The organisers of the event which takes place in Toulouse have made a final decision regarding the change of date and have brought the forum forward by one day.
The Cartoon Forum is the largest European market for animated TV projects, and is supported by Creative Europe.
The date change has come about following plans by the French trade unions to conduct a general strike on September 12th.
New Dates:
Monday 11th September: arrival of the participants and welcome dinner at 20:30
Tuesday 12th, Wednesday 13th, Thursday 14th September: Cartoon Forum
Thursday 14th September: Farewell Dinner at 20:00
Friday 15th September: departure
Cartoon Forum Spokesperson:
“We are aware that the trade unions could eventually cancel the strike, at the end of August-beginning of September, but for now we cannot risk waiting. As it is a “general” strike, it could impact air transport as well as trains. At worst, this would mean that most participants wouldn’t be able to reach Toulouse on that day which would lead to the cancellation of this edition of the Cartoon Forum. We don’t want to take any risk and to bring the Cartoon Forum forward by one day is the least bad solution.”
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