From September 22 to 26, the 1999 Cartoon Forum will be welcoming 620
participants, among which will be Animation World Network's own Ron
Diamond, in Cordoba, Spain. This record attendance shows that this event,
organized over the last 10 years with support from the European Union Media
program, has been established as an important industry event. This year
sixty-nine projects seeking partners will be offered to potential investors
and producers. Over 150 projects initiated at the Forum in previous years
have been produced and broadcast within the past ten years. This
"Coproductions Forum" is organized every year in a different country with
the purpose of promoting local production and closely involving both public
authorities and national broadcasters. Among this year's projects being
offered are RABBITS from Aardmann, LIAR, LIAR, PANTS ON FIRE from Picasso
Pictures, and THE GREENMANS and THE WORLD OF TOSH, both from Sweden's Happy
Life Corporation. The Cartoon d'Or will be awarded on Saturday, September
25. The six nominees are: L'ARME DU CROCODILE by Eric Blesin, EL CARMINANTE
by Debra Smith, JOLLY ROGER by Mark Baker, MIGRATION by Constantin Chamski,
LE CYCLOPE DE LA MER by Philippe Julien and SALTKVERNEN by Pjotr Sapegin.