Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland is delighted to congratulate Cartoon Saloon, Element Pictures, Niamh Algar and Barry Keoghan, along with the creative teams behind Irish films Calm With Horses and Wolfwalkers, on their British Academy of Film and Television Awards (BAFTA) nominations, which were announced today. Calm With Horses received four nominations, including Best Outstanding British Film, while Wolfwalkers is nominated for Best Animated Film.
Both Irish films and acting talent have seen incredible success at the BAFTAs over the years. Whether it is a piercing crime thriller or a visually breathtaking animated adventure, Calm With Horses and Wolfwalkers particularly highlight the depth and range of Irish films available to audiences around the world. .
Calm With Horses, directed by Nick Rowland and written by Joe Murtagh, is also nominated for Best Casting for Shaheen Baig and Supporting Actor and Actress nominations for Barry Keoghan and Niamh Algar. Since its release, the film has received critical acclaim, with The Observer calling it “a blistering debut”. Supported by Screen Ireland, as well as the WRAP Fund, the film shot on location in Co. Galway.
Wolfwalkers is the third instalment of the animated Irish folklore trilogy from the internationally renowned animation studio Cartoon Saloon, based in Kilkenny. The Apple Original film was produced by Paul Young, Nora Twomey and Tomm Moore for Cartoon Saloon and by Stéphan Roelants for Melusine Productions.
Wolfwalkers is currently available to watch on Apple TV+.
Calm With Horses is currently available to watch on Netflix in the UK and Ireland.
