18 Independent Producers Selected for the ACE Animation Special
Posted: 29th January 2026
ACE Producers has selected 18 experienced independent producers for the 7th edition of the ACE Animation Special. The intensive workshop is designed to provide extensive knowledge of how to diversify business with developing and producing long form, feature film and series animation productions for an international audience including cinema, broadcast and streaming. Supported by Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, the Netherlands Film Fund and Animation Ireland, the ACE Animation Special will take place from the 17th to the 22nd March 2026 in Dingle, Ireland, in collaboration with the Animation Dingle festival.
Focusing primarily on the creative and financial aspects of feature and long form animation production, the ACE Animation Special will offer sessions on animatic story development, international production workflows, the creative dynamics of animation production, financing strategies and international distribution. The workshop will also include sessions on physical line production as well as case studies on completed animation projects.
Selected ACE Animation Special Producers:
- Agne Adomene – ART SHOT – Lithuania
- Marine Arrighi de Casanova – Apsara Films – France
- Brunella Cocchiglia – Lovely Productions – Ireland
- Alexander Glehr – Film AG Produktions GmbH – Austria
- David Keitsch – Komplizen Film – Germany
- Felipe Lage – Zeitun Films – Spain
- Natalia Libet – 2Brave Productions – Ukraine
- Lillian Løvseth – Loev Film (LØV Film) – Norway
- Heather Millard – Compass Films & Animation Studio Iceland – Iceland
- Ed Moline – Lighthouse Studios – Ireland
- Chantal Nissen – Cool Beans / Katuni – The Netherlands
- Samuli Norhomaa – Just Republic Oy – Finland
- Julia Ouston – Title Page Films – United Kingdom
- Marta Reguera – Fox in the Snow – Sweden
- Vicki Rock – Enter Yes – United Kingdom
- Danae Spathara – HERETIC – Greece
- Artem Vasyliev – Lazy Sunday – Ireland/Moldova
- Bostjan Virc – Leavante Produzioni – Italy
For more information please contact: specials@ace-producers.com