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Normal People and Dating Amber lead the Nominations for IFTA Film & Drama Awards 2021 |
| 15 Jun 2021 | The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) has announced the 2021 IFTA Nominations for the Irish Academy Awards across 25 categories in Film and Drama. |
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Second chance to see Oscar-nominated Irish animated feature as Wolfwalkers re-releases in Irish cinema |
| 09 Jun 2021 | Due to popular demand following Cartoon Saloon’s Oscar, Golden Globe, and BAFTA nominations, Wildcard Distribution has decided to once again bring Wolfwalkers to Irish cinema screens. |
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Next Generation Animation: Funding announced for 10 innovative and High-Concept Storytelling Projects |
| 04 Jun 2021 | Screen Ireland has announced the 10 animation company recipients of the Animation Concept and Innovation Fund, in partnership with Animation Ireland. |
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Cartoon Saloon's Wolfwalkers picks up top honours at Irish Animation Awards |
| 24 May 2021 | The Oscar-nominated film Wolfwalkers, from Kilkenny studio Cartoon Saloon, was the big winner in this year’s Irish Animation Awards. |
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Six participants and host studios announced for SSI Animation, VFX & Games Graduate Traineeship 2021 |
| 21 May 2021 | Screen Skills Ireland and Animation Skillnet has announced the Animation, VFX & Games Graduate Traineeship participants and host studios for the 2021 programme. |
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Upper limit of Section 481 tax incentive seen as “barrier" to Ireland securing large-scale international productions, new report finds |
| 29 Apr 2021 | Troy Studios and Ardmore Studios CEO Elaine Geraghty believes that the upper limit of €70 million on the Irish Section 481 tax incentive is acting as “a barrier” to Ireland securing “large-scale international productions”. |
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Oscars 2021: Wolfwalkers misses out to Pixar's Soul; Nomadland wins Best Picture |
| 26 Apr 2021 | Irish animation Wolfwalkers was pipped to the Best Animated Feature award at the Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday night. |
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Cartoon Saloon picks up six Annie Awards; Wolfwalkers and Soul big winners |
| 19 Apr 2021 | Cartoon Saloon’s Apple Original Film Wolfwalkers has won five awards at this year’s Annie Awards in the US, with the Kilkenny based animation studio also picking another award in the Best Sponsored category. |
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Wolfwalkers leads Irish Animation Awards nominees as event goes virtual |
| 14 Apr 2021 | The biennial awards ceremony from Animation Ireland, which will take place virtually for the first time on Friday, May 21st, has announced its nominees for the 2021 Irish Animation Awards. |
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Animation Ireland appointed to lead Screen Ireland's Talent Development Academy for Animation |
| 09 Apr 2021 | Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland has appointed Animation Ireland as the lead organisation to manage the establishment of a Talent Development Academy for Animation. |
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Animation Skillnet and Screen Skills Ireland open Animation, VFX, and Games Graduate Traineeship 2021 |
| 23 Mar 2021 | Animation Skillnet and Screen Skills Ireland are currently seeking applicants for the next iteration of the hugely successful graduate Traineeship Programme for Animation, VFX and Games, which is supported by Skillnet Ireland under the Skills Connect Programme. |
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Wolfwalkers nominated for Best Animated Film at the 93rd Academy Awards |
| 15 Mar 2021 | Cartoon Saloon’s Wolfwalkers has been nominated for Best Animated Feature at this years’ upcoming Oscars ceremony, which takes place on April 25th. |
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Wolfwalkers named among three films nominated for EFA Young Audience Award 2021 |
| 10 Mar 2021 | Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart’s animated feature Wolfwalkers has been selected alongside Matteo Garrone’s Pinocchio, and Johanne Helgeland’s The Crossing for this year’s EFA Young Audience Award. |
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Cartoon Saloon's Apple Original Film Wolfwalkers earns 10 Annie Award nominations |
| 04 Mar 2021 | Following on from its nomination at the Golden Globes, Wolfwalkers has earned 10 nominations, including Best Animated Feature – Independent, at this year’s Annie Awards. |
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Wolfwalkers' Will Collins to write new animated feature; Peter Dinklage to produce |
| 10 Feb 2021 | Irish writer Will Collins (Song of the Sea; Wolfwalkers) is to script a new animated feature called This Was Our Pact, based on a graphic novel of the same name. |
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Entries are now open for the 2021 Irish Animation Awards |
| 22 Jan 2021 | The 2021 Irish Animation Awards has been announced and Animation Ireland has called on studios to submit their entries before the deadline of Friday, January 29th. |
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Screen Skills Ireland launch Lunchtime Talk Series, ‘WolfWalkers: The Exhibition’ |
| 15 Jan 2021 | Screen Skills Ireland have announced they are supporting a series of online talks exploring the inspiration and creation of Cartoon Saloon’s latest film WolfWalkers. |
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Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart discuss Wolfwalkers |
| 21 Dec 2020 | We caught up with the directors behind Cartoon Saloon’s Wolfwalkers, Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart to find out more about the intricacies involved in developing and creating an animated feature film, their approach as co-directors, what animation can teach live-action filmmakers, and the influence of Wes Anderson on the Cartoon Saloon family. |
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Screen Ireland seeks input for Screen Industry Key Stakeholders Survey |
| 17 Dec 2020 | Screen Ireland want to hear from the people who make up the Irish film, television, and animation industry in all its forms – from directors, writers, producers, actors, crew, and industry stakeholders. |
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TV premiere of heart-warming kids' film about grief ends 2020 Winter Solstice on TG4 |
| 16 Dec 2020 | An inspiring film about a little boy’s journey through grief, Sol premieres in the UK and Republic of Ireland on the darkest night of the year, Winter Solstice, this Monday, December 21st. |
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