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PODCAST | Nicolò Comotti interviews Sebastian Debertin, head of acquis. & Co-Prod. / head of fiction at ARD/ZDF KI.KA Der Kinderkanal.

Sebastian Debertin helped create and launch KiKA – The Children’s Channel of ARD & ZDF that became market leader in German speaking territories in 2015. As Head of Fiction, Acquisitions and Co-Productions, a position he has held for 20 years, Sebastian oversees all international acquisitions, productions and co-productions for KiKA and its platforms. Sebastian has won several national and international awards, including an Emmy. He looks for acquisitions and co-productions for truly all genres of programming from national and international sources, more precisely, in Europe from Germany, France, UK, Ireland, Italy and Scandinavia. Furthermore, Canada, Australia and the US, South Korea and Singapore complete the main countries where programmes come from. Furthermore, he is responsible for programme development, contract negotiations with national and international partners, relationship management with KiKA’s international production and distribution partners, supervision of productions, co-productions and dubbing projects, plus securing third-party funding. He is sharing his experience and expertise at various Universities and Media Academies, e. g. The Television Business School, The German Academy for Children’s Media and others.

This interview was recorded during the Cartoon Digital Festival 2019, in partnership with the Sardinia Film Commission, thanks to the Italian Film Commissions Association and with the support of the Italian Trade Agency. 

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PODCAST | Nicolò Comotti interviews Bruna Capozzoli, creative director.

Bruna Capozzoli heads up CAKE’s digital division, Popcorn Digital. As Creative Director, she provides creative solutions for kids’ entertainment brands establishing and expanding their presence in the digital space. Applying her solid experience in content creation and audience development as well as a diverse background in film-making and theatre, Bruna works with leading kids’ brands designing tailored strategies to produce original, challenging and engaging online content. Prior to joining Popcorn Digital, Bruna worked with leading digital producer Diagonal View and global phenomenon “Talking Tom and Friends” at Outfit7.

This interview was recorded during the Cartoon Digital Festival 2019, in partnership with the Sardinia Film Commission, thanks to the Italian Film Commissions Association and with the support of the Italian Trade Agency. 

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PODCAST | Nicolò Comotti interviews Chiara Magri, director CSC Animation section.

In today’s on demand world, many new routes have opened up for animation producers to successfully increase the presence of their works on the many digital screens. With audiences accessing more video and interactive content through their own devices and at their chosen time, the relationship between content creators and their viewers has become more direct and can only continue to grow. As new findings reveal audiences massive shifts to OTT and SVoD services, broadcasters, producers and distributors are shaping strategies to carve out their share of this new digital landscape which underpins growing competition for more global content, new direct-to-consumer approaches and kids’ new entertainment patterns. This is why for this year’s edition of Cartoon Digital, we have convened a prestigious line-up of 32 forward-thinking speakers from 9 European countries and Canada to showcase how animation producers can benefit from creating and growing their brands on multiple platforms. As new content and players emerge, the more traditional and commercial approaches to dealmaking are also disrupted and media groups and rights owners will present case studies on how to engage with audiences and fans to hit profitable business models. Complemented by innovative moves from VR/AR creators of immersive contents, converging approaches from digital publishers and game developers, the diverse programme will offer a good vision of the main creative and economic dynamics at play.

This interview was recorded during the Cartoon Digital Festival 2019, in partnership with the Sardinia Film Commission, thanks to the Italian Film Commissions Association and with the support of the Italian Trade Agency. 

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PODCAST | Nicolò Comotti interviews Iole Maria Giannattasio, coordinator of the research unit MiBact.

Iole Maria Giannattasio is the coordinator of the research unit established within Directorate-General for Cinema of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, MiBAC. Iole represents Italy at Eurimages – European Cinema Support Fund, at the European Audiovisual Observatory, at EFARN– European Film Agencies Research Network and at EWA – European Women Audiovisual Network. Iole is the author of several publications on audiovisual film industries and markets and she is a collaborator of the Film Magazine 8 ½ – numeri visioni e prospettive del cinema italiano, published by Istituto Luce-Cinecittà. She was a member of the team established by DG Cinema for the administration of the new tax incentives for film industry in effect since 2009. From 2004 to 2009 she worked as media analyst at Cinecittà Holding Osservatorio Italiano dell’Audiovisivo and then at Cinecittà Luce Centro Studi.

