Pink Kong Studios short film “The Dead Hands of Dublin” was the winner of “Best Sound Design” at this year’s (virtual) Irish Animation Awards. The sound design and mix on animated short was carried out by the wonderfully talented Francisco Rios and Mark Fitzpatrick from our post house partners, Gorilla Post Productions. Along with this “The Dead Hands of Dublin”... Read more...
In June 2021 Screen Ireland and Animation Ireland announced its recipients of a new development fund “Animation Concept and Innovation Fund”. Pink Kong Studios is among the 10 projects selected and is now in development with this new innovative project. Project proposal: StoryVerse- Myth Masters is a multi-player augmented reality game for children consisting of highly entertaining gameplay coupled with engaging epic... Read more...
CRYPTIX is another TV Series in development from Pink Kong Studios. This September the series will launch its proof-of-concept trailer at the world-renowned market in Toulouse at Cartoon Forum 2021. More about the series: Why is it that Unicorns, Nessie or a Yeti have never been caught…because they are stealthy Kick-Ass Ninjas of course! With the realms in peril, The... Read more...
Studio 9 were delighted to be awarded a Concept and Creative Innovation Development Fund from Screen Ireland. They applied to develop their skills in puppet making for stop motion. Currently they produce animations that use 3D paper sets with replacement paper characters – and while this technique has produced some magical results, the move to animating 3D puppets in a... Read more...
On Sunday July 25th, 2021, the 33rd edition of the Galway Film Fleadh ended after another outstanding year. This year the Fleadh moved outdoors, a first in the festival’s history and was a huge success in the summer sunshine. Festival goers were also able to see the best of Irish and international film premieres online and in cinema. The annual awards ceremony... Read more...