Official Selection
Animation Dingle are delighted and excited to be announcing it’s short film selections for our 2022 festival. The selection of 103 short films will be presented across 10 screening programmes and is representative of 20 countries and includes an incredible selection of animation work from Irish and International colleges as well as work from Professional individuals and Studios here in Ireland and around the world.
Screen Ireland and RTE’s Frameworks are strongly represented in our Irish Professional Programme.
We are delighted to continue our relationship with MIYU distribution and offer again in 2022 a look at the best works coming out of Europe and its colleges this year.
Our award nominations will be announced soon and we are delighted to now be a qualifying Academy Awards® Festival.
Thank you to each of our selectors this year for your insights and expertise in making this wonderful and eclectic mix of animated films for this, our 10th festival!
Here are our Selected Films
Irish Students
Alienated // BCFE // Robyn Coleman, Dayna Crossan
And The Round Ocean // Pulse College // Ciaran Patterson
CATALYST // Ulster University // Caitlin Gillespie, Patrick Gallagher, Matthew Kernaghan
Circle in a Square // BCFE // Cillian Grant
Cracking the Code // BCFE // Robert Bowler
Fairyfort // Kingston School of Art // Sarah Devaney
Fisherman & Dog // LYIT // Dylan Butter
Flotsam & Jetsam // University of the West of England // Felix Surplus
Jagged James // Coláiste Dhúlaigh // Christian Stewart
Jake & Sidd: The Beast of Obsidian Peak // Ulster University // Katherine Catney, Dominic Fairley, Natasha Henry, Shannon McAfee, Sudipta Patra
Languor // IADT // Lisa McDonald
Mam’s Old Chair // Coláiste Dhúlaigh // Sheena Walsh
Moving On // TUS Clonmel Campus // Emiliano Pineda Alvarada, Niye Aihie, Katie Whelan, Paul Delmer, Eva Dobuseva
NET.21 // IADT // Ross Thomas Maloney, Leah Ann Merriman
Play Truant // TUS Athlone Campus // Shane McDermott
Roman Picante: The Hollow Isle // LYIT // Matthew Donnelly
Roots // IADT // Ellen Hickey McCullough
Shadows // IADT // Charlotte Connolly
Shelly Banks // BCFE // Alex Hughes
Some Days // IADT // Jessie II Lopez
Sunride // IADT // Deither Kirby Jay
The Adventures of Mr Pineapple // Ulster University // Jacob Matthess
The Castle of Baron Von Sükker // TUS Athlone Campus // Derry Luttrell
The Click // TUS Moylish Campus // Mary Smyth
The Forty Foot // IADT // Patrick O’Callaghan
The Guitar // IADT // Domhnall Cotter
The Late Shift // BCFE // Dylan Yap
THE SOCKS AND SQUIMMY SHOW – EPISODE ONE – THE VISITOR // LYIT // Eoin O’Kane
The Space Between Us // Limerick School of Art and Design // Dara Darcy
This is Why // IADT // Sean Roberts
Where The Water Falls // BCFE // Matthew O’Keeffe
International Students
Alone Together // United States // Savannah College of Art and Design // Zoe Chen
An Ostrich Told Me the World is Fake and I Think I Believe It // Australia // Griffith Film School // Lachlan Pendragon
Build Me Up // United Kingdom // The National Film and Television School // Steve Lawson
Circus In Town // Germany // ifs internationale filmschule köln // Sebastian Kellermann, Robin Pfister
Claw Machine // Spain // U-tad // Marcos Becerro, Andrea Clemente
Eating in the Dark // United Kingdom // Royal College of Art // Inari Sirola
Epochal Juice // United States // Savannah College of Art and Design // Aly O’Neal
Home Remedy // Canada // Vancouver Film School // Santiago Zorrilla Medina Luna
How To Survive The Heatwave And Stay Human // Israel // Bezalel Academy of Art and Design // Ronni Shalev, Alon Sharabi
KID // China // Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University // Yang Yu
Live // United Kingdom // Royal College of Art // Meg Dupont
LUCKYBOY // United States // Savannah College of Art and Design // Domenic Romano
My Childhood Misbelief About Hedgehogs // United States // School Of Visual Arts // Yulia Ruditskaya
Pirate Lesson // United States // Savannah College of Art and Design // Sofia Azpe
Prince Edward // United Kingdom // University of the West of England // Hoching Kwok
Rising in a Spiral // Belgium/Portugal // Universidade Lusófona; LUCA School of Arts; AALTO // Débora Mendes, Elmano Diogo
Saint Android // Germany // Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg // Lukas von Berg
Scream For Ice // Turkey // T.C. Maltepe University // Emir Aytemür
Space Race // United States // Columbia College Chicago // Shane Dioneda
Symfaunic // United States // University of Central Florida // Erin Bergin, Darby Kate Snyder
The Alan Ankles Experience // United Kingdom // University of the West of England // Tom Cushing
THE CLEARING // United Kingdom // National Film and Television School // Daniel Hope
The Dragon Head Tree // United Kingdom // Royal College of Art // Jiaqi Wang
The Seine’s tears // France // Pôle 3D // Yanis Belaid, Eliott Benard, Nicolas Mayeur, Etienne Moulin, Hadrien Pinot, Lisa Vicente, Philippine Singer, Alice Letailleur
Timmy’s Monster // United States // Savannah College of Art and Design // Agnes Ho
Irish Professionals
Bardo // Ireland // Aisling Conroy
Dagda’s Harp // Ireland // Daniel Quirke
FALL OF THE IBIS KING // Ireland // Mikai Geronimo, Josh O’Caoimh
Hedy // Ireland // Andy B Clarke
In The Beginning Was Water // Ireland // Paweł Kleszczewski, Katarzyna Zimnoch
Lady Betty // Ireland // Paul McGrath
Little Boy Litter // Ireland // Jack McHugh, Conor McNally
Memento Mori // Ireland // Paul O’Flanagan
Nightlink // Ireland // Aidan O’Sullivan
PORK // Ireland // Gareth Lyons
International Professionals
A Bite of Bone // Japan // Honami Yano
Affairs of the Art // United Kingdom // Joanna Quinn
Black Slide // Israel // Uri Lotan
Da Humbug // United Kingdom // Johnny Schumann
Depths Of Night // Hong Kong // Step C.
