Each year the amount of submissions continues to grow and grow and the quality of work entered this year was some of the best we have seen. Thank you so much for entering your films. After much debate, here are the nominations for the YouTube Kids Animation Dingle Student Awards 2020.
Student
Award
Nominations
Best Irish Student
- The Beekeeper // IADT // Director: Robyn Conroy
- Outside The Box // Coláiste Dhúlaigh // Director: Janet Grainger
- 1816: Year Without Summer // BCFE // Director: Oliver Moore
- Tuna // IADT // Director/Writer: Cliona Noonan
- Home // University of Ulster // Director/Writer: Rhea Hanlon, Méabh Gilheany
- Legend Has It // BCFE // Director/Writer: Ciara Johnson
Best International Student
- Her Boat // Canada // Director: Yingzhong Hu
- Daughter // Czech Republic // Director/Writer: Daria Kashcheeva
- Family Bonds // Germany // Director/Writer: Maria Schmidt
- Blieschow // Germany // Director: Christoph Sarow
- Home Away 3000 // France // Director/Writer: Héloïse Pétel & Philippe Baranzini
- Shergar // Denmark // Director: Cora McKenna
Best Director
- The Beekeeper // IADT // Director: Robyn Conroy
- Home // University of Ulster // Director/Writer: Rhea Hanlon, Méabh Gilheany
- 1816: Year Without Summer // BCFE // Director: Oliver Moore
- Dorothy // IADT // Director: Ann Upton
- CTRL + ALT + Z // BCFE // Director/Writer: Holly Keating
- Outside The Box // Coláiste Dhúlaigh // Director: Janet Grainger
Best Writer
- 1816: Year Without Summer // BCFE // Director: Oliver Moore
- CTRL + ALT + Z // BCFE // Director/Writer: Holly Keating
- The Lost Bond // IT Tralee // Director: Corina van Deventer
- Archie’s Bat // LSAD // Director: Shannon Egan
- How to Rob a Witch // IADT // Director/Writer: Liam Fahy
- The Beekeeper // IADT // Director: Robyn Conroy
Best 3D/CGI
- Horror // Coláiste Dhúlaigh // Director/Writer: Jordan Beatty
- The Weighing of the Heart // Switzerland // Director/Writer: Rosemarie E. Benson and Laura M. Weber
- Critical Hit // IADT // Director/Writer: Siobhan Hardt, Bobby McCune, Sinead Keane
- petty thing // China // Director/Writer: Li zexi
- Don’t Croak // United States // Director: Daun Kim
- Fish for Life // Austria // Director: Kerstin Blätterbinder, Lukas Mathä, Lisa Gierlinger, and Victoria Wolfersberger
Best Music/Sound Design
- Dorothy // IADT // Director: Ann Upton
- Archie’s Bat // LSAD // Director: Shannon Egan
- Tuna // IADT // Director/Writer: Cliona Noonan
- Legend Has It // BCFE // Director/Writer: Ciara Johnson
- Outside The Box // Coláiste Dhúlaigh // Director: Janet Grainger
- Home // University of Ulster // Director/Writer: Rhea Hanlon, Méabh Gilheany
Best Animation
- The Beekeeper // IADT // Director: Robyn Conroy
- Outside The Box // Coláiste Dhúlaigh // Director: Janet Grainger
- Tuna // IADT // Director/Writer: Cliona Noonan
- Critical Hit // IADT // Director/Writer: Siobhan Hardt, Bobby McCune, Sinead Keane
- Horror // Coláiste Dhúlaigh // Director/Writer: Jordan Beatty
- Fish for Life // Austria // Director: Kerstin Blätterbinder, Lukas Mathä, Lisa Gierlinger, and Victoria Wolfersberger
Best Art Direction/Design
- The Beekeeper // IADT // Director: Robyn Conroy
- Outside The Box // Coláiste Dhúlaigh // Director: Janet Grainger
- Tuna // IADT // Director/Writer: Cliona Noonan
- Legend Has It // BCFE // Director/Writer: Ciara Johnson
- The I Land // LSAD // Director: Leanne Dooley
- Dorothy // IADT // Director: Ann Upton
Best 2D
- Tuna // IADT // Director/Writer: Cliona Noonan
- CTRL + ALT + Z // BCFE // Director/Writer: Holly Keating
- The Beekeeper // IADT // Director: Robyn Conroy
- Outside The Box // Coláiste Dhúlaigh // Director: Janet Grainger
- 1816: Year Without Summer // BCFE // Director: Oliver Moore
- How to Rob a Witch // IADT // Director/Writer: Liam Fahy
Best Stop Motion
- Daughter // Czech Republic // Director/Writer: Daria Kashcheeva
- The Freeway Man // United States // Director: Paige Hurd
- Balance // Belgium // Director/Writer: Timothée Crabbé
- PIT STOP // United States // Director: Mikail Ekiz
- Wolfrid’s Wish // Canada // Director: Anna Ryzhkova
- Dorothy // IADT // Director: Ann Upton