Irish animated film Wolfwalkers has bagged a Golden Globe nomination for Best Motion Picture, Animated.

The film from Kilkenny-based animation studio Cartoon Saloon will compete in the category against The Croods: A New Age, Onward, Over the Moon and Disney +/Pixar newcomer Soul.

Directed by Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart, Wolfwalkers follows Robyn Goodfellowe (English actress Honor Kneasfy), a young apprentice hunter who journeys to Ireland with her father in a time of superstition and magic to wipe out the last wolf pack. Her parent also happens to work for Oliver Cromwell - one of the most vilified characters in Irish history.

While exploring the forbidden lands outside the city walls, she befriends a free-spirited girl, Mebh (Irish newcomer Eva Whittaker), a member of a mysterious tribe rumoured to have the ability to transform into wolves by night.