Flanders Animation Focus

FLANDERS ANIMATION FOCUS @ANNECY 2016

INTRODUCTION

BO’S BAZAAR

ABRACADABRA

The Flanders region, situated in the centre of Europe, boasts a wide variety of high-end animation studios and creative talent, ranging from traditional animation techniques via stop-motion, motion-capture to 3D and CGI. This talent and know-how has resulted over the past few years in nominations and prizes at the Cartoon Movie and Cartoon Forum Tributes Awards and international animation film festivals, such as the Ottawa International Animation Festival, the Athens Animfest, the Holland Animation Film Festival and the Annecy International Film Festival.

ERIC AND THE TICK TOCKS

FOX AND HARE

DUDELS

HUBRIS

THE SECRET OF KELLS

As well as working on international co-productions such as The Secret of Kells, The Congress, Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart, Phantom Boy, Asterix: The Mansion of the Gods, Ooops! Noah is Gone and Dimitri, these studios also develop their own projects, of which a selection - both feature films and series are presented in this brochure.

JACK AND THE CUCKOO-CLOCK HEART

THE CONGRESS

This talent, creativity and professionalism, combined with the attractive Federal Belgian tax shelter and the regional incentives Flanders has to offer, make it a co-production offer you can’t refuse.

projects pitched at the Flanders Animation Focus @ MIFA 2016

ASTERIX - THE MANSION OF THE GODS

INTRO

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ABRACADABRA ORIGINAL TITLE / ABRACADABRA

Hundreds of white rabbits live in the magic city of Abracadabra, which is located inside the hat of a renowned elderly magician.

They all have the same goal: to be the best at transformation and thus be selected to be conjured out of the hat during the show!

Pocus, a rebel rabbit, tries to find his place amongst the others in this petty town. He is bad at transformation because of his overly long ears and passionate temperament, and invents the most absurd plans to escape Abracadabra. His best friend Hocus, a corpulent carefree ‘bon vivant’ rabbit who always transforms into too big objects, tags along on the crazy adventures. Fortunately, the pair can count on Betty, the granddaughter of Irma, the fortune-teller. They need all the help they can get, because Morty, a know-it-all careerist, always opposes their plans…

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BO’S BAZAAR ORIGINAL TITLE / BO’S BAZAAR

Dimitri Oosterlynck / written by Xavier Vairé and Pierre-Gilles Stehr / based on an original idea of David Boriau / designs by Benjamin Mutombo DIRECTED BY / TBC PRODUCTION COMPANIES / Vivi Film (BE), 2 Minutes (FR), Magicworlds (BE) LANGUAGE / English, Dutch, French RUNNING TIME / 39 x 7’ GENRE / absurd cartoony comedy CREATED BY /

CREATED / DIRECTED BY /

Bo is an energetic girl who lives in a small seaside village. She loves hanging around in her grandparents’ curiosity shop, a treasure trove of bizarre, unusual and exotic objects, all of which trigger the craziest adventures.

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2D AGE / 8 - 10 years development / financing BUDGET (€) / 3.48 million FINANCED FOR / 10.4% BROADCASTER ATTACHED / Ketnet (VRT) LOOKING FOR / financing, French broadcaster, sales agent, presales ETA / Autumn 2018 SALES INFO / Vivi Film / viviane@vivifilm.be

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Tchack (FR), Il Luster (NL) English, Dutch, French RUNNING TIME / 52 x 13’ GENRE / comedy, adventure, cartoony 2D TECHNIQUE / 2D AGE / 7 - 9 years STATUS / development / financing LANGUAGE /

(€) / 3.75 million 17.35%

TECHNIQUE /

BUDGET

STATUS /

FINANCED FOR /

Ketnet (VRT) financing, co-producers, broadcasters, sales agent, presales ETA / Spring 2018 SALES INFO / Vivi Film / viviane@vivifilm.be BROADCASTER ATTACHED / LOOKING FOR /

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Rudi Mertens Vivi Film (BE),

PRODUCTION COMPANIES /

Notes VIVI FILM

VIVI FILM

Viviane Vanfleteren Lindenberg 2A BE-1700 Dilbeek T +32 (0)2 412 01 13 E viviane@vivifilm.be W www.vivifilm.be

Viviane Vanfleteren Lindenberg 2A BE-1700 Dilbeek T +32 (0)2 412 01 13 E viviane@vivifilm.be W www.vivifilm.be

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CRAZY HUMANS

DUDELS

ORIGINAL TITLE / DROEDELS

ORIGINAL TITLE / CRAZY HUMANS

Ajax and Slim are neighbours but they make a very odd couple, and have totally opposite personalities: Ajax is a loner, Slim is the life of the party; Ajax is awkward, Slim is suave; Ajax is a human, Slim is a giraffe. Every morning they squish into the lift, along with all of their other neighbours and go down to work together. But Slim gets off at the 3rd floor and goes into the jungle with the other animals, while Ajax exits on street level with the humans… So there we discover the two worlds - the urban human world, the jungle world for the animals which sometimes intermingle. Animals and humans can socialise and fraternize, just like Ajax and Slim.

