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  What's the Latest?

  1. Short Films
  2. Feature Films
  3. TV Series & Specials
  4. Interactive Creations & Transmedia
  5. Animation du Monde

Summary

Thanks to the Call for Projects, stories have become films.
Find out how they got there!

Check out winning projects before 2015.

Short Films

  • The World’s After, Florentina Gonzalez, Project Leader and Director, winner in 2020, filming completed in 2022 (Argentina)
  • La Grande Arche, Camille Authouart, Project Leader and Director, winner in 2019, filming completed in 2022 (France)
  • Hide, Daniel Gray, director and project leader, winner in 2019, filming completed in 2020 (United Kingdom, Hungary)
  • Christopher at Sea, Emmanuel-Alain Raynal and Pierre Baussaron, Project Leaders and Tom CJ Brown, Director, winner in 2018, filming completed in 2022 (France, USA)
  • Overload, Armin Assadipour, Project Leader and Director, winner in 2018, filming completed in 2022 (France)
  • I’m Late, Sawako Kabuki, Director and Emmanuel-Alain Raynal and Pierre Baussaron, Project Leaders, winner in 2018, filming completed in 2021 (France, Japan)
  • L’Amour en plan, Claire Sichez, Director, Ikki Films, Edwina Liard and Nidia Santiago, Project Leaders, winner in 2018, production completed in 2021 (France)
  • SH_T HAPPENS, David Štumpf and Michaela Mihályi, Directors, Peter Badac, Project Leader, winner in 2018, production completed in 2019 (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
  • Letter to a Pig, Tal Kantor, Director, winner in 2017, filming completed in 2022 (France)
  • Blue Fear, Marie Jacotey and Lola Halifa-Legrand, Directors and Project Leaders, winner in 2017, filming completed in 2019 (France)
  • The Kindergarten Show, Loïc Bruyère, director and project leader, winner in 2017, filming completed in 2019 (France)
  • Purpleboy, Alexandre Siqueira, director and project leader, winner in 2017, filming completed in 2019 (Portugal)
  • Trona Pinnacles, Mathilde Parquet, Director and Project Leader, winner in 2016, production completed in 2020 (France)
  • A Stone in the Shoe, Éric Montchaud, Director and Project Leader, winner in 2016, production completed in 2020 (France)
  • Traces, Hugo Frassetto and Sophie Tavert Macian, directors, Sophie Tavert Macian, project leader, winner in 2016, production completed in 2019 (France)
  • Old Hag, Nicolas Bianco-Levrin and Julie Rembauville, directors and project leaders, winners in 2016, filming completed in 2019 (France)
  • Hide and Seek (My Grandpa Is Hiding), Anne Huynh, director, Jean Regnaud, project leader, winner in 2015, production completed in 2018 (France)
  • Festive Wind, Marjolaine Perreten, winner in 2015, production completed in 2016 (Swiss – French coproduction)
  • The One Who Tamed Clouds, Nicolas Bianco-Levrin & Julie Rembauville, winner in 2015, production completed in november 2015 (France)

Feature Films

  • Lamya's Poem, Alex Kronemer, Project Leader and Director, presented in 2019, production completed in 2021 (USA)
  • Archipel, Félix Dufour-Laperrière, Project Leader and Director, winner in 2018, production completed in 2021 (Canada)
  • Flee, Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Director, winner in 2016, production completed in 2020 (Denmark, France, Norway, Sweden)
  • Tito and the Birds, Gustavo Steinberg, project leader and Director, alongside Gabriel Bitar and André Catoto, presented in 2016, production completed in 2018 (Brazil)
  • Even Mice Belong in Heaven, Denisa Grimmová and Jan Bubeníček, Directors, Vladimír Lhoták (Fresh Films) and Alexandre Charlet (Les Films du Cygne), Project Leaders, presented in 2014, production completed in 2020 (Czech Republic, France)

