| Key | Imgs | Short Description |
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 2023_MD_AFI_Irish | 79 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival -- General
Including photos of filmmakers from Thursday to Saturday events that stayed to watch Sunday movies. |
| 2017_MD_Offenders_170305 | 117 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2017) -- "Young Offenders" (w/Hilary Rose)
The Young Offenders
Special Features: Q&A with lead actress Hilary Rose, plus post-screening reception
What do you get if you mix Ireland's biggest-ever cocaine seizure, the comic sensibilities of Judd Apatow, Taika Waititi and Edgar Wright, and two cheeky, foul-mouthed teenagers from Cork on the road... |
| 2018_MD_Farthest_180304 | 108 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2018) -- "The Farthest" (w/Tony Cranstoun, Heidi Hammel and Dan Mulhall)
FARTHEST, THE
Special Features: Q&A with editor Tony Cranstoun and planetary astronomer Heidi Hammel, Executive Vice President of AURA, Inc and VP of the Board of Directors of The Planetary Society, and post-screening reception sponsored by the Embassy of Ireland
Emmy-nominated, multi-award winning... |
| 2018_MD_Zoo_180301 | 121 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2018) -- "Zoo" (w/Colin McIvor)
ZOO (2017)
Special Features: Q&A with director Colin McIvor, plus post-screening reception sponsored by the Northern Ireland Bureau
Belfast, 1941. Twelve-year-old Tom's (Art Parkinson, GAME OF THRONES) zookeeper father is enlisted in the army, leaving behind his family and the newest member of the... |
| 2019_MD_Devils_Doorway_190301 | 88 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2019) -- "Devil's Doorway" (w/Aislinn Clarke and Lalor Roddy)
Devil's Doorway, The
Special Features: Q&A with director Aislinn Clarke and actor Lalor Roddy
What unholy terrors lurk behind the walls of a secretive Irish convent? Northern Ireland, 1960: Father Thomas Riley (Lalor Roddy, DON'T LEAVE HOME, FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY, HUNGER) and Father John Thornton... |
| 2019_MD_Dont_Leave_190302 | 93 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2019) -- "Don't Leave Home" (w/Michael Tully and Lalor Roddy)
Don't Leave Home
Special Features: Q&A with director Michael Tully and actor Lalor Roddy
After unveiling her new sculptural exhibit on Irish urban legends, artist Melanie Thomas (Anna Margaret Hollyman, SLEEPING WITH OTHER PEOPLE, WHITE REINDEER) is contacted by Father Alistair Burke (Lalor Roddy, THE... |
| 2019_MD_I_Dolours_190302 | 76 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2019) -- "I, Dolours" (w/Ed Moloney)
I, Dolours
Special Features: Q&A with journalist and producer Ed Moloney
Dolours Price, the infamous IRA radical convicted of bombing England's Old Bailey in 1973, granted a series of revealing interviews in 2010 on the strict condition of their posthumous release. The interviews, brought to life... |
| 2019_MD_Lost_And_Found_190301 | 6 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2019) -- "Lost And Found" (w/Eamonn Norris)
Lost And Found (2017)
Special Features: Introduction by co-producer Eamonn Norris
Winner of the Best Foreign Feature prize at the Arizona International Film Festival, LOST AND FOUND explores seven interconnecting stories set in and around the lost and found office of an Irish train station. Daniel... |
| 2019_MD_Drummer_190228 | 90 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2019) -- "The Drummer And The Keeper" (w/Nick Kelly)
The Drummer And The Keeper
Q&A with director Nick Kelly and post-screening reception sponsored by the Embassy of Ireland
Winner of Best Irish First Feature at the 2017 Galway Film Fleadh, THE DRUMMER AND THE KEEPER explores the unlikely friendship formed between two young men: Gabriel (Dermot Murphy,... |
| 2020_MD_AFI_Irish | 14 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2020) -- Marquee, Jumbotron Ad @ Ellsworth Place and screen credits |
| 2020_MD_Bump_200227 | 173 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2020) -- "A Bump Along the Way" opening night event w/reception
BUMP ALONG THE WAY, A
Fun-loving, single mom Pamela (Bronagh Gallagher, THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD) knows how to have a good time — and she's not about to let a little thing like middle age stop her. Her teenage daughter Allegra (Lola Petticrew, winner of the New Talent Award at the 2019... |
| 2020_MD_Mogadishu_200229 | 81 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2020) -- "A Girl From Mogadishu" (w/panel)
A Girl From Mogadishu
Special Features: Post-screening panel discussion; details below
Writer-director Mary McGuckian's powerful drama tells the inspiring true story of Irish-Somali activist Ifrah Ahmed. A refugee from war-torn Somalia in 2006, Ifrah is trafficked to Ireland, where a medical exam... |
| 2020_MD_Cumar_200301 | 225 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2020) -- "Cumar: A Galway Rhapsody" (w/Aodh Ó Coileáin) plus closing reception with fiddlers Susan Collins and Michael Wynch
Cumar: A Galway Rhapsody
Special Features: Q&A with director Aodh Ó Coileáin, plus post-screening reception sponsored by the Embassy of Ireland and live music by fiddlers Susan Collins and Michael Wynch.