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CREATED BY / Adam Long, based on the cartoons

by Guillermo Mordillo DIRECTED BY / TBC PRODUCTION COMPANIES / Grid Animation (BE), Zooper Film (DE), Tinker Magic (ES) LANGUAGE / English RUNNING TIME / 52 x 7’ GENRE / animation, fantasy, absurd comedy TECHNIQUE / 3D AGE / family audiences STATUS / development BUDGET (€) / 3.5 million FINANCED FOR / 40% BROADCASTER(S) ATTACHED / TBC LOOKING FOR / financing, buyer, broadcaster, distributor ETA / 2019 SALES INFO / Grid Animation / mark@grid-vfx.com

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EYEWORKS NV GRID ANIMATION

Mark Mertens Dulle-Grietlaan 1 BE-9050 Gentbrugge T +32 (0)9 265 98 98 E mark@grid-vfx.com W www.grid-vfx.com

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What happens when your scrapbook doodles and collages come to life? A kid’s copybook bulges with doodles and cut-out illustrations. With the doodles, he makes comments on lessons and events at school. On the last page, he doodles Jim, Jam and Jippy. All is quiet inside the book until Jim, Jam and Jippy start moving.

They are bored, so they travel to other pages, penetrating deeper into the wonderful world of doodles and fantastic landscapes in which everything comes to life. Jim and Jam try to make sense of all those new situations, but interpret the world in the copybook in their own slightly erroneous and naive manner. To our little doodles, a page from the copybook is like an endless desert, the edges of which they will never reach…

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Rudi Mertens Eyeworks Belgium (BE), Lunanime (BE), 4.21 (FR) LANGUAGE / Dutch, French RUNNING TIME / 52 x 11’ GENRE / action comedy TECHNIQUE / 2D and cut out animation AGE / 6 - 12 years STATUS / development CREATED & DIRECTED BY /

PRODUCTION COMPANIES /

BUDGET

(€) / 4 million 45%

FINANCED FOR /

Ketnet (VRT) buyer, broadcaster

BROADCASTER ATTACHED / LOOKING FOR / ETA /

TBC

Eyeworks Belgium / peter.bouckaert@eyeworks.tv

SALES INFO /

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Peter Bouckaert (L) Jimmy Simons (R) Fabrieksstraat 43 BE-1930 Zaventem T +32 (0)2 711 42 50 E peter.bouckaert@eyeworks.tv jimmy.simons@eyeworks.tv W eyeworksfilm.be SERIES

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FOX AND HARE

ERIC AND THE TICK TOCKS

ORIGINAL TITLE / VOS & HAAS

ORIGINAL TITLE / DE BABBELBOOM

Tom Van Gestel Fabrique Fantastique (BE), Scopas Medien AG (DE) LANGUAGE / English, Dutch, German RUNNING TIME / 36 x 7’30’’ GENRE / comedy TECHNIQUE / 3D AGE / 4 - 7 years STATUS / development / pilot finished DIRECTED BY /

PRODUCTION COMPANIES /

BUDGET

In the sheltering shadow of an age-old African tree, master storyteller Eric takes the little ones on a journey to Africa for a series of magnificent stories. Each of the stories is funny and full of fantasy, but if you listen carefully you can discover even more.

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CREATED / DIRECTED BY /

Mascha Halberstad & Tom Van Gestel PRODUCTION COMPANIES /

Fox and Hare is a comic and imaginative animation series about a surprising mix of animals living in a forest. All the storylines revolve around Fox, a goodhumoured extra-large-sized fox, and Hare, a sensitive friendly hare, along with their forest friends. During their daily activities, they experience funny, scary, crazy, challenging and exciting moments. Through friendship and imagination they answer questions and solve their problems in a creative way.

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(€) / 3.6 million 5%

FINANCED FOR /

VTM-KAZOOM co-producer, financing, broadcaster, distributor ETA / 2020 SALES INFO / Fabrique Fantastique / tom@fabriquefantastique.be BROADCASTER ATTACHED / LOOKING FOR /

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Walking the Dog (BE), Submarine (NL) English, Dutch RUNNING TIME / 52 x 11’ GENRE / animation series TECHNIQUE / 3D AGE / 4 - 7 years STATUS / development LANGUAGE /

(€) / 5.6 million FINANCED FOR / 33% Ketnet (VRT), Ouftivi (RTBF), KRO-NCRV LOOKING FOR / co-producer, financing, buyer, broadcaster ETA / Winter 2017 SALES / Cake Entertainment / info@cakeentertainment.com BUDGET

BROADCASTERS ATTACHED /

Notes FABRIQUE FANTASTIQUE

WALKING THE DOG

Tom Van Gestel Heiknuitersstraat 14 BE-2440 Geel M +32 (0)496 620 280 E tom@fabriquefantastique.be W www.fabriquefantastique.be

Eric Goossens C-Mine 12 BE-3600 Genk T +32 (0)2 412 41 10 E eric.goossens@walkingthedog.be W www.walkingthedog.be

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GEORGE & PAUL ORIGINAL TITLE / GEORGE & PAUL

CREATED / DIRECTED BY /

Erik Verkerk & Joost Van Den Bosch PRODUCTION COMPANIES /

FRUST & LINDA

- TV SPECIAL

ORIGINAL TITLE / FRUST & LINDA

Frust & Linda is a character-driven comic adventure, based on personal experiences and enriched with absurd humour. It is about a polar opposite couple: autistic rabbit Frust and chaotic bear Linda.

