# Presents: Animator Giovanna Ferrari on Oscar-shortlisted Short 'Éiru' Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/film-ireland-podcast-896003/presents-animator-giovanna-ferrari-on-oscar-shortlisted-short-iru Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/film-ireland-podcast-896003/presents-animator-giovanna-ferrari-on-oscar-shortlisted-short-iru.md Podcast: [Film Ireland Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/film-ireland-podcast-896003) Published: 2026-06-01T23:08:48+00:00 Episode link: https://www.filmireland.net/podcast-animator-giovanna-ferrari-on-oscar-shortlisted-short-eiru Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6955465577f9435bdcc8cb82/e/6a1e1100302b9e359c1e186f/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/film-ireland-podcast-896003/episodes/presents-animator-giovanna-ferrari-on-oscar-shortlisted-short-iru Duration seconds: 1936 ## Resource Recorded live at RENDR 2026 we caught up with Oscar-shortlisted animator and acclaimed storyboard artist Giovanna Ferrari about her latest short film Éiru. With a career spanning major European productions and some of Ireland’s most celebrated animated features, Ferrari reflects on her creative journey, the rewards and challenges of storyboarding, and the evolving language of animation. From her early work in France to her current role at Cartoon Saloon , she discusses the collaborative process behind award-winning films, as well as the personal inspiration driving her own directorial work. In partnership with  RENDR Festival  and supported by the  National Talent Academy for VFX , this series of talks was recorded in  The Spinners Mill Studio , a podcast and DJ studio based in  Banana Block  offering tailored solutions for DJ sessions, small-scale events and podcasting from concept to final distribution. About Giovanna Ferrari Since the early 2000s, Giovanna has worked on several feature films across Europe both as Storyboard Artist and Animator. After working in France for 10 years, she moved to Ireland and worked with Cartoon Saloon on a number of projects, including Song of The Sea , The Breadwinner and Wolfwalkers . Recently she was Head of Story and Animation Director of Cartoon Saloon’s new feature film My Father’s Dragon produced by Netflix and directed by Nora Twomey. Giovanna’s storyboarding on The Breadwinner was awarded with an Emile Award in 2018. ÉIRU , a short film written and directed by Giovanna, and produced by Cartoon Saloon was one of 15 Animated Short Films shortlisted for the 98th Academy Awards® and has screened at festivals all across the globe. Éiru is the smallest child of a mighty and powerful clan of Iron age Ir… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/film-ireland-podcast-896003/episodes/presents-animator-giovanna-ferrari-on-oscar-shortlisted-short-iru/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/film-ireland-podcast-896003/presents-animator-giovanna-ferrari-on-oscar-shortlisted-short-iru.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.