1 Chair’s Note Screen International handpicking Irish filmmakers to watch in the coming years. However, it’s not just this critical acclaim we’re proud of, as what really struck us was how our films resonated so deeply with audiences, offering glimpses of other worlds or forgotten traditions — perfectly encapsulated by Emer Reynolds’ NASA Space Voyager feature documentary, The Farthest and Pat Collins’ searing monochromatic character portrait, Song of Granite.

In 2017, we also welcomed a new board who will continue to provide strong and stable leadership for the sector. Achieving the goals laid out in our Five-Year Strategy, Building on Success, remains a priority. At the Galway Film Fleadh, we announced a series of initiatives to incentivise and encourage female talent to apply for funding, as we continue to aim for 50/50 gender parity across all our schemes. Investing in Irish talent, creativity and enterprise is a key remit of the In a pivotal scene from John Butler’s beautiful 2017 IFB and we strive for this showcase of Irish creative coming-of-age drama, Handsome Devil, the passionate talent to be as equal and diverse as possible from school teacher, Mr Sherry (played by Andrew Scott), application stage to realisation and funding. The IFB urges his students to never speak in a borrowed voice; also affirmed our support for the victims of bullying teaching them about the power of vocalising their and sexual harassment and outlined our intolerance of most authentic selves. As we look back at 2017 and companies who do not have best practice policies and ahead to 2018, we are proud to reflect on a slate that procedures in place. offers a truly diverse, nuanced, complex, and above all, authentic portrait of contemporary Ireland. Towards the end of the year, we welcomed a much- needed increase in funding, as well as a new Minister From the testaments of hope and acceptance in for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht, Josepha Madigan, Nick Kelly’s The Drummer and the Keeper and T.D. It is vital that we see a sustained increase Butler’s aforementioned Handsome Devil, to the in funding so that we can realise our ambitions deconstructions and critiques of socially solidified to showcase the full potential of the Irish screen gender norms in Nora Twomey’s The Breadwinner, industries. We look forward to working with the alongside the harsh realities of impressionable youth Minister on Creative Ireland, and particularly on Pillar culture in films such as Frank Berry’sMichael Inside 4 to further establish Ireland as a centre of excellence and Aoife McArdle’s Kissing Candice, the definition of for media production. ‘Irish film’ continues to evolve and transform, as well as entertain and delight. Supporting this multiplicity In what was an undeniably trying and revelatory year of diverse Irish voices remains an integral goal of Bord for global entertainment industries, we must continue Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board (IFB). to lobby for equality and are duly reminded of the seminal power of film, as what we see on screen not Building on the unprecedented success of 2016, only reflects society, but challenges, subverts and in 2017, Irish talent continued to be recognised ultimately transforms it. and lauded on the international stage thanks to major festival selections and awards from Toronto Dr Annie Doona to Cannes. Alongside these, Irish creative talent Chair remained in the spotlight thanks to leading industry Bord Scannán na hÉireann/ publications such as The Hollywood Reporter and the Irish Film Board

2 01 Contents About Us Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Peek Zoo 59 Take Me Swimming 90 Board (IFB) is the national development The Day Henry Met 60 The Swimmer 91 agency for Irish filmmaking and the Irish Ballybraddan 61 The Tattoo 91 film, television and animation industry, investing in talent, creativity and enterprise. Angela’s Christmas 62 Time Traveller 92 The agency supports writers, directors and — Tomato Can 92 production companies across these sectors Live Action TV 63 Where is Eva Hipsey? 93 by providing investment loans for the Nightflyers 63 — development, production and distribution of film, television and animation projects. — Released in 2017 94 Feature Documentaries 64 MAZE 96 The agency also supports and promotes the Chief Executive Introduction 04 Katie 66 Handsome Devil 96 Irish screen industries at major international Industry Highlights 2017 06 Jihad Jane 68 The Killing of a Sacred Deer 97 markets and festivals, promotes inward investment, Ireland as a location for — Keepers of the Flame 69 The Farthest 98 international production and provides Irish Features 14 Shooting the Mafia 70 The Drummer and the Keeper 98 support for companies filming on location Never Grow Old 16 A Mother Brings Her School Life 99 in Ireland. The agency manages Screen Float Like a Butterfly 18 Son to be Shot 71 Grace Jones: Training Ireland, the national training and development resource, created specifically Wolfwalkers 20 Losing Alaska 72 Bloodlight and Bami 99 for the Irish screen sectors. Highway 22 One Million American Dreams 73 Halal Daddy 100 A Girl From Mogadishu 24 The Life After 74 Tomato Red 100 Dark Lies the Island 26 The Man Who Dared to Dream 75 Sanctuary 101 Chief Executive James Hickey Marketing & Communications The Hole in the Ground 28 Caught in the Crossfire 76 Lost in France 101 Deputy Chief Executive Teresa McGrane — Metal Heart 30 Wings and a Prayer 77 The Secret Scripture 102 Marketing & Communications Manager Louise Ryan Business Affairs Marketing Executive Mags O’Sullivan Don’t Go 32 The Camino Voyage 78 A Dark Song 102 — Dublin Oldschool 34 Windmill Lane 79 Revolutions 103 Financial Controller Celine Forde Administration Damo & Ivor: The Movie 36 — Pilgrimage 103 Business Affairs Manager Cian McElhone — Business Affairs ExecutiveAileen McCauley Executive Assistant Niamh O’Reilly Cellar Door 38 Short Films 80 Moon Dogs 104 Business and Finance Assistant Jade Murphy The Meeting 40 A Different Kind of Day 83 Without Name 104 Training Limbo 42 An Island 83 It’s Not Yet Dark 105 Production, Development & Distribution — — Training Executive: Creativity & Creative — Bellwether 84 Kevin Roche: Project Managers Lesley McKimm, Celine Haddad, Collaboration Gráinne Bennett The Widow 43 The Bird and the Whale 84 The Quiet Architect 105 Dearbhla Regan Training Executive: Production & Technical Papi Chulo 43 Bordalo II: A Life of Waste 85 Maudie 106 Production & Distribution Manager Emma Scott Sorcha Loughane — Catcalls 85 Nails 107 Production & Development Executive Sarah Dillon Training Co-ordinator Emer MacAvin Schemes & Applications Co-ordinator Jill McGregor Finance Executive Susanne Cassells Feature Co-Productions 44 Departure 86 Song of Granite 108 Production & Development Assistant Jennifer Smyth Communications Executive Críona Sexton The Little Stranger 46 Deposits 86 In the Name of Peace: Vita & Virginia 48 Hey Ronnie Reagan 87 John Hume in America 108 Inward Production Production Catalogue Co-ordinated by — Jamie Tuohy and Aisling O'Halloran Birthmarked 50 Late Afternoon 87 The Man Who Inward Production Manager Steven Davenport Sonja: Queen of Ice 52 Macarooned 88 Invented Christmas 109 Board Members Inward Production Assistant Gráinne Kernan Justice.net 54 Mother & Baby 88 Rocky Ros Muc 109 — Dr Annie Doona (Chair), Kate McColgan, — NEON 89 Condemned to Remember 110 Larry Bass, Katie Holly, Mark Fenton, Animation TV 56 Nice Night For It 89 Return to Montauk 110 Rachel Lysaght, Marian Quinn The Overcoat 58 Smithy & Dickie 90 Film Directory 112 02 03 Introduction for global audiences as well as accolades such as Brown talent and the wider industry. Bag Films being named as Kidscreen’s top animated production company in the world, it is little wonder At the Galway Film Fleadh, we were particularly that The Hollywood Reporter cited the Irish animation pleased to announce a series of groundbreaking new industry as a booming exemplifier of the “growth and funding initiatives for female writers and directors as rising international profile” of the Irish screen industries. part of our ongoing commitment to gender equality in the Irish film industry. Achieving diverse and balanced In 2017, we also bore witness to the ascent of Irish representation is an utmost priority for us. documentary, as Irish filmmakers delighted and entertained as well as challenged and inspired. From In September, we were delighted to announce a the life-affirming message of Frankie Fenton’s incredibly partnership with RTÉ to launch a joint-funding initiative moving, It’s Not Yet Dark, to the fantastical possibilities for new comedy, supporting new Irish-scripted comedy conveyed through Emer Reynolds’ much-lauded The projects, with export potential. Farthest, as well as the importance of fighting for your beliefs in Feargal Ward’s IDFA-selected, The Lonely 2018 Battle of Thomas Reid, these documentaries stand as a Notable upcoming titles include Mary McGuckian’s A powerful testament to our innate storytelling talent. Girl From Mogadishu, based on the testimony of activist Ifrah Ahmed; Carmel Winters’ Float Like A Butterfly, Inward Production telling a touching story of self-determination and family Of course, helping to reinforce Ireland’s reputation as bonding; and Emmet Kirwan’s Dublin Oldschool, a 2017 marked another significant year for Irish creative At Cannes, The Killing of a Sacred Deer not only a thriving film, TV and animation industry, alongside contemporary and revelatory odyssey through Dublin. talent and the Irish screen industries, not least for screened in competition, but also took home the Best its impressive output of homegrown screen content, is Co-productions include the latest feature from Lenny the commercial and critical plaudits of Irish film both Screenplay accoldade. ‘Ireland: The Filming Location.’ In the year which saw Abrahamson in the form of supernatural horror thriller, at home and abroad, but perhaps more importantly, the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, with scenes The Little Stranger and Chanya Button’s Vita & Virginia, for the powerful voices that broke through on the An incredible eight IFB-funded feature films and filmed all along Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way, the news the true story of the passionate relationship between international stage. Our filmmaking talent was documentaries (The Breadwinner, The Cured, The that NBC/Universal’s Nightflyers will film in Limerick’s literary icon Virginia Woolf and the aristocrat, Vita acknowledged at major festivals worldwide, during a Lodgers, Good Favour, Mary Shelley, Grace Jones: newly opened Troy Studios not only proved a major Sackville-West, filmed on location in Ireland. year which was also framed by global recognition for Bloodlight and Bami, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, coup for the domestic industry, but truly solidifies Irish female creative talent. The year began with Ruth Kissing Candice) debuted at the Toronto International Ireland as a world-class filmmaking location, capable of 2018 promises to be an exciting year for animation Negga and Consolata Boyle both receiving Academy Film Festival (TIFF) in September, while Song of competing on the world stage. Other major productions with a slate including Sean Mullen’s The Overcoat Award® nominations, and ended with a Golden Globe Granite captured critics’ hearts following its SXSW to choose Ireland as a film location in 2017 included the featuring the voice of Cillian Murphy and the next nod for Nora Twomey’s critically acclaimed debut world premiere in March. The title was submitted as BBC miniseries Little Women — an adaptation of Louisa animated feature from Cartoon Saloon, Wolfwalkers. animated feature, The Breadwinner. This continued Ireland’s Best Foreign Language entry for the 2018 May Alcott’s classic novel — which filmed in Ardmore Forthcoming documentaries include Sinéad O’Shea’s A success proves that not only is there a consistent Academy Awards. Studos, while AMC’s Into The Badlands returned to Mother Brings Her Son to Be Shot; Brendan Byrne’s One international appetite for our uniquely Irish stories, Ireland in April to shoot its third season. In terms of Million American Dreams, and Ross Whitaker’s Katie. but also serves as a further consolidation of the robust At the domestic box office,MAZE soared to become major international film production, in late 2017, Ireland strength and valued creativity of a thriving sector. one of the biggest-grossing Irish films of the year, taking played host to Reed Morano’s spy thriller, The Rhythm We are honoured to present this bravura and over €800,000 at the all-Ireland box office, whileThe Section, starring Blake Lively, with locations around multifarious display of voices in Irish Film 2018 — Festival Success and Awards Killing of a Sacred Deer topped the US independent Dublin and Wicklow doubling for London. all serving as testaments to the wealth of creative Alongside the Oscar nominations in January 2017 — box office immediately following its release, with a UK- filmmaking talent Ireland has to offer, in all its diversity which also included a Best Original Screenplay Ireland box office figure just under €1 million. Industry and originality of voice. We will continue to passionately nomination for The Lobster — IFB titles achieved Specifically within the IFB, we were delighted to support Irish talent to help bring these stories to the widespread success on the international festival Animation and Documentary partner with TG4 and the Broadcasting Authority screen — stories that cut through the zeitgeist to hold circuit as Irish documentary took centre stage at The Irish animation industry received a major boost of Ireland to launch Cine4, a new joint-funding that mirror up to nature; revealing portraits of cultures Sundance, with It’s Not Yet Dark and School Life both in 2017 following the welcomed news that Lighthouse initiative to support the development and production old and new, forgotten and imagined. screening in competition. Four IFB films screened at Studios — a new venture from Ireland’s Cartoon Saloon of feature films in the Irish language. We were also the Berlinale (Maudie, Return to Montauk, Atlantic, and Canadian firm Mercury Filmworks focusing on 2-D proud to support Ireland Week in Los Angeles as the James Hickey The Welfare of Tomás Ó Hallissy) while The Tribeca animation — will open in Kilkenny, creating over 140 international spotlight was placed on Irish culture in Chief Executive Film Festival in New York also showcased four films jobs in the city over the next three years. With Ireland the week-long event which also saw The Hollywood Bord Scannán na hÉireann/ (Pilgrimage, The Farthest, Elián, Second to None). producing world-renowned animated screen content Reporter placing a special focus on Irish filmmaking the Irish Film Board