They want to go on a vacation but a series of obstacles complicates their journey.

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STATUS /

Beast Productions (BE), Pedri Animation (NL) LANGUAGE / Dutch, Flemish, English RUNNING TIME / 26 x 5’ GENRE / stop-motion kids series TECHNIQUE / stop-motion AGE / 4 - 6 years STATUS / in production BUDGET (€) / 1.6 million FINANCED FOR / 100% BROADCASTERS ATTACHED / Ketnet (VRT), NTR LOOKING FOR / additional broadcasters, buyers

BUDGET

ETA /

CREATED / DIRECTED BY /

Anna Heuninck

Roman Klochkov,

Lunanime (BE) no dialogue RUNNING TIME / 26’ GENRE / animated special, humour TECHNIQUE / 2D AGE / all ages PRODUCTION COMPANY / LANGUAGE /

development (€) / 400,000 FINANCED FOR / 3% TBC co-producer, broadcaster

BROADCASTER(S) ATTACHED / LOOKING FOR / ETA /

2018

SALES INFO /

January 2017 Pedri Animation / Beast Productions / steven@beastanimation.be

SALES INFO /

Lunanime / annemie@lunanime.be

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TV SPECIAL

In the world of George and Paul, everything - including themselves - is created out of wooden blocks! George and Paul have many great adventures in which they use their environment to create things and to solve problems. In their world, everything is possible; it all depends on the creativity, technical skills and imagination of these two friends. In the end, everything in life comes down to having fun. Enjoy it and think positive!

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Notes LUNANIME

BEAST PRODUCTIONS

Annemie Degryse Hof Ter Mere 28 BE- 9000 Gent T +32 (0)9 277 05 20 E annemie@lunanime.be W www.lunanime.be

Steven De Beul Oude Baan 1D BE- 2800 Mechelen T +32 (0)15 636 828 E steven@beastanimation.be W www.beastanimation.be

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MUSH-MUSH & THE MUSHABLES ORIGINAL TITLE / MUSH-MUSH & THE MUSHABLES

Elfriede de Rooster Thuristar (BE), La Cabane (FR) LANGUAGE / English, French, Dutch RUNNING TIME / 52 x 11’ GENRE / animation, adventure and comedy TECHNIQUE / 3D AGE / upper preschool STATUS / development BUDGET (€) / TBC BROADCASTER(S) ATTACHED / TBC LOOKING FOR / broadcasters, distributors ETA / 2018 SALES INFO / Thuristar / perrine@thuristar.com CREATED BY /

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MEMETS ORIGINAL TITLE / MEMETS

CREATED / DIRECTED BY /

Esther Vicente Ballister, Dirk Nielandt PRODUCTION COMPANIES / Walking the Dog (BE), White Door Entertainment (ES) LANGUAGE / English, Dutch, Spanish RUNNING TIME / 52 x 11’ GENRE / animated series AGE / 6 - 10 years 3D STATUS / development (€) / 5.6 million FINANCED FOR / 2.5% BROADCASTER ATTACHED / Ketnet (VRT) LOOKING FOR / co-producer, financing, buyer, broadcaster ETA / 2018 SALES INFO / Walking The Dog / eric.goossens@walkingthedog.be TECHNIQUE / BUDGET

Memets chronicles the wacky adventures enjoyed by Adri and her five friends when they discover their world and fulfil their missions. Among them there is an octopus with an elephant’s memory; a suicide bomber who doesn’t miss a chance to get into trouble; a hairball who is afraid of his own shadow; an inveterate optimist feeling positive in the most negative of situations; a diva who is in love with the optimist; and Dop, who is obsessed and stubborn. They represent six key components of our brain, but will they discover that their world is a child’s brain?

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In a world that is both familiar and fantastic, Mush-Mush and the Mushables tells the extraordinary adventure of the road to self-discovery from a child’s point of view. In the small community of the Mushables, huddled in the midst of the forest, everyone seems to have chosen his or her role. Everyone, that is, except Mush-Mush, who likes to do so many different things that he prefers to let adventure do the choosing for him!

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SERIES

Notes WALKING THE DOG

THURISTAR

Eric Goossens C-Mine 12 BE-3600 Genk T +32 (0)2 412 41 10 E eric.goossens@walkingthedog.be W www.walkingthedog.be

Perrine Gauthier Klinkerlaan 5A BE-9090 Melle M +32 (0)472 51 75 57 E perrine@thuristar.com W www.thuristar.com

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OLLIE ORIGINAL TITLE / OLLIE

PRODUCTION COMPANY /

In a very busy noisy city, there’s a quiet place: a small park surrounded by buildings and long-forgotten. If you know how to find it, you can meet Ollie and his friends: an owl, a stork, a frog and five birds who live together and share many adventures. They never leave the park, so you will have to go there yourself, preferably at dusk, because that’s when Ollie and his friends are still awake and ready to embark on their latest adventure.

