{"id":70069,"date":"2026-06-25T16:07:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T12:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=70069"},"modified":"2026-06-25T16:15:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T12:15:37","slug":"song-of-the-sea-dir-tomm-moore-2014","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/event\/song-of-the-sea-dir-tomm-moore-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Song of the Sea: dir Tomm Moore (2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This engaging animated feature takes inspiration from the Selkies of Irish folklore, who live as seals in the sea but become humans on land. 10-year-old Ben and his mute little sister Saoirse, the last Seal-child, embark on a fantastic journey across a fading world of ancient legend and magic in an attempt to return to their home by the sea &#8230; The film is a really engaging fantasy that has beautifully nuanced but relatable characters, gorgeous artwork, and an entirely natural rooting in ancient folk tales and magic. As one review put it, &#8220;Song of the Sea has an assured and timeless quality to it&#8221;. Recommended.<\/p>\n<p>Screens as part of Sharjah Art Foundation&#8217;s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharjahart.org\/en\/whats-on\/details\/sunday-cinema-club\"><strong> Sunday Cinema Club<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 a free film followed by a talk or a workshop, 3pm each Sunday from 5 July to 30 Aug at the Photography Gallery in Al Manakh. Films are child-friendly animations (5\u201319 July), pioneering science fiction (26 July\u20139 Aug), or \u201csignificant works of Arab cinema\u201d (16-20 Aug). The workshop for this afternoon is on shells: &#8220;Imagine discovering a special shell of your own. What power does it hold? What story does it tell? Transform your shell with colourful drawings and words, fashioning a unique object that carries its own magic and meaning &#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">This engaging animated feature takes inspiration from the Selkies of Irish folklore, who live as seals in the sea but become humans on land. 10-year-old Ben and his mute little sister Saoirse, the last Seal-child, embark on a fantastic journey <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/event\/song-of-the-sea-dir-tomm-moore-2014\/\" title=\"Song of the Sea: dir Tomm Moore (2014)\"> [&#8230; more]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70070,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-70069","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/70069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/70069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70069"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=70069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}