http://euronews.eu/2009/09/29/cartoon-forum-prize/
Heres a Euronews item on the Cartoon D'Or nominees and winner David O'Reilly.
There are clips from all the great films nominated and theres me lurking around in the background when the directors are being interviewed:)
Saturday, October 03, 2009
Friday, October 02, 2009
Singapore
Well, I am off to Denmark now back to lovely Viborg .
But if any of you are in Singapore heres the heads up on the screenings there -
http://tdc.sg/events/details.aspx?eid=6179
But if any of you are in Singapore heres the heads up on the screenings there -
http://tdc.sg/events/details.aspx?eid=6179
Monday, September 28, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
La Screening. Halifax Screening etcetera
hello there,
am just back in ireland after the madness of doing Canada and Norway in two weeks.
I know Kells screened in LA yesterday and also in Halifax.
I saw some positive posts about the LA screening on the Animation Nation message boards.
Anyone who has seen Kells at a festival or screening , please do post a comment on how it went down here.
Its great to get feedback from these screenings especially when I cant be there.
Its playing soon in Jersey I hear and Singapore I believe also. Anyway, let me know what you think if you were there!
am just back in ireland after the madness of doing Canada and Norway in two weeks.
I know Kells screened in LA yesterday and also in Halifax.
I saw some positive posts about the LA screening on the Animation Nation message boards.
Anyone who has seen Kells at a festival or screening , please do post a comment on how it went down here.
Its great to get feedback from these screenings especially when I cant be there.
Its playing soon in Jersey I hear and Singapore I believe also. Anyway, let me know what you think if you were there!
Friday, September 25, 2009
Cartoon Forum
Good times for the Iriosh here in Norway. David OReilly winds Cartoon Dor and Brown Bag films wins producer of the year. Well done lads!
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Norway
So here I am in Norway at the Cartoon forum. My flight from Vancouver to dubin was over booked so I ended up just making it here in time, after being bumped to a later flight.
Still, I had an extra day in Vancouver with Sean, Tony , Ross and co.
The screenings lastw eek in Canada, Amsterdam and Johanesburg were a success by all accounts.
Yesterday we saw some beautiful Fjords and tonight is the ceremony for the Cartoon D'or of which i am a jury member for.
My fellow judges Serge and Kari and I have a press conference in a few minutes ...
I am so jetlagged its not funny but still standing!
Still, I had an extra day in Vancouver with Sean, Tony , Ross and co.
The screenings lastw eek in Canada, Amsterdam and Johanesburg were a success by all accounts.
Yesterday we saw some beautiful Fjords and tonight is the ceremony for the Cartoon D'or of which i am a jury member for.
My fellow judges Serge and Kari and I have a press conference in a few minutes ...
I am so jetlagged its not funny but still standing!
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Vancouver
Is as pretty as reported. We had a stretch limo from the airport to the hotel.
Sweet .
Catching up with some old Canadian friends today before the screening.
Apparently Brendan Gleeson is in town , a couple of people said he was in the Irish pub we went to last night.
"The Irish Heather" pub is sponsoring the screening tonight and we had a fine if somewhat jetlagged pint or two there last night.
Sweet .
Catching up with some old Canadian friends today before the screening.
Apparently Brendan Gleeson is in town , a couple of people said he was in the Irish pub we went to last night.
"The Irish Heather" pub is sponsoring the screening tonight and we had a fine if somewhat jetlagged pint or two there last night.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Denmark Screenings
http://www.buster.dk/b/a2.lasso?fid=4&s=2009003&aa=247&e=1
Check it out folks, the Northmen are'nt so bad after all...three screenings of Kells and even a chance to meet co-director Nora Twomey herself while you are at it!
Check it out folks, the Northmen are'nt so bad after all...three screenings of Kells and even a chance to meet co-director Nora Twomey herself while you are at it!
Monday, September 14, 2009
Dinner with Docter
Had dinner last night after the UP premiere with Pete Doctor and Jonas Rivera, really nice fellas.
Pete had almost completely lost his voice from the publicity campaign trail though.
I have some souvenir scraps of paper with Carl Fredrickson on one side and his kind answers to my questions written out on the back!
Anyway it was very nice of Trish and Ruth to invite me and the family along and its almost exactly a year to the day that we had lunch with Pete in Emeryville. Time is just flying.
