Ciao Gatto Watch the new teaser for Disney & Pixar’s #Gatto, arriving in theaters March 5, 2027
Mark Ruffalo (“Poor Things,” “The Avengers,” “Spotlight, “Foxcatcher”) has joined the voice cast as the scrappy black cat Nero, and Laurence Fishburne (“The Matrix” trilogy, “Boyz n the Hood,” “What’s Love Got to Do with It”) will voice the ruthless mob boss cat Rocco. The teaser trailer introduces Nero and Rocco as they question another cat in a funny interrogation scene.
In “Gatto,” after years of maneuvering the canal-ridden, superstitious city of Venice, Italy, Nero begins to question whether he’s lived the right lives. Indebted to Rocco, the local feline mob boss, Nero finds himself in a quandary and is forced to forge a truly unexpected friendship that may finally lead him to his purpose—unless Venice gets the better of him first. “Gatto” is directed by Enrico Casarosa and produced by Andrea Warren, the filmmaking team behind the Oscar®-nominated feature “Luca.”
The new film releases exclusively in theaters March 5, 2027.
ABOUT PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS
Pixar Animation Studios, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is an Academy Award®-winning film studio with world-renowned technical, creative and production capabilities in the art of computer animation. The Northern California studio has created some of the most successful and beloved animated films of all time, including “Toy Story,” “Monsters, Inc.,” “Cars,” “The Incredibles,” “Ratatouille,” “WALL•E,” “Up,” “Brave,” “Inside Out,” “Coco,” “Soul,” “Turning Red,” “Elemental,” and “Inside Out 2.”
LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that its Board of Governors voted to present Academy Honorary Awards to actor Glenn Close, animator Floyd Norman and director Ridley Scott, and the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to producers Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler. The Oscar® statuettes will be presented at the Academy’s 17th Governors Awards event on Sunday, November 15, 2026, at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Ovation Hollywood, in partnership with Rolex.
“The Academy’s Board of Governors is thrilled to present this year’s Governors Awards to five remarkable individuals whose groundbreaking work has forever shaped the art of filmmaking,” said Academy President Lynette Howell Taylor. “Throughout her extraordinary body of work, Glenn Close’s unparalleled emotional range has brought to life some of the most complex characters in cinema. Floyd Norman is the legendary animator who has broken barriers and inspired generations of artists over his remarkable career. Sir Ridley Scott is a true visionary whose decades-long legacy has left an immeasurable impact on global cinema and culture. Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler play a central role in American independent cinema, championing bold, ambitious and distinctive storytelling.”
Close’s acting career spans over five decades, with more than 100 film credits. She has earned eight Oscar nominations, beginning with her feature film debut in “The World According to Garp” and has received further nominations for “The Big Chill,” “The Natural,” “Fatal Attraction,” “Dangerous Liaisons,” “Albert Nobbs,” “The Wife” and “Hillbilly Elegy.” Her other film credits include “Jagged Edge,” “Reversal of Fortune,” “Hamlet,” “101 Dalmatians,” „102 Dalmatians,“ “Mars Attacks!,” “Air Force One,” “The Stepford Wives,” “The Girl with All the Gifts,” “Four Good Days” and “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.”
An animator and storyboard artist, Norman began his esteemed 65-year career at Walt Disney Animation Studios in 1956, becoming the studio’s first Black animator. His first Disney feature film was “Sleeping Beauty,” and he contributed to such classic feature films as “The Sword in the Stone,” “Mary Poppins,” “The Jungle Book” and “Robin Hood,” as well as the short films “Donald in Mathmagic Land,” “Goliath II” and “Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree.” Norman’s other notable film credits include “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” “Mulan,” “Toy Story 2” and “Monsters, Inc.”
Scott has received Oscar nominations for directing „Thelma & Louise,“ „Gladiator“ and „Black Hawk Down,“ as well as a Best Picture nomination for „The Martian.“ Across a career spanning nearly six decades, he has also directed such films as „Alien,“ „Blade Runner,“ „Legend,“ „Black Rain,“ „G.I. Jane,“ „Kingdom of Heaven,“ „American Gangster,“ „Prometheus,“ „All the Money in the World,“ „House of Gucci,“ „The Last Duel,“ „Napoleon“ and the upcoming feature „The Dog Stars.“ In 2024, Scott was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire for his services to the British film industry.