04 05 Industry Highlights 2017 Highlights Industry School Life (formally In Loco The Golden Globes take place January Parentis) and It’s Not Yet Dark with Sing Street nominated in the screen in Competition at the Best Motion Picture, Comedy/ — Sundance Film Festival. Musical category and Colin Farrell nominated for Best Actor in a IFB’s After ’16 short, The Party, Motion Picture, Comedy/Musical is nominated for a Best Short for The Lobster. Ruth Negga Film BAFTA. and Catriona Balfe both receive Best Actress nominations in their The Element Pictures-produced respective categories of film and The Lobster is nominated for TV for Loving and Outlander. Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards® alongside Irish actress Ruth Negga, who secures a Best Actress nomination and Irish costume designer Consolata Boyle, who receives a nod for Best Costume Design.

Cartoon Saloon and Mercury The Audi Dublin International February Filmworks launch Lighthouse Film Festival (ADIFF) takes place Studios — a new venture, focused with The Farthest taking home — on 2-D animation, that will create the AUDI-ence Award. At the 140 jobs in Kilkenny over the next Dubin Film Critics Circle Awards, three years. The Farthest also wins Best Irish Documentary, while its director Four IFB titles screen at the 67th Emer Reynolds accepts the Berlinale including Maudie, George Byrne Maverick Award. Return to Montauk, Atlantic and Handsome Devil is awarded Best short film,The Welfare of Tomás Irish Feature. Ó Hallissy. Irish-Finnish animated children’s The IFB supports a stand at the series, Harry & Bip, is picked up Berlinale. by Disney.

07 IFB's After ’16 shorts are launched Animation Dingle and the Dingle Alan Maher, of Marcie Films, is Lorcan Finnegan’s Without Name March exclusively on the IFI Player. International Film Festival take May Ireland’s EFP Producer on the is released in Irish cinemas. place, bringing a large selection of Move, representing Ireland at the — A Dark Song wins two Irish and international animation — 2017 Cannes Film Festival. The IFB hosts the Irish Pavilion at major awards at FantasPorto and film to Kerry. the Cannes Film Festival — the International Festival including The IFB, the BAI and TG4 launch main focus of business for the Irish Best Actress and Best Director. A host of Irish film festivals take Cine4, a major new funding film industry at the festival. place worldwide around St. initiative for new Irish language The IFB welcomes a new board, Patrick’s Day, showcasing Irish feature film production. The Fastnet Film Festival takes consisting of Dr Annie Doona film in cities including London, place, bringing a wealth of Irish (Chair), Kate McColgan, Larry Moscow, Boston, Rome, Berlin, Irish director Neasa Ní Chianáin and international short films to Bass, Katie Holly, Mark Fenton, Toronto and Sydney. is named in the top ten European Schull, Co. Cork. Rachel Lysaght and Marian Quinn. women filmmakers to watch by Song of Granite receives its EFP and the Sydney Film Festival. Screen Training Ireland world premiere at the SXSW Film announces that it is supporting Festival in Austin, Texas. Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Killing of a an Irish writer (or writer/ Sacred Deer wins Best Screenplay director) to participate in the Lost in France and Forever at the Cannes Film Festival. ninth edition of Guiding Lights — Pure screen at CPH:DOX in the UK’s most prestigious film Copenhagen. mentoring scheme. Boulder Media, along with HWBC, The Farthest, Maudie, June announce plans to open a second Pilgrimage, The King’s Choice, studio in Dublin. Halal Daddy and It’s Not Yet Dark Juanita Wilson’s Tomato Red, Jim Six IFB titles screen at Tribeca — comprise the Irish titles screening April Sheridan’s The Secret Scripture, Film Festival including Pilgrimage, Elián and School Life screen at the Edinburgh International Darren Thornton’s A Date for The Farthest, Elián and short film, at Sheffield Doc/Fest with four Film Festival. — Mad Mary, Aoife Kelleher’s Second to None alongside two Irish projects presented at the Strange Occurrences in a Small other Irish short films —11th Hour MeetMarket. Laura McCann’s Revolutions and Irish Village, Ross McDonnell and Wave. Dennis Bartok’s Nails are released and Tim Golden’s Elián, Len in Irish cinemas. Collin’s Sanctuary and Vincent The IFB supports the Ireland on Gallagher’s Second to None Screen stand in partnership with screen at the Newport Beach Film Enterprise Ireland at MIPTV, Festival as part of its Irish Focus. promoting the Irish industry at the market and providing a A Date for Mad Mary is the big range of business facilities for winner at the IFTAs, claiming Irish delegates. the prize for Best Film, while other IFB-supported titles to win John Butler’s Handsome Devil on the night include The Young and Liam Gavin’s A Dark Song are Offenders (Script), Second to released in Irish cinemas. None (Short Animation), Tomato Red (Sound), I Am Not A Serial Killer (Editing) and The Secret Scripture (Production Design and Original Score).

08 09 The IFB and the Industry Trust for At the Galway Film Fleadh, the Eight Irish projects pitch at Cartoon Eight Irish titles screen in July IP Awareness launch ‘Moments IFB announces groundbreaking Forum in Toulouse, France including Official Selection at the Toronto Worth Paying For’ — an anti- new funding initiatives for female Wiggleywoo’s Farmer Mo, Ink and International Film Festival — piracy campaign aimed at writers and directors as part of the Light’s Hare and the Prisoner, Giant including The Breadwinner, inspiring Irish cinema audiences to board’s ongoing commitment to Animation’s Knuckle, Kavaleer Kissing Candice, Good Favour, choose the big-screen experience. achieving 50/50 gender equality Productions’ Neenawsaurs!, Dream The Lodgers, The Killing of a in the Irish film industry. Logic’s The Lost Letter, Piranha Sacred Deer, Mary Shelley, A host of IFB titles win awards at Bar’s The Monster Trucks, JAM The Cured and Grace Jones: the Galway Film Fleadh, including The IFB, TG4 and the BAI announce Media’s The Slimefoots, and Turnip Bloodlight and Bami. Michael Inside, The Drummer the successful companies for the and Duck’s Brain Freeze High. and the Keeper, Rocky Ros Muc Cine4 development scheme: Abú The IFB and RTÉ announce a joint and Late Afternoon. Dafhyd Media with the project, Finky; IFB films,Goodbye Darling and funding initiative to support new Flynn (Michael Inside) is awarded Danú Media with Saoi; Fíbín The Lost Letter, are among the Irish-scripted comedy projects, the Bingham Ray New Talent Media with Finscéal; Macalla with award winners at the inaugural with export potential. award. IFB’s Short Stories and Arracht; and, Wildfire Films with Aer Lingus Irish Filmmaker Frameworks short films receive Sail Óg Sarah. competition; a short film initiative The Cured wins Best Horror their world premiere at the judged by leading Irish filmmakers Feature at Fantastic Film Fest in festival, alongside screenings of Song of Granite screens at the including Mark O’Halloran, Neasa Austin, Texas. several other IFB films fromSong Karlovy Vary International Film Hardiman and Dearbhla Walsh. of Granite and The Farthest to Festival. A host of award-winning Irish MAZE and Elián. Six IFB shorts screen as part films screens at Irish Screen Len Collin’s Sanctuary, Conor of Culture Night in two Dublin America’s festivals in New York McDermottroe’s Halal Daddy, locations. and Los Angeles. Emer Reynolds’ The Farthest, and Brendan Muldowney’s Pilgrimage MAZE achieves the largest are released in Irish cinemas. opening weekend for an Irish film so far in 2017.

Elián, School Life and The Isabella Rossellini, Elizabeth Nick Kelly’s The Drummer and the August Farthest all screen at the 11th Guth Debicki and Gemma Keeper, Stephen Burke’s MAZE, Gafa International Documentary Arterton are confirmed to and Philip John’s Moon Dogs open — Festival in Co. Meath. star in Irish/UK Creative Co- in Irish cinemas. Production, Vita & Virginia.

Aisling Walsh’s Maudie is released Actors Seána Kerslake, Fionn The IFB welcomes an increase in Irish cinemas. October O’Shea, Paddy Gibson, Jessie in funding from the Department Buckley, and producer/writer Farah of Culture, Heritage and the — Abushwesha comprise the Irish Gaeltacht in the 2018 Budget. The IFB announces the relaunch Pat Collins’ Song of Granite is contingent highlighted as Screen September of the International Production announced as Ireland’s Foreign International’s Stars of Tomorrow. Ireland Week takes place in LA, Fund with a focus on regional Language selection for the 2018 playing host to the inaugural — development. Academy Awards®. Screen Training Ireland and Connect353 conference, placing Animation Skillnet announce the international spotlight on Irish An IFB and BAI report calls Rangle is launched — a unique Animation and VFX Graduate creative talent. for government policy on new digital platform that works Traineeship and Symposium 2017. training for the film, television to connect skilled crew with The IFB supports the Ireland on and animation sector and the production companies in real time. Screen stand in partnership with strengthening of the national Enterprise Ireland at MIPCOM. agency for screen training.

