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Cartoon Saloon is an Irish animation film, short film and television studio based in Kilkenny which provides film TV and short film services. The studio is best known for its animated feature films The Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea, The Breadwinner and Wolfwalkers. Their works have received five Academy Award nominations, their first four feature length works all received nominations for Best Animated Feature and one for Best Animated Short Film ( Late Afternoon). The company also developed the cartoon series Skunk Fu!, Puffin Rock, Dorg Van Dango and Vikingskool. As of 2020, the studio employs 300 animators.
Both The Secret of Kells and the studio’s second feature Song of the Sea were inspired by The Thief and the Cobbler and Mulan while the founders were in university. Tomm Moore, the director of both films, said "Some friends in college and I were inspired by Richard Williams' unfinished masterpiece The Thief and the Cobbler and the Disney movie Mulan, which took indigenous traditional art as the starting point for a beautiful style of 2D animation. I felt that something similar could be done with Irish art." A 2001 meeting with Les Armateurs proved instrumental in the effort to secure funding for The Secret of Kells, and the company helped in the production of the final film. The success and Oscar nomination of the film in 2009 led to major offers for Cartoon Saloon, but the studio chose to remain independent. This led to a difficult time financially for the company for a few years with the partners having to take out personal loans to keep the studio afloat.
As of 2021, Cartoon Saloon is in production of its TV series, Vikingskool and Nora Twomey's second feature for Netflix, My Father's Dragon.
Cartoon Saloon also provided the graphics for the successful Emperor of the Irish exhibition at Trinity College Dublin, in 2014.
| The Secret of Kells | 3 March 2009 19 March 2010 (US) | $8 million | $3.5 million | 90% | 81 |
| Song of the Sea | 19 December 2014 (US) 10 July 2015 (UK & Ireland) | $7.5 million | $4.4 million | 99% | 85 |
| The Breadwinner | 17 November 2017 (US) 25 May 2018 (UK & Ireland) | $1 million | $4.4 million | 95% | 78 |
Wolfwalkers
| €10 million | $1.3 million | 99% | 87 | |
| My Father's Dragon | 4 November 2022 (UK US and Ireland Limited) 11 November 2022 (Netflix) | TBA | TBA | 87% | 74 |
| Puffin Rock and the New Friends | 14 July 2023 (Ireland Limited) 11 August 2023 (UK Limited) 16 April 2024 | TBA | $51K | 100% | TBA |
| Julián | 2026 |
| Based on the TV series of the same name. |
| 10/17/25 | |
| Éiru | 10/17/25 |
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| TG4 | ||||
| RTÉjr/Nick Jr./CBeebies | ||||
| TG4 | ||||
| RTÉ Nickelodeon/Family Channel, co-produced with WildBrain | ||||
| Disney EMEA (Disney+), France Televisions, NRK, RTÉ | ||||
| 7 | Silly Sundays | 2023 | present | RTÉjr/Cartoon Network |
| TBA |
| Apple TV+ |
| Pitched to Amazon Video |
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| 2017 | If You Give a Mouse a Cookie | Co-production | |
| 2017–2019 | Pete the Cat | Co-production | |
| 2019 | The Bug Diaries | Co-production | |
| 2021 | Little Ellen | Co-production | |
| 2022 | The Cuphead Show! | Co-production | |
| 2022 | The Bob's Burgers Movie | Co-production | With Bento Box, Golden Wolf, and Tonic DNA, among others |
| 2022 | El Deafo | Co-production | |
| 2023 | Rick and Morty (season 7) | Co-production | For 5 episodes, with Williams Street and Justin Roiland's Solo Vanity Card Productions!, among others |
| 2010 | Santa's Apprentice | Co-production | Animation production by Gaumont Alphanim |
| 2011 | Co-production | Animation production by Ánima Estudios, as well as Illusion Studios | |
| 2012 | Moon Man | Co-production | Animation production by Schesch Filmkreation |
| 2014 | The Prophet | Segment (On Love) | Animation production by Ventanarosa |
| 2021 | Belle | Background work | Animation production by Studio Chizu |
| Character Design in an Animated Feature Production | Tomm Moore, Marie Thorhauge, Sandra Anderson, Rosa Ballester Cabo | ||
| Directing in an Animated Feature Production | Tomm Moore | ||
| Music in a Feature Production | Bruno Coulais & Kíla | ||
| Production Design in an Animated Feature Production | Adrien Merigeau | ||
| Writing in an Animated Feature Production | Will Collins | ||
| Editorial in an Animated Feature Production | Darragh Byrne | ||
| 19th Satellite Awards | Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature | Song of the Sea | |
| 40th César Awards | Best Animated Feature Film | Song of the Sea | |
| 87th Academy Awards | Best Animated Feature | Tomm Moore and Paul Young | |
| 12th Irish Film & Television Awards | Best Film | Song of the Sea | |
| Best Film Script | Will Collins | ||
| 28th European Film Awards | Best Animated Feature Film | Song of the Sea | |
| 21st Empire Awards | Best Animated Film | Song of the Sea | |
| Character Design in an Animated Feature Production | Reza Riahi, Louise Bagnall, Alice Dieudonné | |
| Directing in an Animated Feature Production | Nora Twomey | |
| Music in an Animated Feature Production | Mychael Danna, Jeff Danna | |
| Production Design in an Animated Feature Production | Ciaran Duffy, Julien Regnard, Daby Zainab Faidhi | |
| Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production | Julien Regnard | |
| Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production | Saara Chaudry | |
| Laara Sadiq | ||
| Writing in an Animated Feature Production | Anita Doron | |
| Editorial in an Animated Feature Production | Darragh Byrne | |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Anita Doron | |
| Best Editing | Darragh Byrne | |
| Best Sound Editing | Nelson Ferreira, John Elliot, J. R. Fountain, Dashen Naidoo, Tyler Whitham | |
| Best Original Score | Mychael Danna, Jeff Danna | |
| Best Original Song | "The Crown Sleeps", Qais Essar and Joshua Hill | |
| Best Animated Female | Eva Whittaker | |
| Honor Kneafsey | ||
| Best FX for Feature | Kim Kelly, Leena Lecklin, Frédéric Plumey, Almu Redondo and Nicole Storck | |
| Best Character Animation - Feature | Emmanuel Asquier-Brassart | |
| Best Character Design - Feature | Federico Pirovano | |
| Best Direction - Feature | Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart | |
| Best Music - Feature | Bruno Coulais and Kíla | |
| Best Production Design - Feature | María Pareja, Ross Stewart and Tomm Moore | |
| Best Storyboarding - Feature | Guillaume Lorin | |
| Best Voice Acting - Feature | Eva Whittaker | |
| Best Writing - Feature | Will Collins | |
| Best Voice Actress in an Animated Movie | Honor Kneafsey | |
| Eva Whittaker | ||
| Best Animated Feature Film | ||
| Best International Feature | Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Paul Young, Nora Twomey and Stéphan Roelants | |
| Best Animated Film | Wolfwalkers | |
| Best Art Direction and Design | Wolfwalkers | |
| Best Editing | Wolfwalkers | |
| Best Irish Feature or Special | Wolfwalkers | |
| Best Music | Wolfwalkers | |
| Best Sound Design | Wolfwalkers | |
| Best Storyboarding | Wolfwalkers | |
| Best Film Director | Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart | |
| Best Film Script | Will Collins | |
| Best Voice Performance | Honor Kneafsey | |
| Honor Kneafsey |
| Outstanding Achievement for Directing in a Feature Production | Nora Twomey |
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