The full Annecy festival programme is online http://t.co/yDVogpjN incl. the Forty Shades of Green programme of Irish animated short films
3:39 PM - 16 May
Congrats @spaceagefilms on the news Stephen Fry & Hugh Laurie will reunite to voice The Canterville Ghost animated feature - v. exciting!
10:00 AM - 15 May
Niamh Sharkey with RTE's John Murray on her new role as Children's Laureate,her books & The Happy Hugglemonsters http://t.co/WOUcetKb 49:00
10:02 AM - 10 May
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Today saw the launch of the IBEC Film & Television production report 2009. I sat on the committee and was representing the animation sector. Below is the text from my summary of the Irish Animation Sector in 2008 and you can download the full report from www.ibec.ie
Chapter One, Animation Production in Ireland
The Irish animation sector is an important contributor to the Creative...
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The National Film School (IADT) invited Oscar-winning John Canemaker to Dublin to spend some time with the students of the college. John’s journey as an animator, director and animation historian is inspirational and he has written many books that have been essential reading among the animation community.
As part of his visit to the college, a number of industry events were...
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Granny O’Grimm is one step closer to telling those Hollywood stars what she thinks of them, as it was announced that ‘Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty’ is shortlisted for Oscar nomination!
10 Animated Shorts Move Ahead in 2009 Oscar® Race
The film, directed by Nicky Phelan, written and performed by Kathleen O’Rourke and produced by Darragh O’Connell, is shortlisted in the Best...
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Here’s an update on the Mo Bros. It looks like they’ve been naughty! (we also have our first Mo Sista, see if you can spot her!)
Because it’s Movember, and I wouldn’t be the first Brown Bagger to show off some dodgy hair-dos, I thought i might share a tip: Don’t try to develop designer fuzz whilst trying to hit impossible deadlines at work!
....I figure if you’re gonna blog you may as well go all-out with the personal shame!
Firstly the back story…It was November 2008, the summer had passed as I neared the end...
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Just saw this on Olivia’s Facebook page: the Myer department store in Melbourne, Australia have decorated their windows in tribute to Olivia this Christmas!
According to Myer, the ‘Olivia Helps With Christmas’ window display is narrated by Australian legend Dame Edna Everidge!
There are some great photos on Myer’s Flickr site; here are a couple:
On the 22nd of October, the final for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards was held in Citywest Hotel with 1,100 people sitting down for a gala black tie dinner. The event was televised on RTÉ and the awards were presented by the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese. I was honoured to be nominated in the International category and it was great to see a company working in the...
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It’s that time of year again at Brown Bag where we say goodbye to any facial hair we had and start growing fabulous new moustaches again.
This is the second year we’ve done Movember in BBF and it certainly won’t be our last. Though the cold season has begun (well, does it ever really end in Ireland?!) we have braved the frostbite to our upper lips and wiped away former traces...
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So, anyone planned their Oscars’ night party yet? No? What do you mean it’s become a bit of a non-event? And you can’t stand Hugh Jackman - even after his song and dance entrance last year?! (30 Rock fans will be delighted to know its Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin for next year)
Anyway, whilst listening to a run down of the best films of the year so far, the Oscars was mentioned and who is...
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Olivia now has her own official website!
The site is full of Olivia games, activities, videos and merchandise, and has dedicated sites for the US, the UK, Canada and Australia.
Unfortunately we still have to wait for the Olivia series to be screened here in Ireland but fingers crossed it should be out next year, we’ll keep you posted!
