Young Animator of the Year Award 2020

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Young Animator of the Year Award 2020

Animation Dingle are delighted to announce their continued sponsorship with Disney Channels UK and Ireland for the YAOTY Award 2020.

The search has begun! Are YOU, or is someone you know, the next Young Animator of the Year?

Secondary school students from all over the island of Ireland are invited to submit their short animated films to the national YAOTY awards.

Set in magical Dingle, on the most westerly peninsula of Europe, Animation Dingle is a festival that was created for students and has been moulded by them over the years. We want to draw attention to the talented young people in Ireland and give them a spotlight in which to showcase their skills, so for the last 6 years, we’ve run the YAOTY awards which have done just that!

Listed as ‘One of the top Not-To-Be-Missed events in the World’ by Animation Magazine, Animation Dingle is attended by all the major animation colleges and studios within Ireland, along with delegates from Disney, Amazon, RTÉ, CBBC, CBeebies and many more. Our festival prides itself on its ability to create a culture of interaction, sharing and support whereby top industry experts share with upcoming students in the relaxed setting of the Dingle Skelligs Hotel.

WHO CAN ENTER?

4th, 5th and 6th year secondary school students in the Republic of Ireland
Yr11, Yr12 and 6th Form secondary school students in Northern Ireland
Any student in these school years studying abroad

WHAT TO SUBMIT?

An animated film no longer than 1 minute (including opening titles and end credits)
Possible techniques include (but are not limited to)
Hand-drawn
Stop-motion
Computer generated animation
Coding
Cut-out
Claymation

COST: Free!

THEME: Things in the Sea

WHERE: Submit your film on our FilmFreeway page

WHEN? Submissions are open until 31/01/2020

**Please be aware any submissions that are longer than 1 minute and/or do not follow the theme will be disqualified.*