MAGNERS USA AND CANADA
9th ANNUAL MAGNERS IRISH FILM FESTIVAL, NOVEMBER 8-11 THE BEST OF IRISH CINEMA, DISCUSSIONS WITH GUEST FILMMAKERS
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BOSTON, MA (October 10, 2007) The Magners Irish Film Festival, November 8-11, will showcase the very best of Ireland and the Irish on screen with an array of contemporary features, documentary and short films.
"Irish filmmakers from around the world are using visual media arts to dramatically and poignantly express themselves, their culture and a near-limitless array of experiences and aspirations," offers Peter Flynn, festival director, Magners Irish Film Festival and Emerson College professor. "Our festival is a celebration of the best and most recent work."
2007 Screenings
Now in its ninth year, the Festival will premier "The Front Line" (7:00pm, Nov. 8) an exhilarating thriller directed by David Gleeson and "On Broadway" (7:00pm, Nov. 9) a warm, moving film shot in Boston about a budding playwright determined to write and stage a play about this Boston Irish family.
On a lighter note, "Short Order" (3:00pm, Nov. 10) follows the comic antics of an oddball group of chefs, waiters, food critics and delivery people, all centered around the short order cook whose food can cause orgasms. The film features and eclectic cast that includes Vanessa Redgrave and John Hurt.
"The Tiger's Tail" (7:30pm, Nov. 11) is a black comedy of greed and corruption starring last year's Excellence Award Winner Brendan Gleeson in a dual role as a wealthy Dublin businessman and his sinister doppelganger who steals his identity. This film also features "Sex and the City's" Kim Cattrall and is directed by John Boorman ("Deliverance").
The festival also includes a number of documentaries, many of which focus on lives and events in Northern Ireland. "The Hunger Strike" (4:00pm, Nov. 10) revisits the dramatic story of the death of Bobby Sands and nine others and the impact it had on regional politics and world opinion.
Throughout the four-day festival, additional awards will be presented honoring outstanding achievement in three categories: Feature, Documentary, and Short Fiction/Animation.
Filmmakers will be present at many of the screenings and are eager to discuss their work and interact with audiences.
Screenings will take place at the Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street, Harvard Square, and the Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy Street, both in Cambridge. In addition to screenings, there will be receptions at event sponsors, Jurys Hotel Boston, Grafton Street Bar & Grill and Tommy Doyle's. Consumers can go to www.irishfilmfestival.com for additional information on purchasing tickets and a complete schedule of events.
"Last year, due to the overwhelming audience response, many screenings were sold out, and many extra screenings were added," said Dawn Morrissey, Producer, Magners Irish Film Festival. "With the lineup of films we've selected this year, we anticipate another successful year and continue to be grateful for the public's support."
The Magners Irish Film Festival is a BIFF production. BIFF (Boston Irish Film Festival) is an organization that was founded in 1999 to celebrate the very best of Ireland and the Irish on Screen. It continues to run the festival with Magners Irish Cider as title sponsor and organizes similar events and screenings throughout the year.
Magners Irish Cider
Crafted since 1935, Magners Irish Cider (www.magners.com) is Ireland's leading cider and the only cider imported from Ireland to the United States. Magners Pint Bottle poured over ice has been central to the product's overwhelming success in Ireland, Great Britain and other countries in Europe and around the world.
