Cartoon Saloon ‘s animated short film “ Éiru ” will play ahead of North American theatrical screenings of the upcoming feature “‘ Little Amélie or The Character of Rain .”

Written and directed by Cartoon Saloon veteran Giovanna Ferrari, and produced by Academy

Award nominee Nora Twomey (“The Breadwinner”), “Éiru” follows the smallest child of an Iron Age clan who wants to be a mighty warrior and taken seriously by her kinfolk. But when the village’s well mysteriously dries up, only she is small enough to descend into the belly of the earth to investigate and bring the water of life back to her people.

The film has already won the Satoshi Kon Award for Excellence in Animation (Best Short Film – Silver) at Fantasia International Film Festival.

Prior to their theatrical release, “Lit

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