CEE Animation Workshop is a year-long training programme for developing projects and enhancing the skills of producers and their creative teams in the field of animation. It is open for international animation professionals, with a focus on creators and projects from countries with low production capacity.
The Workshop is tailor-made to suit the needs of producers and their creative teams with animated projects of any format (shorts, TV, feature-length, hybrid, XR) in development and is also open to a limited number of career-oriented participants, joining the workshop without a project and seeking to build a long-term strategy for their company.
The 7th edition of the CEE Animation Workshop will take place from March to October 2025 and will consist of 4 one week modules; 2 modules will be held online and 2 modules will be organized on-site. The program is led by renowned producers and animation script consultants in the roles of group leaders, who closely follow and mentor projects for the duration of the program. Script consultants Phil Parker (United Kingdom) and Rita Domonyi (Hungary) will be joined in 2025 by two new group leaders, renowned producers Reka Temple (Cinemoon Entertainment, Hungary) and Annemie Degryse (Lumiere Group / Beast Studio, Belgium).
Saša Bach, the managing director of the CEE Animation Workshop, said:
We are starting the call for the 7th edition of the CEE Animation Workshop in high spirits! We are excited to welcome to the core team internationally acclaimed producers, group leaders, Annemie Degryse from Lumiere Group, Belgium and Reka Temple from Cinemoon Entertainment, Hungary. As the level of the CEE animation industry is steadily improving, we are expecting again to see inspiring projects with diverse stories and driven creators, eager to learn and share their knowledge, to join us in 2025.
The participants will finish the year with the final presentation of a full production package and a pitch to a carefully selected group of industry players, such as representatives of funding bodies, broadcasters, producers, festival programmers, sales agents and distributors in the format of one-on-one meetings.
The participants will also be invited to attend the CEE Animation Forum 2025. After the completion of the CEE Animation Workshop, participants can take advantage of the CEE Animation network and gain privileged access to various international industry and market events.
Read the call and apply. The deadline for submissions is 8 November 2024.
The CEE Animation Workshop has in the previous five years helped develop more than 70 projects from 220 participants from around the globe. More than 200 guest expert lecturers and animation industry representatives have shared their knowledge with the participants with the goal to improve participants’ skills and enrich the field of animation production in European countries with low production capacity.
CEE Animation Workshop is organized by Slovene Animated Film Association – DSAF, CEE Animation, Slovak Association of Animated Film Producers – APAF and Polish Animation Producers Association – SPPA. The CEE Animation Workshop is supported by Creative Europe-MEDIA programme, Ministry of Public Administration, Slovenia, Czech Film Fund, Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic and Audiovisual Producers ́ Association Czechia.
