Theatre & Events
Heritage Week: Song of the Sea
English | Ireland | 94mins | 2014 | Cert: PG | Dir: Tomm Moore
Join us this Heritage Week in Solstice Arts Centre for the Irish Animation Film The Song of the Sea from Cartoon Saloon Studios.
Ben, a young Irish boy and his little sister, Saoirse, a girl who can turn into a seal, go on an adventure to free the fairies and save the spirit world.
Inspired by the legend of the "selkies" — magical beings who live as seals in water and humans on land — this captivating animated film from the director of the Academy-Award-nominated The Secret of Kells is a magical adventure steeped in the wondrous worlds of Irish myth. Young Ben and his little sister Saoirse live with their widower father in a lighthouse by the sea. When the silent Saoirse — who at six years old has yet to utter a single word — discovers a shell flute that used to belong to their mother, the spellbinding music she creates unlocks a magical secret locked deep in their mother's past. Ben soon realizes that his sister holds the power to bring that magic to life once again — but to do so, she needs to find her voice, and he needs to overcome his deepest fears.
- Toronto International Film Festival 2014
Starting well known Irish voices such as Brendan Gleeson, Pat Shortt, David Rawle, Fionnula Flanagan, Lisa Hannigan, Jon Kenny and Lucy O’Connell.
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