The Animation department at Coláiste Dhúlaigh CFE hosted Keyframe 10 this week. The event in its tenth year, was held in CDCFE’s Coolock campus, where award-winning professionals from the Animation industry gave talks and workshops to students.
Jam Media’s Jessica Patterson gave a talk on her work as director of the Oscar 2024 nominated short film “Worry World”. Other speakers at the event included Tom Getty, co-founder of Taunt Studios in Belfast who produce animated shorts in the Irish and English language for the BBC and Channel 5. Neev Brennan from Boulder media spoke about her work as a concept artist.
CDCFE graduate Amy Byrne who worked on the hit show Rick & Morty and is now a compositor with Boulder Media also spoke at Keyframe10. Children’s book illustrator Estrella Lourenco gave an address about her various roles both as a freelancer as well as working on Danger Mouse with Boulder Media. The event concluded with Patrick O’Callaghan, Art Team Manager at “Story Toys” App company based in Dublin.
Principal of Coláiste Dhúlaigh CFE, Patricia O’Brien Brennan, commented “Keyframe is such a useful and important annual event for our students, where they get the opportunity to gain valuable advice and information from industry professionals. We are immensely proud of the Animation course at CDCFE which produces industry-prepared graduates year on year”
The Animation course at CDCFE is a three year Higher National Diploma (HND), which leads to a fourth “top-up” BA degree year which is accredited by University of Wolverhampton. PLC courses cost €50 this year and applications for programmes starting in September are now open online at cdcfe.ie.
About Coláiste Dhúlaigh College of Further Education
Coláiste Dhúlaigh College of Further Education (CDCFE) offers over sixty Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) Courses at QQI levels 4, 5 and 6 and Higher National Diplomas(HND) in a wide range of disciplines. We also offer apprenticeships, traineeships as well as BA Honours degrees.
There is a course to suit everyone at Coláiste Dhúlaigh CFE. We welcome school leavers, mature students and those without a formal education. Most of our courses enable progression to a range of Higher Education Institutions such as Universities and ITs, with some courses offering advanced entry. We want you to succeed, therefore our courses are designed to help our learners achieve their full potential either by progressing to Higher Education, or straight into industry.
CDCFE is located across four campuses, Coolock, Raheny, Kilbarrack and Malahide and provides programmes delivered by a team of tutors dedicated to the highest standards of teaching and learning in a caring, supportive and friendly atmosphere. CAO points are not required and our courses are generally free of charge for applicants who are in receipt of social welfare.
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