Captain Morten Nominated for Two 2018 Emile Awards

The European Animation Awards Association’s shortlist for it’s second-annual Emile Awards has been released, the rewards were launched last year to celebrate the best in European animation.

‘Captain Morten and the Spider Queen’ has been nominated in two categories - Best Direction in a Feature Film and Best Character Animation in a Feature Film. This year’s ceremony will take place Dec. 7-8, in Lille, France.

Best Direction in a Feature Film

• “Another Day of Life,” Raúl de la Fuente & Damian Nenow (Poland, Spain, Belgium, Germany)

• “Captain Morten and the Spider Queen,” Kaspar Jancis, Henry Nicholson & Riho Unt (Estonia, Belgium, Ireland, U.K.)

• “Funan,” Denis Do (France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Cambodia)

• “Teheran Tabu,” Ali Soozandeh (Germany, Austria)

• “The Breadwinner,” Nora Twomey (Ireland, Luxembourg, Canada)

Best Character Animation in a Feature Film

• “Captain Morten and the Spider Queen,” Mart Kivi & Sam Turner (key animators) (Estonia, Belgium, Ireland, U.K.)

• “Early Man,” Early Man character animation team (U.K.)

• “Luis & the Aliens,” Jo Bub & Luis and The Aliens animation team (Germany, Luxembourg, Denmark)

• “The Breadwinner,” Fabian Erlinghäuser, John Walsh, Lorraine Lordan, Jeremy Purcell, Viktor Ens, Nicolas Debray, Geoff King & Emmanuel Asquier-Brassart (animators) (Ireland, Luxembourg, Canada)

• “Zombillenium,” Julien Belloteau, Arthur de Pins, Alexis Ducord, Marie-Laure Guisset, Jeanne Irzenski, David Nasser & Romain Vacher (animators) (France, Belgium)

Captain Morten and the Spider Queen Wins First Award

Captain Morten and The Spider Queen, the recently completed Estonian/Irish/Belgian /Welsh coproduction has picked up the Best Animated Feature award at the Schlingel festival for Children and young people in Chemnitz in Germany. It beat off competition from 124 films from 51 countries, including “The Breadwinner” and “White Fang”. Schlingel is the biggest festival of its kind in Germany. The prize was awarded by the German Institute for Animated Film, DIAF.

This is what they said about it:

A boy whose greatest wish is to be taken on a great sea voyage by his father and who dreams of being captain of his own ship. The best donuts in the world, a treasure holding a ship together, and out-of-control magic cannon to be used only by people who know what they are doing. These are just some of the ingredients for this boundlessly imaginative adventure with excellent animation and lovingly crafted characters. An enchanting and adorable story, told in an original and detailed way.

The film, made in stop motion animation, is in great demand at festivals and is beginning to find theatrical distribution, having recently been released in France. It is the first feature of Estonian director, Kaspar Jancis, who said “It’s great to pick up an award at a festival for children and young people. This is first and foremost a family film and is not just for animation fans.”

More about the festival:

Prizes 2018:

Captain Morten and the Spider Queen - Making Of (French)

Courtesy of Septieme Factory & ESC Distribution

'Morten' Screened at IFI Family Festival 2018

Neil Delamere pictured at the ‘Captain Morten’ screening as part of Irish Film Institute Family Festival August 31st – September 2nd. 

Young Morten’s life with his cruel aunt is not so happy and he dreams of joining his father at sea. One day, he is mysteriously transformed to the size of an insect, aboard a tiny boat in his aunt’s café. As the water rises, Morten and his insect crew struggle bravely to save the ship. Before returning to normal size, Morten has to grow up very quickly! Highly original, exciting and fun, this is a salty tale with a difference.

Captain Morten is Ireland’s first stop-motion feature animation, created by talented animators from the west of Ireland, Estonia, Wales and Belgium. Six years in the making, the film has an amazing array of characters and an all-Irish voice cast. Models used in the making of the film were on display during the festival.

CLOSED - Telegael are Hiring - Record Coordinator

THIS POSITION IS NOW FILLED

JOB TITLE: Record Coordinator  
REPORTING TO: Head Of Production
 
Telegael is currently seeking to hire a voice record Coordinator to work with our production department on our animated projects.

For  immediate start at our Head Office at Telegael, Spiddal, Co Galway.

• Role Responsibilities:
• Liaising with agents on booking actors for voice records
• Booking of flights, accommodation and transport for the record sessions
• Script Breakdown for Voice Records, maintaining character and line count documents.
• Liaising with Voice Director and Production Manager regularly and updating him/her on script changes and cue counts
• Attend record session and mark any changes to script 
• Keep dialogue tracker updated regularly
• Any other tasks as deemed necessary by the company

An understanding of the TV/Film /Animations is a plus

• Experienced in database work and maintaining tracking documents an advantage
• Good understanding of schedules and deadlines
• Excellent communication skills ( verbal/written) 
• An ability to work under pressure and with demanding schedules
• Experience in Microsoft Office, in particularly Excel

As part of the job application process we retain certain personal data of the applicant in compliance with GDPR, our legal requirements,  and our Privacy Policy for Job Applicants.  Please see our website at https://www.telegael.com/privacy-statement to view our Privacy Policy for Job Applicants.

Closing date for Applications: 20th August 2018. Start date ASAP

Please send your application to cathy@telegael.com
Please subject your email “Record Coordinator vacancies”

For further information contact Cathy Ní Fhlaithearta at Telegael on 091 558 600

Please note the successful applicant will be required to successfully complete a Garda vetting application as a part of the position

Captain Morten and the Spider Queen Opens in 82 French Cinemas

Captain Morten and the Spider Queen directed by Kaspar Jancis and co-produced by Telegael, Grid Animation, NukuFilm and Calon is having its first International theatrical release today. The charming stop-motion film rolls-out in 82 French cinemas, 4 in the capital Paris alone.

The reception from the French press has been fantastic. 20 MINUTES is calling the movie “A small wonder”, while L’OBS cites “a sparkling script, with delirious ideas”. CULTURE BOX describes the film as a “boundless and playful story” and LA CROIX “an exceptional technical achievement that has nothing to envy the best Aardman productions"

Galway company Telegael expands its services to include Audio Description

Today marks the official launch of Audio Description (AD) services by Galway company TMI, which is part of the Telegael Group. AD is an extra sound track on a TV show or film. When it’s turned on, you will hear a narrator describing the images, landscape and characters currently on screen. It does not overlap with the dialogue of the original show. People who have a visual impairment or who are blind are the main consumers of AD. 

In the past, people could only really access AD on the DVDs of very successful films. But now, with the advent of digital TV and online video streaming services, combined with a greater global commitment to accessibility, Audio Description has become much more widely available.

About the Company

TMI is part of the Telegael Group. In addition to subtitling, live translation subtitling and surtitling (captions for theatres), our expansion into audio description marks yet another service provided by TMI which increases accessibility to TV shows and movies, bringing them to an even wider audience.

2 new books released by Telegael employee Bairbre Ní Chuanaigh. 'Oisín ar an bPota’ agus ‘Blaithín ar an bPota

A huge congratulations to Telegael employee Bairbre Ní Chuanaigh on the release of her two new books ‘Oisín ar an bPota’ and ‘Blaithín ar an bPota.  Two beautiful stories based on her experience with potty training her son Oisín.  She came up with the idea as there were no support books available in Irish at the time. Both books will soon be available in shops and are currently available online so please support her. 

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