Animation Dingle 2021

Virtual Animation Dingle

24.25.March.2021

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ANdrOid dEvicES Use chrome on Android 6.0 or later The Platform is now open with trailers and details of all events. All our short films, shorts programmes, access to Discord, will be available from Monday 22nd March until Friday 26th March. All festival live events, workshops and scheduled features will take place on our Festival dates, March 24th-25th.

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Booking information dATE ANd TiME live Virtual Festival March 24th - March 25th (All short films available to view from Monday 22nd March - Friday 26th March)

TickETS Tickets on sale at Eventbrite Our tickets are All Access which means one fee and all you can eat!

On Sale: 15 February 2021 at 00.00 All ACCESS TICkET • Professional Festival Pass €75 (this includes all fees and taxes) • Student Festival Pass €38 (this includes all fees and taxes) BOOk nOw! https://2021.animationdingle.com/ For further information email: info@animationdingle.com Terms and conditions apply

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• Please note that a small number of our films will be geo-blocked, these events are marked as ‘Restricted’.

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Welcome to our inaugural virtual Animation dingle!

When we ran a handful of pared back events last year after the pandemic hit, we were sure we would be meeting everyone again in 2021. But, that wasn’t to be. Instead, we had to get Covid Creative.

But when doors close, windows open and we are delighted with the new opportunity this challenge has brought to us.

Having attended virtual events and festivals myself over the past year, I have been able to assess what it is I would like to see for Virtual Animation Dingle. I hope that you enjoy the platform; we have worked hard to bring you a festival that is easy to navigate, intuitive and easy to enjoy - a one ticket, all-you-can-eatanimation festival experience. We have over 2500 minutes of digital content. We have shorts and features. We have our conference with panels, workshops, guests and the usual Big Pitcher, Sketch Trail, and our interactive Studio Pub Trail. We are excited by our integration of Discord, allowing students to set meetings with studios, portfolio reviews, and lots more besides, Discord will allow optimal interaction in our events.

And our ever-present guest each year, quietly and wonderfully hosting us all, is the beautiful Dingle Town. We wanted to include Dingle on our platform, including our special venues, giving our festival goers a sense of being there. We say, make your ‘there’ our ‘here’ and with our virtual Dingle, it is easy to imagine being on your barstool or at your fireside chat...

And it looks so lovely too!

So, enjoy it all. A huge thank you to our funders and sponsors, for their continued support! Thank you too so much for your support last year and this year; for buying a ticket; for taking a seat; and for joining us.

Next year, we promise... See you in Dingle!

Maurice Galway director/co-Founder Animation dingle

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Welcome Dear guests, It was disappointing but not surprising for Dingle to be entirely virtual in 2021. what was surprising was that the Animation Dingle festival is quite suited to Digital. It’s not ideal and we long for a time when we can rub shoulders with you all again and celebrate in person the artistry carried out by both colleges and companies. what has remained the same is the quality of content available across a new and innovative platform. live streams events as well as workshops and screenings mean that you get to see and interact more than ever through Discord. we’ll learn about how the nature of work in animation studios has changed over the past 12 months and the many opportunities that exist for graduates and self taught artists.

Animation Dingle has always been about connecting Students with Industry and this is reinforced more than ever this year.

Please meet and interact with as many of the Animation Companies both in Ireland and internationally as you can.

As well as the numbeous decision makers from TV and Film that will be in attendance.

Along with all our many sponsors and supporters I’d like to thank everyone at Jam Media for ‘volunteering’ once again and a big shout out has to go to Animation Dingle co-founder Maurice Galway who has worked tirelessly in making the digital jump happen.

Onwards!

John rice cEO Jam Media

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running all day live from 9.15am to 7pm, our virtual conference will see thousand’s of participants interacting throughout the day from across the globe. This will consist of Irish and international animation students and lecturers, plus significant Irish and international guest speakers - professionals and broadcasters.

The day is packed with speakers and panels, including platforming active participation from world leaders in animation. The ultimate aim of the animation conference is to provide career development opportunities, in an education setting for the animation sector. we endeavour to create a sociable festival where students, professionals, broadcasters and industry are accessible to each other, in this ultimate collaborative virtual environment.

More Special Guests still to be announced, for now see some of the highlights of the day listed here.

Welcome/Fáilte Maurice Galway, Festival Co-founder and Director John rice, CEO, JAM Media and Festival Co-founder

rob cullen Fireside chat John rice will chat with the recipient of this year’s Murakami Award, robert cullen Emmy nominated creative director and founder of Boulder Media. Since its inception in 2000, Boulder has grown to become one of Ireland’s largest animation studios.

Woman in Animation: Steps in the right direction

Peter Lord, co-founder and creative director of Aardman Animations

Hosted by cécile Blondel, Head of International Relations, Responsable des relations internationales, GOBELINS, l’école de l’image.

As a director, Peter has been honoured with three Academy Award® nominations for Adam in 1992, for wat's Pig in 1996 and for his first solo feature The Pirates!

Band of Misfits in 2013.

Including special guests; Eimear O’Mahony, Executive Producer, RTE Ireland, Nidia Santiago, IKKI Films France, Agnė Adomėnė, Art Shot Lithuania.

Screen ireland Animation Panel

The Big Pitcher

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland is the development agency for the Irish film, television and animation industry.

The Frameworks fund has directly impacted on many Irish studios and individual animators over the years, helping them to develop and achieve their ambitions.

Students were invited to submit proposals for an animated TV series, a pilot episode or short film.

The best ideas will pitch here live to industry experts.

Overall winner is awarded with a 6 month paid internship in JAM Media and has a chance to Pitch at Cartoon Springboard 2021.

The panel will be hosted by Andrew Byrne, Project Manager, Screen Ireland and panelists include: cathal Gaffney, Managing Director Brown Bag Films, COO 9 Story Group & Niamh Herrity, Co-Founder, CEO, Pink Kong.

Judges include: Tara Sorensen, Apple, Sarah Muller, CBBC, Suzanne kelly, RTE, Peter Gal, Dreamworks, Mark cumberton, JAM.

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Wednesday 24th March @ Available to view 24 - 25 March (Restricted) Marona’s Fantastic Tail

l’Extraordinaire Voyage de Marona romania, France, Belgium / 2019 / 1hr 32mins directed by: Anca Damian

Victim of an accident, a small female dog remembers her different masters that she has unconditionally loved. Due to her unfailing empathy, her life becomes a lesson about love.

Presented by the French and Romanian Embassies in Ireland, the Alliance francaise network and Animation Dingle as part of the Francophonie Festival in Ireland.

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Wednesday 24th March @ 18.00 GMT (Restricted) Josep

France-Spain-Belguim / 2020 / 1hr 14mins

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Q&A with the director Aurel

director & Artistic director: Aurel Screenwriter: Jean-louis Milesi Producer: Serge lalou cast: Sergi lópez, Valérie lemercier, David Marsais

February 1939. Spanish republicans are fleeing Franco’s dictatorship to France.

The French government built a concentration camp, confining the refugees, where they barely have access to hygiene, water and food. In one of these camps, separated by barbed wire, two men will become friends. One is a guard, the other is Josep Bartoli (Barcelona 1910 - nYC 1995), an illustrator who fights against Franco’s regime.

Aurel is a French illustrator born in 1980. He is working as a press illustrator for the national daily Le Monde and the satirical weekly Le Canard Enchaîné. He has also worked on numerous graphic reports for various french newspapers. As a cartoonist, Aurel has published around twenty books, including two non-fiction comics ‘Clandestino’ and ‘La Menuiserie’. In 2011, he co-directed with Florence Corre his first animated short film, ‘Octobre Noir’ (Studio La Fabrique). ‘Josep’ is his first feature film.

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Wednesday 24th - Thursday 25th March (Restricted) calamity, A childhood of Martha Jane cannary

France-Denmark / 2020 / 83mins director: rémi Chayé Producers: Maybe Movies (Zombillenium, long way north, Ernest & Celestine) nørlum (Song of the Sea, long way north) Writers: rémi Chayé, Sandra Tosello cast: Salomé Boulven, Alexandra lamy, Alexis Tomassian

1863, United States of America, 12-year-old Martha Jane and her family are headed west in a large covered wagon train in search of a better life. After Martha Jane’s father is hurt in a serious accident, she takes charge of her siblings and learns to drive the family wagon. She has never felt so free. Utterly practical and bold, Martha Jane dresses as a boy and becomes increasingly troublesome for the community due to her outspoken braveness. when the leader of the wagon wrongly accuses her of theft, she runs away to find proof of her innocence. In the wild, she discovers herself and a world which shapes her ... revealing the mythical Calamity Jane.

