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BRENDAN AND THE SECRET OF KELLS (Past Film)
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Completed - ENGLISH - Animation - 75 minutes

Log Line

Adventure, action and danger await young Brendan who must fight Vikings and a serpent god to find a crystal and complete the legendary Irish Book of Kells. From the producers of Kirikou and Triplets of Belleville, a new animated masterpiece.

Previous markets

  • Berlin EFM 2009 (Premiere)
  • Cannes 2009 (Screening)
  • Berlin EFM 2010 (Line up)
  • Cannes 2010 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2008

Director(s) : Tomm MOORE
Writer(s) : Fabrice ZIOLKOWSKI, Tomm MOORE
Producer(s) : Didier BRUNNER (Les Armateurs), Paul YOUNG, Viviane VANFLETEREN

Synopsis

In the 9th century, in a remote part of Ireland, lies the fortified Kells Abbey, where 12 year-old Brendan lives quietly. He is hard at work with the other monks to fortify the abbey walls as protection against Viking raids. But he is called to a new life of adventure with the arrival of Brother Aidan, a celebrated master illuminator and keeper of an extraordinary, but unfinished book. Aidan initiates Brendan into the art of illumination, awakening a prodigious talent.
Brendan must finish the magnificent book. He has to overcome his deepest fears on a secret quest that will take him for the first time beyond the abbey’s walls into the enchanted forest where dangerous mythical creatures hide. It is here where he meets the fairy Aisling, a mysterious young white wolf/girl, who will help him along the way.
But with the terrifying Viking hordes closing in, will Brendan’s artistic vision illuminate the darkness and show that enlightenment is the best fortification against barbarians?

Production

Country(ies) : FRANCE, IRELAND, BELGIUM

BELGIUM Feb 11, 2009 KINEPOLIS FILM
BELGIUM SOONER / UNIVER
DENMARK ANGEL FILMS A/S
FRANCE GEBEKA FILMS
GERMANY PANDASTORM PICT
JAPAN Jul 29, 2017 CHILD FILM
NETHERLAND Sep 24, 2009 WW ENTERTAINMEN
NORWAY ARTHAUS
POLAND GUTEK FILM LTD
SPAIN Aug 20, 2010 KARMA FILMS
UKRAINE FOUNDATION OF C
UKRAINE INTERNATIONAL F
UNITED KIN Oct 01, 2010 STUDIOCANAL (UK


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