RUNNING TIME /

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LANGUAGE /

no dialogue

26 x 5’ preschool series TECHNIQUE / 2D AGE / 2 - 4 years STATUS / development BUDGET (€) / 1 million FINANCED FOR / 3% GENRE /

FRENCH TITLE / MON CHEVALIER ET MOI

My Knight and Me is a medieval comedy starring Henri of Orange, a charmingly inept but chivalrous knight, his clever son Jimmy the Squire, and fun-loving Cat the Princess, Jimmy’s best friend from Epic High. Together, the knightly trio set out to make the Dark Ages a little lighter…and a whole lot more fun!

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LOOKING FOR / ETA /

2018

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Lunanime / annemie@lunanime.be

Joeri Christiaen Thuristar (BE),

CREATED AND DIRECTED BY / PRODUCTION COMPANIES /

TeamTO (FR) English, French, Dutch 52 x 11’ GENRE / animation, epic comedy TECHNIQUE / 3D AGE / 6 - 11 years STATUS / production LANGUAGE /

RUNNING TIME /

BUDGET

(€) / 7 million

Canal+, TéléTOON+, Ketnet (VRT), Ouftivi (RTBF), Super RTL LOOKING FOR / buyers ETA / Fall 2016 SALES / Cake Entertainment / info@cakeentertainment.com BROADCASTERS ATTACHED /

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TBC co-producer, broadcaster

BROADCASTER(S) ATTACHED /

SALES INFO /

MY KNIGHT AND ME

Anton Setola Lunanime (BE)

CREATED / DIRECTED BY /

Notes THURISTAR

LUNANIME

Perrine Gauthier Klinkerlaan 5A BE-9090 Melle M +32 (0)472 51 75 57 E perrine@thuristar.com W www.thuristar.com

Annemie Degryse Hof Ter Mere 28 BE- 9000 Gent T +32 (0)9 277 05 20 E annemie@lunanime.be W www.lunanime.be

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OTTO’S TALL TALES

RAY AND RUBY

ORIGINAL TITLE / OTTO’S TALL TALES

ORIGINAL TITLE / RAY AND RUBY

Sabine De Vos, Sabine Martens Steven De Beul, Ben Tesseur PRODUCTION COMPANIES / Eyeworks Belgium (BE), Creative Conspiracy (BE), Samka Productions (FR) LANGUAGE / Dutch, French RUNNING TIME / 52 x 11’ GENRE / action, comedy AGE / 6 - 10 years TECHNIQUE / 3D and live action STATUS / development BUDGET (€) / 10 million CREATED BY /

DIRECTED BY /

CREATED BY /

Eugene & Louise Glenn D’Hondt, Karim Rhellam

DIRECTED BY /

PRODUCTION COMPANY /

Creative Conspiracy (BE) LANGUAGE / English RUNNING TIME / 52 x 11’ GENRE / adventure, friendship and humour TECHNIQUE / 2D AGE / 4 - 7 years development (€) / 6.9 million FINANCED FOR / 40% BROADCASTER ATTACHED / Ketnet (VRT) LOOKING FOR / financing, co-producer, broadcaster ETA / 2018 SALES INFO / Creative Conspiracy / peter.d@cc.be STATUS / BUDGET

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Growing up is quite an adventure.

Step by step, children discover the world with its many rules of play. In OttO’s Tall Tales, we explore how a little boy named OttO experiences this world. He calls upon his imagination to help him understand situations in real life. Every day becomes a ‘Tall Tale’, in which reality and imagination melt into one. The most everyday situations can trigger OttO’s imagination: the changing of the seasons; redecorating the house; a package delivered by the mailman... And when that happens, OttO enters an imaginary world where he has the most amazing adventures with his friends. These adventures are not only fun: they’re also the perfect setting for OttO to learn, experience and share valuable life lessons in a colourful and imaginative way.

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CREATIVE CONSPIRACY

Peter Decraene (L) Karim Rhellam (R) Bomastraat 30-36 BE-9000 Gent T +32 (0)9 331 55 10 E peter.d@cc.be karim.r@cc.be W www.cc.be

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This live action/CGI hybrid relates the comic adventures of two funny mice, a storybook castle, and a Count who’s out to catch them both! Ray and Ruby are twins with insatiable curiosities - which is just as well, as they’ve recently moved with their mum and dad into an old castle in the countryside, stuffed to the ramparts with legends, mysteries and adventures! With its many rooms, attics and extensive gardens to explore, the castle is the greatest adventure playground two mice could hope for.

