In June Animation Ireland attended the Animation Festival and MIFA with a delegation of member studios and partners. Over the course of its 60 years, the Annecy Festival has established itself as a global event dedicated to animation, bringing together the most esteemed professionals from the sector to celebrate animation’s creative and diverse styles and techniques. MIFA is the professional... Read more...
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Zebbie Awards 2023 Submissions Now Open!
The Writers’ Guild of Ireland celebrates the best of Irish writing at their annual Zebbie Awards. A live, multi-hosted ceremony in Dublin, where writers of exceptional work in Theatre, Television Drama, Continuing Drama, Short Film, Feature Film, Radio and Animation are honoured, applauded and toasted. The Zebbie Awards are open to Irish writers, living anywhere, or to any writers living... Read more...
Irish Animation Awards Winners Announced
Cartoon Saloon’s animated fantasy film My Father’s Dragon came out on top at the 2023 Irish Animation Awards (Saturday 27th May) with an incredible five wins, including Best Irish Feature. My Father’s Dragon was directed by Oscar® nominated Nora Twomey. Igloo Animation’s children’s series produced for RTÉjr, Tales from Dún Draíochta came away with two wins, including Best Animated Kids... Read more...
Boulder Media Appoints Colm Tyrell to Head of Studio Production, Eying Further International Growth
Boulder Media today announces a significant appointment to its senior management team, with Colm Tyrrell set to join the animation studio as Head of Studio Production on 6th June. Established in 2000, Boulder Media is one of Ireland’s most prolific animation studios, producing animated favourites such as My Little Pony, The Amazing World of Gumball, and Danger Mouse, to name a few, and garnering numerous awards... Read more...
Next Generation 2023: Screen Ireland’s Animation Innovation and Immersive Development Fund now open for applications, in collaboration with Animation Ireland
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland and Animation Ireland are delighted to announce, with the support of Cultural & Creative Industries Skillnet & Eirmersive, that applications are now open for the 2023 Animation Innovation and Immersive Development Fund. Since the fund was initially launched in 2021, Screen Ireland invested in 20 innovative, high-concept development projects across areas such as immersive storytelling, VR, augmented... Read more...