10 11 Directors Nora Twomey, Aoife The Breadwinner wins the Grand Irish Film Festival London takes Gerry Gregg’s Condemned to McArdle, Emer Reynolds, Peter Jury Prize and the Audience place, bringing the latest and Remember, Yorgos Lanthimos’ Foott and David Freyne; producers Award at the inaugural Animation greatest in Irish cinema to London The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Alan Maher and Andrew is Film event in LA. audiences.Content London takes Maurice Fitzpatrick’s In the Name Freedman; cinematographers Kate place with an Irish delegation in of Peace: John Hume in America, McCullough and Piers McGrail, Seven IFB titles screen at the BFI attendance. and Michael Fanning’s Rocky Ros and actor Tom Vaughan-Lawlor London Film Festival including, Muc are released in Irish cinemas. are all highlighted as Ten Irish The Breadwinner, The Cured, Rising Stars to Watch in The Song of Granite, A Mother Brings Hollywood Reporter. Her Son To Be Shot, The Killing The Breadwinner achieves Screen Training Ireland, in of a Sacred Deer, The Drummer December major awards season success partnership with Animation Skillnet Alongside the focus on Irish talent, and the Keeper and The Welfare as it receives a Golden Globe and Dublin Institute of Technology The Hollywood Reporter publishes of Tomás Ó Hallissy. — nomination for Best Animated announce a Level 9 Apprenticeship an Ireland special, featuring Feature Film as well as being in Animation (CGI Technical articles on the booming animation Sophie Fiennes’ Grace Jones: nominated for ten Annie Artist), as part of the national industry and the success of Ireland Bloodlight and Bami, Volker awards, including nods for Best development of the expanded as a film location. Schlöndorff’sReturn to Montauk Independent Animation and Apprenticeship Scheme. and Frankie Fenton’s It’s Not Yet Best Director. The Killing of a Sacred Deer Dark are released in Irish cinemas. Brown Bag Films’ animated film, tops the US Indie Box Office with The European Film Awards take Angela’s Christmas, based stellar reviews. place in Berlin with The Killing on a book by Frank McCourt, of a Sacred Deer nominated for premieres on RTÉ One. three awards including European Shooting wraps on Brendan Feargal Ward’s The Lonely Battle Director (Yorgos Lanthimos), IFB shorts, Time Traveller and November Gleeson’s directorial debut short of Thomas Reid receives its world European Actor (Colin Farrell) and An Island, are selected for the film,Psychic . premiere at the International European Screenplay (Lanthimos Clermont-Ferrand International — Documentary Festival Amsterdam and Efthimis Fillipou). IFB After ’16 Short Film Festival. The Cork Film Festival plays host (IDFA). short, The Party, is nominated for to the world premieres of the IFB European Short Film. Star Wars: The Last Jedi opens in Focus Shorts and Real Shorts, The Killing of a Sacred Deer Irish cinemas, with scenes filmed introduced by Mark O’Halloran. receives two Film Independent The Canada/Ireland Co- along Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way. Doc Day also takes place, Spirit Award nominations for Best Production Summit takes place in supported by the IFB, and placing Supporting Actor (Barry Keoghan) Dublin, aiming to further develop Saoirse Ronan is nominated for a a strong focus on quality Irish and and Best Cinematography co-production opportunities and Best Actress Golden Globe and international documentary. (Thimios Bakatakis). Saoirse projects between Ireland and a SAG Award, while Daniel Day Ronan receives a Best Actress Canada. Lewis and Catriona Balfe both Michael Inside wins the nomination for Lady Bird. receive Golden Globe nominations Audience Award at the Cork in their respective categories of Film Festival while Mother & IFB short, Time Traveller, wins Film and TV. Baby wins Best Documentary Best Irish Short at Foyle Film Short, with a host of IFB films Festival’s Light in Motion awards. Bharat Nalluri’s The Man Who also screening at the festival. Invented Christmas and Pat The IFB welcomes Josepha Collins’ Song of Granite are Screen Training Ireland announces Madigan T.D. as Minister for released in Irish cinemas. the speaker line-up for the final Culture, Heritage and the module of its Screen Leaders Gaeltacht and thanks outgoing programme — the leading strategic Minister Heather Humphreys T.D. company development programme for the screen industries.

12 13 Irish Features Never Grow Old —

When a ruthless gang of outlaws terrorise a sleepy frontier town, the local undertaker, Patrick, faces a profound moral dilemma. He plays a dangerous game, providing for his family as he profits in the wake of the violence sweeping the once peaceful God-fearing community. As the death toll rises and without religion or the law to turn to, Patrick must find a way to defeat the outlaws as they turn their brutal attention on his family.

Director/Script Ivan Kavanagh Producers Jacqueline Kerrin, Dominic Wright, Nicolas Steil, Jean-Michel Rey Photography Piers McGrail Editor Bernard Beets Production Designer John Leslie Music Gast Waltzing Main Cast John Cusack, Emile Hirsch, Deborah François Irish Location Galway Running Time 100 minutes

Production Companies Sales Agent Metro Ripple World Pictures International Entertainment Tel +353 1 678 7897 Tel +44 20 7396 5301 [email protected], [email protected] Iris Productions, Iris Films, Distributors Saban Rezo Productions Entertainment (US), Financiers IFB, RTÉ, BAI, Rezo Films (France) Luxembourg Film Fund, Delivery Date Mid 2018 Ripple World Pictures, Iris Productions, Iris Films, Rezo Films, Quickfire Films, Metro International Entertainment, Canal+, Eurimages

16 17 Float Like a Butterfly —

Set in 1970s Ireland, this film is a touching and universal story about self- determination and family bonding. Irish traveller Frances has to fight for the right to pursue her passion — boxing. Frances is determined to make her idol Muhammad Ali proud, as well as her father who has recently been released from prison. But when she wants to show him just how tough she is, she soon comes to realise he’s got other plans for her.

Director/Script Carmel Winters Producers Martina Niland, David Collins Photography Michael Lavelle Editor Julian Ulrichs Production Designer Toma McCullim Main Cast Hazel Doupe, Dara Devaney, Johnny Collins, Aidan O’Hare, Lalor Roddy, Hilda Fay Irish Location Cork Running Time 100 minutes

Production Companies Financiers IFB, BAI, RTÉ Samson Films Sales Agent WestEnd Films Tel +353 1 667 0533 Tel +44 207 494 8300 [email protected], [email protected] Port Pictures Delivery Date Early 2018

18 19 Wolfwalkers —

Robyn Goodfellow has come from England with her father Bill, who has been tasked by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell to wipe out the last wolf pack. She befriends Mebh MacTire, a native Irish girl, one of a fading pagan tribe rumoured to have the gift to be able to transform into wolves by night. Mebh is searching for her missing mother Moll, who has been captured in her wolf form by the Lord Protector, and Robyn vows to help her. But when Robyn realises she too is transforming into a Wolfwalker, she is faced with a very difficult decision.

Will Robyn turn her back on her friend in favour of the world her father wants for her — a Puritan life in the city where she must suppress her true nature — or will she become the very thing her father is tasked to destroy?

Directors Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart Producers Paul Young, Stephan Roelants Script Will Collins

Production Companies Delivery Date 2020 Cartoon Saloon Tel +353 56 776 4481 [email protected], Melusine Productions

20 21 Highway —

Heidi and Jane are best friends living in a small town in the desert. Jane — a Rodeo Queen contestant and military wife — goes missing and Heidi, now alone in the world, must begin a search across the desert. She digs up secrets and encounters the violence of life on the road, crossing paths with a series of unusual men and women in her search for an honest connection in a dishonest world.

Director/Script Alexandra McGuinness Producers Anna O’Malley, Eamonn Cleary, Dominic Wright, Jacqueline Kerrin Executive Producers Graham Appleby, Brian Deane, Adam Stanhope Photography Gareth Munden Editor Mairead McIvor Production Designer Carol Uraneck Music David Harrington Main Cast Lucy Fry, Eiza González, Josh Hartnett, Shelia Vand, Antonia Campbell-Hughes Running Time 95 minutes

Production Companies Financiers IFB, GCI Films, Ripple World Pictures EGG Post Production, Ripple Tel +353 1 678 7897 World Pictures, TW Films [email protected], Delivery Date Early 2018 TW Films

22 23 A Girl From Mogadishu —

Born into a refugee camp in war-torn Somalia, Ifrah is trafficked to Ireland as a teenager. Recounting her traumatic childhood experiences of female genital mutilation/cutting when applying for refugee status, she is re-traumatised and vows to devote her life to the eradication of the practice. She takes her campaign all the way to the President of Ireland and finally to the European Parliament and the United Nations.

Director/Script Mary McGuckian Producers Mary McGuckian, Adrian Politowski Photography Michael Lavelle Editor Mairead McIvor Production Designer Emmanuelle Pucci Main Cast Aja Naomi King, Barkhad Abdi, Martha Canga Antonio, Maryam Mursal Irish Location Dublin Running Time 96 minutes

Production Companies Distributor The Exchange Pembridge Sales Agent The Exchange pembridgepictureslimited@ Tel +1 310 935 3760 gmail.com, Umedia [email protected] Financiers IFB, Head Gear Delivery Date Mid 2018 Films, Premiere Pictures, Screen Brussels

24 25 Dark Lies the Island —

If you’re going to get involved with men in the town of Dromord, they might as well be Mannions — and Sara is involved with them up to her neck.

She’s married to Daddy Mannion more than twenty years her senior; he more or less owns the town. But her first love was his estranged son, Doggy Mannion, who is by now a criminal recluse living in the woods outside town. Then there’s the younger brother, Martin Mannion, a small-town Lothario and failing chicken farmer. Sara got involved with him too and now jealousy is rife in Dromord. The Mannion men have been set against each other, their truce cannot hold and violence is threatened.

Director Ian Fitzgibbon Producer Michael Garland Script Kevin Barry Photography Cathal Watters Editor Stephen O’Connell Production Designer Jeffrey Sherriff Music Stephen Rennicks Main Cast Pat Shortt, Charlie Murphy, Peter Coonan, Moe Dunford, Tommy Tiernan, Aisling O’Sullivan Irish Locations Dublin, Roscommon, Wicklow Running Time 95 minutes

Production Company Sales Agent Grand Pictures Independent Film Sales Tel +353 87 250 8880 Tel +44 20 7257 8734 [email protected] andrew@independentfilm Financiers IFB, BAI, RTÉ, company.com Egg Studios, Quickfire Delivery Date Early 2018

26 27 The Hole in the Ground —

Trying to escape a broken past, Sarah is rebuilding her life on the fringes of a rural town with her young son, Chris. A mysterious sinkhole is discovered in the vast forest bordering their new home. Sarah must battle to discover if the disturbing changes that manifest in her little boy are a transformation driven by something more sinister and threatening than her own maternal fears.

Director Lee Cronin Producers John Keville, Conor Barry Script Lee Cronin, Stephen Shields Photography Tom Comerford Editor Colin Campbell Production Designer Conor Dennison Music Timo Hietala Main Cast Seána Kerslake, James Quinn Markey, Simone Kirby, Katy Outinen, Steve Wall, James Cosmo Irish Locations Dublin, Kildare, Wicklow Running Time 90 minutes

Production Companies Distributor Wildcard Savage Productions Distribution Tel +353 87 796 5069 Sales Agent Bankside Films [email protected], Tel +44 20 7636 6085 Wrong Men, Made [email protected] Financiers IFB, BAI, Head Delivery Date Mid 2018 Gear, Wallimages, Finnish Film Foundation

28 29 Metal Heart —

Sisters Emma and Chantal are worlds apart. Emma is self-conscious, angry with the world and unsure of which path to take in life. She dreams of starting a band with her best friend Gary, who secretly has a crush on her. Her twin sister Chantal is beautiful, confident, and knows exactly where her life is headed. When their parents go away, their simmering rivalry threatens to boil over. The sudden ill-health of their neighbour Mrs Galton sees the return of her son Dan, changing the girls’ lives, outlooks and their relationship forever.

Director Hugh O’Conor Producers Rebecca O’Flanagan, Robert Walpole, Claire McCaughley Script Paul Murray Photography Eoin McLoughlin Editor Julian Ulrichs Production Designer Neill Treacy Music John McPhillips Main Cast Jordanne Jones, Leah McNamara, Moe Dunford Irish Location Dublin Running Time 90 minutes

Production Company Sales Agent Bankside Films Treasure Entertainment Tel +44 20 7636 6085 Tel +353 1 475 8820 [email protected], [email protected] XYZ Financiers IFB, RTÉ, Tel +1 310 956 1550 Headgear [email protected] Delivery Date Early 2018

30 31 Don’t Go —

Following the tragic loss of their only child, Molly, Ben and Hazel retreat to begin a new life together in a hotel, which they have inherited on the west coast of Ireland.

But there is no escape. Ben is haunted by a recurring dream of an idyllic day all three spent together on the beach last summer. Soon, Ben becomes convinced that through this recurring dream, he can change the past and right the terrible wrong he committed the day he lost his little girl.

As his life spins out of control and those around him begin to question his sanity, Ben becomes more determined than ever to finally bring Molly home.

