Tagged With: Animation Ireland

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Animation Accounted for 50% of Irish Production Spending in 2019

Last year, 39 Irish animation projects received a value of €372 million Section 481 tax relief, reflecting industry’s rapid growth.

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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.

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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. 

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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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Animation Ireland Announces Galway Film Fleadh Premieres

The trade association member companies Pink Kong Studios and Cartoon Saloon will premiere animated short films ‘Departure’ and ‘Late Afternoon’ respectively at the 29th Annual Galway Film Fleadh.

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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.

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Irish Animation Awards Salute Outstanding Talent

Animation Ireland’s second annual awards ceremony honoring outstanding creative talent within the Irish animation, visual effects and game industries will take place on Saturday, March 25th as part of the Animation Dingle Festival.