Éiru - Cartoon Saloon |

When the water mysteriously disappears from the well in a warrior clan’s village, an intrepid child descends into the belly of the earth to retrieve it.

Éiru is the story of a child in search of a challenge, and a goddess in search of a champion.

Screenings

UPCOMING

deadCenter Film – USA, June 2025

Seattle International Film Festival – USA, May/June 2025

PREVIOUS

Cleveland International Film Festival -USA, April 2025 (World Premiere)

Athens International Film and Video Festival – USA, April 2025

RiverRun International Film Festival – USA, April 2025

Cast & Crew

Written and Directed by
Giovanna Ferrari
Producer
Nora Twomey
Executive Producers for
Cartoon Saloon
Tomm Moore
Paul Young
Gerry Shirren
Executive Producer for
Herstory
Melanie Lynch
Executive Producers for
BCP Asset Management
John Gleeson
Oisín O’Neill
Executive Producer for
Screen Ireland
Nada Cirjanic

VOICE CAST

Éiru
Coco Teehan Roche
Flame Chieftain
Michael McGrath
Flame Warrior 1
Richie Cody
Flame Clan Sower
Niamh Moyles
Flame Warrior
Susie Lamb
Rowan
Lydia Deegan
Rocky
Lucy Philpott
Stone Clan Chief &
Stone Clan Warrior
David Bergin
Tree Clan Chief
Paul Young
Additional voices
Oliver McGrath
Orla Smith
Ann Mulrooney
Stephen Whittingham
Aislin Konings Ferrari

Line Producer
Katja Schumann
Associate Producers
Catherine Keane
Catherine Roycroft

Development Producers
Ailbhe McCabe,
Jason Tammemägi
Art Director
Áine Mc Guinness
Editors
Richie Cody ACE BFE
Nora Twomey

GIOVANNA FERRARI, DIRECTOR

Since the early 2000’s, Giovanna has worked on several feature films across Europe as both a storyboard artist and animator. She has worked with Cartoon Saloon on a number of projects, including Song of The Sea, The Breadwinner, Wolfwalkers, and the Star Wars: Visions episode Screecher’s Reach. She was head of story and animation director on My Father’s Dragon, directed by Nora Twomey. She is currently working as the head of story on a feature film in development in the studio.

Giovanna was awarded an Emile Award in 2018 for her storyboards on The Breadwinner and an Irish Animation Award in 2023 for My Father’s Dragon.

NORA TWOMEY, PRODUCER

Nora’s passion for visual storytelling began at an early age and has led her to explore the medium of animation with her collaborators in Cartoon Saloon in Kilkenny, Ireland. From the studio’s early years, directing award winning short films & commercials, she went on to co-direct Tomm Moore’s Academy Award® nominated The Secret of Kells while also guiding the development processes on a number of series including the preschool show Puffin Rock.

She directed The Breadwinner, which was nominated for an Academy Award® & Golden Globe®, and won several international awards including the Best Indie Feature Annie and the Audience & Jury Awards at Annecy. Nora most recently directed My Father’s Dragon feature film, a Netflix original animated feature, inspired by the Newbery Award winning children’s book by Ruth Stiles Gannett.

She continues to collaborate with her creative partners Tomm Moore and Paul Young as a director, producer, editor, writer, production artist and voice director, depending on the needs of each production.

MELANIE LYNCH, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Melanie is a social entrepreneur and award-winning creative with a passion for justice, equality and storytelling. Starting a degree in Mathematics & Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin, she decided to take a detour and enrolled in art college, leading to a career working on iconic global brands and NGOs at some of the world’s best advertising agencies in London and Paris.

In 2016 she founded Herstory, spearheading Herstory on RTÉ -the first comprehensive women’s storytelling platform on Ireland’s national broadcaster; Blazing a Trail – the first women’s exhibition to tour the Irish Embassy network worldwide; and the campaign to make Brigid’s Day Ireland’s first national holiday named after a woman.

When Melanie’s not masterminding new arts education projects or swimming in the sea, she loves to put pen to paper. A Compassionate Feminist, she believes we can turn the war of the sexes into a dance to equality. On RTÉ Culture she explores her personal migration story and the inspiration behind our Movement project. A born naturalist, her quest for authentic stories led her to Borneo where she immersed in the indigenous Dayak culture and made lifelong friends with the guardians of the Borneo rainforest.

In 2024, Melanie started Our Story.

HERSTORY
Founded by Melanie Lynch in 2016, the Herstory movement tells the stories of modern, historic and mythic women. Our mission is to give the public authentic female role models, inspiring countries around the. world to start their own Herstory movements. Since 2017 the annual Herstory Light Festival lights up iconic landmarks in honour of women to mark Brigid’s Day.

In 2018, Herstory initiated and co-produced Blazing a Trail with the Department of Foreign Affairs and EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum – it is the first women’s exhibition to tour the Irish Embassy network worldwide. In 2020, Herstory co-produced Herstory on RTÉ – the first comprehensive women’s storytelling platform on Ireland’s national broadcaster – featuring a major documentary TV series, animation series, podcasts, school workshops and more. In 2022 Herstory successfully campaigned to make Brigid’s Day Ireland’s first national holiday named after a woman – our Goddess and Saint – and a celebration of all women.