New York-based GKIDS announced today that it has entered into a distribution agreement with Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon for the North American rights to the upcoming animated feature Song Of ...

He has yet to hit his fourth decade on the destabilized Earth to which his films are (re)connecting us, but Ireland-born Tomm Moore is nevertheless piling up the powerful visual experiences. “Without ...

Like the best animated films, the Academy Award nominee “Song of the Sea” creates a magical world, one that pulls you in and leaves you, when it’s over, feeling changed by the journey. Directed by ...

It feels like there's been more outrage than usual at this year's snubs among Oscar nominations. Though it isn't as serious as the noticeable lack of diversity in almost every other category, one of ...

Here’s our first look at Cartoon Saloon’s highly anticipated hand-drawn pic Song of the Sea, which will be released in the US this fall by GKIDS. The Irish film is directed by Tomm Moore whose debut ...

Walking along Ventry beach in south west island, it’s easy to see how a filmmaker might be inspired by the spectacular landscape: the rolling hills and craggy rocks, the overwhelming air of ...

American super-hero comic books and the animation studio that Don Bluth had set up in Dublin. But by the time he was old enough to apply for professional work, Bluth had moved back to the U.S. Moore ...

No animation has ever won the Oscar for best film, yet this year’s animated feature nominees – which included The Tale of The Princess Kaguya, The Boxtrolls, and Song of the Sea – proved that some of ...

What began as a great discussion about the inspiration, design and production of the superb Song Of The Sea gradually, over the course of a half-hour interview, morphed into a more general chat about ...

It is the second film produced by Kilkenny’s Cartoon Saloon to have received an Oscar nomination — the first was in 2010 for The Secret of the Kells. The company, which employs 45 staff, is pitted ...

The Song of the Sea and The Secret of Kells are graphic novel adaptations of Tom Moore and Cartoon Saloon's Irish Folklore Trilogy, adapted by Samuel Sattin who previously adapted the first film in ...