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Paper Panther Productions Scoops Top Prizes at 2019 Irish Animation Awards

Nora Twomey, the Oscar-nominated director of Cartoon Saloon’s ‘The Breadwinner,’ presented with the prestigious Murakami Award.

Awards Headline News

2019 Irish Animation Awards Nominations Announced

‘Late Afternoon,’ ‘Danger Mouse,’ ‘Space Chickens in Space’ and ‘Angela’s Christmas’ lead nominees for 3rd biennial ceremony taking place in Dingle on March 23th. 

Cartoon Saloon Headline News

Lighthouse Studios Names Claire Finn Managing Director

Experienced media creative combines decades of content development and advertising experience in driving expansion for full-service animation studio formed by Canada’s Mercury Filmworks and Ireland’s Cartoon Saloon.

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Animation Ireland Announces Call for Entries for Irish Animation Awards

Biennial awards ceremony celebrating the world-class creative talent within the Irish animation, VFX and gaming industries to be held at the Animation Dingle festival on March 23, 2019.

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Call for Entries: Submit Your Work to the Inaugural Celtic Animation Film Festival

Part of the Liverpool Irish Festival, inaugural Celtic Animation Film Festival competition provides a platform for established animators of Celtic heritage and emerging Celtic animators from around the world.

Pulcinella Awards Headline News

Italy’s Cartoons on the Bay Announces Winners of 2017 Pulcinella Awards

Italian-French co-production ‘Iqbal: Tale of a Fearless Child’ wins Pulcinella Award for Best Animated Feature; Switzerland’s ‘Ariadne’s Thread,’ directed by Claude Luyet, wins Best Animated Short.

Annecy Headline News

Annecy Announces 2017 Television and Commercial Selections

Netflix’s Emmy-winning ‘BoJack Horseman’ episode, ‘Fish Out of Water,’ U.K. series ‘Lilly’s Driftwood Bay,’ and Ireland’s ‘Puffin Rock’ among official selections at this year’s Annecy International Animated Film Festival.

Irish Animation Awards Headline News

‘Song of the Sea’ wins Best Irish Feature Film at Irish Animation Awards

Other winners included Boulder Media’s ‘Go Jetters’ for Best Visual Effects as part of an Animated TV Series or Film, Vincent Gallagher’s ‘Second to None’ for Best Animated Short Film, and ‘Danger Mouse’ for Best Music/Sound Design.

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Ireland’s Animation Dingle Festival Kicks off March 24

Speakers at Animation Dingle’s fifth edition include ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ director Dean DeBlois, Cartoon Saloon’s Nora Twomey, former Nickelodeon exec Russel Hicks, Brown Bag Films’ Bronagh O’Hanlon and Darragh O'Connell, Lupus Films’ Camilla Deakin, Amazon Studios’ Tara Sorensen, and more.

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Animation Ireland Announces Nominees for 2017 Irish Animation Awards

‘Danger Mouse,’ ‘Puffin Rock,’ ‘Octonauts,’ ‘Wander Over Yonder,’ and more receive nominations for the second annual Irish Animation Awards to be held in Dingle on Saturday, March 25th.

Cartoon Saloon Headline News

Mercury Filmworks and Cartoon Saloon Launch Lighthouse Studios

New full-service animation studio based in Kilkenny focused on the development of animated children’s and family television entertainment to create 140 jobs over the next three years.

Ireland Headline News

Second Biennial Irish Animation Awards Set for March 25

Biennial awards ceremony celebrating the outstanding talent of Irish Animation, VFX and Gaming Industries to be held on March 25, 2017 at the Dingle Skelligs Hotel in Dingle.

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Studio AKA Director Phillip Hunt Helps Launch ‘Perfect Surprise’

New holiday short adapted from Three Ireland’s much-loved Christmas story of ‘The Girl and The Cloud’ employs a blend of 2D and 3D animation.

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4th Annual Animation Dingle Kicks off March 18th

Running March 18 & 19, Ireland’s Animation Dingle to feature keynote addresses delivered by Tara Sorensen, Head of Kids Programming for Amazon Studios, USA, and David Levine, General Manager of Disney Channels UK & Ireland.

Sundance Film Festival Headline News

Sundance Sets 2016 Animated Short Selections

Twelve animated shorts are selected to screen in competition, including ‘Bob Dylan Hates Me,’ ‘A Coat Made Dark,’ ‘Deer Flower,’ ‘Edmond,’ ‘Glove,’ ‘The Grandfather Drum,’ ‘The Itching,’ ‘Life Smartphone,’ ‘Limbo Limbo Travel,’ ‘Pombo Loves You,’ Shiny’ and ‘Waves '98.’

Television Headline News

JAM Media Brings 'Little Roy' to CBeebies & CBBC

Dublin-based creative production, distribution and licensing company wins far-reaching crossover commission from CBBC and CBeebies for brand-new live-action/animation hybrid series 'Little Roy' and spinoff series 'The Roy Files.'

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