Oscar Nomination for The Secret of Kells!

THE SECRET OF KELLS

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

OSCAR NOMINATION!!

Tomm Moore and the rest of the team at Cartoon Saloon are ecstatic to receive an Academy Award ® nomination for Best Animated Feature for their debut feature film THE SECRET OF KELLS.

Best Animated Feature is a huge category to be in, with Cartoon Saloon sharing the nominations with major studios Pixar, Fox, Focus and Disney, and beating other major studios to the short list.

Director Tomm Moore said “The nomination for The Secret of Kells in the animated feature category of the Academy Awards ® is a huge surprise and honour. It’s a tribute to the hard work and dedication of the entire crew and all our partners in the production”.

The Secret of Kells (now on DVD across Ireland) was also recently nominated in the BEST ANIMATED FEATURE category in THE ANNIE AWARDS, (Animation’s Highest Honour), along with 3 IFTA nominations.

Cartoon Saloon began as an informal partnership between a group of animators brought together by Paul Young and Tomm Moore in 1999. The company has since grown into a multi-award winning animation and illustration design studio and develops and produces feature film and TV series projects while producing award winning short films, television commercials, graphic novels and children’s books.

In addition to developing and producing Tomm Moore’s THE SECRET OF KELLS, The Saloon also successful developed and produced its first TV Series, The IFTA award winning SKUNK FU! (which was also nominated for a BAFTA) which has been sold to broadcasters in over 120 countries worldwide, including  the BBC, Cartoon Network, Canal J. France 5 Super RTL Disney and ABC Australia.

Cartoon Saloon is currently in development of a number of new projects, Three new feature film projects, Song of the Sea, Skunk FU! The Movie and Bluebeard. Children’s animated TV series Galaxy Boyz, Pirate Zoe and Puffins Rock are currently in development for the international market.

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