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Irish / German co-production ‘Occi vs The World’, written and directed by Conor McDermottroe (A Woman’s Hair), is set to begin filming on September 8th 2008 on location in Sligo. Brit actress Jodie Whittaker (St. Trinian’s, Venus), Tom Burke (Donkey Punch, The Libertine) and Irish actress Susan Lynch (Nora, From Hell) will star.
The €1.5 million feature, produced by Dublin’s Zanzibar Films and Germany’s Florin Films, stars will shoot for 5 – 6 weeks on location in Sligo, with DOP Alex Duprel and IFTA winning production designer Padraig O’Neill (Garage, Spin the Bottle) among the crew.
The film, produced by Edwina Forkin, Tom Maguire and Florin Films’ Herman Florin, follows the story of a damaged young man, Occi Byrne, who returns to his mother’s home town in Sligo in search of his real father. The film is funded by the Irish Film Board, Section 481, German distribution company Kinowelt, Eurimages and RTÉ.
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