Young Horizons Industry 2024 Winners Announced
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Photo credit: Michał Mroczkowski
During the award ceremony at the Young Horizons Industry, international co-production event in Warsaw, Poland, Zofia Horszczaruk, Head of Young Horizons Industry, and Maciej Jakubczyk, Head of Young Horizons, together with award partners: Magdalena Zimecka, Managing Director of ORKA Postproduction Studio, Magda Janowska, Postproduction Manager at FIXAFILM, Anna Szadkowska, Production Manager at Wroclaw Feature Film Studio, Adam Romanowski, CEO of No Problemo Music, Lennart Ström, Managing Director of m:brane, and Anna Głowik, representing CEE Animation Forum, handed over the awards for the best projects presented in the in-development and work-in-progress section.
Winners of the Young Horizons Industry 2024
1st ORKA Award: “Sneakermania”, Helsinki-filmi, Finland, live-action series, presented by Mia Ylönen and Ima Iduozee
–> €7.000 for the in-kind award for a post-production and VFX services at ORKA
2nd ORKA Award: “Lampie”, Leitwolf Filmproduktion, Germany, live-action/animated film presented by Julia Keller
–> €3.500 for a supporting service of ORKA in fundraising for co-production of a project with Poland
FIXAFILM Award: “Mega Pals”, 20 Pictures to Midnight, Belgium, Luxembourg, Poland, Germany, live-action with CGI series, presented by Weronika Kasprzak and François Lefebvre
–> €7.000 for the in-kind award for a post-production and VFX services at FIXAFILM
Wroclaw Feature Film Studio Award: “The Adventures of Baltazar Gąbka”, TV Working, Poland, Live-action film presented by Weronika Bałdyga and Marta Karwowska
–> €10.000 for the in-kind award
Animond Award: “Rainy Days”, Animadre Studio, Austria, animated series, presented by Ani Antonova
–> joining the Animond portfolio – opportunity to secure the gap financing through the Animond platform
No Problemo Music Award: “Ghetto Classic”, Dynamo Film, Poland, Spain, documentary film, presented by Katia Priwieziencew and Jakub Czerwiński
–> a free music license for songs from the Audio Network’s library for their production and its promotional materials without restrictions on time, territory or fields of use
CEE Animation Forum Award: “Ursa the Polar Bear”, Upnorth Film, Norway, animated series, presented by Maria Motovska and Natalia Bratli
–> the project and team will have direct access to the Market at the CEE Animation Forum
m:brane Exchange Award: “Welcome to Vegetown”, TOKU, France, stop motion animated series, presented by Laure Clemansaud and Xavier Truchon
–> direct access to official selection during m:brane in Sweden
Discover more details about the projects presented at Young Horizons Industry: industry.younghorizons.pl/projects/
Young Horizons Industry is a co-production forum and meeting hub for film professionals who are passionate about making films and series for young audiences. It takes place every autumn as part of the Young Horizons International Film Festival in Warsaw, Poland.
The goal of the forum is simple: helping creators connect with potential partners. By bringing together projects and industry players, we are creating a space where you can exchange ideas and form partnerships.
In 2024, twenty one projects were presented in pitching sections. Ten more projects took part in a new section Project Pool.
Young Horizons Industry is co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, Creative Europe MEDIA sub-programme, City of Warsaw, and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage within a frame of the Polish Creative Industries Development Center programme “Rozwój Sektorów Kreatywnych”, and organised in partnerships with Mazovia Warsaw Film Commission, ORKA, FIXAFILM, Wroclaw Feature Film Studio, Animond, No Problemo Music, Łódź Film Commission, Silesian Film Fund, Podkarpackie Regional Film Fund, Krakow Film Fund and Malopolska Film Fund of the Small Forms, Polish Producers Alliance (KIPA), Polish Animation Producers Association (SPPA), Crew United, m:brane, CEEA Forum, Animarkt Stop Motion Forum, Animation Production Days, Just Film Industry Days, Coprocity, Children’s Media Foundation.
Media patrons: Cineuropa, Film New Europe, C21Media, Licensing Magazine, Skwigly
Patrons: Polish Screenwrites’ Guild, Natural Born Writers.