Cartoon Movie is a co-production and co-financing forum for animated feature films, based on project submissions very upstream of production. It is similar to the Cartoon Forum and is structured based on the “pitching” of projects (no stands, no competitions of the festival type). It takes place once a year at the Congress Centre in Lyon.The main objectives of Cartoon Movie are to - increase the European supply of animated feature films- create a network of European distributors specialized in animation- increase the level of quality to conquer the international market- allow small and new countries to finance and export their films- bring back animation work to Europe- increase the presence of new distribution platforms and the cross-media sector- increase the presence of sales agents- provide more funding opportunities by gradually and carefully internationalising the event- enlarge gateways with video games within the framework of CARTOON GAMES- increase the number of participants from the cross-media sector- give all projects an equal opportunity regardless of whether they come from a large or small country- prepare the new generation and the new talentsMore specifically, the objectives of CARTOON MOVIE 2016 are to:- maintain the same number of projects submitted as last year (55-60)- broaden the range of buyers, including bringing in a greater number of non-European distributors and non-traditional distributors from cross-media- encourage the participation of professionals from the new member countries of the European Union by providing a significant reduction on the registration price (-30%)