IFB Films at Dingle International Film Festival and Animation Dingle
Running from 22 – 25 March, the Dingle International Film Festival will present the extraordinary talent of Irish filmmakers as the festival hosts a selection of critically acclaimed Irish films and welcomes international stars. Presented in parternship with Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board, the 2018 edition of the festival depicts Ireland from the perspective of various natives and pays homage to Ireland’s historic and modern culture.
From 23 – 24 March, the Co. Kerry town will also play host to the sixth annual Animation Dingle festival, which will see industry and third level participants join together to celebrate the best in class of animated content. The event is made up of conferences, screenings, workshops, and of course the 2018 Student Animation Awards.
IFB Films at Dingle International Film Festival
Black 47
Fresh from its world premiere at the 2018 Berlinale, Lance Daly’s Black 47 — set during the Great Famine in Ireland — follows an Irish Ranger, Feeney (James Frecheville),who has been fighting abroad for the British Army. After turning deserter, he returns home to Ireland during the famine. When he discovers what has happened to his family, Feeney swears vengeance and goes on a murderous rampage. His old British Army comrade Hannah (Hugo Weaving) is dispatched to try and put an end to Feeney’s uprising
Michael Inside
IFTA award-winning feature directed by Frank Berry.
After agreeing to hold a bag of drugs for his friend’s older brother, Michael Healy is sentenced to three months in prison. Unaffiliated on the inside, the impressionable teen is attacked and robbed. As Michael’s life begins to change dramatically, his grandfather Francis gets an intimidating visit from local drug dealers looking for the money Michael has lost. Upon release Michael, now institutionalised into criminality, is forced to put into practice what he has learnt in prison when the dealers pay Francis another visit.
Kissing Candice
Both written and directed by Aoife McArdle, the film stars the IFTA-nominated Ann Skelly as Candice, a 17-year-old who longs to escape the boredom of her seaside town, only finding solace in her vivid imagination. When a boy she dreams about up in real life, she becomes increasingly entangled with a dangerous local gang. Filmed under the Irish Film Board’s Catalyst scheme, Aoife McArdle’s stylish debut feature centres around a small Irish seaside community.
Song of Granite
Acclaimed filmmaker Pat Collins brings the dramatic life story of legendary sean-nós singer Joe Heaney—an audacious exploration of the man and his music. With an approach that marries traditional narrative episodes with documentary footage, the film will celebrate the music Joe Heaney created while painting an unflinching portrait of Heaney, the man.
The Silver Branch
The Director Katrina Costello will also participate in our Dingle Pow-Wow.
The Silver Branch is an uplifting and emotional celebration of people and place. It captures the delicacy of the natural world; the heart and soul of a Burren farmer-poet, Patrick McCormack and the ancient rural spirit of Ireland which stands behind him.
Butterfly City
Director Olga Černovaitė and Irish producer Jeremiah Cullinane collaborated to produce this feature documentary on the Lithuanian city of Visaginas. In the 1970’s, the city was created to service a powerful Soviet nuclear power station, designed and shaped like the wings of a butterfly. It was intended to be a window of Soviet progress to the West. After USSR disintegration, EU membership meant Lithuania had to close the plant, the city’s main industry. 25,000 Russian-speaking townspeople were left with an uncertain future.