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Thursday 25th March @ 17.00 GMT (Restricted) Wolfwalkers

Ireland-Luxembourg-France-Denmark-USA-UK / 2020 / 1hr 43mins directors: Tomm Moore, ross Stewart Production company: Cartoon Saloon/Apple Original Films Screenplay: will Collins Producers: Paul Young, Tomm Moore, nora Twomey, Stéphan roelants Story by: Tomm Moore, ross Stewart cast: Honor kneafsey, Eva whittaker, Sean Bean, Tommy Tiernan, Maria Doyle kennedy Tomm Moore

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In a time of superstition and magic, when wolves are seen as demonic and nature an evil to be tamed, a young apprentice hunter, robyn, comes to Ireland with her father to wipe out the last pack. But when robyn saves a wild native girl, Mebh, their friendship leads her to discover the world of the wolfwalkers and transform her into the very thing her father is tasked to destroy.

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Beehive Theatre WOrkSHOP PrOGrAMME BrENdAN MccArTHy - your Graphic Novel iP for Animation Over 20 years working in Hollywood, Brendan was the original production designer for world's first cgi animated tv series rEBOOT (pre Pixar) and worked in animation for 10 years and then on to live action +vfx Hollywood features, eventually co-writing and designing Oscar/ Golden Globe winning Mad Max Fury road. Hired by lorne Micheals' Saturday night live to create the visuals for the Coneheads movie.

Ben Hennessy will host the workshop Ben is an Irish based illustrator. He has worked as a character designer and comic book artist but primarily as a storyboard artist for shows on Cbeebies, nickelodeon, PBS and Adult Swim. You can find him online as @Bennessy.

Sketch Trail Sketch Trail Mentor: Borja Espana Guillot, Art director with JAM Media This event, unique to Animation Dingle, gives students the opportunity to work closely with top artists. This masterclass aims to give animators an opportunity to participate in a creative concept generation and sketch upskilling programme. The masterclass provides artists with an insight into the techniques and processes of sketching and concept creation from the POV of highly skilled artists. There will be an emphasis on key poses drawn from real life subjects to create stronger animation.

Animators can share their sketches with each other on Discord.

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Music for animated Tv & Film A panel conversation with some of Ireland’s leading composers for screen examining how Irish composers and music has responded to the growth in the animation sector.

ALLiSON rUTLANd Animating the characters for ‘Onward’ Allison has been working as an animator for over 15 years. She has a background in Fine Art and went to Sheridan College for Computer Animation.

Allison started her animation career in Toronto, Canada, working on TV shows and commercials. She worked in london for two years at MPC and Framestore, where she animated on several feature films, such as The Chronicles of narnia: Prince Caspian, and where the wild Things Are. Allison joined Pixar in 2009, and has animated on Toy Story 3, Brave, Monsters University, Inside Out, Finding Dory, Coco, Incredibles 2, and was a Directing Animator on Onward. Allison received the Annie Award for Outstanding Animation in a Feature Film for her work on Inside Out.

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STUdiO PUB TrAiL Interested in meeting a particular Irish studio? what better way than in their very own virtual pub! Animation Dingle has introduced the Studios Pub Trail where studios have adopted a local Dingle pub for the festival. You can join them on our Virtual DISCOrD Platform, in their virtual pub, for video meetings, to review your portfolio and their very own planned events at Animation Dingle.

If you’re highly-motivated, are passionate about animation, and want to join the team of one of these Irish studios, then join them on DISCOrD and let them know you are interested.

Brown Bag Films - kennedy’s Pub

cartoon Saloon - dick Mack’s Pub

Brown Bag Films are looking for new talent!

Here at Cartoon Saloon our goal has always been to make original stories and foster the talent of our crew. we believe in showing exactly what can be achieved when traditional art techniques merge with digital methods to make beautiful animation features, shorts and series. A studio is only as strong as its crew, do you have what it takes to be part of our mission to showcase the storytelling power of 2d animation? Take a look around and see what we have to offer!

Join the team behind award-winning shows like Vampirina, Doc McStuffins, Magic School Bus: rides Again, nella the Princess knight and Daniel Tiger's neighbourhood at our Dublin, Bali and Toronto-based studios.

Find us on Discord.

Visit us on Discord for interviews, portfolio reviews and live chat.

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Lighthouse Studios - Mccarthy’s Bar

JAM Media, with operations in both Ireland and the United kingdom, is one of the leading creators and producers of multi-award winning animated and live action content for the children’s and pre-school audience. we pride ourselves on delivering high quality, innovative, story-driven brands across multiple platforms based around engaging characters with humour at its heart.

At lighthouse, our people govern our culture - and we’re all about diversity and inclusion. Based in historic kilkenny, we attract crew from all over the world, united by the shared goal of creating best-in-class animation. want to join us on our mission? Then check out some of our open vacancies.

Join us on Discord for portfolio reviews with niall Mooney, Director/ Development Creative/ VFx Supervisor and rafa Diaz Canales, Animation Supervisor.

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we are hiring! we welcome portfolios from professional and students.

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youTube kids ANiMATiON diNGLE AWArdS Over the two days of the festival we screen the very best in both professional and student shorts and features from Ireland and around the world. Animation Dingle receives submissions from animation professionals and students across Ireland and Internationally. Our rigorous adjudication process then selects shorts and features for screening at the Festival and for our various Award categories.

Student Animation Awards Best Irish // Best International // Best Director // Best Design/Art Direction // Best Music/Sound Design // Best Writer // Best Animation // Best Stop Motion // Best 3D/CGI // Best 2D // The Best Sting Award

Professional Animation Awards The Best Irish Short // The Best International Short

Audience choice Awards Best Animated Feature Audience Choice Award Best Animated Short Audience Choice Award

yAOTy Award Young Animator of the Year Award

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ALiSON SPiTTLE Alison Spittle is an Irish comedian, comedy writer, radio producer and actress. She has worked for iRadio, RTÉ Radio 1 and Newstalk and created sketches for Republic of Telly and has written and starred in her RTÉ Two sit-com Nowhere Fast.

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Murakami Award Jimmy Murakami, 1933-2014, was one of the founding fathers of Irish animation. He was a key figure in the establishment of the thriving Irish animation industry that we know today.

In 1965 he launched his own company, Murakami-wolf Productions, with business partner Fred wolf. Murakami settled permanently in Ireland while working on roger Corman’s, ‘The red Baron’ in 1971. His work in the 1986 feature, ‘when the wind Blows' produced some of the animator’s most acclaimed work with 'The Snowman' remaining an enduring children’s favourite to this day. Murakami Films opened in Dublin in 1989, with the studio producing popular television series such as 'Teenage Mutant ninja Turtles'. Cathal Gaffney of Brown Bag Films, called Murakami ‘a founding father of Irish Animation’.

At Dingle International Film Festival/Animation Dingle 2013, Jimmy Murakami, received the inaugural Murakami Award for his lifetime achievement in Animation. Of the event, he said:

“I have been to hundreds of film festivals, all over the globe, for what seems to be the last hundred years, and in my opinion the Dingle Film Festival is the best among them all”.

Past recipients include: Nora Twomey, Co-founder and Creative Director of Cartoon Saloon (2019), Darragh O’Connell and Cathal Gaffney, founders of Brown Bag Films (2018); Aidan Hickey (2017); Don Bluth & Gary Goldman (2016); Oscar winner Richie Baneham Avatar (2015); Oscar nominated Tomm Moore, Song of the Sea (2014); Oscar nominated Jimmy T. Murakami, The Snowman (2013).

robert cullen Winner, Murakami Award 2021 Robert Cullen is the Emmy nominated creative director and founder of Boulder Media. Since its inception in 2000, Boulder has grown to become one of Ireland’s largest animation studios.

Robert has worked as a Director and Animation Director on shows such as ‘Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends’, ‘The Amazing World of Gumball’ and ‘Transformers’.

