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We had such a great time at the Irish Animation Awards 2025! Congratulations to all the nominees and winners on the night 🏆 Thank you so much to all our great sponsors, and everybody who made this event possible! #AnimationIreland #IrishAnimationAwards

That’s a wrap on tonight’s award announcements 🏆 Congratulations to all of the winners and nominees for their outstanding achievements in the Irish animation scene! Here’s to a fantastic night of celebration! 🎉 #IAA2025

We’ve reached our final award for the evening. A huge congratulations to John Phelan, winner of the Outstanding Contribution to Industry award! 🎉 #IAA2025

The Best INNOVATION award goes to ‘Maddie + Triggs’ by Turnip + Duck. Congratulations! 🙌 #IAA2025

The award for Best Animated Student Film goes to ‘Every Other Weekend’ by James Naughton and Niamh Asple! 👏👏👏 #IAA2025

The winner of Best Storyboarding is ‘Silly Sundays’ by Estrela Lourenco, Oriol Vidal, and Suzanne Williams; Cartoon Saloon! Comhghairdeas libh! 🎉 #IAA2025

The winner of Best Editing is ‘ODO: Best Joke Ever’ by Sixteen South. Congratulations! 👏👏👏 #IAA2025

The winner of Best New IP is ‘Maddie + Triggs’ by Turnip + Duck. Congratulations! 🙌 #IAA2025

The award for Best VFX ANIMATION goes to ‘Kizazi Moto Generation Fire’ by Triggerfish Animation! 🥳 #IAA2025

The winner of Best SCRIPT for a FEATURE FILM OR SPECIAL is ‘Lu and the Bally Bunch’ by Brown Bag Films. Comhghairdeas!🎉 #IAA2025

The winner of Best Feature Film or Special is… ‘The Magic Reindeer Saving Santa's Sleigh’ by Moetion Films! 🥳 #IAA2025 @screenireland.bsky.social

The award for Best Direction of an Animated TV Series goes to ‘Kizazi Moto Generation Fire’ by Triggerfish Animation! 👏👏👏 #IAA2025 @screenireland.bsky.social

The winner of Best Design and Art Direction is ‘Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 Screecher’s Reach’ by Cartoon Saloon! Congratulations! 🥳 #IAA2025

The Sustainability Innovator/Champion of the Year at this year’s Irish Animation Awards is… Brown Bag Films - Industry & Community Outreach Committee. Comghairdeas ó chroí libh! 🥳 #IAA2025

Congratulations to the winner of Kids Choice for Best Animated Kids Series (over 6 years old), Kavaleer Productions with ‘Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese’! 🎉 #IAA2025 @tg4.bsky.social

The Kids Choice award for the Best Animated Preschool Series (up to 6 years old) goes to ‘Doodle Girl’ by Studio Meala! 👏👏👏 #IAA2025

The Best Original Song award goes to ‘Maddie + Triggs: Pearly Whites’ by Turnip + Duck! 🙌 #IAA2025

The winner of Best Original Score is ‘Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 Screecher’s Reach’ by Cartoon Saloon! Congratulations! 🥳 #IAA2025

Congratulations to Moetion Films, winner of Best Sound Design for their production of ‘The Magic Reindeer Saving Santa's Sleigh’ 🙌 #IAA2025

The winner of Best Voice Acting is Doodle Girl: Aisling Walsh with Studio Meala. Comhghairdeas! 🥳 #IAA2025 @screenireland.bsky.social

The winner of the Best International Animated Short Film award goes to ‘A Night at the Rest Area’ by Saki Muramoto! 👏👏👏 #IAA2025

The Best Animated Short Film award goes to ‘Retirement Plan’ by John Kelly. Congratulations! 🎉 #IAA2025 @creativeskillnet.bsky.social

And the winner of Best SCRIPT for an Animated Series is… ‘Nikhil and Jay: Messiest Mango’ by Paper Owl Films. Congratulations! 🥳 #IAA2025

The winner of Best Animated Kids Series (over 6 years old) is ‘Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese’ by Kavaleer Productions. Comhghairdeas libh! 🥳 #IAA2025

Congratulations to the first of our winners to be announced this evening! Turnip + Duck has won the award for Best Animated Preschool Series (up to 6 years old) with their production ‘Maddie + Triggs’. 👏👏👏 #IAA2025

Minister Patrick O' Donovan with some of the youngest attendees at this year's Irish Animation Awards! #IAA2025

Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media Patrick O’Donovan has arrived for the #IrishAnimationAwards 🏆 Míle buíochas as ucht a bheith linn!

