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

By Kilkenny Now 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

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Light, cameras … Christmas! Festive lights to set Kilkenny city aglow this weekend

By Kilkenny Now 26th November 2020 0

The pandemic may have put a damper on this year, but the spirit of Christmas lives on in Kilkenny. And this weekend the city will bask in festive cheer as the Christmas lights are turned on to mark the countdown to the big day. Although crowds are not permitted due to Covid restrictions, everyone living […]

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Feature film set in historic Kilkenny city wins prestigious international award

By Kilkenny Now 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 […]

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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 […]

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Kilkenny-made cartoon to premiere at prestigious international film festival

By Kilkenny Now 10th September 2020 11

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

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Kilkenny to star in Cartoon Saloon’s eagerly awaited new feature

By Kilkenny Now 6th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY will a huge part in Cartoon Saloon’s eagerly awaited feature, Wolfwalkers. The transformation animation is not just produced in the city, but the feature is also set in mid-17th century Kilkenny. Wolfwalkers tells the story of Robyn Goodfellow, a young apprentice hunter who comes to Ireland with her father to wipe out the last pack […]