Catherine Martin, Deputy Leader of the Green Party and TD for Dublin Rathdown, has been announced as the successor to outgoing Minister for Culture, Heritage, and the Gaeltacht, Josepha Madigan TD. Minister Madigan has held the position for almost three years since her appointment by former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar on November 30th, 2017; during a cabinet reshuffle following the resignation... Read more...
Fís Éireann / Screen Ireland, the national agency for the creative screen sector, is pleased to announce €3.2 million in strategic slate funding. Slate funding is an initiative to help Irish companies develop a slate of projects in-house across feature film, television, animation and documentary. Originally announced earlier this year, this Strategic Slate Development Fund was customised to respond to... Read more...
Life during lockdown has been as busy as ever for Ireland’s animators as they service broadcasters, film companies, and advertising, writes Esther McCarthy For artist Aria Ungerer, life during lockdown and working from home have given her a special opportunity – to focus on a project planned with her late father, Tomi Ungerer. Working from her East Cork home, Aria has... Read more...
Screen Skills Ireland, the skills development unit within Screen Ireland, has announced the 11 organisations and initiatives that have been awarded funds from the Screen Stakeholders Funding Scheme, worth €200,000, to deliver a wide variety of skills development activities for the Irish screen sector. The scheme was launched in April as part of the overall measures announced by Screen Ireland... Read more...
The Irish Animation industry is booming as studios fill the gap left by live-action films and television production in the lockdown, discovers Pavel Barter… Read the full article here, or download. Source: Pavel Barter, The Sunday Times Culture; The Sunday Times Ireland. 17th May 2020. Read more...