Irish Film Festival Boston listed as one of the '20 Coolest Film Festivals' in 2010
The Irish Film Festival Boston has been named as one of the '20 Coolest Film Festivals' in 2010 by MovieMaker, America's leading resource on the art and business of making movies and the world's most widely read independent movie magazine.
Founded in 1999, the Irish Film Festival Boston is the largest event of its kind outside of Ireland. The festival celebrates the very best of Ireland and the Irish on screen - past, present and future. Over the years, its slate of films offers the best in contemporary and classic Irish cinema, with premieres of highly acclaimed films such as In America, Intermission, Bloody Sunday and it was also the first American film festival to recognise the 2007 Oscar-winning Once. The festival has also played host to some of the greatest names in Irish cinema including Jim Sheridan, Gabriel Byrne, Brendan Gleeson, Colm Meaney, Fionnula Flannagan, John Boorman and Aidan Quinn.
MovieMaker, which cited that "there is no better city to experience Ireland in America than Boston", was established in New York in 1993 and currently enjoys a readership of over 160,000 people while their award-winning website receives more than one million visitors per year.
The 12th Irish Film Festival Boston will take place at the Stuart Street Theater, Boston on Thursday, March 24th and the Somerville Theater from Friday, March 25th to Sunday, March 27th 2011 while it's Bespoke film Market will run Friday March 25th and Saturday March 26th in Boston.
"Having consulted with many filmmakers and distributors both sides of the pond, we decided to also host a "Bespoke film market" at the festival. Irish filmmakers will get matched with American distributors, who are interested in seeing their work. It allows both parties the opportunity to see how an American audience reacts to an Irish film- a test screening so to speak!" said Irish Film Festival Boston Co-Director Dawn Morrissey.
The Irish Film Festival Boston is supported by Bord Scannán na hÉireann / the Irish Film Board.