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Help Save Our Upland Water Voles
Our second collaboration with the Initiative for Nature Conservation Cymru is a wonderfully evocative story highlighting the protection of endangered water voles in Wales. Fully animated and rendered in Blender by the Cloth Cat team, the short film shows how a water vole faces challenges on its way to find a new wetlands home.
We’re thrilled to share that the project was featured this month by the Welsh online news service, Nation.Cymru! We’re delighted that they took an interest in our exciting short film. We'd like to show our gratitude to Nation.Cymru for featuring the project. Click here to read the full article!
“We’re really proud of this film and put a large amount of energy into it. For us, it was an opportunity to tell a heart-warming story about the natural landscape of Wales and the animals that live here.”
Jon Rennie | Managing Director of Cloth Cat
"Water Voles are thought to have declined by over 90% in recent years due to a combination of habitat loss and predation by non-native American Mink (Neovison vison) and are now classed as ‘endangered’ in the UK. "
Initiative for Nature Conservation Cymru
"The charity’s findings have already shown that the uplands of the Rhondda and Neath Port Talbot can now be recognised as one of the most significant regions for water voles in Wales."
Stephen Price | Nation.Cymru
The final film is a team triumph, and we’re grateful to Rob and the INCC for the opportunity to help save a population of this rare species, whose ecology is still little understood. More information about the creative process behind our short film is available here. To find out more about the conservation project or to donate to the cause, please follow the link below!
https://natureconservation.wales
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Develop:Brighton 2025 was a vibrant success, with record attendance, innovative tracks, unmissable indie showcases and purposeful networking, all delivered by the sea. It proved that even in uncertain times, the global games community is more connected, creative, and culturally attuned than ever.
In other exciting news, here at Cloth Cat Games we currently have two new job openings available! Please check them out and feel free to forward them on to anyone who you think might be the perfect fit. These are both great opportunities to be a part of our busy, close-knit crew, working either in-house at our central Cardiff studio, hybrid or remotely!
We’re currently looking for both a UI/UX Designer and a Unity C# Developer to join the team and get involved in multi-platform game development. Follow the links for further details on how to apply!
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Cloth Cat Academy
Are you an animator? Are you looking to upskill? Do you want to learn from the best? The Cloth Cat Academy Autumn term begins in September, so make sure to book your place today to guarantee a space on the course!
Our Toon Boom and Moho animation tutors Dani Abram and Sean Francis will be back to share more of their industry-specific knowledge. Our Storyboarding tutor Benedict Tomczyk-Bowen will also be teaching his program here at Cloth Cat HQ in October. Full information on all of our upcoming courses is available on our website.
If you're interested in attending an Academy course, you can register your interest here. Be sure to check the support section on our website in order to check your eligibility for any bursary funding. Applicants living in Wales are eligible for a 50% discount!
Screen Skills, Media Cymru, Ymddiried and ReAct+ also offer a selection of funding opportunities if you meet their criteria. Please ensure that you have left enough time when applying for any external funding in order for your applications to be processed prior to the start of your course!
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The 2025 Children’s Media Conference, held July 8–10 in Sheffield was a vibrant, inspiring celebration of creativity, diversity, and future-focused innovation in kids’ content. Frank Cottrell‑Boyce, Waterstones Children’s Laureate, opened the conference with a stirring keynote full of clear‑sighted humanity and bold ideas, calling on the children’s media community to rise to today’s challenges and “shake off the blues” for the sake of young audiences.
With animation, publishing, gaming, toys, apps, and education all represented, CMC 2025 offered a rare cross-industry platform, especially powerful for educational content creators and animators. From thought-provoking keynotes and actionable panels, to meaningful initiatives and energized networking, the mood was clear; the children’s media world isn’t just adapting - it’s stepping in, shaking things up, and delivering the engaging, equitable, and imaginative content that kids deserve.
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International Emmy Awards 2025
Our Managing Director Jon Rennie was very proud to have been selected as a juror in the judging process of the International Emmy Awards 2025! The semi-final round of judging took place in Cardiff Castle this month, hosted by Gwenllian Gravelle from S4C International. Cloth Cat received its own nomination for Luo Bao Bei in 2018. Jon reported that it was really interesting to get a better understanding of what the judging process entails!
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Thank you to Cardiff Animation Nights for captivating us once more with another fantastic, handpicked programme of cutting-edge animated short films! It was wonderful to see such a great turnout at The Underdog this month.
Submissions for the 2026 Cardiff Animation Festival are also now open! Click here to find out more details about their submission criteria and how you can go about submitting your film for their consideration. The final deadline for submissions is 22nd September 2025.
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