IN-NOLA Irish Film Festival - Family Film: Secret of Kells (2009)

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Twelve hundred years ago an orphan named Brendan met Brother Aidan, the keeper of an extraordinary, but unfinished, book of illuminations. Aidan sets Brendan a great task, to complete the Book of Kells, which sees him called to a new life of creativity and imagination where adventure, danger and action await him.

With the threat of invading Vikings all around and the help of Aisling, a mysterious young girl, Brendan faces his deepest fears to complete the task. The Book of Kells is one of the masterpieces of European art and this story, a blend of fantasy and legend tells of its creation. 

Winner Best Irish Film Dublin International Film Festival 2009.  (Dir.  Tomm Moore)  75 min

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMPhHTtKZ8Q