APD and ASF extend their cooperation Animation Production Days are cooperating for the second time with the European talent initiative, Animation Sans Frontières, which has just begun its 11th annual edition at the Filmakademie Ludwigsburg. You can find more information on ASF here: www.animationsansfrontieres.eu/whats-asf/
Three German TV Series Projects selected for Cartoon Forum As part of the co-operation with CARTOON, European Association of Animation, once again this year three German producers will have the chance to pitch their series projects at the CARTOON Forum in Toulouse in September. The German broadcasters attending this year’s APD like ZDF, SWR, HR,…
“House of Broken Hearts” wins Trickstar Business Award 2018 In its second year, the Trickstar Business Award went to Studio Pupil’s Tünde Vollenbroek who, with her project “House of Broken Hearts”, had already been selected for the APD’s Young Talent programme. The Trickstar Business Award is worth €7,500 and recognises national or international innovative and…
APD list of participants is online APD 2018 is booked out! Around 170 participants from 27 countries will join this years edition. Check out the list!
Projects for the APD 2018 now selected This year our jury really hasn’t had it easy: we received 71 exciting project submissions for the 2018 Animation Production Day from which our jury has selected 48 extremely promising projects from 19 countries with a combined production value of around 170 million Euros for participation in APD. Here is an overview of the selected projects.
New speakers confirmed for the APD Conference Perrine Gauthier & Joeri Christiaen (Thuristar, Belgium) will describe the journey that led them from the creation of the short “850 meters” to the TV series “My Knight and Me”. Eric Shaw (screenwriter, USA) will discuss modernising a brand with reference to “Muppet Babies” taken on by Disney. Karina Schaapman (writer, Netherlands) will…
Studios and Service Producers at “Producers for Co-Production” From APD 2018 onwards, studios and service producers operating as contractors rather than co-producers are also eligible to apply to our “Producers for Co-Production” programme strand. In this way, APD is reacting to extensions in economic film funding by, for example, the DFFF II, which are also…
14 Places Up For Grabs on the APD Talent Programme Thanks to renewed funding from the Creative Europe MEDIA programme, we can continue our APD Talent Programme in 2018. Young producers and animation and film production course graduates can apply to participate free of charge in APD with their animation project. A total of 14…
APD now open for Project Submissions! The new online form for APD 2018 is now activated! Until 20 February 2018 animation projects in the areas of film, TV series, mobile content, games, crossmedia and transmedia can be submitted. Hybrid formats mixing animation with live action can also be submitted. A total of 40-45 projects will…
APD at Cartoon Forum 2017 From 11-14 September the APD Team will be at Cartoon Forum in Toulouse! If you would like to schedule a meeting, don’t hesitate to contact us: marlene.wagener@animationproductionday.de sandra.knezevic@animationproductionday.de We are looking forward to meeting you there! Marlene & Sandra