Tonight’s the night! 🏆 We are looking forward to welcoming everyone back to the Galway Bay Hotel this evening for the #IrishAnimationAwards! Not long now ⏱️

Míle buíochas lenár moltóirí! Our judging panel has the most difficult job of all, with the wealth of animation talent shortlisted for #IAA2025! All will be revealed tonight! 🥳

And that's a wrap on #AnimationIrelandMeitheal 🎬 Míle buíochas to our sponsors, speakers, moderators, and attendees for an insightful day spent exploring Ireland’s evolving animation industry. See you all tomorrow for the Irish Animation Awards! 🏆 #AnimationIreland

“The EU AI Act is brilliant for categorizing risks, and showing you how to deal with your use cases.” Bronagh Riordan of EY on balancing regulation with innovation 💡 #AnimationIrelandMeitheal

Animating the Future: Navigating Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Sustainability & Legal Frontiers 🧑‍💻 We're wrapping up #AnimationIrelandMeitheal with Mark Mullery (Cartoon Saloon), Tom Box (BlueZoo), Steven Davy (TUD), Bronagh Riordan (EY) & Moe Honan (Moetion Films), moderated by Elaine Burke.

From being paid to guard Tom Hank’s parking space and assisting on the set of Kenan & Kel to becoming Vice President of Production at Nickelodeon Animation, the span of Patty Henry Robinson’s fascinating career continues to capture us! #AnimationIrelandMeitheal

For our second Bayside Chat we have welcomed Nickelodeon's Patty Henry Robinson to share her industry insights with Meabh McGovern of Kavaleer Productions 🎥 #AnimationIrelandMeitheal

We’re beating the afternoon slump here at #AnimationIrelandMeitheal with Animation Ireland CEO Ronan McCabe 🙆 Looking forward to an afternoon of fresh perspectives with our remaining speakers and panellists!

"You just have to be really creative, and hugely entrepreneurial" Harriet Jones of HOHO Entertainment on taking the jump during the pandemic from YouTube to e-Commerce in the US market with Cloudbabies, when the whole world was at a standstill. #AnimationIrelandMeitheal

“It’s how you can be reactive to achieve discoverability on a global level” Trev Keane, Fenix Group. As animation continues to evolve across genres and demographics understanding audience behavior and platform dynamics is essential, and adaptability is key. #AnimationIrelandMeitheal

We're back from lunch, and settling in to explore Streaming Shifts and Story Trends with our panel of Lizzie Jones of Piranha Bar, Harriet Jones of HOHO and Trev Keane of Fenix Group, moderated by Futrhood Media's Jo Redfern. #AnimationIrelandMeitheal

What a start to #AnimationIrelandMeitheal, with a full house here in the Galway Bay Hotel! 🌊 Conversation and creativity are flowing in the Lettermore Suite. Stay tuned for more updates 👀

"We've had a revolution. Streaming services have pulled up the drawbridge. You can count the number of serious financiers on two hands. We must look at new ways together.” Genevieve Dexter, Serious Kids Collaboration & mutual support are crucial in animation today 🤝 #AnimationIrelandMeitheal

Funding the Frame: Financing and Distributing Animation 🪙 Animation Ireland CEO Ronan McCabe has introduced Genevieve Dexter of Serious Kids, Marc Jordan of Lighthouse Studios & Chrystel Poncet of Magic C to discuss financing in the ever-evolving creative industry. #AnimationIrelandMeitheal

“Parameters breed the best creativity. It’s all about how we achieve these things in a doable capacity.” An insightful start with Max Minor & Rossa Lundberg, exploring collaboration, audience involvement in the creative process, and the importance of a work-life balance. #AnimationIrelandMeitheal

And we're off! 🌊 Join the conversation online by using the #AnimationIrelandMeitheal 📱 Looking forward to a jam-packed day of insights here in the Galway Bay Hotel!

🏅 Meet some of the experts behind the scenes! Our #IrishAnimationAwards judges are industry leaders bringing their insight to this year’s celebration taking place on Saturday in the Galway Bay Hotel. See you there!

With so much to celebrate about the animation industry, we can't wait to honour the nominees and winners in the following categories at #IAA2025! ⭐️ Best Editing ⭐️ Best Storyboarding ⭐️ Best Animated Student Film ⭐️ Best VFX Animation ⭐️ Best Innovation #AnimationIreland

One more sleep! ✨ In an insightful conversation packed with perspective and inspiration, Nickelodeon's Patty Henry Robinson will join Meabh McGovern to explore emerging trends, global shifts and the challenges and opportunities facing creators today. Programme 👉 animationirelandmeitheal.ie

🎞 Streaming Shifts & Story Trends: What Today's Audience Want from Animation 💥 As animation continues to break genre boundaries and age demographics, we can't wait to explore what really works in animation today! More details 👉 animationirelandmeitheal.ie

Tomorrow it begins! A huge weekend for Irish animation at Galway Bay Hotel 🎉 23 May: Meitheal Conference 24 May: Irish Animation Awards More Info 👉 irishanimationawards.ie #AnimationIreland #IrishAnimationAwards