Cartoon Saloon
Run Time: TBD min.
About the filmmakers:
In 1998, Tomm Moore co-founded Cartoon Saloon with fellow filmmakers Paul Young and Nora Twomey with a focus on dazzling hand-drawn animation designed to communicate culturally specific narrative traditions.
Along with the Academy Award-nominated Irish folklore trilogy – The Secret of Kells (2009), Song of the Sea (2014) and Wolfwalkers (2020) – the animation studio has produced critically acclaimed features and shorts including Twomey’s Academy Award-nominated feature The Breadwinner (2017) and Louise Bagnall’s nominated short Late Afternoon (2018), which also won at Tribeca Film Festival.
The Gateway Film Center is one of only a few venues in the country to have screened all four of Cartoon Saloon’s feature films, and we are thrilled to experience their unique stories with you again now.
Learn more about the filmmakers at cartoonsaloon.ie
The Program
The Breadwinner (2017)
Director Nora Twomey
In 2001, Afghanistan is under the control of the Taliban. When her father is captured, a determined young girl disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.
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The Secret of Kells (2009)
Directors Nora Twomey and Tomm Moore
First film in the Irish folklore trilogy. In ancient Ireland, a young boy is beckoned to adventure when a celebrated master illuminator arrives with an ancient book, brimming with secret wisdom and powers.
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Song of the Sea (2014)
Director Tomm Moore
Second film in the Irish folklore trilogy. Ben and his little sister Saoirse – the last Seal-child – embark on a fantastic journey to free the fairies and save the spirit world.
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Wolfwalkers (2020)
Directors Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart
Final film in the Irish folklore trilogy. The tale of a magical, unlikely friendship between two girls in 17th-century Ireland.
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Short Films
A screening of the Irish animation studio’s short films for MyGFC Members.
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