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Ronan McCabe Named Animation Ireland Chief Executive |
| 11 Mar 2020 | Animation Ireland, the trade body representing Ireland’s animation studios, has announced that it has appointed Ronan McCabe as its new Chief Executive. |
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Applications now open for 2020 Animation Hot Seat Residency |
| 13 Feb 2020 | Offline Film Festival has announced that applications are now open for the its 2020 Animation Hot Seat Residency. The Residency will begin in May, culminating in a premiere of the work created at OFFline Film Festival in October 2020. |
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YouTube Kids announced as title sponsor for Animation Dingle Student Awards |
| 10 Feb 2020 | Animation Dingle has announced YouTube Kids as the title sponsor of the Animation Dingle Student Awards. |
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Flickerpix acquires rights for Dirty Bertie with plans for new animated series |
| 10 Feb 2020 | Northern Irish animation company Flickerpix has acquired the rights for the bestselling children’s fiction book series Dirty Bertie with plans to develop a new 26 part television animation series. |
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Monster Entertainment to launch new season of hit animation series Jungle Beat at Kidscreen |
| 10 Feb 2020 | With Kidscreen just around the corner, Sunrise Productions has announced the 8th season of their award-winning non-dialogue pre-school show, Jungle Beat. |
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Irish animation delegation prepare to travel to Miami for Kidscreen Summit 2020 |
| 06 Feb 2020 | Ireland’s leading animation studios will line up with the biggest names in the global film and TV production in Miami next week to represent Ireland at the Kidscreen Summit 2020. |
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Monster Entertainment to launch new slate at Kidscreen |
| 05 Feb 2020 | The Dublin-based distributor is launching a brand new slate of programming at the 2020 Kidscreen Summit in Miami next month. |
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IFTA launches Five-Year Strategic Development Plan (2020–2024) |
| 30 Jan 2020 | The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) officially unveils its Five-Year Strategic Development Plan 2020-2024. |
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Johnathan Clarke and Stephen Fagan selected for Inaugural ACE Animation Special |
| 21 Jan 2020 | ACE Producers has announced the sixteen producers that have been selected for the first edition of the ACE Animation Special that will take place during Animation Dingle in Ireland this coming March. |
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The Day Henry Met… Season 4 premieres on Nick Jr and adds several new broadcasters |
| 15 Jan 2020 | The latest season of Wiggleywoo’s hit series; The Day Henry Met… has recently been completed and made its debut on Nick Jr Too in the UK and Ireland on 7th January. |
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Irish companies receive over €2 million in funding from Creative Europe MEDIA in 2019 |
| 19 Dec 2019 | The penultimate year of the Creative Europe Programme (2014-2020) has seen the highest annual award to Irish companies to date with over €2 million in funding received for Training, Development, TV Programming, Festivals, Market Access, and the Promotion of European Works Online. |
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Four Northern Ireland projects nominated for Kidscreen Awards |
| 16 Dec 2019 | Four Northern Ireland Screen supported projects have been nominated for the 2020 Kidscreen Awards. |
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Northern Irish company Italic Pig selected for Industrial Light and Magic mentorship programme |
| 16 Dec 2019 | The Northern Ireland video game company has been selected as one of five UK companies to be mentored by Industrial Light and Magic xLAB, a division of LucasFilm dedicated to the future of immersive storytelling. |
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Three new Irish animated series now available to watch on RTEjr and CBBC |
| 09 Dec 2019 | Projects from Irish animation studios Turnip & Duck, Ink and Light and Kavaleer Productions will all feature on UK and Irish broadcasters this winter. |
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Brown Bag Films receives three nominations for 47th Annie Awards |
| 05 Dec 2019 | The International Animated Film Society has revealed nominations for the 47th Annie Awards, and Irish animation company Brown Bag Films/9 Story Media Group has received three nominations for pre-school shows Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum and Let’s Go Luna. |
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Leading the Way in Animation: Management Development Seminar for Animation Studios |
| 03 Dec 2019 | Animation Ireland in partnership with Animation Skillnet, The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland and Screen Skills Ireland are hosting a half day seminar on Leading the way in Animation: a Management Development Seminar for Animation Studios . |
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Northern Irish Immersive Media Studios, RETìníZE, secures Techstart Ventures Investment |
| 03 Dec 2019 | RETìníZE Limited has secured funding through the TechStart Ventures capital initiative for Northern Ireland. |
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First progress report on implementation of the Audiovisual Action Plan |
| 02 Dec 2019 | The department of Culture, Herritage and the Gaeltacht has published the first report pertaining to the progress of the implementation of the Audiovisual Action Plan. |
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Ink and Light's new series Ollie to premiere on RTÉjr this December |
| 28 Nov 2019 | Ollie is an animated series for children three to five years, featuring a new forest favourite Ollie the owl. Ollie premieres on RTÉjr on December 2nd at 10am. |
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Animation, VFX & Games Graduate Traineeship 2019-2020: Participants and Host Studios Announced |
| 27 Nov 2019 | Screen Skills Ireland and Animation Skillnet have announced the Animation, VFX & Games Graduate Traineeship participants and host studios for the 2019/20 programme. |
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