The diverse glories of the city of Galway, celebrated in song, performance and image, make this... |
| 2020_MD_Heaney_200229 | 50 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2020) -- "Seamus Heaney And The Music Of What Happens" (w/panel)
SEAMUS HEANEY AND THE MUSIC OF WHAT HAPPENS
Special Features: Q&A with Northern Ireland Bureau Director Andrew Elliott and literature expert Christopher Griffin
Born into a farming family in rural Northern Ireland, Seamus Heaney became the finest poet of his generation and winner of the Nobel Prize in... |
| 2020_MD_Shooting_200301 | 45 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2020) -- "Shooting The Darkness" (plus Katie O'Neill's "Northern Ireland Stories" display)
Shooting The Darkness
Documentarian Tom Burke (LOSING ALASKA) artfully tells the powerful stories of the Irish men who unwittingly became war photographers on the streets of their own towns during the Troubles. They did not leave home in search of war and adventure; the violence erupted around them.... |
| 2022_MD_AFI_Irish | 8 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2022) -- Jumbotron Ad @ Ellsworth Place and Marquee |
| 2022_MD_Irish_Goodbye2_220304 | 111 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2022) -- Reception after Norman Houston Short Film Award @ McGinty's Public House
AN IRISH GOODBYE | Fri, March 4, 6:45
The 2022 Norman Houston Short Film Award Ceremony & Winner:
AN IRISH GOODBYE
Set against the backdrop of a working farm in rural Northern Ireland, AN IRISH GOODBYE is a black comedy following the reunion of estranged brothers after the untimely death of their... |
| 2022_MD_Irish_Goodbye_220304 | 153 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2022) -- "An Irish Goodbye" (w/Norman Houston Short Film Award to Tom Berkeley and Ross White)
AN IRISH GOODBYE | Fri, March 4, 6:45
The 2022 Norman Houston Short Film Award Ceremony & Winner:
AN IRISH GOODBYE
Set against the backdrop of a working farm in rural Northern Ireland, AN IRISH GOODBYE is a black comedy following the reunion of estranged brothers after the untimely death of their... |
| 2022_MD_Doineann_220305 | 106 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2022) -- "Doineann" (w/Aislinn Clarke)
DOINEANN plus post-screening Q&A with screenwriter Aislinn Clarke
After the birth of their son, investigative TV reporter Tomas (Peter Coonan, THE ALIENIST) and his wife Siobhan (Clare Monnelly, MOONE BOY) relocate to a remote island off the northwest coast of Ireland. Tomas is called back to the... |
| 2022_MD_Rogue_220303 | 132 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2022) -- "Redemption of a Rogue" (w/Kieran Roche)
EvOpening Night: REDEMPTION OF A ROGUE followed by Q&A with actor Kieran Roche
Winner of the Best Feature and Best Debut Irish Feature prizes at the 2020 Galway Film Fleadh, the hilarious debut from award-winning Irish playwright Philip Doherty squeezes tar-black comedy and soulful reflections from an... |
| 2022_MD_Craic_220306 | 107 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2022) -- "Where's the Craic?" (w/Lauren Hakulinen)
WHERE'S THE CRAIC?