TV Series & Specials

  • The Musifants & Christmas with the Musifants, Meike Fehre, Director and Meike Fehre and Sabine Dully, Project Leaders, presented in 2018, production completed in 2019 (Germany)
  • Viva Mexico – The Adventures of Louise in Mexico, Hefang Wei, Director and Kazak Productions and Folimage, Project Leaders, winner in 2017, production completed in 2022 (France)
  • The Jolly Jesters, Paul Bourgois, Jérémy Boulard and Jérémie Malavoy, directors, Les Films Jack Fébus, project leader, presented in 2016, filming completed in 2019 (France).
  • Vanille, Guillaume Lorin, Director and Project Leader, winner in 2015, filming completed in 2020 (France)
  • Haenyo, the Women of the Sea, Éloïc Gimenez, director and Christophe Camoirano, project leader, winners in 2015, filming completed in 2017 (France)
  • Degolas, the Tiny Wood Elf, Jérémy Guiter, director, Claire Grimond, project leader, presented in 2014, production completed in 2016 (France)
  • Miru Miru, Haruna Kishi and Virginie Jallot, selected in 2011, completed in 2016 (France, Belgium)

Interactive Creations & Transmedia

  • Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep, Sandra V. Devonssay, Director, Saskia Nilly, Project Leader, presented in 2020, filming completed in 2022 (France, Laos)
  • Under the Pillow, Georgy Molodtsov, Director, Mitya Sorkin, Project Leader, presented in 2020, filming completed in 2021 (Russia, Estonia)
  • Ex Aequo !, Jean-Charles Mbotti Malolo, Director, Bachibouzouk, Project Leader, winner in 2019, filming completed in 2021 (France)
  • Dreamin'Zone, Fabienne Giezendanner, director, Zéro de Conduite Productions, project leader, winner in 2019, filming completed in 2020 (France)
  • Sisters' Tale, Nazli Eda Noyan, director and project leader, presented in 2017, filming to be completed by 2022 (Turkey)
  • Nothing Happens, Michelle & Uri Kranot, directors, Uri Kranot, project leader, winner in 2017, filming completed in 2017 (Denmark)
  • Super, Christophe Blanc, director, and Florent Guimberteau, transmedia project leader, winner in 2013, completed in 2015 (France)
  • The Reward: Tales of Alethrion, Mikkel Mainz and Kenneth Ladekjaer, directors, and Charlotte de La Gournerie, transmedia project leader, winner in 2014 (Denmark)

Animation du Monde

  • When I’m Sad, Lilit Altunyan, Diretor and Project Leader, winner in 2019, production completed in 2021 (Armenia)
  • A Tiger with no Stripes, Raúl "Robin" Morales, director and project leader, winner in 2017, filming completed in 2018 (Mexico)
  • Island, Mengqian Chen, director and project leader, presented in 2016, filming completed in 2019 (France).
  • Riga's Lilac, Lizete Upīte, director and project leader, winner in 2016, filming completed in 2019 (Latvia)
  • Roda Pantura, Hizkia Subiyantoro, director, and Chonie Prysilia, project leader, at the Animation du Monde Mifa Pitches 2015, completed in 2016 (Indonesia)

Short Films


El After del Mundo

The World’s After

Florentina Gonzalez, Project Leader and Director of the short film The World’s After, Arte France Prize and Ciclic Prize – Shortway at the Mifa Pitches 2020 and labelled Animation du Monde, filming completed in 2022 (Argentina).

Selections & Awards

Diffusion
Broadcast on TV and screened in cinema theatres in 2022.

A few words about your participation in the Mifa Pitches?
It was an incredible experience that helped us to radically move our project forward and establish some excellent connections with the French industry.

For more info
Distributer Autour de Minuit’s Instagram page


La Grande Arche

La Grande Arche

Camille Authouart, Project Leader and Director of La Grande Arche, SACD Prize at the Mifa Pitches 2019, filming completed in 2022 (France).

Selections

Diffusion
Screened in cinema theatres as part of festivals in 2023.

For more info
Camille Authouart’s website


Hide

Hide

Daniel Gray, director and project leader of Hide, winner of the Ciclic Prize and the NEF Animation Prize 2019 at the Mifa Pitches, filming completed in 2020 (United Kingdom, Hungary).

Selection
The film was selected at the Ottawa International Animation Festival.

Diffusion
The short film was distributed in Croatia.

A few words about your participation at the Mifa Pitches?
"It was great. Very useful for honing the pitch."

