Pixar’s TOY STORY 3 Director Lee Unkrich and Producer Darla K Anderson join Darragh O’Connell of Brown Bag on July 8th Read more on the Fleadh site
A Man & Ink Fipresci Award at the 50th Annecy International Animation Film Festival Read more
Visit Brown Bag with TV 3 - Watch it on 3Player 24min into The Morning Show (Fri 2nd July) http://url.ie/6pc4 See it on TV3
Digital Depot based Clifford Parrott CEO Magpie6Media & author of Hollywood 2D Digital Animation: The New Flash Production Revolution Read more
Olivia wins Parents Choice Children’s Silver Medal – Television. Brown Bag Films produce ‘Olivia’ for Chorion & Nick Jr and series 2 production is currently underway. Read more www.myolivia.com
Boulder’s Emmy nominated Robert Cullen is director of animation on ‘The Amazing World of Gumball’ which is being produced for Turner Broadcasting’s Cartoon Network. Read more
Brown Bag films as they prepare for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards.
Celluloid Dreams announces Optimum Releasing has taken the UK theatrical and DVD distribution rights for Cartoon Saloon’s Academy Award Finalist 2010 “The Secret of Kells” Animated Feature Film
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Irish animation company, Kavaleer Productions has been officially recognised in two categories at the prestigious Cartoons on the Bay festival in Rapallo, Italy. Read more
Jam Media’s ROY wins Royal Television Society Award Dublin, - JAM Media is delighted to announce their latest HD kid’s series ‘Roy’ winning the coveted RTS award for Best Children’s Drama. Commissioned CBBC Roy is a brilliant hybrid comedy series for children staring young Roy, an eleven year old boy with a remarkable difference! Roy is a quite unlike any other existing animated series to date and that is what seduced CBBC’s Anne Gilchrist: “I've loved the idea of Roy from the moment I heard about it – it’s funny, poignant and totally mesmerising to see how an animated boy copes with living in a world of real people. This drama has real relevance to children and deals warmly with the bemusing situation of being a 'fish out of water'. Read more April 2010 Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty picked up two Pulcinella Awards at the prestigious Cartoons On The Bay festival in Italy. Read more
The Lord Mayor, Councilor Emer Costello honours Brown Bag Films in the Mansion House, Dublin. Read more
Brown Bag Films CEO – BizStartUp Featured Entrepreneur Cathal Gaffney talks about hard work, self-reliance and an endless passion for animation. Read More
Digitising the Nation with Kavaleer Animations - May 14th 2010 As part of the Irish Internet Association’s Digitise the Nation Campaign, Kavaleer Productions will host an animation workshop with St Audeons National School for the morning of Friday 21st May, where they will be showing school students how digital art is created; sharing with the children how cartoons are made and inspiring the next generation of Oscar winning creators. Read more in Digitise the Nation
Academy Award Finalist Tomm Moore of Cartoon Saloon has been invited to participate on the Presidential Advisory Board, Academy of Art University, San Francisco. This elite group of industry professionals influence improvements in university policies and curricula towards building the best film school. The Academy of Art University is the largest private art school in the United States. On the weekend of June 5th a special screening of Cartoon Saloon’s The Secret of Kells will be held in San Francisco at the Academy of Art University.
Ballyfermot College Animation Graduate Showcase 2010 is May 26th and portfolio day is May 28th The Ballyfermot College of Animation Graduate Showcase end of year animation show will be held in the IFI, Temple Bar on Wednesday 26th May at 6.30pm. An industry portfolio day on Friday May 28th will be held at Media Building, Ballyfermot College, Dublin 10 http://www.isa-bcfe.ie/ http://www.bcfe.ie/
Jam Media’s ROY wins Royal Television Society Award Dublin, March 16th - JAM Media is delighted to announce their latest HD kid’s series ‘Roy’ winning the coveted RTS award for Best Children’s Drama. Commissioned CBBC Roy is a brilliant hybrid comedy series for children staring young Roy, an eleven year old boy with a remarkable difference! Roy is a quite unlike any other existing animated series to date and that is what seduced CBBC’s Anne Gilchrist: “I've loved the idea of Roy from the moment I heard about it – it’s funny, poignant and totally mesmerising to see how an animated boy copes with living in a world of real people. This drama has real relevance to children and deals warmly with the bemusing situation of being a 'fish out of water'. Read more
Paul Young, Cartoon Saloon, was a speaker at The Big Screen Frontier session of the Kidscreen Summit 2010, New York City.