Special Features: Closing Night of the 2022 Capital Irish Film Festival. Post-screening Q&A with filmmaker Lauren Hakulinen
Why do so many people in Ireland play music so well? Perhaps it's the land itself that gives creative inspiration to all born there and to those who come to... |
| 2023_MD_Irish_Reception_230305 | 20 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2023) -- Reception after Festival @ McGinty's Public House |
| 2023_MD_Homebird_YP2_230303 | 44 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2023) -- Reception after "Homebird" and "Young Plato"
HOMEBIRD with YOUNG PLATO
Special Features: Q&A with YOUNG PLATO co-director Neasa Ní Chianáin and producer David Rane
The 2023 Norman Houston Short Film Award: HOMEBIRD with YOUNG PLATO
On the 25th anniversary of the Belfast Agreement, we spotlight five inspirational and moving films that reflect... |
| 2023_MD_Quiet_Girl2_230302 | 179 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2023) -- Reception after "The Quiet Girl"
QUIET GIRL, THE
Special Features: Opening Night. Q&A with director Colm Bairéad. Oscar® nominee, Best International Feature Film
Set in rural Ireland in 1981, Colm Bairéad's exquisite debut feature is a powerful coming-of-age drama told through the eyes of a young girl. Cáit (newcomer Catherine... |
| 2023_MD_BallyWalter_230303 | 91 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2023) -- "Ballywalter" (w/Prasanna Puwanarajah, Stacey Gregg, Patrick Kielty)
BALLYWALTER
Special Features: North American Premiere. Q&A with director Prasanna Puwanarajah, screenwriter Stacey Gregg and actor Patrick Kielty
The feature directorial debut of actor Prasanna Puwanarajah (recently seen as Martin Bashir in THE CROWN), BALLYWALTER is a life-affirming dramedy about... |
| 2023_MD_Homebird_YP_230303 | 163 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2023) -- "Homebird" (w/Caleb J. Roberts. Peter Young, and Callum Harrison) and "Young Plato" (w/Neasa Ní Chianáin and David Rane)
HOMEBIRD with YOUNG PLATO
Special Features: Q&A with YOUNG PLATO co-director Neasa Ní Chianáin and producer David Rane
The 2023 Norman Houston Short Film Award: HOMEBIRD with YOUNG PLATO
On the 25th anniversary of the Belfast Agreement, we spotlight five inspirational and moving films that reflect... |
| 2023_MD_Secret_230305 | 25 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2023) -- "How To Tell a Secret" (w/Anna Rodgers)
HOW TO TELL A SECRET
Special Features: East Coast Premiere. Q&A with co-director Anna Rodgers
More than 40 years after the start of the AIDS epidemic, this groundbreaking film takes on the complexity of living with HIV in contemporary Ireland with rigorous honesty, ingenuity and an artistry that... |
| 2023_MD_Lakelands_230305 | 118 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2023) -- "Lakelands" (w/Patrick McGivney and Robert Higgins)
LAKELANDS
Special Features: Closing Night. Q&A with co-director Patrick McGivney
In Robert Higgins and Patrick McGivney's directorial debut, which won the award for Best Irish Film at the 2022 Galway Film Fleadh, Cian (Éanna Hardwicke, NORMAL PEOPLE, THE SPARROW, VIVARIUM) is a young Gaelic footballer... |
| 2023_MD_North_Circular_230304 | 58 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2023) -- "North Circular" (w/Luke McManus)
NORTH CIRCULAR
Special Features: East Coast Premiere. Intro by director Luke McManus
This documentary musical travels the length of Dublin's North Circular Road, from the Phoenix Park to Dublin Port, exploring the history, music and streetscapes of a street that links some of the country's most... |
| 2023_MD_Pray_Sinners_230305 | 47 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2023) -- "Pray For Our Sinners" (w/Sinéad O'Shea)
PRAY FOR OUR SINNERS
Special Features: Q&A with director Sinéad O'Shea
Through the stories of everyday citizens resisting the status quo, filmmaker and journalist Sinéad O'Shea's powerful documentary confronts Ireland's recent history of brutality against children and women, from corporal punishment... |
| 2023_MD_Shorts2_230305 | 14 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2023) -- "Shorts Program 2" (w/Ailís Logan)
Capital Irish Film Festival Shorts Program 2
LA TUMBA
When park ranger Paddy discovers Pilar, an elderly Spanish lady who doesn't speak any English, at a freshly dug grave, he thinks his fantasy of solving a murder case has finally come true. DIR Natasha Waugh; SCR Jonathan Hughes; PROD Natalie... |
| 2023_MD_Cry_Granuiaile_230304 | 86 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2023) -- "The Cry Of Granuaile" (w/Dónal Foreman)
CRY OF GRANUAILE, THE
Special Features: Q&A with director Dónal Foreman
