Sun, Feb 8 / 2 pm
Directed by Tomm Moore & Nora Twomey
2009, Ireland, 75 min
Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, Brendan lives in a medieval outpost under siege from barbarian raids. Adventure beckons when a celebrated master illuminator arrives with an unfinished book, brimming with secret wisdom and powers. To help complete the magical book, Brendan takes on a quest that goes into the enchanted forest where mythical creatures hide. Will Brendan’s determination and artistic vision illuminate the darkness and show that enlightenment is the best fortification against evil?
Presented as part of Mongrel Media’s 20th Anniversary
Plays With:
COmotion@Art City / Dir. A. Megan Turnbull, 2013, Canada, 2 min / This video is the result of five days of creative crafty chaos by the participants of Art City, who built sets,
designed characters, and then animated them.
Cabin Fever: Free Films for Kids! Winter can feel like forever in Winnipeg especially when you have kids. Round them up, bundle them up and bring them down to our 11th Annual series of kids films – every Sunday afternoon throughout January and February at 2 pm – FOR FREE! With the popularity of our Cabin Fever series, our hope is that families with children will be seated before others. We appreciate your cooperation!
Join us from noon to 2pm to participate in a FREE workshop organized by our friends The Edge Gallery! For this workshop, kids will create their own ornate magic books to take home.
Our Cabin Fever series is generously sponsored by the Assiniboine Credit Union
