ACE Producers Animation Special 2023 Comes to Dingle
Posted: 23rd March 2023
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland in collaboration with Creative Europe MEDIA, Cultural & Creative Industries Skillnet, Animation Ireland, Coimisiún na Meán and Animation Dingle is delighted to welcome the fourth edition of the ACE Producers Animation Special to Ireland. This year's workshop is taking place between 21-26 March 2023 in Dingle, Co. Kerry.
The ACE Producers Animation Special is an 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.
For the 2023 edition, three Irish producers, Claire Finn (Lighthouse Studios), Kathryn Kennedy (Kennedy Films) and Carla Mooney (Cardel) will join 13 other European producers for the week-long workshop. A full list of participants is available here.
Producers applied with animated features and series projects in early development. Focusing primarily on the creative and financial aspects of feature and long form animation production, the 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 one or more sessions on physical line production as well as case studies on completed animation projects. Group sessions, plenary sessions and one to one meetings will together build a workshop where producers learn from each other's experiences and those of key industry guests.
Experts/consultants confirmed for this year’s edition include Sébastien Onomo (Special Touch Studios), Simon Quinn (Big Fat Studio), Martin Pope (Magic Light Pictures), Marleen Slot (Viking Film), Eleanor Coleman (Indie Sales), Paul Young & Giovanna Ferrari (Cartoon Saloon), Michael Ryan (GFM Animation), Sarah Muller (BBC) and John Reynolds (Sow You Entertainment).
About ACE Producers
Founded in 1993, ACE Producers is a network of over 250 experienced independent film producers from more than 45 countries. Membership of the network is based on professionalism, mutual trust, collaborative working and openness to new ideas with the fundamental aim of encouraging and enabling international co-productions. Learn more about ACE Producers here.