ACE Producers has selected 18 experienced independent producers for the 7th edition of the ACE Animation Special. The 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. Supported by Screen Ireland, the Netherlands Film Fund and Animation Ireland, the ACE Animation Special will take place from the 17th to the 22nd March 2026 in Dingle, Ireland, in collaboration with the Animation Dingle festival.
Focusing primarily on the creative and financial aspects of feature and long form animation production, the ACE 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 sessions on physical line production as well as case studies on completed animation projects.
SELECTED ACE ANIMATION SPECIAL PRODUCERS:
Agne Adomene – ART SHOT – Lithuania
Marine Arrighi de Casanova – Apsara Films – France
Brunella Cocchiglia – Lovely Productions – Ireland
Alexander Glehr – Film AG Produktions GmbH – Austria
David Keitsch – Komplizen Film – Germany
Felipe Lage – Zeitun Films – Spain
Natalia Libet – 2Brave Productions – Ukraine
Lillian Løvseth – Loev Film (LØV Film) – Norway
Heather Millard – Compass Films & Animation Studio Iceland – Iceland
Ed Moline – Lighthouse Studios – Ireland
Chantal Nissen – Cool Beans / Katuni – The Netherlands
Samuli Norhomaa – Just Republic Oy – Finland
Julia Ouston – Title Page Films – United Kingdom
Marta Reguera – Fox in the Snow – Sweden
Vicki Rock – Enter Yes – United Kingdom
Danae Spathara – HERETIC – Greece
Artem Vasyliev – Lazy Sunday – Ireland/Moldova
Bostjan Virc – Leavante Produzioni – Italy
For more information please contact:
specials@ace-producers.com