IFB Funded Films to air on BBC2
Four IFB funded films are to air on BBC Two Northern Ireland on Sunday nights this Autumn. The series celebrating Irish filmmaking kicked off last Sunday night with Middletown and will continue until the end of September.
Middletown, (Sunday 19th August) directed by Brian Kirk, is a tale of ambition and betrayal threatening to tear one family apart in the town of Middletown, the puritanical village that time forgot.
A Man of No Importance, (Sunday 2nd September) directed by Barry Devlin and Suri Krishnama, tells the story of big-hearted Alfie (Albert Finney), a Dublin bus conductor, who has an affinity with Oscar Wilde and enchants his passengers by reciting poetry to them. It follows Alfie as he is inspired to stage Wilde's Salome with the cast consisting of his bus passengers and through a series of events he learns about life and himself. The film which also stars Brenda Fricker, Michael Gambon, Rufus Sewell and Tara Fitzgerald was produced by Jonathan Cavendish and Little Bird Productions.
A Love Divided (Sunday 9th September) stars Orla Brady and Liam Cunningham as a married couple torn apart by the dogma of an insular society of 1950's Ireland. Directed by Syd Macartney this passionate story was produced by Tim Palmer, Alan Moloney and Gerry Gregg.
The Mighty Celt (Sunday 23rd September) is a coming-of-age story directed by Pearse Elliott which is set in the underworld of dog racing in Belfast. Starring Robert Carlyle, Gillian Anderson and Tyrone McKenna, it was produced by the trio Robert Walpole, Paddy McDonald and Paddy Breathnach.
For more information see http://www.bbc.co.uk/