Cartoon Saloon

Kilkenny-based Cartoon Saloon is a twice Academy Award® and BAFTA nominated animation studio formed by Paul Young, Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey in 1999. From award-winning shorts to Feature Films and TV series, Cartoon Saloon has carved a special place in the international Animation industry. In 2010 the studio's first feature film, The Secret of Kells, was nominated for an Academy Award® and in 2015 Tomm Moore's follow up feature, Song of the Sea, garnered Moore a second Oscar® Nomination and a first nomination for Producer Paul Young. Concentrating the artistic skills and experience of the company's core creative founders, Cartoon Saloon continues to tell stories for the screen, aligning with artists and partners with whom they can grow and learn. Season 2 of its multi award winning Puffin Rock preschool series is still enjoying worldwide success having just launched in China, Japan, Slovakia, Switzerland, Turkey and Hungary adding to their worldwide spread. Co-produced with Penguin Random House Children's and Dog Ears, the show premiered exclusively on Netflix worldwide including the U.S. and Canada.