Animation Co-Production Market & Pitching Forum

The Animation Co-Production Market & Pitching Forum at MIA I Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo 2025 has seen an increased number of represented countries, as well as an ever-wider variety of themes and creativity in the projects. The applications received were evaluated by the selection committee composed by Mounia Aram, Founder & CEO of MA Company (France/ Morocco); Yago Fandiño Lousa, Head of Children’s Content – RTVE-Clan (Spain); Roberto Genovesi, Director of Rai Kids (Italy); Alexis Hofmann, Founder & CEO, Asphalt Jungle Productions (France); David Levine, Founder & CEO of Lightboat Media Ltd (UK); Cecilia Padula, VP Head Kids & Family brands South Europe, Middle East & Africa, Paramount (Italy); Patricia Vasapollo, Responsible Family & Fiction, HR/ARD (Germany).

The selection of 2025 participants composes of 7 Feature Films and 9 TV Series, and presents unreleased projects that debut on the market at MIA alongside projects that are not new to the market presentation but have demonstrated solid progression in the development process, ready to be brought in front of a new audience of institutions and possible financial partners to approach the production phase. Within the production structure of all 16 selected projects, a very strong and heterogeneous female presence can be noted as well as recurring, powerful, and contemporary topics, shaping the future of animation on worldwide screens.

ANIMATION PITCHING FORUM | OFFICIAL SELECTION 2025

ANCIENT CHINA OF MARS by Andrew Leung (USA)
Produced by Neal Ludevig (Snarky Elephant Productions)

ARGONAUTS by Simon Duric and Lee McQuade (Northern Ireland/ USA)
Produced by Kyle Castellanet (Echo Lake Entertainment)

DEEP WOODS. LOST AND FOUND by Jim Miller (Canada/ Cyprus)
Produced by Lucy Tsoy (Rymanco Films)

ELECTRO ANDES by Nacho Malter and Damian Fernandez Gomez (Argentina)
Produced by Micaela Gabot (Bellolandia)

FLY ! by Tjia Kian Kok Pelix (Indonesia)
Produced by Ellen Xie (ArtCodeStory)

THE GOLDEN BUTTERFLY (ZLATNATA PEPERUTKA) by Goce Cvetanovski (Argentina/ Brazil/ Colombia/ Macedonia/ Spain)
Produced by Goce Cvetanovski (Makedonska Krepost, Blurr stories, Technoscope FIlms, The G7)

IZZI’S SUPER FAN CLUB (O SUPER FÃ CLUBE DA IZZI) by Paulo Muppet (Brazil)
Produced by Luciana Eguti (Birdo)

LEGENDS OF BULAN by Duru Azubuike (Nigeria)
Produced by Ferdy Adimefe (Magic Carpet Studios)

LIKE! (Spain)
Produced by Nacho La Casa (Capitán Araña S. L)

MISSION NEW AFRICA by Miguel Llansó (France/ Portugal/ Spain)
Produced by Georgiana Maliovski (Lanzadera Films, Spamflix, BAP)

THE NORTHERN STAR (SERVEKA) by Eléa Gobbe-Mévellec (Czech Republic/ France)
Produced by Vladimir Lhotak and Alexandre Charlet (Hausboot, Les Film du Cygne)

PROFUMINA by Caterina De Mata, Luca Di Cecca and Annalisa Corsi (Italy)
Produced by Caterina De Mata (L&C S.r.l)

THE REJECTS (Canada/ UK)
Produced by Rick Mischel and John McEwan-Whyte (Bonnie and Braw Cartùns)

ROC AND LOLA (ROC E LOLA) by Andrea Giro (Italy)
Produced by Andrea Giro (Primal Shape)

THE TREASURE OF THE WYRM (IL TESORO DEL BIGATTO) by Francesco Vecchi (Czech Republic/ France/ Italy)
Produced by Matteo Pecorara (Small Boss)

YAP YAP by Jens Møller, Solène Azernour (Denmark/ France/ Germany/ Sweden)
Produced by Nicolas Schmerkin (Autour de Minuit)