The Missing Lynx is complete, produced by Antonio Banderas and Spanish animation studio Kandor Graphics. © Kandor Graphics, Perro Verde Films and Green Moon.

"We work with a team of traditional 2D animators on fantasy games that take a lot of inspiration from Studio Ghibli films like Spirited Away. We think there is a lot of overlap between what we do and what the people at Cartoon Movie do," says Claas Paletta of Daedalic Ent. in Hamburg.

The opening night film this year was Journey to Saturn -- a beer-swigging tale of Denmark's space program from A. Film in Copenhagen that was presented two years ago as a project in development. Directed by Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen, Thorbjørn Christoffersen and Craig Frank, the company's seventh animation feature managed to hit 400,000 admissions (10% of the population) during its domestic Danish release.

The other completed films were Mia and the Migoo from Folimages (France); Sunshine Barry and the Disco Worms from Crone Film (Denmark) and Sola Media (Germany); The Missing Lynx from Kandor Graphics, Perro Verde Films and Green Moon (all Spain); Goat Story -- The Old Prague Legends (Art and Animation Studio, Czech Republic); Jasper, Journey to the End of the World from Toons 'n' Tales (Germany), Amuse Films (France) and Dacodac Studio (Hungary); and The Secret of Kells from Cartoon Saloon (Ireland), Les Armateurs (France) and Vivi Films (Belgium).

3D animated Sunshine Barry and the Disco Worms is about one worm's thirst for disco stardom. © Crone Film and Disco Ormene/Sola Media.

The Secret of Kells was the big winner in the annual Cartoon Tribute awards with the producers taking producer of the year and Tomm Moore taking director of the year. The beautiful 2D film has already enjoyed theatrical releases in France, Belgium and Ireland and has also been invited for a special St. Patrick's Day screening to staff at Pixar.

"We made our original co-production deals here at Cartoon Movie so it's good to be back here where it all started with the finished film," says Moore. Cartoon Saloon also presented two further projects at Cartoon Movie -- Song of the Sea in development and Skunk Fu! The Movie -- Exit the Dragon in concept.

Song of the Sea is Cartoon Saloon's latest feature project, like Kells, using Irish contemporary musicians to help tell a traditional Irish legend. © Cartoon Saloon.

Song of the Sea was inspired by Kila -- a band of traditional Irish musicians featured on the soundtrack of The Secret of Kells. It was decided to expand on this theme, using the same musicians and artists to explore the world of traditional Irish legends. A first draft script is already complete for what will be a fully digital pipeline across various European territories with a budget of €4.5 to 5 million.

The Skunk Fu! movie is based on the studio's successful television series -- originally presented at sister event Cartoon Forum back in 2003.

A. Film presented another new movie together with German company WesToons Medien. Fix and Foxi -- The Movie is based on an incredibly successful franchise. The German comicbooks on which it is based have sold a total of 780 million copies since the 1960s and an animated television series is distributed in some 30 territories.

Also from Denmark, Copenhagen Bombay presented The Great Bear -- the latest in a number of low-budget animation features it has already produced. Budget for this latest forest adventure is just €1.5 million.