The wonderful, traditionally-animated feature The Secret of Kells is playing in multiple cities across the US, including Los Angeles (at the Landmark on Pico). If you’re not already excited to see this Oscar-nominated feature, this review from Kenneth Turan should entice your clicking finger to go buy tickets.

With an Oscar nomination in hand, the team behind Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty dusted off ol’ Granny for a little gloating. Big congrats to the whole team at Brown Bag Films.

Granny O’Grimm, who stars in the award-winning CG/2D short Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty, has cooked up a rather unique persepctive on Santa Claus. Just know that whatever happens, it’s all your own fault. This holiday gem is from Dublin-based Brown Bag Films.

Ireland’s most prominent animation studio, Cartoon Saloon, recently wrapped up a 4-part mini-series focusing on Irish music. Anam an Amhráin was produced for the Irish network TG4 by Sónta Teo and Cartoon Saloon. Here’s a few clips:

Brown Bag Films’ 6-minute short film Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty is now available online. The film, which was recently short-listed for the 2010 Oscar for Best Animated Short Film, was written and voiced by Kathleen O’Rourke and directed by Nicky Phelan.

The award-winning Irish feature film The Secret of Kells hits theaters in March 2010, and if you’re lucky enough to be within a tank-of-gas from Burbank, you can also see the film now. It’s currently playing at the AMC Burbank 8 until December 10th.

Adrien Merigeau’s animated short Old Fangs looks like a real gem. The gang at Ireland’s Cartoon Saloon (The Secret Of Kells) began producing the film in mid-2008, and Adrien has been faithfully posting about his short on a production blog.