{"id":40071,"date":"2025-01-21T18:28:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T18:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/animation\/pog-mo-pigeon-wins-best-animated-short-at-derrys-foyle-film-festival\/"},"modified":"2025-01-21T18:28:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T18:28:54","slug":"pog-mo-pigeon-wins-best-animated-short-at-derrys-foyle-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=40071","title":{"rendered":"P\u00f3g mo Pigeon wins Best Animated Short at Derry&#8217;s Foyle Film Festival!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/animationireland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mikey-and-Pidgey-2-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animationireland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mikey-and-Pidgey-2-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/animationireland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mikey-and-Pidgey-2-400x225.png 400w, https:\/\/animationireland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mikey-and-Pidgey-2-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/animationireland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mikey-and-Pidgey-2.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><strong>P\u00f3g mo Pigeon<\/strong>, the debut short from Kilkenny\u2019s Lighthouse Studios, has won the Best Animated Short at Derry\u2019s Academy-Award qualifying Foyle Film Festival, the studio announced today.<\/p>\n<p>The short film competed in the Light in Motion competition, with winners announced at the Closing Night Gala\u00a0on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2017, Lighthouse Studios has provided animation for hits such as <strong>Rick and Morty, The Cuphead Show! <\/strong>and <strong>The Bob\u2019s Burgers Movie,<\/strong> and in 2022 won a BAFTA for <strong>El Deafo<\/strong> which the studio produced for Apple TV+.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>P\u00f3g mo Pigeon<\/strong> is the debut short from director, Cl\u00edodhna Lyons, whose credits to date include assistant director on several of the studio\u2019s productions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>P\u00f3g mo Pigeon<\/strong> is also the first professional writing credit for Polly Holland, who pitched the idea during an in-house open call. Holland had recently joined the studio through the Screen Skills Ireland Graduate Traineeship in association with Animation Ireland. Holland also served as animator on the film.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Executive Producer of <strong>P\u00f3g mo Pigeon<\/strong> and Managing Director at Lighthouse Studios, Claire Finn, said today: \u201cCl\u00edodhna and the team did an amazing job bringing Polly\u2019s concept to life, and the jury praised the film for its originality, storytelling, and haunting beauty \u2013 something we can all take great pride in! We\u2019re delighted to receive such praise for our first original release.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Director, Cl\u00edodhna Lyons said: \u201cThe whole team is delighted to see their work recognised. Thank you to Foyle film festival for embracing our film, for supporting animation as a medium and for highlighting such diversity in their programming.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>P\u00f3g mo Pigeon<\/strong> is produced by Lighthouse Studios with post-production services by Gorilla Post. Original music composed by Brona Martin. \u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"7016\" height=\"9933\" src=\"https:\/\/animationireland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Poster_Pog-mo-Pigeon.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6154\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>P\u00f3g mo Pigeon, the debut short from Kilkenny\u2019s Lighthouse Studios, has won the Best Animated Short at Derry\u2019s Academy-Award qualifying Foyle Film Festival, the studio announced today. The short film competed in the Light in Motion competition, with winners announced at the Closing Night Gala\u00a0on Sunday. 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