Sixteen South

Sixteen South Creating, producing and distributing quality television for kids with heart. Telling funny stories We love telling stories.

We are dedicated to the creation and production of premium television for children all over the world. Stories that make our young and not-so-young audiences stop and gaze at the awesome wonder all around them. Stories that entertain and bring a thrill to their lives.

Very last minute decision to attend Cartoon Business this week in the amazing Autoworkd in Brussels. And very productive...
14/11/2025

Very last minute decision to attend Cartoon Business this week in the amazing Autoworkd in Brussels. And very productive!

We.were THRILLED to win the Mipjunior pitch yesterday with our brand new 6-9 mystery adventure comedy series, THE RETRI...
13/10/2025

We.were THRILLED to win the Mipjunior pitch yesterday with our brand new 6-9 mystery adventure comedy series, THE RETRIEVERS! Shortlisted from 63 entries, Stephen pitched against 4 other series to an illustrious panel of leading broadcasters to win!

We're all thrilled to announce this wonderful news! After putting out a call earlier this year, and looking at many oppo...
01/10/2025

We're all thrilled to announce this wonderful news! After putting out a call earlier this year, and looking at many opportunities, we've chosen (and been trusted with) distributing the wonderful MIXMUPS. It's an amazing CG/2D/Stop motion series about three pals who imagine pretend-play scenarios. Two of them have visible disabilities. We're delighted to be working with the brilliant creator, Rebecca Atkinson and the equally wonderful Mackinnon and Saunders who produced the series.

Thanks at for the story!

The results are in... and we're utterly blown away that our pitch for THIS MOOSE BELONGS TO ME was the second highest at...
18/09/2025

The results are in... and we're utterly blown away that our pitch for THIS MOOSE BELONGS TO ME was the second highest attended pitch at Cartoon Forum this year. 75 wonderful projects from all over Europe were pitched and we're thrilled at the reaction to our first half hour special from such a beloved talent as . Thank you to our wonderful partners and as always to the mighty .eu team.

Huge congratulations to our new partners, for winning Producer of the year at Cartoon Forum today! We're delighted for ...
18/09/2025

Huge congratulations to our new partners, for winning Producer of the year at Cartoon Forum today! We're delighted for you!

What an honour to pitch such an amazing project as THIS MOOSE BELONGS TO ME this afternoon at Cartoon Forum. 189 broadca...
16/09/2025

What an honour to pitch such an amazing project as THIS MOOSE BELONGS TO ME this afternoon at Cartoon Forum. 189 broadcasters, investors and producers came. We were overwhelmed and really touched with the love and support in the room!

It's wonderful to be back at CARTOON FORUM - and this year it is our absolute privilege for ODO to be the showcase carto...
16/09/2025

It's wonderful to be back at CARTOON FORUM - and this year it is our absolute privilege for ODO to be the showcase cartoon - chosen by .eu to celebrate its huge success all over Europe. We wrote and produced a little short animation with our partners at to open the trailers at breakfast and lunch every day this week.

We're on our way to Toulouse and another edition of CARTOON FORUM - this time with our very first animated special. And ...
15/09/2025

We're on our way to Toulouse and another edition of CARTOON FORUM - this time with our very first animated special. And what a special it is...

We're delighted to announce the beginning of our collaboration with internationally renowned picture book author and visual artist, with the screen adaptation of his wonderful book, 'This Moose Belongs To Me'.

Thank you for the article in this week's ...

This is a 22-minute 2D/CG-animated adaptation of the 2012 book of the same name by author-illustrator Oliver Jeffers (How to Catch a Star, The Day the Crayons Quit).

In the special, a boy named Wilfred finds a moose that he promptly claims as his pet. Wilfred names it Marcel and tries to teach the moose how to be a perfect pet. While Marcel fails to realize he belongs to Wilfred, the boy is absolutely confident that the animal is his. His dreams of moose ownership are shattered, though, after he encounters another kid who claims Marcel as their own.

It sounds like a lighthearted story, and it is, but This Moose Belongs to Me is also an avenue for tackling some complicated, and increasingly important, topics around ownership and greed, says Colin Williams, founder and creative director of Sixteen South.

Creating a special—something families can come together and watch for half an hour—has been a career-long ambition for Williams. It took 12 years to get this project off the ground, though, since Williams knew the company needed a story that could resonate internationally, and which ideally was based on a book so it would have a built-in audience.

The studio considered a few different stories from Jeffers, but landed on This Moose because it stands out with its strong art and the sweet relationship between a kid and an unusual animal. Then, of course, there’s the compelling story that addresses universal topics.

“It’s a very apt story at the moment,” Williams says. “We love his writing because it works on all levels. It’s a story about ownership and control. [It asks] what do we really own, and what can we really control in life? The root of many of the problems we have in the world are greed, ownership and control."

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Who we are

We create and produce quality television with heart for children all over the world.

We believe in the power of story to entertain, amaze and to influence the next generation and we take our responsibility of storytellers to children very seriously knowing that our stories are seen by uncountable numbers of kids across the world.

We believe in creating the highest quality work in every aspect and work in all mediums - 2D and 3D animation, puppetry and live action. Everything that we do has a tangible and handmade feel because we like the audience to see our fingerprints in our work. We never cut corners and we refuse to compromise.

Our aim is to see our work broadcast into every country, every home and watched by every child.