The Small Irish Animation Studio That Keeps Getting the Oscarsâ Attention
With âWolfwalkers,â Cartoon Saloon completes a hand-drawn trilogy based on Celtic mythology. The film epitomizes everything the studio stands for.
Tomm Moore next to drawings from âWolfwalkersâ being exhibited at the Butler Gallery in Kilkenny, Ireland.Credit.Paulo Nunes dos Santos for The New York Times
By Carlos Aguilar
Published Dec. 16, 2020Updated Dec. 21, 2020
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.