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My Father's Dragon will premiere globally on Netflix on Friday 11 November

Kilkenny's Cartoon Saloon goes global with Netflix film

It has been announced that My Father's Dragon, the new adventure from five-time Academy Award-nominated Kilkenny animation studio Cartoon Saloon, will premiere globally on Netflix on Friday 11 November.

Movies • 28 Sep 22

Cartoon Saloon's new animation My Father's Dragon coming to Netflix

O'Dowd among cast for Cartoon Saloon's new Netflix film

Chris O'Dowd, Whoopie Goldberg and Room star Jacob Tremblay are among the all-star cast announced for Cartoon Saloon's new animated film My Father's Dragon.

Movies • 20 Apr 22

Baz Ashmawy to host this year's Irish Animation Awards

Animation Ireland has announced that broadcaster Baz Ashmawy will host the 2021 Irish Animation Awards on Friday May 21.

Irish Animation Awards • 09 May 21

Wolfwalkers was the fifth Oscar nomination for Kilkenny's Cartoon Saloon

Wolfwalkers misses out on Best Animated Feature Oscar

Wolfwalkers from Kilkenny's Cartoon Saloon missed out on the Best Animated Feature Oscar at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday night, with the award going to the favourite, Pixar's existential odyssey Soul.

Oscars 2021 • 26 Apr 21

RTÉ2 will be showing coverage of the Oscars from 9.35pm on Monday, April 26th

Everything you need to know about the Oscars 2021

Covid-19 may have delayed the 93rd Academy Awards, but as they say in show business, the show must go on, albeit with some strict protocols in place.

Oscars 2021 • 25 Apr 21

Wolfwalkers will compete for the Best Animated Feature Oscar at next weekend's Academy Awards

Wolfwalkers wins five Annie Awards in the US

Wolfwalkers, the new animated adventure from Kilkenny's Cartoon Saloon, has won five prizes at the Annie Awards in the US, with the Irish company also honoured for its work on another production, There's a Monster in my Kitchen.

Movies • 17 Apr 21

Irish animation Wolfwalkers hoping for Oscar nomination

Irish animation Wolfwalkers is hoping for an Oscar nomination later today.

Oscars 2021 • 15 Mar 21

Wolfwalkers has 10 Annie Award nominations

Wolfwalkers tops Annie Awards shortlist

Wolfwalkers from Kilkenny's Cartoon Saloon and Disney/Pixar's Soul lead the shortlist for this year's Annie animation awards in the US with 10 nominations each.

Movies • 04 Mar 21

Wolfwalkers opens in Irish cinemas next month

The Secret of Kells team back with Wolfwalkers

The team behind the Oscar-nominated The Breadwinner, Song of the Sea and The Secret of Kells will be back in Irish cinemas with their new film, Wolfwalkers, next month.

Movies • 14 Sep 20

Puffin Rock will be on the big screen in Spring 2021

Puffin Rock rolling into cinemas

Puffin Rock, the animated pre-school series made by Kilkenny-based Oscar nominees Cartoon Saloon and Derry company Dog Ears, is coming to cinemas for the first time.

Movies • 27 Jul 19

Irish director Vincent Lambe's short film Detainment makes Oscars shortlist

Irish filmmakers delighted to be on Oscars shortlist

The animated short film Late Afternoon has been shortlisted for an Academy Award, with Irish director Vincent Lambe's short film Detainment also shortlisted.

Movies • 19 Dec 18

The Book Club - Four hugely successful women get a new lease of libido after reading Fifty Shades of Grey. Yup, it's that bad...

Movie Review Round-Up: The New Releases

The all-star 'comedy' The Book Club is the big release this weekend, but there's plenty of good stuff on screens for when the weather turns.

Movies • 03 Jun 18

Irish Oscar nominees finally defeat the Beast from the East to make it to LA

Snow prevents Irish Oscar nominees from getting to LA

Cartoon Saloon founders Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey missed a pre-Oscars party being held in their honour in Los Angeles due to the Beast from the East. Their film The Breadwinner is nominated for Best Animated Film.

oscars • 01 Mar 18

Lenny Abrahamson's The Little Stranger is among the new films supported by The Irish Film Board

Reeling them in. Film Board set for a very busy 2018

A new feature from Cartoon Saloon, Hugh O'Conor's directorial debut Metal Heart and Oscar-nominated director Lenny Abrahamson's supernatural thriller The Little Stranger are all part of the Irish Film Board's slate of productions for 2018.

Irish Film Board • 25 Jan 18

The Breadwinner is produced by Angelina Jolie

The Breadwinner named Best Animated Film by LA Critics

LA Critics have voted Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon's new feature The Breadwinner as the Best Animated Film of 2017 at their annual awards.

Cartoon Saloon • 07 Dec 17

Cartoon Saloon