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CARTOON 2021 Cartoon 360

REPORT: Cartoon 360 2021

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- Un vistazo a algunos de los más interesantes proyectos presentados en el Cartoon 360 de este año, que tuvo lugar en Lille del 16 al 18 de noviembre

REPORT: Cartoon 360 2021
(i-d): Carla Mooney y Josephine Lohoar-Self durante la presentación de su proyecto Gunther Falls in Love

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This week, the city of Lille hosted the latest edition of Cartoon 360, one of Europe's top animation pitching event for transmedia projects and IPs. Producers, writers and animators had the opportunity to pitch their 14 new projects to 20 experts repping top animation players. The sessions were moderated by Cartoon veterans Vanessa Chapman, Christophe Erbes and John Lomas-Boullivant.

Here, we present an overview of some of the most interesting projects presented during this year's gathering:

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Adam Adventure – Andrew Cavanagh and Gary Timpson (Ireland)

Animated by Kavaleer Productions and budgeted €4.7 million, this 52 x 11'0 pre-school series project follows six-year-old Adam (inspired and dubbed by real life aspiring astronaut from Cork, Adam King), his smart-wheelchair Speedy, and his best friends Bubby and Zuzu, a team of adventurers with a difference! Adam is no ordinary space-explorer… Throughout the series, young Adam will help others look after their planets so that children can learn how to save our own. The Christmas special Adam Saves Christmas will already premiere on RTÉjr TV on Christmas Eve and will star Ryan Tubridy as the voice of Santa.

Günter falls in love – Carla Mooney and Josephine Lohoar Self (Ireland)

A Cardel Entertainment presentation, Günter Falls in Love is a stop motion 10x3'0 animated TV series revolving around Günter, an unwaveringly loyal, custard cream-loving, yet slightly dim family pug and his lifeless stuffed toy dog – Toy. We will follow Günter as he tries his best to remain close with Toy despite outside forces trying to pull them apart. Set in a sleepy rural English town, Günter and Toy discover hidden realms within their domestic world and often descend into imagined realities. A recent short of the same name gained a nomination for Best Animated Short at the 2021 IFTA Awards and aired on RTÉjr, RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player last year.

Mitch Match – Anna Osvay and Géza M. Tóth (Hungary)

With one 52x11 season ready, Hungary's KEDD is looking for new partners for its second season. A humorous minimalistic piece of animation, it focuses on a single blue-headed matchstick left in a box. The matchstick, an everyday life object, is here exploited to the fullest to evoke everyone's fantasy. The protagonist embarks on a journey in every episode and always returns to the box at the end of some very bizarre adventures. The series' pilot episodes have been selected at major international film festivals and garnered numerous awards. 

Howzzat! – Rene Holder (Estonia/Ireland)

A co-production by Estonia's Farr Creative and Ireland's Daily Madness, this 10x22 series is set in a world recovering after a disaster called 'The Great Flood.' Surprisingly, cricket takes centre stage and becomes the world's most popular sport. However, it's not just a game, as the colonies play against each other to determine the resources each will receive. In detail, we will follow Luke and Viv, who always dreamed of playing together in the World Cricket Federation. However, when they reunite again on the cricket field after they are both selected for the United Isles' - Tidal Sharks team, things get more complicated.

Pink Noise – Alvaro León Rodriguez (Spain)

The crazy transmedia universe of Pink Noise is based on a 10x10 web series project aimed to intercept young adults and adult audiences' appetite. The premise is as bizarre as engaging. In a world controlled by cats, who have imposed a totalitarian government, humans must struggle to survive and avoid becoming canned food. In order to impose their iron paw of scratchers and furry balls, cats also take control of the Internet. But women will save humanity, as one of them will manage to hide in the deep web and to digitally bring back illustrious women of all periods to help her fight the cats. The series is being produced by La Mola Films.

Newtons – Mark Mertens (Luxembourg)

This 52x7 TV, family-oriented series project is being produced by Differdange-based studio Fabrique D'Images. Newtons follows a bunch of imaginary, tiny creatures who were responsible for Sir Isaac Newton's famous apple falling on his head. Even though nobody really knows who they are, they do exist. The Newtons are the noises that you hear in your house at night. They are the mess that happened in the kitchen when you were sure that you had tidied up. They are the reason the cat won't go into certain rooms alone. Only you don’t know this, because you have never seen them, until now.

You can find the full list of selected projects here: http://www.cartoon-media.eu/cartoon-360/discover-the-projects-2021-2.htm

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