This year's Dublin International Festival will be a showcase for new and established talent in the Irish film industry, the Irish Film Board (IFB) promised today.
Irish actor and comedian Pat Shortt and Jane Wisener, who stars in the film musical Sweeney Todd, were in attendance today as the full programme for next month's Jameson Dublin International Film Festival was unveiled.
Jane Wisener arriving at the launch tonight. Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire
This year's event takes place from February 15th to February 24th and will premiere a number of Irish films including Joel Conroy's surfing documentary Wave Riders, filmed off the north west coast of Ireland.
Also on the programme is Marian Quinn's debut feature 32A, which has been selected for the Berlinale Film Festival next month, and Neasa Ní Chianáin's documentary on poet Cathal O'Searcaigh.
Also during the festival, Todd McCarthy, chief critic with Varietywill participate on an international film critics panel.
The festival will also present five films made in Dublin to celebrate the role the city has played on screen, the IFB said.
"Many Dubliners will remember the shooting of such classic Dublin films as Quakser Fortune has a cousin in the Bronxand The First Great Train Robbery. But Dublin has also acted as a backdrop for films such as The Spy Who Came In from the Coldand many others.
" Dublin on Screenwill be an opportunity for the festival to go out on the streets of Dublin and to bring a little bit of Irish cinema history to the citizens of our capital city," the IFB said in a statement.
The Jameson Dublin International Film Festival is a not for profit organisation. It is grant-aided by the Arts Council, the IFB and Dublin City Council.
Media partners for the festival this year are The Irish Timesand FM104.