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‘The Guard’ Opens the Los Angeles Irish Film Festival
12 Sep 2011 :
The Los Angeles Irish Film Festival has announced its line-up for 2011. A tribute to Irish Actress Fionnula Flanagan (The Guard, The Other’s) will be awarded on the opening of the festival followed by a special screening of ‘The Guard’.
The line-up has a wide range of Irish features, shorts and documentaries, including the US premiere of Sé Merry Doyle’s feature documentary ‘Dreaming the Quiet the Man’ and the west coast premiere ‘The Swell Seasons’, featuring Glen Hansard (Once).

‘The Guard’, written and directed by John Michael McDonagh (Ned Kelly), starring Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle in which Flanagan co-stars, recently won box office acclaim after overtaking 'The Wind That Shakes the Barley' as the most successful home produced film released in Ireland.

The festival will bring both Irish classics and contemporary films to audiences in L.A.
Se Merry Doyle’s documentary the ‘Dreaming the Quiet Man’ looks at John Ford's struggle over twenty years to get 'The Quiet Man' shown in Ireland after it had been banned.

Ripple World’s feature ‘Parked’ will be screened as part of Irish contemporary cinema. ‘Parked’ is written by Ciaran Creagh and directed by Darragh Byrne and features Colm Meaney and Colin McGrath.

Irish talent attending the festival include directors Ian Power (The Runway) and Ian Palmer (Knuckle) who will both host Q&A’s to give audiences a chance to hear in-depth about the making of their features.

The Women in Film International will co-present a Q&A with producer Rachel Lysaght on her award-winning documentary ‘The Pipe’ which was made over four years in the small town of Rossport, County Mayo.

The festival takes place from September 30th to October 2nd at Aero Theatre and will be participating in Culture Ireland’s ‘Imagine Ireland’, a programme launched by the Irish Governemnt to celebrate Irish Arts in America.

The full programme and tickets are available at the LAIFF website



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