Director David Gleeson Producer Nathalie Lichtenthaeler Script Ronan Blaney, David Gleeson Photography James Mather Editor Isobel Stephenson Production Designer Tracey O’Hanlon Music Ferry Corsten Main Cast Stephen Dorff, Melissa George, Simon Delaney, Aoibhinn McGinnity Irish Location Galway Running Time 91 minutes

Production Company Sales Agent Wide Eye Films Paradigm Agency Tel +353 87 411 1461 Tel +1 310 288 8000 [email protected] wdelrosario@ Financiers IFB, BAI, RTÉ, paradigmagency.com Amasia Entertainment, Delivery Date Early 2018 Northern Ireland Screen

32 33 Dublin Oldschool —

Jason, a wannabe DJ, stumbles through a drug-fuelled bank holiday, trying to play a big set. Throughout this lost weekend Jason keeps running into his brother Daniel, a homeless heroin addict trying to get clean.

The brothers haven’t seen each other in years but they reconnect and reminisce over tunes, trips and their shared history. Between the drugs, clubs and raves, they realise they have more in common than either knew.

Director Dave Tynan Producers Dave Leahy, Michael Donnelly V Executive Producer Rory Gilmartin Script Emmet Kirwan, Dave Tynan Photography JJ Rolfe Editor John O’Connor Production Designer Mark Kelly Main Cast Emmet Kirwan, Ian Lloyd Anderson, Sarah Greene, Liam Heslin, Ciaran Grace, Stephen Jones, Mark O’Halloran, Leah Minto, Seána Kerslake Irish Locations Dublin, Wicklow Running Time 100 minutes

Production Companies Financiers IFB, Windmill Warrior Films Lane Pictures, Filmbase Tel +353 86 608 3549 Distributor Element Pictures [email protected], Distribution (UK/Ireland) MDV Delivery Date Early 2018

34 35 Damo & Ivor: The Movie —

To find the last piece of their family puzzle, Damo and Ivor embark on the mother of all adventures. Ivor can’t get the surprise meeting with their brother John Joe out of his head and convinces Damo they have to track him down. Unknown to Damo, Ivor is also hoping to finally reunite with their mother. An adventure ensues, taking the brothers across Ireland where they discover that sometimes you can’t judge a book by its cover and things are not always as they seem. And most importantly, you can find “Mum” in the oddest of places.

Directors Ronan Burke, Rob Burke Producers Ruth Carter, Andy Quirke Script Andy Quirke, Jules Coll Photography Dave Grennan Editor Malcolm Maloney Production Designer Michael Moynihan Music Andy Kavanagh, Andrew Glover Main Cast Andy Quirke, Ruth McCabe, Tina Kellegher, Simon Delaney Irish Locations Dublin, Wicklow Running Time 90 minutes

Production Companies Distributor Wildcard Blue Ink Films Distribution Tel +353 86 365 9679 Sales Agent Carnaby ruth.carter@ International blueinkfilms.com, Tel +44 207 434 0185 Parallel Film Productions tim@carnaby Financiers IFB, RTÉ, BAI international.com Delivery Date Early 2018

36 37 Cellar Door —

Racing from young love to tortured loss and back again, this story follows Aidie, a fighter inside and out, as she searches for her son while in the grip of the Church. With a unique point of view on a familiar trauma, Cellar Door cuts deep into the character’s experience in an exploration of love regained and loss relived.

Director/Script/Editor Viko Nikci Producers David Collins, Viko Nikci Photography Robert Flood Production Designer Mark Kelly Music Natasa Paulberg, Ray Harman Main Cast Karen Hassan, Catherine Walker, Mark O’Halloran, Ruairi O’Connor, Ali White, Ian McElhinney, Stella McCusker, Leah McNamara, Amber Jean Rowan, Conor O'Hanlon Irish Location Dublin Running Time 87 minutes

Production Companies Financiers IFB Samson Films Delivery Date Early 2018 Tel +353 1 667 0533 [email protected], Welcome Home Pictures

38 39 The Meeting —

During an intense, meticulously prepared and highly charged encounter, a young woman finally gets answers to questions which have haunted her. Based upon a real-life meeting between a young sexual assault victim and her offender after his release from prison, The Meeting exposes the raw truth of a woman who refuses to sacrifice her personal freedom on the altar of an inadequate justice system.

Director/Script/Production Designer Alan Gilsenan Producer Tomás Hardiman Photography Colm Hogan Editor Emer Reynolds Main Cast Ailbhe Griffith, Terry O’Neill, Kevin McCormack, Allan Keating, Brenda McSweeney, Marie Keenan Irish Locations Dublin, Wicklow Running Time 90 minutes

Production Company Financiers IFB, BAI Parzival Productions Delivery Date Early 2018 Tel +353 87 266 0285 [email protected]

40 41 In Production

Limbo The Widow Papi Chulo — — — Twenty four hours in the life of a young A young woman arrives in Manhattan Cast adrift in Los Angeles, Sean — a lonely Irish mother and child as they battle and forms an unlikely friendship with an TV weatherman — drives past a middle- homelessness while living in emergency enigmatic widow, whose motives soon aged Latino migrant worker standing accommodation. reveal themselves to be sinister. outside Home Depot looking for work. He decides to hire this kind-looking man — Director/Script/Editor Gerard Barrett Producers Gerard Director Neil Jordan Producers James Flynn, Lawrence to be his friend. Sean is young, gay and Barrett, Grainne O’Sullivan Photography Miguel Ángel Viñas Bender, Karen Richards, Sidney Kimmel, John Penotti Script white; Ernesto, portly, straight and married. Production Designer Pat Moore Music Seamus Slemon Ray Wright, Neil Jordan Photography Seamus McGarvey Main Cast Martha Dunlea, Molly Barrett Irish Locations Editor Nick Emerson Production Designer Anna Rackard Despite having nothing in common, they Dublin, Kerry Running Time 90 minutes Music Javier Navarrete Main Cast Isabelle Huppert, Chloë build a sort of friendship based on sign Grace Moretz, Maika Monroe, Colm Feore, Stephen Rea Irish language, until Sean becomes consumed Location Dublin Running Time 115 minutes Production Company Distributor Blank Page by a deep and obsessional attraction. Blank Page Distribution Tel +353 66 719 1994 Sales Agent Kew Media Production Companies Financiers IFB, Sidney [email protected] Tel +44 20 7851 6500 Metropolitan Films Kimmel Entertainment Director/Script John Butler Producers Robert Walpole, Financiers IFB, [email protected] Tel +353 1 276 9320 Sales Agent Sierra/Affinity Rebecca O’Flanagan Running Time 100 minutes Blank Page Content Delivery Date Early 2018 [email protected], Tel +1 424 253 1075 Sidney Kimmel [email protected] Production Company Delivery Date Late 2018 Entertainment, Lawrence Delivery Date Mid 2018 This project was in receipt of IFB Completion Funding Treasure Entertainmnet Ltd. Bender Productions Tel +353 1 475 8820 [email protected]

42 43 Feature Co-Productions

44 45 The Little Stranger —

During the long hot summer of 1948, Dr Faraday — the son of a housemaid, who has built a life of quiet respectability as a country doctor — is called to a patient at Hundreds Hall, where his mother once worked. The Hall has been home to the Ayres family for more than two centuries, but it is now in decline and its inhabitants — mother, son and daughter — are haunted by something more ominous than a dying way of life.

When he takes on his new patient, Faraday has no idea how closely, and how terrifyingly, the family’s story is about to become entwined with his own.

Director Lenny Abrahamson Producers Gail Egan, Andrea Calderwood, Ed Guiney Script Lucinda Coxon, adapted from the acclaimed novel by Sarah Waters Photography Ole Bratt Birkeland Editor Nathan Nugent Production Designer Simon Elliott Music Stephen Rennicks Main Cast Domhnall Gleeson, Ruth Wilson, Charlotte Rampling, Will Poulter, Liv Hill Running Time 120 minutes

Production Companies Sales Agent Pathé Element Pictures International Tel +353 1 618 5032 Tel +33 1 7172 3305 [email protected], [email protected] Potboiler Productions Distributors Pathé Financiers IFB, Pathé, (UK, Ireland, France, Ingenious Media, Film4 Switzerland), Focus Features (all other territories) Delivery Date Mid 2018

46 47 Vita & Virginia —

Charting the birth of ‘Orlando’, Woolf’s novel inspired by their intoxicating encounters, this is the true story of the passionate relationship between literary trailblazer Virginia Woolf and the enigmatic aristocrat Vita Sackville-West.

When their paths cross, the magnetic Vita decides that Virginia will be her next conquest, no matter the cost. The film is a celebration of their unconventional bond; a vivid exploration of gender, sexuality, creativity and passion. It is a love story, told in a contemporary style, about two women — two writers — who smashed through social barriers to find solace in their forbidden connection.

Director Chanya Button Producers Evangelo Kioussis, Katie Holly Script Eileen Atkins, Chanya Button Photography Carlos De Carvalho Editor Mark Trend Production Designer Noam Piper Music Isobel Waller-Bridge Main Cast Gemma Arterton, Elizabeth Debicki, Isabella Rossellini, Rupert Penry- Jones, Peter Ferdinando Irish Locations Dublin, Kildare, Meath, Wicklow Running Time 100 minutes

Production Companies Sales Agent Protagonist Blinder Films Pictures Tel +353 1 677 8540 Tel +44 20 7734 9000 [email protected], info@protagonist Mirror Productions pictures.com Financiers IFB, Piccadilly Distributor Thunderbird Pictures, SQN, Protagonist Releasing (UK) Pictures, Lipsync Delivery Date Mid 2018 Productions, Sampsonic Media, Mirror Productions, Blinder Films

48 49 Birthmarked —

In 1976, two respected scientists, Ben Morin and his wife Catherine O’Neal, quit their jobs at a university to conduct an experiment they think will revolutionise our understanding of human identity. The project aims to raise three children contrary to their genetic predispositions to prove the ultimate power of nurture over nature. The experiment will reveal little scientific truth, instead leading Ben and Catherine to discover the true value of family.

Director Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais Producers Pierre Even, Susan Mullen, Alan Moloney Script Marc Tulin Photography Josée Deshaies Editor Arthur Tarnowski Production Designer Emmanuel Fréchette Music Stephen Rennicks Main Cast Matthew Goode, Toni Collette, Fionnula Flanagan, Michael Smiley, Andreas Apergis, Megan O’Kelly, Jordan Poole, Anton Gillis-Adelman Running Time 90 minutes

Production Companies Sales Agent Aqute Media Parallel Film Tel +1 416 508 8603 Productions Limited [email protected] Tel +353 1 236 0757 Distributor Les Films Séville [email protected], IItem 7 Delivery Date Early 2018 Financiers IFB, Telefilm Canada, Sodec

50 51 Sonja: Queen of Ice —

The inventor of modern ice skating, Sonja Henie was never alone. She was always surrounded by her family and had an appetite for money, men, parties and alcohol. After eleven World Championships and three Olympic gold medals as a figure skater, she set out to conquer Hollywood. Her first film topped the box office in 1937 and she became one of the best-paid actresses in Hollywood. But after thirteen films and two unhappy marriages, both the audience and her loved ones start to leave her, and Sonja can’t stand to be alone.

Sonja lived a remarkable life on the ice, in Hollywood, and in her private life. But what does the star do when the spotlight is turned off?

Director Anne Sewitsky Producers Tristan Orpen Lynch, Aoife O’Sullivan, Cornelia Boysen, Synnove Horsdal Script Mette Marit Bølstad, Andreas Markusson Photography Daniel Voldheim Editor Christoffer HeieProduction Designer Lina Nordqvist Main Cast Ine Marie Wilmann, Valene Kane, Hugh O’Conor, Aidan McArdle, Malcolm Adams, Norma Sheahan Running Time 110 minutes

Production Companies Distributor Nordisk Film Subotica Sales Agent Nordisk Film Tel +353 1 662 2226 Tel +45 2685 7608 [email protected], lone.korslund@ Maipo Film, Nordisk, Avanti nordiskfilm.com Financiers IFB, NFI, Delivery Date Early 2018 Nordisk Film, Nordic Film and TV Fund, NRK TV, Maipo, Windmill Lane, Swedish Film Institute

52 53 Justice.net —

Four hostages. One trial. You decide.

