Mark Noonan’s ‘You’re Ugly Too’ will Screen for US Distributors this Friday as part of Directors Finders Series
You’re Ugly Too, the acclaimed feature debut from Irish director Mark Noonan, is to screen in Los Angeles this Friday, August 21st as part of the Director’s Finders Series.
The Finders Series, conceived by the Directors Guild of America and facilitated by the Screen Directors Guild of Ireland, presents an Irish director with an opportunity to showcase their film and to have direct access to decision makers in the film distribution process in the US. The awards spotlight works of fiction, documentary or drama feature submissions from Irish directors who have not secured U.S. distribution of their films.
You’re Ugly Too writer-director Mark Noonan will fly out for the screening on August 21st and will engage in a week of meetings with Hollywood influencers to secure distribution for the film and to plan future projects. Previous films to have secured US distribution through the Finders Series award include Ian Power’s The Runway and Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey’s The Secret of Kells.
You’re Ugly Too stars Aidan Gillen (Game of Thrones) as Will, who is released from prison on compassionate leave to care for his niece Stacey (Lauran Kinsella; Albert Nobbs), after the death of her mother. As they both head into the sleepy Irish midlands and attempt to be a family, they suffer a series of setbacks. Stacey is refused admission to the local school because of her recently developed narcolepsy; Will repeatedly comes close to breaking his prison-ordered curfew; and his attempts at being a father figure to her prove disastrous…
Watch the trailer for You’re Ugly Too here.