Cartoon Springboard

« This fan­tas­tic net­work­ing event is a pow­er­ful reminder of why we remain pas­sion­ate about this indus­try — it brings togeth­er inspi­ra­tional new tal­ent, rein­vig­o­rat­ing projects, and offers invalu­able access to broad­cast­ers. It serves as a vital bridge between emerg­ing cre­atives and estab­lished com­pa­nies, while gen­er­at­ing real inter­est in both new ideas and ongo­ing projects being pitched. »

Mark Cum­ber­ton JAM Media (Ire­land)

« I received lots of valu­able feed­back dur­ing Car­toon Spring­board that made me realise I pre­fer to shift the for­mat of my project from a series to a fea­ture. […] Thanks to this event, I have met very inter­est­ing peo­ple. As such, I now poten­tial­ly have a pro­duc­er - who I met at Spring­board - who’s will­ing to come on board on a short film project I’ve been devel­op­ing with two animators. »

Vicky Van Hemelrijck Tal­ent - ​“The Hard-Boiled Deteggtive” (Bel­gium)

« The whole event was so ful­fill­ing, ener­giz­ing and inspir­ing, meet­ing more than 180 indus­try pro­fes­sion­als and young tal­ents from all over Europe, see­ing old friends and meet­ing new people! »

Reka Kaloczy Chair­per­son at Car­toon Spring­board (Ger­many)

« I attend­ed a lot of inter­na­tion­al indus­try events, and I can hon­est­ly say that Spring­board can com­pete with many major ones in terms of the lev­el of par­tic­i­pants, orga­ni­za­tion, and over­all mood of the side events. »

Liana Mezvr­ishvili Schol­ar­ship hold­er at Car­toon Spring­board (Geor­gia)

« This year I had the priv­i­lege of being on the side of project watch­ers to try to help young authors in the ardu­ous task of see­ing their ideas come to fruition! Won­der­ful expe­ri­ence! Great fresh­ness and orig­i­nal ideas and some def­i­nite­ly very innovative. »

Cris­t­ian Jezdic Expert at Car­toon Spring­board (Italy)

« It improved my under­stand­ing of ele­ments to be includ­ed in the pitch and how to struc­ture it to make it more effective »

Clau­dia Giancola Tal­ent - ​“Chakra War­riors” (Italy)

« The atmos­phere was real­ly nice and the most impor­tant was to get to know young tal­ents that will cer­tain­ly take a huge part on our ani­ma­tion indus­try very soon. »

Paula Tabor­da Dos Guaranys Expert at Car­toon Spring­board (Spain)

« First I’d like to thank again for hav­ing us and our project at Car­toon Spring­board, it was such a great expe­ri­ence!!! I’m back in Budapest with full of inspi­ra­tion and excite­ment about my work. »

Kit­ti Teleki Tal­ent - ​“Trix­ie the Pix­ie” (Hun­gary)

« It was an incred­i­ble oppor­tu­ni­ty to meet pro­duc­ers, dis­trib­u­tors and oth­er cre­atives from the ani­ma­tion indus­try. Many of the meet­ings have result­ed in me stay­ing in touch with those pro­fes­sion­als for years to come. Study­ing in France and then par­tic­i­pat­ing in Car­toon Spring­board and Car­toon Forum was a career chang­ing expe­ri­ence for me and has giv­en me an impact­ful insights into how vivid and com­plex the Euro­pean ani­ma­tion mar­ket is. »

Tes­sa Moult-Milewska Tal­ent - ​“Sara and the Scare­crow” (Poland)

« Car­toon Spring­board was an impor­tant test­ing ground for both me and the project. By itself it did not bring imme­di­ate and tan­gi­ble returns, but it paved the way for the devel­op­ment of the project, and the selec­tion cer­tain­ly increased its inter­na­tion­al appeal. This has allowed us in the fol­low­ing years to attend events such as CEE Ani­ma­tion Forum and Car­toon Forum, where we have found part­ners in the pro­duc­tion and dis­tri­b­u­tion aspect, with which we are cur­rent­ly pro­duc­ing the series. »

Mas­si­mo Ottoni Tal­ent - ​“Ansel­mo Wannabe” (Italy)