Vachon and Koffler founded the New York-based independent production company Killer Films in 1995. Together, they have produced such films as “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” “One Hour Photo,” “Camp,“ “The Company,” “The Notorious Bettie Page,” “May December” and “Materialists.” Vachon and Koffler earned an Oscar nomination for Best Picture for “Past Lives” in 2024. Their productions at Killer Films also include “Safe,” “Velvet Goldmine,” “Happiness,” “Boys Don’t Cry,” “Far from Heaven,” “I’m Not There,” “Still Alice,” “Carol,” “First Reformed,” “Vox Lux,” “The World to Come,” “Zola” and “A Different Man.”
The Honorary Award is given “to honor extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement, exceptional contributions to the state of motion picture arts and sciences in any discipline, or for outstanding service to the Academy.”
The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award is presented to a creative producer whose body of work reflects a consistently high quality of motion picture production.
The 17th Governors Awards are presented in partnership with Rolex, the Exclusive Watch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Rolex is supporting the Governors Awards through its partnership with the Academy, reflecting its ongoing commitment to fostering excellence, achievement and the transfer of cinematic knowledge to the next generation.
ABOUT THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the world’s premier film organization and is home to a global membership of more than 11,000 of the most accomplished film industry artists and leaders. The Academy connects global audiences – its members, the film industry, and film fans – through their shared passion for making and watching films. The Academy does this by recognizing and celebrating the arts and sciences of moviemaking through renowned awards for cinematic achievement, including the Oscars®, the Governors Awards, and the Scientific and Technical Awards. The Academy’s affiliated charitable organization, the Academy Foundation, serves a public benefit through its robust educational, preservation and cultural activities. This includes the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, the world’s largest global film museum, the Academy Collection, the largest film-related collection in the world, and talent development programs for emerging artists. Year-round, the Academy creates opportunities for all communities to engage with the film world.
ABOUT ROLEX AND CINEMA
Rolex celebrates human achievement as a journey marked by milestones, emotions and defining moments. For more than half a century, the brand has partnered some of the world’s most talented artists and leading cultural institutions to promote excellence and the transmission of artistic heritage, creating a link between the past, present and future. Through the Perpetual Arts Initiative, a broad portfolio of arts that extends through architecture, cinema, dance, music, literature, theatre and visual arts, the brand confirms its long-term commitment to global culture. The company has had close ties with the film industry for decades, its watches playing a role in numerous films, including Oscar®-winning masterpieces. Since 2017, Rolex has supported the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, serving as Proud Sponsor of the Oscars®, hosting the event’s Greenroom, as well as supporting the Governors Awards, which recognize lifetime achievement and humanitarian efforts in the film industry. Rolex also sponsors Film at Lincoln Center as Official Partner and Exclusive Timepiece. The company promotes achievement through Testimonees such as James Cameron, Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, Zendaya and Jia Zhang-Ke. It also assists in the preservation of film history for future generations as a Founding Supporter of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, as a partner of The Film Foundation and through its support to the National Film and Television School in the UK.
Danse Macabre was produced by Valk Productions in the Netherlands, Autour de Minuit in France, Vivi Film in Belgium and Cinemon Entertainment in Hungary. Amazing teams of painters, animators, riggers, lighters, compositors, special effects artists and producers worked together from all over the continent and beyond. Animators from Gao Shan Pictures in La Réunion, Africa also participated. This was one hell of a complex production, but we are convinced that we made something extraordinary, something beautiful, intense and frightening at the same time. An apocalyptic nightmare, set to the 2nd movement from Shostakovich’s tenth symphony.
– Only in theaters November Meet the Cat in the Hat you don’t know! In the wonderfully whimsical tradition of Dr. Seuss, The Cat in the Hat comes to the big screen in his animated theatrical feature film debut, an all-new, epic adventure with an edge, where mischief, magic and mayhem reign supreme. Doing what he does best, the Cat—voiced by Bill Hader—spreads joy to kids in his hilarious, signature and singularly irreverent way, transporting them and audiences on a fantastical journey through a world they’ve never seen before.
In the film, our hero takes on his toughest assignment yet for the I.I.I.I. (Institute for the Institution of Imagination and Inspiration, LLC): to cheer Gabby and Sebastian, a pair of siblings struggling with their move to a new town. Known for taking things too far, this could be this agent of chaos’s last chance to prove himself…or lose his magical hat!
