Irish Animation Awards nominees announced as event goes virtual!

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The nominees for the 2021 Irish Animation Awards have been announced today (Wed 14th April) by Animation Ireland, the trade association for Irish animation studios. 

The biennial awards ceremony will take place virtually for the first time on Friday 21st May.  And will once again highlight the brilliance and talent of the Irish animation sector. The 2021 Irish Animation Awards feature four new categories, including Best Storyboarding, Best Editing, Best Student Film and Best New Irish IP. 

Among the nominations in the 20 categories this year is Cartoon Saloon’s Oscar-nominated film ‘Wolfwalkers’, which was nominated in all seven available categories. Giant Animation’s ‘Zog and the Flying Doctors’, which aired on BBC One on Christmas Day, racked up four nominations.

For their preschool series, ‘Chico Bon Bon: Monkey with a Tool Belt’, Brown Bag Films picked up three nominations, while Vamperina, Dorg Van Dango, Ballybraddan, Bug Diaries and Pablo also picked up multiple nods.

According to Animation Ireland’s Chief Executive, Ronan McCabe, the awards this year highlight the continued growth and creativity in the sector; ‘’It has been an unprecedented year for Irish animation, but the quality of the work  produced here in Ireland has once again been world class. It’s really heartening to see that the sector has continued to produce outstanding work and that the future remains bright for Irish animation. As with every other year, the 2021 Irish Animation Awards is a time to celebrate the strength and vibrancy of the sector.’’

Ronan went on to say; ‘’We have four new award categories this year, and one which I am really looking forward to is Best Student Film. Animation Ireland has been working hard over the past five years to develop education opportunities in animation and to encourage more students to get involved in a great career choice. Given the current situation, this year’s event will be virtual, but we’re still going to be putting on a great show. It will be a half-day event, with two industry panels, in partnership with Animation Skillnet, Screen Skills Ireland and Women in Animation, followed by the awards ceremony in the evening.’’ 

The Irish Animation Awards are sponsored this year by Screen Ireland, RTÉ, Northern Ireland Screen, BAI, Enterprise Ireland, Gorilla Post, Toon Boom Animation, Philip Lee, Brophy Gillespie and Laztech.

Winners of each category will receive a statuette designed by animator, film maker and teacher Eimhin McNamara. The statuette resembles a Phenakistoscope which was an early animation device used to create an illusion of motion.

Animation Ireland is the trade association for Ireland’s animation studios, representing 32 member studios, who employ more than 2,000 people nationwide. The sector has seen meteoric growth in recent years, with the sector now generating almost €200 million for the economy annually, as Irish animation projects are viewed in over 120 countries worldwide.

Ends.

Please note: Ronan McCabe is available for interview.

For more details on the Irish Animation Awards please visit www.irishanimationawards.ie 

For more information on Animation Ireland please visit www.animationireland.com 

Contact:

Rory Sweeney

Paul Allen & Associates

18 Fitzwilliam Square South, Dublin 2

01 676 9575/086 897 6442

And the nominees are ...

Best Animated Preschool Series

Claude - Twinkle Toes Terry

Sixteen South

Pins and Nettie - Season 1

Daily Madness

Pablo

Paper Owl Films

Bug Diaries

Lighthouse Studios

Hungry Bear Tales

Treehouse Republic



Best Animated Kids Series 6+

Boy, Girl, Dog, Cat, Mouse, Cheese

Kavaleer

Dorg Van Dango

Cartoon Saloon

Sylvie Bloom - Corona Corona Corona

Dog Day Media

Ballybraddan

Geronimo Productions

Chico Bon Bon: Monkey With a Toolbelt - Gigantic Glue Ball

Brown Bag Films



Best Animated Short Film

Brother Ezekiel

Boulder Media; Leon Elliott

Her Song

Éabha Bortolozzo, Jack Kirwan

The Voyage

JAM Media; Jessica Patterson

The Dead Hands of Dublin

Pink Kong Studios; Leo Crowley

Greenpeace- There's a Monster in my Kitchen

Cartoon Saloon; Tomm Moore, Fabian Erlinghauser



Best International Short Film

Right Now (Giant Ant)

Santiago (Andrey Koulev)

War Game (Blayne Fitzpatrick/Enter Yes Studio )

Broken Candle (Felix Kiner)

Something Borrowed (Micky Wozny)


Best Writer for Preschool Animation

Pablo

Paper Owl Films; Andrew Brenner

Jessy and Nessy

JAM Media; Shane Langan, Amy Stephenson

Mya Go - Slimy Zoo

Piranha Bar; PJ Moloney & Robert Carr

Vampirina - Vampire Chaperone

Brown Bag Films; Chelsea Beyl, Mia Resella, Jeffrey King

Doc McStuffins - Bedazzled

Brown Bag Films; Randi Barnes, Chris Nee, Michael Stern



Best Writer for an Animated Series

Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese - Neighbourhood Watchdog

