The Secret of Kells US Premiere

At long last!

Just there the other day, I caught wind of a date for the premiere showing of The Secret of Kells, possibly the movie I have been anticipating seeing most this year.

Not to babble on too much with excitment, but it will be shown at the IFC Centre in New York as part of the New York International Children’s Film Festival. The dates are the 18th and 19th of July at 11am both days. Tickets are about $12 so tey won’t break the bank too badly.

The film itself is a fantastically animated feature set in Ireland around the time the vikings began invading and centres around a young boy named Brendan, who sets out to complete the illuminated manuscript known as the Book of Kells, which is porobably the most famous literary work to come out of Ireland in the last 1000 years.

The film is traditionally animated with some flash used here and there, but that’s not why I’m so excited. The fact that it is an Irish production with an Irish story is something that makes the old patriotic pride rise up inside me. The absolutely stunning quality of the film is secondary.

Other US showings are possible, but none have been confirmed yet, if you live anywhere near NY, come on down to see it, you will absolutely not be disappointed.

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