Jake de Long is one of the top computer programmers in the world. While hiding in an abandoned warehouse in Luxembourg and working on a secret website, he is warned that the police have discovered his whereabouts. He escapes to Canada, where his partner Valérie is waiting for him. They continue their lives’ mission by kidnapping four influential personalities and making them admit to their environmental sins live — on trial — on Jake’s website, justice.net.

Director Pol Cruchten Producers Nicolas Steil, Dominic Wright, Jacqueline Kerrin, François Tremblay, Lyse Lafontaine Script Thom Richardson Photography Jerzy Palacz Editor Paul Maas Production Designer Audrey Hernu Music Gast Waltzing Main Cast Martin McCann, Pascale Bussières, Astrid Roos Irish Location Dublin Running Time 100 minutes

Production Companies Distributors Filmoption Ripple World Pictures International (Canada) Tel +353 1 678 7897 Sales Agent Rezo Films marie-claire@ Tel +33 1 4246 4630 rippleworld.com, [email protected] Iris Productions, Lyla Films Delivery Date Mid 2018 Financiers IFB, Luxembourg Film Fund, Rezo Films, SODEC, Ripple World Pictures, Iris Group, Lyla Films, Filmoption International, Téléfilm Canada

54 55 Animation TV

56 57 The Overcoat Peek Zoo — — The Overcoat is a warm and unique This is the fun-filled world of Peek Zoo, Christmas story about an office worker where a warm and engaging cast of who saves all his money to buy a new characters, both human and animal, coat in time for Christmas, only to have embark on a series of hilarious adventures fate take a ghostly hand. that will make children laugh, think and learn — all at the same time. Directors Sean Mullen, Meelis Arulepp Producers Jonathan Clarke, Kristel Tõldsepp Script Hugh O’Conor Director Kealan O’Rourke Producers Brian Willis, Editor Mark Fisher Music Liina Summera Main Cast Cillian Stephen Smith Script Emma Hogan, Andrew Barnet Jones, Murphy, Alfred Molina, Devorah Dailey, Mikel Murfi, Ciaran Murtagh Production Designer Kevin Waldron Michael McElhatton, Sam McGovern, Fiona O’Shaughnessy Music Niall Byrne Cast Michael McElhatton, Ely Solan Running Time 28 minutes Running Time 26 x 7 minutes

Production Companies Financiers IFB, Eesti Filmi Production Company Sales Agent Monster Giant Animation Instituut, BOC Productions, Igloo Productions Entertainment Tel +353 1 426 5418 Eesti Kultuurkapitali Tel +353 1 661 1384 Tel +353 1 285 9025 [email protected], Delivery Date [email protected] andrew@ A Film Estonia Early 2018 Financiers IFB, RTÉ, BAI, monsterentertainment.tv SRF, Creative Europe Delivery Date Late 2018

58 59 The Day Henry Met Ballybraddan — — Every day, Henry meets something new — This animated drama series focuses on a the day Henry met a Whale, the day Henry group of children in a rural Irish town who met the Moon, the day Henry met a Car! overcome obstacles on and off the field to How exciting — I wonder what Henry’s make their way through the school hurling going to meet today? championship to reach the big final.

Director/Script/Music Gilly Producer Susan Broe Director Graham Holbrook Producers Dale Robinson, Ronan Main Cast Darragh Malone, Oliver Callan, Lisa Garvey McCabe, Gerard O’Rourke Script Noel McGee Music Jon Running Time 26 x 5 minutes Atkinson Running Time 20 x 11 minutes

Production Company Financiers IFB, RTÉ, Production Company Distributor Geronimo Wiggleywoo BAI, Monster Treehouse Republic Productions Tel +353 86 811 8847 Delivery Date Early 2018 Tel +353 1 662 9688 Tel +353 86 247 9877 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Distributor Monster Financiers IFB, RTÉ, BAI Entertainment Delivery Date Early 2019 Tel +353 1 611 4934 andrew@ monsterentertainment.tv

60 61 Live Action TV

Angela’s Christmas Nightflyers — — Angela is a bright, compassionate and Nightflyers follows eight maverick scientists Production Companies imaginative six-year-old girl, who worries and a powerful telepath who embark on an Universal Cable Productions, Netflix that the Baby Jesus will be cold in the expedition to the edge of our solar system Irish Co-Producer manger in the church. Determined to bring aboard The Nightflyer — a ship with a small Wild Atlantic Pictures him home to warm up, she sets off on a tight-knit crew and a reclusive captain — +353 1 639 4000 admin@wildatlantic humorously heart-pounding adventure in the hope of making contact with alien pictures.com through the gas-lit streets of Limerick on life. But when terrifying and violent events Christmas Eve. begin to take place they start to question each other and surviving the journey proves Director Damien O’Connor Producers Nathan Santell, harder than anyone thought. Colm Tyrrell Script Will Collins, Damien O’Connor based on a children’s book by Frank McCourt Editors Rossa Lundberg, David Blanc Production Designer Alfred Llupiá Pérez Music Director Mike Cahill Producers Robert Jaffe, Macdara Darren Hendley Main Cast Ruth Negga, Lucy O’Connell, Kelleher, Eoin Egan Executive Producers Jeff Buhler, Brian Gleeson, Malachy McCourt, Pat Kinevane Running Daniel Cerone, George R.R. Martin; Gene Klein, David Time 29 minutes Bartis and Doug Liman of Hypnotic; Alison Rosenzweig and Michael Gaeta of Gaeta Rosenzweig Films; Lloyd Ivan Miller and Alice P. Neuhauser of Lloyd Ivan Miller Production Companies Distributor 9 Story Productions Showrunner Daniel Cerone Script Jeff Buhler, Brown Bag Films Media Group based on author George R.R. Martin’s novella and the 1987 Tel +353 1 872 1608 Tel +353 1 872 1608 film of the same namePhotography Markus Förderer nathan.santell@ [email protected] Production Design David Sandefur Main Cast Eoin brownbagfilms.com, Financiers IFB, RTÉ, BAI, Macken, Sam Strike, Maya Eshet, Angus Sampson, Jodie 9 Story Media Group 9 Story Media Group Turner-Smith, David Ajala, Brían F. O'Byrne Irish Location Delivery Date Delivered Limerick Running Time 10 x 60 minutes

62 63 Feature Documentaries Katie —

Five time World Champion, six time European Champion and Olympic Gold Medallist in London 2012, Katie Taylor is universally acknowledged as the game- changer who put women’s boxing on the map. But a devastating year that culminated in Katie losing her Olympic crown at Rio 2016 led some to think that the best days of her career were behind her.

With unprecedented access, this film follows Katie’s move to the professional ranks and her quest to change the game yet again. Can she rise once more and win a world title as a professional boxer?

Director Ross Whitaker Producer Aideen O’Sullivan Executive Producer Andrew Freedman Photography Brian Moore Editor Andrew Hearne Music Michael Fleming Running Time 90 minutes

Production Companies Financiers IFB, RTÉ, BAI, True Films Wildcard Distribution Tel +353 86 081 6004 Distributor Wildcard [email protected], Distribution Venom Film Delivery Date Mid 2018

66 67 Jihad Jane Keepers of the Flame — — In March 2010, the arrest on terror Director Ciaran Cassidy Producers Morgan Bushe, Anna This is a unique account of a generation Director Nuala O’Connor Producer Tina O’Reilly Script charges of a blonde-haired, blue-eyed Byvald, Sander Verdonk, Aoife McGonigal Photography Ross dealing with the consequences of Diarmaid Ferriter, Nuala O’Connor Photography Colm Hogan McDonnell Editor John Murphy Running Time 80 minutes Editor Eoin McDonagh Production Designer Til Frohlich American woman who called herself cataclysmic historic events — the Irish War Music Colm Mac Con Iomaire Running Time 86 minutes ‘Jihad Jane’ made headlines worldwide. of Independence and Civil War. It explores Production Company Distributor Wildcard The story of Colleen LaRose, a forty six- Fastnet Films Distribution the impact of these events on the collective Production Company South Financiers IFB, BAI, RTÉ year-old woman who had radicalised in Tel +353 85 719 5345 Delivery Date Mid 2018 and personal memories of the Irish State Wind Blows Delivery Date Early 2018 rural Pennsylvania led the evening news [email protected] and its people. A vast archive of personal Tel +353 1 286 8273 Financiers IFB, BAI, RTÉ, [email protected] bulletins. What made the case stranger was Dutch Film Fund, SVT, accounts, Irish Military Pensions files and the arrest of another American woman, Swedish Film Institute previously unseen archive film provide Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, a Colorado native — liberating disclosure for the first time. this time in Waterford, Ireland.

Amid a backdrop of NSA surveillance, media hysteria and online radicalisation, ‘Jihad Jane’ is the story of marriage proposals, a murder plot and the world’s most unlikely terror cell.

68 69 Shooting the Mafia A Mother Brings Her Son to be Shot — — In sharp contrast to the all-pervasive Director/Photography Kim Longinotto Producer Niamh One night Majella O’Donnell took her Director/Script Sinéad O’Shea Producers Ailish Bracken, romanticised and glamorised media image Fagan Editor Ollie Huddleston Running Time 100 minutes teenage son Philly to be shot in both legs. Sinead O’Shea Executive Producer Joshua Oppenheimer Photography Ross McDonnell, Richard Kendrick, Enda of the Sicilian Mafia, Kim Longinotto’s Majella, Philly and his shooters are all part O’Dowd, Sinead O’Shea, Paddy Stevenson Editor Enda feature documentary, Shooting the Mafia, Production Company Financiers IFB, Impact of the dissident Republican community in O’Dowd Co-Editor Jordan Montminy Music George Brennan Lunar Pictures Ltd Partners, The Artemis Rising Running Time 83 minutes unflinchingly explores the stark reality Tel +353 87 242 4138 Foundation, Screenscene Derry, Northern Ireland. of life, and death, under the oppressive [email protected] Post Production yoke of the Corleonesi Mafia. Delivery Date Early 2018 The Troubles officially ended in 1998 but Production Company Sales Agent Cats & Docs this dissident community is still at war. Blinder Films Tel +33 1 44 61 77 48 Tel +353 86 199 4388 [email protected] Photographer Letizia Battaglia stood up They do not accept the Good Friday peace [email protected] Delivery Date Early 2018 to the Mafia and it is through her lens that agreement, the government or police. Financiers IFB, RTÉ, we enter this world of ritualised slaughter, Some members are in armed groups. They Outer Limits omertà, semi-religious oppression and feudal respond to so-called antisocial behaviour control. The scale of the Mafia’s brutality and with kneecap shootings, banishment and power is revealed through a combination even murder. All this happens within the of rare archive footage, newsreel and jurisdiction of the United Kingdom. personal photographs and memories. How do you bring your son to be shot? The power of Letizia’s photography and What happens afterwards? When do wars the bravery and dedication of people really end? Filmed over five years, this is a like her helped to finally bring to an shocking portrait of the complexities of a end the brutal reign of a bunch of small post-conflict society. town thugs whose reign of fear reached as far as the Italian presidency.

