Animation “Industry Insights” panels 2025

We’ve been plotting this for months and can finally, formally announce our exciting new panel discussion series which will get to the core of the most frequently asked questions in the animation industry! We’ve gathered veterans of the Irish animation industry to discuss and answer everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask.

The panels will cover:

What is a Director and how do I become one?

We’ll discuss what kinds of directing there are, what each entails, the kinds of career paths one can take, the reality of the job, the highs, the lows and everything in between.

Sunday 2nd November 2025 at 4pm in the Lexicon Dun Laoghaire, A96 H283

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What is a Producer and how do I become one?

We’ll discuss what a Producer actually does, how a project is planned and paid for, how and why things go wrong on productions and the reality of animation as a business.

Sunday 16th November 2025 at 4pm in the Lexicon Dun Laoghaire, A96 H283

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How do I develop an idea from seed to screen?

We’ll discuss how ideas go from a kernel of a concept to fully fledged production. What’s actually needed to pitch an idea? To whom do you pitch? Where does the money come from? Who will show it?

Sunday 7th December 2025 at 4pm in the Lexicon Dun Laoghaire, A96 H283

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How do studios recruit?

We’ll discuss and look inside the apparent black box of the hiring process for animation. What do hiring managers look for? How do you get noticed? Why are there so many rules about location? Should your CV be pretty or boring?

Sunday 14th December 2025 at 4pm in the Lexicon Dun Laoghaire, A96 H283

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