Cartoon Forum has named the nominees for this year’s annual Tribute awards, which recognizes companies that have made significant contributions to the animation biz. 

There are 10 finalists in the running across the Tribute’s Broadcaster of the Year, Investor/Distributor of the Year and Producer of the Year categories. The awards are a nice feather in the cap for animation companies, especially since the winners are determined by their industry peers. 

The battle for Broadcaster of the Year will be between free-to-air channel TF1 (France) and the public broadcasters Danish Broadcasting Corporation (Denmark) and Radio Televisión Española (Spain). 

Investor/Distributor of the Year nominees are Liquid Rock Entertainment (Spain), Mediatoon Distribution (France) and Meta Media Entertainment (UK). 

And GS Animation (Poland), Creative Conspiracy (Belgium), Silex Films (France) and Studio Film Bilder (Germany) are in the running for Producer of the Year. 

Cartoon Forum’s roughly 1,000 attendees vote on the winners during the event in Toulouse. Cartoon runs from September 15 to 18 this year, and will host 75 pitches for animated series and specials. 

Stay tuned next week for when Kidscreen will highlight five projects that have grabbed our attention ahead of the event. 

Also, if you’re heading to Cartoon Forum, Kidscreen‘s senior reporter Ryan Tuchow will be there  looking to meet with producers and buyers who have news to share. You can reach him at rtuchow@brunico.com to schedule a meeting. 

Pictured is This Moose Belongs to Me, a special from Sixteen South and and Producer of the Year nominee Creative Conspiracy, which is co-producing the special.