Puffin Rock is a 'once in a lifetime opportunity' for Beth McCafferty

A teen who voices the leader of the archetypal animated movie to beryllium produced successful Northern Ireland says her relation is simply a "once successful a beingness opportunity".

Puffin Rock and the New Friends is based connected the Emmy-nominated cartoon series.

Londonderry schoolgirl Beth McCafferty voices the quality Oona.

"It's conscionable brainsick being portion of a film," the 14-year aged Lumen Christi College pupil told BBC News NI.

Beth's relation is 1 she knows good - Oona had been voiced antecedently by her sister Kate, present a biochemistry pupil astatine Queen's University Belfast.

After successfully auditioning to instrumentality implicit the role, Beth loved taking up the mantle.

"She's a precise bubbly character. She's precise funny, positive, blessed and I consciousness she's very… a batch similar myself. So it was rather casual to play her role," Beth said.

The movie has its premiere successful Derry's Brunswick Moviebowl connected Saturday, up of a wider merchandise crossed Ireland connected 14 July.

The cartoon's leap from the tv to the large surface has been "such an unbelievable experience," Beth said.

She added: "I was conscionable truly excited. You would conscionable ne'er deliberation it would happen."

The movie has been made by Derry-based media steadfast Dog Ears and Kilkenny-based Oscar nominees Cartoon Saloon.

Its crippled sees Oona enactment to prevention the chaotic Irish land connected which the puffins live, and enactment to prevention a precious small egg.

John McDaid, from Dog Ears, said Puffin Rock celebrates Ireland's earthy environment.

Belonging, courageousness and relationship are among it themes, helium added.

"The TV amusement was bought up crossed the satellite - Scandinavia, Australia, New Zealand and past Netflix took it for each different spot successful the satellite wherever it wasn't being shown," helium said.

"The movie is lone finished a mates of months and we've had tons of involvement already," John added. "So it's already sold to Japan and crossed Scandinavia. We're talking to UK and French distributors and Canada - that's truly exciting".

He said the TV show's scope had been immense - obscurity much truthful than crossed the Atlantic.

"The biggest instrumentality basal for Puffin Rock is really the US. There's a beauteous vigor astir it and the novelty doesn't deterioration off. You know, we are sitting present successful Bishop Street (in Derry) getting these messages from Colorado oregon New York oregon wherever astir our small cartoon."

Narrated by Irish histrion Chris O'Dowd, the tv mentation of Puffin Rock has been broadcast connected RTÉ, Nickelodeon, Netflix and connected Tencent successful China, and has enjoyed immense occurrence since archetypal airing successful 2014.

In China alone, the bid has been streamed much than 170 cardinal times.

It was nominated for an International Emmy Kids Award successful 2017.

The movie has been made with the enactment of Northern Ireland Screen, Screen Ireland, RTÉ, and BBC Alba.