He was instrumental in the reboot of 80’s classic, ‘Danger Mouse’ for CBBC and went on to direct 72 episodes.

In 2015 he wrote and directed the award winning ‘Fresh Cut Grass’ which won Best Animated Short at the Galway Film Fleadh.

Robert is currently directing his first feature film based on ‘My Little Pony’ to be released in 2021.

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Awards Party dJ EFA O’NEiLL

Best known for her eclectic and creative sets EFA combines her love for futuristic electronica with rave-era sounds.

Her versatile style has led her to play alongside a broad range of artists such as LSDXOXO, Avalon Emerson, Or:la, Sync24 & Prosumer.

In addition to headliner club gigs and festivals throughout Ireland, she has made regular appearances on NTS London, Redlight Radio and Balamii. Making her international club debut at London’s Pickle Factory for the Secretsundaze crew, she most recently joined them also at the infamous Pikes Ibiza for a hot and steamy summer party. Whether playing festivals, intimate parties or large club spaces, her focus is always on creating atmospheric and vibrant dance floor energy.

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Ireland / Colour / 2021 / 4:02mins / Digital director/Writer: Cliona noonan Producer: Stephen Fagan

Ireland / Colour / 2019 / 8:09mins / Digital director/Writer: lorraine lordan Producer: Jeremy Purcell

A weather-tormented man who just wants to dry his underwear is forced to use the local laundromat each evening.

An affable cat, new in town, just wants to make friends. But when he tries to befriend three dogs, he struggles to make them see him as he sees himself. He’s just one of the dogs.

Ireland / Colour / 2021 / 8:00mins / Digital Boulder Media director/Writer: leon Elliott Producer: Dominic Moffat

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Ireland / Colour / 2021 / 11:55mins / Digital director/Writer: Joe loftus

Ireland / Colour / 2021 / 2:06mins / StopMotion director/Writer: Josephine lohar Self, Producers: Carla Mooney, Delwyn Mooney, Joseph wallace

Ireland / Colour / 2021 / 2:45mins / Digital BBC and northern Ireland Screen director/Writer: laura robinson

'Girl and robot' follows the story of a traumatized young girl who is chased across the desert by officers of the state. On her way, she meets a robot who is afraid of being left alone. As the pursuers catch up, the Girl and the robot must work together to survive.

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One Christmas day, Günter, a pudgy family pug falls madly in love with an inanimate object..

A black man travelling across mid-sixties America stops at a motel for a quiet meal and a rest but interest from the locals turns out to be both a blessing and a curse.

An intimate portrayal of grief after the loss of a friend.

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THE dEAd HANdS OF dUBLiN Ireland / Colour / 2020 / 7:00mins / Digital Screen From Ireland director/Writer: leo Crowley Producer: niamh Herrity Sidney, a failed pianist who comes into the possession of a pair of enchanted gloves who upon wearing them soon finds himself playing the piano like a maestro and all his dreams are quickly realised!

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Ireland / Colour / 2020 / 7mins / Digital From Screen Ireland directors/Writers: Éabha Bortolozzo, Jack kirwan Producer: Greg Connolly

‘Jacks Patch’ is a tale of a pumpkin carver who visits the eve before Halloween to deliver free Jack-O-lanterns to everyone in the town to keep evil spirits away.

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The Banshee’s song comforts Peggy as she unspools the threads of her past, weaving myth and reality, she tells Eve her devastating story.

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Ireland / Colour / 2021 / 3:14mins / Digital director: Jessica Patterson Producer: JAM Media

United kingdom / Colour / 2021 / 3:00mins / Digital / BBC nI and nI screen. director/Writer: Sorcha McGlinchey

Ireland / Colour / 2021 / 2:09mins /Digital director: Jessica Patterson Producer: JAM Media

An animated rendition of the classic song ‘The Voyage’, sung down the phone on rTÉ radio 1 by a cocooning Christy Moore in the height of the Covid-19 crisis of 2020.

Produced in aid of rTÉ Does Comic relief, the short follows a grandfather and granddaughter who are no longer able to see one another due to quarantine restrictions but still find a way to stay connected.

A young dinosaur enthusiast is thrilled to discover her favourite show has announced a feature film to be released in April! But when the day comes for her to see the film, Clíodhna learns that the Uk has entered lockdown. How will Clíodhna overcome this huge disappointment?

Mistletoe and Stubbs revolves around a reliable, old cake decoration called Stubbs and his dreams of shining on a fruit-filled, frosting-covered stage.

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Ireland / Colour / 2021 / 2:48mins / Digital college: Belfast School of Art director: Dermott Burns

Ireland / Colour / 2021 / 4:51mins / Digital college: IADT director/Writer/Producer: Sinéad nolan

‘Forest’ is an experimental short film rendered using real-time graphics. Through contrasting a vibrant virtual paradise with a dark reality, the film reflects upon humanity’s ignorance of their destructive nature on earth; the innocence of youth and the indifference of adulthood.

FrEJA follows a quiet, solitary soldier as she traverses a cold and snowy landscape. She wrestles with her recent, violent memories until she inevitably has to face them.. and herself. At its core, FrEJA is about guilt, introspection and confronting yourself and what you decide to do once you have.

Ireland / Colour / 2021 / 3:40mins / Digital college: Belfast School of Art directors/Writers/Producers: Mathew Duddy, Glenn O’neill

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Ireland / Colour / 2021 / 5:32mins / Digital College: IADT director: Iobhar Stokes rodriguez Producer: Joshua Brown

United kingdom / Colour / 2021 / 6:12mins / Digital college: Belfast School of Art directors/Writers: lydia McDowell, nuala McGarry, Yazz Herron, Erinn Morrow

Ireland / Black & white / 2021 / 8:14mins / Digital college: IADT director/Writer/Producer: Darragh Scott

with only a spacesuit for protection on an alien planet, an astronaut must fight for her life when it contracts a computer virus.

A science fiction love letter with a new take on the idea of man versus machine.

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A student animated short about going on an emotional journey to face the responsibility of being a parent...

'Coat' is based in a world in which people wear their emotions on their sleeves... quite literally...

In the latter half of the nineteenth century on the frontier of the United States, a civil war veteran embarks on a treacherous journey to reunite an orphaned native American baby with her tribe.

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Ireland / Colour / 2021 / 5:48mins / Digital college: IADT directors: Jack McHugh, Conor Mcnally

Ireland / Colour / 2021 / 5:39mins / Digital college: IADT director: Sarah Benson

A short film about living, dying and chickens.

Set in rural Ireland, a woman recalls the events and emotions surrounding the murder of her pet rooster by a wild fox.

ruslan is a young boy in Soviet russia who dreams of being a cowboy. His western daydreams seem to attract heavy-handed disapproval wherever he goes, putting his resilience and lasso skills to the test!

Girl moves into apartment and becomes consumed with curiosity for her reclusive, strange flatmate.

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Ireland / Colour / 2021 / 7:40mins / Digital college: IADT director: Daniel Mcnicholl

Ireland / Colour / 2021 / 3:09mins / Digital college: Ballyfermot College of Further Education director: Patrick naughton

Ireland / Colour / 2021 / 2:43mins / Digital college: limerick IT director: Jay w. kupiec

Ireland / Colour / 2021 / 6:00mins / Digital college: IADT director/Writer: Sophie Quin

A troubled boy finds refuge from his abusive father in a small kitchen press that his demoralized mother cannot fit inside.

A nervous young man cleans and prepares his small apartment for the arrival of an unexpected guest.

Beetle knight is a 2D hand drawn animated film that has been a work of love and passion. The story takes place in a kingdom of insects, where a stag beetle is trying to become a full-fledged knight. Igor, our lovely boy, takes on the challenge of defeating a threat to the kingdom he protects in hopes he can be counted an equal among his peers.

His goal is to defeat a frog, a natural enemy to the insect citizens, but what he comes across is a lot different than he anticipated and Igor must face a difficult decision. will he follow his heart?

METHOd Ireland / Colour / 2021 / 5:36mins / Digital college: limerick School of Art & Design lIT director/Writer/Producer: Polly Holland Facing angry disembodied heads and headless cows, Square Boi is willing to do anything to get his daily cuppa.

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This film follows the journey of a young girl attempting to better the world by recycling a glass jar.