70 71 Losing Alaska One Million American Dreams — — In Newtok, Alaska, the homes of some Director/Photography/Editor Tom Burke Death is expensive. But if you die on the Director Brendan Byrne Producer Trevor Birney three hundred and seventy five Americans Producers Jessie Fisk, Alan Maher wrong side of the tracks in one the greatest Executive Producer Alex Gibney Photography Ross Music Gerry Horan Running Time 86 minutes McDonnell, Stephen McCarthy Editor Paul Devlin are disappearing. As winter storms grow cities on earth — New York — the price you Music Edith Progue Running Time 90 minutes more fierce each year and steal more of the pay is even higher. Hart Island is the largest Production Company Sales Agent coastline, summer meltwaters surge down Marcie Films Marcie Film Sales tax-funded cemetery in the world. Since Production Company Distributor Kew Media the Ninglick River and erode the edges of Tel +353 85 126 0922 Tel +353 86 855 4393 1869, prison labour has been used to bury Fine Point Films Sales Agent Kew Media the town. Rising temperatures are melting [email protected] [email protected] over a million unclaimed bodies in mass Tel +44 28 9031 5930 Tel +1 20 7851 6500 Financiers IFB, Marcie Delivery Date Early 2018 mairead.kelly@ [email protected] the permafrost on which the town is built. Films Sales, Marcie Films, graves. It is the final resting place of those finepointfilms.com Delivery Date Early 2018 Broadstone Films who were trampled in their failed pursuit of Financiers IFB, This film follows their efforts to build a new the American Dream. Northern Ireland Screen, Arthur Street Films town on safer ground before the inevitable flood washes their homes away. It also One Million American Dreams paints a celebrates the commitment it takes to portrait of the lives and deaths connected make that journey, while questioning what to Hart Island, and follows the campaign to is being lost in the process. finally turn New York’s Potter’s Field into a dignified resting place.

72 73 The Life After The Man Who Dared to Dream — — This film uses a mixture of powerful The Man Who Dared to Dream tells the testimony, archive and poetry to examine story of Irishman Peter Rice, and his huge the impact of The Troubles in Northern impact on modern architecture. Rice is Ireland on those who lost loved ones in widely regarded as the most distinguished the violence. Part of the testimony given structural engineer of the late twentieth by the characters has been poeticised century, having engineered three of the and throughout the film we hear people most important architectural works of speaking in verse about love, loss and the age — the Sydney Opera House, the personal tragedy. Pompidou Centre in Paris and Lloyd's Building in London.

Directors Brian Hill, Niamh Kennedy Producers Brian Hill, Niamh Kennedy, Alan Maher Script Nick Laird Photography Director Marcus Robinson Producers Brian Willis, Brendan Kate McCullough Editor Stuart Briggs Music Nainita Desai Byrne Script Brian Willis, Brendan Byrne, Marcus Robinson Running Time 80 minutes Photography Michael O’Donovan Editor Paul Devlin Music Niall Byrne Running Time 75 minutes

Production Companies Financiers IFB, BBC Marcie Films Delivery Date Early 2018 Production Company Sales Agent Content Media Tel +353 1 675 5270 Igloo Productions Corporation International [email protected], Tel +353 1 661 1384 Tel +44 20 7851 6500 Century Films [email protected] [email protected] Financiers IFB, RTÉ, BAI, Delivery Date Mid 2018 Northern Ireland Screen, BBC Four

74 75 Caught in the Crossfire Wings and a Prayer — — The Bojayá massacre was the worst mass Offering a unique insight into a Director Frank Shouldice Producers Trisha Canning, Cormac atrocity in Colombia’s fifty-year-long disappearing world, Wings and a Prayer Hargaden Photography Dave Perry Editor Emer O’Clery Music Giles Packham Running Time 90 minutes conflict. Fifteen years on, the Colombian tells the story of eighty-something-year- government and the FARC guerrillas old bachelor farmer, Bobby Coote, whose Production Company Financiers IFB, RTÉ, stand on the precipice of lasting peace. lifelong dream to fly has remained with Loosehorse Leadcom Charting the FARC’s path to civilian life him since he left school at thirteen. Tel +353 61 36 052 Delivery Date Early 2018 and capturing one victim’s incredible [email protected] struggle for justice, this film follows Joined by his neighbour Sean, Bobby sets the process of identifying the dead of aside his own field of dreams by cutting Bojayá during the implementation of the out a runway and even building a hangar controversial peace accords. in a small rural community in Cavan. Despite a lack of encouragement from Directors Oisín Kearney, Loretta van der Horst Producers his brother Ernie, Bobby has used his Trevor Birney, Brendan Byrne Running Time 90 minutes life savings to buy a plane in the hope of making his aviation dreams a reality. Even Production Company Distributor Kew Media if it is the last thing he does. Fine Point Films Sales Agent Kew Media Tel +44 28 9031 5930 Tel +44 20 7851 6500 mairead.kelly@ [email protected] finepointfilms.com Delivery Date Mid 2018 Financiers IFB, Northern Ireland Screen, Kew Media

76 77 The Camino Voyage Windmill Lane — — A crew including a writer, two musicians, Ireland at the turn of the millennium. A an artist and a stonemason embark on grimy warehouse in a corner of Dublin’s the Camino, not on land, but by sea in a docklands becomes a mecca for music traditional boat that they built themselves. and the arts. This is the story of a group of The 2,500km journey is inspiring and extraordinary people who were brave, bold often dangerous. and groundbreaking enough to leave their mark on an incredible time of change in

Director Dónal Ó Céilleachair Producers Martina Durac, Ireland and the world. Dónal Ó Céilleachair Photography Robert Kelly Editor Julie Flavin Music Brendan Begley, Glen Hansard, Carlos Nuñez Director Aisling Walsh Producers Alan Moloney, Ruth Coady Main Cast Glen Hansard, Brendan Begley, Danny Sheehy, Editor Stephen O'Connell Brendan Moriarty, Liam Holden Running Time 90 minutes

Production Company Financiers IFB Production Companies Financiers IFB, BAI, Parallel Films Sales Agent UTA Anú Pictures TG4, RTÉ Tel +353 1 236 0757 +1 310 273 6700 Tel +353 86 244 1507 Delivery Date Early 2018 [email protected] Delivery Date Mid 2018 [email protected], Phoenix Films

78 79 Short Films Short

80 81 Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board (IFB) invests in new talent by giving filmmakers the chance to develop skills in live-action filmmaking, documentary, animation and digital technology. To this end, the IFB provides funding for short films through a series of schemes, all of which welcome and encourage Irish-language entries.

Déanann Bord Scannán na hÉireann (BSÉ) infheistíocht i scannánóirí nua, ag tabhairt deise dóibh scileanna a fhorbairt maidir le scannánaíocht bheoghníomhaíochta, fhaisnéise, bheochana agus theicneolaíocht dhigiteach. Chuige seo, cuireann BSÉ maoiniú ar fáil do ghearrscannáin trí réimse scéimeanna, atá uilig oscailte roimh iarratais do ghearrscannáin as Gaeilge.

A Different An Island Kind of Day — A solitary man sets out to conquer an — isolated island. A random encounter between two young adults who have Down Syndrome Director Rory Byrne Producer Ciarán Deeney Script Rory and a group of youths has unexpected Byrne, Alan Holly Animators Alan Holly, Anita Gaughan Colourist Aoife Balfe Music Sean Byrne Art Director Ronan consequences which change the day for McMeel Running Time 13 minutes everyone.

Production Company Director/Script/Production Designer Maria Doyle And Maps And Plans Kennedy Producer/Music Kieran Kennedy Tel +353 1 521 3334 Photography James Mather Editor Weronika Kaminska [email protected] Main Cast Daniel Kennedy, Orla Casey, Tony Doyle Running Time 5 minutes Best Animation Galway Film Fleadh 2017 Production Company Mermaid Productions Tel +353 87 659 7669 Official Selection [email protected] Clermont-Ferrard Short Film Festival 2018 The Frameworks scheme is co-financed by the IFB and RTÉ. The IFB funding for short film is split across the following four schemes. For more information please visit www.irishfilmboard.ie.

82 83 Bellwether The Bird and Bordalo II: Catcalls — the Whale A Life of Waste — On a remote beach in the west of A man cruises around late at night looking Ireland, Anne begins her journey to — — for something. He pulls in to ask two young become the Bellwether — the sheep A baby whale separated from his An intimate portrait of Portuguese street girls for directions — only to flash them that can lead the flock. family encounters a caged bird — artist Artur Bordalo as he aims to highlight to get a cheap thrill. Unfortunately, he the sole survivor of a shipwreck. the extent of our wastefulness and the has picked the wrong girls. They are also Director/Script Caroline Campbell Producer Ailish Bracken impact this has on our environment out hunting tonight and they will stop at Photography JJ Rolfe Editor Eavan Aiken Production Director/Script Carol Freeman Producer Jonathan Clarke through his ‘Trash Animals’ sculptures. nothing to get their kill. Designer David Jones Music Philip Stewart Main Cast Animation Director Eimhin McNamara Music Chris Antonia Campbell-Hughes Running Time 7 minutes McLoughlin Running Time 8 minutes Directors/Photography Trevor Whelan, Rua Meegan Director/Script Kate Dolan Producer Aoife Kelly Executive Producer Glen Collins Editor Tony Kearns Music Steady Producer Fiona Kinsella Photography Piers McGrail Editor Production Company Production Company State, Eric Whelan Running Time 10 minutes John Cutler Production Designer Emma Lowney Music Against the Grain Films Paper Panther Productions Steve Lynch Main Cast Martin O’Sullivan, Edel Murphy, Tel +353 86 199 4388 Tel +353 86 159 1541 Francesca Saunders Running Time 9 minutes [email protected] [email protected] Production Companies Pull The Trigger, Little Wolf Media Tel +353 1 476 0488 (PTT) Production Company [email protected] Catcalls Tel +353 86 153 5763 (Little Wolf) Tel +353 86 362 2405 [email protected] [email protected]

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84 85 Departure Deposits Hey Ronnie Reagan Late Afternoon — — — — Faced with the prospect of yet another Deposits concerns the connection of all In 1984, a tiny anonymous Tipperary An elderly woman drifts back through her Christmas without her emigrated family, the ‘Disappeared’, who are the remains village was thrust into the world’s memories. She exists between two states, Alma, a lonely Irish grandmother, is at of those murdered by the Provisional spotlight when US President Ronald the past and the present. an all-time low. This would-be tragedy Irish Republican Army, and those killed Reagan arrived to visit his ancestral home. quickly turns into a comedy as the universe centuries earlier by the British Redcoats. In It was said that Ballyporeen would never Director/Script/Character Designer Louise Bagnall Producer conspires to bring her closer to her family common they are buried without trace, but be the same again... Nuria González Blanco Editor Alan Slattery Concept Artists Stefano Scapolan, Áine McGuinness Music Colm Mac Con than she could ever have imagined. are connected by hopes for discovery. Iomaire Main Cast Fionnula Flanagan, Niamh Moyles, Lucy Director Maurice O’Brien Producer Daniel Hegarty O’Connell, Michael McGrath Running Time 10 minutes Director/Script/Editor/Art Director/Character Designer Director/Production Designer Trevor Courtney Producer Photography John McMahon Editor Cara Holmes Music Michael John McCarthy Running Time 11 minutes Aoífe Doyle Producer Niamh Herrity Toon Boom Animation Michael Algar Script Adrienne Michel-Long Music Paul Production Company Leo Crowley Music West One Music Group Running Time Dowling Main Cast John Kavanagh Running Time 5 minutes Cartoon Saloon 9 minutes Production Company Tel +353 56 776 4481 Production Company Honourable Mention Marmalade Films [email protected] Production Company Igloo Animations Dublin Animation Film Tel +353 1 416 3352 [email protected] Pink Kong Studios Tel +353 1 661 8981 Festival 2017 Best Animated Sequence in a Short Film Tel +353 87 292 9254 [email protected] Galway Film Fleadh 2017 [email protected] Official Selection Best Short Film Official Selection Audi Dublin International Film Festival 2018 Irish Film London 2017 Official Selection Cork Film Festival 2017 Audi Dublin International Film Festival 2018 Official Selection St. Louis International Film Festival 2017 Foyle Film Festival 2017 Audi Dublin International Film Festival 2018

