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MIPJUNIOR Project Pitch
The MIPJUNIOR Project Pitch is a unique pitching competition highlighting new Kids & Tweens/Teens TV projects with the greatest potential for commissioning and roll-out across platforms.
Relevant for all creators and producers seeking financing for projects in development, the Project Pitch competition offers high-visibility in front of a jury of leading decision-makers from the global kids content Industry.
To be eligible Pitch must meet the following criterias:
✔ Entertainment content targeting Kids or Tweens/Teens audiences (all genres)
✔ Creativity & Originality in storytelling techniques, characters, look, story and themes
✔ Worldwide appeal
✔ Potential for TV and multi-platform brand extension
✔ Potential for licensing & merchandising
✔ Early stage to In development projects
✔ Well written with a clear statement of the viability of the project
✔ New and original concepts which have not been commissioned or released yet and for which the worldwide rights are still available.
✔ Early stage to In development projects
MIPJUNIOR Project Pitch Kids
>> Deadline for submission: 29 August 2022 <<
MIPJUNIOR Project Pitch Tweens/Teens
>> Deadline for submission: 29 August 2022 <<
MIPJUNIOR Project Pitch - Jury members
Kids category
from left to right:
Brenda Bisner, CCO, Kidoodle.TV - Owned by A Parent Media Co Inc
Christopher Keenan, Sr. Vice President/Executive Producer, Mattel, Inc.
Tweens/Teens category
from left to right:
Sarah Muller, Head of Commissioning & Acquisitions, BBC
Amy Takahara, Director, Kids Co-productions & Acquisitions, Netflix
Register for MIPJUNIOR 2022
The International Kids Screenings & Co-Production Market
15-16 October 2022
JW Marriott, Cannes, France
MIPJUNIOR Project Pitch 2021 - Winner
Princess Arabella
Company Name: Phanta Animation
Genre: Animation
Age Group: Pre-school
Format: 26 x 7 min
Project Status: Early stage (0 to 25% financed)
Country: Netherlands
Pitch Summary: In the series PRINCESS ARABELLA, we follow the humoristic, creative, and emotional adventures of a brown-skinned princess and her friends and family. Living in a street where everybody is royal, and all the houses are castles and palaces, there are always things to do and discover.
Each episode covers one day in Arabella's life with a new adventure. And although all the characters are kings, queens, princes and princesses, nothing human is strange to them. The same goes for Arabella.
MIPJUNIOR Project Pitch 2021 - Finalists
Florida
Company Name: Paper Owl Films
Genre: Animation
Age Group : Pre-School
Format : 52 x 11 min
Project Status : In development (25 to 75% financed)
Country: United Kingdom
Pitch Summary:
FLORIDA ... Change is a inter planetary constant.
Florida is nothing if not a wholehearted embracer of change. An eternal optimist, she sees opportunities for fun and funny where ever she goes. Some might call this mischief... she prefers experiment. With the help of her new friends - RP, Birdee & Lil' Bulb, Florida helps the characters she meets in Ms. G's G.E.M. shop find a new purpose in the world.
LoodleVille
Company Name: SMF Studio
Genre: Animation
Age Group: Kids
Format : 52 x 7 min
Project Status: In production (More than 75% financed)
Country: Russian Federation
Pitch Summary:
Hidden on top of a snow capped mountain stands the quaint and quirky town of Loodleville, home of the Loodles - an unusual group of cute little Yeti, including Anne, her brother Boo, Mom and Dad, and their dog, Garbanzo. Life for the Loodles may seem just like our own, except it’s quite a bit smaller and a whole lot sillier! Luckily, Anne has her one and only Loodle Doodle Book. When she needs to, Anne can swipe one of her doodles into reality to get her out of a tricky situation, but if she’s not careful, she might make it even worse... Welcome to Loodleville!
Princess Arabella
Company Name: Phanta Animation
Genre: Animation
Age Group: Pre-school
Format: 26 x 7 min
Project Status: Early stage (0 to 25% financed)
Country: Netherlands
Pitch Summary:
Pitch Summary : In the series PRINCESS ARABELLA, we follow the humoristic, creative, and emotional adventures of a brown-skinned princess and her friends and family. Living in a street where everybody is royal, and all the houses are castles and palaces, there are always things to do and discover.
Each episode covers one day in Arabella's life with a new adventure. And although all the characters are kings, queens, princes and princesses, nothing human is strange to them. The same goes for Arabella.
ForkFish
Company Name: Anthem Studios
Genre: Animation
Age Group: Kids
Format: 13 x 22 min
Project Status: Early stage (0 to 25% financed)
Country: United Kingdom
Pitch Summary:
Forkfish is a super fun, mockumentary style show that follows the antics of Forkfish and his friends as he itches to experience all that living on land can be.
Forkfish arrived in the coastal town of Forkville one morning when a boardwalk fork statue was accidentally knocked into the water, gifting him the ability to walk and talk. With its history as the birth place of the fork, most of the town embrace Forkfish as a hero, as he navigates living on land and avoiding the fisherman.
Ssopa
Company Name: Northern Fable
Genre: Live Action
Age Group: Tweens & Teens
Format : 15 x 10 min
Project Status : Early stage (0 to 25% financed)
Country: Sweden
Pitch Summary:
SSOPA is a series about and for tweens. A series that bring life to dreams and drama, friendship and romance. We explore the challenges of moving to a new city through the eyes of Emma who has just been accepted to the most prestigious dance, music and art school in Sweden - SSOPA. It is visually stunning, it is characters to remember for a lifetime, it is MY SO CALLED LIFE meets FAME for tweens.