Ireland / Colour / 2021 / 4:37mins / Digital college: Ballyfermot College of Further Education director: Emma Cummins

GLiTcH

A GOOd BOy

HOME TUrF

Ireland / Colour / 2021 / 4:22mins / Digital college: Ballyfermot College of Further Education director/Writer: rose Telford Writer: Sarah Quinlan

Ireland / Colour / 2021 / 2:29mins /Digital college: Ballyfermot College of Further Education director/Writer: Declan Davis Producer: Ballyfermot College of Further Education

Ireland / Colour / 2021 / 3:44mins / Digital college: Ballyfermot College of Further Education director: Matthew O’keeffe Writers: robyn Coleman, Dylan Yap

Glitch follows the story of Stanley, who becomes obsessed with a fictional video game called ‘Delirium’. His only goal; to beat the game and reach the top of the leaderboard at any cost.

The partnership between an Irish farmer and his sheepdog.

Two rival neighbours duke it out to determine once and for all whom has the better lawnmower. An important feat in their hushed little neighbourhood. But will their seemingly low-key rivalry ultimately get the better of them?

BOdy iMAGE

BUrNT LETTUcE

LOOkiNG FOr FrEEdOM

Ireland / Colour / 2021 / 0:56mins / Digital(Stopmotion) college: IADT director: Domhnall B. Cotter

Ireland / Colour / 2021 / 3:06mins / Digital college: AIT director/Writer: Hollie Murphy

Ireland / Colour / 2021 / 2:21mins / Digital college: Ballyfermot College of Further Education director/Writer/Producer: Aurélie Gauthier

In this educational short, an abandoned doll learns to accept herself for who she is....

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Two friends get high in the woods and talk about the universe.

A bird, weary of being trapped in a cage, finds the will to fight her oppressor to reach freedom for her and others sakes...

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Ireland / Colour / 2021 / 4:59mins / Digital college: IADT directors/Writers: key woodlock, Ciara Tyrrell

Ireland / Colour / 2021 / 5:00mins / Digital School: nI Secondary School director/Writer/Producer: Shayna Velasquez

A young astronaut works in solitude on a spaceship, trying to avoid reminders of her life back on Earth. when an alien entity finds its way aboard her ship, she must face some difficult truths.

A young boy, Alamid, with electrical superpowers attempts to save his parents from danger.

Ireland / Colour / 2021 / 1:15mins / Digital college: Pulse College directors/Writers/Producers: Harry Burton, Fintan O’Dwyer

THE SkydANcEr

TrAGEdy vS TrAvESTy

JOdy TOAd

Canada / Colour / 2021 / 5:13mins/ Digital college: IT Tralee directors/Writers: Julia Drossmann, regan Grey, Michael loughlin, Johnathon kool, nada Francis

Ireland / Colour / 2021 / 5:34mins / Digital college: Coláiste Dhúlaigh director/Writer: Shane O’reilly

Ireland / Black & white / 2021 / 5:09mins / Digital college: Pulse College director/Writer/Producer: liam Prendergast

An animated short, highlights the decline and raises awareness of the endangered Hen Harrier and other species due to forestation.

An elderly grandfather tells a story from his childhood to inspire his grandchildren to protect and conserve the environment.

with no support and no one to talk to, a desperate woman calls a crisis hotline. who better to talk to than a stranger with a sympathetic ear.

Two gulls travelling in quite windy conditions...

A young toad moves to the big city, but runs into trouble with his new neighbours

A MiNOr TALE

vOyAGE

BOUNTy

Ireland / Colour / 2021 / 2:20mins /Digital college: lIT Clonmel director/Writer/Producer: Amy Harrington

Ireland / Colour / 2021 / 4:02mins / Digital college: IADT director/Writer/Producer: Aisling Smith Producer: Damien Byrne

Ireland / Colour / 2021 / 2:34mins / Digital college: lIT Clonmel director/Writer: Elaine russell

An unexpected hero saves the day!

'VOYAGE' follows the colourful journey of a young artist, who, following a tragic accident, attempts to use his particular affinity for origami to return home to the girl he loves.

An atmospheric journey through diverse scenery.

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THE GrAvE OF SAiNT OrAN

India / Colour / 2021 / 10:38mins / Digital directors/Writers/Producers: Upamanyu Bhattacharyya, kalp Sanghvi Producers: Prateek Sethi, Arya A Menon, Paolo Polesello

Australia / Colour / 2021 / 8:50mins / Digital director/Producer: Jim Batt Producer: Josie Hess

In a version of kolkata, India rendered unlivable by sea level rise, things take a dark turn when a family of climate change refugees are ambushed by a tiger on the flooded streets.

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narrated by the masterful neil Gaiman and based on his poem In relig Odhrain, this is a tempestuous tale of sacrifice and faith.

Director Jim Batt brings Gaiman's poem to life with beautifully illustrated paper cutouts, meticulously animated using stop-motion techniques and in camera visual effects.

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Belgium / Colour / 2021 / 11:00mins / Digital directors/Writers: Yves Bex, Bart Bossaert Producer: karim rhellam

United States / Colour / 2021 / 8:25mins / Digital directors/Writers/Producers: Hinaleimoana wong-kalu, Dean Hamer, Joe wilson

A fisherman is left alone on the shore of a dried out sea.

He is stuck in the past, until a sandstorm overtakes him and redefines the meaning of his existence...

long ago, four extraordinary individuals of both male and female spirit brought the healing arts from Tahiti to Hawaii.

Beloved by the people for their gentle ways and miraculous cures, they imbued four giant boulders with their powers.

The stones still stand on what is now waikiki Beach, but the true story behind them has been hidden - until now. narrated in an ancient Hawaiian dialect, kapaemahu brings this powerful legend back to life in vivid animation, seen through the eyes of a curious child.

rOBErTO

THE WiTcH & THE BABy

Spain / Colour / 2021 / 9:00mins / Digital director/Writer/Producer: Carmen Córdoba González

russian Federation / Colour / 2021 / 4:45mins / Digital director/Writer: Evgenia Golubeva Writer: Myles Mcleod Producers: Boris Mashkovzev, Mikhail Aldashin, Yulia Gruvman

15 years have passed and roberto is still in love with his neighbour, but she prefers to hide ashamed of her body. with his art and an old clothesline as the only ways of communication, roberto has a plan to push his beloved to face her monsters at once.

An ageing witch needs a baby for a spell to make her young again. But when she brings home an infant princess things don't go to plan.

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SAd BEAUTy netherlands / Colour / 2021 / 9:50mins / Digital director/Writer/Producer: Arjan Brentjes In a heavily polluted world, a young woman mourns the disappearance of animal species. when she falls ill due to a bacterial infection, nature appears to send her a message in her hallucinations.

NAPO

TOT

Brazil / Colour / 2021 / 16:28mins / Digital director/Writer/Producer: Gustavo ribeiro Writer: Gabriela Antonia rosa Producer: Thais Peixe

United kingdom, nI / Colour / 2021 / 12:19mins / Digital directors/Writers/Producers: Aimeé kirkham Priester, Fiona Mclaughlin, Tom Getty

John, unable to understand the illness that drives his grandfather between past and present states, stumbles into an old album full of photographs and then lets the images guide his imagination, transforming his grandpa's memories into drawing interpretations. Drawings that shape their relationship into a history of remembrance and memory building.

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After the death of her father, Tot roams through a mystical world carrying her grief with her as she searches for closure.

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cWcH dEiLEN

United kingdom, nI / Colour / 2021 / 4:10mins / Digital director/Writer: Blayne Fitzpatrick Producer: Vicki rock

United kingdom, wales / Colour / 2021 / 6:32mins / Digital director/Writer: Efa Blosse-Mason Producer: Amy Morris

A young sheltered boy idolises his older rebellious brother, who is fighting a guerrilla war. But how the young boy thinks war is and the reality of war are far from similar.

learning to love someone can be scary, but it can also lead to the most marvellous adventure. with a striking illustrative style, writer/director Efa Blosse-Mason tells the story of Heledd and Celyn who navigate the undiscovered and murky waters of entering a new relationship.

