{"id":133771,"date":"2025-09-19T11:14:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T09:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/?p=133771"},"modified":"2025-10-17T16:42:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T14:42:21","slug":"ace-animation-special-2026-now-open-call-for-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/en\/ace-animation-special-2026-now-open-call-for-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"Ace Animation Special 2026: now open call for applications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The workshop is aimed at two kinds of experienced producers. Deadline: 22 October 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>ACE Producers has announced that applications are now open for the seventh edition of the ACE Animation Special. The workshop, which will be held in Dingle (Ireland) between 17 and 22 March 2026, is organised thanks to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.creative-europe-media.eu\/\">Creative Europe MEDIA<\/a>, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.filmfonds.nl\/page\/6372\/home-english\">Netherlands Film Fund<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.screenireland.ie\/\">Screen Ireland<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/animationireland.com\/\">Animation Ireland<\/a>, in close collaboration <a href=\"https:\/\/animationdingle.com\/\">Animation Dingle<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The workshop is aimed at two kinds of experienced producers: those looking to expand their businesses into animation production, and those who already have experience in the field but seek to deepen their knowledge and grow their international network. For all participants it is a chance to build stronger industry connections and enhance their skill set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16 to 18 producers will be selected for the workshop, preferably with a long-form\/feature-length animation project at concept stage. Focusing primarily on the creative and financial aspects of feature and long-form animation production, the ACE Animation Special will offer sessions on animatic story development, international production workflows, the creative dynamics of animation production, financing strategies and international distribution. The workshop will also include one or more sessions on physical line production as well as case studies on completed animation projects. Group sessions, plenary sessions and one-to-one meetings will together build a workshop where producers learn from each other\u2019s experiences and those of key industry guests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WORKSHOP DATES<\/strong><br>17 \u2013 22 March 2026<br>during the Animation Dingle Festival<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LOCATION<\/strong><br>Dingle, Ireland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To be an owner, partner or associate of an independent film\/animation\/TV production company;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To be an ACE member or producer with a similar level of experience;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To have a long-form or feature-length animation project at idea or concept stage; producers without a project are also welcome to apply but must demonstrate a clear motivation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>APPLICATION DEADLINE<\/strong><br>22 October 2025. Up to 18 places available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HOW TO APPLY<\/strong><br>For more information or to request an application form, please contact <a href=\"mailto:specials@ace-producers.com\">specials@ace-producers.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ANIMATION SPECIAL &#8211; INFORMATION SESSION<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>ACE Producers will be hosting an information session about the ACE Animation Special 2026.\u00a0This session will offer producers the chance to hear about the application process, eligibility criteria and workshop programme of the 2026 edition.<br><br><strong>Tuesday 30th September 2025 \u2013 15:00 CET<\/strong>: Online Information Session ACE Animation Special<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You will be sent an email with a link to the online session the day before the event.\u00a0<strong>Sign up for the information session <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSeHLg9UxTElCeb-rGJs_epkbUdPBA6a44CjqlwHvkWN4U8JvA\/viewform\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACE Producers will be hosting an online information session about the workshop on September 30 to provide more details about the application process and eligibility criteria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":120193,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[23838,22358],"class_list":["post-133771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","tag-ace-animation-2026","tag-ace-producers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133771"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134612,"href":"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133771\/revisions\/134612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}