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EYEWORKS NV

FINANCED FOR /

50%

Ketnet (VRT), France Télévison, Disney Channel EMEA LOOKING FOR / buyers, broadcaster ETA / TBC SALES INFO / Eyeworks Belgium / peter.bouckaert@eyeworks.tv BROADCASTERS ATTACHED /

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Peter Bouckaert (L) Jimmy Simons (R) Fabrieksstraat 43 BE-1930 Zaventem T +32 (0)2 711 42 50 E peter.bouckaert@eyeworks.tv jimmy.simons@eyeworks.tv W eyeworksfilm.be SERIES

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THREE LITTLE NINJAS DELIVERY SERVICE ORIGINAL TITLE / THREE LITTLE NINJAS DELIVERY SERVICE

SIR MOUSE ORIGINAL TITLE / RIDDER MUIS

Mouse has got a sword. She’s clad in armour. She’s a knight. Dragon hasn’t got a sword. She is not clad in armour. She’s just Dragon. Knights fight dragons. But Sir Mouse and Dragon don’t fight each other. They are best friends… With a modern feminist twist, Sir Mouse challenges medieval fairy tale clichés. Each episode tells the story of their unusual friendship, in which small events become big adventures. Thanks to Dragon’s unconditional patience and humble support, stubborn Sir Mouse will continue to excel in bravery.

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Dirk Nielandt, Marjolein Pottie Tom Van Gestel PRODUCTION COMPANIES / Fabrique Fantastique (BE), Scopas Medien AG (DE) LANGUAGE / English, Dutch, German RUNNING TIME / 26 x 7’ GENRE / comedy TECHNIQUE / 2D Cut-Out AGE / 5 - 8 years CREATED BY /

DIRECTED BY /

development (€) / 1.5 million FINANCED FOR / 2.3% STATUS / BUDGET

Ketnet (VRT) broadcaster, distributor

BROADCASTER ATTACHED / LOOKING FOR / ETA /

2019

The pilot of this series is selected for the short films

Fabrique Fantastique / tom@fabriquefantastique.be

SALES INFO /

Notes Tom Van Gestel Heiknuitersstraat 14 BE-2440 Geel M +32 (0)496 620 280 E tom@fabriquefantastique.be W www.fabriquefantastique.be

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section (out of competition) of the Annecy Film Festival 2016.

CREATIVE CONSPIRACY FABRIQUE FANTASTIQUE

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Imagine a delivery service that delivers anything, anywhere and at any time… A delivery service which is not restricted by the limitations of time and space. And to top it off: imagine it being run by three little Ninjas… The Red Ninja (‘Red’ for short) has the uncanny ability to look through time and space and locate any order.

‘Yellow’ complements this with his ability to travel through space and time (ordering a living dinosaur is not a problem). And ‘Purple’ can temporarily reduce the size of any order by inhaling it (ordering a living dinosaur to be delivered on the 25th floor is not a problem). The combination of their respective powers allows the Ninjas to guarantee their business motto: ‘We deliver whatever you want, wherever you want and whenever you want!’ No order is too challenging for this exceptionally skilled, highly trained and highly explosive trio.

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CREATED BY /

Kim Claeys Kim Claeys, Karim Rhellam

DIRECTED BY /

PRODUCTION COMPANY /

Creative Conspiracy (BE) LANGUAGE / English RUNNING TIME / 52 x 11’ GENRE / absurd slapstick comedy TECHNIQUE / 3D / 2D mix AGE / 6 - 12 years (co-viewing) financing / pilot available (€) / 7.9 million FINANCED FOR / 50% BROADCASTER ATTACHED / Ketnet (VRT) LOOKING FOR / financing, co-producer, broadcaster ETA / 2017 SALES INFO / Creative Conspiracy / peter.d@cc.be STATUS / BUDGET

Notes

Peter Decraene (L) Karim Rhellam (R) Bomastraat 30-36 BE-9000 Gent T +32 (0)9 331 55 10 E peter.d@cc.be karim.r@cc.be W www.cc.be

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What an elephant-sized colossal catastrophe! First the humans cover their island with high-rises and factories until it resembles a dump rather than a natural paradise. And then they want to scurry away as soon as problems arise. Plus, the animals’ island is in danger of sinking into the ocean: every day, the water rises a little higher, covering more land, and it seems doom is only days away. For the humans, this is not a problem; they decide to build a big ship and sail off to find themselves a new island. But what about all those animals that live on the other island? Lion King Leonardo promises that he will make sure that all the animals are saved.

But the little caterpillar Hugo and his best friend, the giraffe Olli, are convinced that this is just a rumour. Humans have never cared about the animals; why should that be any different now?

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CANAAN ORIGINAL TITLE / CANAAN

Jan Bultheel Tondo (BE), Tarantula (BE), Canada (TBC) LANGUAGE / Dutch, Lakota RUNNING TIME / 90’ GENRE / psychological drama, romantic and historical drama TECHNIQUE / motion capture, 3D AGE / adults & young adults

CREATED / DIRECTED BY /

Bruges,1842. Together with a group of black sisters, young novice Roza is sent to Father Pieter-Jan De Smet’s mission in the New World. The sisters get lost on the prairie and are taken in by a nomadic Sioux tribe.

