“Being able to speak at Animation Dingle provided an opportunity to not only share my own story as an animator in the entertainment industry over the last twenty-five years, but be reminded of the shared enthusiasm and creativity that is so abundant in the next generation of animators.”
Stings
Animation Students were invited to create Stings for Animation Dingle 2021.
Theme: AN PHIAST UNMASKED
One Sting will receive THE BEST STING AWARD at our YouTube Kids Animation Student Awards.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
THE SELECTED STINGS TO GO INTO PRODUCTION ARE:
LETTERKENNY IT
Shane TREACY ‘A Tash For Freedom’
Cheyanne MACDONALD ‘A Magic Mask’
Declan GILLESPIE An Phiast in ‘Sacrifice’
Cliona KELLY ‘The Phisht’
Leila SKOFLEK An Phiast ‘The Mask’
Gerard GALLAGHER ‘An Phiast Un-Masked’
Iva JELAVIC & Jake OCHNICKA ‘Phiast Unmasked’
Nathan DOHERTY ‘An Phiast Unmasked’
DUNDALK IT
Sarah DUNNE ‘Walk in My Shoes’
TRALEE IT
Jack FINNERTY ‘Date Night’
Jack ROCHE ‘Unmasked, a night on the town’
PULSE COLLEGE
Emma CAMPBELL ‘Friends, Not Food’
DUNDEE UNIVERSITY
GROUP 1 An Phiast UnMasked “There is a Little Monster Inside All of Us”
Vilma SAARELA
Leah O’DONNELL
Barbara SZYMIECZEK
Lauren McDONALD
Ryan PATIENCE
Elle McLEOD
GROUP 2 ‘Phiast Vs Sumo’
Alex VANDERPLANK
Sam VANDERPLANK
Sara SYED
Ben McCORMICK
Agata KACZAN
Mahnoor KHAN
GROUP 3 An Phiast Unmasked
Kathryn HADDOW,
Casey BROWN
Beatrice BABBO
Maria ROBERTSON
Chrysoula VARIA
Ruihan ZHANG
GROUP 4 An Phiast Unmasked ‘A Phiast Among us’
Lucy GILLESPIE
Alex MUIR
Aedion LUCAS
Lucy RODDAM
Tatyana ARCHTANDER
Christopher DICKENS
GROUP 5 ‘Dingzilla’
Caleb WEIR
Laura GALLOWAY
Veronica KOSKINEN
Tahnye LITTEE
Norma CHRYSILIOU
Aimee CANT
Archie FOLEY
GROUP 6 ‘Just A Stroll’
Kate JARVIE
Melinda BUHAROVA
Iona McCALL
Georgia McLELLAN
Maude STUBBINGS
Niamh FENTON
Stewart MCQUEEN
ULSTER UNIVERSITY
Eva ROBINS, Dónal RAINEY & Josh McAVOY ‘Scaoil an Tine!’
Individual entries
Adarsh PANDEY ‘From Bane to Boon’
AN PHIAST UNMASKED
We are inviting you to reveal and UNMASK our wonderful An Phiast…..
Our theme for 2021 STINGS is
AN PHIAST UNMASKED
How is he unmasked? Why was he masked? What lies underneath the mask? Are you liberating him or simply letting the world see who he really is?
Only you have the answers, only you have the story….we place our mascot in your hands.
Remember, if your sting is selected, your An Phiast Unmasked will be revealed for all to see at Animation Dingle 2021…
…and we will be waiting!
The Story of An Phiast
Just outside the town of Dingle, in Moorestown parish, lies a small lake called Loch Corraillí. The depths of this lake are home to our mischievous monster, An Phiast. Legend has it, An Phiast, a magical monster, emerged from the lake every seven years on May Day to create mayhem. He devoured the cattle and sheep of local farmers. No one could stop him. St. Cuan heard about the monster in Dingle and the havoc that he caused. So on May Day, before sunrise, St. Cuan and a crowd of locals gathered at the lake’s edge. St. Cuan came armed with a large three-legged black pot, and the crowd waited and waited for the monster to appear.
As they watched, a ripple crossed the water, green scales sliced through the surface, followed by the cheeky monster’s head.
“May you have bad health Cuan,” said An Phiast and opened his enormous mouth to swallow St. Cuan.
“The same curse on you,” said St. Cuan, throwing the pot on top of the monster’s head.
“How long will this pot be on my head?” the monster roared.
“For eternity and to the end of time,” responded St. Cuan.
“Forever is a long time,” the monster said sadly, “If I didn’t have the pot on my head, I would eat you and half the world with you”.
“You won’t eat anything else now, there is no fear of that, you will not cause any more trouble or damage here again,” said St. Cuan.
St. Cuan is buried in the townland of Moorestown parish and An Phiast lurks in Loch Corraillí with the pot on his head. Locals say you may still see the monster and, if you listen, you might hear his cries echoing through the pot.
Animation Dingle feels An Phiast has suffered enough, and are happy to welcome him to our festivities each year. Keep an eye out for him and let him join in the fun!
Joshua Pattison – RETURN – BCFE
Jessie Lopez II – My Idol – IADT