Song of the Sea (2014 film)

Song of the Sea
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Tomm Moore
Produced by	Tomm Moore Ross Murray Paul Young Stephan Roelants Serge Ume Marc Ume Isabelle Truc Clement Calvet Jeremie Fajner Frederik Villumsen Claus Toksvig Kjaer
Screenplay by	Will Collins
Story by	Tomm Moore
Starring	David Rawle Brendan Gleeson Fionnula Flanagan Lisa Hannigan Lucy O'Connell Jon Kenny Pat Shortt Colm Ó Snodaigh Liam Hourican Kevin Swierszcz
Music by	Bruno Coulais Kíla
Edited by	Darragh Byrne Darren T. Holmes (consulting editor)
Production company	Cartoon Saloon Mélusine Productions Big Farm Super Productions Noerlum Studios Irish Film Board Film Fund Luxembourg Eurimages Fund of the Council of Europe Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Film and Audiovisual Centre of Wallonia Brussels Federation Inver Invest Versus Productions Magellan Films Tax Shelter Programme of the Federal Government of Belgium Belgacom Danish Film Institute West Danish Film Fund
Distributed by	StudioCanal (Ireland and United Kingdom) O'Brother Distribution (Belgium) Haut et Court (France) GKIDS (US)
Release date	6 September 2014 (2014-09-06) (TIFF) 10 December 2014 (2014-12-10) (France/Belgium/Luxembourg) 19 February 2015 (2015-02-19) (Denmark) 10 July 2015 (2015-07-10) (Ireland and United Kingdom)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Ireland Belgium Denmark France Luxembourg
Language	English Irish Gaelic
Box office	CN¥15 million (China) US$857,522 (US)

Song of the Sea (Irish: Amhrán na Mara) is a 2014 animated fantasy drama film directed and co-produced by Tomm Moore, co-produced by Ross Murray, Paul Young, Stephen Roelants, Serge and Marc Ume, Isabelle Truc, Clement Calvet, Jeremie Fajner, Frederik Villumsen, and Claus Toksvig Kjaer, and written by Will Collins from Moore's story. It was an international co-production from Ireland, Belgium, Denmark, France, and Luxembourg, and is the second feature film by Cartoon Saloon.

Song of the Sea follows the story of a 10-year-old Irish boy named Ben (David Rawle) who discovers that his mute sister Saoirse, whom he blames for the apparent death of his mother, is a selkie who has to free faerie creatures from the Celtic goddess Macha.

Like other Saloon films, the film was hand-drawn. The film began production soon after the release of The Secret of Kells (2009), premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival on 6 September in the "TIFF Kids" programme. The film had a limited release in certain countries, but received acclaim and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 87th Academy Awards in 2015.

Conor, a lighthouse keeper, lives on an island with son Ben, his pregnant wife Bronagh, and sheepdog Cú. Bronagh disappears late one night, presumably dying after childbirth, leaving behind daughter Saoirse.