London: Five Hours of Free Irish Film at the St. Patrick’s Day Film Festival
Five hours of free Irish film will be screened at London’s Prince Charles Cinema this Sunday (March 15th), curated by Irish Film Festival London under the umbrella of the Lord Mayor’s St. Patrick’s Festival and Parade.
In addition to three programmes of Irish short films, the St. Patrick’s Day Film Festival will also see the UK Premiere screening of Lisa Mulcahy’s The Legend of Longwood, with Miriam Margoyles. The screening will be attended by the film’s star Lucy Morton. The film follows 12-year-old Mickey Miller who moves from New York to Ireland and soon discovers a link between herself and the 300-year-old legend of the mysterious Black Knight, who regularly haunts the sleepy Irish village. With courage and a sharp mind, she sets out to save a precious herd of white horses and to thwart the evil plans of a greedy, ambitious woman.
The event will host a wide selection of shorts, including IFB-funded films The Tree starring Mark Doherty, Cutting Grass starring John Hannah, The Daisy Chain directed by Aisling Walsh, Somewhere Down the Line which won the Best Animation award at the Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival in February, Sophie at the Races directed by Alan Friel, Tea With the Dead with the voice of Frank Kelly and Roy Keane biopic Rockmount.
The St. Patrick’s Day Film Festival takes place at the Prince Charles Cinema near Leicester Square from 12.30 to 5.30pm. For the full lineup and for further details, see their website here.