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The Cartoon d'Or was a European award for
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History

It was rewarded every year to the best European short film from Cartoon's partner festivals until it was suppressed in favor of the Emile Awards. Amongst this short list, a
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selects 5 films that will be screened during the Cartoon Forum (in order to promote 5
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s each year) and one film will receive the Cartoon d'Or. Created in 1991, the Cartoon d'Or used to be the only completely European animation prize until the final award was given to Gabriel Harel for ''Yùl and the Snake'' in 2016. The competition aimed to "promote the talents of European animation."


Background

The Cartoon d'Or was created in order to nourish the European animation industry by work from creative filmmakers. European
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lacked of
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to compete with programming on offer from the United States and Japan. Moreover, although major financial support was being given to develop European animation, no special place was made for it at major European festivals and awards (
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, the European Felix etc.).


The award ceremony

The
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takes place during the Cartoon Forum which gathers all the players in the economic structure of European animation (700 professionals including 250 potential investors, 350 producers, 60 journalists and 40 public funding bodies). Consequently, the Cartoon Forum can act as a pipeline between short film makers and the industry. Indeed, the finalists are often approached by producers to work on series or
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s. Some finalists and prize-winners have themselves gone on to make series or feature films.


List of winners

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See also

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Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film The Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film is an award given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) as part of the annual Academy Awards, or Oscars, since the 5th Academy Awards (with different names), covering the year ...
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List of animation awards This list of animation awards is an index of articles about notable awards for animation. It excludes animated feature films awards, which are covered by a separate list. It includes a list of Japanese anime awards. General Anime awards S ...


References

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External links


Official Cartoon website, Cartoon d'Or
1991 establishments in Europe Animation awards Awards disestablished in 2016 Awards established in 1991 Short film awards