{"id":13523,"date":"2024-06-07T08:34:12","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T06:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceeanimation.eu\/?post_type=news&#038;p=13523"},"modified":"2024-06-07T09:17:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T07:17:16","slug":"animation-think-tank-2024-laying-the-groundwork-for-co-development-funding-for-animated-projects","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ceeanimation.eu\/news\/animation-think-tank-2024-laying-the-groundwork-for-co-development-funding-for-animated-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Animation Think Tank 2024: Laying the Groundwork for Co-Development Funding for Animated Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div id=\"paragraph-block_6463661578f62\" class=\"block-paragraph\">\n    <p>A new edition of <strong>Animation<\/strong> <strong>Think Tank,<\/strong> an industry conference meeting organized by <strong>CEE Animation Workshop<\/strong> in collaboration with the <strong>Animafest World Festival of Animated Film<\/strong>, was held in Zagreb on June 4 and 5.<\/p>\n<p>High-level animation industry professionals from different territories and production environments joined two Zagreb sessions to discuss the main topic: <strong>an International Co-Development Support Mechanism for animated projects<\/strong>. The initiative focused on drafting a status report in the region and a common document to establish the fund, facilitating cooperation and collaboration across borders.<\/p>\n<p>The aims of the Animation Think Tank meetings were to discuss and prepare starting points for establishing an international co-development funding mechanism for animated projects and to lay the groundwork for creating a declaration\u2014a document that outlines the purpose and operational framework to present the funding mechanism idea to stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Some of the questions and considerations included in the discussion were:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Involvement of Public Film Funds and Private Investors<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Defining supported projects (Pre-Defined Projects vs. Open Formats)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Defining amounts of support for demanding vs. short projects<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Prescribing Activities for Subsidy Spending<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By addressing these considerations, the Co-Development Support Mechanism can establish a robust framework to support the creation and development of animated projects, fostering international collaboration and innovation in the industry.<\/p>\n<p>Think Tank 2024 participants included 12 professionals from 8 CEE countries: <strong>Vojin Vasovi\u0107<\/strong> (Serbia), <strong>Reinhold Bidner<\/strong> (Austria), <strong>Danijela Radulovi\u0107<\/strong> (Montenegro), <strong>Mladen Djukic\u0301<\/strong> (BIH), <strong>Jo\u017eko Rutar<\/strong> (Slovenia), <strong>Vessela Dantcheva<\/strong> (Bulgaria), <strong>Lado Skorin<\/strong> (Croatia), <strong>Denis Alenti<\/strong> (Croatia), <strong>Sa\u0161a Bach<\/strong> (Slovenia), <strong>Matija \u0160turm <\/strong>(Slovenia), <strong>Martina Petrovi\u0107<\/strong> (Croatia), and <strong>Kristel Toldsepp<\/strong> (Estonia).<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Animation Think Tank<\/strong> is an activity of the <strong>CEE Animation Workshop<\/strong> aimed at <strong>building a more resilient, connected, effective, and sustainable industry<\/strong>. The event is supported by <strong>Creative Europe \u2013 MEDIA<\/strong> and the <strong>Ministry of Public Administration of the Republic of Slovenia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":13525,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":[],"topic":[7],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceeanimation.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13523"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceeanimation.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceeanimation.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceeanimation.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceeanimation.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceeanimation.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=13523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}