This interview was recorded during the Cartoon Digital Festival 2019, in partnership with the Sardinia Film Commission, thanks to the Italian Film Commissions Association and with the support of the Italian Trade Agency. 

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PODCAST | Nicolò Comotti interviews Cristian Jedzic, CEO BeQ Entertainment, vicepresident Cartoon Italia.

Cristiana’s career in the media industry started as a free-lance journalist and as a key account manager for different media agencies. From there, in 2005 she joined Rainbow with the goal to start-up the in-house publisher of the group, focused on kids editorial business. The publishing branch quickly grew from 2 to over 15 headcounts in about 5 years, running more than 40 kids publications yearly, and becoming market leader in the pre-school girls segment. In 2010, Cristiana’s responsibility was extended into digital media on a global basis, taking care of some of the top partners of the company, such as Netflix and YouTube, overseeing a valuable team of specialized talents. Since 2015 she is in charge of Rainbow global business for Licensing and Acquisitions, focusing her attention on the +500 consumer products licensees worldwide, but also on the development of potential new franchises able to attract international audience and at the same time to generate valuable licensing revenues. As a former basketball player, she strongly believes that team work is a plus to achieve any goal.

This interview was recorded during the Cartoon Digital Festival 2019, in partnership with the Sardinia Film Commission, thanks to the Italian Film Commissions Association and with the support of the Italian Trade Agency. 

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PODCAST | Nicolò Comotti interviews Cristiana Buzzelli, SVP, Content & Consumer Products Licensing Rainbow.

Cristiana’s career in the media industry started as a free-lance journalist and as a key account manager for different media agencies. From there, in 2005 she joined Rainbow with the goal to start-up the in-house publisher of the group, focused on kids editorial business. The publishing branch quickly grew from 2 to over 15 headcounts in about 5 years, running more than 40 kids publications yearly, and becoming market leader in the pre-school girls segment. In 2010, Cristiana’s responsibility was extended into digital media on a global basis, taking care of some of the top partners of the company, such as Netflix and YouTube, overseeing a valuable team of specialized talents. Since 2015 she is in charge of Rainbow global business for Licensing and Acquisitions, focusing her attention on the +500 consumer products licensees worldwide, but also on the development of potential new franchises able to attract international audience and at the same time to generate valuable licensing revenues. As a former basketball player, she strongly believes that team work is a plus to achieve any goal.

This interview was recorded during the Cartoon Digital Festival 2019, in partnership with the Sardinia Film Commission, thanks to the Italian Film Commissions Association and with the support of the Italian Trade Agency. 

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PODCAST | Nicolò Comotti interviews Federico Vallarino, Vallaround founder.

In today’s on demand world, many new routes have opened up for animation producers to successfully increase the presence of their works on the many digital screens. With audiences accessing more video and interactive content through their own devices and at their chosen time, the relationship between content creators and their viewers has become more direct and can only continue to grow. As new findings reveal audiences massive shifts to OTT and SVoD services, broadcasters, producers and distributors are shaping strategies to carve out their share of this new digital landscape which underpins growing competition for more global content, new direct-to-consumer approaches and kids’ new entertainment patterns. This is why for this year’s edition of Cartoon Digital, we have convened a prestigious line-up of 32 forward-thinking speakers from 9 European countries and Canada to showcase how animation producers can benefit from creating and growing their brands on multiple platforms. As new content and players emerge, the more traditional and commercial approaches to dealmaking are also disrupted and media groups and rights owners will present case studies on how to engage with audiences and fans to hit profitable business models. Complemented by innovative moves from VR/AR creators of immersive contents, converging approaches from digital publishers and game developers, the diverse programme will offer a good vision of the main creative and economic dynamics at play.

