Irish Film and Television
Estudios Irlandeses, Number 12, 2017, pp. 252-279 __________________________________________________________________________________________ AEDEI IRISH FILM AND TELEVISION The Year in Review – 2016 Roddy Flynn, Tony Tracy (eds.) Copyright (c) 2017 by the authors. This text may be archived and redistributed both in electronic form and in hard copy, provided that the author and journal are properly cited and no fee is charged for access. Introduction Globalizing the Local: Irish Film and TV in 2016 Roddy Flynn and Tony Tracy ………………………………………………………………253 Sanctuary (Len Collin, 2016) Liz Carville………………………………………………………………………………….260 Reimagining an Irish City: I am Belfast (Mark Cousins, 2016) Seán Crosson ………………………………………………………………………………..263 The Tragedy of the Commons: Atlantic (Risteard Ó’Domhnaill, 2016) Eileen Culloty ………………………………………………………………………………266 The Young Offenders (Peter Foott, 2016) Philip Devine ………………………………………………………………………………..269 The Horrors of Grief: A Dark Song (Liam Gavin, 2016) Loretta Goff …………………………………………………………………………………272 Turn and Face the Strange: Sing Street (John Carney, 2016) Harvey O’Brien ……………………………………………………………………………..276 ISSN 1699-311X 253 Globalizing the Local: Irish Film and TV in 2016 Roddy Flynn and Tony Tracy “Ireland's presence globally is through its culture, that's our strongest identifier” Lenny Abrahamson By any standards, 2016 was an exceptional year of output and achievements for the Irish audio-visual sector which continued to grow in activity, ambition and international acclaim. Alongside headline achievements for feature films such as Room, Sing Street, The Lobster, The Young Offenders there were notable successes in animation, short films and documentary as well as a bumper – and unlikely to be repeated – level of drama and factual programming produced for the small screen as part of the 1916 commemorations.
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