The winners at this years RTÉjr Animation Dingle Awards have been announced.
The Animation Dingle festival is in it's 13th year, and is an Academy Awards qualifying festival.
19 prizes in total were awarded, with Marie Kishchuk with their project Fished & Found named as The Big Pitcher Winner.
Marie wins a 3 month paid internship with Jam Media and will get to pitch at Cartoon Springboard later this year.
The Murakami Award 2025 sponsored by Brown Bag Films was presented to Andrew Fitzpatrick.
“RTÉjr are delighted to be back in 2025 as title sponsor of the Animation Dingle Awards. Animation Dingle is such a special event. Not only does it deliver this incredible synergy between Animation industry experts and students it's also an incredible opportunity to meet inspiring people from all over the world and celebrate the creativity of the next generation coming through. I cannot wait to see what comes next for all of these inspiring talented young creators and thrilled that RTÉjr can help support them on their journey.“ said Suzanne Kelly, Head of Children’s & Young People’s Content at RTE from Dingle.
Here is a complete list of winners:
Young Animator of the Year (YAOTY) sponsored by Disney:
The award went to Athish Srinivasan from St Oliver's Community College.
Best Irish Student sponsored by RTÉjr:
Awarded to Went to Moncha, by Freya Porrittwessman, TUS LSAD
Best International Student sponsored by BBC CBBC:
Awarded to Went to The Shyness of Trees by Bingqing Shu, Maud Le Bras, Jiaxin Huang, Simin He, Lina Han, Loïck Du Plessis D’Argentré, Sofiia Chuikovska, Gobelins.
Best Animation Award sponsored by MILKSHAKE!:
Awarded to Cuttlefish by Ciara Walsh, TUS LSAD
Best Stop Motion Award sponsored by Aardman Animations:
Awarded to Detlev by Ferdinand Ehrhardt, Film Academy Baden-Württemberg.
Best 2D, sponsored by Cartoon Saloon:
Awarded to CUTTLEFISH, directed by Ciara Walsh, TUS LSAD
Best Director Award, sponsored by Boulder Media:
Awarded to Went to The Shyness of Trees by Bingqing Shu, Maud Le Bras, Jiaxin Huang, Simin He, Lina Han, Loïck Du Plessis D’Argentré, Sofiia Chuikovska, Gobelins.
The Best Writer, jointly Sponsored by Animation Ireland and National Talent Academy for Animation:
Awarded to Went to My Sisters Nature, directed by Bella Quinn, IADT
Best Design/ Art Direction awards sponsored by JAM Media:
Awarded to Moncha, by Freya Porrittwessman, TUS LSAD
Best Sound Design sponsored by Turnip & Duck:
Awarded to Samhain by Domhnal Cotter, IADT
Best Original Score, sponsored by Screen Composers Guild Ireland:
Awarded to You’ve Got This, Allie! By Wren Petkov and Michelle Saal, IADT.
Best Cinematography, sponsored by Lighthouse Studios:
Awarded to Of Minds and Terrors by Simas Abrutis and Joseph Catney, University of Ulster.
Best 3D/CGI, sponsored by DNEG:
Awarded to Jour de Vent by Martin Chailloux, Ai Kim Crespin, Elise Golfouse, Chloe Lab, Hugo Taillez , Camille Truding, ENSI.
Animation Dingle is proud to announce The Best Irish Professional Short:
Retirement Plan by John Kelly
Best International Professional Short sponsored by Nickelodeon:
Snow Bear by Aaron Blaise, USA
Best Sting:
Awarded to Star Collector by Daria Hres, ATU
Best Game Sting, sponsored by 2K:
Awarded to The Dingle Mystery by Marcin Zapedowski, BCFE
Best Game Trailer Award, sponsored by 2K:
League of Legends - Still Here by UNIT IMAGE.