In Irish filmmaker Dónal Foreman's (THE IMAGE YOU MISSED) surprising blend of road movie, psychodrama and fantasy, a grieving American filmmaker (Dale Dickey, A LOVE SONG, WINTER'S BONE) and her Irish assistant (Judith Roddy,... |
| 2023_MD_Quiet_Girl_230302 | 86 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2023) -- "The Quiet Girl" (w/Colm Bairéad)
QUIET GIRL, THE
Special Features: Opening Night. Q&A with director Colm Bairéad. Oscar® nominee, Best International Feature Film
Set in rural Ireland in 1981, Colm Bairéad's exquisite debut feature is a powerful coming-of-age drama told through the eyes of a young girl. Cáit (newcomer Catherine... |
| 2023_MD_Sparrow_230305 | 70 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2023) -- "The Sparrow" (w/Michael Kinirons and Alicia Ní Ghráinne)
SPARROW, THE (2022)
Special Features: East Coast Premiere. Q&A with director Michael Kinirons and producer Alicia Ní Ghráinne
Winner of the Best Irish First Feature award at the 2022 Galway Film Fleadh, Michael Kinirons' powerful feature debut is a coming-of-age tale about guilt and grief set in a... |
| 2024_03_02D_AFI_Irish | 13 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2024) -- Marquee and other |
| 2024_03_03D_AFI_Irish | 4 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2024) -- Marquee and other |
| 2024_02_29A1_Lies | 249 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2024) -- "Lies We Tell" (w/Lisa Mulcahy and Elisabeth Gooch) and Opening Reception
LIES WE TELL (2023)
Special Features: Opening Night. East Coast Premiere. Welcome by Orla Keane, Deputy Ambassador of Ireland to the United States | Q&A with director Lisa Mulcahy and writer Elisabeth Gooch, plus post-screening reception sponsored by the Embassy of Ireland.
In the wilds of 1864... (Partially reviewed) |
| 2024_03_02C_1Night | 66 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2024) -- "One Night in Millstreet" (w/Andrew Gallimore)
ONE NIGHT IN MILLSTREET
Special Features: North American Premiere. Q&A with director Andrew Gallimore
From two-time Irish Film and Television Best Sports Documentary winners Andrew Gallimore and Morgan Bushe, ONE NIGHT IN MILLSTREET is the story of Ireland in 1995, a snapshot of a country told through... (Partially reviewed) |
| 2024_03_02B_Paul_Muldoon | 74 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2024) -- "Paul Muldoon: A Life In Lyrics" (w/Alan Gilsenan)
PAUL MULDOON: LAOITHE IS LIRICÍ
Special Features: Q&A with director Alan Gilsenan
[A LIFE IN LYRICSÍ]
Charting the remarkable journey of Irish poet and wordsmith Paul Muldoon, this film weaves his life's chapters through the artistry of renowned actors, musicians and artists. From his humble roots in... (Partially reviewed) |
| 2024_03_02A_Stolen | 97 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2024) -- "Stolen" (w/Margo Harkin and Martha O’Neill)
STOLEN (2023)
Special Features: Q&A with director Margo Harkin and producer Martha O’Neill
In this outstanding, critically acclaimed documentary, Margo Harkin (HUSH-A-BYE BABY) presents a harrowing, damning depiction of Ireland's historic and obsessive institutional confinement of women. STOLEN... (Partially reviewed) |
| 2024_03_03E1_Graceless | 138 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2024) -- "The Graceless Age -- The Ballad of John Murry" (w/Sarah Share)
THE GRACELESS AGE - THE BALLAD OF JOHN MURRY
Special Features: East Coast Premiere. Q&A with director Sarah Share
On the cusp of greatness after the release of his 2013 album "The Graceless Age," American singer/songwriter John Murry washed up on Irish shores, creatively exhausted and depressed. He... (Partially reviewed) |
| 2024_03_01A1_Silent | 239 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2024) -- "The Silent People" and "Lie of the Land" (w/Keith O'Grady, Abby Oliveira, and John Carlin)
THE SILENT PEOPLE with LIE OF THE LAND
Special Features: Welcome by Andrew Elliott, Director of the Northern Ireland Bureau, North America | Q&A with director Keith O'Grady and actor Abby Oliveira (THE SILENT PEOPLE) and director John Carlin (LIE OF THE LAND)
Post-screening drinks reception sponsored... (Partially reviewed) |
| 2024_03_03F1_Veridgris | 285 | AFI -- Capital Irish Film Festival (2024) -- "Veridgris" (w/Patricia Kelly, Paul FitzSimons and Geraldine McAlinden) and Closing Reception
VERDIGRIS
Special Features: Closing Night. East Coast Premiere. Welcome by Geraldine Byrne Nason, Ambassador of Ireland to the United States | Q&A with director Patricia Kelly, producer Paul FitzSimons and lead actor Geraldine McAlinden
Plus post-screening reception sponsored by the Embassy of... (Partially reviewed) |