Cartoon d'or

[1] It was rewarded every year to the best European short film from Cartoon's partner festivals until it was suppressed in favor of the Emile Awards.

Created in 1991,[3] the Cartoon d'Or used to be the only completely European animation prize until the final award was given to Gabriel Harel for Yùl and the Snake in 2016.

"[4] The Cartoon d'Or was created in order to nourish the European animation industry by work from creative filmmakers.

European television series lacked of creativity to compete with programming on offer from the United States and Japan.

[5] The award ceremony takes place during the Cartoon Forum which gathers all the players in the economic structure of European animation (700 professionals including 250 potential investors, 350 producers, 60 journalists and 40 public funding bodies).