86 87 Macarooned Mother & Baby NEON Nice Night For It — — — — A desperate castaway navigates shark- Discarded in death as they were in life, The world is poisoned. A sacrificial Ground down by endless nights awake, infested waters to reach a nearby island Mother & Baby bears witness to children population is tasked with carving out a an insomniac takes a night-time walk, paradise, and pits his wits against an of the ‘fallen’ women of Ireland. clean passage with neon lights between where she finds comfort in a fellow escalating run of extraordinary bad luck. pockets of surviving civilisation. One sleepless stranger. Director/Script Mia Mullarkey Producer Alice McDowell ‘runner’ dares to race for her life against Directors Alan Short, Seamus Malone Producer Samantha Photography Aidan Maguire Editor Mirjam Strugalla Music all the odds. Director/Script Rachel Carey Producer Fiona Kinsella Plaisted Script Alan Short Design Barry Reynolds Character Anna Mullarkey Running Time 18 minutes Photography Piers McGrail Editor Ciara Brophy Production Modelling Clare Price Editor Rod Chisholm Music Seamus Designer Annabel Konig Music Denis Kilty Main Cast Clare Director/Script Rioghnach Ni Ghrioghair Producer Flaminia Malone Production Designer Trine Sorensen Art Director Production Company Dunne, Emmet Kirwan Running Time 7 minutes Trine Coolidge Running Time 4 minutes Iacoviello Photography Paddy Jordan Editor Shane Woods Ishka Films Production Designer Lilla Nurie Music Eomac Main Cast Tel +353 85 179 5982 Sophie Merry, Daryl McCormack Running Time 5 minutes Production Company Production Company [email protected] Jumper Productions Whirligig Tel +353 86 383 7783 Production Company Tel +353 86 859 8128 Best Documentary Short [email protected] [email protected] 925 Productions Cork Film Festival 2017 Tel +353 85 830 6868 [email protected] Official Selection Official Selection Official Selection Foyle Film Festival 2017 Audi Dublin International Film Festival 2018 Audi Dublin International Film Festival 2018

88 89 Smithy & Dickie Take Me Swimming The Swimmer The Tattoo — — — — Smithy & Dickie celebrates old love letters, A son must overcome his own conflicted Delving into the peculiar, solitary psyche A Holocaust survivor working in a New while questioning how the current digital feelings and honour his father’s intentions of West Cork open-water swimmer York funeral home makes a distressing age is potentially obliterating any record of to keep his mother alive, despite her Stephen Redmond (the first person ever to discovery. our most precious moments. expressed wish to the contrary. complete the world-famous Ocean’s Seven

Challenge), The Swimmer looks at the Director/Script Ian Power Producer Eoghan Ryan Director/Script Hannah Quinn Producers Michela Orlandi, Director Claire Dix Producer Roisín Geraghty Script Ailbhe beauty and poetry of Stephen’s passion Photography Miguel Angel Vinas Editors Joe McElwaine, Hannah Quinn Photography Tim Fleming Editor Robert Keogan Photography Michael Kelly Editor Tony Cranstoun and touches on the lives of the people he Ian Power Production Designer Joe Fallover Music Stefan O’Connor Running Time 10 minutes Production Designer Dáithí Magner Music Hugh Drumm French Main Cast Natalie Radmall-Quirke, Grainne Keenan, Main Cast Barry Ward, Olwen Fouéré, BJ Hogg Running has loved and lost. Jer O’Leary, Natalia Kostrzewa, Andy Kellegher Running Time 15 minutes Time 15 minutes Production Company Savage Productions Director/Editor Thomas Beug Producer Jessica Bermingham Tel +353 85 125 5679 Production Company Photography Eoin McLoughlin Music Jackson Mico Running Production Company [email protected] Feenish Productions Time 10 minutes Rocket Science Productions Tel +353 85 166 2183 Tel +353 86 856 5530 [email protected] Production Company [email protected] Red Rage Films Official Selection Tel +353 1 667 5900 Audi Dublin International Film Festival 2018 [email protected]

90 91 Time Traveller Tomato Can Where is Eva — — Hipsey? A Back To The Future-obsessed traveller Danny ‘Danger’ Kelly is a retired boy strives to finish building his own journeyman boxer who accepts a last- — DeLorean replica before his family are minute fight. But there’s one problem — Where is Eva Hipsey? is an experimental evicted from their halting site. it’s his weekend to look after his animated film that blends documentary, teenage daughter, Leah. He thinks he fiction and poetry. Driven by curiosity and Director/Script Steve Kenny Producer Collie McCarthy has nothing to lose, while Leah just a desire to listen deeply, Eva explores and Photography Piers McGrail Editor Colin Campbell thinks he’s a bit of a loser. attempts to capture the world around her, Production Designer Jessica Timlin Music Ray Harman Main Cast Tom Doran, Barry Ward, Denise McCormack, stepping further and further away from Barbara Bergin Running Time 11 minutes Director/Script Ciaran Cassidy Producer Aoife McGonigal the familiar. Photography Kate McCullough Editor John Murphy Production Designer Michael Moynihan Music Paddy Production Company Light in Motion Mulchay Main Cast Michael Power, Liam Carney, Amy Director/Photography Orla Mc Hardy Forty Foot Pictures Best Irish Short Macken, Tommy McCarthy Running Time 14 minutes Producer Nicky Gogan Script/Music Justin Spooner Tel +44 744 603 4723 Foyle Film Festival 2017 Editors Orla Mc Hardy, Micah Weber [email protected] Main Cast Olwen Fouéré Running Time 9 minutes Production Company

Fastnet Docs Official Selection Tel +353 87 972 8916 Production Company Official Selection Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival 2018 [email protected] Still Films Kerry Film Festival 2017 Audi Dublin International Film Festival 2018 Tel +353 86 025 1117 Cork Film Festival 2017 Cinequest Film Festival 2018 [email protected]

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112 113 11 Minutes 2015 A Further Gesture 1996 An Gobán Saor 1994 Black ’47 2017 Director/Script Jerzy Skolimowski Producers Jerzy Director Robert Dornhelm Producers David Collins, Chris Writers/Directors Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Liadh Ní Riada Director Lance Daly Producers Macdara Kelleher, Jonathan Skolimowski, Ewa Piaskowska, Andrew Lowe, Ed Guiney Curling Script Ronan Bennett Production Company Samson Producer Anna Ní Mhaonaigh Production Company Loughran, Tim O’Hair, Arcadiy Golubovich Script PJ Dillon, Production Companies Element Pictures, Skopia Film Films Ilanna Teo Pierce Ryan with additional material by Eugene O’Brien and Lance Daly Production Company Fastnet Films 32A 2007 Agnes Browne 1999 A Shine of Rainbows 2009 Director/Script Marian Quinn Producers Tommy Weir, Director Anjelica Huston Producers Jim Sheridan, Arthur Director Vic Sarin Producers Tina Phelme, Kim Roberts, Black Day at Black Rock 2000 Roshanak Behesht Nedjad Production Company Janey Lappin, Greg Smith, Anjelica Huston Script Brendan James Flynn Script Danis Foon, Catherine Spear, Vic Sarin Director/Script Gerard Stembridge Producers Anna Devlin, Pictures O’Carroll, John Goldsmith Production Company Hell’s Production Companies Octagon Films, Sepia Films Marina Hughes Production Company Venus Films Kitchen 48 Angels 2006 As If I Am Not There 2010 Black Ice 2013 Director Marion Comer Writers Marion Comer, Craig Ailsa 1993 Director/Script Juanita Wilson Producers Nathalie Director Johnny Gogan Producers Johnny Gogan, Nicky Holland Producers John McDonnell, Robert Medema, Director Paddy Breathnach Producer Ed Guiney Script Joe Lichtenthaeler, James Flynn Production Company Octagon Gogan, Trevor Curran Script Brian Leyden, Johnny Gogan Marion Comer Production Company Reflected Light O’Connor Production Company Temple Films Films Production Company Bandit Films Pictures Aithrí/Penance 2017 A Thousand Times Goodnight 2013 Blind Flight 2004 Director/Stiúrthóir Tom Collins Producers/Léiritheoirí Tom Director Erik Poppe Script Harald Rosenløw Eeg, Erik Director John Furse Producers Sally Hibbin, David Collins, Collins, Edwina Forkin Script Tom Collins, Greg Ó Braonáin Poppe, with additional material by Kirsten Sheridan Eddie Dick Script Brian Keenan, John Furse Production Production Companies/Comhlachtaí Léiriúcháin De Facto Producers Finn Gjerdrum, Stein B. Kvae Production Company Samson Films Films, Zanzibar Films Companies Newgrange Pictures, Paradox Rettigheter A AS, Zentropa International Sweden Bloody Sunday 2001 A Kiss for Jed 2010 Director/Script Paul Greengrass Producers Mark Redhead, About Adam 1999 Director Maurice Linnane Producer Tim Palmer Script Barry Jim Sheridan, Arthur Lappin Production Company Hell’s Director Gerard Stembridge Producers Anna Devlin, Marina Devlin, Maurice Linnane Production Company Ignition Film Kitchen Hughes Script Gerard Stembridge Production Company Productions Venus Film & Television Bloom 2004 Alarm 2008 B Director/Script Sean Walsh Producers Sean Walsh, Gerry Absolution 2015 Director/Script Gerard Stembridge Producers Anna Devlin, Murphy, Mark Byrne Production Company Odyssey Pictures Director Petri Kotwica Script Johanna Hartikainen, Petri Marina Hughes Production Company Venus Productions Babygirl 2011 Kotwica Producers Minna Virtanen, Jackie Larkin, Lesley Director/Script Macdara Vallely Producers David Bogwoman 1997 McKimm Production Companies Vertigo Production Finland, Albert Nobbs 2011 Collins, Paul Miller, Gigi Dement Production Companies Director/Script Tom Collins Producers Martha O’Neill, Tom Newgrange Pictures Director Rodrigo Garcia Producers Alan Moloney, Glenn Samson Films, Escape Pictures Collins Production Company De Facto Film & Video Close, Bonnie Curtis, Julie Lynn Script John Banville, Glenn Accelerator 1999 Close, Gabriella Prekop Production Company Parallel Film Beckett on Film 2000 Borstal Boy 2000 Director Vinny Murphy Producer Michael Garland Script Productions Act Without Words I Director Karel Reisz. Act Without Director Peter Sheridan Producers Pat Moylan, Arthur Mark Stewart, Vinny Murphy Production Company Two for Words II Director Enda Hughes. A Piece of Monologue Lappin, Jim Sheridan Script Peter Sheridan, Nye Heron the Show All Good Children 2010 Director Robin Lefevre. Breath Director Damien Hirst. Production Company Hell’s Kitchen Director Alicia DuffyProducers Ed Guiney, Andrew Catastrophe Director David Mamet. Come and Go Director Actors, The 2003 Lowe, Jonathan Cavendish, Tom Dercourt, Patrick Quinet John Crowley. Endgame Director Conor McPherson. Boxed 2003 Director/Script Conor McPherson (story by Neil Jordan) Production Company Element Pictures Footfalls Director Walter Aasmus. Happy Days, Director Director/Script Marion Comer Producers Laurence Penn, Producers Neil Jordan, Redmond Morris, Stephen Woolley Patricia Rozema. Krapp’s Last Tape Director Atom Egoyan. Lene Bausager, Douglas Graham Production Companies Production Company Company of Wolves All Is By My Side 2013 Not I Director Neil Jordan. Ohio Impromptu Director Fireproof Films, Ugly Duckling Films Director/Script John Ridley Producers Tristan Orpen Charles Surridge. Play Director Anthony Minghella. Rockaby Adam & Paul 2004 Lynch, Nigel Thomas, Charlotte Walls, Sean McKittrick, Jeff Director Richard Eyre. Rough for Theatre I Director Kieron Boxer, The 1998 Director Lenny Abrahamson Producer Jonny Speers Cullota Production Companies Subotica, Watchtower Film J Walsh. Rough for Theatre II Director Katie Mitchell. That Producer/Director Jim Sheridan Producer Arthur Lappin Executive Producers Andrew Lowe, Ed Guiney Script Mark Productions, Darko Entertainment, Matador Pictures Time Director Hales Garrad. Waiting for Godot Director Script Terry George Production Company Hell’s Kitchen O’Halloran Production Company Porridge Pictures Michael Lindsay-Hogg. What Where Director Damien All Soul’s Day 1997 O’Donnell. Producers Alan Moloney, Michael Colgan Boy Eats Girl 2005 A Dark Song 2016 Director/Script Alan Gilsenan Producer David McLoughlin Production Company Blue Angel Films Director Stephen Bradley Producers Ed Guiney, Andrew Director/Script Liam Gavin Producers David Collins, Tim Production Company Yellow Asylum Films Lowe Script Derek Landy Production Company Element Dennison, Cormac Fox Production Company Samson Films Becoming Jane 2007 Pictures All Things Bright and Beautiful 1993 Director Julian Jarrold Producers Robert Bernstein, Douglas A Date for Mad Mary 2015 Director Barry Devlin Producer Katy McGuinness Script Rae, Graham Broadbent, James Flynn, Morgan O’Sullivan Boy from Mercury, The 1996 Director Darren Thornton Script Darren Thornton, Colin Barry Devlin Production Company The Good Film Co Script Kevin Hood, Sarah Williams Production Companies Director/Script Martin DuffyProducer Marina Hughes Thornton Producers Ed Guiney, Juliette Bonass Production Ecosse Films, Blueprint Films, Octagon Films Production Company Mercurian Films Company Element Pictures A Love Divided 1998 Director Syd Macartney Producers Tim Palmer, Alan Belly of the Whale, The 2017 Brain on Fire 2016 A Film with Me in It 2008 Moloney, Gerry Gregg Script Stuart Hepburn Production Director Morgan Bushe Producers Rory Dungan, Morgan Director/Script Gerard Barrett Producers AJ Dix, Beth Kono, Director Ian Fitzgibbon Producers Alan Moloney, Susan Company Parallel Films Bushe, Kathryn Kennedy Script Morgan Bushe, Greg Rob Merilees, Lindsay McAdam, Charlize Theron, Gerard Mullen Script Mark Doherty Production Company Parallel Flanagan Production Company Fastnet Films Barrett Production Company Blank Page Film Productions A Man of No Importance 1993 Director Suri Krishnama Producer Jonathan Cavendish Between the Canals 2010 Script Barry Devlin Production Company Little Bird Director/Script Mark O’Connor Producer Deirdre Barry Production Company Avalon Films

