A Greyhound Of A Girl, the new Irish animation film based on the novel by Roddy Doyle and starring Brendan Gleeson and Sharon Horgan, has been selected for screening at the Berlin Film Festival later this month.
The coming-of-age film, which was made by Dublin-based JAM Media, will be part of the BERLINALE Generation Kplus 2023 competition at the festival.
It also stars theatre and film actor Rosaleen Linehan, Charlene McKenna (Peaky Blinders, Bloodlands, Death and Nightingales) and the young voice of Mia O'Connor.
It tells the story of Mary, an 11-year-old with a passion for cooking. She dreams of becoming a great chef and is encouraged by her grandmother Emer, who urges her to make her dream come true and overcome the obstacles she faces.
Executive Producer for JAM Media John Rice said: "We are honoured to have the world premiere of A Greyhound of a Girl at the distinguished Berlin Film Festival. We are delighted about this great news and would like to thank our wonderful team and partners."
Bafta-award winning JAM Media has operations in both Ireland and the United Kingdom and is one of the leading creators and producers of multi award-winning animated and live action content for the children’s and pre-school audience.
Most recently, JAM media moved from animation to live action with Nova Jones - the hit comedy sci-fi series. In April 2022 they signed a follow up deal to produce a further series of Nova Jones (which has already racked up over 1.5 million streams on BBC player and is No 1 children’s show on RTE), in addition to producing The Voyage for Comic Relief.
They have also made Jessy and Nessy, Beeca’s Bunch, Roy and Tilly and Friends. They are currently working on Isadora Moon for Sky and the company also runs the Animation Dingle festival, which is now in its 11th year.
The news of A Greyhound Of A Girl’s screening at the Berlin Film Festival follows Ireland’s record-breaking 14 Oscar nominations, which saw The Banshees of Inisherin, An Cailín Ciúin and Aftersun all in the running for Academy Awards on 12 March.
