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ANIMA goes APE in Cannes
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May 12, 2016
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Once again Cannes – here we come! This year we go APE. Our Cannes Film Market 2016 is fulfilled with China seminar and speed dating, financing seminar, virtual reality besides one-to-one...
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Hong Kong FILMART 2016
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March 25, 2016
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The 20th edition of Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (FILMART) just ended. 800 exhibitors from more than 30 countries and regions took part. On one topic there seems to be a consensus...
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Cartoon Movie 2016
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March 7, 2016
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Our Cartoon Movie visit was great and inspiring this year. Cartoon events succeed continuously to present animation on it's full wide scale and the events doesn't exhibit only animation projects for...
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Berlin EFM 2016
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February 21, 2016
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Anima visited EFM once again. This time 90% of Anima's meetings in Berlin were related to China. Bridging the Dragon and the European Film Market organised the first Sino-European Production...
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Wrapping up the year 2015
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December 18, 2015
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It's time to wrap up the year and wish Happy Holidays to all of our friends! Let's take a quick look on what our year 2015 included. Our main projects in 2015 have been Fleak, Hugo and Julia &...
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Your Bridge
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November 21, 2015
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Our joint-venture project “Your Bridge” with Futurecode has landed to Tokyo. Your Bridge is a China-Japan-Finland co-production project, supported by the Ministry of Education and Culture in...
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California here we come!
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November 2, 2015
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It's time to travel to sunny California and the American Film Market. Before AFM Anima once again visits the World Animation & VFX Summit where our CEO Petteri Pasanen has been invited to take...
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Development support for Fleak
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September 21, 2015
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Great news! The Finnish Film Foundation has granted a development support for Fleak yet again. This is already the third time as FFF supported Fleak so they really like the project and we appreciate...
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Anima is starting co-operation in Tokyo
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May 29, 2015
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Anima’s red t-shirt looks good in Japan too. Anima has been looking for designers and production artists in Asia for our Julia&PAL feature. Now it is happening with Japan. This all started...
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Fleak mobile games
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May 25, 2015
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During spring 2015 we were happy to collaborate with Metropolia to produce small-scale Fleak mobile games. Anima has a long history with Metropolia because many Metropolia students have been...
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Hugo at Cannes Film Festival 2015
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May 13, 2015
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We had a good start introducing the Hugo movie to marketplace in Berlin EFM 2015 with our great sales agent GFM Films. Distributor response was very encouraging and we carried the momentum forward in...
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Fleak to Animation Production Day 2015
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March 16, 2015
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We are very proud to announce that Fleak has been selected for Animation Production Day 2015. The Animation Production Day, hosted by FMX and ITFS, is a business platform for the international...
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Fleak at Digital Biscuit
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January 30, 2015
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Fleak's director, Antti, visited Digital Bisquit 2015 in Ireland. We were happy to receive an invitation to this interesting film and technology forum which was packed up with interesting...
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Wrapping up the year 2014
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December 18, 2014
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It's time to wrap up the year 2014 and wish Happy Holidays to all of our friends! Let's take a quick look on what our colourful year included. Our main projects in 2014 have been Fleak, Hugo, Niko...
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Anima at Asia TV Forum 2014
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December 16, 2014
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We attended Asia TV Forum between 9-12 December. Anima's main producer Petteri Pasanen was presenting our projects (Fleak / Hugo / Niko) at Finnanimation's booth D35. During the week we got also...
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Niko 1 – CBS’s Annual Holiday Favorite
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December 5, 2014
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Niko 1 a.k.a. The Flight before Christmas was one of the winners on CBS's thanksgiving week in USA. "CBS's annual holiday favorites Frosty The Snowman, Yes, Virginia, The Flight before Christmas...
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Sunny California: WAS and AFM 2014
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November 19, 2014
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Yet again it was time for Anima to head to sunny California. First we attended the third annual World Animation & VFX Summit, which was held at the California Yacht Club in Marina Del Rey right...
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Anima and Hugo at PFM 2014
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October 20, 2014
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We were proud for the possibility to attend Film London’s Production Finance Market yet again. The eighth PFM was held during Wednesday 14 - Thursday 15 October. The market was busy and there...
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Cartoon Forum 2014 summary
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September 30, 2014
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Cartoon Forum, Europe's biggest pitching & co-production forum for animated TV projects, celebrated its silver anniversary this year. The event attracted more than 850 industry professionals...
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Fleak got development support
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September 22, 2014
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Yet another great news for Fleak! The Finnish Film Foundation has granted a development support for our new animated series - Fleak. The timing is perfect because we are heading this week to Cartoon...
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Development support from Creative Europe
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August 25, 2014
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We are really happy to inform you that Creative Europe has granted development support for Hugo – The World's Worst Comeback. Way to go Hugo! The MEDIA sub-programme of Creative Europe supports...
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Fleak to Cartoon Forum 2014
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June 23, 2014
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Let us introduce you to Fleak! Fleak is Anima's new series in development and we are so proud to announce that it has been accepted by the Selection Committee to be presented during the Cartoon...
