From Darkness
From Darkness, a short based on the Inuit tale of The Skeleton Woman, completed 2002 in the Cartoon Saloon.
The entire short film is embedded above. It might not be suitable for younger viewers.
As well as screening at many international film festivals, From Darkness has been awarded:
Best New Irish Short Animation – Galway Film Fleadh, 2002
Best Short – Boston Irish Film Festival, USA 2003
Best Animation – Kerry film festival, Ireland 2003
Silver Award -KAFI Animation festival, USA 2003
Credits:
Directed by
Nora Twomey
Produced by
Nora Twomey & Paul Young
Production Team
Michael McGrath
Jeremy Purcell
Fabian Erlinghauser
Barry Reynolds
Diane O Reilly
Tomm Moore
Nils Olofsson
Aidan Harte
Music by
David Holland
Sound design
Monty
Paul Young
December 16, 2008 at 7:04 pm
From Darkness is still the best short we have ever produced I think!
December 20, 2008 at 12:27 pm
Still one of my all time fav animated shorts.
January 23, 2009 at 8:46 am
I love your work Nora… this is poetry
April 5, 2009 at 2:45 pm
Hola Nora ! fui al Bafici a ver tu pelicula del Libro de Kells y me encanto ! muchisimo Arte !!!! jajaja
Saludos !!!!
Fack.-
April 27, 2009 at 12:37 am
brilliant;…i knew cold hard flash would come in handy. ‘cuilin dualach’ is really great. your style is wonderful.
June 14, 2009 at 4:45 pm
I just watched this and it was just beautiful, I loved when she wiped his tear and started coming alive again, made me well up, love this short film.
June 27, 2012 at 1:39 am
[...] short film I watched while exploring Cartoon Saloon was From Darkness, which was directed by Nora [...]
February 11, 2013 at 6:24 pm
I really wonder precisely why you named this particular blog post, “From Darkness Nora Twomey”.
In any event I appreciated the article!Thanks for your effort-Norma