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GKIDS to distribute ‘The Secret of Kells’ in the US
The US rights to the Irish animated feature film THE SECRET OF KELLS directed by Tomm Moore has been acquired by GKIDS.
The film is now set to receive an Academy-qualifying run early next month in LA and will be released theatrically in the US in March 2010.
The Secret of Kells, which features the voice talent of Brendan Gleeson and Mick Lally, tells the story of an orphan named Brendan who is set the task of completing the Book of Kells. The task sees him called to a new life of creativity and imagination where adventure, danger and action await him.
It has had much festival success being selected for some of the most prestigious film festivals in the world such as the Berlin Film Festival and winning a host of international awards including Audience Awards at the Annecy Animation, Kecskemet and the Edinburgh film festivals.
Produced by European Producers of the Year, Cartoon Saloon with Les Armateurs and Viva Film, The Secret of Kells received funding from the IFB, BCI, France 2 Cinema, Eurimages, Media programme, Canal+ Cine Cinema, Conseil General de la Charente, Piste Rouge, Flanders Audiovisual Fund, Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Communauté Française de Belgique et des Télédistributeurs Wallons, Promimage and Wallimage.
GKIDS distributes indie films for family and art house audiences and is a longtime producer of the New York International Children’s Film Festival.
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