An unmissable event for European animated cinema, the Cartoon Movie co-production forum will set new records at its 21^st edition (5 to 7 March 2019 in Bordeaux) with 66 projects in selection (28 in the concept stage, 24 in development, seven in production and seven in sneak preview) from 25 countries, with 900 professionals due to attend (including 265 buyers).

As is often the case, the French animation industry dominates the line-up with 22 projects, followed by Germany with eight, the Netherlands with six (the country is also being honoured at this year’s edition of Cartoon Movie), Spain and Ireland with four each, Italy, Belgium and the United Kingdom with three each and Denmark, Romania and Latvia with two each. As for the topics, family comedies remain largely in the majority (67%), while a target audience of young adults/adults represents 20% of the overall target audience.

(L'articolo continua qui sotto - Inf. pubblicitaria)

The projects in the concept phase that stand out in particular are Savages! by Claude Barras (My Life as a Courgette [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Claude Barras
scheda film]), The Island by the Romanian director Anca Damian (Le Voyage de Monsieur Crulic), Tales of the Hedgehog by Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli (A Cat in Paris [+leggi anche:
trailer
scheda film], Phantom Boy [+leggi anche:
trailer
scheda film]), Prendiluna by the Italian director Christian de Vita (Yellowbird... Ready for take off [+leggi anche:
trailer
scheda film]), and Saba by Alexis Ducord (Zombillenium [+leggi anche:
trailer
scheda film]) and Benjamin Massoubre.

Currently in development is Chicken for Linda by Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach (The Girl Without Hands [+leggi anche:
trailer
scheda film]), Trois enfances (Tre infanzie) by the Italian director Simone Massi, Yaya e Lennie - The Walking Liberty [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
scheda film] by his compatriot Alessandro Rak (The Art of Happiness [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Alessandro Rak
scheda film], Cinderella the Cat [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Alessandro Rak
scheda film]), Mars Express [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Jérémie Périn
scheda film] by Jérémie Périn, Blind Window, Sleeping Woman [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Pierre Földes
scheda film] by Pierre Földes, the German production Stitch Head by Toby Genkel and Reza Memari (who also directed Richard the Stork [+leggi anche:
trailer
scheda film]), Steve & Jacob by the Spanish director Esteban Martin and Nacho La Casa, and No Dogs or Italians Allowed [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Alain Ughetto
scheda film] by Alain Ughetto (Jasmine [+leggi anche:
trailer
scheda film]).

Among the projects in production is Where Is Anne Frank [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Ari Folman
scheda film] by Ari Folman (Waltz with Bashir [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
scheda film], The Congress [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
scheda film]), as well as The Crossing [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
scheda film] by Florence Miailhe, Musketeers of the Tsar by Paul and Gaëtan Brizzi and Fritzi - A Revolutionary Tale [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
scheda film] by the German directors Matthias Bruhn and Ralf Kukula.

Finally, a sneak preview of Terra Willy – Planète inconnue by Éric Tosti will be presented (excellent sales at Berlin for Bac Films, which will be distributing the film in French cinemas on 3 April), as well as Marona's Fantastic Tale [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
scheda film] by the Romanian director Anca Damian (who thus has two films in showcase at Cartoon Movie), the 3D film Checkered Ninja [+leggi anche:
trailer
scheda film] by the Danish duo Anders Matthesen and Thorbjørn Christoffersen (which did brilliantly at the Danish box office in 2018), I Lost My Body [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Jérémy Clapin
scheda film] by Jérémy Clapin, Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
scheda film] by the Spanish director Salvador Simó (due to be released in Spain on 26 April and in France on 19 June), Jacob, Mimmi and the Talking Dogs by the Latvian Edmund Jansons, and the German-Luxembourgish production Bayala – A Magical Adventure [+leggi anche:
trailer
scheda film] by Aina Järvine and Federico Milella.