praises of Michel Ocelot in these pages and now it looks as though French animation house Gebeka have got something truly remarkable coming in Tom Moore’s Brendan and the Secret of Kells.

An unknown virus has destroyed almost the entire human population. Oblivious to the true nature of the disease, the only remaining survivors escape to the sea. In great ships, they set off in search of uninhabited land. So begins the exodus, led by one man ...

“Can you remember where you were when John F. Kennedy was shot? What you were doing when you heard the news?” For my parents’ generation, the assassination of JFK was such a major event that nearly everyone of their age can answer these questions with “Yes”. A moment in history that is anchored to collective feelings of shock, loss and mourning.

Releasing in November is also a fresh restoration of Tabu, this one being the first time that Murnau’s own, longer cut has ever been available. Once again the film is fully restored and the release is loaded with impressive features. And they’ve just released a trailer.