Friday, November 28, 2008
Update: Funny Face Cartoon wins award
Loudmouth Lime cannot keep his mouth shut about his much-anticipated Funny Face cartoon series, though he must share the spotlight with his other fruity friends. We wanted to take this opportunity to pass along a very exciting and promising update!
The Funny Face team was invited to participate in the MIPCOM Junior licensing challenge in October. MIPCOM Junior describes itself as "the world’s largest kids’ programming screening event and the leading international conference venue for kids and youth programming" and takes place in Cannes, France each year.
84 different projects had submitted applications for the event. Of those, only six were selected to present their pitch at the event.
Drumroll..........
I'm happy to inform you that the Funny Face team won the challenge as the "most promising property"!
They've put together a brilliant idea for a good, clean cartoon for kids with a splash of nostalgia for us big kids, too. If you have not seen it already, be sure to check out the original Funny Face trailer.
Jolly Olly Orange almost lost his hat while rolling in to remind me of another media highlight. The project was featured in a licensing magazine article which can be seen here.
Help spread the word and keep your fingers crossed that these happy fruits find their way to a television set near you in 2009!