Disney Television Animation and Disney Television Animation CEO Meredith Roberts Team Up With UNESCO and Women In Animation For Stories X Women Shorts Program.
Today, WIA announced the five delegates selected for the 2024 cohort for Stories x Women, a program aimed at increasing diversity of voices in animation globally.
Stories x Women’s concrete goal is to support access to international opportunities for women animators from emerging national film and audio-visual animation communities of Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America who want to tell their authentic stories. The Walt Disney Company, Disney Television Animation and UNESCO are sponsoring the program.
These talented creatives will benefit from a series of mentoring sessions led by internationally acclaimed animation experts, as well as 1:1 coaching sessions that will prepare them to pitch their projects in the upcoming 2024 Annecy International Animation Film Festival and Market (MIFA), including as part of the MIFA Pitching Sessions. The teams will be conducting their pitches on Tuesday, June 11 from 10:45 a.m. to 12 p.m. CEST in the Impérial Palace in the Haendel Room.
The selected delegations are (listed in alphabetical order by project):
AIMÓ (AIMO) – Brazil. A project led by Fernanda Alves Salgado (with Giuliana Danza)
The Human and the Android – Indonesia. A project led by Theresa Cornelia
Jaé Natal! (S’up Xmas) – Brazil. A project led by Camila Padhila (with Roger Keesse)
Karetabla – Argentina. A project led by Maria Rosario Carlino (with Carlos Zerpa)
OARONA – South Africa. A project led by Thandiwe Mlauli (with Angel Pitre)
“Supporting women in animation is essential to Disney’s commitment to empowering the next generation of storytellers,” said Meredith Roberts, CEO of Disney Television Animation and Vice President of Television Animation at Disney Branded Television. “This support helps ensure that a multitude of voices, cultures, and perspectives are represented in animation, fostering richer narratives that resonate with global audiences.”