Cartoon Movie 2021: submit your animated feature project

> THE PROJECT SUBMISSION IS NOW CLOSED

Which project to submit?

- A project of animated feature film in 4 categories: in concept, in development, in production or in sneak preview
- of a minimum running time of 60 min
- min. 50% of animation
- European
- Please check the regulations to be sure your project is eligible
- For the duration of the pitching sessions, have a look at "How Cartoon Movie works" 

Please note that:
- Only independant production companies can submit a project.
- Production teams of selected projects must afford registration fees to Cartoon Movie.

Submit your project

STEP 1: Prepare all the elements that you will need for the online form:

1. Synopsis

Short description of the story, to be published in our application and on our website.
- In English
- Max. 700 characters including spaces

2. Project File (PDF)

Prepare a file to present your project in the best way, adding images from your project and elements that best describe it in order to convince the Selection Committee.

You will find below some suggestions of elements to put in the file, but you are free to re-arrange them.

 Important:
- Upload 1 single PDF
- Try not to exceed 25 pages (max. 35Mb)
- It must be written in English
- Note that you won’t be able to change the pictures once the project has been submitted.

3. Letter of interest

Each project must be accompanied by a written statement of interest from a distributor, sales agent or broadcaster, attesting to their interest of the project (optional for the projects in concept). In the online form you will need to provide:

- Name of the company
- Name of contact person
- Email address of this person
- PDF of the letter 

4. Images

In addition to the images from your project fiule, prepare 3 nice stills of the project for our application, for our website, for our agenda and for the press.

WARNING: please be aware that you won't be able to change the pictures once the project has been submitted.

Look at a preview of how the projects will be published on the website and on the application.

5. Video

Do you have some images to show? You will be able to enter a url on the online form. You can also send us a USB stick to the Cartoon office.

• MANDATORY for films in production or sneak preview: a pilot/extract of the film (5 min) for the films in production and the complete film for the films in sneak preview.
• Optional for the other categories.

STEP 2: Go to My Cartoon

Click on My Cartoon (tab on the top right of the page) and login or create an account. This will allow you to come back anytime to your form, so don't forget your log in and password.

STEP 3: Click on My projects and fill in the online form 

- In My Projects, click on Submit a new project and fill in the form. You can navigate through the pages, save for later or go to the next page.
Don't refresh a page, it will close the form!
- Fill in all the fields (be careful with digit-only fields and valid email addresses), and upload your PDFs and images
- At the end of the form, you will have a summary that you can review
- When you are ready, click on Submit
- WARNING: once it is submitted, you won't be able to modify the data, so make sure to review them before submitting!

If your project is selected: a trailer will be needed by 10 February 2021

Read more about the trailers.

Schedule and deadlines

In order to ensure that Cartoon Movie runs smoothly and that your project is successful, we kindly request that you observe the following deadlines.