OUR BOYZ GET AN OSCAR NOMINATION
Congratulations to all at Cartoon Saloon on their Oscar nomination for The Secret of Kells!
Director Tomm Moore was a member of Young Irish Film Makers for many years as well as fellow Cartoon Salooners Ross Murray and Ross Stewart and Skunk Fu! TV series director, Aiden Harte.
After college they gathered fourteen of their friends together and created Cartoon Saloon through participation in a three year FAS scheme in Young Irish Film Makers set up by Oliver Clancy and Michael O’Meara. During their time here they developed the early concepts for Rebel, the early name for the film that was to become The Secret of Kells.
Tomm and his team had a real struggle over many years to put all the elements of The Secret of Kells together and there were times when it looked like the film would never happen. But they stuck with the task and now we can see their completed vision, The Secret of Kells, in all its luminous beauty.
Well done, Tomm, from everyone in Young Irish Film Makers. Your vision and creation of The Secret of Kells is an inspiration to all our young members and a wonderful gift to the world.
Every best wish for an Oscar win in 2010. And then five in a row!
Mike
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OUR BOYZ GET AN OSCAR NOMINATION
Congratulations to all at Cartoon Saloon on their Oscar nomination for The Secret of Kells!
Director Tomm Moore was a member of Young Irish Film Makers for many years as well as fellow Cartoon Salooners Ross Murray and Ross Stewart and Skunk Fu! TV series director, Aiden Harte.
After college they gathered fourteen of their friends together and [...]
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