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Laying the Foundation: How Catalonia Is Building a Global Animation Powerhouse
Catalonia's animation boom thrives on public funding, education, global co-productions and authentic storytelling.
Though Berger hails from Madrid, the film was backed by the Barcelona-based Arcadia Motion Pictures, a detail that underscores a larger trend: Catalonia has quietly but steadily transformed into one of Europe’s most exciting hubs for animation. Marta Alonso, executive producer at Teidees and co-producer of the upcoming series “Under the Sofa,” which the company will be sharing with distributors at this year’s Annecy MIFA amrket, sees this as a core pillar of industry growth. What truly sets Catalan films apart from the pack is not big-budget aesthetics or groundbreaking technological advances; it’s a motivated base of talented and uniquely experienced artists using their craft to tell stories rooted in lived experience and featuring cultural authenticity.
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