Taking place from Friday 23rd - Saturday 24th March 2018, Animation Dingle brings together industry participants and students to celebrate leading animation from Ireland and around the world. The event is co-founded by JAM Media CEO John Rice and Dingle International Film Festival head Maurice Galway.
This year’s edition will feature panels, workshops, the 2018 International Student Animation Awards and screenings of more than 120 shorts and features.
Other industry notables heading to Dingle include executives from Apple, Netflix, BBC, RTÉ, Turner and Disney—as well as Oscar-nominated director Peter Lord (The Pirates! Band of Misfits), Pixar animator Bobby Podesta (Cars 3), Apple’s new head of children’s programming, Tara Sorensen (ex-Amazon Studios), L.A.-based creature designer Dan Katcher, who is best known for his dragon design work on HBO’s hit series Game of Thrones, and Disney Channels EMEA VP of programming, production and strategic development, David Levine.
Along with recognizing emerging students, the festival also presents The Murakami Award for outstanding achievement in animation. This year, the award will go to Cathal Gaffney and Darragh O’Connell of Brown Bag Films (Peter Rabbit, Butterbean's Cafe). Previous winners include Jimmy T. Murakami (The Snowman), Richie Baneham (Avatar) and Tomm Moore (Song of the Sea).
Additional conference activities include five-minute speed pitching sessions, a charity-based sketch competition event entitled The Big Pitcher (where one winning student will be offered a six-month paid internship at JAM Media), and a festival pass to Cartoon Springboard.
Animation Dingle, which is funded by Enterprise Ireland and the Irish Film Board, features a one-to-one female to male ratio and a 50/50 ratio of students to industry participants.
Below is a list of Nickelodeon's Animation Dingle 2018 highlights. A full conference lineup can be found here.
Conference:
The Big Short Panel:
Public bodies and broadcasters share information regarding various schemes for short form animated content. The panel will outline the aims and objectives of funds which are available.
Chaired by Steve Woods (Cel Division), panelists Alexi Wheeler (Nickelodeon), Teresa McGrane (IFB), Jo Allen (BBC), Pauline McNamara (RTE) will discuss the different funding options out there for anyone looking to make an animated short.
Date - Friday 23rd of March 2018
Time - 10:00
Venue - Dingle Skellig Hotel
Duration - 45 minutes
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Broadcaster Panel
Commercial and public service broadcasters share strategies and tell how they can be approached with ideas.
Come along to this event where Lynsey O’Callaghan (Nickelodeon), Jackie Edwards (BBC), David Levine (Disney), and Vicky Schroderus (YLE) will share their valuable knowledge.
Jeremy Dickson (Kidscreen), chairing, will cast out for nuggets from this highly experienced panel.
Date - Friday 23rd of March 2018
Time - 11:45
Venue - Dingle Skellig Hotel
Duration - 45 minutes
Pitch & Pint:
Students take part in 5-minute meetings with industry experts. Pitch your portfolio, your idea, or yourself.
Pitch participants in 2018 will include – Nickelodeon, Amazon Studios, BBC, Boulder Media, JAM Media, Brown Bag Films, Darrall Macqueen, Netflix, Turner, Apple, Pixar, Lighthouse Studios, Giant, Piranha Bar, Disney Channels and more!
HOW TO GET THE BEST OF YOUR 5 MINUTES:
Idea – Allow enough time to not only pitch your idea but to also get feedback and to answer any queries.
Portfolio – Select your finest work, something that will make an impact and have a lasting impression, and best represents your work and interests.
You – Be able to sell yourself within the space of two minutes, leaving enough room for advice, feedback, or questions.
This event is open to festival pass holders only and places are limited.
This event is open to Students and recent graduates only.
Click here to apply.
International Student Animation Awards
Animation Dingle will host the annual International Student Animation Awards again this year!
Animation Dingle looking forward to seeing who their judges pick as the winners in each of their 10 categories. Animation Dingle's external judges this year are: Jessica Kennedy (Nickelodeon), Helen McAleer, Chris Rose (Beano), Sarah Fell (Turner), Sheila de Courcy (Writer/Director/Producer) and Jo Allen (BBC).
Click here for a list of Animation Dingle's International Student Animation Awards 2018 nominees. Best of luck to all of of Animation Dingle's nominees!
About Lynsey O'Callaghan:
Lynsey has been a part of the Nick U.K Programming Team for 11 years, after joining from BBC Children’s where she worked for five years.
She works as Executive in Charge across Nick U.K., Nick International & Milkshake Pre-School properties and has worked on hundreds of episodes for series including:
Puffin Rock, The Day Henry Met, Wissper, Lily’s Driftwood Bay, Digby Dragon & Jam’s very own Becca’s Bunch (which will launch globally later this year) plus many more.
Lynsey also oversees acquisitions deals for the U.K., and sits on Nickelodeon’s International Programming Council.
About Alexi Wheeler:
Alexi joined Nickelodeon in 2010 originally working in acquisitions and programming for Nickelodeon UK before taking a role with the Nickelodeon International team. Since then he was worked his way up from Management level to the position of Vice President, Animation Production and Development.
Across Alexi Wheeler’s career he has produced/executive produced over 250 hours of content aimed at pre-schoolers and 6-12 year olds both in live-action and animation. Alexi is currently focused on the development and production of animated global content for the network and is known for implementing global schemes including the very successful Nickelodeon International Shorts Program.
In addition to Lynsey and Alexi, Maria O'Loughlin (Head Writer on Nick Junior’s Zack and Quack), Jessica Patterson (Storyboard Revisionist and key member of the Art department for Becca’s Bunch, 52 x 11 min series for Nickelodeon US and UK), and Jenna Boyd will be speaking at Animation Dingle 2018. Boyd was SVP of Animation Development at Nickelodeon Animation Studios where she shepherded the breakout hit, The Loud House and oversaw the global shorts program. Boyd originally joined the Nickelodeon team as an intern, eventually serving as the Executive in Charge of Avatar The Last Airbender, and later as Vice President of Live Action development.
Click here for full information about Animation Dingle 2018.
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Original source: Kidscreen.
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