Dirtgirlworld

Dirtgirlworld
dirtgirlworld
Format Children's television series
Created by Cate McQuillen
Hewey Eustace
Developed by Mememe Productions
Starring Maree Lowes
Michael Balk
Krew Boylan
Gibson Nolte
Jason Davis[1]
Country of origin  Australia
 Canada
Language(s) English
No. of episodes 52
Broadcast
Original channel ABC
BBC
CBC
Original airing October 2009

dirtgirlworld is a Canadian and Australian children's television series created by Cate McQuillen and Hewey Eustace of Mememe Productions.[2] Visually designed by Jean Camden, James Hackett and Cate McQuillen, it was animated by Hackett Films in Australia and Spin Productions in Canada. The show is co-produced by Mememe Productions (Australia) and Decode Entertainment (Canada).[3] It was commissioned by CBeebies, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).[3]

The show was removed from Kids CBC after just airing for 3 years and replaced with The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot about That!.

Fifty-two eleven minute episodes were commissioned. The show first aired on CBC on October 5, 2009, on CBeebies on November 2, 2009, and on ABC on December 4, 2009. It started airing in the United States on the cable channel PBS Kids Sprout, on April 22, 2010.[4]

The series uses 3D CGI animation combined with photomontage. The main characters are Dirtgirl (Maree Lowes) and Scrapboy (Michael Balk), as well as their friends Ken (Gibson Nolte), Grubby (Krew Boylan), and Hayman (Jason Davis).

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Awards and Accolades

  • Winner of the 2011 Byron Bay International Film Festival for Best Animation.
  • Nominated for the Japan Prize 2011.
  • Nominated for the 2011 Australian Recording Industry Awards (ARIA) in the Best Children’s Album Category.
  • Finalist for the 2011 Shaw Rocket Prize for the 'best independently produced Canadian children's, youth, or family program'[5].
  • 1st prize winner of the 2011 Children’s Music category at the International Songwriting Competition (ISC).
  • One of just FOUR children’s programs from around the world selected as representing best practice in public broadcasting at the INPUT Festival in Seoul.
  • Winner of the 2010 Australian Film Industry (AFI) for Best Children's Animation Series.
  • Nominated for 2010 International BAFTA for Best Children's Production.
  • Winner of an Australia Day Award 2010 for Contribution to the Arts.
  • Nominated of the 2010 Logie for Outstanding Children's Programme.
  • Winner of the 2010 Australian Directors Guild (ADG) for Best Animation Direction.
  • Winner of the 2010 GRASS Awards for Green Production of the Year, Australian Directors Guild (ADG).
  • Nominated at the 2010 Prix Jeunesse Festival, Munich.
  • Finalist in the inaugural Mini Palme d'Or awards, Cannes 2009.

Funding

Funding for Dirtgirlworld is provided by PBS Kids is Made Possible in Part By Stonyfield Farm Makers of YoBaby Organic Whole Milk Yogurt for Babies & Toddlers. Who Remind you That the Best Things Like Curiosity Grown Up Joy. And by contributions to your PBS station from Viewers Like You. Thank You!

References

  1. ^ dirtgirlworld blog. mememe.com.au. Accessed 2011-04-27.
  2. ^ Dirtgirlworld becomes international series (TV Tonight, June 5, 2008)
  3. ^ a b CBeebies orders Dirtgirlworld (Broadcast, June 3, 2008)
  4. ^ Dirtgirlworld. sproutonline.com. Accessed 2010-04-14.
  5. ^ http://rocketprize.ca/en/default.asp

External links

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See also

PBS network shows · Educational television
v · AACTA Award for Best Children’s Television Animation (2009–2029)

Figaro Pho (2009) · Dirtgirlworld (2010)
Complete list · (2009–present)


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