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Cartoon Movie '07 Presents 41 New Animated Features

For the ninth consecutive year, the German city of Potsdam is hosting an annual gathering for European animation with the celebration of Cartoon Movie 2007, a business forum organized by the European Association of Animation Film. Some 500 professionals will meet in the Babelsberg Studio on Mar. 7-9, 2007, for this event aimed at boosting the financing and distribution of European animated films.

This year's edition will present 41 new animation features -- including both completed films and projects that are in various stages of production -- with an overall budget of almost 300 million Euros.

France is once again the most represented country, with a total of 14 projects among sole and co-productions. Germany -- with 13 projects -- doubles its presence from a year earlier, and is followed by Spain with seven projects, Denmark with five and the U.K. with four.

The projects presented this year confirm some of the main trends seen in recent editions of Cartoon Movie. Films created for family audiences continue to be a majority (67.5%), as is 3D animation, which is used in almost 50% of the projects. More than half of the films have a budget between 3 and 5 million Euros.

Since its creation in 1999, Cartoon Movie has had a significant impact on the European market. Three of the 10 completed films presented last year (KIRIKOU & THE WILD BEASTS, ASTERIX & THE VIKINGS and THE LITTLE POLAR BEAR - THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND) sold more than 1.5 million admissions in their country of origin.

Cartoon Movie 2007 main partners are Media Programm of the EU - Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg - Ministry of Economics of the Land Brandenburg - Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM) - Filmförderungsanstalt / German federal Film Board (FFA), InvestitionsBank des Landes Brandenburg (ILB) and Studio Babelsberg.

For further information, visit www.cartoon-media.be.

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