For more info
Dedicated page on Facebook


Christopher at Sea

Christopher at Sea

Emmanuel-Alain Raynal and Pierre Baussaron, Project Leaders and Tom CJ Brown, Director of Christopher at Sea, Arte France Prize and Ciclic Prize at the Mifa Pitches 2018, filmmaking completed in 2022 (France – USA).

Selections & Awards

For more info
A web page dedicated to it on the Miyu Productions website
A web page dedicated to it on the Psyop website
A web page dedicated to it on the Temple Carrington & Brown website


Overload

Overload

Armin Assadipour, Project Leader and Director of Overload, Les Affranchis/Ville de Toulouse Prize at the Mifa Pitches 2018, filming completed in 2022 (France).

Selections & Awards

Diffusion
Screened in cinema theatres and broadcast on TV in 2023.

For more info
Armin Assadipour Tumblr


I'm Late

I’m Late

Emmanuel-Alain Raynal and Pierre Baussaron, Project Leaders, and Sawako Kabuki, Director of the short film I’m Late, Open Workshop Prize at the Mifa Pitches 2018, filming completed in 2021 (France – Japan).

Selections & Awards

For more info
A web page dedicated to it on the Miyu Productions website
A web page dedicated to it on the New Deer website


L'Amour en plan

L’Amour en plan

Claire Sichez, Director, Ikki Films, Edwina Liard and Nidia Santiago, Project Leaders of L’Amour en plan, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma/Bourse des festivals Prize at the Mifa Pitches 2018, production completed in 2021 (France).

Selection

A few words about your participation at the Mifa Pitches?
"The pitch was very well organised. I’m thrilled to have presented my project to such a large audience. It was a great experience. Afterwards, I was able to meet several producers, musicians and others who were interested in the project. Some of these meetings took place at the Festival, but most of them in the months that followed.
The Festival atmosphere definitely showcased the project well and provided a favourable dynamic for its production!
"

For more info
The film’s website
The film’s Facebook page


L'Amour en plan

SH_T HAPPENS

David Štumpf and Michaela Mihályi, Directors, Peter Badac, Project Leader of SH_T HAPPENS (ex Koniec/The End), NEF Animation Prize at the Mifa Pitches 2018, production completed in 2019 (Czech Republic, Slovakia).

Selection
Selected at numerous festivals. Download the full list.

Awards
Download the list of awards.

Diffusion
Broadcast in 2020 on TV, in VOD, and in cinema theatres.

A few words about your participation in the Mifa Pitches.
"It is very prestigious to be selected within 11 short films that are presented at Annecy. It really helped us to move our project forward. Except that the author won the NEF prize and residency in Fontevraud, we found a French co-producer at the Mifa who brought 30% of the financing to our project as well as Arte France. It was released in French cinemas, and also on Arte, which doesn’t often happen with short films from our region."

For more info
The film’s Facebook page


Letter to a Pig

Letter to a Pig

Tal Kantor, Director of Letter to a Pig, Ciclic Award at the Mifa Pitches 2017, filming completed in 2022 (France – Israel).

Selections & Awards
Animafest Zagreb: "Zlatko Grgić" Prize for Best 1st Film Award
Anibar Animation Festival: Grand Prize – International Competition
Jerusalem Film Festival: Best Animation Short
Animix: Honorable Mention for Directing and Art
OIAF: Best Narrative Short Award
Ophir Awards: Best Narrative Short Award
Tokyo Film Festival: Best Animation Award
Countryside Animafest Cyprus – Views of the World: Audience Award
Insomnia: Diploma of the Jury

Diffusion
Broadcast in 2022 on TV on Arte, screened at festivals and cinema theatres.

A few words about your participation in the Mifa Pitches?
Thank you for this opportunity that changed my life in a very positive way.

For more info
Short film trailer


Blue Fear

Marie Jacotey and Lola Halifa-Legrand, Project Leaders and Directors of Blue Fear, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma/Bourse des festivals Prize and Open Workshop Prize at the Mifa Pitches 2017, filming completed in 2019 (France).

Selection
Download the full list.

Diffusion
Broadcast in 2020 on TV on CANAL+.

For more info
A web page dedicated to it on the Miyu Productions website


Le Spectacle de maternelle

The Kindergarten Show

Loïc Bruyère, director and project leader of The Kindergarten Show, winner of the Folimage Prize 2017 at the Mifa Pitches, filming completed in 2019 (France).