Kavaleer; Baljeet Rai, Henry Gifford

Dorg Van Dango - Dorg Needs a Shot

Cartoon Saloon; Nick Murphy

Ballybraddan - Affection & Rejection

Treehouse Republic; Noel McGee, Nora King

Fantasy Ireland

Igloo Animations; Ciarán Morrison, Mick O'Hara

Dorg Van Dango - Dorg Has a Pimple

Cartoon Saloon; Shane Langan, Amy Stephenson

Best Animation for Apps, Games and Interactive

TOT COP;

Mooshku

Empire Of Sin

Romero Games

Lego, Duplo, World

Touch Press

Best Art Direction and Design

Sunburn

Studio Meala

Chico Bon Bon: Monkey With a Toolbelt - Gigantic Glue Ball

Brown Bag Films

Zog & the Flying Doctors

Magic Light Pictures/ Giant Animation

GreenPeace - There's a Monster in the Kitchen

Cartoon Saloon

Wolfwalkers

Cartoon Saloon

Best Director of an Animated Series

Dorg Van Dango

Cartoon Saloon; Fabian Erlinghauser, Matt Ferguson

My Little Pony - Pony Life

Boulder Media; Adrian Ignat

Bug Diaries

Lighthouse Studios; Gilly Fogg

Pins & Nettie – Season 1

Daily Madness; Lindsey Adams

Pinkalicious & Peterific

Sixteen South ; Jamie Teehan


Best Animation Sequence

Wolfwalkers

Cartoon Saloon

Greenpeace - There's a Monster in my Kitchen

Cartoon Saloon

Sunburn

Studio Meala

Zog and the Flying Doctors

Magic Light Pictures/ Giant Animation

Dorg Van Dango

Cartoon Saloon

Best Music

Dorg Van Dango

Cartoon Saloon

Pins & Nettie - Season 1

Daily Madness

Claude - Twinkle Toes Terry

Sixteen South

Wolfwalkers

Cartoon Saloon

Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese

Kavaleer


Best Sound Design

Dead Hands of Dublin

Pink Kong Studios

Wolfwalkers

Cartoon Saloon

Angela's Christmas Wish

Brown Bag Films/ Windmill Lane

Dorg Van Dango

Cartoon Saloon/ Gorilla Post

Dangermouse

Boulder Media/ Windmill Lane

Best Irish Feature or Special

Wolfwalkers

Cartoon Saloon; Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart

Angela’s Christmas Wish

Brown Bag Films; Damien O' Connor

Zog and the Flying Doctors

Magic Light Pictures/ Giant Animation; Sean Mullen

The Christmas Letter

Dream Logic; Kealan O' Rourke

Sol

Paper Owl Films; Gráinne Mc Guinness

Best Storyboarding

Zog and the Flying Doctors

Magic Light Pictures/ Giant Animation

Greenpeace - There's a Monster in my Kitchen

Cartoon Saloon

Sunburn

Studio Meala

Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy

Boulder Media

Wolfwalkers

Cartoon Saloon


Best Editing

WolfWalkers

Cartoon Saloon

Greenpeace - There’s a Monster in my Kitchen

Cartoon Saloon

Dorg Van Dango

Cian McGarrigle, Mat Garneau; Cartoon Saloon

Vampirina - Bora and the Banshee/ A tale of Two Hollows

Brown Bag Films

Chico Bon Bon: Monkey With A Tool Belt - “Runaway Robot”

Brown Bag Films


Best Student Film

HUSKY (Darragh Scott)

Tuna (Cliona Noonan)

CTRL + ALT + Z (Holly Keating)

Shergar (Cora McKenna)

Tenant (Sarah Benson)

Best Irish IP

TOT COP

Mooshku

Pins and Nettie - Season 1

Daily Madness

Claude - Twinkle Toes Terry

Sixteen South

Critters TV - Series 1

Turnip & Duck

Jessy and Nessy - Where Else Can We Find Echoes?

JAM Media


Best Newcomer

Studio Meala

Alt Animation

Little Moon Animation

Taunt Studio

Turnip & Duck

Kids Choice Awards (up to 6 years)

Pablo (Paper Owl Films)

Sir Mouse (Salty Dog Pictures)

Ollie (Ink & Light Films)

Bug Diaries (Lighthouse Studios)

Critters TV (Turnip & Duck)

Kids Choice Award (6 - 12 years)

Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (Boulder Media)

Chico Bon Bon: Monkey With a Toolbelt (Brown Bag Films)

Ballybraddan (Geronimo Productions)

Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese (Kavaleer Productions)

Dorg van Dango (Cartoon Saloon)

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