Press Release
02/02/2010
News Release: 2 February
2010
Minister Cullen welcomes five Irish Oscar nominations
A vindication
of Government support for the Irish Film Sector
Martin
Cullen, TD, Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism today (2 February 2010) welcomed the Irish nominations
for 2010 Academy Awards. They are in the following categories:
·
Best Animated
Feature Film: The Secret of Kells (Tomm Moore, Cartoon Saloon)
·
Best Animated
Short: Granny O Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty (Nicky Phelan and Darragh O Connell, Brownbag Films)
·
Best Live
Action Short: The Door (Juanita Wilson and James Flynn)
·
Best Visual
Effects: Richard Baneham for Avatar
·
Best Sound Mixing: Peter J
Devlin for Star Trek
The Secret of Kells, Granny O Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty and The
Door have all been funded by the Irish Film Board/Bord Scannán na
hÉireann.
Minister
Martin Cullen said: "To achieve this level of critical acclaim in such a
competitive field is a vindication of the work of the Irish Film Board and the
Government in continuing to support Irish film-makers. We are truly
boxing and winning way above our weight here and to make the final lists is a
testimony to the filmcraft of our industry. Three of
the Irish nominations are at the ever-advancing
frontier of film making - animation. It is in that particular genre that there
is a convergence of traditional craft, storytelling and leading edge
technology. Our film makers continue to do us proud and I wish all of the
nominees every success on March 7th. As cultural ambassadors for our industry
and our country they have already done us proud," he said.
The Minister also
welcomed the Science Gallery’s nomination
announced today for the 2010 European Museum of the Year award. The Gallery is
supported by the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism and located at Trinity
College, Dublin. The Minister said: “The
Government is delighted to support this unique space, which showcases science,
art and innovation. Its nomination for European Museum of the Year is further
recognition of the excellent work of the Gallery, now in its second year, and
illustrates that investment by Government in our culture and in the arts and
sciences, is contributing in an extremely constructive way to Ireland’s
international profile.”
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Issued by: Michelle Hoctor,
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