WRITTEN BY: Annika Pham
Finland is the first Nordic country to be under the spotlight at Toulouse’s 29th pitching & co-production forum for animated TV projects (September 10-13).
Finland is the first Nordic country to be under the spotlight at Toulouse’s 29th pitching & co-production forum for animated TV projects (September 10-13).
The Finnish spotlight is held in cooperation with the networking hub for Finnish animation producers Finnanimation.
“Spotlight is so far the biggest effort we do since we founded Finnanimation in 2005, said executive director Liisa Vähäkylä. As series have become the main activity for Finnish animation creators, instead of features or short films, we felt Cartoon Forum was the ideal partner. “
Three Finnish animated series for pre-school kids will be presented in Toulouse:
Ink & Light Finland & Ireland has also been picked for the annual Cartoon Tributes’ ‘Producer of the Year’ award alongside Folimage France, Akkord Film Produktion Germany, Ánima Kitchen Media Spain, and The Illuminated Film Company in the UK.
Meanwhile Finnish pubcaster Yle is nominated for the Cartoon Tribute ‘Broadcaster of the year’ award, together with Netflix US, TF1 Unité Jeunesse in France, Deakids in Italy and Hopster in the UK. Cartoon Forum Tribute winners will be announced September 13.
Three other Nordic projects will be pitched at Cartoon Forum:
A total of 83 projects from 22 countries will be pitched to around 950 producers, investors, distributors in Toulouse.