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C21 is reporting live from Cartoon Forum this week, bringing you the latest news,
features and analysis from this conference. Check out our daily content below.

CARTOON FORUM FEATURES

Cartoon Forum Q&A: Marc-Henri Wajnberg, Wajnbrosse Productions

Cartoon Forum Q&A: Vojin Vasovic, To Blink Animation

Cartoon Forum Q&A: Dimitar Petrov, Studio Zmei

Cartoon Forum Q&A: Heather Millard, Animation Studio Iceland

Cartoon Forum Q&A: Thomas Borch Nielsen, Nice Ninja

Cartoon Forum Q&A: Sander Alt, Urrebuk

Cartoon Forum Q&A: Lucia Vismara, Vismanimation

YouTube Kids: Would you let your kids watch it?

Cartoon Forum Q&A: Adem Šišić, Turning Green Productions

Cartoon Forum Q&A: Dimitris Kazantzis, Funny Tales

Cartoon Forum Q&A: Leticia Montalvá Sánchez, Pangur Animation

Cartoon Forum Q&A:Andrew Phillips, Revelator Studio

Cartoon Forum Q&A: Zuzanna Maszka, GS Animation

Cartoon Forum Q&A: Sylvie Mahé, Blue Spirit Productions

Cartoon Forum Q&A: Jordi B Oliva, Imagic TV

Cartoon Forum Q&A: Nuno Beato, Sardinha em Lata

Cartoon Forum Q&A: Sebastian Wehner, Wolkenlenker

Cartoon Forum Q&A: Tomas Eiselt, Blue Light Pictures

Cartoon Forum Q&A: Adrien Moretto, Millimages

Cartoon Forum Q&A: Anttu Harlin, Gigglebug

Holding a mirror up to animation

How vertical content is getting down with the kids

Are kids’ cable brands still iconic or irrelevant?

CARTOON FORUM NEWS

C21 UK animation pitch winner presented to buyers at Cartoon Forum

Spanish and Chilean broadcasters board stop-motion preschool series Sissi & Caesar

Italy’s Rai picks up Studio Ghibli’s Ronja, the Robber’s Daughter anime series

France Télévisions boards adult animated series Welcome Back Clara

Cartoon Forum 2025 opens with pitches from Ireland, France and Germany

Fabrique Fantastique, Apartment 11 adapt Elise Gravel’s Olga graphic novels

Caïmans Productions adapts Les Mémés comic books into adult animated series

VRT’s Ketnet boards animated series adaptation of classic Dutch book Gnomes

Italy’s Cartobaleno, Vismanimation adapt YouTuber Lyon’s books into animated series

La Chouette Compagnie adapts Frostheart books into animated series

TV2’s Oiii boards Cartoon Forum factual toon Creature Combat

GO-N Productions adapting Elle(s) comic books into animated series

Somewhere Animation adapting Chococat et Moi comic books into TV series

Cartoon Forum reveals three successful Animated UK Meets Europe project pitches

CARTOON FORUM PODCAST

BBC Studios’ Zai Bennett and Shelley Macintyre on Blue Planet III, Brad Caleb Kane dives into Crystal Lake, Rainbow Group’s Iginio Straffi on going D2C

Oct 29, 2026 00:44:50

BBC Studios' Zai Bennett and Shelley Macintyre on why landmark natural history series Blue Planet III is sticking to its blue chip roots [01:24]; Crystal Lake showrunner Brad Caleb Kane on why horror is murdering it as a genre [10:28]; and Rainbow Group's Iginio Straffi on taking toons direct-to-consumer as public service broadcasters become increasingly squeezed [28:40].

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