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From Medieval to Digital | An...

At Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin by students of the BTEC Higher National Diploma course in Classical & Computer Animation from Ballyfermot College of Further Education in Dublin. 13th-27th January 2025 The...

John Musker from Disney Studios visit...

Wonderful to welcome veteran Disney animator John Musker to our college. As part of his European tour, he visited Ireland- Kilkenny Animated, our college and Brown Bag studios- finishing with...

Create 2024 – BCFE’s end of...

Each year the students of BCFE mark their efforts with a virtual graduate exhibition. Our 2024 programme takes the form of a series of curated work and will be available...

BCFE Premiere + Graduate Showcase in...

Celebrating Excellence in Animation, Film , Games, and Visual Effects Ballyfermot College of Further Education proudly hosted its annual End of Year Film Exhibition, the BCFE Premiere + Graduate Showcase,...

Exhibition | The Stories of Roald...

An Exhibition of Children’s Book Illustration by first year students of the BTEC Higher National Diploma in Computer & Classical Animation, from Ballyfermot College of Further Education. The exhibition will...

Ballyfermot Animation Course presentation at ITFS...

On invitation from Animation Ireland, Gwen Fagan and Orla Daly travelled to Stuttgart, Germany as part of the Irish delegation for the ITFS Zeitgeist Ireland focus. Gwen delivered a 30-minute...

BCFE @ Animation Dingle

Staff & students of the Games and Animation courses visited the Dingle Animation Festival this weekend. Congrats to Rian Lambe, one of our Games Degree students, for winning Best Games...

Black Shamrock Talk and Portfolio Review

Representatives from Black Shamrock came to BCFE today to meet our students and to give a talk on working with Black Shamrock. Students from Games, Immersive Media and Visual Effects...

Pinpoint The Private Eye to be...

The animated short “Pinpoint -The Private Eye” produced and directed by American Animator Harry Hess, in association with RTE, will be screened at Animation Dingle this year on Friday 22nd March, in celebration of the film’s 40th anniversary. The film Pinpoint has been rediscovered and lovingly restored...