THE EdGE

TWiN TrEES

France / Colour / 2021 / 4:39mins / Digital director/Writer: Emma Iris Benson

France / Colour / 2021 / 4:14mins / Digital director: Emmanuel Ollivier

A man fishes on the sea ice hoping to share some food with his dog.

A brother and sister walk along, each carrying a tree in a small pot. when they come across a parrot and a fallen statue, they each have to choose their own journey.

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yOU SOLd My rOLLEr SkATES? (T’AS VEnDU MES rOllErS?) France / Colour / 2021 / 6:03mins / Digital college: Gobelins directors: Margaux Cazal, Jeanne Hammel, louis Holmes, Sandy lachkar, Agathe leroux, léa rey--Mauzaize Treachery! lou’s mum sold his beloved roller skates at the garage sale. A series of strange and revealing encounters begin when he inevitably goes looking for them in the buzzing crowd.

cOFFiN France / Colour / 2021 / 5:24mins / Digital college: Gobelins directors/Writers: Yuanqing Cai, nathan Crabot, Houzhi Huang, Mikolaj Janiw, Mandimby lebon, Théo Tran ngoc A man comes home and wants to go to bed.

A bunch of noisy roommates.

A crowded city in southern China.

cOLZA

GOOdByE rOBiN!

France / Colour / 2021 / 5:18mins / Digital college: Gobelins directors: Victor Chagniot, Camille Broutin, Matthieu Daures, Victoria De Millo Gregory, Maxime Jouniot, Jade khoo Producer: Moïra Marguin

France / Colour / 2021 / 6:24mins / Digital college: Gobelins directors: Sophie Barocas, Emilie Damiens, Dongsan kim, Quỳnh-Phương nguyễn, Michelle Ong, Olga Serdyukova, Jasmine Veljanovski Producer: Moïra Marguin

A young lizard named Clarence steals a precious plane while the whole village is distracted by the greatest concert it has ever seen.

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Sometimes, a smell, a sensation, a vision can bring back fragments of lost memories. Following a trail of light, the mind tries to find an answer.

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MEMOry OF THE GOLdEN LOckET (lA MÉMOIrE DU MÉDAIllOn D’Or) France / Colour / 2021 / 4:01mins / Digital college: Gobelins director/Writer: Clara Danjoux Producer: Moïra Marguin

A young mexican smuggler and a little girl travel illegally on top of a cargo train, called la Bestia, to get to the USA. An injury transforms his perception of the journey.

Ayla, a young shepherdess, erects a burial for a drowned dead woman, trapped in solitude and oblivion on the depth of a lake. A mysterious white horse will guide her.

MUM’S SWEATEr

My FriENd WHO SHiNE iN THE NiGHT

France / Colour / 2021 / 6:56mins / Digital college: Gobelins directors: Anand k Varma, Yi Chen Hsiao, Mauriziana Gualdrini, Ugo Offner, James Mann Producer: Moïra Marguin

(MOn AMI QUI BrIllE DAnS lA nUIT ) France / Colour / 2021 / 8:40mins / Digital college: Gobelins directors/Writers: Grégoire De Bernouis, Jawed Boudaoud, Simon Cadilhac, Hélène ledevin

After her mother’s death, kim finds solace in wearing her mother’s old sweater. However, the sweater begins to itch and even hurt her, but she still can’t bring herself to take it off.

A ghost loses their memory after being struck by lightning.

They meet Arthur, who tries to help them.

SUNdOWN

THE rETUrN OF THE WAvES

France / Colour / 2021 / 5:10mins / Digital college: Gobelins directors: Juliette Brocal, Camille letouze, Ana Moniz, She ruitao, Zou Shanshan A traditional dance troupe prepares for the opening of the Summer Solstice Festival. The group is scheduled to take the stage in a few minutes, but one member is missing.

(lE rETOUr DES VAGUES ) France / Colour / 2021 / 5:46mins / Digital college: Gobelins directors: Manon Cansell, Alejandra Guevara Cervera, Edward kurchevsky, Francisco Moutinho De Magalhães, Hortense Mariano Producer: Moïra Marguin Coming back to his hometown in hopes of reconnecting with his past, a young man finds the place completely stopped in time.

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United States / Colour / 2021 / 5:39mins / Digital college: new York University Tisch School of the Arts director/Writer: Mulan Fu

Costa rica / Colour / 2021 / 4:45mins / Digital college: Veritas University director/Writer: Manuel lopez

China / Colour / 2021 / 8:01mins / Digital college: Beijing Film Academy director/Writer/Producer: 贺天 Writers/Producers: 常馨予, 张景

A teenage girl undergoes a transformative growth as she witnesses her mother's fight against breast cancer.

After his alcoholic father's death, a young man decides to sell the last memory of him - his taxi ...

A two-dimensional animated short film that combines music, dance and animation and focuses on the transmission of emotions.

The short film tells the story of the war in the stream of consciousness, all the lives are suffering, even the perpetrators themselves.

It advocates for peace and for equal rights?

MOTHEr FiGUrE

My TAGALONG

SUSPiciOUS

Taiwan / Colour / 2021 / 14:23mins / Digital college: Tainan national University of Arts director/Writer: Chia-Tse Chang Producer: Chiao-Fang lin

Canada / Colour / 2021 / 6:40mins / Digital college: Sheridan College director/Writer/Producer: Jerry wang

republic of korea / Colour / 2021 / 4:02mins / Digital college: Hongik University director/Writer/Producer: Hwnagbo Hyunjung

Drawing from a close friend’s childhood memories and his struggles with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Mother Figure is centred on a man and his toxic relationship with his mother growing up.

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A story about two Gemini brothers' journey on the earth. The older brother wants to enjoy the trip himself, but his younger brother always follows him and makes a lot of trouble.

The boyfriend of the protagonist leaves her despite her best efforts. The protagonist sees an illusion and starts to believe that the good-bye was not real, and her boyfriend loves her.

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THE LiGHTHOUSE MAN

THE MidNiGHT SUN

THE OrGANiZEd LiFE

Canada / Colour / 2021 / 4:48mins / Digital college: Sheridan College director/Writer: Matthew walton

United States / Colour / 2021 / 11:49mins / Digital college: UClA director: Connor radding

United States / Colour / 2021 / 2:29mins / Digital college: School of Arts, new York director/Writer/Producer: Patrick Yu wang director: nguyet nghi Duong

A friendly giant struggles to adapt to the growth of an out-port community he calls home.

A park ranger is disoriented by her internal desire to find a missing boy. An animated short film about isolation, loss, and a search for meaning.

THE WiNTEr

UNEArTHLy

Australia / Colour / 2021 / 5:00mins / Digital college: rMIT University, Australia director/Writer/Producer: xin li

Singapore / Colour / 2021 / 6:03mins / Digital college: nanyang Technological University director/Producer: Chan Guanhua

walking in a snowy forest, a peasant sees an unusual deer and goes to follow it. The deer allures him and the peasant even wants to catch it!

‘Unearthly’ is a 3D Animation short focused on two siblings who discover a macaque and fox mask in a forest. when worn, the mask allows them to take on animal traits. Things take a darker turn when the masks begin working on them in unexpected ways. But is it always the animal who turns out more savage than man?

‘The Organized life’ is a 3D animated short film that presents the relationship between mother and son through the son solving the issue of not being able to control himself from organizing everything in life.

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ANy iNSTANT WHATEvEr

Denmark / Colour / 2021 / 7:21mins / Digital college: The Animation workshop director/Writer: Jennifer Alice wright

United kingdom / Colour / 2021 / 5:12mins / Digital college: royal College of Art, london director/Producer: Michelle Brand

ranger Megan Patel must uncover the mystery surrounding her brother’s death. But following his footsteps, Megan discovers a darkness she might not escape.

A man in a room, in a film - it is the becoming of something and simultaneously becoming in itself. nothing is as solid as we believe. The film explores our perception of time and change, bodies and objects, and our inability to comprehend the full motion of things.

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OUT WiTH THE OLd

United kingdom / Colour / 2021 / 3:11mins / Digital college: royal College of Arts, london director: Prashanti Aswani

United kingdom / Colour / 2021 / 7:26mins / StopMotion college: Bristol School of Animation director/Writer/Producer: George Summers

Growing up with her four siblings in Indonesia back in the 70's, my mother tells me of the years she spent being cared for by Machi, her caretaker at the time.

