The Breadwinner, funded by the Irish Film Board and produced by Cartoon Saloon, Kilkenny, is one of the five nominations for Best Animated Feature in the 2018 film Academy Awards.

Irish Film Board supported productions have secured four Golden Globe nominations with Lenny Abrahamson’s Room nominated in the category of Best Motion Picture, Room’s Brie Larson and Brooklyn’s Saoirse Ronan both nominated in the category of Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, while Emma Donoghue was nominated for Best Screenplay for Room which she adapted from her own award-winning book.