Stills from Wolfwalker.
Beijing News (reporter Teng Chao) Recently, directed by Tom Moore and Rose Stewart, the pure hand-drawn and ingenious animation film "Wolf Walker" created by the Cartoon Salon of the Irish National Treasure Animation Studio for five years held a premiere ceremony in Shanghai, and producers Zhang Shuo and Yang Ying personally came to the scene to communicate with the audience after the screening, sharing the behind-the-scenes story and creative inspiration of the film, as well as the interesting things that were not known in the early stage of the project.
Producer Zhang Shuo said: "In order to get the inspiration for the hand-drawn portraits, the director went through a large number of ancient Irish books and prints, extracted lines, ornaments and applied them to the animation, and the picture followed the geometric shape design and golden section composition of the previous masterpieces of cartoon salon (animation studio). The original screenplay was still very different from what is presented now, we have made the background of Robin and her father coming to the town more metaphorical, and the story highlights the main line of two girls from different worlds meeting and colliding."
The premiere of "WolfWalker" was held in Shanghai.
Producer Yang Ying revealed: "The Wolfwalker team is a very loving and warm team, during the awards season because of the overseas epidemic, the main creators could not participate in the on-site awards, so everyone organized an online event party - which has even become a new tradition during the epidemic. Awards are presented online, and our director Tom also won the Best Beard award for the team during the pandemic. ”
"Wolfwalker" tells the story of Robin and Miba, two girls from different worlds, who give birth to love and trust in the magical forest, and open the story of the legend of Wolfwalker. It is also the final chapter of the Cartoon Salon trilogy of Irish legends following The Secret of the Book of Kells and The Song of the Sea. The film has been nominated for 99 awards at 31 international awards and nominated for the 93rd Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature. It is reported that the film will be released in Chinese mainland on July 3.
Beijing News reporter Teng Chao
Edited by Huang Jialing Proofreader Wei Zhuo