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Texaco Children’s Art Contest

This vivid paint-on-glass commercial brings to life the inspiration behind 2020’s winning painting for the Texaco Children's Art Contest.

 
 
A tale of passion, loss, surreal comedy and explosive violence. Animated in a cut-out style combining cardboard, tinfoil, paint on glass and super 8 film creating a dreamy, hand-made aesthetic. Written/Directed by Pádraig Fagan, Animated/Technically Directed by Eimhin McNamara Animation assistance from Orla McHardy for the oil paint on glass elements Éamonn O'Neill, Production Assistant Produced by Barry O'Donoghue at Barley Films www.barleyfilms.net Winner of the Claire Lynch Award at the 2008 Corona Film Festival, Cork. Recipient of the 2008 Finders Series Award for Short Film, Dublin. Nominated for Best Short Subject at the Annie Awards 2010, Los Angeles. Galway Film Fleadh 2008, Ireland 53rd Corona Cork Film Festival 2008, Ireland 4th Annual Children’s Film Festival Seattle 2009, USA Chicago Irish Film Festival 2009, USA Redcat International Children’s Film Festival 2009, USA 9th Belfast Film Festival 2009, Northern Ireland 13th Edition Cartoons on the Bay 2009, Italy Anima Mundi - 17th International Animation Festival 2009, Brazil 7th Mumia Underground World Animation Festival 2009, Brazil The Samhlaiocht Kerry Film Festival 2009, Kerry 23rd Braunschweig International Film Festival 2009, Germany 10th Edition of britspotting - The British and Irish Film Festival 2009, Germany Capital Irish Film Festival 2009, USA 20th Cairo International Film Festival for Children 2010, Egypt ANIMADRID - The International Festival of the Animated Image, Spain, 2010 Guth Gafa International Documentary Film Festival, Ireland, 2011 Melbourne International Animation Festival, Australia, 2011 London International Animation Festival, UK, 2011
 

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