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The short film, "Bellevue" makes its debut on the opening night of the Hof Film Days

Michael Schwertel wins the DEFA Award 2010 as the producer of an international co-production "Watching the ball"

Michael Schwertel takes part in the animated exchange forum Dresden / Belgrade.

BKM is funding the project "The World in Figures"

Michael Schwertelis a member of the jury of the Grimme Online Award 2010.

Power-Toons involved in the exchange Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs in cooperation with Illuminatedfilms / London

As one of six mediarepresentatives Michael Schwertel has been chosen in the 92-member Chamber of Commerce in Cologne.

Michael Schwertel holds on behalf of the Adolf Grimme Akademy a lecture on "the business of animation and design" at the Film Academy Ludwigsburg.

Animation work completed for "Nature is Future", a film for the Federal Environment Ministry.

"Bellevue" short film receives funding from the Filmstiftung NRW foundation.

"Il Giardino" wins 2009 Murnau Short Film Prize. POWER TOONS was responsible for the effects, title sequence and closing credits.

"Paddy, the little Pirate" wins bronze at the 2008 Hörspiel Awards in the children’s single audio story category.

For the third year in a row, POWER TOONS founder Michael Schwertel is appointed to the 2009 Grimme Online Awards nomination committee as crossmedia expert.

POWER TOONS delivers six short image videos for pen tablet manufacturer Wacom.

POWER TOONS chief Michael Schwertel holds lecture ""The business of animation and design" for the Grimme Akademie at the Ludwigsburg film academy.

The "Paddy, the little Pirate" audio play is released by Wellenreiter (=Lübbe Verlag?) and available from retailers everywhere. Amazon

Michael Schwertel takes part in Pygmalion with his "Paddy, the little Pirate" project. Promoting writers and producers, Pygmalion is supported by the EU’s MEDIA Desk programme..

Minister of State Bernd Neumann, Germany’s federal cultural and media affairs commissioner, provides a production grant for the short film " Paddy, the tiny pirate! "

Logo animation by POWER TOONS for Coinfilm, a Cologne-based film production company, is screened for the first time at the 2008 Berlinale.

Crossmedia expert Michael Schwertel from POWER TOONSb is named for the second year running to the nomination committee for the 2008 Grimme Online Awards.

"Paddy, the little Pirate", an animated children’s film, receives funding from Filmstiftung NRW, a foundation.

POWER TOONS completes production for "Il Giardino", a short film from Michael Ester featuring Dirk Bach, Sven Martinek and Julia Beerhold, among others. The company was responsible for the effects, title sequence and closing credits.

POWER TOONS finalizes production of an image film for Volkswagen and Audi.

POWER TOONS founder and crossmedia expert Michael Schwertel is chosen for the 2007 Grimme Online Awards nomination committee.

POWER TOONS is among the second round of grant recipients from AV-Gründerzentrum, an organization supporting audio-visual media start-ups.

POWER-TOONS goes online.