This year’s finalists features titles from Ireland, Canada, China, Spain and South Africa. They will have the opportunity to pitch in front of a panel of top commissioners and licensing experts at the event.
MIPJunior Pitch 2026 is calling for the next generation of standout IPs created for one of the fastest-evolving audiences in entertainment: Tweens & Teens (09 – 17).
This international competition is open to creatives and creators of bold and original IPs with the greatest potential for TV and/or digital & Streaming platforms – whether these IPs are completely new or originated from social media, gaming, books, e-books, podcasts or other
Finalists will have the opportunity to pitch in front of a panel of top commissioners and licensing experts at MIPJunior.
The finalists
Beast Guitar (Veplusde, Ireland)
Fee Rodrigues is the lead singer of an all-girl rock band transforms into monsters during their debut concert by a powerful curse and gets pulled from the normal world into a magical realm of ancient spells. Blessed by a Rock Wizard with the legendary Beast Guitar, they find themselves caught between the mess of starting a band and a magical music battle for the minds of their fans. Now they must learn to play together, control their new powers and keep their world from ancient musical monsters.
Big Red (PVP Media Inc., Canada)
In a distant future that feels suspiciously like today, 15-year-old Wolfie dreams of making it big on CLICK, the social app that runs the world. With only one follower, Wolfie can only dream of Big Red, a martian utopia where the party never ends for the rich and popular. Everything changes when CLICK announces an unprecedented contest: anyone with 10,000 followers, a fraction of the usual threshold, can compete for a permanent spot in Big Red. Wolfie may be 9,999 followers away from his dream, but he’s ready to do whatever it takes to get there.
Murphy’s Manor (Fantawild Animation Inc., China)
Murphy’s Manor is a brand-new animated fantasy comedy series following a young boy who inherits a magical manor filled with all kinds of supernatural tenants! Murphy’s unique new friends teach him the value of friendship and doing what is right. Living alongside these extraordinary yao (‘monsters’ from Taoist folklore), Murphy helps them navigate the challenges of life in the human world, gaining not only their trust, but also growing and maturing along the way.
Noty Toons (TheBox Characters & Creatures, SL, Spain)
Noty Toons is a chaotic news show that blends real-time reporting with serialized comedy-adventure, following a team of reporters covering strange, absurd, and unexpectedly educational stories worldwide. Everything changes when reporter Ronaldo Lape and his niece Quima are abducted by a UFO live on air, discovering Etorum 8, a planet made of cookies. When the UFO is destroyed, Ronaldo, Quima, and cameraman Fredo – now the “Moo Trio” – are thrown into a wild, world-spanning chase.
Hunted by the Dark Men, agents of the secret society “The Obscuretis,” led by President McLiers and billionaire Lilon Sharck, the trio’s path keeps crossing with the very newsroom reporters covering their story, turning each escape into a live broadcast of its own. As they stumble into global conspiracies, the Moo Trio becomes world-famous. With the help of incidental allies – Luli Moon, Homonymus, and a colorful bunch of fellow travelers, along with the Etorians, the trio’s biggest fans – the Moo Trio finally defeats the Obscuretis, though McLiers and Lilon escape into another dimension, setting up the trio’s next chase.
Super Tree Hero and the Five Kingdoms (Independent Creator – Katherina Bach, South Africa)
In the luminous world of Arboria, eight-year-old Super Tree Hero hears a mysterious melody travelling through the roots—a call from Earth. He journeys across space in a biodegradable seed-pod capsule, unaware that four-year-old Mushi, guardian of the fungi kingdom, has hidden aboard. They land in South Africa’s fire-scarred fynbos, where the ancient King Protea Oracle reveals that Earth’s five kingdoms of nature are losing their connection.
To restore the balance, Super Tree Hero and Mushi must find three young Earth guardians: Zao Zao, connected to algae; Nomathemba, connected to microorganisms; and Flui, connected to animals and water. Together they become the Green Five. Travelling through hidden biological Rootpaths, they undertake missions inspired by nature’s extraordinary intelligence while confronting damaged ecosystems, misguided technologies and their own fears and differences. Each adventure also reveals another clue about the mysterious Mr. Pollsmor and the choices that separated humanity from nature.
