News What's On

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 […]

News

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 […]

Business News

100/100: Kilkenny-based film gets perfect score from world’s top movie site

By Colin Bartley 17th December 2020 0

The latest feature-length animation from Kilkenny’s Cartoon Saloon continues to woo critics and audiences alike – and now it’s received a perfect viewer rating on the world’s foremost online movie site. Wolfwalkers is registering a 100% audience score on the movie buffs’ favourite website Rotten Tomatoes just days after its release on an international

Business Food & Drink News What's On

Festive hampers, handmade gifts and the hidden secrets of movie making at Kilkenny’s Butler Gallery

By Kilkenny Now 6th December 2020 0

By Jayde Maher Budding young local artists will get a chance to brush up on their skills as a special festive workshop for children aged between 5 and 12. The Butler Gallery’s Christmas art workshops, which take place on Sunday, December 6 and again on December 13, are just one of a series of new […]

Business News

Feature film set in historic Kilkenny city wins prestigious international award

By Colin Bartley 30th October 2020 0

The latest offering from Kilkenny’s world renowned animation studio Cartoon Saloon has picked up the first of what is suspected to be many awards – just days before the film goes on general release. The prestigious American Film Institute annual festival AFI-Fest held their awards ceremony over the weekend in Los Angeles, with Cartoon Saloon’s […]

Business News

WATCH: Kilkenny’s Cartoon Saloon team up with Greenpeace for hard-hitting short film

By Colin Bartley 22nd October 2020 0

Kilkenny’s globally renowned animation company has teamed up with a global environmental activist group to create a film it hopes will put pressure on businesses they say are destroying the earth’s vital rainforests for the benefit of the meat industry. Greenpeace has released the short animation ‘There’s a Monster in my Kitchen’ produced by the […]

Business News

New feature from Kilkenny’s Cartoon Saloon studio draws rave reviews

By Kilkenny Now 14th September 2020 0

The new feature by Kilkenny’s talented Cartoon Saloon team is getting the thumbs up from critics. Wolfwalkers, the latest offering from the multi award-winning animation studio, had its world premiere at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival over the weekend. And it appears the feature is already getting rave reviews. Irish Times film critic Donald […]

Business Jobs News

Kilkenny’s Cartoon Saloon reveals exciting new plans to draw on local talent

By Kilkenny Now 12th September 2020 0

Kilkenny multi award-winning studio Cartoon Saloon is planning to run their own courses to train a new generation of animation artists. It is hoping to draw on local artistic talents to help the studio to grow over the coming years. The courses would also help to provide more local jobs. Cartoon Saloon’s new feature Wolfwalkers […]

Business News What's On

Kilkenny-made cartoon to premiere at prestigious international film festival

By Kilkenny Now 10th September 2020 5

The latest feature from the award-winning Kilkenny studio Cartoon Saloon will have it world premiere at the 45th Toronto International Film Festival. Wolfwalkers is the fourth feature from Cartoon Saloon, and the studio’s third film directed by Tomm Moore, who previously helmed the Oscar-nominated The Secret of Kells and Song of the Sea. Wolfwalkers follows Robyn

Business News

Kilkenny studio’s Oscar nominated masterpiece is in top five animated film of the decade

By Colin Bartley 13th December 2019 0

KILKENNY’S world-famous animation studio, Cartoon Saloon, has received yet another stunning endorsement of their work. With the decade coming to a close, many take time to reflect on what has just gone by, which is exactly what one of the most influential magazines in the movie business has just done. They have decided Cartoon Saloon’s […]