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The festival runs from 3 – 14 March online. By Aoife Barry Tuesday 16 Feb 2021, 6:48 PM Feb 16th 2021, 12:00 PM 15,830 Views 57 Comments
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Updated Feb 16th 2021, 6:48 PM
IT’S ONE OF the highlights of the cultural year – Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival, where you have the chance to indulge in films from Ireland and across the world.
This year the festival has moved online due to the Covid-19 restrictions, but there’s no cut in quality.
Highlights include the much-anticipated
Supernova (starring Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci),
Running from
3-14 March 2021, the Festival continues to bring the best of Irish film to audiences amongst its impressive programme of worldwide eclectic cinema.
The Irish selection includes Rachel Carey’s dark comedy
Deadly Cuts as this year’s Virgin Media Closing Gala; Cathal Nally’s gangster comedy
Be Good or Be Gone, Ivan Kavanagh’s
Son; Tadgh O’Sullivan’s acclaimed
To the Moon, Piotr Domalewski’s moving exploration of the Polish/Irish experience
I Never Cry, and comedy horror
The Boys from County Hell from Chris Baugh.
Irish documentary includes David Burke’s
The Father of the Cyborgs, which examines the ethical quandaries of self-experimentation and a future where technology and human brains combine. Plus Sixty Trinity College students from fourteen countries chronicle their forever changed world in Covid 19 lockdown
When planning for the 2021 edition got underway in April, there were no assurances there would even be a festival 10 months down the road. “No one really knew how it was going to go, so we made the decision in November to go just online,” Binkowska said. “To do it online and in-person, it would have been like running two festivals.” The virtual “doors” to the festival’s 27th edition will open at 12 p.m. on Friday. There are no scheduled times for screenings; ticket holders can watch the films at their leisure from their homes via computer or TV with the Elevent app (instructions are in the FAQ section of victoriafilmfestival.com.)
Since my first film, Hunger, I have formed many special bonds with my Irish collaborators, said McQueen. I look forward to talking to Mark about storytelling, and to a virtual visit with my friends in Ireland. The curtains will also go up on the Irish selection that includes Rachel Carey’s dark comedy Deadly Cuts as this year’s Virgin Media Closing Gala; Cathal Nally’s gangster comedy Be Good or Be Gone, Ivan Kavanagh’s Son; Tadgh O’Sullivan’s acclaimed To the Moon; Piotr Domalewski’s moving exploration of the Polish/Irish experience I Never Cry, and horror comedy The Boys from County Hell from Chris Baugh.