Inside Catalonia’s Build as One of Europe’s Most Exciting Animation Hubs

Packing 11 titles at Annecy and six animated feature releases in 2025, Catalonia bows now at least a dozen animated titles which will bid fair for international sales

By John Hopewell

John Hopewell

Chief International Correspondent

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In 2017, one Catalan animated feature hit cinema theaters. Eight years later, after a 2023 Oscar nomination for “Robot Dreams,” produced by Barcelona’s Arcadia Motion Pictures, in 2025 six Catalan animated features saw a theatrical release. This year, Catalonia has 11 titles selected for Annecy, between its festival and MIFA market, led by Contrechamp contender “Winnipeg, Seeds of Hope.”

At least a dozen upcoming Catalan animation titles bid fair for international sales. These include a modern-day makeover of one of Catalonia’s biggest IPs, 1990’s TV series “The Triplets,” plus “Tad and the Magic Lamp,” the fourth “Tad the Lost Explorer” toon pic iteration, a potential blockbuster, and “Pink Punk Delta,” a feature which harnesses much of the aesthetic revolution in animation techniques in a tale of young feminist rebellion. 

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