Australian production companies to attend the Asian Animation Summit

Ten Australian children’s animation companies are to attend the Asian Animation Summit in Malaysia in December to help create co-productions and to seek finance. The ten companies, listed below, have received travel assistance from Screen Australia.

The announcement:

Screen Australia, in conjunction with DFAT, has provided travel assistance for 10 Australian children’s animation companies to attend the inaugural Asian Animation Summit (AAS) in order to seek finance and co-production partnerships with the Asian region. Support is also being provided for one-on-one mentoring from international children’s animation presentation expert, Joan Lofts, so that each team may refine their pitch prior to the summit.

Instigated by ABC Television, the AAS will be held 10–11 December 2012 in Malaysia. It is being run by Canadian publishing and event-organising company, Brunico, which manages other international events such as Kidscreen and Realscreen.