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PRODUCTION COMPANIES /

development (€) / 3 million FINANCED FOR / 5.5 %

LOOKING FOR /

TBC financing, co-producers, buyers, broadcasters ETA / Spring 2019 SALES INFO / Tondo / arielle@tondofilms.be BROADCASTER(S) ATTACHED / LOOKING FOR /

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Jesper Møller, based on the cartoons by Guillermo Mordillo DIRECTED BY / Jesper Møller PRODUCTION COMPANIES / Grid Animation (BE), Wunder Werk (DE), Zooper Film (DE), Tinker Magic (ES) LANGUAGE / English RUNNING TIME / 80’ GENRE / animation, fantasy, absurd comedy TECHNIQUE / 3D AGE / family audience STATUS / development BUDGET (€) / 9 million FINANCED FOR / 35% CREATED BY /

BROADCASTER(S) ATTACHED /

BUDGET

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ORIGINAL TITLE / CRAZY ISLAND

TBC financing, buyer, broadcaster, distributor ETA / 2019 SALES INFO / Grid Animation / mark@grid-vfx.com

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CRAZY ISLAND

Notes TONDO

GRID ANIMATION

Jan Bultheel Vallenbosstraat 5 BE-1700 Sint Ulriks Kapelle T +32 (0)2 521 73 88 E jan@tondofilms.be W www.tondofilms.be

Mark Mertens Dulle-Grietlaan 1 BE-9050 Gentbrugge T +32 (0)9 265 98 98 E mark@grid-vfx.com W www.grid-vfx.com

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SCREEN FLANDERS

CO-PRODUCTION GUIDE

HUBRIS ORIGINAL TITLE / HUBRIS

Ives Agemans Cyborn (BE)

CREATED / DIRECTED BY / PRODUCTION COMPANY /

English RUNNING TIME / 85’ GENRE / sci-fi, action, adventure TECHNIQUE / 3D AGE / teenagers, young adults, adults, young minded STATUS / development LANGUAGE /

BUDGET

(€) / 8 million 30%

FINANCED FOR /

TBC financing, co-producer, buyer, broadcaster ETA / Fall 2018 SALES INFORMATION / Cyborn / ives@cyborn.be BROADCASTER(S) ATTACHED / LOOKING FOR /

Notes

Cyan-A, a mysterious assassin and loyal hand of the Order of Objectivity, is sent on a quest to unravel an event that took place in an unstable Galaxy, far from the reach of the Order’s regular armies. On one of the many rocky moons that orbit the twin planet, a world-reforming tower has been hijacked at exactly the same time that a Master of Creation is about to turn the dead moon into a lively little planet. The usual suspects would be the GOC, a group of interstellar hackers. But what about the worshippers who believe that no creature is allowed to reform what they consider to be their God’s creation? On her way through the Galaxy, Cyan-A gathers a crew from different backgrounds: Siren, a sinister human of genetic perfection; Ell, a peace-loving young woman and wannabe Master of Creation; and engineer Lex and close combat security guard Ryo. Last but not least, there is Wack, the fixer.

On their journey, things become more complex and they begin to suspect that Cyan-A’s mission is much darker then she wants them to believe…

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SCREEN FLANDERS THE ECONOMIC FUND OF THE FLANDERS REGION The Screen Flanders Economic Fund is a selective support measure which invests in audiovisual productions and co-productions that spend all or part of their budget within the Flanders region.

As an economic support to cover their audiovisual expenses in Flanders, Belgian producers can apply to receive up to €400,000 of refundable advances.

Every euro invested in a production by Screen Flanders must yield at least one euro of audiovisual expenditure in the region. The projects submitted to the Fund show an average leverage of eligible spend of around five times.

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Periodical calls are made, each with a specific allocated budget. Applications are presented to a jury consisting of both economic and cultural experts who assess and prioritise all projects.

Available funding is then allocated to the highestranking applications, in descending order, until all the money for that budget has been allocated. The annual budget of Screen Flanders is €4.5 million.

WHAT KIND OF PROJECTS QUALIFY FOR SUPPORT? • animated features (min. 60 minutes) • animated series with at least three episodes and a minimum total broadcast time of 60 minutes Screen Flanders also supports fiction and documentary projects (features and series).

CYBORN

Ives Agemans (L) Iris Delafortry (R) Prins Leopoldstraat 28 BE-2140 Antwerpen T +32 (0)3 288 84 32 E ives@cyborn.be iris@cyborn.be W cyborn.be

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The support is awarded in the form of a refundable investment. From the net receipts, a percentage needs to be repaid corresponding to the proportion of total support awarded by Screen Flanders in the overall financing of the audiovisual work. The Fund is entitled to this percentage even if the advance has been repaid.

To be eligible, at least 50% of the financing of the overall production budget needs to have been secured at the time of application and the producer needs to spend a minimum of €250,000 in the Flanders region. Furthermore, the project must enrich the cultural heritage of Flanders (the cultural test).

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WHAT QUALIFIES AS AUDIOVISUAL EXPENDITURE? Only certain types of expenditure are eligible when it comes to assessing how much support a project might be awarded. These expenses • must incur in and be invoiced from the Flanders region; • must be made with the aim of completing the audiovisual work in question; • and must benefit the structure of the Flemish audiovisual sector.

Expenditure qualifying for support is exclusive of VAT and may not have been invoiced for at the time of application. It must be realistic and in line with market rates.

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WHO CAN APPLY? Applications must be submitted by Belgiumbased producers. Foreign producers must work with a Belgian co-producer (www.anim.be) that meets all conditions.

