The small Irish animation studio that keeps getting Oscars' attention
Tomm Moore, an Irish filmmaker and animator, next to drawings from the film, Wolfwalkers, a film from Moores studio, Cartoon Saloon, being exhibited at the Butler Gallery in Kilkenny, Ireland, Nov. 30, 2020. With Wolfwalkers, Cartoon Saloon completes a hand-drawn trilogy based on Celtic mythology. Paulo Nunes dos Santos/The New York Times.
by Carlos Aguilar
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- When Tomm Moore and 11 friends in the small city of Kilkenny, Ireland, set out to make an animated movie in 1999 based on Celtic mythology, they could hardly imagine their labor of love would become a studio that would revolutionize the animation industry in Ireland, revitalize interest in folklore at home and connect with a global audience.