Starring alongside Hader are Xochitl Gomez, Matt Berry, Quinta Brunson, and Paula Pell, and featuring Tiago Martinez, Giancarlo Esposito, America Ferrera, Bowen Yang, and Tituss Burgess. The Cat in the Hat is directed by Erica Rivinoja and Alessandro Carloni from their own screenplay, story by Caroline Williams, and produced by Daniela Mazzucato. Warner Bros. Pictures Animation’s first full-length feature film, The Cat in the Hat, comes to theaters and IMAX® across North America on November 6, 2026, and internationally beginning 4 November 2026. It will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.
Die Serie startet am Freitag, 26. Juni weltweit auf Apple TV. In der zweiten Staffel freuen sich Snoopy und die Beagle-Scouts auf unbeschwerte Tage in der majestätischen Landschaft von Camp Spring Lake. Zusammen mit Charlie Brown und der restlichen Peanuts-Gang erleben Snoopy und die Vögel beim Wandern, Schwimmen und Herumtollen erneut jede Menge Spaß und Abenteuer in der freien Natur. Sie suchen nach der einzigartigen Zaunkröte, bauen riesige Sandburgen und führen hitzige Debatten über Hotdogs versus Hamburger.
„Camp Snoopy“ wird für Apple TV von Peanuts und WildBrain produziert und basiert auf dem Peanuts-Comicstrip von Charles M. Schulz. Rob Boutilier inszeniert die Serie. Executive Producers sind Paige Braddock, Chris Bracco, Rob Boutilier, Josh Scherba, Stephanie Betts und Logan McPherson.
Peanuts-Fans können sich zudem auf das brandneue Special „Snoopy präsentiert: Zu Hause ist es am schönsten“ freuen, das am Freitag, 31. Juli weltweit auf Apple TV startet. Außerdem sind erstmals die Peanuts-Klassiker „Das ist Amerika, Charlie Brown“ und „Die Charlie Brown und Snoopy Show“ von Mendelson/Melendez Productions jeweils ab Freitag, 3. Juli und Freitag, 10. Juli auf Apple TV verfügbar.
Following the death of his father (Josh Brolin), Jay Gardiner (Austin Abrams) goes diving off the central Coast of California in search of his remains, but is swallowed by a massive sperm whale. While trapped inside its belly with only one hour of oxygen left, Jay comes to realize that the hard-earned lessons his father imparted may be the key to his escape.
PLOT NEXT is a conference for the film and creative industries focused on the rise of AI and its strategic impact.
PLOT NEXT ist das neue, branchenübergreifende und von der Film- und Medienstiftung NRW geförderte Konferenzformat, das am 11. und 12. Juni erstmals im Rahmen der SERIENCAMP CONFERENCE in Köln stattfindet. Nun sind die am Programm beteiligten Speaker:innen und Firmen bekannt gegeben. Ebenso die Kooperation mit dem Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, das den ersten internationalen Stop des PLOT NEXT-Programms bildet.
PLOT NEXT feiert am 11. & 12. Juni 2026 erstmals Premiere in Köln
Internationale Speaker:innen aus Forschung, Produktion, VFX, Marketing, VirtualProduction und Medienstrategie, wie BAFTA-Gewinner Edward Tracy, Netflix-HitProduzentin Pandora de Cunha Telles und BBC Research Lead Graeme Philipson
Beteiligte Unternehmen & Institutionen: btf bildundtonfabrik, BBC R&D, FFA, UFAFiction, Ukbar Filmes, Serienwerft, BetaSeries, TEKTITE, BDA Creative, Doclightsund Hyperbowl
Erste internationalen Kooperation mit dem Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Mit PLOT NEXT feiert am 11. und 12. Juni im Rahmen der SERIENCAMP CONFERENCE ein neues, hochkarätig besetztes Branchenformat in Köln seine Premiere, das sich den drängendsten Zukunftsfragen der audiovisuellen Industrie widmet. Im Zentrum steht dabei die Frage, wie Künstliche Intelligenz und technologische Innovationen nicht nur Produktionsprozesse, sondern auch Entwicklung, Distribution, Marketing und kreative Zusammenarbeit grundlegend verändern. PLOT NEXT bringt dafür führende Stimmen aus Film, Fernsehen, Technologie und Kreativwirtschaft aus ganz Europa zusammen, um konkrete Anwendungsbeispiele, strategische Perspektiven und neue Arbeitsrealitäten einer Branche im Umbruch zu diskutieren.
Eröffnet wird die erste Edition der PLOT NEXT von Walid Nakschbandi, Geschäftsführer der Film- und Medienstiftung NRW.
