# Irish Animation Awards

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The ***Irish Animation Awards***, for which the winners receive a statuette in the shape of a [phenakistoscope](/source/Phenakistoscope), an early animation device, were first held on 13 March 2015 in [Dingle](/source/Dingle), County Kerry. The statuette was designed by animator, film maker and teacher Eimhin McNamara.[1] The judges included [CBBC](/source/CBBC), [Nickelodeon](/source/Nickelodeon) and [CBeebies](/source/CBeebies)[2] The second award ceremony took place on 25 March 2017. Winners included *[Song of the Sea](/source/Song_of_the_Sea_(2014_film))* as best Irish feature film and Jam Media, whose *Roy*, won the *Kids’ Choice Award* for best animated series. The best music/sound design award was given to *[Danger Mouse](/source/Danger_Mouse_(2015_TV_series))*. In 2017, [Paul Young](/source/Paul_Young_(producer)), then industry chair of [Animation Ireland](/source/Animation_Ireland) and co-founder of [Cartoon Saloon](/source/Cartoon_Saloon) said: “We Irish have a passion for storytelling and the arts – a culture which is ideally suited for the creativity of world-class animation studios and the quality of the award nominees shows this.”[3]

## See also

- [List of animation awards](/source/List_of_animation_awards)

## References

1. ["Paper Panther Productions Wins at Irish Animation Awards"](http://filmireland.net/2019/03/25/paper-panther-productions-wins-at-irish-animation-awards/). 25 March 2019.

1. Slattery, Laura (12 March 2015). "Dingle Gets Animated". *[The Irish Times](/source/The_Irish_Times)*

1. ["Inside Track"](http://jq6am9xs3s.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info%3Aofi%2Fenc%3AUTF-8&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsummon.serialssolutions.com&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Inside+Track&rft.jtitle=Sunday+Business+Post&rft.date=2017-04-01&rft.pub=Post+Publications+Ltd&paramdict=en-US). *[The Sunday Business Post](/source/The_Sunday_Business_Post)*. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2017.

## External links

- [Official website](http://irishanimationawards.ie/)

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