The nominees for the 2023 Irish Animation Awards (irishanimationawards.ie) have been introduced right this moment (Wednesday, April 26) by Animation Eire, the commerce affiliation for Irish animation studios. This yr’s ceremony might be held in Galway on Saturday, Might 27.
In a report yr for the Irish animation sector, 53 Irish productions had been nominated for an award. Main the way in which with seven nominations is Cartoon’s Saloon’s function movie produced for Netflix, My Father’s Dragon, directed by the Oscar-nominated Nora Twomey. The preschool collection Odo, produced for Channel 5 by Sixteen South, has six nominations and RTÉ’s preschool collection Ray of Sunshine, produced by Day by day Insanity, has 5 nominations.
The biennial awards are the premier occasion within the Irish animation calendar and have a good time the inventive brilliance and expertise of the Irish animation sector. The ceremony will happen in individual for the primary time for the reason that COVID pandemic.
“It has been one other excellent yr for Irish animation and we now have a report variety of Irish productions being nominated. There may be nominated work from Oscar and BAFTA winners alongside gorgeous work from scholar producers, and the standard throughout the board is immense. It’s actually heartening that the longer term stays brilliant for Irish animation,” stated Animation Eire’s Chief Government, Ronan McCabe.
“It will likely be nice to be again having our awards in individual once more for the primary time since 2019 because of the pandemic. We’re working a full day occasion with business panels and discussions going down within the morning, adopted by the awards ceremony within the night. I need to additionally lengthen an enormous thanks to all of our different sponsors who play such an vital function in supporting Irish animation and making this occasion occur.”
Fís Éireann/Display Eire and RTÉ are the headline sponsors for the 2023 Irish Animation Awards. This yr’s different sponsors embody Northern Eire Display, Coimisiún na Meán, Artistic Europe Eire, Enterprise Eire, Nickelodeon and Milkshake.
Winners of every class will obtain a statuette designed by animator, filmmaker and trainer Eimhín McNamara. The statuette resembles a Phenakistoscope, an early animation machine used to create an phantasm of movement.
The nominees are…
Greatest Animated Preschool Sequence
- Ada Twist, Scientist
- Circle Sq.
- Kiva Can Do!
- Odo
- Ray Of Sunshine
Greatest Animated Children Sequence 6+
- Boy Woman Canine Cat Mouse Cheese
- El Deafo
- Karma’s World
- Tales from Dún Draíochta
- The Cuphead Present!
Greatest Animated Brief Movie
- Bardo
- Girl Betty
- Memento Mori
- Nana’s Terrifying Zoom Name
- Soul Workplace
Greatest Worldwide Brief Movie
- Cornucopia
- Cha Cha
- GMAN: a qixia in house
- Sign
- The Stranger
Greatest Author for Preschool Animation
- Fia’s Fairies “Chick A Bye Child”
- Completely satisfied The Hoglet “Completely satisfied Hogfairy”
- Kiva Can Do! “Seashore Prepared Yeti”
- Odo “Doodle Music”
- Ray Of Sunshine “Below The Climate”
Greatest Author for an Animated Sequence
- Boy Woman Canine Cat Mouse Cheese “Junked”
- Tales from Dun Draiochta “Lusmore and the Rapping Fairy”
- Tales from Dun Draiochta “The Scottish Large”
- The Royals Subsequent Door “Royal Re-Enactment”
Greatest Animation for Apps, Video games & Interactive
- Cat Burglar
- VOOKS- Life Of Pele
- VOOKS- The Photo voltaic System with Ellen
- Waggle
Greatest Artwork Route & Design
- Ada Twist, Scientist
- Bardo
- Empty Little Individuals
- Odo
- The Creativeness Machine
Greatest Director of an Animated Sequence
- El Deafo
- Karma’s World
- Odo
- Ray Of Sunshine
- Transformers BotBots
Greatest Animation Sequence
- Boy Woman Canine Cat Mouse Cheese
- Coming Dwelling
- My Father’s Dragon
- The Cuphead Present!
- Gasoline Networks “Tommy” Promo
Greatest Music
- Critters TV
- Empty Little Individuals
- My Father’s Dragon
- Ray Of Sunshine
- Pink Rabbit
Greatest Sound Design
- Bardo
- Memento Mori
- Monster Hunters: Legends of the Guild
- My Father’s Dragon
- My Little Pony: A New Era
Greatest Irish Characteristic or Particular
- Adam Saves Christmas
- Pinkalicious And Peterrific
- My Father’s Dragon
- The Ghastly Ghoul
Greatest Innovation in Animation
- A Factor Known as Pleasure
- Adventureverse
- Face2Face – Charles & Camilla
- Fia’s Fairies
- Fantasy Masters
Greatest New Irish IP
- Alva’s World
- Completely satisfied The Hoglet
- Odo
- The Creativeness Machine
- The Wee Littles
Greatest Pupil Movie
- Fall of the Ibis King
- His Dancing Sneakers
- Small Hours
- Small Makings of a Storm
- Witch of the Woods
Greatest Modifying
- Ada Twist, Scientist
- Boy Woman Canine Cat Mouse Cheese
- El Deafo
- Completely satisfied The Hoglet
- My Father’s Dragon
Greatest Storyboarding
- El Deafo
- Karma’s World
- My Father’s Dragon
- Ray Of Sunshine
- Transformers: BotBots
Greatest VFX
- Mimi’s World
- My Fathers Dragon
- The Cuphead Present!
- The Creativeness Machine
- Wendell & Wild
Animation Eire is the commerce affiliation for Eire’s animation studios, representing 42 member studios, who make use of greater than two thousand individuals on the island of Eire. The sector has seen meteoric development in recent times, with the business now producing virtually €200 million for the economic system yearly, as Irish animation tasks are seen in over 180 international locations worldwide. animationireland.com
