Local cel bloc: Rhone-Alpes regional players toon up for the global market.(V plus: CARTOON MOVIE 2011)(Brief article)

FOLIMAGE

Won the European Film Academy's animation feature in 2009 for Jacques-Remy Girerd's "Mia and the Magoo." Current pic "A Cat in Paris" sold U.S. rights to New York's Gkids. "Cat" directors Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli are re-teaming with Folimage on "Phantom Boy."

GEBEKA FILMS

France's kidpic specialist distributor launched in 1997 and handles six-eight new pics a year. Co-produces and releases hits, such as Michel Ocelot's 2005 "Kirikou and the Wild Beasts."

LES FILMS DU NORD

Animated-short film house led by producer Arnaud Demuynck that promotes auteur-driven shorts created via France-Belgium toon axis.

TEAMTO …