The JAM Media production ‘Roy’ and the Kaveleer Productions series ‘Boj’ have both won awards at the 2015 Kidscreen Awards.
The Kidscreen Summit is renowned as the kid’s entertainment industry’s most important annual event, with top executives attending to take advantage of the year’s best business networking, and to engage in critical dialogue on issues that affect the industry.
The JAM Media production ‘Roy’ was the winner of the Best Non-Animated or Mixed Series prize at the Kidscreen Awards. The BAFTA-winning series is made with support from the Irish Film Board. ‘Roy’ follows the adventures of Roy O'Brien, the animated son of a real family.
The Kavaleer Production ‘Boj’ meanwhile was a winner at the iKids Awards, which celebrates the markets best digital media products and platforms for kids. ‘Boj’ was the winner of the award for Best eBook for ‘Boj: Musical Mayhem’.
In other Kavaleer news, it was also announced that they would team up with Belfast-based Indee Productions on a new series, ‘Pablo’, about an artistic boy with autism. In the live-action/animated series Pablo (52 x 11 minutes), the drawings of the five-and-half-year-old boy come to life. The young protagonist sets out on adventures in this art world of imagination, which helps him make sense of the challenges he faces every day in the real world. The partnership will see Indee Productions manage all pre- and post-production, as well as live-action filming, while Kavaleer will oversee the series’ animated segments.
