{"id":17708,"date":"2025-07-09T13:00:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T11:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceeanimation.eu\/?post_type=news&#038;p=17708"},"modified":"2025-07-09T13:01:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T11:01:40","slug":"animation-think-tank-2025-co-development-animation-awards-framework-proposed","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ceeanimation.eu\/news\/animation-think-tank-2025-co-development-animation-awards-framework-proposed\/","title":{"rendered":"Animation Think Tank 2025: Co-development Animation Awards Framework Proposed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/ceeanimation.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ATT2025_1_bw.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17709\" width=\"563\" height=\"422\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n<div id=\"paragraph-block_6463661578f62\" class=\"block-paragraph\">\n    <p>The latest edition of <strong>Animation Think Tank<\/strong>, an industry conference meeting organized by the <strong>CEE Animation Workshop<\/strong> in collaboration with the <strong>Animafest Zagreb<\/strong>, was held in Zagreb on June 3 and 4, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>A group of animated film professionals joined two Zagreb sessions to further discuss and rethink the structure and idea of <strong>Co-development Animation Awards \u2014<\/strong> a proposed support mechanism to increase the capacity of animated film creation.<\/p>\n<p>This topic has been a regular subject of previous editions of the CEE Animation\u2019s Think Tank meetings as well as industry events such as the Animar_BCN Animation Convention.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative gained further momentum in March at the <strong>CEE Animation Conference GO!<\/strong> 2025, held in Gorizia \/ Nova Gorica where parts for a recommendation paper were drafted by working groups comprising producers and film fund representatives.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Think Tank Zagreb meeting was attended by <strong>Lado Skorin<\/strong> (Croatia), <strong>Denis Alenti <\/strong>(Croatia), <strong>Martin Vandas <\/strong>(Czechia),<strong> Mladen Djuki\u0107<\/strong> (Bosnia Hercegovina), <strong>Sa\u0161a Bach <\/strong>(Slovenia), <strong>Viva Videnovi\u0107 <\/strong>(Slovenia), <strong>Tina Smrekar (<\/strong>Slovenia) and <strong>Damir Grbanovi\u0107<\/strong> (Slovenia). The session was hosted by<strong> Matija \u0160turm <\/strong>and <strong>Jo\u017eko Ruta<\/strong>r (Slovenia).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The group\u2019s efforts resulted in the <strong>Proposed Framework for Support: Co-development Animation Awards<\/strong>, which outlines key elements such as the award\u2019s structure and administration, name, selection process, eligibility criteria, eligible costs, payment and reporting procedures, award duration, categories and amounts, annual financial planning, and timeline.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>The complete 2025 Think Tank report<\/u><\/strong> is available in the PDF document on the right.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal was shared with attendees of the CEE Animation GO! 2025 Conference in June and is now entering its next phase: collecting feedback and legal framework development during July and August 2025.<\/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>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"624\" height=\"468\" src=\"https:\/\/ceeanimation.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ATT2025_2bw.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17710\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":17714,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":[],"topic":[7],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceeanimation.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/17708"}],"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\/17714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceeanimation.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceeanimation.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=17708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}