The ACE Animation Special, held in Dingle (Ireland) between 19 and 24 March 2024, is supported by Creative Europe MEDIA, Netherlands Film Fund, and Screen Ireland and is organised in close collaboration with Animation Ireland and Animation Dingle.
The workshop is aimed at experienced 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).
16 to 18 producers will be selected for the workshop, preferably with a long form/feature length animation project at concept stage. Focusing primarily on the creative and financial aspects of feature and longform 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 one or more sessions on physical line production as well as case studies on completed animation projects. Group sessions, plenary sessions and one to one meetings will together build a workshop where producers learn from each other’s experiences and those of key industry guests.
Topics covered include:
- Story development and defining the rules of the world of your story;
- Visual world building and asset creation;
- International production workflows in multi-country co-productions;
- Financing strategies for films with productions schedules of two years or more;
- Strategically integrating an animation department into an existing (film-) production company;
- The broadcaster’s view – when broadcasters can become involved and what they expect.
