Activities 2020

Presentation of 16 Latin American Feature Film and TV series projects in development or pre-production looking for strategic partners to complete their finance plan and to be carried out. A jury of experts have chosen 4 winning projects that will be part of a special program by Animation! at MIFA 2021 (Annecy International Animation Festival, France).Available from November 30th to December 4th at ventana-sur.online

Pre-selection

• Delphine Nicolini – Artistic Producer (France)
• Christophe Erbes – Producer at Godo Films and Writer (France)

Coach

• Heather Kenyon – Senior Vice President, Development & Production – Citizen Skull Productions (USA)

Jury

• Géraldine Baché – Head of Projects MIFA, CITIA (France)
• Delphine Nicolini – Artistic Producer (France)
• Christophe Erbes – Producer at Godo Films and Writer (France)
• Heather Kenyon – Senior Vice President, Development & Production – Citizen Skull Productions (USA)

An exclusive program of upcoming animated feature films curated by the Annecy International Animation Festival and its market (MIFA).

This edition brought as a novelty the extension of the selection territories to Ibero America, including a film from Spain for the first time among the features in the program.

Additionally, Animation! WIPs by Annecy have had a screening in cities in Europe and Latin America as part of the Worldwide Screenings program that the market made available to international festival programmers, sales agents and distributors accredited for this edition.

ARCA DE NOÉ / NOAH’S ARK – A MUSICAL ADVENTURE

COUNTRY: Brazil (Gullane – VideoFilmes) – India (Symbiosys Technologies)
DIR: Sérgio Machado
PROD: Caio Gullane – Fabiano Gullane – Walter Salles – Oruganti Naresh Kumar

EL PARAÍSO / THE PARADISE

COUNTRY: Argentina (Nomad Cine – EOK Producciones)
DIR: Federico Breser – Fernando Sirianni
PROD: Fernando Sirianni

LAS LEYENDAS, EL ORIGEN / LAS LEYENDAS, THE ORIGIN

COUNTRY: Mexico (Ánima Estudios)
DIR: Ricardo Arnaiz
PROD: Fernando De Fuentes S. – José C. García de Letona

QUIJOTES / QUIXOTES

COUNTRY: Argentina (Gf films) – Germany (Studio100) – Brazil (Chatrone)
DIR: Gonzalo Gutiérrez
PROD: Florencia Lemoine

UNICORN WARS

COUNTRY: Spain (UniKo – Abano Producións) – France (Autour de Minuit)
DIR: Alberto Vázquez
PROD: Iván Miñambres – Chelo Loureiro – Nicolás Schmerkin

Henry Anderson: Animation Director (USA)

Thoughts and strategies on an essential element of storytelling: developing characters.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH | 18.00

Francisco Menéndez Nadal: Lawyer, WELAW Consulting (Spain)

Advice and key points to take full advantage of an IP from its development.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1ST | 18.00

Paco Rodríguez: Director, Media Training Consulting MTC (Spain)

Keys to executive production for animation professionals. Steps and strategies to take into consideration from the original idea to its realization on screen.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2ND | 18.00

Teddy bears, unicorns, fantastic creatures… ICAA, together with WEIRD Market and Animation!, presents the projects “Masked Cinderella”, “Villa Fábula”, “Girl and Wolf”, “Hanna and the Monsters”, “Sierra Dragón” and “Unicorn Wars” (selected at Animation! WIPs by Annecy).

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH | 12.00

Valeria Dotro: Head of Content, Pakapaka (Argentina) / Fernando Roca Rodríguez: Project Development Manager, Pakapaka (Argentina)

How do you generate a channel with an educational imprint to it? Creative and production processes involved in the development of cultural content for children. The main focal points of Pakapaka on young audiences at national and regional level.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH | 14.00

Olga Chepel: Senior Media Manager, Animaccord Animation Studio (Russia)

The details behind the Russian series that conquered the world.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1ST | 12.00

Silvina Cornillón: Animation! Ventana Sur (Argentina) / José Luis Farias: Quirino Awards (Spain) / José Iñesta: Pixelatl (Mexico) / Milton Guerrero: Red Animation (Peru) / Pato Escala: PunkRobot (Chile) / Gabriel García: Hype Animation Studio (Brazil)

An example of alliance and collaboration told in the first person by the leaders of three Latin American animation studios that make up “Los amigos”.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1ST | 14.00

Pete Michels: Supervising Animation Director, Netflix (USA)

The animation production pipeline of the cult series by its Supervising Director.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2ND | 12.00

Jocelyn Christie: Kidscreen (Canada) / José Luis Farias: Next Lab – Quirino Awards (Spain) / Jordi Iñesta: Shortway (Mexico) / José Iñesta: Ideatoon (Mexico) / Véronique Encrenaz: MIFA, Annecy (France) / Margarita Cid Lizondo: MAI! Chilemonos (Chile) / Christian Bermejo: Pixelatl (Mexico) / Viola Gabrielli: Kids Kino Industry (Poland) / Bea Bartolomé: WEIRD Market (Spain) / Agnieszka Kowalewska-Skowron: Animarkt (Poland) / Romina Savary: APA Lab (Argentina)

How to design an international strategy for animation projects? A tour of the world’s main markets with the help of its organizers.

DOWNLOAD PDF – ANIMATION! EVENTS CALENDAR

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2ND | 14.00

José Luis Farias: Quirino Awards (Spain) / Luispa Salmón: Director, Mighty Animation (Mexico) / Germán Acuña: General Director, Carburadores (Chile) / Angélica García Beltrán: General Manager, B.Water Animation (Spain)

The challenges that the pandemic brought to the animation sector. Case studies of Latin American companies that overcame obstacles and successfully adapted to the new normality.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3RD | 12.00

Géraldine Baché: Head of Education & Projects, MIFA / Rémi Guittet: Regional Audiovisual Cooperation Attaché, Institut Français d´Argentine / Eleanor Coleman: International Development and Pre Sales, Blue Spirit Productions / Heath Kenny: Chief Content Officer, Mercury Filmworks / Eloa Sahiry: Pitch Coach and Trainer, L.A. Conseils

Presentation of the Mentoring Program for Female Creators by its organizers. The mentors will give a training as a preview of the program. Announcement of the five selected projects.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3RD | 17.00

ANIMATION! INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ROUND

CLOSED ACTIVITY

One-to-one meetings between producers, international buyers and production companies, looking for animation projects and services.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH | 9.30 / 18.00

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SPEED MEETING: MEET THE PROJECTS

PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED

One-to-one meetings with the representatives of Animation! Pitching Sessions finalist projects.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1ST | 9.30 / 18.00

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2ND | 9.30 / 18.00

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3RD | 9.30 / 18.00

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ANIMATION! WORKING SESSION

CLOSED ACTIVITY

Meetings with experts who will give feedback and advice to animated projects’ representatives.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1ST | 16.00 / 17.30