A perfectionist, hermit wooden doll is exiled from his dollhouse when a family move house, and traverses the outside world to get home. However, a childlike plush elephant follows him and attempts to share her fun pastimes with him. As the elephant’s attempts get more invasive and messy, the doll’s determination to be alone in his dollhouse grows - and they must both decide what home really means.

PEArL divEr

THE SOUNd OF MEMOry

norway / Colour / 2021 / 9:00mins / StopMotion college: Volda University College director/Writer: Margrethe Danielsen Producer: Endre Eidsaa larsen

United kingdom / Black & white / 2021 / 5:18mins / Digital college: royal College of Art, london director/Writer/Producer: ruo Hsin wu

Three couples are facing different challenges: A middle aged hedgehog falls in love with a balloon, but finds it difficult to maintain his grooming routine. A couple of arctic lovers are experiencing a coldness between them, and two oysters are losing patience as they wait to be on the same schedule.

An animation that explores issues around dementia based on my own childhood memories. It aims to re-examine meanings of time, perception and relationships with physical surroundings for those who suffer with dementia.

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Czech republic / Colour / 2021 / 5:02mins / Digital director/Writer/Producer: Alexandra Májová Writer: Martin Máj

France / Colour / 2021 / 5:17mins / Digital director: lucas Durkheim Producer: Eddy Production

wash and love.

For months now, a group of five young soldiers have been stuck, bored, on a mission in the middle of the Afghan mountains. One day, during a support mission, the routine is finally broken.

rEvEN OG NiSSEN

TrEASUrE (TrÉSOr)

norway / Colour / 2021 / 8:34mins / Digital director: Yaprak Morali director/Writer: Are Austnes Writers: Mina Juni Stenbråten, Ingrid Haukelidsæter Producers: Ove Heiborg, Thomas Gustafsson, Johan Palmberg

France / Colour / 2021 / 7:03mins / Digital college: Ecole des nouvelles Images directors: Alexandre Manzanares, Guillaume Cosenza, Philipp Merten, Silvan Moutte-roulet

A hungry fox hunts for food on a cold winter night.

He sneaks into a small farm to steal a snack when he is caught red-handed by the Tomten who guards the farm.

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Two explorers in search of a forgotten treasure disturb the romance between an octopus and his beloved.

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France / Colour / 2021 / 5:36mins / Digital college: Ecole des nouvelles Images directors: Zoé Berton, Susana Covo Pérez, Guillaume Heussler, Yann kacprzak, Margot wiriath Producer: Julien Deparis

France / Colour / 2021 / 5:03mins / Digital college: Ecole des nouvelles Images directors: Charlotte Chouisnard, ninon Dodemant, Baptiste leclerc, Solène Michel, Justine Parasote, Anouk Segura-Diaz

when science gets out of hand, the consequences are disastrous.

A dreadful scream pierces through the silence of a sleepy residence. what happened? The investigation begins.

PiLE

SOUS LA GLAcE (Under the ice)

United kingdom / Colour / 2021 / 3:23mins / Digital college: royal College of Art, london director: Toberg Auberg

France / colour / 2019 / 6:50mins college: Ecole des nouvelles Images

water then food. Agriculture then industry. Old then new.

Critical then extra. Simple to complex. Concrete to abstract.

Dirt to clouds. real to unreal.

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On a lake, a heron is fishing while winter arrives.

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The results of our search across the country to find The Young Animator of the Year has ended and we are delighted to present the top 10 selected animations here.

Secondary school students from all over the island of Ireland were invited to submit their short animated film, no longer than 1 min and in any animation format to the national YAOTY awards.

The theme this year was: LOOK TO THE SKY Our Young Animator of the Year encourages young people to engage with animation. winners receive work experience provided by JAM after the festival.

Congratulations to the young stars of Irish animation, the future's looking bright!

Orion ross, Vice President, Original Programming - Animation, Media networks Europe & Africa at The walt Disney Company, will select the winning YAOTY film of 2021.

Look To The Sky

Shooting Star

Ireland/ 2021 / 58secs/ Digital School: Aquinas Diocesan Grammar School, Belfast, northern Ireland director: Shayna Gail Velasquez Set in the year 2080, this light-hearted animated short features an old woman named Vinnie who lives by the beach and unlocks and reminisces the happy memories back in 2020 of her and her deceased husband, lucas, via a holographic locket.

Ireland/ 2021 / 43secs/ Digital School: Scoil Mhuire, Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary director: kellie Flaherty Stars can connect people no matter how far apart.

Old Fool: Look To The Sky Ireland/ 2021 / 1min/ Digital School: kiltoohig Charleville, Co. Cork director: Jude O'Brien An old grumpy blind dude just wanted some directions. But he's old and grumpy and... blind.

Look to the Sky Ireland/ 2021 / 1min/ Digital School: SEk Dublin International School, Co. wicklow director: Adam Pandey In these trying times, a little hope goes a long way. A kid’s sad world brightens up on his birthday when his father tells him that his deceased mother is looking at him from the sky. But on a stormy night, all hope is lost for the kid as he cannot see her. He then uses a little magic to be with her for once and all. This tale is a poignant reminder that the loss of a loved one is hard to live with, especially for kids.

Look To The Sky Ireland/ 2021 / 57secs/ Digital School: lucan Community College, Co. Dublin director: rianna lyons Denji longs to fly like the other birds but, unfortunately, due to being a penguin he can’t. He meets lei-u the arctic fox who builds a helicopter for him but just as he’s flying through the air there’s a malfunction and the helicopter is destroyed. Though Denji is sad he can’t fly he is quickly cheered up because at least he made a new friend.

UrB Ireland/ 2021 / 1min/ Digital School: Clonakilty Community College, Co. Cork director: liam Murphy In a world where buildings rise from the ground, an ostrich must escape the encroaching urban-dystopia.

Eagles don’t catch Flies Ireland/ 2021 / 59secs/ Digital School: Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne Daingean Uí Chúis, Co. kerry director: Sibéal ní Ógáin An Eagle interrupts a man's sleep making him annoyed, but little does he know of the adventure that awaits him.

Mr.Lego-The Movie Ireland/ 2021 / 56secs/ Digital School: Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne Daingean Uí Chúis, Co. kerry director: Malachaí Ó Ciardhubháin

Lockdown isn’t Just For People Ireland/ 2021 / 1min/ Digital School: Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne Daingean Uí Chúis, Co. kerry director: Siún ní Eartáin

Triskel Ireland/ 2021 / 1min/ Digital School: Scoil Mhuire, Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary director: Issy Boxwell It is a fun and interesting way to learn about a butterfly’s life cycle.

Triskel means Circle of life in Irish.

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ANiMATiON diNGLE 2021 STiNGS The theme to our call for Stings 2021 was ‘An Phiast - UnMasked’. This open submission was opened up to all animation students for the first time in 2021!

Colleges represented include: Dundee University, letterkenny IT, Tralee IT, Pulse College and Ulster University. remember to vote for your favorite sting. The Best Sting Award will be announced at our YouTube kids Animation Dingle Awards on Thursday evening the 25th March.

LETTErkENNy iT

dUNdEE UNivErSiTy

A Tash For Freedom // Shane Treacy A Magic Mask // Cheyanne MacDonald An Phiast in Sacrifice // Declan Gillespie The Phisht // Cliona kelly An Phiast The Mask // leila Skoflek An Phiast Un-Masked // Gerard Gallagher Phiast Unmasked // Iva Jelavic & Jake Ochnicka An Phiast Unmasked // nathan Doherty

There is a Little Monster inside All of Us Vilma Saarela // leah O’Donnell // Barbara Szymieczek // lauren McDonald // ryan Patience // Elle Mcleod

dUNdALk iT

Phiast vs Sumo Alex Vanderplank // Sam Vanderplank // Sara Syed // Ben McCormick // Agata kaczan // Mahnoor khan An Phiast Unmasked kathryn Haddow // Casey Brown // Beatrice Babbo // Maria robertson // Chrysoula Varia // ruihan Zhang

Walk in My Shoes // Sarah Dunne

PULSE cOLLEGE

A Phiast Among Us lucy Gillespie // Alex Muir // Aedion lucas // lucy roddam // Tatyana Archtander // Christopher Dickens

Friends, Not Food // Emma Campbell

ULSTEr UNivErSiTy Scaoil an Tine!

