The Day Henry Met..? was launched at MIP Junior 2015 and last April won The Pulcinella Award for the Best European Work at Cartoons on the Bay and it is currently the top rated series for preschool children in Australia, airing on Nick Junior. Internationally, the series has also been acquired by RTE Junior-Ireland, Nick Junior-UK, SVT-Sweden, YLE-Finland, TVO... Read more...
Puffin Rock won two awards at Kidscreen Awards in Miami. The series from Oscar-nominated Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon, Derry-based studio Dog Ears and global publisher Penguin took home the awards in the Programming – Preschool Category for Best New Series and Best Animated Series The Kidscreen Awards single out and celebrate the year’s best work in kids television programming... Read more...
Mooshku was selected for 2015 Nickelodeon Animated Shorts Selections. TRUFAX TOT COP created by Jason and Méabh Tammemägi follows the world’s youngest, cutest detective, on his noir-influenced adventures as he solves preschool mysteries. The annual program, overseen by network development executives, accepts domestic and international pitches that will be developed into animated shorts for the Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. audiences.... Read more...
Dublin Animation Film Festival, (DAFF) Ireland’s only film festival that is dedicated solely to animation has announced its programme of Guest Speakers. Dublin Animation Film Festival is an annual event designed to celebrate both national and international animators and is celebrating its fifth year. The festival will take place this year on the 16th and 17th October 2015 at IADT... Read more...
A rundown of just some of the press that Cartoon Saloon‘s Song of the Sea is receiving across the globle: Irish Premeire July 9th Galway Film Fleadh http://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/song-of-the-sea/tomm-moore-making-of-interview/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-33409394 Sunday Irish Independent Supplement July 5th Tomm Moore & David Rawle on BBC Breakfast July 6th http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/screenwriter/2015/07/12/song-of-the-sea-wins-best-irish-feature-at-the-galway-film-fleadh/ http://ohthatfilmblog.com/2015/07/14/song-of-the-sea-2014/ Today FM Interview Visit Rory Animator-in-Residence @CartoonSaloon @songofthesea exhibition for insight into the... Read more...