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Four short animated films funded and selected for Ireland’s pavilion in Expo 2025 Osaka |
| 10 Dec 2024 | Screen Ireland, in partnership with Animation Ireland and the National Talent Academy for Animation, has announced the four successful recipients of the Osaka Expo 2025 Short Film Fund. |
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Round 2 participants and host studios announced for Animation, VFX & Games Graduate Traineeship 2024 |
| 19 Nov 2024 | Screen Ireland and Cultural & Creative Industries Skillnet has announced the Animation, VFX & Games Graduate Traineeship participants and host studios for the second programme of 2024. |
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RTÉ Jr premieres new Irish animated series Doodle Girl from ALT Animation and Studio Meala |
| 04 Nov 2024 | Doodle Girl, the brand new 2D animated series, co-produced by ALT Animation in Northern Ireland and Studio Meala in Ireland, premiered on RTÉ Jr at 7:50am this Monday, November 4th. |
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Minister Catherine Martin and Minister Jack Chambers launch Screen Ireland’s new National Talent Academy for VFX |
| 03 Jul 2024 | Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin (TD), Minister for Finance Jack Chambers (TD), and Academy Award-winning VFX artist Richard Baneham (Avatar: The Way of Water) joined Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland and VFX Ireland last night for the launch of a new National Talent Academy for VFX. |
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Creative Europe Monthly Roundup - May |
| 22 May 2024 | IFTN brings you a round-up of Creative Europe’s key updates including the Animation Ireland Meitheal summit in Galway, the Docs Ireland 2024 programme and a free webinar for producers. |
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IFTA Q&A Series: Kris Kelly on Directing Animation |
| 16 Apr 2024 | To mark the 21st anniversary of the IFTA awards, we are showcasing Irish talent who are blazing a trail across our industry, working in front of and behind the camera. |
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Animation Dingle Festival awards Murakami Award to producer Michael Algar |
| 20 Mar 2024 | Animation Dingle has announced producer Michael Algar as the recipient of this year's prestigious Murakami Award, sponsored by Brown Bag Films. |
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IFTA Awards 2024: IFTA nominations announced |
| 14 Mar 2024 | The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) has announced the 2024 IFTA Nominations for the Irish Academy Awards across 28 categories in Film & Drama. |
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Deadline approaching for Screen Ireland’s Frameworks scheme |
| 13 Mar 2024 | The deadline for 2024’s Frameworks short film scheme is this Friday, March 15th. |
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Oscars 2024: Cillian Murphy wins Best Actor Oscar, Element Pictures' Poor Things wins four awards |
| 11 Mar 2024 | Cillian Murphy has become the first Irish-born actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, for his role as the titular character in Oppenheimer. Element Pictures’ Poor Things has received four Academy Awards including Best Actress for Emma Stone. |
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Animation Dingle announces 2024 programme |
| 06 Mar 2024 | Animation Dingle has announced the programme of its 2024 edition, presented by Jam Media in partnership with Screen Ireland. |
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Three Frameworks shorts to make television debut next week |
| 29 Feb 2024 | Three short films funded through Screen Ireland and RTÉ's flagship Frameworks scheme, Hermit, Regular Rabbit, and Red Rabbit, will make their television debut next week on RTÉ2. |
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RENDR festival announces lineup including speakers from Netflix, Pixar & Sony |
| 30 Jan 2024 | Following its debut last year, Belfast’s RENDR festival returns to the city next month with a line-up of creative talent from the global film and television industries. |
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Creative Europe Monthly Round-Up - January |
| 24 Jan 2024 | IFTN brings you a round-up of Creative Europe’s key updates such as an A.I. Tools for Film & TV, information events on the European Film Market, and the European Co-development funding deadline. |
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Screen Ireland launches its 2024 slate |
| 24 Jan 2024 | Screen Ireland its 2024 slate, with over 40 Film, TV Drama, Documentary and Animation Projects. Highlights this year include Small Things Like These starring Cillian Murphy, TV thriller The Boy That Never Was, and Bring Them Down, starring Barry Keoghan. |
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Cartoon Saloon’s Screecher’s Reach nominated for two Annie Awards |
| 17 Jan 2024 | Cartoon Saloon’s Screecher’s Reach, the Paul Young-directed episode of anthology series Star Wars: Visions, has been nominated for two Annie Awards. |
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Cartoon Saloon-produced Star Wars: Visions episode receives Creative Emmy |
| 09 Jan 2024 | ‘Screecher’s Reach’, the Cartoon Saloon-produced episode of Star Wars anthology Star Wars: Visions has received a Creative Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation in the Production Design category. |
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Writer Hugh O'Conor & director Jessica Patterson discuss Worry World |
| 19 Dec 2023 | We spoke with writer Hugh O’Conor and director Jessica Patterson to discuss their animated short film Worry World. The film is eligible for the Best Animated Short Film category at the 96th Academy Awards. |
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Screen Ireland announce Frameworks 2023 projects |
| 21 Nov 2023 | Screen Ireland has announced the successful teams for the 2023 edition of its Frameworks animated short film scheme, co-funded with RTÉ. |
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“Foyle holds a special place in my heart;” BAFTA nominee Kris Kelly discusses Wind and the Shadow ahead of its premiere at Foyle Film Festival |
| 17 Nov 2023 | We spoke with Northern Irish director Kris Kelly about his beautifully hand-painted short animation, Wind and the Shadow, ahead of its premiere at Foyle Film Festival this Sunday. |
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