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Fri 08 Aug 2007Irish films for Venice, MontrealBlind Man's Eye, an animated Irish short from Matthew Talbot-Kelly, has been selected for the upcoming Venice Film Festival. Talbot-Kelly, who has worked as a senior compositor and digital supervisor on a number of big-budget productions, was delighted by the news."Being accepted to Venice is a huge endorsement of our efforts and intentions," he said. The 64th Venice Film Festival runs from August 29th to September 8th.