Academy Award Nominee Duke Johnson will take part in a Q & A in the Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire on the 22nd October 2016 after the screening of his animated feature ANOMALISA. Duke Johnson is a director who specialises in stop-motion animation. He is a graduate of New York University and the American Film Institute. ANOMALISA, which Duke directed alongside Charlie Kaufman, is... Read more...
Congratulations to the most recent Irish beneficiaries of the Creative Europe MEDIA Programme funding schemes – Single Project Development and Television Programming Support. In Single Project Development, awards totaling €145,000 were offered. The supported projects include two animation projects. The first is Hunted! from Monster Entertainment as well as Jelly Pixies from Light Cube Studios. €570,000 was awarded through the TV Programming Support scheme to the Irish animation, Peckles, from Jam Media and to the documentary, Cuba’s Wild... Read more...
Animation Ireland has joined the newly founded Animation Europe. The new federation is made up of 14 different organisations representing the animation industry around Europe has been unveiled at MIPCOM in Cannes. Animation Europe comprises 14 producer organisations from 12 countries and has been created to defend the interests of independent producers across the continent. Groups involved include Belgium’s Anim.Be,... Read more...
Multi-award winning creative production, distribution and licensing company JAM Media has signed a far-reaching, multi-territory agreement with Nickelodeon to air the brand-new animated preschool series Becca’s Bunch across its channels globally. Nickelodeon has secured exclusive broadcast rights to the series in the U.S. and Pay TV rights for the rest of the world. Becca’s Bunch will debut in 2017... Read more...
Animation Ireland welcomes the increase of the Irish Film Board’s budget by €2 million announced by Irish Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Heather Humphreys TD. The capital budget allocation for Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board (IFB) in 2016 was €11,202,000, and this has been increased to €12,702,000 in 2017. The administration budget... Read more...