Animation Dingle 2026 Timetable
The 2026 Festival Brochure will be launched very soon!
Thursday 19th March
Siamsa Tíre Theatre
10:00 – 12:00 Primary Schools Event
Dingle Skellig Hotel
12:30 – 19:00 Registration Desk Opens
14:00 – 17:00 Student Networking Room Open (Toon Boom Room)
20:30 – 22:30 Animation Dingle Quiz (Conference Room)
Round Room, Wave Dingle Theatre
14:00 – 15:00 Meet & Mingle: Student Networking Event
15:00 – 16:15 Irish Students 1
16:15 – 17:00 International Students: Odd Couples
17:30 – 19:30 My Untold Story: Student Storytelling Event
19:45 – 20:15 International Students: After Dark
20:30 – 22:00 FEATURE: Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Friday 20th March
Dingle Skellig Hotel
08:00 – 20:00 Registration/AD Information Desk
09:00 – 17:00 Students Networking Room (Toon Boom Room)
09:00 Welcome John/Maurice
09:20 YAOTY Winning Presentation by Disney
09:30 Puppets and Pixels: The Magic of Jim Henson & Animation
10:15 DNEG Cat in The Hat: Reimagining a Classic
11:00 Coffee Break
11:15 Bill Plympton, The King of Indie Animation
12:00 I Want to Tell My Story: Creating an Original IP in a Risk-Adverse World
14:00 Fireside with Karey Kirkpatrick
14:45 Adapting Our Folklore for the Modern Screen
15:30 Women in Animation Panel
16:15 The Big Pitcher
17:30 Pitch & A Pint
19:00 Awards Dingle Distillery Reception
20:00 RTÉ KIDS Animation Dingle Awards
22:00 – Late Animation Dingle Awards After Party
St. James Church
10:00 – 11:00 International Professionals: Bluff, Bravado, Loneliness
11:15 – 12:15 International Students: Growing Pains
12:30 – 14:00 Irish Professional Shorts
14:15 – 15:15 Workshop: The Storyteller’s Toolkit: Why Connection Matters?
15:30 – 17:00 Workshop: Brainstorming – The Blank Page
17:15 – 18:45 FEATURE: Plympton’s Toons
Round Room, Wave Dingle Theatre
10:00 – 10:45 International Students – The Process of Becoming
11:00 – 12:00 International Professionals – Intimate Observations
12:15 – 13:15 International Professionals – Forces Seen & Unseen
13:30 – 14:15 International Students – Meditations on War
14:30 – 15:30 Irish Students 2
15:45 – 16:30 International Students – Passion/Obsession
16:45 – 17:30 International Professionals – Let’s Get Absurd
17:45 – 18:45 International Professionals – As the Years Pass By
Saturday 21st March
Dingle Skellig Hotel
10:00 – 17:00 StoryToys Careers & Recruitment Fair (Conference Room)
10:00 – 17:00 Game Stings (Conference Room)
10:00 – 17:00 Toon Boom Room
11:00 – 15:00 Confessionals (Conference Room)
12:00 – 14:00 Sketch Trail (meet in Foyer)
St. James Church
10:00 – 11:00 RTÉ KIDS: The Art of 2 Minutes
11:15 – 12:15 From Manga to Anime: Behind the Adaptation
12:30 – 14:00 Masterclass: Strange Stories with Bill Plympton
14:15 – 16:15 Masterclass: A Happiness of Puppets with Barry Purves
Toon Boom Room – Dingle Skellig Hotel
10:00 – 10:45 Fresh Frontiers in Storytelling
11:30 – 12:15 How Toys Shape Stories
12:30 – 13:15 Toon Boom Fireside chat with Nora Keely
13:15 – 14:15 Meet Your Music & Audio Team!
14:30 – 15:30 Workshop: The Human Edge: Balancing Craft & Tech in Indie Animation
Breeches Room
12:30 – 13:30 Workshop: Directing the Voice Actor, Animating the Intention
13:45 – 14:45 Workshop: Dream it, Write it, Pitch It
The Pirate Ship – Wave Dingle Theatre
11:15 – 12:15 Peter Lord: Shape-Shifting for 50 years in Clay
12:30 – 13:15 In Conversation: Suzanne Kelly
14:00 – 14:45 Jill Beecher: From Concept to Screen
15:00 – 15:45 John Kelly (Retirement Plan) 365 days from Dingle to The Oscars and back!
Round Room – Wave Dingle Theatre
10:30 – 11:15 Miyu Distribution Showcase: Survival of the Fittest
11:30 – 12:30 NTAA First Credit Film Scheme Production Panel
12:45 – 14:30 Free Family Feature: Wolfwalkers/Na Conríochtaí
14:45 – 15:45 Art as Activism – From Gaza with Love Screening & Q&A
16:00 – 19:00 Art Auction
20:30 ALEA(S) Student Closing Party
Official Industry Partners