FETCH // New Zealand // Sam Gill
Florian // Sweden // Gustav Bengtsson, David Bengtsson
Mortimer and the vanishings // Germany // Robert Scheffner
Muerte Murciélago // Spain // Carlos Saiz
Peek-A-Boom // Lebanon // Maya Zankoul, Toni Yammine
Polar Bear Bears Boredom // Japan // Koji Yamamura
Posted No Hunting // United States // Alisa Stern
Pottero // United States // Lindsey Martin
Soul Office // United Kingdom // Ryan Loughran
Stalker // Canada // Ginny Jones
Stereotype // United States // Nahyun Beak, Dahyun Beak
Swipe // Pakistan // Arafat Mazhar
The Fall // Canada // Desirae Witte
The Park Bench // United States // Rob Edwards
They Dance With Their Heads // Canada // Thomas Corriveau
Tobi and the Turbobus // Germany // Verena Fels, Marc Angele
Undermined // Germany // Matthias Kapuvari
When We Fell // United Kingdom // Ben Spooner, Morgan Twiston Davies
Why Do Butchers Close So Early? // United Kingdom // Inez Skilling
Wylder // United Kingdom // Jason Robbins, Mike Richter, Natasha Price
MIYU Distribution Selection
Contretemps // France // Gobelins // Laurine Baille, Gabriel Gérard, Lise Légier, Chloé Maingé, Claire Sun
Dissolution // Belgium // KASK // Dries Bogaert
GOODBYE JEROME! // France // Gobelins // Adam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet, Chloé Farr
Hold Me Tight // Belgium // Vivi Film & La Clairière Ouest // Mélanie Robert-Tourneur
Kayak // France // Ecole des Nouvelles Images // Solène Bosseboeuf, Flore Dechorgnat, Tiphaine Klein, Auguste Lefort, Antoine Rossi
Louise // France // Gobelins // Constance Bertoux, Camille Bozec, Pauline Guitton, Pauline Mauviere, Mila Monaghan
Mom, what’s up with the dog? // France // Atelier de Sèvres // Lola Lefevre
Pests // France // EnsAD // Juliette Laboria
Pride of Lions // Denmark // The Animation Workshop // Symeona Maria Kanellou
Step by step // France // Ecole des Nouvelles Images // Thēodore Janvier, Fanny Paoli, Emma Gach, Anabelle David, Julie Valentin, Claire Robert
The Soloists // France // Gobelins // Mehrnaz Abdollahinia, Feben Elias Woldehawariat, Razahk Issaka, Celeste Jamneck , Yi Liu
The Uncertain Snow // France // Gobelins // Marion Boisrond, Marie-Liesse Coumau, Ada Hernaez, Gwendoline Legendre, Romane Tisseau
The Big Pitcher Shortlist
Captain’s Log – Shana Gannon – BCFE
Frankie & Fantomia – Derry Luttrell – TUS Athlone
Lil Scouts – Siobhán Catinot – Pulse College
Meabh on a Mission – Lauren de Salvo – TUS Limerick
Ted & Pebbles – Sheena Walsh – Colaiste Dhulaigh
The Error – Sean Drew – IADT
YAOTY
A History of Earth and Explosions // Presentation College Carlow // Radek Latra
ANET-PLAY // Gairmscoil Mhic Diarmada // Eoghan Bonner
Dreaming of Space // Gaelcholáiste Phort Láirge // Síofra Bartels-Nic an Ghearr
Harmony // Belfast Metropolitan College // Conor Conway
In Orbit // Lucan Community College // Rianna Lyons
Living in the Internet // St Tiernan’s Community School // Sara De La Escuderos
Misfortune Teller // Presentation Secondary School Tralee // Rabeea Jahangir
Planet Play Pause // Mount Temple Comprehensive School // Max Hendrickson
Pandemic // Edmund Rice College // Lorcan Cusack
Planet.play.pause // St Patrick’s Cathedral Grammar School // Siri Basani
Reminiscing // Friends’ School Lisburn // Sophie Keers
