Cartoon Saloon's My Father's Dragon, directed by Nora Twomey, who is among the panellists at this week's World Animation Summit. Photograph: Netflix.Screen Ireland and Enterprise Ireland are leading a delegation of 11 Irish animation companies including multiple Oscar nominee Cartoon Saloon on a mission to promote the Irish animation sector in Hollywood.
The companies are attending the three-day World Animation Summit in Los Angeles, where they will meet representatives of industry giants including Amazon, Netflix and Disney, with Screen Ireland and Enterprise Ireland sponsoring a networking breakfast at the summit on Tuesday. Alongside Kilkenny’s Cartoon Saloon, the companies taking part are Elk Studios from Dundalk, Moetion Films from Galway, Studio Meala from Boyle, Co Roscommon and the Dublin-based companies Turnip and Duck, Giant, Ink & Light, Kavaleer, Little Moon, Piranha Bar and Treehouse Republic.
Cartoon Saloon’s Nora Twomey, the director of imminent Netflix release My Father’s Dragon, was scheduled to participate in a panel on Monday about awards season contenders, while Kavaleer chief executive Andrew Kavanagh was due to take part in a discussion on how to find the right global partner.