Ross Stewart, Cartoon Saloon
Ross Stewart, the Art Director of the Oscar nominated Irish film 'The Secret of Kells', is to exhibit new paintings in Newtownards this month. A collection of his new work will be shown alongside paintings by fellow Irish artists Jonny McEwen, Carol Graham and Robert McLearnon in the Battletown Gallery, Newtownards. The exhibition opens on 23rd March and runs until 24 April. Ross Stewart has exhibited across Ireland and the UK over the last 11 years and his work is held in public and private collections internationally.
The IFI celebrates Irish Oscar nominations with a special Ireland at the Oscars screening of all three nominated films; The Secret of Kells, The Door and Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty. March 3rd 6.30pm
The IFI is delighted to present this event that celebrates the achievement of the three Irish films nominated for Oscars at the prestigious Academy Awards. The Secret of Kells has already proved to be a big hit during its Irish release and this event is also a rare chance to see the two nominated short films, The Door and Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty, in the cinema before the Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday 7th March. Read More
Ballyfermot College Irish School of Animation Graduates
Darragh O’Connell, Richie Baneham, Tomm Moore and Nicky Phelan
Ballyfermot ISA recently hosted a graduate panel discussion led by Andrew Kavanagh (Founder/CEO Kavaleer Productions). Academy Award nominee and BAFTA winner Richie Baneham was joined on stage by fellow nominees Tomm Moore (nominated in the category of Animated Feature Film for Cartoon Saloon’s 'The Secret of Kells') and Darragh O’Connell and Nicky Phelan (nominated in the category of Short Film (Animated) for Brown Bag Films 'Granny O'Grimms Sleeping Beauty').
Winner of two Digital Media Awards 2010
Andrew Kavanagh (Writer/ Director), Ciara Gillan (Producer) Of ‘Hasan Everywhere’ Winner Best use of Film or Animation and Grand Prix of the DMAs 2010 Read more
Cartoon Saloon's Tomm Moore accepting the IFTA rising star award for "Secret of Kells"
Irish cartoonists showcase in US RTÉ's Morning Ireland Thursday 11th February 2010
Cian McCormack reports that Enterprise Ireland is helping to showcase animation companies at the Kidscreen Summit, the annual children's entertainment industry conference in New York. Link to interview.
2nd Academy Award® nomination for Brown Bag Films ‘Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty’ nominated for Oscar
Best Animated Short Film Category
Award-winning Irish animation studio, Brown Bag Films has secured its second Academy Award® nomination in 8 years with its short animated film ‘Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty’. Brown Bag Films was previously nominated in 2002 for the short film ‘Give Up Yer Aul Sins®’.
The six-minute film of ‘Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty’ is directed by Nicky Phelan, produced by Darragh O’Connell for Brown Bag Films and written and performed by comedian Kathleen O’Rourke. It tells the story of a seemingly sweet old lady who terrifies her little granddaughter at bedtime with her dark version of the Sleeping Beauty fairytale.
Cartoon Saloon’s Feature Film “The Secret of Kells” receives Academy Award® nomination Produced by Kilkenny-based Cartoon Saloon, The Secret of Kells is one of five nominees in the highly-contentious Animated Feature Film category. “The Secret of Kells , directed by Tomm Moore, will go up against massive studio films including Coraline, Up, Fantastic Mr Fox and The Princess And The Frog.”
"The nomination for The secret of Kells in the Animated Feature category of the Academy Awards is a huge surprise and honour. Its a tribute to the hard work and dedication of the entire crew and all our partners in the production." Tomm Moore Director Secret of Kells.
The film was an official selection at Berlin, made its US premiere at NY Int’l Children’s Film Festival, won the Audience Award at Annecy, and was the first animated feature to win the Audience Award at Edinburgh. The Secret of Kells has also been nominated for an Annie Award for best Feature by the International Animated Film Association. THE SECRET OF KELLS is a co-production and features the voices of Brendan Gleeson (Harry Potter, In Bruges), Evan McGuire and Christen Mooney.
