Brown Bag Films

You don’t need to be artistic to work in the creative arts sector

Creative industries need people to mastermind projects and business types who keep the commercial side humming

Fri Jul 07 2023 - 05:00

Ten animation projects awarded Screen Ireland funding

Stop-motion puppetry and immersive topography projects among the recipients

Fri Jun 04 2021 - 05:31

Brown Bag Films reports slight drop in profits and revenues

Animation studio records turnover of €50.1m as pretax profits slip from €6.9m to €5.4m

Fri Jul 24 2020 - 15:32

Figuring out why women don’t figure in Stem industries

How do we encourage more girls to defy the stereotypes and take up Stem subjects?

Thu Feb 21 2019 - 01:00

9 Story Media to rebrand animation arm as Brown Bag Films

Move comes two years after Canadian company acquired the Irish animation studio

Mon Oct 16 2017 - 06:18

Brown Bag Films to expand animation team in Dublin

Animation company opens new 30,000 sq ft flagship studio in Smithfield

Fri May 27 2016 - 08:07

Sky brings Morph back as it launches app aimed at under-nines

Kids ‘don’t hold back’ in their views, says Lucy Murphy, its first head of kids’ content

Fri Apr 08 2016 - 08:30

RTÉjr gets animated about new support schemes

The broadcaster wants to collaborate with a new generation of animation start-ups

Thu Oct 15 2015 - 07:39

Brown Bag acquired by 9 Story Media, to take on 50 new staff

Senior management to stay on at award-winning Irish animation studio

Wed Aug 19 2015 - 07:11

Phenakistoscope statuettes to be doled out at first ever Irish Animation Awards

The ceremony takes place in Dingle on Friday and is sponsored by the Irish Film Board

Thu Mar 12 2015 - 01:10

In the bag: Brown Bag picks up three Emmys for ‘Peter Rabbit’

The show is in its second series and is broadcast on Nickolodeon

Thu Jun 26 2014 - 01:00

Think big: 10 things we learned at Offset

Learn from your family, don’t be precious, live in a world of your own, and doughnuts are good for keeping contacts sweet: just some of the ideas thrown up by Dublin’s creative festival

Fri Mar 28 2014 - 01:00

Nice to do business with you

Perhaps one of the trickiest jobs for any designer is making a business card. We asked some leading creatives, in Ireland next week for Offset 2014, to show us how they make a first impression

Sat Mar 15 2014 - 01:00