For more info


Garçon pourpre

Purpleboy

Alexandre Siqueira, director and project leader of Purpleboy, winner of the Arte France Prize (2017) at the Mifa Pitches, filming completed in 2019 (Portugal).

Diffusion
The short film was distributed worldwide and screened at cinemas as well as on the TV.

For more info
See an extract on the director's website
Film presentation and review on the Zippy Frames web portal


Trona Pinnacles

Trona Pinnacles

Mathilde Parquet, Director and Project Leader of Trona Pinnacles, The Animation Workshop Prize at the Mifa Pitches 2016, production completed in 2020 (France).

Selection
In October 2021, the film was selected at 11 French festivals and 42 foreign festivals.

Awards
In October 2021, the film received 6 awards.
It is also in the pre-selection for the César 2022 for Best Short Animation Film.

Diffusion
The short film was broadcast on CANAL+ in Top of the Shorts and then at festivals.

A few words about your participation in the Mifa Pitches.
"The Pitch session at Annecy was a good experience and enabled me to meet my producers. It’s always a fulfilling experience."

For more info
The film’s website
The film’s Instagram page
The film’s trailer


Un caillou dans la chaussure

A Stone in the Shoe

Éric Montchaud, Director and Project Leader of A Stone in the Shoe, Folimage Prize at the Mifa Pitches 2016, and CANAL+ Junior Jury Award at Annecy 2021, production completed in 2020 (France).

Selection
Selected at numerous festivals in 2021.

Awards
International Young Audience Award at the Ciné court animé

A few words about your participation in the Mifa Pitches.
"A very good exercise to present and really understand your own project, a real springboard for meeting professionals, which usually makes it possible to produce your film."


Traces

Traces

Hugo Frassetto and Sophie Tavert Macian, directors, Sophie Tavert Macian, project leader of Traces, winners of the SACD Award 2016 at the Mifa Pitches, filming completed in 2019 (France).

Selection
Traces was selected at 15 festivals including:

Award
Grand Prize of Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival (SICAF), South Korea

Diffusion
The short film has been broadcasted on Arte in 2019.

A few words about your participation at the Mifa Pitches?
"The Mifa Pitches provide a packed house, compassionate comrades and a prime showcase for a project in the development phase."

For more info
The dedicated page on the production company's website


Traces

Old Hag

Nicolas Bianco-Levrin and Julie Rembauville, directors and project leaders of Old Hag, winners of the Rhône-Alpes Cinéma/Bourse des festivals Prize (2016) at the Mifa Pitches, filming completed in 2019 (France).

Diffusion
The film has been pre-bought by CANAL+ in 2019. It should be broadcasted in 2020.

For more info
See the trailer
The dedicated page on Nicolas Bianco-Levrin's website


nuages

Hide and Seek (My Grandpa Is Hiding)

Anne Huynh, director, Jean Regnaud, project leader for Hide and Seek (My Grandpa Is Hiding), Rhône-Alpes Cinéma/Bourse des festivals Award at the Mifa Pitches 2015, filming terminated in 2018 (France).

Selection
End of October 2018, this short film has already been selected at 17 international festivals:

Awards
The film has just won the Special Distinction Short Prize at the Bucheon International Animation Festival in South Korea.

Diffusion
At the cinema, the film is included in the programme Ta mort en short(s) that is diffused by Folimage, in theaters since 31st October 2018.  
It was broadcasted on TV by France 3 in November 2018.

News
The film was also screened as a premier for the Grave of the Fireflies by Isao Takahata in October 2018, to celebrate the Studio Ghibli Fest (which is symbolically superb!). It is currently starting its tour in festivals.

A few words about your participation in the Mifa Pitches?
"This is an excellent opportunity and a marvelous springboard to have the project seen by producers and other (future) possible collaborators, over a decent period of time. We were fortunate to meet Corinne Destombes (Folimage). For us this was a real boost! Thank you!”

More info
A page dedicated to the film is on the Folimage website


nuages

Festive Wind

Marjolaine Perreten, director and project leader of Festive Wind, Ciclic Award at the Mifa Pitches in 2015, production completed in 2016 (Swiss – French coproduction).

