The Latest News from Kavaleer
‘Hasan Everywhere’ wins two DMAs
March 1, 2010 at 12:51 pm by Andrew Kavanagh
The Grand Prix award is a special commendation for outstanding excellence, this award goes to the project that received the highest average mark from the judges. The judges commented that Hasan Everywhere is a beautifully executed animation with an excellent story that is both gripping and haunting. They also said that the project’s creativity and craft shone through and that the project bespeaks a creator in high command of their craft.
The Digital Media Awards presents awards in twenty one categories to various projects, companies and organisations. The winner is those who produce the most stylish, creative and pioneering work in the digital media sector.
Speaking about the victory Andrew says, “ I am honoured and delighted that the jury recognized Hasan Everywhere and am overwhelmed that the film won the overall Grand Prix as well as the Film & Animation category. I think it’s a fitting tribute to Hasan Hourani and I would like to thank the Hourani family for trusting me to make this film, and Dorit Rabinyan for sharing her story with me.”
Producer Ciara Gillan added ‘Andrew and I were delighted to be given the opportunity by Hasan’s family and Dorit to tell their story. The past two and half years have been a challenging and rewarding journey. It’s great to have all of this and the beauty of this film recognised. Thanks again to the Digital Media Awards.’
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Garth & Bev goes live on the CBeebies website
January 25, 2010 at 5:10 pm by Gary Timpson
Garth and Bev page is now live on the CBeebies website http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/garthandbev/
Check it out.
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Jobot’s Access All Areas
January 21, 2010 at 3:41 pm by Andrew Kavanagh
Kavaleer Productions in association with Areaman Productions, recently completed work on an interactive game for South Dublin County Council. The game called ‘Jobot’s Access All Areas’, communicates an awareness of the importance of accessibility of buildings, for people with disabilities. The game was designed, storyboarded and developed by Kavaleer Productions, in response to a brief by South Dublin County Council and Areaman Productions. 
In 2009, Areaman Productions produced a series of video access guides which outlined recent improvements in the accessibility of public buildings and services across South Dublin County. With the launch of ‘Jobot’s Access All Areas’, Areaman Productions and Kavaleer Productions have helped South Dublin County Council demonstrate their continuing commitment to improving access and service provision to disabled people in South Dublin County. 
Kavaleer Productions developed the game concept to include a robot character called ‘Jobot’ to help make the game more informative and accessible for all users. ‘Jobot’ is a boxy maintenance robot who has been hired to do some repair work on a Heritage House in South Dublin. As he’s on wheels and is the width of a wheelchair, he’s finding it hard to get into the building to do his work. Players are asked to make accessibility improvements to the Heritage House that make the exterior and interior more accessible to everyone.
‘Jobot’s Access All areas’ will be available to enjoy soon from South Dublin County Council’s Disability Access Service website: http://accessible.southdublin.ie/
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Garth & Bev on CBeebies
January 20, 2010 at 5:38 pm by Gary Timpson
After a very successful run on RTE, Kavaleer Productions are delighted to announce that Garth & Bev has a provisional broadcast date on CBeebies for Monday the 25th January at 7.20am with a second run due to commence on the 2nd March- Time TBC.
I hope you can tune in.
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‘Hasan Everywhere’ screening dates announced
January 20, 2010 at 1:28 pm by Andrew Kavanagh
Following up from our news of the theatrical release of ‘Hasan Everywhere’ with Atom Egoyan’s ‘Adoration’ at the IFI, the following screening dates and times have now been confirmed!
For more information on ‘Adoration’ click on the times below to bring you to the IFI website.
SCREENING TIMES
FRIDAY 29th JANUARY, 16:10, 20:50
SATURDAY 30th JANUARY, 16:10, 20:50
SUNDAY 31st JANUARY, 20:50
MONDAY 1st FEBRUARY, 20:50
TUESDAY 2nd FEBRUARY, 16:10, 20:50
WEDNESDAY 3rd FEBRUARY, 16:10, 20:50
THURSDAY 4th FEBRUARY, 16:10, 20:50
FRIDAY 5th FEBRUARY, 19:00
SATURDAY 6th FEBRUARY, (OPEN DAY)
SUNDAY 7TH FEBRUARY, 19:00
MONDAY 8th FEBRUARY, 13:00, 16:30
TUESDAY 9th FEBRUARY, 13:00, 16:30
WEDNESDAY 10th FEBRUARY, 13:00, 16:20, 18:20
THURSDAY 11th FEBRUARY, 13:00, 16:20, 18:30
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‘Hasan Everywhere’ nominated for an Irish Film and Television Award
January 11, 2010 at 5:04 pm by Andrew Kavanagh
It’s shaping up to be a big month for ‘Hasan’. Hot on the heels of our cinema release and DMA nomination, we’ve just had news in that we are noimated for a pretigious IFTA, and are shortlisted with three other finalists in the Animation category. The big night is the 25th February, stay tuned to our blog for more info!
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Animatics / Offline Editor wanted!
January 6, 2010 at 4:18 pm by Heidi Egger
Kavaleer is Hiring! We’re looking for an experienced animatics/offline editor to work with us on a 4-5 month contract. Applicants must have experience working in animation. Please email your CV and link to your showreel to heidiegger@kavaleer.com
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Storyboard artists wanted!
December 23, 2009 at 3:43 pm by Heidi Egger
Kavaleer is looking for experienced animation storyboard artists to work with us on an exciting children’s animation series for contracts between late January and March 2010. Please contact heidiegger@kavaleer.com with your CV and samples of your work.
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Flash Animators Wanted!
December 18, 2009 at 6:51 pm by Heidi Egger
Kavaleer is hiring! We’re looking for talented flash animators with industry experience to join our team from February/March 2010 for 2-3 month contracts. Email heidiegger@kavaleer.com with your CV and a link to your showreel.
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Peter Cluskey interview with Andrew Kavanagh in today’s Irish Times
December 18, 2009 at 12:40 pm by Andrew Kavanagh
Check out the Business Section of today’s Irish Times for Pter Cluskey’s ‘Under the Radar’ interview, or read it here!
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2009/1218/1224260898116.html
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