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About Animation Ireland
Over the past decade, the Irish animation sector has flourished with hundreds of people now employed in this multi-million euro industry. Ireland is rightly regarded as a world leader in the animation field with Irish companies creating sophisticated and leading-edge 2D and 3D animation for cinema screens, television, web, mobile and games consoles. Irish companies are actively providing top-end animation services for the entertainment media sector worldwide as well as creating significant amounts of original IP for the international market.
Background
Ireland has a strong tradition in animation, thanks to the legacy of the classical animation companies Sullivan-Bluth, Murakami-Wolf-Swenson and Emerald City, which operated in Ireland in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s.
These companies help seed a wealth of experience, expertise and management acumen that has led to the current renaissance in Irish animation. As well as having a unique creative environment that has allowed the animation industry to prosper, Ireland also has a strong third level educational and training infrastructure for animation with the likes of Ballyfermot College of Further Education and the Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology turning out award-winning practitioners on a yearly basis.
The Animation CEO Forum
The Animation CEO Forum brings together CEOs from the leading Irish animation companies to discuss industry issues and help the continuing development of the Irish animation industry on an international basis.
Highlights
Canal+
Gerard O'Rourke from Monster Animation and Andrew Kavanagh from Kavaleer Productions met Canal+ on the 5th February in the Digital Exchange, Dublin.
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Animation Ireland at Kidsreen 2009
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Producer of the Year Nomination for Magma Films with the feature film Niko and the Way To The Stars at Cartoon Movie
Magma Films along with co producers Anima Vitae, Ulysses Films, and Afilm is nominated by this year’s Cartoon Movie for the Producer of the Year award. The event takes place in Lyon from March 4th to 7th. Niko and the Way To The Stars, an internationally acclaimed CGI family feature film, coproduced by Magma Films in Galway was recently nomintated in three categories in this year’s IFTA awards which took place on February 14th in Dublin. The nominations were for best animation, best original score, which was composed by Wicklow based Stephen McKeon and best sound, which was completed in Ardmore Sound. Read more
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News and Events
The Secret of Kells in cinemas March 6
Hailed by Screen Daily as “visually ravishing… magic", Cartoon Saloon's animated film, ”The Secret of Kells" is directed by award winning Tomm Moore and features the voice talent of Brendan Gleeson and Mick Lally. The film also features original music by the Academy Award nominated Bruno Coulais and Kíla. In wide release on March 6, The Secret of Kells is already garnering International critical acclaim.
The film is the animated story of the boy behind the famed Book of Kells and is co-produced by Academy Award nominated Les Armateurs, France, and Vivi Film, Belgium. The Secret Of Kells was officially selected for the Generation KPlus section of the Berlin International Film Festival and premiered at the 2009 Jameson Dublin International Film Festival Closing Gala.
Official Website http://www.thesecretofkells.com
Official Blog: http://theblogofkells.blogspot.com
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Potential of Animation Industry in Ireland Highlighted at Masterclass with Magnus Scheving - Creator of Lazytown
Tommy McCabe, IBEC, Cathal Gaffney, Brown Bag Films and Magnus Scheving, Lazytown. Read more |
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| 30 January 2009: Brown Bag Films have completed the 52 part CGI animation series OLIVIA for Chorion. The series has started to air weekdays at 11.30am on Nickelodeon (US). OLIVIA will begin airing on over 20 leading broadcasters around the world from Spring 2009. Nickelodeon's U.S. television network is seen in more than 96 million households and has been the number-one-rated cable network for 14 consecutive years. Read more |
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Jam Media’s tales of ‘Badly Drawn Roy’, a cartoon boy marooned in the real world is currently being produced for the BBC. One of the distinguishing features of Jam is that they also develop personalisation software called ‘Headhunter’ that allows for broadcasters and consumers to superimpose their viewers/children onto the animated content making them stars of the show. ‘Funky Fables’, currently in production with the BBC, allows for multiple children to appear in the series and really empowers the children to create, edit and distribute the content themselves.
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