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Public art, light installations and performance spaces ‘to transform Kilkenny city-centre’

By Kilkenny Now 21st September 2021 0

Almost half a million euros in funding has been allocated to create five artistic installations that reflect Kilkenny’s medieval heritage, culture and creativity. Kilkenny County Council will receive funding of €439,875 for the scheme as part of the Urban Animation Capital Investment Scheme. The project includes a Cartoon Saloon Mural at Watergate Performance Space,

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Kilkenny’s Cartoon Saloon takes big film prize at IFTA awards

By Colin Bartley 5th July 2021 0

The animated feature film set in Kilkenny that has wowed audiences globally has picked up yet another prestigious gong. Wolfwalkers, by renowned animation studio, Cartoon Saloon, picked up the Best Film title at the Irish Film and Television Awards, which were held virtually last night. The film set in medieval Kilkenny can now add the […]

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‘Sadly it wasn’t fifth time lucky’ – Kilkenny’s Cartoon Saloon misses out on Oscar

By Colin Bartley 26th April 2021 0

There was disappointment in Kilkenny last night after the city’s animation studio Cartoon Saloon was pipped to the Oscar by the favourite. The Oscar for best animated feature went to Pixar for their film ‘Soul’. It was the animation giant’s 17th Oscar. Cartoon Saloon’s ‘Wolfwalkers was the critics’ favourite, but like most of the other […]

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Kilkenny studio scoops SIX new awards in final countdown to big night at the Oscars

By Colin Bartley 20th April 2021 0

Kilkenny’s world renowned animation studio Cartoon Saloon has picked up no fewer than six new awards. Wolfwalkers, the mythological feature film set in Kilkenny, picked up five Annie Awards over the weekend, while Cartoon Saloon picked up another award for a short they made in collaboration with Greenpeace. The Annie Awards are handed out annually […]

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Epic feature set in medieval Kilkenny scoops first gong of awards season

By Colin Bartley 15th April 2021 0

The new feature film from Kilkenny’s globally renowned animation studio, Cartoon Saloon, has finally broken its duck at for this season’s film awards, picking up ‘Wolfwalkers’ first gong. Wolfwalkers won Best Animated Feature at the PETA Oscats last night where it picked up a Golden Feline. Every year, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals […]

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Just one movie stands in way of Oscar glory for Kilkenny: bookies

By Kilkenny Now 22nd March 2021 0

Only one movie stands in the way of Kilkenny film Wolfwalkers grabbing an Oscar next month, according to the betting in the wake of the nominations reveal last week. The latst Oscar-nomination feature from  Kilkenny-based Cartoon Saloon studio has been confirmed as one of the final contenders on the shortlist for Best Animated Feature at […]

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Kilkenny studio’s Oscar-nominated hits now a true work of art

By Kilkenny Now 18th March 2021 0

Kilkenny’s four-time Academy Award-nominated animation studio Cartoon Saloon has launched a virtual news art gallery featuring limited-edition framed prints from a slate of their award-winning films. The gallery features beautiful stills from Cartoon Saloon’s multiple award-nominated and award-winning animated films, including this year’s Academy Award

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Cartoon Saloon’s Kilkenny masterpiece nominated for two international awards

By Colin Bartley 9th March 2021 0

Kilkenny’s multi-award winning Cartoon Saloon are once again fighting it out with the big boys after receiving nominations at two of the world’s most prestigious film awards. The world renowned animation studio has been nominated for a Bafta Award and a Producer Guild of America Award for Best Animated Feature for the universally acclaimed film, […]

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Wolfwalkers exhibition at Kilkenny’s Butler Gallery is virtually unmissable

By Colin Bartley 13th January 2021 0

It’s lockdown and there is not a lot anyone can do, but people in Kilkenny can count themselves lucky as there is one truly extraordinary exhibition that is still going ahead online. The Butler Gallery is hosting an innovative online exhibition on what is bound to be the Kilkenny success story of 2021, Cartoon Saloon’s […]

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New film from Kilkenny’s Cartoon Saloon wolfs FIVE awards in two days

By Colin Bartley 24th December 2020 0

The latest critically-acclaimed feature-length animation from Kilkenny’s Cartoon Saloon has just picked up five prestigious awards over the course of two days. The locally-based studio’s latest feature Wolfwalkers picked up the Best Animated Feature Award at four of the US Film Critics Circle Awards, while it also scooped top prize at the Dublin equivalent. The […]