Nach dem Auftakt in Köln werden PLOT NEXT-Panels auch europäisch auf Reisen gehen – nächster Stopp ist Anfang Juli das Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF), das älteste Filmfestival der Welt. Im Rahmen der dortigen Industry Days wird besonderes Augenmerk darauf gerichtet, wie KI-gestützte Tools Produktionswerte in Film und Serie anheben können.
Einblick in die Vernetzung zwischen Forschung, technologischer Innovation und den damit zusammenhängenden strategischen Fragen geben unter anderem die FFA (Norina Lin-Hi,Leiterin Strategie und Analyse), die Research & Development-Abteilung der BBC (GraemePhilipson, Research Lead & Hell Raymond-Hayling, R&D Engineer), die btf (bildundtonfabrik)(Julian Schleef & Matthias Murmann), das Virtual Production Studio Hyperbowl (PhilippKreuzer), UFA Fiction (Guido Reinhardt), der Creative Industry Council des österreichischen Bundesministeriums für Arbeit und Wirtschaft (Stephanie Meisl, Vice Chair) sowie Start-Ups, die aus dem nationalen britischen CoStar Network hervorgegangen sind (Metrotone, BlackGoblin, AIMS) und mit BAFTA-Gewinner und Produzent Edward Tracy, Sounddesignerin Ana Betancourt und Showrunnerin & CEO Katharina Gellein Viken vertreten sind.
Der anerkannte italienische VFX-Spezialist und KI-Workflow Stratege Davide Tromba, der an Blockbustern wie TROJA und HAPPY FEET arbeitete, ergänzt die Perspektiven um Einblicke in die Herausforderungen zwischen Innovation und der Entstehung neuer Berufsfelder und Skill-Anforderungen an der Grenze zwischen Animation, VFX und Realfilm.
Max Barkman (255pix, Head of Development & Sales) zeigt praxisnah auf, wie sich klassische Produktionsprozesse durch technologiegetriebene Ansätze grundlegend verändern. Anschließend diskutiert er gemeinsam mit der international bekannten Produzentin (u.a. Cannes-Gewinner ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA, Netflix-Hit TURN OFTHE TIDE) und Showrunnerin (THE MARQUISE) Pandora da Cunha Telles (Ukbar Filmes) sowie der Post-Produktionsexpertin Maria Eiriz über sich verändernde Kreativ- und Produktionsprozesse.
Max Penk (TEKTITE) und Benjamin Kerneck (BDA Creative) geben jeweils Einblicke in dieTransformation der Marketingbranche, in der die Anwendung von KI in den letzten Jahren Content, Prozesse und Skill-Anforderungen grundlegend verändert hat. Dabei vermitteln die beiden nicht nur einen Überblick über den rasanten Wandel, sie zeigen auch anhand konkreter Anwendungsbeispiele, was KI-Tools für das Film- und Serienmarketing der Zukunftbedeuten.
Über die Rolle von Analysetools als Unterstützung im Writer’s Room und bei der Produktionsplanung von ROTE ROSEN berichten Jan Diepers (Serienwerft,Geschäftsführer) und Johannes Lackner (Decamerone, CEO). Mit Gabriele Rose und Andrea Mokosch sowie dem Team von Paul’s Boutique teilt das Team hinter der Terra X-Dokuserie ROADTRIP 1945 Erfahrungen aus der Arbeit mit KI-gestützten VFX, um eine historische Geschichte erzählen zu können. Tiefer in die sich verändernden Prozesse und Workflows im dokumentarischen Bereich taucht Felix von Rautenberg (Doclights) ein.
Außerdem gibt Rémi Tereszkiewicz (BetaSeries) Einblicke in eine aktuelle französische High-End-Serienproduktion und zeigt auf, wie dort KI neue Finanzierungs- und Distributionsmodelle eröffnet und welche Rolle sie für algorithmische Markt- und Contentanalysen spielt.„Die Branche sucht aktuell weniger nach Visionen als nach Orientierung und konkreten Lösungen“, so Gerhard Maier, Head of PLOT NEXT. „Genau hier setzen wir an: Wir wollen zeigen, wie sich technologische Entwicklungen praktisch nutzen lassen – und welche strategischen Entscheidungen heute getroffen werden müssen, um morgen relevant zubleiben.“
Als Erweiterung, Vertiefung und branchenübergreifende Ergänzung zur SERIENCAMP CONFERENCE richtet sich PLOT NEXT gezielt an etablierte Kreative und Entscheider:innen sowie an eine neue Generation von Storyteller:innen, die in einem sich rasant entwickelnden Medienökosystem bewegen.
