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• Annie nominations Four European animated features are nominated for the 39th Annie Awards: "A Cat in Paris", "Arthur Christmas", "Chico & Rita" and "Wrinkles". In addition, Cartoon d'Or finalist "Paths of Hate" is nominated in the best short film category. (Dec '11)
• Tribute to the father of "Inspecteur Gadget" Heartfelt tribute to Bruno Bianchi, father of French hit series "Inspecteur Gadget", who has just taken his last gadget out of his hat. His talent and kindness won't be forgotten. RIP dear Bruno! (Dec '11)
• TV award Vivement Lundi! was awarded the prize of the French TV producer 2011 in the animation category at the 18th awards organised by PROCIREP. (Dec '11)
• European success in South Korea Belgian animation film "Sammy's Adventures" (nWave) made over 600 000 admissions in South Korea, while US major companies made between 1 and 2 million admissions for their latest animated features. Well done! (May '11)
• Spain At the start of April, Catalan Films & TV welcomed its new director, Àlex Navarro, who previously headed the European Union's Media Programme in Catalonia. (Apr '11)
• César winners "The Illusionist" won the César for Best animated film, while "Logorama", also nominated in this category, won the Best short film award. (Feb '11)
• Goya "Chico & Rita", Cartoon Movie's opening film, won the Goya award for Best Animated Feature Film at Spain's national film awards. (Feb '11)
• Oscars 2011 French films The Illusionist by Sylvain Chomet and Madagascar by Bastien Dubois (Cartoon d'Or finalist) are nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature and Best Animated Short (respectively). (Jan '11)
• César 2011 "A Cat in Paris" (Une vie de chat) and "The Illusionist" (both presented at Cartoon Movie) are nominated as Best Animated Film for the César 2011, and "Logorama" (Cartoon d'Or finalist) in the category "Short Film". (Jan '11)
• Admissions Santa's Apprentice (Gaumont-Alphanim) and A Cat in Paris (Folimage) have attracted respectively 585 000 and 370 000 viewers in France. (Jan '11)
• New company Pascal Le Nôtre creates the production company Foliascope (10% held by Folimage). The first production will be Michel (ex-Claude presented at Cartoon Forum 2008). (Jan '11)
• Nominations The Illusionist and Despicable Me are both nominated for the Golden Globes and shortlisted for the Academy Awards. (Dec '10)
• Games French video game company Ankama is working on its first feature film based on its MMORPG Dofus (35M fans worldwide). A second one is to follow on cross-media concept Wakfu. (Oct '10)
• 3D Belgian Ben Stassen's second feature in stereoscopic 3D, Sammy's Adventures, has topped 1 million admissions. (Sep '10)
• France Pierre Belaïsch quit Lagardère to join Gaumont-Alphanim as General Director (Sep ’10)
• Korea After Cartoon Connection Korea-EU in March 2010, a first Korean project (“Robot Arpo”) will be presented at Magyar Cartoon Forum in co-production with Finland, Italy and Spain (Sep '10)
• UK Co-founder Genevieve Dexter has sold her majority share in London-based CAKE Entertainment to the company's co-director Tom van Waveren in an amicable end to their 3-year partnership (Sep '10)
• France Dominique Poussier is to leave her position as director of children’s programming at TF1 in October. She will be replaced by Yann Labasque (Aug '10)
• Spain The TV series “Pocoyo” (104 x 7’) is being aired on Nick Jr. in the US. The show is co-produced by Spanish companies Zinkia and ITV Studios Global Entertainment.  (Jul ’10)
• Award Regular chairperson for CARTOON, Claire Paoletti snagged the Animation Prize at the SACD awards 2010. The prizes highlight authors of the year in each category.  (June ’10)

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• Annie nominations Four European animated features are nominated for the 39th Annie Awards: "A Cat in Paris", "Arthur Christmas", "Chico & Rita" and "Wrinkles". In addition, Cartoon d'Or finalist "Paths of Hate" is nominated in the best short film category. (Dec '11)
• Tribute to the father of "Inspecteur Gadget" Heartfelt tribute to Bruno Bianchi, father of French hit series "Inspecteur Gadget", who has just taken his last gadget out of his hat. His talent and kindness won't be forgotten. RIP dear Bruno! (Dec '11)
• TV award Vivement Lundi! was awarded the prize of the French TV producer 2011 in the animation category at the 18th awards organised by PROCIREP. (Dec '11)
• European success in South Korea Belgian animation film "Sammy's Adventures" (nWave) made over 600 000 admissions in South Korea, while US major companies made between 1 and 2 million admissions for their latest animated features. Well done! (May '11)
• Spain At the start of April, Catalan Films & TV welcomed its new director, Àlex Navarro, who previously headed the European Union's Media Programme in Catalonia. (Apr '11)
• César winners "The Illusionist" won the César for Best animated film, while "Logorama", also nominated in this category, won the Best short film award. (Feb '11)
• Goya "Chico & Rita", Cartoon Movie's opening film, won the Goya award for Best Animated Feature Film at Spain's national film awards. (Feb '11)
• Oscars 2011 French films The Illusionist by Sylvain Chomet and Madagascar by Bastien Dubois (Cartoon d'Or finalist) are nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature and Best Animated Short (respectively). (Jan '11)
• César 2011 "A Cat in Paris" (Une vie de chat) and "The Illusionist" (both presented at Cartoon Movie) are nominated as Best Animated Film for the César 2011, and "Logorama" (Cartoon d'Or finalist) in the category "Short Film". (Jan '11)

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