Selection
The short film was selected in 31 festivals as soon as it was screened, with its first selection in Stuttgart in February 2017.

Screening
In July 2017 Romandy Television (TSR) screened the short film.

News
The short film is being screened in festivals for the next 18 months.

Find out more
Twitter: Marjolaine Perreten
Blog: Marjolaine Perreten


nuages

The One Who Tamed Clouds

Nicolas Bianco-Levrin & Julie Rembauville, are the directors and project leaders of The One Who Tamed Clouds, SACD Award at the 2015 Mifa Pitches, production completed in November 2015 (France).

Selection
135 selections in national and international festivals.

Awards

Screenings
The short film was bought by Ciné+ for diffusion on the television, and was screened in at least ten national and European theatres.

News
The publishing house Les 400 coups will be printing the book, but the date has not yet been released.

A few words about your participation in the Mifa Pitches?
"The Pitches have helped us three times. We have seen the impact of the Mifa Pitches for the last 5 years (for Merci mon Chien in 2010). This has often helped us for other projects in the making, most notably due to meetings with regional financial backers."

Feature Films

Lamya's Poem

Lamya's Poem

Alex Kronemer, Project Leader and Director of Lamya’s Poem, presented at the Mifa Pitches 2019 and in the Official Selection in competition in 2021, filming completed in 2021 (USA).

Sélection

Diffusion
Screened in cinema theatres in 2022.

For more info
Lamya's Poem – UPF (Unity Productions Foundation)

Archipel

Archipel

Félix Dufour-Laperrière, Project Leader and Director of Archipel, Ciclic Award at the Mifa Pitches 2018 and Contrechamp Jury Distinction 2021, production completed in 2021 (Canada).

Selection

Already screened at over sixty festivals, including:

Awards
Special Jury Distinction at the BIAF – Bucheon International Animation Festival

Diffusion
At cinema theatres in 2021/2022.

A few words about your participation in the Mifa Pitches.
"The Ciclic Prize and its residency were crucial to prepare and produce Archipel. The project support by the Mifa teams provided a new visibility for the project at Cannes, in the context of the Annecy Goes to Cannes scheme, a new opportunity to show the project to key decision-makers (international distributers and sellers).."

For more info
Quebecois distributer’s website

Flee

Flee

Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Director of Flee, Disney Channel Prize at the Mifa Pitches 2016, Cristal for a Feature, Fondation Gan Award for Distribution and Best Original Music Award, sponsored by the SACEM, in the Feature Films category at Annecy 2021, production completed in 2020 (Denmark, France, Norway, Sweden).

Selection
Selected at numerous festivals.

Awards
Multiple awards both as an animation film and as a documentary.

A few words about your participation in the Mifa Pitches.
"Flee was presented at Annecy in 2016 at the Mifa Pitches. At the time, the envisaged format was a TV Special. That year, the project won the Disney Channel Prize. The feedback rapidly confirmed that Flee should become a feature film.
The Annecy Festival continued its support, showcasing the project at different stages of its progress: Annecy Goes to Cannes 2018, then a WIP 2019.
In 2021, Flee won several awards at Annecy, notably the Cristal for a Feature Film.
"

For more info
The film’s Instagram page

Tito et les Oiseaux

Tito and the Birds

Gustavo Steinberg is project leader and director, alongside Gabriel Bitar and André Catoto, for Tito and the Birds, that was presented at the Mifa Pitches 2016, at the Work in Progress in 2017 and in competition in the 2018 official selection. Filming was completed in 2018 (Brazil).

Selection
This film has already been screened at several festivals, and will be at many more to come:

Awards
Award for Best Children’s Film, Festival Anima Mundi

Diffusion
The film will be diffused in March 2019.

A few words about your participation in the Mifa Pitches?
"The Annecy Festival has been crucial for our film. It has brought inspiration, knowledge, motivation, contacts and help for promoting our film."

For more information:
Tito and the Birds website

Même les souris vont au paradis

Even Mice Belong in Heaven

Denisa Grimmová and Jan Bubeníček, Directors, Vladimír Lhoták (Fresh Films) and Alexandre Charlet (Les Films du Cygne), Project Leaders of Even Mice Belong in Heaven, presented at the Mifa Pitches 2014 and as a Screening Event at Annecy 2021, production completed in 2020 (Czech Republic, France).

