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IRELAND Spotlight: U.K. &
from TV Kids March 2023
by World Screen
Jetpack Distribution’s Dominic Gardiner, Serious Kids’ Genevieve Dexter, Monster Entertainment’s Andrew Fitzpatrick, Sixteen South’s Colin Williams and Magic Light Pictures’ Muriel Thomas took part in a conversation about British and Irish animation.
Read the recap here.
What doesn’t destroy us—our lack of financing—in a way, makes us resilient and robust. That’s why the indus try is growing. ” —Dominic Gardiner It comes down to us as producers to maximize co-pro funding and soft money to make the [shows] affordable. ”
More studios are looking to the same pool of funding. But thankfully, the funding pool has also expanded somewhat.”
The Irish are known for their storytelling; that’s the one thing that we keep coming back to in terms of what we can do well.” —Colin
Losing [access to Creative Europe funding], we need to think creatively and find other ways to cover that. ”