OTHER INCENTIVES Screen Flanders support is easily combined with other mechanisms such as the Belgian Tax Shelter and the Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF).

HOW & WHEN TO APPLY Screen Flanders applications can only be made in response to a call. The remaining application deadlines for 2016 are 9 September and 9 December.

All admissible applications are examined by an expert jury who will assess the following qualitative and quantitative criteria: • The social and cultural added value of the audiovisual work in terms of the quality and attractiveness of the script (maximum score: 10 points) • The persons and structures involved in the audiovisual work: applicant, director, cast, etc. (maximum score: 10 points) • Efficiency and output: the commercial strengths and efficient use of the resources (maximum score: 30 points) • Effectiveness and outcome: the impact on the Flemish audiovisual sector (maximum score: 50 points) Applications are ranked in descending order of overall score. To appear in the ranking, an application must score at least 60 points.

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Visit screenflanders.com for the full set of rules & regulations.

THE TAX SHELTER – BELGIAN TAX INCENTIVE

The Belgian Tax Shelter is a government-approved efficient and transparent tax incentive designed to encourage investments in audiovisual works produced in Belgium. The system is open to Belgian productions as well as qualifying international (mainly European) co-productions with Belgium.

WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM IT? PRODUCERS

WHAT KIND OF PRODUCTIONS QUALIFY FOR TAX SHELTER?

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Productions must be audiovisual works that belong to one of the following categories: • Live-action or animated features, mediumlength or short films and documentaries intended to be shown theatrically; • Live-action and animated made-for-television series, telefilms and TV documentaries.

The upper limit on investment is 50% of a company’s retained profits. There is no limit on the number of investors allowed to participate in a production.

The audiovisual work must be approved by the competent departments of the Flemish, French or German-speaking communities of Belgium as a European audiovisual work: • as defined by the Audiovisual Media Services (AMS) Directive of 10/03/2010 (2010/13/EU); • or produced within the framework of a bilateral co-production agreement concluded between Belgium (or one of its communities) and another state. There are currently bilateral co-production agreements with China, Israel, Switzerland, Morocco and Tunisia.

Belgian production companies and Belgian branches of foreign production companies (subject to non-resident corporate tax in Belgium) which have been certified by the Belgian Ministry of Finance are eligible.

They may not have direct links to a broadcaster.

Resident companies and Belgian branches of non-resident companies that make taxable profits in Belgium can benefit from this tax regime. Excluded are companies whose main purpose is the development and the production of audiovisual works (i.e. producers), broadcasters, credit institutions and companies that own rights in the commercial exploitation of the film.

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HOW DOES IT WORK? Based upon the amount of direct and indirect qualifying audiovisual costs the production will spend in the European Economic Area, a producer can sell Tax Shelter Certificates to investors. The total value of the Tax Shelter Certificates may amount to a maximum of 70% of the direct and indirect qualifying audiovisual costs incurred in the European Economic Area, insofar as these expenses are specifically related to the production of the audiovisual work. The value of all the Tax Shelter Certificates sold for an audiovisual work may not exceed €15 million. The investors thus prefinance the production and/or post-production costs by purchasing a temporary tax exemption.

In return for purchasing the Tax Shelter Certificate, the investor benefits from a temporary exemption of any retained taxable

CASH FLOW: The investors must make full payment within three months of signing the framework agreement. The producer must make the qualifying expenditure within 18 months of signing the framework agreement. For animated features, the maximum term is 24 months after signing the framework agreement.

In order to find potential investors and deal with the framework agreement and legal documents, a producer may hire the services of an intermediary company. In return for its services, the intermediary will charge a percentage (15% in the simulation on pg 27).

A minimum of 90% of the Tax Shelter Certificate’s value needs to be spent in Belgium on qualifying audiovisual costs, of which a minimum of 70% needs to be directly

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SIMULATION FOR A CO-PRODUCTION WITH MIN. €2 MILLION QUALIFYING AV SPEND IN THE EEA

€2,000,000 Direct & indirect qualifying AV costs in the EEA

48.387% optimal investment rate

€677,418 Cash investment based on the Tax Shelter Certificate value

70% Tax Shelter Certificate €1,400,000* OOOPS! NOAH IS GONE

profits worth up to 310% of the sum paid for the Certificate. The investors also receive a return on the sums paid to the producer; the applied rate is based on the Euribor 12-months rate (0.336% over 12 months in the simulation on pg 27) augmented with 450 basis points.

related to the production and exploitation of the audiovisual work. This refers to costs related to the creative and technical production and post-production of the audiovisual work. Costs related to the administration and financial management of the audiovisual work do not qualify as audiovisual spend and can only be taken into account to a maximum of 30% of the required expenditure in Belgium.

Once the audiovisual work has been completed, the Ministry of Finance delivers the final Tax Shelter Certificate based upon the approved expenditure. The final tax exemption for the investors is then recalculated. If at the end of the production the required spend is not fully met, the value of the Tax Shelter Certificate will be reduced pro rata with the qualifying expenditure in Belgium at a level of 10/9.

