Tag Archive | "Secret of Kells"

Old Fangs

Friday, October 22, 2010

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Motionographer has an interview with  Adrien Merigeau and Alan Holly about their lovely-looking short animation Old Fangs, which was created with the help of Ireland’s Cartoon Saloon, where the beautiful Oscar-nominted Secret of Kells animated movie was created (one of my Best of the Year choices last December, currently getting a belated UK release this [...]

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BAA – the British Animation Awards

Monday, April 12, 2010

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The winners of the British Animation Awards (which happen every two years) have been announced, with, perhaps predictably (but no less deserved for that), national treasures Aardman Animation picking up two major gongs, scoring in the Best Children’s Series for Shaun the Sheep and the Children’s Choice Award for Wallace and Gromit: a Matter of [...]

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Animation at the Film Fest

Monday, June 29, 2009

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Among the movies I was eager to see during my annual week off at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival were two animated features which we’ve mentioned on here before (regular readers will know of my fascination for all forms of animation) -- the Australian stop-motion film Mary and Max (that rare thing, a feature [...]

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Kells and Moon win at Edinburgh Film Festival

Monday, June 29, 2009

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The awards ceremony on the last night of the Edinburgh International Film Festival on Sunday saw Indy low budget science fiction flick Moon win the coveted Michael Powell award for Best New British Feature Film, while the gorgeous Irish animated film The Secret of Kells won the Standard Life Audience (voted for by the actual [...]

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