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NIS launches Foundation Academy for Animation |
| 22 Oct 2018 | Animation is a major growth area in the creative industries in Northern Ireland; in response to the high demand for skills and local talent, Northern Ireland Screen has launched a Foundation Academy for Animation. |
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Mark Kermode Presents Cartoon Saloon with Cinemagic Leading Light Award |
| 22 Oct 2018 | Film Critic, Broadcaster and Musician, Mark Kermode returned to Cinemagic for his annual Film Night with a special screening of Cartoon Saloon's 'The Breadwinner' - his movie of choice for this year's Cinemagic audiences. |
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Animation Ireland Opens Call for Entries to the Irish Animation Awards |
| 17 Oct 2018 | Animation Ireland, the representative body for animation studios in Ireland, has announced that entries are now open for the 2019 Irish Animation Awards. |
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Creative Europe MEDIA Announces Television Programming Funding Presentation |
| 16 Oct 2018 | Creative Europe MEDIA has announced a special event focusing on its TV Programming Scheme in the IFI this October. |
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RTÉjr Commissions New Christmas special 'Hopscotch and the Christmas Tree' |
| 15 Oct 2018 | Fresh from their Cartoon Forum nomination for ‘Cartoon Producer of the Year’, Irish animation company Ink and Light are now gearing up for the Christmas premiere of their latest project. |
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Boulder Media & IADT Launch New Animation Graduate Programme |
| 12 Oct 2018 | IADT & Boulder Media have announced a new Animation Graduate Programme, which launched in September 2018. |
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Screen Ireland Receives €2 Million Budget Increase for 2019 |
| 10 Oct 2018 | Screen Ireland has welcomed the €2 million increase to its 2019 budget and the extension to Section 481, the Irish tax incentive for the film and television industry, until 2024. |
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Screen Ireland Welcomes Continued Government Commitment to the Irish Film, Television and Animation Industries |
| 09 Oct 2018 | Screen Ireland has welcomed the extension to Section 481, the Irish tax incentive for the film and television industry, announced by Irish Minister for Finance Paschal Donohue, TD. |
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"Major step towards doubling funding for arts, culture and creativity" - Minister Madigan Announces €339 Million Budget Package for 2019 |
| 09 Oct 2018 | The Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Josepha Madigan TD, has announced additional funding of over €36 million for her Department in 2019, an increase of 12% on 2018 allocations. |
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RTÉ Announce New Line-up for RTÉjr Season Schedule |
| 04 Oct 2018 | RTÉjr has announced its line-up of programming for the new season, including a new talent show with Donncha O’Callaghan, plus animation, science and travel series. |
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9 Story Distribution International win Investor/Distributor Award at Cartoon Forum |
| 20 Sep 2018 | The Irish based distribution company was awarded one of the three Cartoon Tribute prizes at the forum in France last week. |
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Animation Ireland Chairman Calls for Tax Relief |
| 14 Sep 2018 | John Phelan has called on the current government to extend tax relief for the sector in Section 481 of the Finance Act beyond 2020. |
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Three Irish Animated Projects to Pitch at Cartoon Forum |
| 13 Sep 2018 | Three Screen Ireland-supported animated TV projects will pitch at Cartoon Forum in Toulouse, one of the world’s largest pitching and co-pro forum for animated television. |
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Cartoon Saloon's 'Wolfwalkers' Acquired by Apple |
| 12 Sep 2018 | Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon, has confirmed that Apple have bought the rights to new animated film ‘Wolfwalkers’ |
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Salty Dog Pictures to Work on Flintstones Spinoff Series |
| 29 Aug 2018 | The Dublin animation company, Salty Dog Pictures is providing overseas animation services for the new spinoff of the famous Flintstones cartoon. |
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Northern Ireland Screen Announce New Networkshops 2018 |
| 20 Aug 2018 | Northern Ireland Screen has launched a new series of Networkshops to take place in Autumn/Winter 2018. |
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Boulder Media to Provide Internship Prize at Dublin Animation Film Festival |
| 03 Aug 2018 | Boulder Media is sponsoring a three-month paid internship for a student or graduate who is submitting a short film to Dublin Animation Film Festival. |
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Sixteen South's 'Odo' and Mutiny/Elk's 'Birdie' |
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Piranha Bar's Multi-Million Pre-school Animation Series 'Mya Go' Premieres on RTÉjr |
| 30 Jul 2018 | Irish animation studio Piranha Bar has announced today that their first ever pre-school series called ‘Mya Go’ has premiered on RTÉjr this month. The series, which is expected to cost in the region of €2.6 million, is jointly funded between Ireland and Cataluña in Spain. |
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Screen Ireland Funding Decisions for Second Quarter 2018 |
| 20 Jul 2018 | 'Vivarium', 'The Last Right', 'Here are the Young Men' among recipients of production funding in Screen Ireland's second quarter 2018. |
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