PODCAST: Director Tomm Moore and animator Ross Stewart talk about The Secret of Kells at a 2016 Berlinale Talents event
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This is an extract from a Berlinale Talents event titled “Animated Gifts: Welcome to Cartoon Saloon”, featuring directors and animators Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart. In this extract, they talk about The Secret of Kells, which despite being the first production by Cartoon Saloon, the Irish animation film and television studio, was an absolute success that even earned them an Academy Award nomination. Here, they talk about the beginning of the project, the inspiration, the way in which the story was developed and some of the challenges they faced.
Click here to listen to the full Berlinale Talents event titled “Animated Gifts: Welcome to Cartoon Saloon”, where you will hear more about the Irish animation film and television studio, how it was set up, how it operates, as well as its other projects, past, present and future – FRED Extra channel.
Click here to listen to our interview with Tomm Moore, director of Song of the Sea – FRED English channel.