ROCKET GALLERY
Since 1997 Rocket Animation has produced and co-produced a wide range of animation series and short films. Here is a selection of stills from some of those productions.
MIKEY'S SPORTING MADNESS!
Mikey and friends. Mikeys Sporting Madness! (1999). 35 x 40 second episodes produced by Rocket Animation for RT?s sports magazine programme, Rapid. Check out Mikey! at eveo.com
A selection of 'Mikey's Sporting Madness!' episodes were screened in October 2000 at The 5th Manchester International Short Film and Video Festival (2000).
Click Here to go to 'Mikey's Sporting Madness!' page.
FROM AN EVIL CRADLING
A KAVALEER PRODUCTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH ROCKET ANIMATION
BASED ON THE BOOK 'AN EVIL CRADLING' BY BRIAN KEENAN
The Hall sequence from the Frameworks commissioned 'From An Evil Cradling' (1999). Kavaleer Productions in association with Rocket Animation. Directed by Andrew Kavanagh and Keith Foran. Production design by Owen Fitzpatrick. Music composed by Gregory Magee.
'From An Evil Cradling' (1999) has been screened at all of the major national film festivals and many International film festivals including Annecy 2000 and Expo2000 in Hannover (Irish Film Night).
'From An Evil Cradling' gets theatrical release with MGM Feature Film
From An Evil Cradling (Kavaleer Productions in association with Rocket Animation/Distributed by London-based Optimum Releasing) has been released in UK cinemas (UGC Haymarket London, UGC Brighton and UGC Edinburgh since Friday November 24th November) in front of MGM's 'Flawless' directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Robert De Niro. Dublin release is scheduled to commence Friday 8th December 2000 in UGC Parnell Street.
Duration: 7' 31''/35mm/Digi-Beta/Beta SP/Colour/English Language/1:1.85
Distributed by Network Ireland Television Ltd.
FUNDED BY BORD SCANNN na hIREANN/THE IRISH FILM BOARD
RADIO TELIFS IREANN
THE ARTS COUNCIL
Click Here to go to 'From An Evil Cradling' page.
THE ANGELIC ORGAN
Ponta cheap hotelsThe Angelic Organ (2000). A deliciously charming tale of eccentricity and invention. A 12 x minute Rocket production in association with The Irish Film Board, RT and The Arts Council.
The Angelic Organ was screened recently at the Motorola Irish Animation Festival 2000 and the 45th Murphy's Cork Film Festival.
Duration: Comedy/12 minutes/35mm/Digi-Beta/Beta SP/Colour/English Language/1:1.85
Distributed by Network Ireland Television Ltd.
FUNDED BY BORD SCANNN na hIREANN/THE IRISH FILM BOARD
RADIO TELIFS IREANN
THE ARTS COUNCIL
Click Here to go to 'The Angelic Organ' page.
BACKYARD TALES
Granada prenotazione alberghiT H E! N E S T
J O U R N E Y! I N T O! T H E! P R I M O R D I A L
The Nest (2000). Strapped into its buggy and abandoned along a vast, deserted beach, a baby journeys into the realm of the primordial
The Nest was screened recently at the Motorola Irish Animation Festival 2000 and the 45th Murphy's Cork Film Festival.
Duration: Horror/12 minutes/35mm/Digi-Beta/Beta SP/Colour/English Language/1:1.85
Distributed by Network Ireland Television Ltd.
Click Here to go to 'The Nest' page.
Details on the pre-production history of 'The Nest' will be available soon on the following link: