Irish Film Honoured at San Francisco Irish Film Festival
The San Francisco Irish Film Festival will play host to a celebration of the best of Irish film with a three day festival taking place in The Roxie Cinema from the 23rd-25th September.
Opening night kicks off with a screening of A FILM WITH ME IN IT, written by Mark Doherty, who also stars in the film, and directed by Ian Fitzgibbons, the film is about a struggling actor whose long-suffering girlfriend is about to walk out and his landlord is ready to evict him. Life's not easy, but things get worse - much worse. The dark comedy also stars Dylan Moran, Keith Allen and Amy Huberman and was produced by Parallel Films with funding from the IFB.
The second night of the festival will see a collection of short films including Moore Street Masala, a colourful Bollywood musical directed by David O'Sullivan and John Butler's The Ballad of Kid Kanturk, a bog gothic love-duel between an aging singer and a reborn rock sensation.
This will be followed by a screening of Conor Horgan's post-apocalyptic drama ONE HUNDRED MORNINGS which tells the story of two couples hiding out in a lakeside cabin hoping to survive the crisis of a world falling apart. It was produced by Katie Holly for Blinder Films through the Catalyst Project, a low budget filmmaking scheme co-funded by the IFB, BAI, TV3, Filmbase and the Arts Council and is going on theatrical release in the U.S this week.
Niall McKay's documentary THE BASS PLAYER: A SONG FOR DAD follows the director as he helps his elderly father Jim, a jazz bass player, return home to Ireland, father and son revisit Niall's tumultuous childhood with an abusive, unpredictable mother and a musician father who was often on the road. The award-winning film was produced by Seamus Duggan, Niall McKay and Marissa Aroy and co-financed by the IFB, RTÉ and the Arts Council.
Ken Wardrop's critically acclaimed HIS & HERS has been selected to close the festival. A profoundly affectionate appreciation for woman in all her versatility, following sequentially from little girls to old women, the film captures the voice of 70 women, exploring the relationships with the men in their life as they speak fondly and intimately about fathers, boyfriends, husbands and sons. The intimate documentary which was produced by Andrew Freedman for Venom Films and financed by the IFB, is currently breaking box office records here on home soil.
The San Francisco Irish Film Festival presents the very best in contemporary Irish cinema, celebrating everything from features to documentaries to Irish language films and will take place from the 23rd -25th September.
For more information see the official website http://sfirishfilm.com/