Patrick Eveno - CEO - Director - Carole Bonneau of Teletoon -CORUS Entertainment - Mikael Marin - International Relations MIFA
The Market is opening its doors on Wednesday 11th June. Mickaël Martin, Head
of Economic Development & Mifa, stated that "internationalisation, more meetings
offered and a higher presence of global partners and decision makers are some of
Mifa 2014’s promises".
Some events that you absolutely won’t want to miss:
Mifa Special Events: not-to-be-missed appointments
in the animation industry
France Télévisions will organise their traditional press conference, presenting the group’s latest
advances in its editorial line and its young viewers’ programming policy. They will also announce the
young filmmakers chosen to take part in the next season of En sortant de l’école, the collection of
animated shorts devoted to poetry.
Wednesday 11th June, 6:30 pm, Impérial Palace, Chill Out
The family/youth channels of Lagardère Active will be giving two press conferences: one on the new
animation series and feature projects they co-finance, and the other to present the winners of the
2014 Espoirs de l’animation as well as the competition’s new format.
Thursday 12th June, 11:30 am, Impérial Palace, Verdi A&B
Laurence Blaevoet, Head of Youth Programmes at CANAL+ and her team will present their new
strategies for the channel during a press conference.
The calm before the MIFA storm
Thursday 12th June, 6:00 pm, Impérial Palace, Beach
TFou is making a date with students and professionals for an exclusive meeting with its artistic team.
It will also give them the chance to present the latest TFou talent contest, co-organised with SACD.
Thursday 12th June, 2:30 pm, Impérial Palace, Verdi A&B
The CNC, uniFrance Films and TV France International have organised a round table on the theme of French Animation, in France and Abroad. With participation from Benoît Danard (the CNC’s
Director of Research, Statistics and Forecast), Jean-Paul Salomé (CEO at uniFrance Films), Isabelle Giordano (Executive Director of uniFrance Films) and Mathieu Béjot (Executive Director of TV France
International).
Wednesday 11th June, 3:00 pm, Impérial Palace, Berlioz A&B
The Keys to a Successful Crowdfunding Campaign Crowdfunding is blowing up. Ulule is offering a workshop to familiarise you with participative funding, how it works and what issues arise, and to have a discussion amongst professionals about the topic.
Wednesday 11th June & Thursday 12th June, 10:00 am–12:00 pm, Impérial Palace, Berlioz C
2,500 animation industry
professionals are coming to the International Animation
Mifa, the leading platform for discussions
Recruitment: the talents of tomorrow at Mifa
The Mifa is a unique opportunity for recruiters to discover talents and for candidates to present their portfolios to major animation studios. Ubisoft, Rovio, Sony Pictures Animation and Disney Channel
are some of the studios coming this year.
Tuesday 10th, Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th June, Mifa Open Space
Territory Focus: a whole territory within reach
Territory Focus sessions put the spotlight on industries of a particular country or territory to parade their skills and talent and to promote networking to set up new collaborations. Focus on South Africa
and Canada (Vancouver) on Wednesday 11th June or even Russia on Thursday 12th June at the Networking Lounge at Impérial Palace.
Pitches: a few minutes to convince
The Pitches will give 26 film crews (selected out of 227 applications) 15 minutes or less to convince major studios to pick up their projects. These works come from diverse countries like Chile, Czech
Republic, Bulgaria, Argentina, China, etc.
From Tuesday 10th to Friday 13th June, Impérial Palace, Ravel A&B
Share With: an exclusive meeting with key investors
The Share With sessions give participants, especially producers, the chance to have privileged discussions with key buyers of short films or TV series, or with feature film distributors. Disney Channel,
DreamWorks Animation and Arte will be present amongst many others.
Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th June, Impérial Palace, Haendel B
A scorcher of a day at Lac Annecy next to the Imperial Hotel
More than ever, discussions rotating around the Mifa and Conferences guarantee productive meeting opportunities about creative and economic processes.
These different meeting formats are set up to best satisfy the expectations of all professionals while reflecting the sector’s evolution.
The Mifa Pitches are unique occasions to meet future partners, offering the selected candidates the opportunity to present their project before an audience of professionals.
The Share With sessions give participants (notably producers) the chance to have privileged discussions with key investors.
The Territory Focus sessions promote the development of new collaborations by highlighting a territory’s animation industry and the diversity of its resources, expertise and plans for the future.
The Mifa Recruitment sessions provide studios with the opportunity to meet new talents and also give filmmakers prospects of advancing their careers. Check your Annecy Network, "Find a job" and at the Recruitments welcome desk (Impérial Palace, Brasserie and Rotonde du parc) to look at the programme in detail.
At the Video Library, you can watch projects in the following stages: in project, in production or completed productions.
Finally, the Conferences offer insight and put forward a transversal vision of animation around three principal themes: Creation, Business and Production Organisation.