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Anima at Annecy
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June 10, 2014
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Today Anima's producers arrived in Annecy. We are at MIFA from Wednesday 11th to Friday 13th. This is one of the animation industry's top events in Europe and nowadays people visit the animation...
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AnimaPoint celebrated it’s 1st birthday
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June 5, 2014
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In 2013 Anima set up its second animation studio, AnimaPoint, to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in cooperation with a local partner Creative Media Point. The animation studio is based on a production line...
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Anima at Cannes Film Festival 2014
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May 17, 2014
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Yesterday we started our Cannes Film Festival 2014 meetings presenting our feature animation Hugo – The World's Worst Comeback. It's great to be here and take part in the movie buzz. The city is...
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Niko 2 – Best-selling Finnish DVD/Blu-ray
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May 9, 2014
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According to The Finnish Film Distributors' Association's fresh report Niko 2 was the best-selling Finnish DVD/Blu-ray in 2013! In Finland the animation feature is distributed by Nordisk...
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Cartoon Movie 2014 summary
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March 14, 2014
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The trolls are back in Finland and Denmark! A huge amount of troll power was released in Lyon, France in last week. Cartoon Movie 2014 was a great success for Hugo. People loved our Hugo presentation...
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Hugo got development support from FFF
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February 14, 2014
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Anima is very proud to tell you that the Finnish Film Foundation has granted development support for the Hugo...
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Visiting China
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January 30, 2014
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Anima's CEO Petteri Pasanen made a short visit to Beijing. Now that Anima's joint venture studio AnimaPoint is up and running in Malaysia, there are lots of collaboration possibilities also in other...
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AnimaPoint is hiring
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January 10, 2014
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Great news! Our joint venture studio AnimaPoint is looking for new talents to join their awesome team in Malaysia. If you think you would be suitable for joining AnimaPoint's animation loving...
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Hugo to Cartoon Movie 2014
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December 21, 2013
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We got our early Christmas present and we are super excited! Our new feature in development "Hugo – The World's Worst Comeback" got selected to Cartoon Movie 2014. The pitching event will be held...
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Niko 2’s DVD and Blu-ray release in Finland
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November 13, 2013
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It's time to celebrate – Niko 2 has just been released in DVD and Blu-ray here in Finland! Support the flying reindeer and his awesome friends by sharing these excellent...
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Niko 2 sold to multiple territories
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October 30, 2013
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German sales group closed deals across Europe and Asia for the 3D animated films Niko 2 and Richard the Stork. "Niko 2 sold to Metrodome in the U.K.; Chinese distributor Flame; Intersonic/Abbey Road...
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Anima at PFM2013
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October 24, 2013
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Anima attended Film London's Production Finance Market 2013. Seventh Production Finance Market (PFM) was held Wednesday 16 - Thursday 17 October 2013. Anima was proud to get in to the market with our...
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AnimaPoint
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August 27, 2013
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AnimaPoint was kickstarted in mid-July 2013 – half a year earlier than planned. Things are happening fast at the moment. The animation studio is a joint venture between Anima Vitae, Finland, and...
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Tokyo Kinder Film Festival 2013
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August 20, 2013
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Great news from 21st Tokyo Kinder Film Festival! Niko 2 - Little Brother, Big Trouble won the Grand Prix of the best film in feature section! The award was selected by their kinder jurors. The staff...
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Little Dudesons to Cartoon Forum 2013
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June 1, 2013
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Great news! Our new project Little Dudesons got selected to the next Cartoon Forum. The forum will be held in September in beautiful Toulouse, France. Anima is proud to develop the animated series...
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Cartoon Movie Tributes 2013 nomination
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March 5, 2013
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Great news! Anima Vitae and Cinemaker have been nominated for Cartoon Movie Tributes 2013 in the category “European Producer of the Year”. We got this honour for our fantastic success with Niko 2...
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Anima hired a visionary Creative Director
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January 4, 2013
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Year 2013 started very well for Anima. We received a confirmation that one of the top talents in animation industry, Mikko Pitkänen, is joining our team as a Creative Director. “Anima offered a...
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Niko 2 Gala Evening
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November 1, 2012
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Time flies. Niko 2 – Little Brother, Big Trouble launched here in Finland almost a month ago. By 31th October we had 100k viewers and now in November it’s time for some bigger countries such as...
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One night to premiere!
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October 27, 2012
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Niko 2 – Little Brother, Big Trouble will soon be in theaters in Finland followed by Germany, Denmark and France. It’s funny how excited you’ll get of seeing the film even you’ve worked with...
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Niko flies into AppStore
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October 24, 2012
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Now it is also possible to take part in Niko’s adventures with mobile game. Niko 2 game is downloadable from App Store. In the official mobile game of Niko 2 – Little Brother, Big Trouble the...
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Nordic TD Forum
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October 15, 2011
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Anima is one of the proud founders of the Nordic TD Forum. Now, after two annual conferences and one Stereoscopic seminar, we can say that the forum has successfully increased the know-how and...
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The president of Finland visited Anima
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November 4, 2009
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President of the Republic of Finland Tarja Halonen visited Anima Vitae to meet Finnish animation professionals and to get acquaited with the industry. Present were also animation producers Jyrki...
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