万童WeKids独家赞助MIPJUNIOR 25周年商务午餐会

原标题：WeKids aims to incubate new talent
October 16, 2017

MIPJUNIOR是每年最大的国际儿童电视节目选片会及论坛，这里汇集了全世界最具影响力的儿童内容买家、卖家和制作人。今年恰逢MIPJUNIOR举办25周年之际，万童互动独家赞助的商务午餐会（Networking Lunch）于法国当地时间10月14日在戛纳Hotel Majestic举行，近500名全球儿童行业从业者到场参加。

在午餐会开始时，储晓冶，万童互动的创始人兼CEO，发表了题为《WeKids – Connecting You To Millions》的演讲。他坦言，自己非常感谢那些信任万童并和万童签订协议的220多名制片人和发行商。另外他还补充，万童希望能有更多机会与全行业的精英合作，包括从收购到作品的前期买进、融资和和联合制作等各个环节。

（万童CEO储晓冶发表演讲）

万童WeKids是一家专门在大中华地区进行优质儿童动画作品的发行和品牌运营的公司，在北京、深圳、纽约等地设有办公室，业务内容包括动画独家发行、品牌授权、衍生品开发以及玩具销售等。

（万童公司参会团队）

据悉，万童将与加拿大的动画制作公司Nelvana以及Toon Boom联手开展一次新的尝试，在中国发起原创动画竞赛，该竞赛旨在挖掘富有创新精神的人才，为全球市场提供更具创意的作品。从2018年1月起，参赛者即可提交动画短片，获奖者将与Nelvana公司、万童互动和Toon Boom公司签署发展协议。

储晓冶先生同时也感谢了小米，一家来自北京的科技公司。小米既是万童互动的主要投资人，也是重要的合作伙伴。小米在中国已经售出超过1.6亿部智能手机，以及1700万台智能电视以及互联网机顶盒。

（小米公司代表李昕玥，万童CEO储晓冶，万童EVP Daniel Victor）

SEAN Chu, founder and CEO of WeKids, welcomed the global kids community to MIP Junior at the WeKids-sponsored MIP- Junior Networking Lunch. He thanked the “more than 220 producers and distributors who believed in us and licensed their properties to us”. He added: “We welcome more opportunities to work with you, from acquisition to pre-buying, gap financing and co-productions.”

WeKids specialises in the distribution and brand management of high-quality animation in China, and has offices in Beijing, Shenzhen and New York.

It is now, alongside Canadian producers Nelvana and Toon Boom Animation, embarking on a fresh adventure: an animation incubator competition to discover innovative Chinese talent making creative properties for the global market. Submissions of animated shorts will be accepted from January 2018 and the winners will secure development deals with Nelvana, WeKids and Toon Boom.

Chu also thanked Xiaomi, a Beijing-based tech company that is a major investor in, and partner of, WeKids. It has sold more than 160 million smartphones and 17 million smart-TV and OTT boxes in China.