I gave him and Jonas a signed print and some original art from the comics and a copy of the DVD so hopefully they will let us know what they think of it.
It was my second time seeing Up, this time in 3d. I cried in the same places. And laughed at the same stuff. Its that good.
Right so, tomorrow its off to Vancouver ....
Pete had almost completely lost his voice from the publicity campaign trail though.
I have some souvenir scraps of paper with Carl Fredrickson on one side and his kind answers to my questions written out on the back!
Anyway it was very nice of Trish and Ruth to invite me and the family along and its almost exactly a year to the day that we had lunch with Pete in Emeryville. Time is just flying.
I gave him and Jonas a signed print and some original art from the comics and a copy of the DVD so hopefully they will let us know what they think of it.
It was my second time seeing Up, this time in 3d. I cried in the same places. And laughed at the same stuff. Its that good.
Right so, tomorrow its off to Vancouver ....
Thursday, September 10, 2009
US distribution
Some months back Empire film group picked up Kells for Us distribution in Cannes.
They agreed to put the full contact information on this blog and anywhere else it might be useful.
If you want Kells in your area or for your festival or whatever here are contact details!-
No harm letting them know if you want to see it on a big screen near you....
Empire Film Group, Inc.
Attn: Eric Parkinson
24568 Piuma Road
Malibu, CA 90265
www.EmpireFilmGroup.com
EmpireFilmGroup@aol.com
They agreed to put the full contact information on this blog and anywhere else it might be useful.
If you want Kells in your area or for your festival or whatever here are contact details!-
No harm letting them know if you want to see it on a big screen near you....
Empire Film Group, Inc.
Attn: Eric Parkinson
24568 Piuma Road
Malibu, CA 90265
www.EmpireFilmGroup.com
EmpireFilmGroup@aol.com
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Jean Baptiste ven Damme
two old pieces of Kells development art by JB and an amazing recent piece.
I still can't understand why this guy is not rich - so talented...and a lovely fella - check out his latest fantastic stuff at the link below... woudl'nt you love to see this stuff in glorious 3d Cg? Or on a comic book cover? or both?
I know I would.
http://thedoberman.deviantart.com/
Thursday, September 03, 2009
Canadian screening in Vancouver
http://siggraph.ca/festivals/information.php?SPARKA09#20090916-F1
Check it out we are opening the festival! Class.
Stewy and I will be there and hope to see some of our Canadian friends from Skunk Fu!
days over there.
We are doing our "making of" presentation too with loads of concept art and early designs and stuff to show.
I will have to shoot back to Europe for the Cartoon forum in Norway before the end of the week unfortunately but Ross will be around for the whole shebang.
Check it out we are opening the festival! Class.
Stewy and I will be there and hope to see some of our Canadian friends from Skunk Fu!
days over there.
We are doing our "making of" presentation too with loads of concept art and early designs and stuff to show.
I will have to shoot back to Europe for the Cartoon forum in Norway before the end of the week unfortunately but Ross will be around for the whole shebang.
My own designs ....
I recently decided to dig thru' the years of development art .
I want to seperate out my own work to make a portfolio site for myself as a designer and illustrator.
Also, I think it would be nice to make a limited run of an Art of book to sell on the saloon website.
Anyway heres some charcter designs I did back in 2004 and I still like them in a lot of ways.
It looks like we might have had a bit more malleability in Brendan's face if we had stuck with this approach...
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Festival screenings coming up -
International friends - see Kells in your neighbourhood!
Irish FF in Cape Town & Johannesburg (August 26 to Sept 6)
Fantoche in Switzerland 2009 (Sept 8 to 13)
Bergen Animation 2009 (Sept 10 to 13)
Bologne Cinematheque 2009 (Sept 27)
Copenhagen Buster 2009 (Sept 17 to Oct 2nd)
Lund 2009 (Sept 17 to 26)
Frankfurt Filmmaker’s fest 2009 (Oct 4 to 6)
Sitges IFF 2009 (Oct 2 to 12)
Tel Aviv Icon 2009 (Oct 4 to 10)
Warsaw IFF 2009 (Oct 9 to 18)
Singapore Animation 2009 (Oct 14 to 21)
Kolkata 2009 (Nov 10 to 17)
Sofia 2009 (Nov 13 to Dec 3rd)
Cologne Children FF 2009 (Nov 21 to 29)
London Children FF 2009 (Nov 21 to 29)
Turin Sottodiciotto FF 2009 (Nov 26 to Dec 5)
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Japanese Pangur Ban toy!
