Cartoon Saloon

Uh, what leaped out at you?

Well, I mean, there's, there's the usual great screenings of new films like Iron Boy, which I just loved to death, and things like Julian, which is the new film from Cartoon Saloon, which I have not seen yet, but I'm very excited about.

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... there's a 25 Years of Cartoon Saloon panel with Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart.

There's a r- uh, sort of revival showing, uh, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust.

And we'll talk about the stunt driver that is that's being released in some markets, at least this weekend.

we'll talk about that later on one of my favorites was Julian which is by the Cartoon Saloon team and it was very exciting because they are this is a story set in Brooklyn so it's a really different environment than they typically do in their movies and I really loved seeing that it's about a it's about a little boy who finds out that he's a mermaid And it's very sweet with his grandma and it's got their animation.

That's lovely.

And then I play Rocky.

And if you've not seen part one of my TIFF reviews, also give that a look, because I reviewed All of a Sudden, Minotaur, Fjord, and Club Kid there.

First up is an animated film produced by Irish studio Cartoon Saloon.

Julian is directed by Louise Bagnall and is based on a children's book, and I thought it provided a nicely pleasant story about this young boy.

What most stood out to me is the way it depicts New York City, particularly this neighborhood and the various inhabitants, including Julian's grandmother and her friends.

The animated films I saw was one called Tangles, one called Julian, which you should definitely keep your eye on Julian.

It's by the Cartoon Saloon team.

but it, and it's about this girl who finds out that she's a mermaid that, that, um, and, but it's neat because it has a more of an urban background and it's set in Brooklyn and, uh, it's just a different setting for cartoon insulin, but it still has their quality.

I really enjoyed it.

Laika.

Laika, Ardman, and Cartoon Saloon in Ireland.

They did like Wolfwalkers.

But the interesting thing, so I saw, watched a little preview of that Laika, It's different.

... which is what it was for the Oscars, uh, Your Name, Miss Hokusai, Long Way North, and then the eventual winner, which was The Red Turtle.

The following year, Loving Vincent- Napping Princess, In the Corner of This World, The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales, and then the eventual winner, The Breadwinner, which is a Cartoon Saloon.

Good for them.

Uh, 'cause Cartoon Saloon also doesn't get honored by the Oscars the year that they should have won-

It was for Wolfwalkers

... with, with Wolfwalkers, and they didn't, and I'm still mad about it.

Gráinne is not simply a historical figure, a nationalist icon, or a feminist icon, but also a multimillion-dollar industry.

There has been a Broadway musical about her, a musical suite by Sean Davey, an animated short by the Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon, uncountable books for every age group, jewelry, clothing lines, pubs, ships, and even a very risqué bodice ripper series.

[laughing] Seriously, they say it's Skye O'Malley.

It is not.

Um, it's about a-- it's like kind of acts as a travelogue, and a lot of the 2D animation is infused with kind of real-life footage, so it kind of vibrantly brings these images to life in this really beautiful kind of scrapbook kind of way.

Um, we also, for animation fans, we have the new film by Cartoon Saloon, um, called Julian.

Um, if you are not aware, Cartoon Saloon are really beautiful animators who've created films such as Song of the Sea, Secret of the Cows, and The Breadwinner.

Um, but Julian is a really moving and entertaining film about a young boy that wants to be a mermaid, and it's a film kind of about being true to yourself.

So we're seeing some really, uh, I think just the way people are using the art form in terms of filmmaking, using it in really interesting ways to tell very ambitious kind of stories and, um, very personal stories as well, as well as very political, very, um- You know, ambitious with the way, um, so it's really nice to see that people, yeah, we're seeing lots of fresh work, which is really exciting.