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| Type | Animation/VFX Studio |
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| Founded | 2009 [1] |
| 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 the recipient of numerous awards including: BAFTA, International Emmy, RTS, Don Quixote Prize, Darklight Award, amongst others.[2]
The studio was commissioned to create a number of projects for Children’s BBC and Comic Relief, which led to international recognition with the short My Autism and Me (BBC, 2011) [3] which won an RTS Award in 2012 and an International Emmy in 2013. Their next short, Living with Alcohol (BBC, 2013) won a BAFTA for best factual short.
In 2014, Blacknorth were invited to judge the Animation Award at the Fresh Film Fest in Carlsbad, Czech Republic.
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- ^ en.freshfilmfest.net/198-program/226-jury-members/a1707-kris-kelly
- ^ "Blacknorth wins RTS Award | Northern Ireland Screen". Archived from the original on 20 February 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.