ANIMA MUNDI Newsletter | December 2025

We’re excited to share the latest milestones and insights into the project’s progress towards strengthening the European Animation Industry Ecosystem. 

Following the finalisation of our Set the Stage Workshops held between June and September, ANIMA MUNDI is moving into its next phase of activities across our research hubs. The workshops brought together stakeholders from the audiovisual sector, CCIs (including videogames and comics), academia, and public authorities to identify challenges and generate new ideas for the future of European animation. They laid the foundation for our research hubs and informed key priorities such as IP management, discoverability, and institutional cooperation.

In this edition, you’ll find a guided overview of what’s new and what’s next:

• Setting the scene: How ANIMA MUNDI is strengthening the European Animation Industry through hubs focused on IP management, institutional cooperation, and audience discoverability.
• Project progress: Highlights from our Set the Stage Workshops and key findings from the Literature Review Report, addressing challenges like IP rights, platformisation, and AI ethics.
• Industry events & synergies: From the CEE Animation Conference GO! to the EUI Scientific Seminar and Horizon Europe Cluster 2 Coordinators’ Day, see how we’re connecting research, policy, and practice.
• New collaborations: ANIMA MUNDI joins the Games for Culture Cluster (GCC), opening doors to cross-sector innovation in gaming and cultural impact.
• Across channels: Explore what the media is saying about Europe’s animation industry and ANIMA MUNDI’s role in shaping its future.
• Industry insights: Fresh data from the European Audiovisual Observatory, new funding opportunities like CODA Co-development Awards, and regional highlights from CEE and the Baltics.

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