Tag: Wolfwalkers
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Best Irish Animated Movies and Shows
Ireland’s contribution to American animation can often be overlooked, but Irish cartoon features have begun to win well-earned recognition in recent years. Last year’s Wolfwalkers was met with nearly universal critical acclaim, and according to one of its producers, The Secret of Kells made more of a splash internationally than at home. But not every…
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Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Pinocchio’ to Get London Film Festival World Premiere
Click here to read the full article.The 66th BFI London Film Festival has unveiled its lineup of world premieres at this year’s edition, including Guillermo del Toro’s Netflix stop-motion animation film Pinocchio.The fest will also mark the debut of Creature, a collaboration between choreographer Akram Khan and Oscar winner Asif Kapadia, as well as family…
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Streaming: the pick of the best children’s films for the summer holidays
Our critic surveys the streaming services’s current offerings to find the best family films – from Monsters, Inc to The Muppet Movie, Wolfwalkers to WadjdaYou’ve survived the heatwave, perhaps already been away, and still the school holidays stretch languidly into September, demanding plans and playdates and activities to fill the slowed summer hours. Sitting the…
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‘Normal People’ Sweeps the Board at Irish Film and Television Awards, ‘Wolfwalkers’ Takes Best Film
The Academy Award-nominated animated feature “Wolfwalkers,” from Kilkenny-based studio Cartoon Saloon, has won Best Film at the Irish Film and Television Awards this evening.It is the second time an animated feature has won in the category, the first being Cartoon Saloon’s “Song of the Sea” in 2015.“Avengers: Endgame” star Josh Brolin presented the award for…
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‘Normal People’ Sweeps the Board at Irish Film and Television Awards, ‘Wolfwalkers’ Takes Best Film
The Academy Award-nominated animated feature “Wolfwalkers,” from Kilkenny-based studio Cartoon Saloon, has won Best Film at the Irish Film and Television Awards this evening.It is the second time an animated feature has won in the category, the first being Cartoon Saloon’s “Song of the Sea” in 2015.“Avengers: Endgame” star Josh Brolin presented the award for…
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Annie Awards: ‘Soul’ and ‘Wolfwalkers’ Sweep Feature Animation Honors
Pixar’s “Soul” and Cartoon Saloon’s “Wolfwalkers” swept Asifa-Hollywood’s 48th Annie Awards Friday night, with the former grabbing seven animated feature awards and the latter capturing five (plus the sponsored prize for “There’s a Monster in My Kitchen”).The Black-led, existential fantasy “Soul” took best feature, writing, music, character animation, FX, storyboarding, and editorial. The hand-drawn Irish…
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‘Soul’ and ‘Wolfwalkers’ Take Top Honors at Annie Awards
Pixar’s “Soul” continued its awards season dominance on Friday by winning seven Annie Awards, including feature. The jazzy look at the before-life also won for music, writing (Pete Docter. Mike Jones and Kemp Powers), character animation (Michal Makarewicz), FX, storyboarding (Trevor Jimenez) and editorial.“Wolfwalkers,” from Irish studio Cartoon Saloon and Melusine Prods. for Apple and…
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‘Wolfwalkers’: How Cartoon Saloon Experimented with the ‘Wolfvision’ Pov for the Irish Folktale
For directors Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart, their hand-drawn “Wolfwalkers” Irish folktale demanded something special to convey the Pov of running with the wolves. That’s because Wolfwalkers are humans that possess a spiritual connection with the wolves and roam among them at night as avatars. And Wolfvision, according to Moore, was “an attempt to show…
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‘Wolfwalkers’ is Returning to Select Theaters Ahead of the Oscars
Wolfwalkers is storming theaters again. Fresh off its Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature, the Cartoon Saloon film is getting a theatrical re-release courtesy of animation distributor Gkids. While Wolfwalkers opened in a few theaters in the fall, the coronavirus led to most people seeing it on Apple TV+ in December, where it was greeted…