Enjoy Irish film and animation this Christmas 2019
Posted: 20th December 2019
This Christmas, audiences can enjoy a host of Irish films on TV for the next two weeks, including the premiere broadcast of Kealan O'Rourke's The Christmas Letter, an animated short film narrated by Kate Winslet, and Carmel Winters' Float Like A Butterfly, winner of the Fipresci Discovery Prize at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.
Screen Ireland Films
Saturday, 21 December
Kisses, Lance Daly, TG4, 21:45
Sunday, 22 December
Patrick's Day, Terry McMahon, RTÉ 2, 00:00
Monday, 23 December
The Christmas Letter, Kealan O'Rourke, RTÉ One, 6.30pm (TV Premiere)
Christmas Eve
The Guard, John Michael McDonagh, RTÉ 2, 22:25
Christmas Day
The Young Offenders, Peter Foott, RTÉ One, 22:40
Perrier's Bounty, Ian Fitzgibbon, TG4, 23:30
St. Stephen's Day
Two by Two, Toby Genkel, Sean McCormack, TG4, 10:00
The Drummer and the Keeper, Nick Kelly, RTÉ 2, 23:35
Saturday, 28 December
Damo & Ivor: The Movie, Rob Burke, Ronan Burke, RTÉ One, 21:45
Sunday, 29 December
A Date For Mad Mary, Darren Thornton, Virgin Media One, 21:00
Float Like A Butterfly, Carmel Winters, RTÉ 2, 21:40 (TV Premiere)
New Year's Day
Secret Scripture, Jim Sheridan, RTÉ One, 21:30
Thursday, 2 January
Brooklyn, John Crowley, RTÉ One, 21:35
Ireland On Screen
Christmas Eve
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, JJ Abrams, RTÉ 2, 18:20
The Field, Jim Sheridan, RTÉ One, 00:05
Christmas Day
Into the West, TG4, 18:55
St. Stephen's Day
The Snapper, Stephen Frears, VM One, 21:00
Friday, 27 December
Cardboard Gangsters, Mark O'Connor, Virgin Media One, 22:00