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Lindsay J. Sedgwick Lindsay is an award-winning screenwriter and creator of the ground-breaking childrens’ TV series Punky, which is recognised as the first mainstream animation series in the world in which the central character has special needs (Down’s syndrome). The series is available in over 100 countries!
You can find out more about Punky at www.punky.ie
A graduate of Moonstone Screenwriting Labs (2002) and a New York University ‘Gregory Peck Scriptwriting Course’ scholar, (Dublin, 1993), Lindsay has an MA in Screenwriting for Film & TV from Leeds Metropolitan University (1999), during which time she interned at Granada in the children’s department. She has also published two novels, Dad’s Red Dress (2017) – which she is adapting for TV, and The Angelica Touch (2018) and has recently signed a two-book deal with Little Island publishers.
In 2012 she founded the Creatives in Animation Network to bring writers and animation creatives together with a view to fostering collaborations. In 2017, Lindsay published Ireland’s first comprehensive guide to screenwriting, Write That Script.
To kickstart new writing in 2020, Lindsay will be giving a one-day workshop on 18 January 2020 on scriptwriting in association with Dublin Animation Film Festival. To register your interest, email [email protected]
To find out more about Lindsay’s work go to www.lindsayjsedgwick.com
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The Wiremen Ghost Quest
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The Lost Bond Uisce
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Paul Kewley – PRODUCER
After a successful career as a TV producer, Paul was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study on the prestigious Peter Stark Producing Program at the University of Southern California in 1995. After graduating he set up numerous projects as an independent producer with major Hollywood studios and spent more than a decade working in the US film industry.
Paul returned to the UK in 2009 to join Aardman where he was a key player in developing the company’s feature film slate. Paul produced the Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe nominated ‘Shaun The Sheep Movie’ with Julie Lockhart. He also produced ‘Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer’s Llamas’ a BAFTA and EMMY nominated Shaun The Sheep special with John Woolley. Paul raised financing for various films on Aardman’s feature slate including Nick Park’s ‘Early Man’ and was the architect of the BFI/ Aardman Film Lab, a scheme intended to develop animated projects in the UK. Paul now has his own business PEK Productions through which he is developing films as well as producing ‘A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon’ for Aardman Animations and STUDIOCANAL.
Programme of EVENTS Richard Phelan – CO-DIRECTOR A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
After graduating from the National Film and Television School, Richard worked at several London animation studios before joining Aardman as a story artist on Shaun Series 3. Since then he has worked on feature films and TV shows including ‘Shaun the Sheep Movie’, ‘Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer’s Llamas’ and ‘Early Man’. He is the Co-Director of Aardman’s latest feature film ‘A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon’.
You can get to the Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire on the 46A and 75 buses and the DART.
Programme details are correct at the time of going to print.
MapDirector’s Letter Welcome to our 9th Festival! We have a real treat for you this year!This year, we are proud to welcome two distinguished guests from Aardman Animations: Paul Kewley (Producer) and Richard Phelan (Co-Director) of A SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE: FARMAGEDDON.
We are delighted that Paul and Richard will be participating in a Q & A after the screening – this is a great opportunity for anyone who is passionate about animation and we would like to thank Aardman Animations, STUDIOCANAL and Element Pictures for their support for this screening.
We are thrilled to have received so many films from Irish and international animators and student animators this year. Over 50 films were submitted by students studying animation in third-level colleges, Institutes of Art and Design and universities. Our overseas panellists were impressed by the quality of the submissions from the Irish students – it made their task this year a challenging one!
The festival is growing in popularity and I would like to take this opportunity to thank Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council for their support since 2011. Huge thanks also to Boulder Media, Clearstory International, the Pavilion Theatre, dlr LexIcon, Luminosity, Xhail, Ona Mansfield Design, and Stuart Parker whose generosity has made it possible to continue to hold the festival in Dún Laoghaire 2019. We are already looking forward to our 10th festival in 2020!
We would also like to introduce Jennifer Kidd and Lindsay J. Sedgwick to you – we have wonderful plans to work with them in 2020!
Finally, love and thanks to my family and friends who help me to make things happen!
Fionnghuala Ní Néill, Festival Director, Dublin Animation Festival 2019.
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Jennifer Kidd Jennifer Kidd has arrived in Dublin to hold a two day intensive advanced puppet fabrication workshop! At this workshop you will learn how to build an articulate puppet that can withstand hours of animation!
After graduating from DIT where she did her BA in Fine Art, Jennifer moved to London where she continued to improve on her practice. Since then she has worked with some of the animation industry’s best animators and model makers, creating stop motion installation works which were exhibited internationally and through which she lived in Berlin where she did a residency to create new work.
Last year she graduated from the Royal College of Art where she did an MA in Animation and throughout her MA she worked on ‘Isle of Dogs’ where she gained experience as a 3rd AD and worked on ‘Chuck Steel, Night of the Trampires’ as an art department assistant. Since graduating she has worked at BAFTA award winning Factory Create in the puppet department on a new kids’ TV series called ‘Norman Picklestripes’ which will soon be screened in the UK and has been the lead prop master and set builder for ‘Ghost Sonata’ a short stop motion animation, which was directed by Luc Toutounghi, the creative producer for ‘Peter and the Wolf’.
Currently she is working again at Factory Create while also having her own studio in London and will soon be back out to China on another stop motion film where she will be one of the directors, however the project cannot be named at this time.
Friday 18th October dlr LexIcon, Dún Laoghaire (18s only)18:30pm – 20:30pm Screenings of the shortlisted international short films. Voting for the Best International Short and Best International Student short film will take place after the screening! The result will be announced on the 19th October during the DAFF Awards at the Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire.
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Saturday, 19th October 201912:00pm Festival Welcome and Screening of ‘A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon’ (Ifco Rating G)
Followed by a Q & A with Paul Kewley (Producer) and Richard Phelan (Co-Director) of ‘A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon’.
2:30pm Screening of DAFF 2019 shortlisted films. (First Reel). Films will be rated G and PG.
4:10pm Screening of DAFF 2019 shortlisted films. (Second Reel). 18+ only permitted at this screening.
17:45pm Presentation of DAFF awards followed by Closing of the Festival.