Sélection

Awards

Diffusion
Broadcast in cinema theatres in 2021.

For more info
Les Films du Cygne website
Gebeka Films website
The film’s social networks

TV Series & Specials

Die Musifanten

The Musifants (TV mini-series) & Christmas with the Musifants (Special TV)

Meike Fehre and Sabine Dully, Project Leaders, and Meike Fehre, Director of The Musifants and Christmas with the Musifants, presented at the Mifa Pitches 2018, filming completed in 2019 (Germany).

Selections & Awards
Selected in more than 50 festivals between 2019 and 2021: Giffoni, Chicago, New York, Amsterdam; DOK Leipzig, KUKI Berlin, Monstra Lisbon, Hong Kong and more.

Diffusion
Broadcast on TV in Germany, 2020, in 2021 in Finland, Norway, Sweden, Latvia and Russia, and in French cinema theatres in 2023.

A few words about the Mifa Pitches?
It’s very useful if participants organise one-on-one meetings in advance to have with broadcasters, distributors and investors after their pitches.

For more info
Dedicated website

Viva Mexico – The Adventures of Louise in Mexico

Viva Mexico – The Adventures of Louise in Mexico

Kazak Productions and Folimage, Project Leaders and Hefang Wei, Director of Viva Mexico – The Adventures of Louise in Mexico, Ciclic Prize at the Mifa Pitches 2017, filming completed in 2022. (France).

Selections

Diffusion
Screened in cinema theatres and broadcast on TV (CANAL+) in 2023.

Miru Miru

The Jolly Jesters

Paul Bourgois, Jérémy Boulard and Jérémie Malavoy, directors, Les Films Jack Fébus, project leader of The Jolly Jesters, presented at the 2016 Mifa Pitches, filming completed in 2019 (France).

Diffusion
The series should be broadcasted in 2020, on the new France Télévisions' youth platform, Okoo.

For more info
See the teaser
Visit the Okoo platform

Vanille

Vanille

Guillaume Lorin, Director and Project Leader of Vanille, Ciclic Prize and Western Digital Prize at the Mifa Pitches 2015 and Cristal for a TV Production at Annecy 2021, production completed in 2020 (France).

Selection
Selected at numerous festivals. Download the full list..

Palmarès
Download the list of its awards.

Diffusion
On television on France TV and CANAL+, at several festivals and in cinema theatres in February 2022.

Un mot sur votre participation aux Pitchs Mifa ?
"The Mifa Pitches are a real springboard for us. It did us a lot of good to feel supported at an early stage in our project and above all we learned a lot for the pitch sessions that followed.
What we developed for this session was useful for future pitches (especially for the Cartoon Forum). Using music to plunge the audience into the film’s atmosphere is a tool we’ve used again and improved across the presentations.
Since then, we are thrilled to have received the Festival’s support, which enabled us to do a WIP that once again, (thanks to meetings and the audience), confirmed that this film was worth giving it 100%.
Obviously, the Cristal was the icing on the cake. It was so incredible at first, I could hardly believe it. And once again to feel supported really helped to believe in the film, and its life at festivals is, for me, a genuine miracle.
Eternal gratitude to CITIA and their unfailing support!
"

For more info
Folimage website

Miru Miru

Haenyo, the Women of the Sea

Éloïc Gimenez, director and Christophe Camoirano, project leader of Haenyo, the Women of the Sea (presented under the title Weekend), winners of the Ciclic Prize 2015 at the Mifa Pitches, filming completed in 2017 (France).

Selection
Haenyo, the Women of the Sea became a short film and was selected at many festivals in France and internationally. For example:

Awards

  • Honorable Mention, Animation category, at the Pentedattilo Film Festival 2019 in Italy.
  • Pre-selection for the Unifrance Prize for a Short Film 2019 in France

For more info
See an extract online
Read the dedicated page on the distribution company's website

Miru Miru

Degolas, the Tiny Wood Elf

Jérémy Guiter, director, Claire Grimond, project leader of Degolas, the Tiny Wood Elf, winners of the SACD Award, and France Télévisions New Writing Award at the Mifa Pitches 2014/2015, filming completed in 2016 (France).

