FR, BE, IE | 2009 | animation | 75 min
reż|dir Tomm Moore, Nora Twomey pro|pro Didier Brunner, Paul Young, Tomm Moore, Viviane Vanfleteren sce|sc Tomm Moore, Fabrice Ziolkowsk muz|mus Bruno Coulais mon|ed Fabienne Alvarez-Giro ob|cast Evan McGuire, Christen Mooney, Brendan Gleeson, Mick Lally dys|dis Gutek Film 

The Book of Kells is an authentic manuscript of Celtic monks from turn of the eighth and ninth centuries, one of the most precious relicts of the Irish medieval art. Kells is a name of an abbey located in Meath county in Ireland. In Kelles lives Brendan, a helpful and benevolent twenty year old boy. He helps monks in keeping the abbey, not knowing the outside world. When brother Aidan arrives to the abbey, he discovers, that Brendan has a talent and good heart necessary to help him finishing the great book. In order to do it, Brendan will have to face many dangers and go through his own initiation.   Visually The Secret of Kells is fascinating: magical atmosphere combined with simplified line and intelligent deformation inspired by art of medieval illumination and ornamentation.  

AWARDS
2010 Academy Awards  – Oscar nomination
2009 European Film Awards – nomination

DIRECTOR | Tomm Moore (1977)
Irish illustrator, cartoonist, filmmaker. He studied classical animation at the Ballyfermot College in Dublin. He is one of the founders of Cartoon Saloon, a company dedicated to film and television animation. His firs film The Secret of Kells was an Oscar nominee.