Christmas time is upon us and every television station is playing the Christmas Specials of all of our favourite shows.
This got me thinking of what were the best animated Christmas Films or Specials?
Here’s my Top Ten….and yes I’ve checked it not once but twice, to see who’s naughty or nice! 
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We were delighted to have Olivia play in competition in Annecy last week but unfortunately we came away empty handed.
I was recently in Shanghai for a week as part of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year annual retreat. I was nominated last year and as one of the alumni I attended the World Expo in Shanghai with over 70 Irish business people, and spent some time meeting local businesses and networking with each other.
The Animation CEO Forum believe that RTÉ are not fulfilling their role as a Public Service Broadcaster by failing to support, develop and fund the Animation sector in Ireland. In the context of the two Academy Award® nominations received this week by Irish animation studios, the Animation CEO Forum RTÉ have spent just €300,000 a year for the past 3 years on animated programmes. This represents less than 1% of the RTÉ spend on independent commissioned programmes. (more…)
Position Current
Brown Bag Films are currently looking to employ an experienced Senior Systems Administrator to undertake the role of maintaining a medium sized network of servers, desktop systems and communications devices.
What We’re Looking For:
The System Administrator is responsible for installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems hardware and software related infrastructure. This individual is expected to do technical research and development to enable continuing innovation within the infrastructure. The System Administrator is required to maintain system hardware, operating systems, software systems.This individual will assist in various company projects within the IT/R&D department and also other departmental projects if technical assistance is required. (more…)
POSITION NOW CLOSED
Brown Bag Films are looking to recruit a Business Development/Legal Affairs Executive to work full time from their office in Dublin. The ideal candidate will be qualified in either law or have a business MBA. While the job will be serious, you will also need a sense of humour and may have to watch cartoons frequently! (more…)
Brown Bag Films celebrated Christmas in style last Friday with a Casino night at the Mansion House on Dawson St. We began the festive celebrations on Friday afternoon by popping open a bottle of champagne, pulling a few crackers and opening up our Secret Santa presents from under the office Christmas tree while listening to some festive tunes.
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!
10 Animated Shorts Move Ahead in 2009 Oscar® Race
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.
Check out Granny O’Grimm’s own website at www.grannyogrimm.com, and visit her on Twitter and Facebook.
The Oscars take place in Los Angeles on March 7th 2010.
Position Current
CALLING ALL TALENTED STORYBOARD ARTISTS!
Are you an exceptional visual story teller? Are you able to convey expression and illustrate movement effortlessly? If so, Brown Bag Films are looking for your storyboard reel right now! Experience in pre-school animation for Television or Feature is a requirement for this freelance position.
Applicants will ideally have an Irish or EU passport. Please forward your CV and reel or link to your own website to: jobs@brownbagfilms.com
Reels should be no bigger than 15mb in size.
Update Nov 4 2009: Our apologies if you have received both a confirmation email & an error message in response to your emails. This was a glitch which has now been fixed. We have received all emails. Thanks and apologies for any confusion!
The latest issue of Animation Magazine features an article on Chorion’s ‘The Octonauts’, which Brown Bag Films are currently producing.