Mit Köln als Veranstaltungsort verstärkt PLOT NEXT die Strategie der Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, den Strukturwandel der Medienbranche in den Fokus zu rücken und aktiv mitzugestalten.
Detaillierte Informationen zum Programm sowie die Möglichkeit des Ticketkaufs finden sich unter whattheplot.com – Inhaber:innen eines Tickets der SERIENCAMP CONFERENCE können PLOT NEXT kostenlos besuchen.
Alle Panels und Keynotes werden auf Englischgehalten.
Über PLOT NEXT
PLOT NEXT ist eine zweitägige Zukunftskonferenz der Seriencamp GmbH, die als Plattforman der Schnittstelle zwischen Film, Kunst und Technologie fungiert. Die Veranstaltung bringt Expert:innen aus der Film- und Serienbranche, Marketing, Kunst und Technologie mit Forscher:innen, Akademiker:innen und politischen Entscheidungsträger:innen zusammen, um sie gemeinsam die drängendsten Fragen für die Zukunft des Storytelling in allen Bereichen deskulturellen und gesellschaftlichen Lebens verhandeln zu lassen. Dabei wird in der ersten Ausgabe von PLOT NEXT der Fokus auf dem Einfluss und der Integration von AI inStorytelling, Produktion und visuellem Ausdruck insbesondere im Filmbereich liegen.
PLOTNEXT wird von der Film- und Medienförderung NRW unterstützt.
ANIMA MUNDI is a major Horizon Europe-funded research project aimed at revitalizing the European Animation Industry Ecosystem (EAIE). Running through mid-2028 and coordinated by the Université de Liège, the 13-partner initiative seeks to solve structural challenges in Intellectual Property (IP) management, discoverability on global streaming platforms, and international soft power
The ANIMA MUNDI project focuses on European animation, intellectual property, discoverability, and international partnership. Specifically, the project will:
Provide an interdisciplinary mapping and assessment of the ways to increase the global visibility and accessibility of European animation.
Pilot the transformative impact of European Animation to promote EU priorities, culture and fundamental values abroad, by investigating practices and innovative hubs of creativity, with a special focus on children and youth, and
Co-test the potential of European Animation to strengthen cooperation among CCI stakeholders and establish strategic alliances with other sectors.
To achieve this, ANIMA MUNDI, a multistakeholder team of five academics and eight key industry actors, will:
Develop a European Animation Brand to enhance the EAIE’s global visibility.
Organise joint promotional activities on European co-productions at the Annecy International Festival.
Create an ANIMA MUNDI Dashboard, a policymaking tool for assessing the global visibility and accessibility of European animation.
Pilot the design of a tool promoting discoverability through gamification techniques.
Deliver Empowering Partnerships and IP toolkits to effectively promote EU priorities abroad.
Develop a First-Aid kit Handbook on engaging audiences—including youth and children—to support EAIE’s international promotion in a bottom-up and creative manner.
Here is the Pressrelease by Anima Mundi regarding their Survey:
Dear animation creators and industry stakeholders,
We are pleased to invite you to take part in an important initiative: Survey Vol. 1 of the ANIMA MUNDI project (https://www.animamundi-values.eu). This is the first multidisciplinary research effort dedicated to the European animation industry (EAI), funded by the Horizon Europe programme.
About the survey
The EAI is currently navigating a complex landscape shaped by the balance between cultural ambition and market realities. Ongoing geopolitical shifts, the platformisation of media distribution, and the rapid rise of Generative AI (GenAI) are transforming the sector. While these developments create new opportunities for innovation, they also raise important questions around international promotion, creative authorship, intellectual property (IP), and sustainable revenue models.
The survey aims to gather insights from professionals and stakeholders across the EAI. Your perspective will help identify shared challenges, needs, and expectations within the EAI, and contribute to closing existing data gaps—particularly regarding the impact of streaming platforms and GenAI on IP-based value creation.
Why participate?
It takes approximately 10–12 minutes to complete
Available in English, French, German, Italian, Greek, Polish, Spanish, Czech, Portuguese, Dutch, Romanian and Finnish
Your input will directly inform policy recommendations at both EU and national levels
You will contribute to the development of evidence-based strategies and dedicated IP and Partnerships Toolkits.
