As part of the IFTA Viewing Season, the Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA), Kaleidoscope Film Distribution and Eclipse are hosting a special preview screening of ‘The Canal’ for Academy Members on Tuesday 21st April 2015 in the Odeon Point Village.
‘The Canal’ is eligible in a number of categories for the IFTA Film & Drama Awards 2015.
Rupert Evans, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Hannah Hoekstra, Kelly Byrne and Calum Heath star in the story of David Williams and his wife, Alice, who move into a beautiful period house by the canal with their small child, Billy. As David begins to suspect that his wife is cheating on him, he also starts to have nightmarish visions of an evil presence he believes inhabits his home.
Ivan Kavanagh wrote and directed the film which was shot in Dublin and financed by the IFB, FAW, Atlantic Screen Music and Egg Post Production. The feature is produced by AnneMarie Naughton through Park Films. Check out IFTN’s interview with the sound guys at EGG here.
‘The Canal’ will be released to Irish cinemas by Kaleidoscope Film Distribution through Eclipse on May 8.
Voting in the IFTA Film & Drama Awards for Academy Members is now open.
More information about the IFTA Film & Drama Awards can be found on the IFTA website: www.ifta.ie.