Cartoon Saloon

Cartoon Saloon is an Irish animation film and television studio based in Kilkenny which provides illustration, design, film and TV services, founded in 1999. The studio is best known for its animated feature films The Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea, and The Breadwinner. Their works have received four Academy Award nominations, three for Best Animated Feature and one for Best Animated Short Film (Late Afternoon). Cartoon Saloon is currently working on the next Disney Channel's series, Vikingskool.

History
Kilkenny-based Cartoon Saloon is a three time Academy Award®, Golden Globe®, BAFTA and Emmy nominated animation studio formed by Paul Young, Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey in 1999. From award-winning shorts to feature films and TV series, Cartoon Saloon has carved a special place in the international Animation industry.

In 2010 the studio’s first feature film, The Secret of Kells, was nominated for an Academy Award® and in 2015 Tomm Moore’s follow up feature, Song of the Sea, garnered Moore a second Oscar® Nomination and a first nomination for Producer Paul Young.

Golden Globe® and Academy Award® nominated “The Breadwinner” was released in the US and Canada in November 2017 to huge critical acclaim. Directed by Cartoon Saloon’s Nora Twomey, it is based on the internationally acclaimed young adult novel of the same name by Canadian author Deborah Ellis. It was co-produced with Canada’s Aircraft Pictures, Luxembourg’s Melusine Productions and in association with Jolie Pas Productions. It was released in the UK and Ireland on May 25th, 2018

Their Emmy nominated preschool series, Puffin Rock, is currently being broadcast worldwide on Netflix in over 25 languages and on Tencent streaming service where it is close to 100 million views in China alone.

Cartoon Saloon are currently working on a development slate of their own work while also in early pre-production of a number of projects including TV Series, Dorg van Dango Tomm Moore’s 3rd feature “Wolfwalkers”, and Nora Twomey's 2nd feature for Netflix, My Father's Dragon.

The studio is currently working on the next series of Disney Channel, Vikingskool.