Cartoon Springboard - Pitching Event for New Animation Talents!

Nicola Lennon has asked us to pass on this information about a new scheme from Cartoon, designed as a bridge between animation education and the supports provided by the Cartoon organisation. Designed for final year animation students and recent graduates, Cartoon Springboard is looking for TV Specials, TV series, feature films and cross-media projects. Deadline is 7th September 2015! Some successful projects will be chosen for presentation at Cartoon Forum, Cartoon Movie or Cartoon 360. Exciting!

Cartoon Springboard - 17-19 November - Halle cartoon springboard: new pitching event aimed at new talents We are pleased to inform you about a new event aimed at New Talents: CARTOON SPRINGBOARD taking place from 17-19 November 2015 in Halle (Germany). During these 3 days, final year students, or those who have graduated within the last 3 years, will pitch their animation projects in front of a panel of experts (distributors, broadcasters, renowned producers, young producers, digital experts, …) who will advise them on how to improve their project and accelerate their access to the audiovisual and digital markets. In addition, some projects will be chosen for presentation at the Cartoon Forum (TV series), Cartoon Movie (feature films) or Cartoon 360 (cross-media projects). Could we kindly ask you to transfer this e-mail to everyone you know who fits the requirements. Encourage them to submit their projects before 7th September 2015 via the online form on our website. They can create an account on the page My Cartoon and click on My Projects > Cartoon Springboard > Submit a new project. All practical information on this event can be found in the Toolbox. The projects can be: TV specials, TV series, feature films, cross-media projects. Please note that short films are NOT accepted. For any questions you may have, you can reach me by phone (Office: +49 30 80 58 25 86 or Mobile: + 49 174 906 68 34) and e-mail (agnes.bizzaro@cartoon-media.eu). We are excited about this new event and hope you will help us make it a big success! Best regards, Agnès Bizzaro Cartoon Springboard Coordinator

My Animation MOOC Proposal

For my sins, I decided to put together an IADT application to run an animation MOOC - a Massive Open Online Course - with Iversity in Autumn 2013. We're in the public voting phase, up against hundreds of courses from (mainly German) institutes and universities - subjects ranging from international politics to remote sensing for earth observation. A very interesting process whether we succeed or not. Please log on and VOTE for the MOOC to get it through this phase!

https://moocfellowship.org/submissions/animation-beyond-the-bouncing-ball