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90% €1,260,000 90% spent in Belgium on qualifying AV costs

Min. 70% €882,000 Min. 70% spent on direct AV costs

Commission intermediary** f.e. 15% = €101,613

Interest on investment (Euribor*** +4.5%) x 18/12 = €49,140

Net Tax Shelter available for production Investment – Interest – Commission = €526,665 = 42% of the qualifying spend in Belgium

Max. 30% €378,000 Max. 30% spent on indirect AV costs

The net advantage of the Tax Shelter Certificate for the producer comes to €677,418 - €101,613 (commission) €49,140 (interest) = €526,665 = 42% of the qualifying audiovisual spend in Belgium

* The value of the Tax Shelter Certificate may amount to a maximum of 10/9 of the qualifying spend in Belgium, in this case €1,400,000. ** Using an intermediary is not mandatory. In the schedule, an indicative percentage of 15% was used to calculate the intermediary’s fee, but rates may vary. *** www.euribor-rates.eu The value of all the Tax Shelter Certificates sold for any audiovisual work may not exceed €15 million.

CO-PRODUCERS, INTERMEDIARIES AND BANKS The first and necessary step for any foreign producer to benefit from the Tax Shelter is to find a local co-production partner (www.anim.be).

Investors can be approached directly by certified producers to arrange investment under the Tax Shelter, which will involve some legal work. An alternative is for the producer to work with an

intermediary company certified by the Belgian authorities, which will match potential investors with productions and handle all the paperwork.

In return for these services, the intermediaries charge a fee to the producer.

As well as specialised intermediary companies, some Belgian banks have created film funds or investment products to bring the advantage of the Tax Shelter to those of their clients who want to invest.

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SCREEN FLANDERS + BELGIAN TAX SHELTER = 66% By combining the mechanisms of the federal Belgian Tax Shelter with the support of the regional Economic Fund Screen Flanders, producers can finance up to 66% of their eligible audiovisual spend in the Flanders region. If an audiovisual cost is eligible for the regional Screen Flanders Fund, it can also be taken into account for the federal Tax Shelter system, which makes it simple to combine both mechanisms.

BELGIAN TAX SHELTER

SCREEN FLANDERS*

Federal Incentive

Regional Incentive

€2,000,000 Direct & indirect qualifying AV costs in the EEA

€1,260,000 90% spent in Belgium on qualifying AV costs

Can finance up to 42% of the qualifying spend in Belgium

€1,000,000** qualifying direct AV costs incurred in the Flanders region

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Can finance up to 24% of the qualifying spend in the Flanders region

= 66% of the qualifying spend in Flanders, Belgium

* Screen Flanders is a selective support mechanism. ** Screen Flanders only takes direct audiovisual costs into account. For example, financing costs, hotel and transport costs are not eligible. These costs are, however, eligible for the Belgian Tax Shelter.

Let’s say you are financing an international co-production with a total budget of €5 million and will be spending €2 million in Europe (EEA). For the federal Tax Shelter mechanism this results in a Tax Shelter Certificate with a value of €1,400,000 and €1,260,000 of eligible direct and indirect audiovisual costs in Belgium.

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the Tax Shelter system.

If these eligible audiovisual costs are incurred in the Flanders region, you can apply to the Screen Flanders Economic Fund to cover an additional 24% of these costs, to a maximum to €400,000.

THE FLANDERS AUDIOVISUAL FUND – VAF The VAF/Film Fund supports audiovisual productions in Flanders, as well as international co-productions with Flanders. Its aims are threefold: • to develop a sustainable audiovisual industry • to encourage and support upcoming audiovisual talent • and to promote a vibrant audiovisual culture in Flanders Filmmakers can apply for support for fiction, documentary, animation and Filmlab (experimental) projects. The budget for animation is €1,520,000.

The Film Fund supports feature films, as well as short films and medium-length films. The focus is on local content. As of 2016, the Film Fund will support one Flemish feature per year for €750,000. Support for shorter formats varies between €50,000 and €250,000 per film. Foreign features can apply at Screen Flanders.

The VAF/Media Fund was launched in 2011 to support the production of independent television series co-financed by a Flemish broadcaster.

The Media Fund supports three types of series: animation, documentary, and fiction series. In 2016, the total budget for production support from the Media Fund is €3.6 million. The budget for animation is €752,670. Production support varies between €150,000 and €500,000 per series.

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For foreign series, a minimum of 20% of the budget must be financed through a Flemish producer and the majority of the financing must already be in place. This means that a minimum of 50% of the total budget must already be financed or support by a public film body must already be in place. The focus is on local content. Foreign series can apply at Screen Flanders.

The VAF/Game Fund was launched in 2012 to support the creation of games produced by Flanders-based game developers. The Game Fund supports serious games for educational purposes and other types of serious and entertainment games. In 2016, the total budget for support from the Game Fund is €675,250.

In order to apply for VAF funding, foreign producers are required to go through a Flemish co-producer. The Flemish producer will be familiar with the procedures and deadlines and is best placed to assess the chances of a particular application.

Both incentives combined can cover up to 66% or 2/3 of your eligible audiovisual spend in Flanders, Belgium.

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