News - ANIMATION

Ballyfermot College is celebrating! We are super proud of animation graduate Richie Baneham for winning yet another Academy Award, for his role as animation supervisor on Avatar: The Way of...

On the 19th of February 2023, Ballyfermot College graduate Richie Baneham won his 2nd BAFTA for Best Special Visual Effects for his work on Avatar: The Way of Water. It...

Thank you, Lynne Guthrie, Design Supervisor- at Brown Bag – graduate of Degree Animation/B.A. in Visual Media– for her generous professional practice talk- on roles in Animation industry – both...

Students and staff at Ballyfermot College of Further Education are “buzzing” as two former students are currently up for Oscar awards. Richie Baneham is nominated for Best Visual Effects at...

Irish animator Richard Baneham and his colleagues won big at the British Academy Film Awards last night. The Academy award-winning animator and his team collected the award for special visual...

Avatar: The Way of Water’s Richard Baneham – an Oscar winner for his work on the original movie – is among the Best Visual Effects nominees. Baneham originally trained as...

Sales made!  Great experience! Graduates excited and appreciated the opportunity! All good! If you are interested in becoming an artist or animator check, out our range of Art & Design,...

In the middle of the night, a beautiful art museum sits, we think its quiet and still.  But a certain cleaning utensil has other plans. Maurice the Mop comes to...

Students from our Animation, Film and VFX courses one year, two year and degree level – attended our guest lecture with Bill Hodman- alumni of the college. Insightful and generous...