Cartoon Saloon recently came to Manchester to accept the prestigious Fellowship Award at the Manchester Animation Festival. Film Focus Online’s Alex Gilston sat down with founders Paul Young, Tomm Moore, and Nora Twomey to talk about the honour, their creative journey, and all things Cartoon Saloon.

It was always going to be an ask to adapt a messy, rushed, second act of a stage musical into a film that feels full and coherent, and Jon M Chu clearly struggles here and Wicked: For Good suffers not being able to reach the lofty heights of the first part.

Film Focus Online sat down with Jack Howard to discuss his jump from comedy to drama, the film itself, working with Caroline Goodall and Hannah Onslow, and more.