AnamoLABS™ - Cork

The second Animation Munster Project (AMP2) Cork City event was a great blast. We met with a whole crew of interesting people and learned a lot more about the hidden details behind stop-motion (mostly hidden glue and duct tape). And we are going to do it again... this time in Mallow. The event will be showcasing Munster's finest and regional growth. If you have any interest in learning about the animation industry and media education in Munster please come and network with us to find out more at this Mallow Arts Festival linked event. The short films will be age for appropriate for 12+, young adults and up. We encourage all sorts of a creatives to join us to learn more about animation in the province, including artists, sound engineers, actors, dancers, filmmakers, directors, producers, youth groups etc. We hope to see you there! Price: The event is free Venue: Hibernian Hotel, Mallow, Co. Cork Time: 18.30 Date: Sunday, 28th July

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Tomorrow, Friday July 12 at 2pm is the free panel discussion on 'The VFX Sector in Ireland – Now & Next' at the Galway Film Fleadh in The Galmont Hotel. Hosted by Cultural & Creative Industries Skillnet and the VFX sector of the National Talent Academies and will be moderated by Fran Keaveney, the Skills & Talent Development Manager at Cultural & Creative Industry Skillnet. The panel includes, Donal Nolan (VFX Supervisor and Creative Head of Studio Ireland at Milk VFX), Deborah Doherty (Head of Production and part of Windmill Lane’s executive leadership team), Simon Brown (VFX Shoot Supervisor and artist from Wolfhound Creative) and Emmy and IFTA award winning VFX Shoot Supervisor and artist, Jim O'Hagan. The talk is guaranteed* to be enlightening and worth attending if you are even slightly interested in the VFX world. Pre-registration is required at https://lnkd.in/emqqd3PG *not a guarantee.

The Galway Film Fleadh opens tomorrow They will screen around 94 feature films from 45 countries, 110 short films, and hosting an array of industry panels and events. Including a few where we hope to meet and chat with interesting people. #filmfleadh

The Animation Munster Project (AMP) is returning on July 17 for more clips, short animated films, VFX work and talks. As well as meeting a whole crew of animators*. At the last meeting in February, we had "the talk" from seasoned animation producer Daniel Spencer, but this time we will have the talk from the wonderful Eimhin McNamara. Eimhin is an award winning animation artist, Founder and Director of Matchbox Mountain and lecturer in Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT). His specialities include stop motion animation, special effects and 2D animation. If you've seen Wolfwalkers from Cartoon Saloon, you will be familiar with the "Wolfvision" he and his team worked on where 2D and 3D animation collide. It takes a lot of work to achieve. https://lnkd.in/ezgMBdP8 Tickets for the event are available on Eventbrite https://lnkd.in/e5cb2WGu and take place at 7pm in The Pav, Cork on Wednesday July 17. *I checked, apparently the collective noun for animators really is a crew. You can read more about Eimhin’s work in Variety : https://lnkd.in/ehWseDdU

Sometimes a mistake or something misheard makes you think "would that work?" In this case it was about an exercise video that looks like John Wick's. But what would that involve? Dog walking while avoiding assassins? Sparring while doing ab crunches? What was meant was Joe Wicks of the The Body Coach not the character in film series played by Keanu Reeves (sadly no link, sorry). But I think it might be worth investigating, for Comic Relief at least. I can see a fictional mixup between the two, and I think that Mr Reeves leading an exercise class while the coach is avoiding attacks (with a dog to protect of course) could be played for laughs. I'd like to see it. Mixing two unrelated ideas are always worth looking at, because sometimes it makes you laugh, and then it makes you think.

AnamoLABS want to see people move. Not just from the perspective of motion capture and analysis, but actually moving and maintaining health. From this, Futsal is interesting. Futsal is a variation of five-a-side football played on a hard surface. Unlimited substitutions are permitted, which means that it is very suitable for cooperative play.  https://lnkd.in/eTbMUd-5 Last year saw the establishment of an Irish Down Syndrome futsal team which competed at the SUDS European Championships in Padova, Italy. Several League of Ireland clubs embraced the opportunity to support players with Down Syndrome and form new teams. And on June 9th this year the League of Ireland Down Syndrome Futsal Festival took place at Gormanston Sports Complex, Co. Meath. Set up by the Football Association of Ireland Football For All programme and the League of Ireland, Leagueofireland.ie, it featured teams from the over 16 years Down Syndrome squads from Dundalk FC, Shelbourne Football Club, Cork City FC, Finn Harps Academy FC, Wexford FC, Bohemian FC and Sligo Rovers Football Club. The overall winner of the event was Finn Harps FC  https://lnkd.in/ehya_eTK Kudos to Cork City FC and a special Thank You to Conor Fionn McKahey for his support of the athletes. If you have any interested players for future events, get in contact with their nearest club by getting in touch with footballforall@fai.ie . A wonderful time for all, and there might be a few new sporting stars for many events to come.

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Atticus Education and Northern Ireland Screen last week announced, the eight filmmakers that will be the 2024 Puttnam Scholars. Now in its fifth year, this is a cross-border initiative, through the Atticus Education "Puttnam Scholars" programme involving a series of interactive online seminars for early-to-mid career filmmakers with Oscar-winning producer David Puttnam. The programme is supported by Accenture Song. The talented scholars will be developing their creative resilience and professional acumen as well as forging cultural connections across the island of Ireland. This year's scholars are: Claire Frances Byrne Claire Frances Byrne – Director / Writer selected by Screen Ireland  Eoin Cleland – Director / Writer selected by Northern Ireland Screen Sarah Gordon – Director / Writer selected by Northern Ireland Screen https://lnkd.in/eTifESAs Ian Hunt-Duffy – Director selected by Screen Ireland https://lnkd.in/eMCn6h53 Nicky Larkin – Director / Writer / Documentary Maker selected by Northern Ireland Screen https://lnkd.in/enTXQDbc Cara Loftus – Writer selected by Screen Ireland  Suzanne McNally – Producer selected by Northern Ireland Screen https://lnkd.in/e5-QKp_v Colin Thornton – Writer / Producer selected by Screen Ireland https://lnkd.in/eBVPzYeh You are going to be amazing. Have fun and make us laugh, cry and have all the feels with your results. Image: Clockwise from top left - Claire Frances Bryne, Ian Hunt-Duffy, Eoin Cleland, Sarah Gordon, Suzanne McNally, Nicky Larkin, Colin Thornton, Cara Loftus