As a token of our appreciation, participants who complete the survey can enter a draw for one of five free MIFA 2027 accreditations, granting access to all MIFA events at the Annecy Animation Festival.
Your privacy matters! Rest assured: your personal data will be handled securely, anonymously and confidentially, adhering to the EU General Data Protection Regulation. The purpose of collecting your data is solely for research within the ANIMA MUNDI project. It will not be shared or reused beyond this initiative. Your responses will remain confidential and anonymous. Participation in this survey is entirely voluntary.
If you experience any technical issues with the survey, please contact us at solenn.houard@uliege.be.
The selection for Cartoon Forum 2026 has been unveiled, with 66 animated projects chosen from 111 submissions across Europe. This year’s line-up features 61 TV series and 5 TV specials, representing a total production volume of 330 hours and an overall budget of €283.58 million, with an average budget of €4.30 million per production.
This highlights both the vitality of the European animation industry and the continued importance of international collaboration.
Created in 1990, Cartoon Forum is a unique event focusing on pitching sessions of pre-selected TV projects, where animation producers can find cross-border partners and speed up financial arrangements.
It allows co-productions to be finalised, pre-buys to be agreed upon, distribution agreements to be negotiated, options on all types of rights to be discussed, and secondary rights to be licensed.
International collaboration
International collaboration continues to play a central role in this year’s selection, with 26 projects developed as co-productions, representing 39% of the line-up. Among them, 10 involve partnerships between two or more Creative MEDIA countries, while 5 include co-producers from Brazil, Switzerland, Thailand and the United Kingdom. In total, 15 countries are involved as co-producers, led by France, Luxembourg, Austria and Germany.
Broadening audience reach
The growing number of submissions targeting teen, young adult and adult audiences is reflected in this year’s selection, with such projects accounting for 26% of the line-up. A total of 17 projects are aimed at these audiences, comprising 3 projects for teenagers (aged 12-15) and 14 for young adult and adult viewers, illustrating the sector’s continued diversification and ambition to reach broader audiences.
Selection Committee insights
The Selection Committee praised the high quality and diversity of this year’s submissions, in what proved to be a highly competitive selection process.
In its evaluation, the Committee placed particular emphasis on originality, creative ambition, financial viability and international appeal, while seeking to ensure a broad diversity of European talents and perspectives across the final selection.
From Cartoon Springboard to Cartoon Forum
Two projects featured among this year’s selection, WAW Resort by Peekaboo Animation (Spain) and OUCH ! by Anna Films (France), were previously pitched at Cartoon Springboard, continuing their development journey across the CARTOON events network.
Produced in the territory
Three of the selected projects are produced in the Occitanie region: The Banana Complex by Xbo films, PlasticLand by Dwarf Entertainment and The Old Ladie and the Dragon by Les Films d’Ici Méditerranée
Projects selected through industry partnerships
As part of Cartoon Forum’s ongoing partnerships, three projects joined the line-up through the Animation Production Days (APD) and the CEE Animation Forum. At APD, the German broadcasters HR, KiKA, MDR, Super RTL, SWR, WDR and ZDF selected Emotsters by Blaue Pampelmuse (Germany), and Reinventing Herman by Wolkenlenker (Germany), while the CEE Animation Forum jury awarded direct access to Tolo&Bolo by Filmograf (Poland).
Lucasfilm was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Marcia Lucas. The 80-year-old was one of the three editors to take home an Oscar for 1977’s Star Wars: A New Hope.
After Lucasfilm’s establishment in 1971, production began on George Lucas’ newest feature film, American Graffiti (1973). Marcia Lucas joined her mentor Verna Fields as editor of the film, for which the pair received an Oscar nomination. Marcia then worked for director Martin Scorsese on Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974) and Taxi Driver (1976) as Lucasfilm readied Star Wars: A New Hope.
As the film entered post-production, George Lucas found that a near total restart was required, and Richard Chew and Paul Hirsch joined the editorial team with Marcia, who eventually departed to work on Scorsese’s New York, New York (1977). Along with Chew and Hirsch, she would go on to win the Oscar for Star Wars in 1978.
In succeeding years, Marcia contributed to other Lucasfilm productions, including More American Graffiti (1979), Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980), and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983), among others.
“I love film editing,” Marcia once told a reporter. “I have an innate ability to take good material and make it better, and to take bad material and make it fair.”
Lucasfilm joins the global filmmaking community in mourning the loss of Marcia Lucas.
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