Bobby Prod, BBC, Folivari, Gao Shan Win Cartoon Forum Tributes — SkimNews
Get the Culture newsletter
Daily culture — film, music, books, the trends and ideas worth your attention. Free.
- Bobby Prod (France) won Producer of the Year for "The Broos," which originated as social-media content before being developed into an animated series now streaming on ARTE France.
- Folivari International took Investor/Distributor of the Year two years after its founding, with a slate including "Pil's Adventures," "The Baker Street Four," and "Nino Dino."
- BBC received Broadcaster of the Year, with the source framing the award as highlighting "enduring ties between European animation and the post-Brexit United Kingdom," citing CBeebies and CBBC's commissioning role.
- Gao Shan Pictures, a Réunion Island-based 2D and 3D animation studio, won the inaugural Ecoprod-Cartoon Tribute for sustainability, with credits including "The Smurfs," "In Waves," and "Jim Queen."
- Cartoon Forum introduced the Ecoprod-Cartoon Tribute as a fourth award category this year, in partnership with French non-profit Ecoprod to recognize environmental commitment in animation.
- Since its 1990 founding, Cartoon Forum has helped more than 1,000 animation series obtain financing totaling over €3.83 billion ($4.39B).
Why it matters: The Cartoon Tributes showcase which studios European animation's co-production ecosystem is betting on — Bobby Prod's social-first approach and Gao Shaner's sustainability focus point to where commissioners are leaning. BBC's Broadcaster win explicitly frames post-Brexit UK-EU animation collaboration as undiminished, a material signal for European producers pitching cross-border projects.
Ask SkimNews