This interview was recorded during the Cartoon Digital Festival 2019, in partnership with the Sardinia Film Commission, thanks to the Italian Film Commissions Association and with the support of the Italian Trade Agency. 

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PODCAST | Nicolò Comotti interviews illustrator and editor Igort.

Igort (born Igor Tuveri; 1958 in Cagliari, Sardinia) is an Italian comics artist and illustrator. He began his career in Bologna at the end of the seventies, collaborating with numerous magazines: including Linus, Alter, Frigidaire, Métal Hurlant, L’Écho des savanes, Vanity, The Face. Since the nineties, he collaborates with the Japanese publishing houses Kodansha, Brutus and Hon Hon do. In 1983 he founded together with others the Valvoline group, a collective of avant-garde art that produces a monthly supplement published in the magazine Alter Alter. Valvoline’s activity extends to other fields, such as design, painting, fashion and music. In 1994 he exhibited his works at the Venice Biennale and in 2000 he founded the Coconino Press publishing house. In 2002 he published “5 is the Perfect Number”, a Neapolitan noir. The book was released simultaneously in 6 countries and won the book of the year award at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Fats Waller followed, an imaginative biography of one of the most popular Jazz musicians of the Thirties. He moved to Paris and began the Baobab series, which was released in Italy, France, Spain, Holland, Germany and the United States. In 2010, after a long residence, between Ukraine, Russia and Siberia, Igort wrote and drew Ukrainian Notebooks, published in the Strade Blu series of Mondadori. In 2011 he published Russian Notebooks, drawn following a report by the Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaja. In 2013 he starred in the documentary “Igort, the Secret Landscape”, by director Domenico Distilo. In the last half of 2014, Igort announced the publication of his Japanese notebooks, a memoir, comic essay, travel book and drawn reportage that tells the author’s years spent in Japan. In November 2016, the novel “My Generation” came out, which explores the Punk and New Wave era. In the same month he released “Assaults to the Bakeries”, a volume written by Haruki Murakami that Igort illustrated with watercolors. In 2017 he founded Oblomov Edizioni. In February 2018 Igort was appointed editorial director of Linus. In July 2018 a new documentary on Igort’s work was released in Japan also directed by Domenico Distilo, entitled “Manga Do”. The summer of the same year Igort started the shooting “5 is the Perfect Number”, a film starring Toni Servillo, Valeria Golino and Carlo Buccirosso, taken from his own best seller.

This interview was recorded during the Cartoon Digital Festival 2019, in partnership with the Sardinia Film Commission, thanks to the Italian Film Commissions Association and with the support of the Italian Trade Agency. 

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PODCAST | Nicolò Comotti interviews Jeremy Banks, CEO Coolabi.

Jeremy Banks (FCA) joined Coolabi Group as Chief Executive in September 2006. Prior to joining Coolabi he had been Group Commercial Director and Group Finance Director at Chorion plc from 2001 until its acquisition by 3i in 2006. Previously, Jeremy had worked for Guinness Mahon Development Capital shortly before it was bought out by its management to form ProVen Private Equity, the niche venture capital house whose focus was media and branded content transactions.

This interview was recorded during the Cartoon Digital Festival 2019, in partnership with the Sardinia Film Commission, thanks to the Italian Film Commissions Association and with the support of the Italian Trade Agency. 

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PODCAST | Nicolò Comotti interviews Julien Louis, editor Webtoon.

After studying at UCL (Université catholique de Louvain) in Digital Marketing and Public Relations, Julien went to New Zealand to work at Black Label Experience, as Project Manager to launch this luxury tourism agency. When he returned to Belgium he was hired by the Éditions Dupuis where he quickly started as Project Manager for the Webtoon Factory. He is now its Editor.

This interview was recorded during the Cartoon Digital Festival 2019, in partnership with the Sardinia Film Commission, thanks to the Italian Film Commissions Association and with the support of the Italian Trade Agency. 

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