Eva robins // Dónal rainey // Josh McAvoy

iT TrALEE

dingzilla Caleb weir // laura Galloway // Veronica koskinen // Tahnye littee // norma ChrysIliou // Aimee Cant // Archie Foley Just A Stroll kate Jarvie // Melinda Buharova // Iona McCall // Georgia Mclellan // Maude Stubbings // niamh Fenton // Stewart McQueen

Unmasked, a night on the town // Jack roach From Bane to Boon // Adarsh Pandey

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MiyU diSTriBUTiON SPEciAL PrOGrAMME A special selection of student's work from MIYU distribution, curated by Maurice Galway with examples of some of the best animation being created in European Colleges today. Maurice has also made a number of specially curated programmes which can be seen on our virtual festival platform. Themed subjects include: Memory; Environment; Mother; kids.

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France / Colour / 2019 / 6:57mins / Digital college: Ecole des nouvelles Images

Italy/France / Colour / 2019 / 5:19mins / Digital

France / Colour / 2019 / 7:30mins / Digital college: Gobelins

At the very heart of a funfair stuck in time, a man goes in search of his loved one.

This painful journey between joy caught under the stone and the deafening silence of solitude, will make him face the truth.

Through a journey back in memory, a woman and a man retrace the more important moments of their love story.

A brilliant scientist sees his convictions crumble during a picnic at the lake.

ANiMALS

FOrGLEMMEGEi (Forget-me-not)

kiLLiNG TiME

Denmark / Colour / 2020 / 6:32mins / Digital college: Animation workshop Animals is an absurdist contemporary short film following the wild transformation of nine people stuck in a metro.

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Denmark / Colour / 2019 / 7:27mins / Digital college: Animation workshop when a lifelong friend departs, a stubborn old man has to face his inner fears in order to restore peace to his mind.

France / Colour / 2020 / 4:47mins / Digital college: Gobelins loukoum can’t stand the passage of Time anymore. She decides to go face it in person and free herself from its control.

But can you really get rid of Time itself?

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iN OrBiT

iNSTiNcT

France / Colour / 2020 / 5:27mins / Digital college: Gobelins

France / Colour / 2020 /4:37mins / Digital college: ArtFx

In a far future, Sonia is about to be transferred from her space station to a newer one. while everything appears to be going well for her, her mind is elsewhere, disturbed by a past not far behind.

In a dense and icy forest, Piotr, a young hunter, finds himself violently paralyzed by a bear trap. while he is slowly freezing to death, the prey he was hunting approaches.

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dErNiEr AcT (Final Act) France / Colour / 2020 / 7:30mins / Digital college: Ecole des nouvelles Images Cheetah’s season has arrived. André and Philip, two pals as valiant as they’re bold, establish the ultimate hunting technique: Infiltrate the feline’s territory disguised as animals.

HOrS cOUrSE France / Colour / 2019 / 5mins / Digital college: Ecole des nouvelles Images Two young chameleons hunt a beetle in an African desert. This chase will take them to an undetermined and unsettling place!

Supported by Ambassade de France en Irlande @franceinireland

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St. James’ church curated Programme ScrEEN irELANd 20 yEArS OF ANiMATiON 1 Illustrating how Screen Ireland and rTE’s funding is the foundation of the animation industry that exists in Ireland today. Including multi-award winning, exceptional Irish animated films. AVAIlABlE TO VIEw FrOM 22 - 26 MArCH

Give Up yer Aul Sins

Sandpiper

Ireland / Colour / 2001 / 5mins / Digital director: Cathal Gaffney Producer: Darragh O’Connell

Ireland / Colour / 2008 / 7mins / Digital director: Jimmy Murakami Producer: Peter Fleming

More than 30 years ago, young Dublin children were recorded on a battered tape recorder as they gave their interpretation of stories from the bible. The story of John the Baptist, is told by a little girl with great passion and an obvious delight in the telling of it ...

Poignant story of a young boy saving a Sandpiper with a broken wing from vicious Seagulls. He tends the injured bird and releases it back into the wild.

Pilgrim

Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty

Ireland / Colour / 2006 / 4mins / Digital director: Matthew Darragh Producers: Gerrard O’rourke, Jason Tammemagi A stranger in an unknown land braves many dangers as he strives to fulfill his function.

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Ireland / Colour / 2000 / 6mins / Digital director: nicky Phelan Producer: Darragh O’Connell Granny O’Grimm, a seemingly sweet old lady, loses the plot as she tells her version of Sleeping Beauty to her terrified granddaughter.

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The Monk and the Fly

Late Afternoon

Ireland / Colour / 2010 / 3mins / Digital director: Matthew Darragh Producer: Sean Smith

Ireland / Colour / 2018 / 9mins / Digital director: louise Bagnall Producer: nuria González Blanco

A contented Monk relaxes under a shady Banyan tree on a peaceful summer’s day. what could possibly go wrong?

An elderly woman drifts back through her memories.

She exists between two states, the past and the present.

Fear of Flying

The Bird and the Whale

Ireland / Colour / 2012 / 10mins / Digital director: Conor Finnegan Producer: Brunella Cocchiglia

Ireland / Colour / 2018 / 7mins / Digital / Paint-on-Glass director: Carol Freeman Producer: Jonathan Clarke

A small bird with a fear of flying tries to avoid heading south for the winter.

The Bird and the whale is a story about a young whale struggling to find his voice. After straying too far from his family to explore a shipwreck, he discovers it’s sole survivor, a caged songbird. Together they struggle to survive lost at sea.

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cúilín dualach Ireland / Colour / 2004 / 12mins / Digital director: nora Twomey Producer: ross Murray Born with his head on backwards, Cúilín Dualach has been shunned and mocked by all but his loving Mother.

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St. James’ church curated Programme ScrEEN irELANd 20 yEArS OF ANiMATiON 2 AVAIlABlE TO VIEw FrOM 22 - 26 MArCH

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Macarooned

donkey

Ireland / Colour / 2017 / 4mins / Digital directors/Writers: Seamus Malone, Alan Short Producer: Samantha Plaisted

Ireland / Colour / 2009 / 6mins / Digital director/Writer: louise Bagnall Producer: niamh O’Donoghue

Mac is ‘macarooned’, hungry and pines for the lush tropical island across the water - if only he can get past Feargal the Shark who happens to be hungry too.

Donkey is sick of his minimum wage job at the beach.

Geist

changes

Ireland / Colour / 2015 / 11mins / Digital directors/Writers: Sean Mullen, Ben Harper, Alex Sherwood Producer: Daniel Spencer

Ireland / Colour / 2005 / 3.34mins / Digital director: lorcan Finnegan Producer: Cormac Fox

A shipwrecked fisherman takes shelter in an abandoned house on a remote island, but soon realises he is not alone.

Two caterpillars wildly in love embark on a journey of change, but will they feel the same way when they emerge from their chrysalises?

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Fifty Percent Grey

deadly

Ireland / Colour / 2001 / 3mins / Digital director: ruairí robinson Producer: Seamus Byrne

Ireland / Colour / 2014 / 8.52mins / Digital director/Writer: Aidan McAteer Producer: Shannon George

Sgt. Cray wakes up alone, with only his gun, a widescreen tv, and a lot of spare time, his options become increasingly limited... Sgt. Cray has all the time in the world to do very little... Eternal peace and tranquility isn’t all it's cracked up to be. life can play cruel tricks on people. So can Death. In the end, it all averages out in shades of grey. In death, there is no black and white.

Deadly tells the story of Boney, a working stiff who doesn’t care about his dead-end job. That is until he has a run-in with a spirited old lady named Bridie ...

departure

The Wiremen

Ireland / Colour / 2018 / 9mins / Digital director: Aoífe Doyle Producer: niamh Herrity

Ireland / Colour / 2019 / 9mins / Digital director: Jessica Patterson Producer: Dave Minogue, richard Gordon

Faced with the prospect of yet another Christmas without her emigrated family, Alma, a lonely Irish grandmother, is at an all time low.

Set in Ireland in the 1960s, The wiremen is the fantastic tale about six-year-old rosie as she hunts through the dark for a fairy only to encounter the mystical and terrifying wiremen.

