Tag: Nora Twomey
Manchester Animation Festival Reveals 2025 Film & Industry Award Winners
Manchester Animation Festival (MAF | manchesteranimationfestival.co.uk), the U.K.’s only Oscar- and BAFTA-qualifying animation festival, unveiled the winners of its international film competition and Industry...
Meet Éiru, the Iron Age Warrior of Cartoon Saloon’s Acclaimed New Short by Giovanna Ferrari
There’s always a special buzz in the animation community when Ireland’s beloved studio Cartoon Saloon delivers a new project. This year, a lyrical short...
Exclusive Clip: ‘Little Amélie or the Character of Rain’ Explores the Theophysical Theory of Tubes
Perhaps it would be best to think of God as a tube...
Today, to mark the opening of ticket sales for the acclaimed French animated...
‘Little Amélie’ and ‘Gigi’ Win Top Feature and Short Prizes at Animation Is Film
The 8th annual Animation Is Film festival has concluded with the reveal of this year's award winners, representing the storytelling and artistic strength of animated...
Cartoon Saloon Short ‘Éiru’ Heads to NorAm Theaters with ‘Little Amélie’ Release
Producer-distributor GKIDS announced today that Éiru, the new animated short film from Academy Award-nominated studio Cartoon Saloon (The Secret of Kells, Song of the...
‘Puffin Rock’ Takes Wing for 3rd Season on CBeebies & RTEjr
Having successfully launched Seasons 1 and 2, first airing in February this year on CBeebies and iPlayer, the third season of Puffin Rock will premiere in...
Nickelodeon/Paramount Animation Head Ramsey Naito to Receive VIEW Visionary Award
VIEW Conference organizers have announced that Ramsey Naito, Oscar-nominated producer of The Boss Baby and president of Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Animation, will receive this year’s VIEW...
Illuminated Artistry: Ireland’s Cartoon Saloon Studio Marks 25 Years of Exquisite Animated Stories
In 1999, three bright-eyed, talented animation students in Ireland founded a studio. The plan was to experiment with it for a while, “then go...
‘Puffin Rock and the New Friends’ Makes NorAm Premiere at NYICFF, Sets Digital Debut
Families in the New York City area can celebrate St. Patrick’s Day as the first to see the new Irish animated movie Puffin Rock...
Watch: Woman in Animation Summit at Annecy Spotlights Diversity and New Opportunities and Challenges
The seventh annual WIA World Summit at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival proved to be a resounding success last week. The day-long symposium...
Annecy WIP: Trailblazing Artists from Around the World Foretell a Bright Future for Animation
It has been a challenge to choose which packed Works in Progress presentations to attend at this year’s Annecy Festival. Yet, one trend is...
WIA, GLAAD Join Forces for 7th WIA World Summit in Annecy
Today, at the beginning of Pride month, WIA — the advocacy organization dedicated to advancing people of underrepresented gender identities, including women and gender...
‘My Father’s Dragon’ Scores Roaring Five-Time Victory at Irish Animation Awards
Cartoon Saloon’s animated fantasy film My Father’s Dragon came out on top at the 2023 Irish Animation Awards (irishanimationawards.ie) on Saturday, with an incredible five...
2023 Irish Animation Awards Announces Record Number of Nominees
The nominees for the 2023 Irish Animation Awards (irishanimationawards.ie) have been announced today (Wednesday, April 26) by Animation Ireland, the trade association for Irish...
‘Ernest & Celestine 2’, ‘Home of the Heart’, ‘Architect A’ Win NYICFF Animation Prizes
Following the conclusion of its 26th annual NYC event, New York International Children’s Film Festival (NYICFF) announced its 2023 award winners. NYICFF is an...
The Annie Awards: Half a Century of Celebrating Toons
Our world, and the animation industry as a whole, have changed so much since the first edition of Annie Awards took place at the...
‘Puffin Rock’ Movie Takes Flight at EFM, Starring Chris O’Dowd & Amy Huberman
Cartoon Saloon and Dog Ears' new animated feature film project Puffin Rock and the New Friends, based on the Irish studios' International Emmy-nominated preschool...
The Talk of the Town: The World Animation Summit Brings the Industry Together Once Again!
The 2022 edition of the World Animation Summit was certainly one for the books. Bringing together a wide range of stellar Toon Town superstars and...
Your 2023 Academy Awards Animated Feature Dossier
***This feature originally appeared in the December '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 325)***
Which animated features are going for Oscar gold on March 13,...
‘Little Nicolas’ Wins the Big Prize at L.A.’s Animation Is Film Festival
Amandine Fredon and Benjamin Massoubre's Annecy Prize-winning feature Little Nicolas (Le Petit Nicolas) won the Grand Prize Jury prize at the fifth annual Animation...
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