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LevelK Joins Betty Balloon Ahead of Cartoon Movie Presentation
Copenhagen-based international sales and aggregation house LevelK has secured worldwide rights to Puk Grasten’s upcoming pre-school animated feature and TV series Betty Balloon. The agreement - finalised between LevelK CEO Tine Klint and the film’s main producer Regner Grasten - was reached just ahead of the project’s work-in-progress presentation at Cartoon Movie in Bordeaux. A theatrical release of the animated feature is scheduled for October 2026 in Denmark, with Danish TV2 set to premiere the series.
First findings of pan-European young audience study unveiled at KIDS Regio Forum
For children growing up in Europe today, streaming services are the primarygateway to consume media. Digital domains such as YouTube or TikTok should therefore be taken seriously, as they significantly influence how children today engage with media culture. When they visit the cinema, the focus shifts to the overall movie experience surrounding the film. These and other findings are part of "Keeping Up With Children as an Audience", a new, first-of-its-kind pan-European study, presented by Rikke Flodin in the opening keynote at the fourth edition of KIDS Regio Forum in Erfurt, Germany, today.
Berlinale Forum opener The Long Road to the Director’s Chair gets TV series follow-up
Vibeke Løkkeberg’s groundbreaking poetic documentary The Long Road to the Director’s Chair is to become a multi-part TV series announced producer Anders Tangen of Viafilm today. The film opens this year’s Berlinale Forum where it is presented as a world premiere.
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New Czech Audiovisual Fund opens up to supporting series and games
With the rebranding of the Czech Film Fund to the Czech Audiovisual Fund (CAF), the Czech Republic's audiovisual sector is on the brink of a significant advancement. The operation aligns with the new Audiovisual Act, effective from 1 January, marking the most substantial evolution of the fund since its establishment in 2013. Extending its support from films to series and games, CAF becomes a dynamic, diversified and forward-thinking institution, championing all forms of visual storytelling. With refreshed funding models, increased financial contributions from local and international stakeholders and a revamped production incentive structure, the goal is to attract global interest while bolstering local talent.