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St. James’ church curated Programme ScrEEN irELANd 20 yEArS OF ANiMATiON 2 contd.

AVAIlABlE TO VIEw FrOM 22 - 26 MArCH

city of roses

Second to None

Ireland / Colour / 2015 / 8.52mins / Digital director/Writer: Andrew kavanagh Producer: Jackie leonard

Ireland / Colour / 2017 / 7mins / Digital director: Vincent Gallagher Producer: Damian Farrell

One Halloween night, a smouldering suitcase was pulled off a bonfire in Dublin, saving a true story of love, loss and hope.

Frederick Butterfield is tired of always being runner up. when he becomes the world’s second oldest person, he hatches a plan to claim first place.

Escape Ireland / Colour / 2004 / 7mins / Digital director: John rice Producer: Mark Cumberton After a violent crime, a man is arrested and sentenced to life in prison.

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AcE Producers ACE Producers has selected 18 experienced independent producers for the ACE Animation Special 2021.

The intensive workshop is designed to deepen their knowledge of developing and producing long form, feature film and series animation production for an international audience including cinema, broadcast as well as streaming. Producers applied with animated features and series projects in early development.

Originally set to take place during Animation Dingle it was postponed to late June 2021 in Dublin due to the current situation. The selected producers will kick off the workshop with an online session in March giving them the opportunity to benefit from the online Animation Dingle programme.

The ACE Animation Special is supported by Screen Skills Ireland, Screen Ireland, Animation Skillnet, BAI (Broadcasting Authority of Ireland), Animation Ireland and in close collaboration with Animation Dingle.

Of this year’s event, ACE director Jacobine van der Vloed said, ‘we’re thrilled to be joining with our Irish partners once again for the Animation Special. Of course, the fact that we’re not going to be in Dingle in March is disappointing for all involved, but after our experience last year, we’re confident of delivering a dynamic workshop that will offer our producers the key knowledge to make their way in the animation industry.’

SELEcTEd AcE ANiMATiON SPEciAL PrOdUcErS Simonetta Amenta (ACE Italy), Eurofilm Emilie Blézat (ACE France), SCIAPODE Maria Blicharska (ACE Poland/France), Donten et Lacroix/Blick Productions Fiona Copland (New Zealand), Field Theory Valérie Delpierre (Spain), Inicia Films David Epiney (Switzerland), Alina film Marion Guth, (Luxembourg), a_BAHN Chris Hees (United Kingdom), Bridge Way Films Niamh Herrity (Ireland), Pink Kong Nicole Kellerhals (Germany), X Filme Creative Pool Tamsin Lyons (Ireland), Ink and Light Michael Margulis (Ukraine), Kapi Animation Errol Nayci (Netherlands), Storytellers Animation Kristy Neville (Canada), Wildling Pictures Sébastien Onomo (ACE France), Special Touch Studio Iris Otten (ACE Netherlands), Pupkin Film Aleksandar Protic (Serbia), MIR MEDIA GROUP Vanessa Robinson (Ireland), Little Moon Animation Topics covered include story development, visual world building and asset creation, international production workflows in multi-country co-productions, financing strategies, physical line production, the integration of an animation department into an existing (film-) production company as well as an assessment of the demands and expectation of broadcasters.

Among the experts of this year’s edition are Oscar nominated and BAFTA winning Magic light Pictures producers Martin Pope and Michael rose (‘Zog and the Flying Doctors’), BAFTA-winning producer Claire Jennings (‘Coraline’, ‘wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the were-rabbit’) and renowned animation producer Simon Quinn (‘Isle of Dogs’).

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St. James’ church Shorts WiNNiNG FiLMS OF 2020 we are delighted to exhibit and present to you, the winning films from last year’s festival.

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Winner The Inaugural Best Sting Award

iN PUrSUiT OF BiGFOOT

Winner YAOTY Award

The Best Irish Student Short

LiFE iN PLASTic

THE BEEkEEPEr

katie Elger / Co. Clare / 2020 / 1min

robyn Conroy / IADT / 2020 / 6.29mins

Eoin O’kane / lYIT / 2020 / 40secs

Deep in the heart of a bamboo forest, a paternal bear watches over Mae, a spirited young girl that he is raising. Sustained by the collection of beehives that the bear tends to, the two live together in peaceful harmony.

However, in order to continue this peaceful way of life there is one rule that Mae cannot break - she must never enter the bee yard where the bees are kept.

The inaugural award for Best Irish Professional Short

Winner of The Best Stop Motion

Winner Best Music/ Sound Design Award

AN GAdHAr dUBH

dAUGHTEr

LEGENd HAS iT

Pádraig Fagan / Paper Panther / 2020 / 9.24mins

Daria kascheeva / Czech republic / 2020 / 14.44mins

Ciara Johnson / BCFE / 2020 / 6.35mins

A young man and his senile father are terrorized by a mysterious black dog in Connemara in 1910.

Should you hide your pain? Close yourself inside your inner world, full of longing for your father’s love and its displays? Or should you understand and forgive before it is too late?

Distributed by MIYU.

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Set in a perfect Celtic society, built on tradition, honor and honesty. This story centers around the life of our protagonist, Bronwyn, who is preparing for a coming of age ceremony like no other. we follow her journey as she struggles with admitting what she knows; which could not only tarnish her family reputation, but her entire community’s. She battles with facing the consequences and the pressures of the truth.

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Winner Best 3D/CGI

dON’T crOAk Daun kim / USA / 2020 / 1.40mins

Winner Best Design/ Art Direction

OUTSidE THE BOX

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Winner Best Animation

FiSH FOr LiFE kerstin Blätterbinder, lukas Mathä, lisa Gierlinger, And Victoria wolfersberger / Austria / 2020 / 8.05mins

An agile long-legged frog escapes from being dissected by a frenzied determined 12 years old girl.

Janet Grainger / Colaiste Dhúlaigh / 2020 / 5.22mins Outside the box is an explorative animated documentary which looks at how we perceive people in the lGBTQI community and in turn how they look at themselves.

Fish for life tells the story of Manolin, an outdated fisherman who lives in norway.

He has not caught anything in weeks.

Manolin lives for his work. Unfortunately, he can no longer keep up with the new technology and also rejects it strictly.

Winner Best 2D and Winner Best Writer

Winner Best Director

Winner Best International Student Film

HOW TO rOB A WiTcH liam Fahy / IADT / 2020 / 5.30mins why wish for riches when you can rob witches?

A brother and sister rob a witch’s collection of coins from her home hidden beneath a wishing well deep in the woods. The story is a reverse of ‘Jack and Jill’ and ‘Hansel and Gretel’.

HOME rhea Hanlon, Méabh Gilheany Ulster University / 2020 / 3.45mins A homeless woman reminisces of the home and security she once enjoyed, while facing the challenges of hidden homelessness today.

SHErGAr Cora Mckenna / The Animation workshop 2020 / 7.06mins Shergar follows Conor, a boy living a fast paced and free roaming life with his friends on the streets of Dublin. Though a life without responsibilities is great fun, it can't keep his head above the chaos of his poverty stricken home. when he is tied between what he should do and what his hectic life pushes him into, he doesn’t always have a good choice to make. Distributed by MIYU.

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Animation dingle FESTivAL TEAM THAnkS TO All wHO HElPED TO BrInG OUr VAD 2021 OVEr THE lInE.

Animation Dingle staff & volunteers include: Maurice Galway, Jemma Shorten, Catherine Galway, Catriona Begley, Elena Horgan, Saoirse Freisinger, robert Condon, Gabriel Galway and Potema Dunne.

JAM Media support team include: John rice, Alan Shannon, Mark Cumberton, richard Gorden, Scott McDonnell, Tiago Batista, Miguel Filho, Borja Espana, niall Mooney, rafa Diaz Canales, Shauna Cullen and Alison Crowley.

Thanks to our selectors: Pádraig Fegan, Paper Panther Studios (winner Best Irish Film 2020), Cora Mckenna, Animator (winner Best International Student Film 2020), robyn Conroy, Animator (winner Best Irish Student Film 2020), Mark Cumberton, JAM Media, Shauna Cullen, JAM Media and Maurice Galway, Animation Dingle.

For YAOTY: Marty Boylan, IT Tralee, Jemma Shorten, Animator and Maurice Galway.

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