It's a love that has helped Cartoon Saloon stand out from the crowd, though it was also born of necessity. In 2010, The Secret of Kells lost the animation Oscar to Disney Pixar's Up.

Typically, fine line animation is often overlooked, but not at Cartoon Saloon. “They imagine their job as being like comic book inkers, who are able to express emotions like sadness or anger ...

Tomm Moore has been with Cartoon Saloon from the start and he is the co-director of the film along with Ross Stewart. He shows us how to draw the two main characters in the film - Robyn ...

Compare with the nuanced characters that populate the eco-epics of Hayao Miyazaki, one of Cartoon Saloon’s creative lodestars: they often act unpredictably, their motives not immediately clear.

Reza Riahi. Cartoon Saloon’s third feature film The Breadwinner, directed by Nora Twomey, is currently nominated for an Academy Award for best animated feature.

TOULOUSE, France– Cartoon Saloon, the Irish company best known for Tomm Moore’s Oscar-nominated “The Secret of Kells,” is developing “Ellie the Ace,” an action-packed animated series ...

McNamara came to Kilkenny to work with the Cartoon Saloon animators. They previsualized the action in 3D and used VR to plan the camera fly-throughs in the medieval town and lush forest.