Originally written as a novel by Roddy Doyle, new animated film A Greyhound Of A Girl has now been selected to premiere at the Berlin Film Festival.

A Greyhound Of A Girl features the voices of stellar Irish talents, Oscar-nominee Brendan Gleeson, Sharon Horgan (Bad Sisters, Catastrophe), renowned theatre and film actor Rosaleen Linehan, Charlene McKenna (Peaky Blinders, Bloodlands, Death and Nightingales) and the young voice of Mia O’Connor.

11-year-old Dublin schoolgirl Mary O'Hara as and her dying Grandmother embark on a journey into their family history together in the forthcoming flick. Accompanying them on their journey are two other women from their family line, including Mary's mother Tansey.

The film, supported by Screen Ireland, will be part of the BERLINALE Generation Kplus 2023 competition at the festival. JAM Media, the Irish and UK multi-award winning animated and live-action company, has brought the story to life on screen, with direction from Enzo d’Alò and screenplay by Dave Ingham and d’Alò.

Mary's grandmother Emer - A Greyhound Of A Girl

Recently, the BAFTA-award winning company broke out on the live action scene with Nova Jones, a hit comedy sci-fi series about a galactic pop-singer.

They've also produced The Voyage, a music video for Christy Moore's song of the same name, for Comic Relief 2020.

It's been quite the accolade-filled year already. Ireland has already seen a record-breaking 14 Oscar nominations this awards season. An Cailín Ciúin has been the first Irish language feature film to be nominated for an Academy Award.

A Greyhound Of A Girl will include award winning The Banshees of Inisherin star Brendan Gleeson.

Mary and Tansey in the woods - A Greyhound Of A Girl

"We are honoured to have the world premiere of A Greyhound Of A Girl at the distinguished Berlin Film Festival," said executive produce for JAM Media John Rice. "We're delighted about this great news and would like to thank our wonderful team and partners."

JAM Media 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.

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). Other notable favourites with their young audiences are Jessy and Nessy, Beeca’s Bunch, Roy and Tilly and Friends.

JAM Media are currently working on Isadora Moon for Sky and have recently completed working on their first full-length feature: A Greyhound of a Girl.

The company also runs the hugely successful festival Animation Dingle, now in its 11th year.

Watch the trailer for A Greyhound Of A Girl here.