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Irish animation stands out at Cartoon Forum’s 20th Anniversary
Irish animation company, Brown Bag Films, has been named ‘European Producer of the Year’ while David O’Reilly’s PLEASE SAY SOMETHING has picked up the Cartoon d’Or at Cartoon Forum in Norway.
Brown Bag Films was nominated alongside three other European animation studios for the award, which was voted by European producers. Over the past year, the company has produced 20 hours of computer animation for international broadcasters. Their 52 part series ‘Olivia’ is currently airing on Nickelodeon US and FIVE UK, and their remake of ‘Noddy in Toyland’ for TF1 France and FIVE UK is also on air. Brown Bag Films are currently in production with a new 52 episode series as well as a number of pilots for international broadcasters. During the Forum they presented their new series ‘Granny O’Grimm’ based on the IFTA-winning short film produced in 2008 for Frameworks (Irish Film Board/RTE/Arts Council).
Located in Smithfield, Brown Bag Films are a computer animation studio employing more than 50 permanent staff with offices in Toronto and Seoul. Co-founder and Chief Executive Cathal Gaffney, was recently nominated for the Ernst & Young ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’. Gaffney was also the guest editor for this year’s July/August issue of Film Ireland magazine which was all about animation and boasted a fantastic 3D cover.
David O’Reilly’s Please Say Something is a ten minute short concerning a troubled relationship between a cat and mouse set in the distant future. The final film was completed in January 2009 and contains 23 episodes of exactly 25 seconds each. It previously won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film earlier this year at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival.
