Brown Bag didn’t bring home the Oscar for Granny O’Grimm (we lost out to French film Logorama), but Nicky, Darragh and the Brown Bag crew celebrated into the night nonetheless. Darragh talked to the Irish Times about his Oscar experience:
Photo by Danny Moloshok/Reuters
Sitting at the Oscars, 15 rows from the front, ‘we all just held hands in anticipation’ for ‘one of those moments when you clench the buttocks a little bit’, says ‘Granny O’Grimm’ nominee DARRAGH O’CONNELL… read more
Don’t miss a chance to see ‘Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty’ on the big screen in Ireland with feature films ‘Ondine’ and ‘Case 39′.
Paramount Pictures will feature ‘Granny’ before Neil Jordan’s latest film ‘Ondine’ starring Colin Farrell, and ‘Case 39′ starring Renee Zelwegger, released in cinemas nationwide this weekend.
‘Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty’ is now also available to purchase on iTunes, so you can own it to watch whenever you feel the need for a bedtime story with a twist!
RTE TWO will also be airing the short film in advance of the Oscars on Sunday 7th March at 6:10pm.
The Granny O’Grimm gang are currently in LA, which has gone Oscar-mad in the build up to the ceremony on March 7th. All this week they will be visiting studios and attending screenings of the Oscar-nominated films.
A couple of weeks ago, Team Granny O’Grimm’s Hollywood experience kicked off with the Oscar Nominees Luncheon. Each year, all the nominees and their guests attend a lunch and ceremony to acknowledge their nominations. Cathal took a few photos while they were there:
There were huge celebrations at Brown Bag Films yesterday as the news came through that Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty was nominated for the Oscar® for Best Animated Short Film!
The deadline for nominations for the Irish Blog Awards is February 5th. If you’ve enjoyed reading our blog over the last year, click here to nominate Brown Blog Films for Best Blog. You can nominate our blog in whichever categories you choose – Specialist (animation is our bag!), Business, Arts & Culture etc..
Richie Baneham, Avatar’s animation supervisor, was interviewed on Today FM’s Ray D’Arcy show yesterday about his role in the production of the movie that’s fast becoming the biggest box office success of all time.
Brown Bag receive a large number of requests for work experience placements from school and college students with an interest in animation and art. Unfortunately due to limited places and a very busy production schedule we can’t accommodate everyone, but we try to offer placements to as many students as possible.
Recently 4th year student Elle Power joined us for a work placement and was kind enough to blog for us about her experience:
Work experience at Brown Bag Films
Before I applied for work experience at Brown Bag Films, pretty much anything I knew about a real animation studio was from ‘behind the scenes’ of Pixar movies – not all that much. I always wanted to know what it’d be like to work in that environment. I’ve always wondered how they design, create and animate characters and environments and then compose them around a story to make a film! It’s incredible to me, where do you start? … read more
As you may have guessed, Granny O’Grimm is not a fan of Christmas. As she said herself on Twitter, the only enjoyment she gets from Christmas is in reminding her grandchildren that Santa has them under constant surveillance – one wrong move and they’re in trouble!
To keep us on our toes, Granny has recorded a special Christmas message from her living room:
Follow Granny O’Grimm on Facebook and Twitter as she celebrates the Christmas season in her own unique fashion.
‘Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty’ is now available to watch online in full!
Visit Grannyogrimm.com to stream the 6min short film (and check out Granny’s storybook and Agony Aunt column while you’re there!)
The short film, directed by Nicky Phelan, written by Kathleen O’Rourke and produced by Darragh O’Connell, has been shortlisted for Oscar nomination for Best Animated Short.
The full film is also on YouTube, and don’t forget to visit Granny on Facebook and Twitter. She’ll be sure to give you a piece of her mind!
Granny O’Grimm is one step closer to telling those Hollywood stars what she thinks of them, as it was announced that ‘Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty’ is shortlisted for Oscar nomination!
The film, directed by Nicky Phelan, written and performed by Kathleen O’Rourke and produced by Darragh O’Connell, is shortlisted in the Best Animated Short Film category.
The Short Films & Animated Feature members of the Academy will now select 5 nominees from the 10 shortlisted films and the announcement will be on February 2nd 2010.
