SHARED ECONOMY HAS A FUTURE FOR EUROPEAN ANIMATION

Within the framework of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2018 – Europe’s largest animation film festival – the Animation Germany initiative presented for the first time a broad portfolio from Germany’s animation and VFX production branches.

Full-length films as well as TV series and VFX-production services for live-action formats form the basis of the trailer, which features productions from over 30 companies and intends to draw greater attention to German production companies in an increasingly global distribution network. The trailer was premiered at a networking breakfast, where 40 German and French producers met to discuss how cooperation and co-production between these two strong European countries can be activated.

Co-productions are an important way to gather the strengths of different countries as a means of collective growth. And the German animation and VFX branch would very much like to be a part of this. Animation Germany is supported by the German Federal Film Board (FFA) and German Films as well as various regional film funding institutions (FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, MFG Baden-Württemberg, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein and Nordmedia).