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26/09/2006
Stranger than Fiction Festival to showcase new Irish film
The Stranger than Fiction Documentary Festival and Market is screening from Thursday September 28 to Sunday October 1.
Irish Film Board funded documentaries in the festival include 'Children of Allah', 'Bloody Sunday' - 'A Derry Diary' and 'Here to Stay'.
Directed by new Irish directors Keith Walsh and Jill Beardsworth, Children of Allah screens at 2pm on Friday September 29 at the Irish Film Institute.
Bloody Sunday - A Derry Diary is directed by Margo Harkin, and will screen on Sunday October 1 at 1pm in the Irish Film Institute.
Here to Stay is directed by A. O’Brien & A. Grossman, and will screen in the Irish Film Institute at 6.15 on Friday 29 September.
The Irish Film Board has also organised a public panel to discuss ‘Documentaries and the International Audience’ inviting audience discussion on how recent theatrical documentaries such as 'An Inconvenient Truth', 'One Day in September', 'Etre et Avoir' and 'March of the Penguins' have helped to create a newfound commercial confidence in theatrical documentary. The panel will explore how Irish filmmakers can capitalise on these increased market opportunities and growing international audiences; and the role of the Irish Film Board in financing documentary.
The Stranger than Fiction Documentary Festival and Market takes place in the Irish Film Institute from Thursday September 28 to Sunday October and the market is sponsored by Bord Scannanna hEireann / the Irish Film Board.
For more information visit: www.irishfilm.ie
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Irish Film Board funded documentaries in the festival include 'Children of Allah', 'Bloody Sunday' - 'A Derry Diary' and 'Here to Stay'.
Directed by new Irish directors Keith Walsh and Jill Beardsworth, Children of Allah screens at 2pm on Friday September 29 at the Irish Film Institute.
Bloody Sunday - A Derry Diary is directed by Margo Harkin, and will screen on Sunday October 1 at 1pm in the Irish Film Institute.
Here to Stay is directed by A. O’Brien & A. Grossman, and will screen in the Irish Film Institute at 6.15 on Friday 29 September.
The Irish Film Board has also organised a public panel to discuss ‘Documentaries and the International Audience’ inviting audience discussion on how recent theatrical documentaries such as 'An Inconvenient Truth', 'One Day in September', 'Etre et Avoir' and 'March of the Penguins' have helped to create a newfound commercial confidence in theatrical documentary. The panel will explore how Irish filmmakers can capitalise on these increased market opportunities and growing international audiences; and the role of the Irish Film Board in financing documentary.
The Stranger than Fiction Documentary Festival and Market takes place in the Irish Film Institute from Thursday September 28 to Sunday October and the market is sponsored by Bord Scannanna hEireann / the Irish Film Board.
For more information visit: www.irishfilm.ie
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