Bringing Irish Film into Focus in Shanghai with VMDIFF and Shanghai International Film Festival
Posted: 7th June 2019
Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival will bring five Screen Ireland-supported films to the 2019 Shanghai International Film Festival this June, showcasing an excitingly diverse range of new Irish film. Papi Chulo (John Butler), will be shown at the Chinese festival alongside Lee Cronin’s The Hole in the Ground, Rosie (Paddy Breathnach), Float Like a Butterfly (Carmel Winters) and the latest film from Neil Jordan, Greta.
Shanghai International Film Festival is one of the largest film festivals in East Asia with over 400,000 people attending the festival every year. The Irish Focus will give Shanghai audiences a taste of some of the most exciting films to emerge in Irish cinema in the last 18 months, reflecting the diversity of storytelling on screen from Irish filmmakers.
Virgin Media DIFF Festival Director Gráinne Humphreys will introduce the films in Shanghai alongside director Paddy Breathnach (Rosie), actress Hazel Doupe (Float Like a Butterfly), director Lee Cronin (The Hole in the Ground), cinematographer Michael Lavelle (Float Like a Butterfly) and producer Claire McCaughey (Papi Chulo).
The Irish Focus season in Shanghai International Film Festival is supported by Screen Ireland and Culture Ireland.