Eight Irish titles screening in Toulouse in September.
For the first time, Cartoon Forum will be putting the spotlight on a country. Ireland, very active and very creative in animation, has offered its candidature for being the first country to go under the full glare of the media. On the strength of its eight selected projects this year, Irish animation will appear as a constant thread throughout Cartoon Forum: presentations of Irish studios during Croissant Shows, Irish Farewell Dinner & Party, … and many more surprises!
The French city of Toulouse will host the 27th edition of Cartoon Forum, the co-production platform for European animation series that will present 80 new projects from across Europe from 13-16 September 2016.Over the past quarter of a century, Cartoon Forum has steadily grown in quality and size. This year a record was reached: 22 countries have selected projects.
The flourishing Irish animation sector now accounts for one-third of the country’s audio-visual industry, and production activity is increasing every year. Irish animation studios are working with some of the biggest names in global broadcasting—including Disney, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and the BBC—making animated series that are shown to millions of children all over the world every week. Award-winning features and shorts, animated programming for adults, apps and games are made here by our dynamic, technically advanced—and entirely indigenous—2D and 3D studios.
In recent years’ Irish animation has been nominated for every major international award, including Academy Awards, BAFTAs, Emmys and Annies.
