Brown Bag Films is an animation studio based in Dublin, Ireland. Established in 1994 by Cathal Gaffney and Darragh O'Connell, Brown Bag Films produce 3D character animation, including short films, features and TV series for international markets. The studio is multi-award-winning.

Brown Bag Films have worked on a number of high profile international series with recent productions including Chorion

Chorion

The chorion is one of the membranes that exist during pregnancy between the developing fetus and mother. It is formed by extraembryonic mesoderm and the two layers of trophoblast and surrounds the embryo and other membranes...

's Olivia for Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon (TV channel)

Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers...

 US and Wobblyland for Hit Entertainment

HIT Entertainment

Hit Entertainment is a British-American entertainment distribution company established in 1989, and originally the international distribution arm of Jim Henson Productions called Henson International Television...

/Nickelodeon UK

Nickelodeon UK

Nickelodeon is a children's television channel available on Sky, Virgin Media, Smallworld Cable, TalkTalk TV and UPC Ireland in the United Kingdom and Ireland, including on demand on BT Vision. The channel was launched on 1 September 1993...

, the animated teenage soap Crap is Rap for RTÉ

RTE

RTÉ is the abbreviation for Raidió Teilifís Éireann, the public broadcasting service of the Republic of Ireland.RTE may also refer to:* Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, 25th Prime Minister of Turkey...

 and the remake of Enid Blyton

Enid Blyton

Enid Blyton was an English children's writer also known as Mary Pollock.Noted for numerous series of books based on recurring characters and designed for different age groups,her books have enjoyed huge success in many parts of the world, and have sold over 600 million copies.One of Blyton's most...

's Noddy In Toyland for Chorion

Chorion (company)

Chorion Limited is a major international media production company with offices in London, New York and Sydney. The company produces TV shows and feature films, and is best known for the heritage properties included in its portfolio. These include children's characters such as Paddington Bear, Peter...

/FIVE UK. Current productions include the 52 episode series The Octonauts

The Octonauts

The Octonauts is a Children's TV Series, produced by Silvergate Media for Cbeebies and animated by Brown Bag Films. The TV series was based on the children's books written by Vicki Wong and Michael Murphy of Meomi Design Inc....

, which will be broadcast on BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

 in October 2010, a second season of Chorion

Chorion

The chorion is one of the membranes that exist during pregnancy between the developing fetus and mother. It is formed by extraembryonic mesoderm and the two layers of trophoblast and surrounds the embryo and other membranes...

's Olivia for Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon (TV channel)

Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers...

 US, and Doc McStuffins for Disney US

Playhouse Disney

Playhouse Disney was Disney Channel's television block for programs aimed at entertaining preschool aged children, often airing as its own channel outside the United States. It was introduced in 1997 after Disney Channel's move to basic cable from premium cable, with a target audience of children...

. Brown Bag Films have a slate of original children's and family feature projects in development and are also engaged in international co-productions and service work.

Give Up Yer Aul Sins was nominated http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1175260328243 for Best Animated Short Film in the 2001 Oscars, and was the best-selling DVD

DVD

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 release in Ireland in 2002. The short film Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty

Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty

Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty is a six-minute-long CG/flash animated socially satirical black comedy short film, directed by Nicky Phelan and produced by Darragh O'Connell of Brown Bag Films in 2008. It was written by Kathleen O'Rourke...

, directed by Nicky Phelan and produced by Darragh O'Connell, was also nominated for the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film in 2010.

In July 2007, Brown Bag Films moved to a new studio in Smithfield Square, Dublin, which was specially designed by the award-winning firm Douglas Wallace Architects. The new studio was officially opened http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/index.asp?locID=558&docID=3485 by the Irish Taoiseach

Taoiseach

The Taoiseach is the head of government or prime minister of Ireland. The Taoiseach is appointed by the President upon the nomination of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas , and must, in order to remain in office, retain the support of a majority in the Dáil.The current Taoiseach is...

 Bertie Ahern

Bertie Ahern

Patrick Bartholomew "Bertie" Ahern is a former Irish politician who served as Taoiseach of Ireland from 26 June 1997 to 7 May 2008....

. Employing more than 60 staff, Brown Bag is equipped with a state of the art High Definition picture and Dolby 5:1 audio post production facility.

In 2009 Brown Bag Films delivered 20 hours of animation to international broadcasters and was awarded European Producer Of The Year at Cartoon Tributes, Norway.

In July 2010, the company established an office in Los Angeles to produce animated feature films.

Productions to date

Brown Bag Films have produced and co-produced a number of TV series and short films including:

• "Doc McStuffins" (2012, 52 x 11 mins) for Disney, Created by Chris Nee
• "The Octonauts" (2010, 52 X 11 mins) for Chorion/BBC, Created by Meomi
• "Olivia" Season 2, (2010, 52 X 11 mins) for Chorion/Nickelodeon US, Created by Ian Falconer
• "Noddy in Toyland" (2009, 52 x 10 mins) for Chorion/FIVE UK, Created by Enid Blyton
• "Olivia" (2009, 52 x 10 min) for Chorion/Nickelodeon US, Created by Ian Falconer
• Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
  Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
  Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty is a six-minute-long CG/flash animated socially satirical black comedy short film, directed by Nicky Phelan and produced by Darragh O'Connell of Brown Bag Films in 2008. It was written by Kathleen O'Rourke...
  
  (2008, 6 mins), Directed by Nicky Phelan
• "Teenology" (2007, 30 x 1 min) for RTÉ, Created by Bronagh O'Hanlon
• "Wobbly Land" (2007, 26 x5 min)for HIT Entertainment and Nickelodeon UK, created by Cat Little
• "Crap Rap" (2007, 20 x 4 min) for RTÉ, Created by Nicky Phelan
• "Im an Animal" (2006, 52 X 2 min) for RTÉ and the Irish Film Board
• "Give Up Yer Aul Sins", 8 X 5 min, 1 X 26 min documentary for RTE/Irish Film Board, Short film directed by Cathal Gaffney, Series directed by Darragh O'Connell
• "Barstool" (1996, 7 X 4 min) for RTÉ, Created by Paul Young.
• "Peig" (1994, 7 X 3 min) for RTÉ, Created by Cathal Gaffney and Darragh O'Connell

External links

• http://www.brownbagfilms.com Website
• http://www.rte.ie/tv/ttv/craprap/index.html