ACE Producers is pleased to announce the sixteen producers that have been selected for the first edition of the ACE Animation Special that will take place during Animation Dingle in Ireland this coming March.
The selected participants are all producers who want to diversify their activities to include, and/or deepen their knowledge of, developing and producing long form/feature film animation production for an international audience (cinema, broadcast or streaming). Producers were selected either with or without an animation project in the early stages of development, though each runs a company focusing its sights on animation. Eleven countries are represented in the selection: Austria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, The Netherlands, Norway and the United Kingdom.
“Animation was high on my list”, ACE director and head of studies, Jacobine van der Vloed said, “I’m thrilled to have established a partnership with Screen Skills Ireland and Animation Dingle and to be bringing such a great group of international producers to Ireland to discover the global potential of their animation projects.” The group consists of experienced producers from both inside and outside the ACE Network.
In close collaboration with Screen Skills Ireland and Animation Dingle and support from other key Irish partners – Screen Ireland, BAI, Animation Skillnet, IDA and Animation Ireland, Creative Europe Desk Ireland – the 5-day workshop will be held from March 17th to 22nd in Dingle, Ireland.
Focusing primarily on the creative and financial aspects of animation production, the ACE Animation Special will offer sessions on story development and the creative dynamics of animation production, the financing scheme in an international context, discovering the marketing potential and finding an (international) audience as well as budget, financing and production planning. The workshop will give the producers a chance to network with their peers and dive deeper into the different aspects of animation production.
Jonathan Clarke – Ireland – Distillery Films
“Sullivan Sails” series by Carol Freeman
Jérôme Dopffer – France – Les Productions Balthazar
“Diotime and the Lions” feature by Santi Minasi
Fabian Driehorst – Germany – Fabian&Fred
Attending without a project
Stephen Fagan – Ireland – Studio Meala
“Queen Méabh” feature by Elle Power
Kristine Knudsen – Norway – Den siste skilling
“Checkmate” feature, director tbc
Vladimir Lhotak – Czech Republic – Hausboot
“Golem” feature by Jiří Barta
Galilé Marion Gauvin – Canada – Productions l’unité centrale
Attending without a project
Rebecca Mark-Lawson – UK – Tyke Films
“Half Nelson” feature by Alice Nelson
Heather Millard – Iceland – Compass Films
“Ormhildur the Brave” series by Thorey Mjallhvit
Catryn Ramasut – United Kingdom – ie ie productions
“Candylion” feature, director tbc
Arash T. Riahi – Austria – Golden Girls Film
“Micromeo” feature by Jean Claude Carriere & Virgil Widrich
Nancy Florence Savard – Canada – 10th Ave Productions
Attending without a project
Marleen Slot – The Netherlands – Viking Film
Attending without a project
The first edition of the ACE Animation Special took place online, you can read our report here.
A previous version of this post also included Sinisa Juricic (Croatia – Nukleus film), Patrice Nezan (France – Les Contes Modernes) and Denis Vaslin (The Netherlands – Volya Films) as participants. Unfortunately, they had to withdraw from the workshop.
