Meredith Shea opened the event with a presentation of how to submit animated features to the Academy Awards. An animation panel followed with Hollywood producer Bonnie Arnold as moderator, and guests: director Jérémy Clapin (I lost my body), producer Marc du Pontavice, producers Damien and Didier Brunner (Folivari), composer Emmanuel Deletang (Samsam, les Hirondelles de Kaboul, Ernest et Célestine), scriptwriter Anita Doron (Parvana), director Alain Gagnol (Phantom Boy, les Contes du Hérisson) as well as directors Hélène Giraud and Thomas Szabo (Minuscule).