Irish Animation Awards nominees announced as event goes virtual!
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
Sixteen South
Daily Madness
Paper Owl Films
Lighthouse Studios
Treehouse Republic
Best Animated Kids Series 6+
Boy, Girl, Dog, Cat, Mouse, Cheese
Kavaleer
Cartoon Saloon
Sylvie Bloom - Corona Corona Corona
Dog Day Media
Geronimo Productions
Chico Bon Bon: Monkey With a Toolbelt - Gigantic Glue Ball
Brown Bag Films
Best Animated Short Film
Boulder Media; Leon Elliott
Éabha Bortolozzo, Jack Kirwan
JAM Media; Jessica Patterson
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
Paper Owl Films; Andrew Brenner
JAM Media; Shane Langan, Amy Stephenson
Piranha Bar; PJ Moloney & Robert Carr
Brown Bag Films; Chelsea Beyl, Mia Resella, Jeffrey King
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
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
Mooshku
Romero Games
Lego, Duplo, World
Touch Press
Best Art Direction and Design
Studio Meala
Chico Bon Bon: Monkey With a Toolbelt - Gigantic Glue Ball
Brown Bag Films
Magic Light Pictures/ Giant Animation
GreenPeace - There's a Monster in the Kitchen
Cartoon Saloon
Cartoon Saloon
Best Director of an Animated Series
Cartoon Saloon; Fabian Erlinghauser, Matt Ferguson
Boulder Media; Adrian Ignat
Lighthouse Studios; Gilly Fogg
Daily Madness; Lindsey Adams
Sixteen South ; Jamie Teehan
Best Animation Sequence
Cartoon Saloon
Greenpeace - There's a Monster in my Kitchen
Cartoon Saloon
Studio Meala
Magic Light Pictures/ Giant Animation
Cartoon Saloon
Best Music
Cartoon Saloon
Daily Madness
Sixteen South
Cartoon Saloon
Kavaleer
Best Sound Design
Pink Kong Studios
Cartoon Saloon
Brown Bag Films/ Windmill Lane
Cartoon Saloon/ Gorilla Post
Boulder Media/ Windmill Lane
Best Irish Feature or Special
Cartoon Saloon; Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart
Angela’s Christmas Wish
Brown Bag Films; Damien O' Connor
Magic Light Pictures/ Giant Animation; Sean Mullen
Dream Logic; Kealan O' Rourke
Paper Owl Films; Gráinne Mc Guinness
Best Storyboarding
Magic Light Pictures/ Giant Animation
Greenpeace - There's a Monster in my Kitchen
Cartoon Saloon
Studio Meala
Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy
Boulder Media
Cartoon Saloon
Best Editing
Cartoon Saloon
Greenpeace - There’s a Monster in my Kitchen
Cartoon Saloon
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
Daily Madness
Sixteen South
Turnip & Duck
Jessy and Nessy - Where Else Can We Find Echoes?
JAM Media
Best Newcomer
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)