Cartoon Springboard: Deadline 2 Sept 2021

Cartoon Springboard - for students & graduates

Submissions are now open for Cartoon Springboard, the annual pitching event that takes place from October 27-29 in Valencia, Spain.  The deadline is 2nd September.

Successful projects will pitch to industry delegates, including producers, broadcasters and sales agents, as our students seek ways to capitalise on the festival success of their films. 

Jerich0

In 2020 our students successfully pitched the multiple-award-winning film Jerich0, which "wowed" the panel at Cartoon Springboard.  Jerich0 is a short film about a lonely robot who builds a friend.  It was directed by Sarah Andrews and completed by our third year undergraduate animation students as part of PR6001, a studio project in which students collaborate to create a short film.   

Jericho - VFX Short Film from Matthew Wight on Vimeo.

Cartoon Springboard

Cartoon Springboard is an annual pitching event aimed at helping rising talent break into the industry.  At Cartoon Springboard, graduates of European animation schools pitch their project in front of a panel of experts from the animation industry.  

The event offers opportunities for animation graduates to pitch their ideas to producers, financiers and sales agents - the people who can bring original animation content to the market. Jerich0 began life as an award-winning short film but now has the potential to be something much bigger, potentially reaching a wider audience. 

Creative Content

The Art of the Pitch

Learning how to create fresh content and then pitch it is one of the key skills that all our students at Escape Studios learn. TV Animation is in the midst of a historic expansion, with new networks and digital platforms competing for creative content.  For our students with fresh ideas for a TV series in the works, there are now many places to pitch original content. 

Pitch Bible

To see more about how to create a pitch bible, see this blog post.

Cartoon Movie and Cartoon Forum
Cartoon Movie and Cartoon Forum will also take applications later this year, with Cartoon Forum taking place in September 2021, and Cartoon Movie happening in March 2021.

To see more about Cartoon Events, follow the links below:

• Cartoon Forum - How to pitch an animated TV series. This year's deadline will be in May 2021
• Cartoon Movie - How to pitch an animated feature film. This year's deadline will be November 2021.

The Escape Studios Animation Blog offers a personal view on the art of animation and visual effects. To find out more about our new BA/MArt, now recruiting for September 2021, follow this link.   To apply, visit the official page here.