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News & Events
17/9/10: Imelda May, ex-BCFE student, sees her single 'Mayhem' go to number one in the Irish charts
15/9/10: A new advisory board for the Irish School of Animation has
been established. The members of the advisory board for animation
include: Tomm Moore (co-founder and creative director, Cartoon Saloon), Professor Greg Maguire (co-founder,
Zoogloo LLC) and Professor of Visual
Communications, University of Ulster,
Eileen Bell (Digital Media Development Advisor, Animation
Ireland/Enterprise Ireland), Emma
Scott (production executive, Irish Film Board), Dr Aphra Kerr (Content Manager, Game
Developers Ireland) and Sociology
Lecturer, NUI Maynooth and Andrew Kavanagh (CEO
and Founder, Kavaleer Productions).
15/9/10: BA Animation film ‘Cookie Love' (directed by Stephen Byrne)
will be screened at the upcoming New York City International
Children's Film Festival (http://www.gkids.com).
15/9/10: BA Animation film ‘Olinda' (directed by Bruno Palma) has won
the Animation Category in the Digital Hub Best in Show competition
2010.
15/9/10: Congratulations to BA Animation student Kevin Ryan, who is a
member of the Irish team ‘Nevermind Games' who made the final of
this year's Dare to be Digital competition last August with their game WiiKick
(http://www.daretobedigital. com).
15/9/10: The following BA Animation films was screened last July at the Galway Film Fleadh (http://www.galwayfilmfleadh. com): The
Artists, Olinda, Cookie Love, The Thin Pink Line, Photocopy, Laurie
and the Litterbugs, and The Old Guys.
13/9/10: DCU President Brian MacCraith was inaugurated over the summer and BCFE attended the ceremony: the university validates the Media Production Management degree at BCFE. Click here for details of the event.
2/6/10: Feedback on the AFH end-of-year show to follow soon.14/5/10: AFH (Higher National Diploma in Fibre Art and Textile Design) end-of-year show to take place in Farmleigh House, the Phoenix Park at 6.30 on Tuesday 18th May.
14/5/10: Ceolteoir gigs to take place in the Cobblestone on the evening of Tuesday 18th May.
10/5/2010: Animation Graduation Showcase 2010. IFI, 6 Eustace St, Dublin 2. Screening at 6.30pm on Wednesday 26th May. Industry Portfolio Day 10am-4pm on Friday 28th May in the Media Building, BCFE, Dublin 10.
10/5/10: Congratulations to BA Animation graduate Sean Mullen, whose film 'The
Artists' won the Animation of the Year category at the Student
Media Awards. More info
26/3/10: Congratulations to all of the animation students who worked on films
nominated for Student Media awards this year. All 8 animations on the
shortlist are ISA films. The list is available here:
26/3/10: Jam Media (founded by BCFE animation graduates John Rice, Alan Shannon
ansd Mark Cumberton) have won a Royal Television Society Award for
their show ‘Roy' in the Children's Drama category. Details here
8/3/2010: Oscar Winner!
Irish School of Animation graduate Richie Baneham last night picked up an Oscar in the category of Visual Effects at the 82nd Academy Awards for his work on the groundbreaking film Avatar. Congrats to Richie.
1/3/10: On Wednesday 24th February four ISA graduates and animation
Oscar nominees (Richie Baneham of Weta Digital, Tomm Moore of Cartoon
Saloon, Darragh O'Connell of Brown Bag Films and Nicky Phelan of Brown
Bag Films) visited Ballyfermot College. They were joined on the night
by another ISA graduate and IFTA nominee Andrew Kavanagh (Founder/CEO
Kavaleer Productions). It was a great occasion, attended by an
audience of over 150 people. See some photos of the afternoon/evening
here: http://www.isa-bcfe.ie/FEB24.jpg
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