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Maggie Kang

KPop Demon Hunters • Lego Ninjago Movie

Kevin Lima

Enchanted • A Goofy Movie • Aladdin

Chris Applehans

KPop Demon Hunters • Wish Dragon

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Now it's time to say a massive thank you to our ma

Now it's time to say a massive thank you to our mainstage guests;

Steve Woods, author of Drawing the Line
Colm Dowling, Nerd Quiz creator and Zine Machine coordinator
Lisa Hanawalt, creator of Tuca & Bertie and production designer of Bojack Horseman
Brenda Chapman, director of Prince of Egypt and Academy Award winner for Brave
Chloe Farr and Adam Sillard, directors of the award winning short, Au Revoir Jerome
Martin Pope and Michael Rose, founders of Magic Light Pictures
Kevin Lima, director of Disney's A Goofy Movie and Enchanted
Clíodhna Lyons, director of Póg mo Pigeon
Paddy Lynch, founder of Stray Lines Collective
Maggie Kang and Chris Applehans, directors of smash hit, KPop Demon Hunters
Alan Holly, director of Coda and founder of And Maps And Plans,
Gráinne McGuinness, founder and creative director at Paper Owl Studios
Delphine Coudray, director of ReRooted
Giovanna Ferrari, director of Éiru

THANK YOU so much for joining this year's Kilkenny Animated Festival! It was one of the biggest and best yet and we hope you thoroughly enjoyed it.

Shout out to Tomm Moore, Gilly Fogg, Ed Moline and Nora Twomey for hosting the talks and moderating the Q&As and to Paul Young and Claire Finn for opening the festival and introducing our guests!

And of course to the wonderful Andrew Downes, who took all of these photos, thank you for capturing our festival's moments so beautifully ❤️ @xposure101

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A massive thank you to Lighthouse and Cartoon Salo

A massive thank you to Lighthouse and Cartoon Saloon artists, Clíodhna Lyons, Fabian Erlinghauser, Fran Bravo, Niamh Moyles, Andrzej Radka, Alan Slattery and Owen Peters for their workshops delivered over the festival weekend - the first photo shows just how much joy they brought to our young attendees!

Huge thanks also to our sketching tour artists, Marty Broski and Luca Zupancic from Lighthouse Studios, Maria Pareja from Cartoon Saloon and Tasneem Khan from SEA School for their energy and enthusiasm on the tours. The participants had a great time capturing medieval Kilkenny and the scenic bank of the Nore river on paper.

And thanks to Andrew Downes our festival photographer for capturing these stunning moments on camera!

#KilkennyAnimated #KilkennyFestival

OK - next we want to thank all our volunteers & cr

OK - next we want to thank all our volunteers & crew helpers who worked behind the scenes, on the doors and at the venues to assist and support our guests, attendees and facilitators and who ensured the seamless running of the events and workshops.

Led by Volunteer and Venue Manager Coordinator, Peter Geoghegan, this year's group brought so much passion and enthusiasm to their roles. We're so thankful for all the incredible work you all put in and it was so much fun catching up with you all at the social events where we had a chance to let our hair down and enjoy a bite to eat and a drink together after the long and busy days. Thank you to Peter and to every single one of you for bringing so much spirit and enthusiasm to the weekend.

Picture taken at Sunday night's festival close, hosted by the Home Rule Club who also provided food and helped us organize the wonderful trad session. Thank you so much - we can't stop thinking about that incredible vegetable curry. @home_rule_club

#KilkennyAnimated #KilkennyAnimatedFestival #KKA2024 #KilkennyAnimated @petergkilkenny

As we look back on another fantastic year, we're r

As we look back on another fantastic year, we're reflecting on all the incredible organisations and people who helped make KKA 2025 so special.

We are immensely grateful to Fáilte Ireland and Kilkenny County Council, our core funders, and to Coimisiún na Meán for their invaluable support of Kilkenny Animated. Your generous contributions have been instrumental in bringing this festival to life, fostering creativity, and celebrating the vibrant world of animation in our community. Thank you for making this weekend possible.

To event sponsors, Animation Ireland, Cultural and Creative Industries Skillnet, RTE Jr, Screen Ireland and TG4, and to workshop sponsors Gorilla Post Production, Brophy Gillespie and SETU - thank you so much for your continued support of the festival this year and for helping us bring the magic of animation to the local community and beyond.

We'd also especially like to thank:

Magic Light for permitting us to screen some of their beautiful work throughout the festival, including the wonderful feature, Chico and Rita, and double bills The Gruffalo/Tiddler, Snail and the Whale/Room on a Broom, Zog/Zog and the Flying Doctors and Revolting Rhymes 1&2;

Netflix who made the KPop Demon Hunters mainstage event with Maggie Kang and Chris Applehans possible, and also made every KPop singalong in the screening room possible too by permitting us to share the film on the big screen;

The National Talent Academy for Animation who works with Kilkenny Animated each year on our Pathways to Animation programme - a free range of events for second and third level students;

Mainstage venue, Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel, festival club venue, Billy Byrne's, launch night contributor Nerd Quiz (@nerdquiz2024) and to the Zine Machine Collective and Kyteler's Inn for facilitating this weekend's Art Market. Follow @zinemachine2024 for updates on upcoming markets!

@failteireland @kilkennycoco @cnam.ie @animationireland @creativeskillnet @rtejr @tg4tv @setuireland @gorilla_post @magiclightpics @netflix @nationaltalentacademies @kilkennyormondehotel @billybyrnes_gastro_bar @kytelers

Today's screenings in the Ormonde Hotel - Kilbride

Today's screenings in the Ormonde Hotel - Kilbride Suite!

Thank you to @magiclightpics and @netflix for making these screenings possible!

#KilkennyAnimated #KilkennyFestival

Some highlights from today's events, both on and o

Some highlights from today's events, both on and offstage!

Huge thank you to all today's speakers and workshop/tour facilitators for all the energy and passion today.

We're off to see Chico and Rita now - see you later at the festival club 😎

Photo credit: Andrew Downes @xposure101

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