114 115 Brand New-U 2014 Charlie Casanova 2012 Crushproof 1997 Dollhouse 2011 Director/Script Simon Pummell Producers Janine Marmot, Director/Script/Producer Terry McMahon Production Director Paul Tickell Producers Nicholas O’Neill, Kees Director/Script Kirsten Sheridan Producer John Wallace John Keville, Conor Barry, Reinier Selen Production Company Source Productions Kassander Script James Mathers Production Company Production Company The Factory Companies SP Films, Hot Property Films, Rinkel Films Liquid Films Cherrybomb 2009 Dorothy Mills 2008 Breadwinner, The 2017 Director Lisa Barros D’Sa, Glenn Leyburn Producers Michael Director Agnes Merlet Producers Marc Missonnier, Eric Director Nora Twomey Producers Paul Young, Tomm Moore, Casey, Mark Huffam, Brian KirkScript Daragh Carville Jehelman, James Flynn Script Agnes Merlet, Juliette Sales Andrew Rosen, Stephan Roelants, Anthony Leo Script Anita Production Companies Octagon Films, Green Park Films, Production Companies Fidélité Films, Octagon Films Doron, Macdara Ó’Fatharta Production Companies Cartoon Generator Entertainment Saloon, Melusine Productions, Aircraft Pictures D DOT.COM 2007 Cherry Tree 2015 Director Luís Galvão Teles Producers Luís Galvão Teles, Breakfast on Pluto 2006 Director David Keating Script Brendan McCarthy Producers Daisy Chain, The 2008 Francois Gonot, Edwina Forkin Production Companies Director Neil Jordan Script Neil Jordan, Patrick McCabe John McDonnell, Brendan McCarthy, Jan Doense, Herman Director Aisling Walsh Producers Tristan Orpen Lynch, Fado Filmes, Ipso Facto, Alta Producción, Zanzibar Films, (based on the book by Patrick McCabe) Producers Alan Slagter Production Companies Fantastic Films, House of Dominic Wright Script Lauren Mackenzie Production VideoFilmes Moloney, Neil Jordan, Stephen Woolley Production Netherhorror Company Subotica Entertainment Companies Parallel Films, Number 9 Films Drinking Crude 1997 Circle of Friends 1993 Dancing at Lughnasa 1998 Writer/Director Owen McPolin Producers Kim Tapsell, Broken Harvest 1993 Director Pat O’Connor Producers Frank Price, Arlene Sellers, Director Pat O’Connor Producer Noel Pearson Script Frank Gerry Johnston Production Company Sweetskin Director Maurice O’Callaghan Producer Jerry O’Callaghan Alex Winitsky Script Andrew Davies Production Company McGuinness Production Company Ferndale Films Script Kate O’Callaghan, Maurice O’Callaghan Production Good Girls Drummer and the Keeper, The 2017 Company Destiny Films Dare to Be Wild 2014 Director/Script Nick Kelly Producer Kate McColgan Circus Fantasticus 2010 Director/Script Vivienne De Courcy Producers Rebecca Production Company Calico Pictures Brooklyn 2015 Director/Script Janez Burger Producers Morgan Bushe, O’Flanagan, Rob Walpole Production Companies Treasure Director John Crowley Script Nick Hornby Producers Finola Jozko Rutar Petri Rossi Production Companies Fastnet Films, Entertainment, Crow’s Nest Dwyer, Amanda Posey Executive Producer Alan Moloney Staragara Productions Production Companies Wildgaze Films, Finola Dwyer Dark Touch 2013 Productions, Parallel Films, Item 7 Citadel 2012 Director/Script Marina de Van Producers Ed Guiney, Director/Script Ciaran Foy Producers Katie Holly, Brian Martina Niland, Patrick Sobelman, Jean-Luc Ormieres, Marc E Byzantium 2012 CoffeyProduction Companies Blinder Films, Sigma Films Bordure Production Companies Element Pictures, Ex Nihlo/ Director Neil Jordan Script Moira BuffiniProducers Alan Agat Films, Filmgate Films Eamon 2009 Maloney, Stephen Woolley, Elizabeth Karlsen, William D. Come on Eileen 2011 Director/Script Margaret Corkery Producer Seamus Byrne Johnson, Sam Englebardt Production Companies Parallel Director/Script Finola Geraghty Producers Finola Geraghty, Dead Bodies 2003 Production Company Zanita Films Films, Number 9 Films Katie Holly, Kieran J Walsh Production Companies Blinder Director Robert Quinn Producers David McLoughlin, Films, Foal Film Productions Clare Scully Script Derek Landy Production Company Earthbound 2011 Distinguished Features Director/Script Alan Brennan Producers Heidi Madsen, Conamara 2000 Jacqueline Kerrin, Dominic Wright Production Companies Director Eoin Moore Producer Ingrid Holzapfel Script Greg Dead Long Enough 2006 Ripple World Pictures, Paper Dreams Brennan Production Company Boje Buck Produktion Director Tom Collins Producer Paul Donovan Script James C Hawes, Tom Collins Production Company Grand Pictures Eclipse, The 2009 Controra 2013 Director Conor McPherson Producer Rob Walpole Script Call Girl 2012 Director/Script Rossella de Venuto Producers Dominic Dead Meat 2004 Conor McPherson, Billy Roche Production Company Director Mikael Marcimain Script Marietta von Hausswolff Wright, Jacqueline Kerrin, Maurizio Antonini, Valentina Director/Script Conor McMahon Producers Ed King, Treasure Entertainment von Baumgarten Producers Mimmi Spang, Lesley McKimm Gardani Production Companies Ripple World Pictures, Michael GriffinProduction Company 3 Way Productions Production Companies Newgrange Pictures, Garage Film, Interlinea Eden 2008 Friland Porduksjon, Yellow Film Death of a Superhero 2011 Director Declan Recks Producer David Collins Script Eugene Country 2000 Director Ian Fitzgibbon Producers Michael Garland, O’Brien Production Company Samson Films Calvary 2013 Director/Script Kevin Liddy Producer Jack Armstrong Astrid Kahmke, Philipp Kreuzer Script Anthony McCarten Director/Script John Michael McDonagh Producers James Production Company Indi Films Production Companies Grand Pictures, Bavaria Pictures Englishman, The 2008 Flynn, Chris Clark, Flora Fernandez Marengo Production Director Ian Sellers Producers Teresa Mulqueen, David Companies Octagon Films, Reprisal Films Cowboys & Angels 2004 Delinquent Season 2017 Collins Script Ian Sellers, Brendan Grant Production Director/Script David Gleeson Producer Nathalie Director/Script Mark O’Rowe Producers Alan Moloney, Company Samson Films Canal, The 2014 Lichtenthaeler Production Company Wide Eye Films Ruth Coady, Dixie Linder Production Companies Parallel Director/Script Ivan Kavanagh Producers AnneMarie Films, Cuba Pictures Escapist, The 2007 Naughton, Vaughan Sivell Production Companies Park Films, Cracks 2009 Director Rupert Wyatt Producers Adrian Sturges, Alan Western Edge Pictures, Treasure Entertainment Director Jordan Scott Producers Julie Payne, Kwesi Dickson, Disappearance of Finbar, The 1994/95 Moloney Script Rupert Wyatt, Daniel Hardy Production Rosalie Swedlin, Andrew Lowe, Christine Vachon Script Director Sue Clayton Producers David Collins, Bertil Company Parallel Film Productions Capital Letters 2005 Caroline Ip, Ben Court, Jordan Scott Production Companies Ohlsson, Martin Bruce Clayton Script Dermot Bolger Director/Script Ciaran O’Connor Producers Nuala Element Pictures, Future Films, Antenna 3 Films, Scott Free Production Company Samson Films Essential Killing 2011 Cunningham, Ciaran O’Connor, Linda CardiffProduction Director Jerzy Skolimowski Producers Andrew Lowe, Ewa Company New Decade Films Crooked Mile, The 2001 Disco Pigs 2000 Piaskowska, Jerzy Skolimowski Script Ewa Piaskowska, Director/Script Stephen Kane Producers Triona Campbell, Director Kirsten Sheridan Producer Ed Guiney Script Enda Jerzy Skolimowski Production Companies Element Pictures, Chaos 2001 Avril Ryan Production Company Campbell Ryan Productions Walsh Production Company Temple Films Skopia Film, Cylinder Productions, Mythberg Films Director/Script Geraldine Creed Producer Brendan McCarthy Production Company Blue Light Productions

116 117 Front Line, The 2006 Good Vibrations 2012 Happy Ever Afters 2009 F Director/Writer David Gleeson Producers Natalie Directors Lisa Barros D’Sa, Glenn Leyburn Script Colin Director/Script Stephen Burke Producer Lesley McKimm Lichtenthaeler, James Flynn Production Company Wide Carberry, Glenn Patterson Producers Chris Martin, Production Company Newgrange Pictures Fading Light, The 2010 Eye Films Andrew Eaton, David Holmes, Rebecca O’Flanagan, Rob Director/Script Ivan Kavanagh Producer Anne Marie Walpole Production Companies Treasure Entertainment, Hardy Bucks Movie, The 2013 Naughton Production Company Park Films Canderblinks Director/Producer/Script Mike Cockayne Script Gerry Greaney Production Company Hardy Films Fifth Province, The 1997 Grabbers 2011 Director Frank Stapleton Producers Catherine Tiernan, Director Jon Wright Producers Martina Niland, Tracy Brimm, Haywire 2012 Nina Fitzpatrick, Frank Stapleton Production Company G Kate Myers Piers Tempest, Eduardo Levy, James 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