CEE Animation Forum 2024: Kicks Off 12 November
The CEE Animation Forum which has led the way for European indie animation in its making, will start 12 November in Pilsen, Czech Republic. For two days, Pilsen (Czech Republic) will once again become a place of exchange and a showcase of creativity in the animation film industry through the Forum’s three main activities: Pitching Competition, Market and 1:1 Meetings.
- 200 participants from all over the world – industry professionals with different profiles and backgrounds, from producers, directors, broadcasters and sales agents to festival and school representatives.
- This year’s juries also bring together buyers and acquisition editors from ARTE, BBC, and DR Sales, as well as seasoned producers from studios such as JPL Films, 3.0 Studio, and Atom Art. Joining them are filmmakers behind award-winning animated films -Pierre Földes (Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman), Michaela Pavlátová (My Sunny Maad), and Sarah Saidan (Home of the Heart), as well as representatives from European schools and festivals, including Locarno Film Festival, Animest or Lucerne University.
A total of 31 projects, divided into four categories – 9 feature films, 7 TV series, 9 short films, and 6 student films – will step into the spotlight at the Forum’s central event, the Pitching Competition. This year’s selection is the result of a record-breaking 123 applications from 31 countries, marking an impressive 30 percent increase over last year.
The Complete List of CEE Animation Forum 2024 Selected Projects
Projects will compete for a total of 13 awards. Alongside CEE Animation Forum awards in four competition categories, there will be an Audience Award, a CEEA Workshop Award, and seven partners’ awards made possible by the generous support of Ciclic Residency, CARTOON Movie, Forum and Springboard, Young Horizons Industry, Animarkt Stop Motion Forum, TVPaint, Travelling Distribution and BRATROnice.
Ant, Jonatan Schwenk (Short Film Pitching)
Around 50 projects - shorts, student shorts, features, and TV series in various stages of (pre)production and (script) development - will participate in this year’s Market.
The Market lineup includes the 2024 CEEA Forum pitching selection, direct-access winning projects from Young Horizons Industry, Animarkt Stop Motion Forum, Tbilisi and Bulgarian Workshop, among others. Of these, 36 projects are seeking co-producers, 27 are looking for distributors or broadcasters, 12 for animators, and 2 are in search of an animation studio.
In My Head, Veronika Zúbek Kocourková (Feature Film Pitching)
The 2-day program, culminating in an award ceremony on the evening of November 13, will also include a lecture, Insights and Best Practices of Pitching Children's Content to the BBC, presented by Sarah Aspinall, Acquisitions Editor at the BBC. The off-program will feature a special preparatory workshop for students from selected universities in the Visegrad region. This workshop, led by Juraj Krasnohorsky and Marta Jallageas, aims to help young filmmakers who are about to enter the industry and the international market. Additionally, professors from various universities will hold a meeting to exchange experiences and best practices.
The CEE Animation Forum continues to be a catalyst for innovation and collaboration in the animation industry. This year, with a record number of applications and an incredibly diverse group of participants, we’re seeing a growing demand for international co-productions and creative partnerships. We’re excited to see the projects that will come to life through this year’s edition -Marta Jallageas, CEE Animation Forum managing director.
CEE Animation Forum will take place in Pilsen on 12-13 November 2024.
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