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Irish Film Festival London returns to London for five day festival and six UK Premieres
05 Nov 2014 : Seán Brosnan
The Irish Film Festival London returns for its fourth year this month.

Taking place from 19-23 November the festival will feature a programme of contemporary Irish cinematic talent. Dramas, documentaries, animations, comedies and real-life inspirational tales will be screened at The Tricycle in Kilburn, Clapham Picturehouse, Hackney Picturehouse and Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) on The Mall as part of the five-day event.

The festival will also feature a number of directors’ and cast Q&A sessions and a free public lecture.

Opening night takes place at The Tricycle Theatre in Kilburn on Wednesday 19 November with ‘An Bronntanas’, a contemporary Irish crime thriller set against the backdrop of the Connemara coastline on the West of Ireland which has been chosen as Ireland’s submission for the Foreign Language Oscar. ‘An Bronntanas’ is directed by Tom Collins and produced by Ciaran O’Cofaigh.

Thursday 20 November lines up a free public lecture by Professor Lance Pettitt, Director for the Centre for Irish Studies at St Mary’s University on ‘Irish Cinema: Memoir, Nation and Self-narration’. The lecture will explore how autobiographical writing by filmmakers can be used as a resource for re-thinking the contours of Irish cinema history focusing on Belfast film-maker Brian Desmond Hurst.

Thursday evening also sees the UK premiere of ‘Gold’ at Clapham Picturehouse - an offbeat comedy starring James Nesbitt and Maisie Williams, written and directed by Niall Heery and produced by Subotica.

The award-winning ‘Broken Song’ showcases at The Tricycle Theatre on Friday 21 November – a gritty documentary by Director Claire Dix (and produced by Zucca Films) about GI, Costello and Willa Lee street poets, hip-hop artists and songwriters from north Dublin. After the screening, a Q&A with the director and cast will also take place.

Saturday afternoon sees the fourth UK Premiere of the festival with ‘Poison Pen’ showing at Clapham Picturehouse at 3pm. ‘Poison Pen’ was directed by Lorna Fitzsimons, Jennifer Shortall and Steven Benedict, and made as part of the Masters in Digital Feature Film Production at Filmbase, which places an emphasis on practical filmmaking to prepare students for a future in film production and the screening includes a Q&A with Directors and cast.

The festival moves over to the Institute of Contemporary Arts from 5.15pm with a selection of four multi-award winning Irish shorts including:

  • ‘Breakfast Wine’ - based on the premise of ‘They say it takes just three alcoholics to keep a small bar running in a country town, but what if you’ve only got two?
  • ‘Deadly’ - a bittersweet animated short about ‘life, death and dancin’ with voices provided by Academy award winner Brenda Fricker and Love/Hate star Peter Coonan.
  • ‘Volkswagen Joe’ – a story about a hardworking mechanic who services cars for both sides of the political divide in Northern Ireland who finds himself drawn into a dilemma of whether to become collaborator or murder.
  • Jenny Keogh’s ‘How’s About Ye?’ exploring the slang of the counties of Ireland.

Sunday’s line up closes the festival with a triple bill for film fans in London and two UK Premieres.

  • ‘Blood Fruit’, a feature documentary directed by Sinead O’Brien and produced by Ferndale Films focusing on the Dunnes Stores strikers in 1980’s Dublin. Showing at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (3pm)
  • Over at Hackney Picturehouse at 3pm ‘Absences and (Im)possibilities. Traces of an experimental cinema in Ireland’ features a selection of films from 1897 to 2013
  • The festival’s finale is the UK Premiere of ‘Standby’, directed by Rob and Ronan Burke, at the Tricycle Theatre, Kilburn. Starring Brián Gleeson and Jessica Pare

Festival Director Kelly O’Connor said: ‘Irish film has been going from strength to strength in recent years and we are delighted to be able to host the fourth Irish Film Festival London in 2014. With six UK premieres lined up over the course of the festival, as well as a number of award winning shorts and animations, there is something for everyone – from the film buff to people looking for a great night out.’

Funders and supporters for the festival include: Irish Film Board, Culture Ireland, the Irish Film Institute, the Irish Embassy in London and our Hotel Sponsor Grange Hotels.

For full programme details and ticket links, visit; www.irishfilmfestivallondon.com.





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