Denmark
Wow . The animation workshop is such a groovy place.
I wish our studio had thsi vibe. Reminds me a bit of when I visited aardman on Gasferry road in Bristol. Very nice aarty vibe, lots of space, friendly people.
I must find a way to be invited back....
I wish our studio had thsi vibe. Reminds me a bit of when I visited aardman on Gasferry road in Bristol. Very nice aarty vibe, lots of space, friendly people.
I must find a way to be invited back....
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Distribution US , Australia , Canada
just answering the latest comments -
US Distribution - Empire Film Group, a cinema release is planned for this October .
La Irish Film Festival Screening and 2d or not 2d Seattle screenings are the ones I know about so far - maybe theres more.
US DVD/Blu Ray release also planned.
Australia - Madman are distributing, a good distributor but I have no info about release dates.
Canada - Mongrel, again another good distributor signed up but no release dates known to me at present. The film will screen as part of Sparx animation festival in Vancouver next month and I'll be there!
In addition to this, I know the film has been playinga round the world at fetsivals, and continues to do so.
Today I am off to Denmark to the Animation Workshop....
US Distribution - Empire Film Group, a cinema release is planned for this October .
La Irish Film Festival Screening and 2d or not 2d Seattle screenings are the ones I know about so far - maybe theres more.
US DVD/Blu Ray release also planned.
Australia - Madman are distributing, a good distributor but I have no info about release dates.
Canada - Mongrel, again another good distributor signed up but no release dates known to me at present. The film will screen as part of Sparx animation festival in Vancouver next month and I'll be there!
In addition to this, I know the film has been playinga round the world at fetsivals, and continues to do so.
Today I am off to Denmark to the Animation Workshop....
Monday, August 17, 2009
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Surreal feeling...
Was picking out a DVD in the Cinema City on John Street in Kilkenny tonight. Man, I must have lurked there for hundreds of hours over the years, since I was a kid picking out VHS goodness. Anyway there was the DVD of Kells on the shelf. I kinda of looked at it and was thinking my usual grumbly picky thoughts of how I still prefer the French cover with Ross Stewarts font for the text and all.
Then I was walking out after renting my DVD and in the middle of unlocking my bike, I just went back in to the shop and picked it up and looked at it and realised how surreal it was that our film was in there amongst all the other "real" films. Then I realised , maybe more than when it was in the cinema , that it IS a "real" film, really out there in the world for better or worse after all these years.
Its a bit surreal yet very ordinary. A small thing in the greater scheme of things I know , but pretty significant for me I guess.
So there you go.
BTW I rented "King of Kong" - excellent.
Then I was walking out after renting my DVD and in the middle of unlocking my bike, I just went back in to the shop and picked it up and looked at it and realised how surreal it was that our film was in there amongst all the other "real" films. Then I realised , maybe more than when it was in the cinema , that it IS a "real" film, really out there in the world for better or worse after all these years.
Its a bit surreal yet very ordinary. A small thing in the greater scheme of things I know , but pretty significant for me I guess.
So there you go.
BTW I rented "King of Kong" - excellent.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
The first rule of Directors club...
Is we don't talk about Directors club - d'oh!Here is the gang from the Screen Directors Guild of Ireland at the directors club where I did a Q+A on directing Kells.
It was a great night alright. Thanks to all my fellow directors for showing up !
I saw a nice display for the DVDs on Grafton street too in HMV , they seem to be in plenty of shops...hope people pick them up. I am still waiting for my free copies...dagnabit!
Anyway I am sure they are on their way...
BTW I noticed there are more and more free downloads of Kells popping up and although our distributors and sales agents try to stop it, its pretty hard.
Please don't steal our film! If you do, at least buy a DVD when you get the chance ,eh?
If everyone downloaded films for free...well we would'nt be able to make a living making them.
I know there are arguments fro free content and so on, but right now its only hurting small producers and directors and the industry as a whole to download stuff illegally...
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