WOLFWALKERS, made by Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon, has been nominated for an Oscar. Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart’s Wolfwalkers, produced in Kilkenny, has been nominated as best animated feature for the upcoming 93rd Academy Awards.This is the Irish studio’s fourth nomination in the category and, locked in an apparent two-horse race with Pixar’s Soul, offers them their best chance yet to win the prize.
Cartoon Saloon has established itself as one of the world’s most consistently excellent animation studios, having received Oscar nominations across multiple projects. Their latest project WOLFWALKERS, which sold in a glossy deal to Apple TV+, is a continuation of themes grounded in Irish folklore.
The Irish director talks the timelessness of hand-drawn animation and, how, when he started working on WOLFWALKERS years ago, he did not foresee its themes of polarization and otherization becoming depressingly timely in 2020.
CARTOON SALOON’s animated feature WOLFWALKERS is tipped by industry bible, VARIETY MAGAZINE, to win an Oscar next year as audiences are flocking to find out why. The film was No. 1 at the Irish box office this weekend and 3rd overall in UK/Ireland.
Directed by ROSS STEWART and TOMM MOORE (SONG OF THE SEA, THE SECRET OF KELLS), Wolfwalkers is now available on Apple TV+ on Dec. 11. Before then, you can get a taste of this beautiful new animated film by the incredible trailer.