Selected out of more than 600 submissions, Nickelodeon picked eight shorts spanning the UK, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Canada and Australia, which will be developed into animated shorts. The announcement was made on the opening day of Cartoon Forum, the Toulouse-set TV animation showcase.
Since taking the program global, Nickelodeon has been able to expand its international pipeline of kids shows, focusing on comedy and animation. The shorts will have the opportunity to air on the Nickelodeon channel, along with digital platforms Nick.com, the Nick app, MyNickJr.com and on local official Nick sites, before being considered for long-form development.
These shorts follow in the footsteps of 2013 projects "Monster Pack", produced by Pedro Eboli and Graham Peterson from Birdo Studios in Brazil, and "Moosebox", created by Mike Scott from South Africa’s Triggerfish Animation Studios.
The 2014 selections, which all have working titles, include four from the UK and Ireland: "Duckmanboy", a show about a lazy superhero who is half-man, half duck. It's created by Louis Hudson and writer/director Ian Ravenscroft at Dice Productions; "Werebeast", a animation which follows on a 13-year old warewolf. The short is created by Welsh animator James Lancett; "Urchin", created by award-winning illustrator and animator Hamish Steele, who notably created Nickelodeon's 2013 finalist short "Badly Drawn Animals". It follows the adventure of three orphans who live in an industrial labyrinth filled with strange characters; and "Somewhere Awesome", created by BAFTA-nominated Eamonn O'Neill and animator Marah Curran. It centers around three best friends working as problem-solving tour guides.
Urchin, Nickelodeon
Other submissions that have made the grade this year include "Woodchips", about a little boy who works as a lumberjack, from the Barcelona, Spain-based animator and artist Christian Villacañas; "Crazy Block", which follows a fashion blogger named Bunny Lewis, from Italy's Iginio Straffi (Rainbow's "Winx Club"); "Jo Minkus" from Toronto, Canada-based animator Ben Anders; and "Feebs and Mr. Timmins" from Australia's Suren Perera ("The Dukes of Bröxstônia").
The Nickelodeon Animated Shorts programme has proved successful for the kidnet. Its latest animated hit "Breadwinners" was discovered as part of the 2012 edition. The series was recently renewed for a second season, and is launching internationally this Fall/Autumn.
Cartoon Forum 2014 runs between Tuesday 23rd to Friday 26th September 2014 in Toulouse, France.
Congratulations to all the finalists of the Nickelodeon Global Animated Shorts Program 2014!
From Variety:
Nickelodeon Selects Global Animated Shorts FinalistsAlso, from Kidscreen:
Nickelodeon has chosen the eight finalists to its second edition of the Global Animated Shorts Program, created to fast-track up-and-coming talent.
Selected out of more than 600 submissions, Nickelodeon picked eight shorts spanning the UK, Spain, Italy, Canada and Australia, which will be developed into animated shorts. The announcement was made on the opening day of Cartoon Forum, the Toulouse-set TV animation showcase.
“Since launching the Global Animated Shorts Program internationally in 2012, we have been able to enhance our international pipeline with great new content, furthering our global mission: to make kids laugh,” said Nina Hahn, SVP of international production and development at Nickelodeon. “We look forward to working closely with all of the creators who have delivered fantastically inspired ideas that perfectly capture the heart of the Nickelodeon brand.”
Four of the finalists are from Ireland: “Duckmanboy,” a show about a lazy superhero who is half-man, half duck. It’s created by Louis Hudson and writer/director Ian Ravenscroft at Dice Productions. “Werebeast,” turning on a 13-year old warewolf and created by Welsh animator James Lancett. “Urchin” is created by award-winning illustrator and animator Hamish Steele, who notably created Nickelodeon’s short “Badly Drawn Animals.” It follows the adventure of three orphans who live in an industrial labyrinth filled with strange characters.
From Ireland, there’s also “Somewhere Awesome,” created by BAFTA-nominated Eamonn O’Neill and animator Marah Curran. It centers around three best friends working as problem-solving tour guides.
From Spain, Nickelodeon selected “Woodchips,” about a little boy who works as a lumberjack. It’s created by Barcelona-based animator Christian Villacanas. The U.S. network selected Italy’s “Crazy Block,” about a fashion blogger named Bunny Lewis. It’s created by Iginio Straffi, who’s behind Rainbow’s Winx Club; Canada’s “Joe Minkus,” created by Toronto-based animator Ben Anders; and Australia’s “Feebs and Mr. Timmins,” created Suren Perera (co-creator of “The Dukes of Broxstonia”).
The shorts will potentially air on Nickelodeon, as well as on all Nickelodeon platforms, and will also be considered for long-form development.
Cartoon Forum runs Sep.23-26.
Nick announces 2014 Animated Shorts finalists
After reviewing close to 600 submissions from across the UK, Spain, Italy, Canada and Australia, Nickelodeon has picked eight finalists for its 2014 Global Animated Shorts Program, which aims to find new creative talent and original kids content. This year marks the second time the shorts program was open to international submissions.
Since taking the program global, Nickelodeon has been able to expand its international pipeline of kids shows, focusing on comedy and animation. The shorts will have the opportunity to air on the Nickelodeon channel, along with digital platforms Nick.com, the Nick app, MyNickJr.com and on local Nick sites, before being considered for long-form development.
These shorts follow in the footsteps of 2013 projects Monster Pack, produced by Pedro Eboli and Graham Peterson from Birdo Studios in Brazil, and Moosebox, created by Mike Scott from South Africa’s Triggerfish Animation Studios.
The 2014 selections, which all have working titles, include the UK and Ireland’s Duckmanboy from animator Louis Hudson and writer/director Ian Ravenscroft of DICE Productions, Werebeast from Welsh animator James Lancett, Urchin (pictured) from illustrator, animator and creator Hamish Steele (who also created 2013 finalist Nick Short Badly Drawn Animals) and Somewhere Awesome from Eamonn O’Neill and animator Marah Curran.
Other submissions that have made the grade this year include Woodchips from the Barcelona, Spain-based animator and artist Christian Villacañas, Crazy Block from Italy’s Iginio Straffi (Rainbow’s Winx Club), Jo Minkus from Toronto, Canada-based animator Ben Anders, and Feebs and Mr. Timmins from Australia’s Suren Perera (The Dukes of Bröxstônia).
Nick’s animated shorts program has proved successful for the kidnet. Its latest animated hit Breadwinners was discovered as part of the 2012 edition. The series was recently renewed for a second season, and is launching internationally this fall.
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