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Discover all the highlights of the 27th edition of Cartoons on the Bay from May 31st to June 4th 2023 in Pescara, Italy

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Discover all the highlights of the 27th edition of Cartoons on the Bay from May 31st to June 4th 2023 in Pescara, Italy

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Professional Program

3 days of events to connect with the Italian and International industry

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Public Program

Performances, exhibitions, and concerts for children and families

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School Program

2 mornings exclusively dedicated to elementary and middle school children

Cinema Program

Previews, screenings and other events for the public of the Festival

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Pulcinella Special Awards

Career Award

Peter Lord

Co-founder and Creative Director of Aardman Animations, the studio behind Wallace & Gromit and Shaun The Sheep

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Career Award

Ari Folman

Golden Globe winner and Academy Award nominated Israeli director, writer and producer

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Studio of the Year

Mackinnon & Saunders

Puppet creator studio for Wes Anderson, Tim Burton e the recent Pinocchio by Guillermo Del Toro

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Transmedia Award

Cuphead

The successful transmedia brand from the video game to the animated series

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Guest Country 2023: Germany

The Industry Program of the Festival proposes a series of events to go in depth into the country’s production and to connect with the Italian industry in order to facilitate co-production agreements

Topic of the year

Real, unreal, imagined and imaginary worlds between utopia, opportunity, alienation and the suspension of technological disbelief

Pulcinella Awards

Discover all the finalists

Preschool Tv Shows, Upper Preschool Tv Shows, Kids Tv Series, Youth Tv Shows, Interactive Animations, Live Action or Hybrid TV Series, Tv Pilots, Shorts Films and Animated Feature Films: the Festival offers an overview of the global production putting the spotlight on the most relevant titles which are part of the year’s competition

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Juries

The International Jury, the Feature Film Jury and the Pitch Me Jury! assign the awards during the Festival

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The manifesto created by Monica Manganelli

The artwork is a tribute to surrealist painting and to theater masks with a reference to the iconic Pulcinella of the festival logo

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