gran Canaria – Spain)
For more information, go to cartoon-media.eu
