'Paradiso' Victorious at Arcipelago Fest | The Irish Film & Television Network

The hour long documentary centres around a major dance night organised in a bid to get Protestants and Catholics dancing together again in The Fountain, a dying Protestant district. Commissioned by the BBC, the film also recently won Best Documentary Award in the Independent Films Section at Dhaka International Film Festival. The director of photography is Odd Geir Saether (Turnaround).

Of the film the Arcipelago Jury awarded it the prize of Best Doucumentary saying: ”In an original and unconventional way ‘Paradiso’ unveils a hidden story with deep poetry and light irony. ‘Paradiso’ represents an outstanding achievement, poetic and delicate and capable to portrait the absurdity of the war in Northern Ireland with lightness and with a lyrical approach. Through the rythm of the tango music the audience is led into a deeply moving film which is once hard-hitting, human and full of heart.

Founded in 1992, the Arcipelago Film Festival (18-24 June)pays special attention to European productions, which reflect creative and productive diversities, as well as projects that drawi the most updated map of new trends and of independent, marginal and experimental activities. For a full list of winners visit www.arcipelagofilmfestival.org

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