Busy week for Irish film kicks off at London Film Festival tonight
The 60th edition of the BFI London Film Festival opened last night with six IFB funded titles in the programme. The programme includes Jim Sheridan's The Secret Scripture, Billy O'Brien's I Am Not A Serial Killer, Lorcan Finnegan's Without Name, Darrren Thornton's A Date for Mad Mary, Peter Foott's The Young Offenders and Liam Gavin's A Dark Song.
London Film Festival kicks off for Irish film tonight with Darren Thornton's directorial debut, A Date for Mad Mary, produced by Juliette Bonass for Element Pictures. It features a breakout performance from Seána Kerslake and also stars Tara Lee and Charleigh Bailey.
Tomorrow night sees the first London screenings of The Secret Scripture, The Young Offenders and A Dark Song. Produced by Ferndale Films, The Secret Scripture stars Rooney Mara (Carol), Vanessa Redgrave (Mission Impossible), Jack Reynor (Transformers: Age of Extinction) and Aidan Turner (The Hobbit). The Young Offenders is directed by first-time feature writer/director Peter Foott and introduces new talents Alex Murphy and Chris Walley. Well known stand-up comedian PJ Gallagher (Naked Camera) and Hilary Rose (Republic of Telly) also star in the comedy. A Dark Song was produced by David Collins, Cormac Fox and Tim Dennison.
Irish film screenings continue next week with Without Name and I Am Not A Serial Killer. Without Name stars Alan McKenna and up-and-coming Irish actress Niamh Algar. Produced as part of the IFB talent development initiative Catalyst Project, the film is written by Garret Shanley and produced by Brunella Cocchiglia. Produced by Nick Ryan (The Summit) of Floodland Pictures, I Am Not A Serial Killer was shot by Robbie Ryan (Slow West, Jimmys Hall).
The LFF programme also includes Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor's Further Beyond.
A Date for Mad Mary and The Young Offenders are now out in Irish cinemas.
The 60th BFI London Film Festival takes place 5-16 October 2016. The full programme is available online here.