Nation gets animated for Oscars

Irish movie-lovers will be rooting for Cartoon Saloon tomorrow evening when the Kilkenny-based animation studio takes on the giants of Hollywood at the 87th Academy Awards ceremony with its feature film, Song of the Sea.

The animated film has already won the award for the Best Animation or Mixed Media Film at the 19th Satellite Awards, which is held by the International Press Academy.

Producer Paul Young and his fiancée, jewellery designer Yvonne Ross, had just landed in Los Angeles to receive the prize when they learned that they had also been nominated for an Academy Award.