The deadline for 2024’s Frameworks short film scheme is this Friday, March 15th.
Frameworks is Screen Ireland’s flagship scheme for the Irish animation sector, co-funded by RTÉ. The scheme is for professionals already working in the animation industry, and is not a training scheme. Projects selected for funding will combine creative exploration with an ability to appeal to a general audience, however the scheme is not aimed at children. Films may be made in English or Irish.
Successful films from previous rounds include Late Afternoon (Cartoon Saloon), Worry World (Jam Media), The Lost Letter (Igloo), Second to None (Caboom), The Missing Scarf (Belly Creative), and Coda (And Maps And Plans) amongst others. The recently launched Screen Ireland short film player plays host to many of the films funded under Frameworks and can be accessed on Screen Ireland's Shorts Player.
Frameworks films are broadcast on RTÉ television and on the RTÉ Player.
Applications are invited from producer/director/writer teams (where the producer and director are not the same person) applying through a limited company registered in Ireland subject to eligibility guidelines as follows:
- Producers - must provide a CV demonstrating their ability to produce animation.
- Directors - must have previously directed at least one animated short film or substantial sequence in a film or series.
- There is no restriction on the number of Frameworks a Producer can receive funding for however, if a producer has previously produced a Frameworks and failed to deliver the project fully they would be ineligible to apply.
- Directors may apply to make more than one Frameworks film but may not receive funding through the scheme more than three times during a ten-year period.
- Projects submitted twice before unsuccessfully may not reapply.
The deadline for submissions to Frameworks 2024 is 1pm, Friday 15th March 2024.
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