Animation Project Pitching 2009
As one of the major sections of the 15th Shanghai Television Festival, Animation Project Pitching 2009, which is co-hosted by the Organizing Committee of Shanghai TV Festival, Shanghai Culture and Technology Creative Industry Base and Shanghai Union Animation & Comic Industrial Development Centre, has already done with the submission and entered the stage of the first trial. All the awards will be chosen and announced during the Shanghai Television Festival, still, they will be taken to MIPCOM JUNIOR in
With the objectives of fostering originality, promoting quality, and expanding the market, this event collaborates with world-renowned professionals in animation industry, who can offer training and early mentoring in project planning and demo production stages. Thus, outstanding projects can enter domestic and global markets with appropriate financing, thereby reducing risk as well as assuring program quality.
The Organizing Committee solicits animations which can be shown as movie or on TV and new media all over the country. The jury panel is made up of notable animators and media investors from around the world. The jury will judge all the submitted project materials and vote out the winners. One project of Most Creative Award and one of Best Market Potential Award will bevoted out and awarded with the total prize money of 300,000 RMB each. Furthermore, the winners can also get the chance to be presented in MIPCOM JUNIOR in
Animation Project, which promises to be a characteristic event, has established an exchange platform for original Chinese animations and investors. It can contribute to tapping the potential of domestic creative industry, expanding the animation market, and opening up the entire industrial chain.
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