The Making of Flix: Illustrations to Screen Panel

From 11:30 to 12:30 at St. James Church

Ireland // Colour // 2023 //15mins

Director: Tom Gray

Creative Producer: Aria Ungerer

Executive Producer: Deirdre Barry

“Flix is about making the best out of your differences - we are all equal and we are all different. Everyone has something to offer. ‘Flix’ shows us that with a sense of humour you can overcome any dogstacle.”

Tomi Ungerer

Flix is based on a children’s book by one of the 20th Century’s most enigmatic and captivating children’s book authors and artists, Tomi Ungerer. The series is a comedy adventure about the only young dog (Flix) growing up in Cat Town.

The world can be baffling as well as exciting when you are a kid, but it’s even weirder if you are the sole dog in a town full of cats. Flix lives with his cat mum, dad and sister in a place that seems in every way like it wasn’t designed for himbecause it literally wasn’t. The claw posts at school are of no use to him, and the pink mice they consider a delicacy seem especially gross. But Flix is an outgoing dog who is willing to try anything, even if it means pretending he likes sashimi and enjoys watching laser pointers. Together with his two best cat friends and fellow misfits, Munchkin and Tabi, he’s ready to take on the world and seek out adventure. The truth is he is just as much puss as pug - it’s a dog’s life in a cat’s world and Flix is taking it all in his stride.

Eimear O’Mahony

Eimear O’Mahony has been in RTÉ for 20 years. Over that time she has worked in Sport, Current Affairs, Irish Language and Entertainment. She has produced documentaries, Winning Streak, Up for The Match, Electric Picnic and the Late Late Toy Show in 2018. She joined Young People’s Programmes in 2019 as an Executive Producer.

Aria Ungerer

Creative Producer

Aria is passionate about telling the story of Flix which is all about celebrating being different and not fitting in!She spent over a decade working closely with her father, artist Tomi Ungerer on numerous books,exhibitions,events as well as film and television projects. She and Tomi worked together to adapt Flix for the screen and develop the property as a series. As well as running Pictor Productions, she is also the Creative Lead and Curator of the Tom iUngerer Estate. Most recently she curated exhibitions for the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris and the Deichtorhalle in Hamburg and works regularly with publishers such as Phaidon, Diogenes and École des Loisirs.

Tom Gray

Tom is a veteran of the Irish animation industry. He started out as an animator over twenty years ago and has worked on projects for Nickelodeon, BBC, Warner Bros and Disney on numerous award winning shows including The Wonderful World of Gumball, Wander Over Yonder, Randy Cunningham 9th Grade Ninja and more recently BoyGirlDogCatMouseCheese. He has been Director / Animation Director on Circle Square, I’m a Fish and Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs.

Deirdre Barry

Deirdre Barry is Programme Director of the National Talent Academy for Animation, a new initiative by Screen Ireland, managed by Animation Ireland, providing support and training opportunities to Irish-based creative talent. Deirdre has been in the industry for over 25 years. She began her career in Los Angeles and has been working in Ireland since 2001, where she has produced numerous shows including the award-winning animated series Sir Mouse and the Warner Bros’ Flintstones spinoff Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs as CEO of animation studio Salty Dog Pictures.

Genevieve Dexter

Founder & CEO of Serious Kids distribution & Eye Present Productions.

Genevieve has worked in the kids IP sector for 30 years and is CEO of both Serious Kids, a children’s and family content distribution company, and Eye Present, a London based 2D/CG animation studio. She is the Executive Producer of ‘Best & Bester’, ‘Tee & Mo’, ‘Messy Goes to Okido’, ‘Horrible Science’, ‘Angelo Rules’ and many more. She is a serial entrepreneur and was also the founder of CAKE

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