Animation 2 | 11am to 12:05pm

Start Saturday with some great animations!

BALL LIGHTENING

Catriona Trina Baker.

A refugee who fled post-war East Germany builds a new life in America while carrying the trauma of losing her infant daughter. A story of survival, resilience and enduring love told through the eyes of the child she raises.

THIN PLACES

Samuel Wrather Keshishain.

On Samhain night, when the spirit world opens to the living, three siblings defy their father’s warnings and venture into the Irish countryside in search of their mother’s spirit, masked against the dangers that roam between worlds.

UNANIMATED STRANGER

Director: Roisin Kelly. Writers: Roisin Kelly, Eimear Young, Finn McKeon. Producer: Eimear Young, Roisin Kelly.

Surrounded by strangers, a woman's memories of her past relationship unravel and mesh with the people around her.

BRÓN

Director: Catherine Mangan Williams. Writer: Gareth Lyons. Producer: Joanne Heffernan.

A man on the edge of oblivion is granted a chance at redemption. In the form of a curious fox.

LIKE FRIEND, LIKE DEER

Director/Writer/Producer: Malek Eghbali.

A wildlife ranger kills an illegal hunter during a confrontation, forcing a reckoning with the fragile boundaries between humans, animals and the natural world they share.

Set against the beautiful backdrop of the Boyne Valley, the Boyne Valley International Film Festival (BVIFF) returns from the 7-9 August for its fifth year in partnership with LOVE Drogheda BIDS. Creating an environment for filmmakers and audiences to connect and celebrate film in the historical medieval town of Drogheda, located in the heart of the Boyne Valley Region.

The Animation Day at the Arc Cinema is funded and supported by the National Talent Academy for Animation. BVIFF is funded by The Arts Council, Louth County Council Festival Fund, Love Drogheda BIDS, Meath County Council and The National Talent Academy for Animation. With sponsorship from Tom Clinch and Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, KMN Ltd, Scotch Hall, and support from Boann Distillery, Anglo Printers, Scholars and The Marcy Hotel.