Selection
Degolas, the Tiny Wood Elf has been selected at numerous festivals since 2016.

Diffusion
The project was diffused on France Télévisions online platform in 2016.

News
"We are thinking about doing a possible 2nd Saison."

For more info
See the episode online

Miru Miru

Miru Miru

Haruna Kishi and Virginie Jallot, directors, and Haruna Kishi and Mathilde Maraninchi, project leaders of the TV series Miru Miru, Mifa Pitches 2011, completed in 2016 (France, Belgium).

Broadcast
CANAL+ FAMILY

More info
Haruna Kishi’s website

Interactive Creations & Transmedia

Ne pleure pas devant ma tombe

Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep

Saskia Nilly, Project Leader and Sandra V. Devonssay, Director of Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep, presented at the Mifa Pitches 2020, filming completed in 2022 (France and Laos).

For more info
Download the summary sheet

Under the Pillow

Under the Pillow

Georgy Molodtsov, Director, assisted by Mitya Sorkin to lead the project Under the Pillow, presented at the Mifa Pitches 2020, production completed in 2021 (Russia, Estonia).

Selection

Awards

A few words about your participation in the Mifa Pitches
"Pitching the project during the first wave of the pandemic was a big challenge and we benefited a lot from the selection at the Mifa with PR. Even though there were no direct collaborations made after the Mifa Pitching, the selection gave us leverage and legitimacy in animation circles. This helped us get more attention both domestically and internationally."

For more info
The film’s website

Ex Aequo !

Ex Aequo !

Bachibouzouk, Project Leader, and Jean-Charles Mbotti Malolo, Director of Ex Aequo !, presented at the Mifa Pitches 2019, filming completed in 2021 (France).

Selection

Diffusion
Broadcast on TV in 2021.

For more info
Watch episodes on France TV Splash
Webapp (for viewing on telephones)

 

Dreamin'Zone

Dreamin'Zone

Fabienne Giezendanner, director, Zéro de Conduite Productions, project leader of Dreamin'Zone, winner of the Ina Expert Prize 2019 at the Mifa Pitches, filming completed in 2020 (France).

Diffusion
The short film has been distributed in Italy, France and Switzerland, shown in festivals and selected in VR competition at the 77th Mostra of Venice.

A few words about your participation at the Mifa Pitches?
"To be selected at the Mifa Pitches was a great support!"

For more info
See the teaser

 

Sisters' Tale

Sisters' Tale

Nazli Eda Noyan, director and project leader of Sisters' Tale, presented at the 2017 Mifa Pitches, filming to be completed by 2022 (Turkey).

Selection
At the end of 2019, the project was selected by the !fXIstanbul festival and the Antalya Film Forum (Pitching for Feature Films in Development).

Award
It received the !fXIstanbul Pitching Award.

Diffusion
The work should be broadcasted in 2022.

For more info
See the dedicated website
Visit the !fIstanbul festival's website
Visit the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival's website
The production company is Independent Forces (Istanbul).

 

Nothing Happens

Nothing Happens

Michelle & Uri Kranot, directors, Uri Kranot, project leader of Nothing Happens, winners of the Festivals Connexion Award – Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes / In partnership with Lumières Numériques & Pilon Cinéma (2017) and the André-Martin Award for a French Short Film (2017) at the Mifa Pitches, filming completed in 2017 (Denmark).

Selection
The Short Film Nothing Happens was selected at more that 80 festivals, including:

Diffusion
The film was screened in cinemas in 2018 and 2019.

Awards

  • International Prize, Anibar 2017
  • Best Director Prize, Tofuzi Festival 2017

For more info
See a presentation of the VR installation
The dedicated page on the distribution company's website

 

Super

Super

Christophe Blanc, director, and Florent Guimberteau, transmedia project leader of Super, France Télévisions nouvelles écritures prize at the Mifa Pitches 2013, completed in 2015 (France).

Selection

Broadcast
On the France Télévisions web platform Studio 4, in 2015

News
We are currently looking for an international distributor to export the project.

