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The Creative Focus supports the creation of animated films by giving them visibility and promotion. One of its main objectives is to present the most creative projects to help them get off the ground.
Projects are divided into four categories:
- short films
- feature films
- TV series and specials
- Cross-media / Mifa Global Media Connect (Mifa GMC)
All the projects are selected by a committee of experts and then presented during the Creative Focus.
Who?
Students, authors and film directors looking for work collaborators/partners.
Producers, broadcasters, production and animation studios, TV channels etc. looking to help the films of tomorrow.
Figures
273 projects were submitted in 2012 including:
- 97 short film projects
- 61 feature film projects
- 82 TV series and specials
- 33 Cross-media projects
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FAQs for Call for projects.
Archives
- See the selected projects in 2011
- Find out which projects have been selected for 2012
- Check out the projects submitted for 2012
- Find out about the panel of experts in charge of 2012 selection
- Check out the prizes to reward the selected projects
- Call for Projects partners
- Reserve your time slots for the presentations of selected projects
- New for this year are the consultation terminals which allow producers in search of new projects to view all those submitted, classified by target market and techniques.
- Contact Stéphanie Launay to reserve your time slot.
Canal France International/Creative Focus workshop: Spotlight on African animation
The goal of this workshop is to spotlight African animation projects and to support their development. The four African animation projects will also benefit from the expertise and guidance of the professionals.
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Project update
From project to production...
Find out what's been going on with the projects that were made into films thanks to the Creative Focus Call for Projects!
Mifa Global Media Connect
CITIA and Imaginove organising the second business convention about cross-media, the Mifa Global Media Connect.
8th June 2012: Meet with players from the sector
Events Area
9:30 am – Presentation of the 7 selected cross-media projects
Talent Area
11:30 am – Networking
12:30 pm – Prize-giving
Take a look at the best cross-media projects selected for the Call for Projects.
The CITIA/Imaginove/Forum Blanc prize will be awarded by a panel of 7 cross-media professionals:
- Alexandre Michelin, Director of MSN Europe
- Tiphaine de Raguenel, Head of Marketing and New Uses from Lagardère Active
- Pierre Mathieu, Deputy Director of online gaming for e-TF1
- Marianne Levy Leblond, Head of Web Productions and Transmedia Projects for Arte France
- Alex Berger, founding CEO of Entjoy
- Tanguy Selo, Chief Executive at Imaginove
The France Télévisions prize for New Writing offers a project development contract to a project selected by France Télévisions. It will be presented by Boris Razon, Head of New Writing and Transmedia for France Télévisions and Voyelle Acker, deputy director of New Writing and Transmedia for France Télévisions.
The Ina EXPERT prize offers a 2-day workshop at Ina EXPERT. It will be presented by Jean-François Gervais, Web and Transmedia Teaching Manager at Ina EXPERT.
Network with leaders in the industry, such as Terence Mosca and Olivier Missir, President of Brandcasterz ; Frédéric Josué, Project Manager for Havas Media and Julien Hodara, Vice President of Orange Vallée ‒ Orange Groupe.
Canal France International/Creative Focus workshop: Spotlight on African animation
Check out the projects presented:
- Le Mur, short film by Sitraka Randriamahaly, Madagascar
- Taratasy, feature film by Ridha Andriatomanga, Madagascar
- Mon perroquet parle, short film by Kader Ouattara, Burkina Faso
- La Promesse, short film by Lazare Sie Pale, Burkina Faso
Françoise Mas (CFI buyer), Joachim Hérissé (director) and Stéphanie Launay (Head of Creative Focus) are the members of the jury.
Organised in association with Canal France International, this focus has been initiated by CFI and is intended to identify African animation talent and to support the local development of animation film production.
Presentation screenings of selected projects
Tuesday 5th June, 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Feature films and announcement of the Cine-Regio (C.R.I.C. C.R.A.C. - CineRegio Interregional Contest for Creative Animation Content) Prize
Wednesday 6th June, 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Short films and announcements of partner prizes:
- Ciclic Prize
- Rhône-Alpes Cinéma/Bourse des Festivals Prize
- Folimage Prize
- Arte France Prize
- SACD Prize
- Abbaye de Fontevraud Prize
- Cube Creative Productions Prize
Thursday 7th June, 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
TV series and specials and announcement of the Disney Channel prize for a new series
Friday 8th June, 9:30 am - 1:00 pm
Mifa GMC, Cross-media and announcement of the Ina EXPERT and Forum Blanc prizes.
In all categories, "Favourite" Mention: a TVPaint Animation software.
Discover the prizes to reward the selected projects
Short film category
- Ciclic Prize: €30,000 plus a 6-month residency at Château-Renault (Centre) to make the film.
- Rhône-Alpes Cinéma/Bourse des Festivals Prize: €7,600, plus 50 % from the CNC toward production costs for the award-winning short.
- "La Résidence ©" de Folimage Prize: residency at Folimage Studio, at the Cartoucherie, Bourg-lès-Valence (Drôme), for a period of 8 to 12 months.
- Arte France Prize: pre-purchase of a short film for broadcast on the TV magazine Court-circuit.
- SACD Prize: €5,000 plus an invitation for the winner to the Festival (travel + 2 nights hotel stay).
- Abbaye de Fontevraud Prize: a month's residency at the Abbaye de Fontevraud (Maine-et-Loire).
- Cube Creative Productions Prize: one-month residency at Cube Creative Studio (Paris) with technical assistance provided to develop the winning project.
TV series and specials category
- Disney Channel's New Series Prize: €5,000 for project development.
Feature Film category
- Cine Regio Prize (C.R.I.C. C.R.A.C. – CineRegio Interregional Contest for Creative Animation Content): €15,000 for the development of the chosen project
Cross-media category
- CITIA/Imaginove/Forum Blanc Prize: an invitation to the Forum Blanc 2013 and software from Adobe Education, Creative Focus' official partner.
- France Télévisions Prize for new writing: a project development contract with judges France Télévisions.
- Ina EXPERT Prize : a two-day workshop at Ina EXPERT.
In all categories, "Favourite" Mention: a TVPaint Animation software.
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