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| ALL THE LATEST IRISH MOVIE TRAILERS |
| LATEST IRISH RELEASE - NIKO AND THE WAY TO THE STARS - IN CINEMAS 28 NOVEMBER 2008 | |
| DIR: Michael Hegner, Kari Juusonen
WRI: Hannu Tuomainen, Marteinn Thorisson
© Magma Films/ The Weinstein Company 2008
The CGI animated film tells the story of a reindeer boy who longs to fly and dreams of one day meeting his father who is a celebrity member of the famous Santa’s Flying Forces. His desire to fly and find his real father leads him on a difficult and exciting journey accompanied by his true friend Julius, a flying squirrel, and Wilma a singing weasel whom they meet along the way.
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| LATEST IRISH RELEASE - KISSES - IN CINEMAS 21 NOVEMBER 2008 | |
| DIR/WRI: Lance Daly
© Element Pictures Distribution 2008
On the fringes of Dublin two kids, Kylie and Dylan, live in a suburban housing estate devoid of life, colour and the prospect of escape. Kylie lives with five other siblings and her overworked mother. Next door, Dylan lives in the shadow of an alcoholic father and the memory of an elder brother who ran away from home two years earlier. After a violent altercation with his father, Dylan runs away from home and Kylie decides to run away with him. Together they make their way to the magical night time lights of inner city Dublin, to search for Dylan’s brother in the hope of finding the possibility of a new life. |
| LATEST IRISH RELEASE - ALARM - IN CINEMAS 7NOVEMBER 2008 | |
| DIR/WRI: Gerry Stembridge
CAST: Ruth Bradley, Aidan Turner, Owen Roe, Tom Hickey, Anita Reeves and Emmet Bergin
© Venus Productions 2008
Following a traumatic experience Molly (Bradley) moves from the city to a commuter housing estate outside Dublin where her idyllic suburban life quickly begins to unravel as paranoia and suspicion of her neighbours and her boyfriend (Turner) begin to set in. |
| LATEST IRISH RELEASE - HUNGER - IN CINEMAS 30 OCTOBER 2008 | |
| DIR/WRI: Steve McQueen
CAST: Michael Fassbender, Stuart Graham
© Blast Films! / Pathe 2008
Hunger follows life in the Maze Prison, Northern Ireland with an interpretation of the highly emotive events surrounding the 1981 IRF Hunger Strike, led by Bobby Sands. With an epic eye for detail, the film provides a timely exploration of what happens when body and mind are pushed to the uttermost limit.
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| ANTON - IN CINEMAS 10 OCTOBER 2008 | |
| DIR: Graham Cantwell
WRI: Anthony Fox
CAST: Anthony Fox, Gerard McSorley, Laura Way
© East West Distribution 2008
Based on actual events, 'Anton' is an explosive thriller set in 1970's Ireland. When Anton O'Neill returns home after five years at sea, he finds Northern Ireland is in flames, and civil unrest has spilled south of the border to his beloved home in Cavan. 'Anton' is led into a world of violence and is forced to choose between his family and his country.
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| THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS - IN CINEMAS 12 SEPTEMBER 2008 | |
| DIR/WRI: Mark Herman
CAST: David Thewlis, Vera Farmiga, Rupert Friend, Richard Johnson, Jim Norton
© Miramax Films 2008
Adapted from Irish author John Boyne’s critically acclaimed internationally best-selling novel, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is an unforgettable story seen through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a concentration camp, whose forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy, Shmuel, on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences
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| 32A - IN CINEMAS 15 AUGUST 2008 | |
| DIR/WRI: Marian Quinn
CAST: Ailish McCarthy, Sophie Jo Wasson, Orla Long, Riona Smith, with Aidan Quinn, Orla Brady and Jared Harris
© Janey Pictures 2008
Coming of age drama '32A' is the debut feature for writer/director Marian Quinn. The film was selected to screen at the prestigious Berlin Film Festival in 2008, having won the Best First Feature Award at the Galway Film Fleadh in 2007
: SEE PICS FROM AN IFTA EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW SCREENING OF 32A |
| THE ESCAPIST - IN CINEMAS 20 JUNE 2008 | |
| DIR/WRI: Rupert Wyatt
CAST: Brian Cox, Liam Cunningham, Joseph Fiennes, Damian Lewis, Steven Macintosh, Dominic Cooper & Sue Jorge
© Vertigo Films 2008
'The Escapist' was filmed on location in Dublin during February 2007. Irish producer Alan Moloney co-produced through Parallel Films.
: READ IFTN'S INTERVIEW WITH BRIAN COX |
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