 

The Reward: Tales of Alethrion

The Reward: Tales of Alethrion

Mikkel Mainz and Kenneth Ladekjaer, directors, and Charlotte de La Gournerie, transmedia project leader The Reward: Tales of Alethrion, CITIA prize at the Mifa Pitches in 2014 (Denmark).

Prizes

Screenings
Between 2014 and 2015, has been shown on internet, at different festivals and will soon be on TV.

What's happening with the project at the moment?
"We've been showing the first episode after getting funding from Kickstarter and we started a new Kickstarter for funding for the second episode, which has allowed us to start production for two more episodes. We're also working on the video game and we're preparing a Patreon crowdfunding page."

More info
The Reward: Tales of Alethrion on YouTube
Kickstarter

Animation du Monde


Quand je suis triste

When I’m Sad

Lilit Altunyan, Diretor and Project Leader of When I’m Sad, Folimage Prize at the Mifa Pitches 2019 and labelled Animation du Monde, filming completed in 2021 (Armenia).

Selection

Diffusion
Screened at festivals in 2021.

A few words about your participation in the Mifa Pitches.
"The workshop, aiming to help us how to pitch our project better, was really interesting and helpful, some of us had to completely change how we would present our projects. I particularly liked short meetings with producers where I could really understand in a minute if my project was interesting enough or if I didn't pitch it well. Also, one-to-one feedback was invaluable.
Before, I was not really familiar with the importance of a good pitch in festivals. The scariest moment was that I had to pitch the first one on the stage, but it was a stimulating and rich experience that will help me with every future project when I prepare to pitch it.
"

For more info
A web page dedicated to it on the Folimage website


tigre

A Tiger with no Stripes

Raúl "Robin" Morales, director and project leader of A Tiger with no Stripes, winner of the Ciclic Prize and the Prix de la Résidence Jeune Public de Folimage at the Mifa Pitches 2017, filming completed in 2018 (Mexico).

Selection
The Short Film A Tiger with no Stripes was selected at 79 festivals, including:

Diffusion
The film was distributed in numerous regions: France, Mexico, Canada, Portugal, Morocco, Northern Ireland, USA, The Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Chile, Croatia, Kosovo, Brazil, Italy, Austria, Scotland, Switzerland, Spain, Armenia, Belgium, Bosnia, Greece, Slovenia, Poland... It was broadcasted on TV, SVOD and theaters in 2019.

Awards

  • Honourable Mention (Curtinhas competition), Festival Curtas Vila do Conde, Portugal 2019
  • Audience Award for Best animated short film for children aged 4 to 8, Festival Internacional de Cine para Niños (...y no tan niños), La Matatena, Mexico, Mexique 2019
  • Best Preschool Short Film, FAN Chile, Festival Audiovisual para Niños, Santiago, Chili 2019
  • Best Animation for Young Audiences (Preschool), Ottawa International Animation Festival, Canada 2019

For more info
The dedicated page on the distribution company's website


Island

Island

Mengqian Chen, director and project leader Island, presented at the Mifa Pitches 2016, filming completed in 2019 (France).

Selection
The film has been selected in 2019 in various festivals, including Festival Court en Scène (Troyes, France) and FICBUEU – Bueu International Short Film Festival (Spain).

Awards

  • Jury Award, CIAFF – China Independent Animation Film Forum, Shanghai (China)
  • Prix Média de la Région Grand-Est du Meilleur film, Court en Scène, Troyes (France)

A few words about your participation at the Mifa Pitches?
"The selection at the Mifa Pitches was a great support."

For more info
See the trailer
The dedicated page on the production company’s website

 


nuages

Riga's Lilac

Lizete Upīte, director and project leader of Riga's Lilac, winner of the Ciclic Prize 2016 at the Mifa Pitches, filming completed in 2019 (Latvia).

Selection

For more info
See the trailer online
A page dedicated to the film on the director's website

 

Super

Roda Pantura

Hizkia Subiyantoro, director, Chonie Prysilia, project leader of Roda Pantura presented at the Mifa Pitches 2015, filming completed in 2016 (Indonesia).

Selection
Roda Pantura has been selected at various festivals in 2017, 2018 and 2019:

A few words about your participation in the Mifa Pitches?
"It was a great honour and a challenge to see if our project would interest animation professionals. Mifa is the best place to find this out."

More info
The project's website
The distribution company's website

 

 

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