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Type | Animation/VFX Studio |
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Founded | 2009 [1] [ failed verification ] |
Producer/Director | Kris Kelly |
Blacknorth is an animation and visual effects (VFX) studio based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was founded in 2009 by Kris Kelly and Evelyn McGrath, with the latter leaving in 2013.
The studio has been involved in a number of award-winning projects including: BAFTA, International Emmy Kids Award, RTS, Galway Film Fleadh's "Don Quixote Prize", and an award at the Darklight Film Festival. [2]
The studio was commissioned to create a number of projects for Children’s BBC and Comic Relief, which led to recognition with the short My Autism and Me (BBC, 2011) [3] which won an RTS Award in 2012 and an International Emmy Kids Award in 2013. Their next short, Living with Alcohol (BBC, 2013)[ inconsistent ] won the best factual short at the Children's BAFTA awards.[ citation needed ]
In 2014, Blacknorth were invited to judge the Animation Award at the Fresh Film Fest in Carlsbad, Czech Republic.