Mons Film Festival Win for ‘Five Day Shelter’ | The Irish Film & Television Network

‘Five Day Shelter’ follows several characters through an urban landscape over the course of five days. This ragtag band of people often collides. Even more often, they pass each other by. And sometimes, unknown to themselves, they affect each other's lives: occasionally happily but more often tragically. The prize fund awarded to the ‘Five Day Shelter’ filmmakers is presented to go towards the creation of a French language version of the film and to help underwrite distribution costs in Belgium.

Written and directed by Ger Leonard (Petrol Country Blues) and produced by Liam O’Neill (Northern Lights) of Paradox Pictures and Northern Ireland’s RedRay Films and Villi Ragnarsson (Happy as Larry), the film stars John Lynch (The Secret Garden), Kate Dickie (Red Road), Ger Ryan (Happy Ever Afters), IFTA nominee Marcella Plunkett (Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne) and 10-year-old Emma Tuthill in her first acting role.

The film, which shot in Dundalk, was developed by Paradox Pictures with funding from the Irish Film Board and production finance provided by The Irish Film Board, the IFB Regional Fund, Section 481, Irish Screen Entertainment, and Northern Ireland Screen. Culture Ireland also assisted with international promotional costs.The win in Mons follows selecion to the Official Competition of the 2010 Rome Film Festival and screenings at the Corona Cork Film Festival and the Belfast Film Festival for the feature. Paris based sales agent Philippe Tasca of Rendez-Vous Pictures International is handling world sales. Vertigo Pictures is distributing in the UK and Ireland.

The 27th Mons International Film Festival ran from the 18th until the 25th of February 2011. The festival’s international programme included a series of Irish films such as Alicia Duffy’s ‘All Good Children’, Jordan Scott’s ‘Cracks’, Neil Jordan’s ‘Michael Collins’ and Jim Sheridan’s ‘My Left Foot’. For a full list of winners visit www.fifa-mons.be

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