(The Jameson Dublin International Film Festival) (premiere)
Feb 22, 2009
Ireland
No data
Mar 3, 2009
Argentina
(Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema)
Apr 3, 2009
Turkey
(Istanbul Film Festival)
Apr 11, 2009
France
(Annecy International Animation Festival)
Jun 2009
Croatia
(Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films)
Jun 3, 2009
Australia
(Sydney Film Festival)
Jun 6, 2009
Hungary
(Kecskemét Animation Film Festival)
Jun 18, 2009
UK
(Edinburgh International Film Festival)
Jun 20, 2009
Brazil
(video premiere)
Jul 7, 2009
USA
(New York International Children's Film Festival)
Jul 17, 2009
South Korea
(Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival)
Jul 23, 2009
Australia
(Brisbane Film Festival)
Aug 2, 2009
Australia
(Melbourne International Film Festival)
Aug 6, 2009
Sweden
(Lund Fantastisk Film Festival)
Sep 19, 2009
Denmark
(BUSTER Copenhagen International Film Festival for Children and Youth)
Sep 22, 2009
Netherlands
No data
Sep 24, 2009
Canada
(Atlantic Film Festival)
Sep 26, 2009
USA
(Los Angeles Irish Film Festival)
Sep 26, 2009
Singapore
(Animation Nation)
Oct 14, 2009
Poland
(Warsaw Film Festival)
Oct 17, 2009
Australia
(Canberra International Film Festival)
Oct 31, 2009
Canada
(Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema)
Nov 21, 2009
UK
(London Children's Film Festival)
Nov 22, 2009
USA
(Burbank, California)
Dec 4, 2009
USA
(2D or not 2D Animation Film Festival)
Dec 5, 2009
USA
(KidFilm Festival)
Jan 23, 2010
USA
(Santa Barbara Film Festival)
Feb 5, 2010
USA
(Boulder International Film Festival)
Feb 12, 2010
USA
(San Joaquin Film Festival)
Feb 18, 2010
USA
(San Joaquin International Film Festival)
Feb 19, 2010
Canada
(Montréal)
Feb 26, 2010
UK
(Keswick Film Festival)
Feb 27, 2010
USA
(Fargo Film Festival)
Mar 3, 2010
USA
(New York City, New York)
Mar 5, 2010
Australia
(video premiere)
Mar 10, 2010
USA
(limited)
Mar 19, 2010
USA
(Nantucket Film Festival)
Jun 2010
Spain
No data
Aug 20, 2010
Slovenia
No data
Sep 3, 2010
Italy
(Milano Film Festival)
Sep 11, 2010
Finland
(Helsinki International Film Festival)
Sep 17, 2010
UK
No data
Oct 1, 2010
Poland
(video premiere)
Feb 25, 2011
Japan
(EU Film Days)
Jun 11, 2011
Hungary
(TV premiere)
Jan 14, 2012
Germany
(video premiere)
Oct 23, 2012
Denmark
No data
Nov 29, 2012
Japan
(Osaka European Film Festival)
Nov 19, 2013
UK
(re-release)
Jul 31, 2015
Australia
No data
Dec 17, 2015
USA
No data
Jun 22, 2016
Japan
No data
Jul 29, 2017
The Secret of Kells
(Original title)
El secreto de los Kells
Argentina
The Secret of Kells
Australia
Das Geheimnis von Kells
Austria
Uma Viagem ao Mundo das Fábulas
Brazil
Тайната на Келтската книга
Bulgaria (Bulgarian title)
The Secret of Kells
Canada (English title)
Brendan et le secret de Kells
Canada (French title)
Tajna Kellsa
Croatia
Brendan og hemmelighedernes bog
Denmark
The Secret of Kells
Egypt (English title)
Brendan et le secret de Kells
France
Das Geheimnis von Kells
Germany
Brendan und das Geheimnis von Kells
Germany (festival title)
Kells titka
Hungary
Raaz e Kells
Iran (Persian title)
The Secret of Kells
Italy
ブレンダンとケルズの秘密
Japan (Japanese title)
Kelso abatijos paslaptis
Lithuania
El secreto del libro de Kells
Mexico
The Secret of Kells
Netherlands
The Secret of Kells
Philippines (English title)
Sekret księgi z Kells
Poland
Тайна Келлс
Russia
Брендан и књига тајни
Serbia
Skrivnost iz Kellsa
Slovenia
El secreto del libro de Kells
Spain
The Secret of Kells
Sweden
Das Geheimnis von Kells
Switzerland (German title)
凱爾斯的秘密
Taiwan
Büyülü Kitap
Turkey (Turkish title)
The Secret of Kells
UK
The Secret of Kells
USA
Таємниця абатства Келс
Ukraine
Sex & Nudity
None
none
Violence & Gore
Mild
Intense scenes of violence as inhuman vikings attack and burn villages, killing and burning many people. All done in abstract animation no bleeding limbs, but it is quite intense.
Profanity
None
none
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
None
none
Frightening & Intense Scenes
Moderate
Several quite startling scenes where wolves, monsters, and giant vikings leap out and menace the characters. Inhuman vikings destroy the hero's home and kill hundreds of people.
The hero character goes into the spooky lair of an evil spirit, after being told it will kill him. There a giant snake eel monster chases the hero and tries repeatedly to bite/eat him, but the artist hero cleverly defeats it.
All the disturbing scenes are in an abstract style.