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IRISH FILM FESTIVAL BOSTON
Friday, March 22, 2019
Somerville Theater,
55 Davis Square, Somerville
One of the great pleasures of the St. Patrick’s Day season each year is attending Irish Film Festival Boston. This year, IFFB focuses on the following screenings on March 22nd.
BITA is proud to partner with IFFB to offer five pairs of free tickets to this year’s screenings. Enter the contest below for a chance to win.
Director's Choice Screenings
FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY
2018/Ireland (101 minutes)
Director: Carmel Winters
Lead actor Hazel Doupe, Director Carmel Winters and Production Designer Toma McCullim in person!
Q&A to follow the screening.
From the producers of Once and Sing Street, Float Like A Butterfly is a powerful and timely story of a girl's fight for freedom and belonging.
Teenage Irish Traveller Frances (Hazel Doupe) lost her mother in a fight. The same fight which led to her father (Dara Devaney) being locked up in jail for the last ten years. Frances has never forgiven the police sergeant who she feels is responsible for this. She’s got fighting in her blood, just like her idol Muhammad Ali inspiring her to be the Greatest.
When her father gets out of jail, Frances is starry-eyed. Together they can take on the world. But her father doesn’t turn out to be the hero she remembers. Required to keep the peace due to the conditions of his parole, he’s forced to endure humiliation from the police sergeant (Aidan O’Hare), much to Frances’ horror. And to make up for lost time, he is determined to make a man of his son and an obedient wife of his daughter.
Frances never wanted to clash with her beloved father, but when he forces her to give up her dream of boxing and behave like a “lady”, she is left with no choice. Cast out by the world and her family alike, Frances must fight even for the right to fight. Some people say it doesn’t matter whether you win or lose. But Frances knows that losing is not an option? This is a fight she has been training for all her life. And she knows, the only way she can end this war is to win it.
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MAZE
Director's Choice Feature
Friday, March 23 @ 7:30 p.m.
Maze is based on the true story of the 1983 mass breakout of 38 IRA prisoners from the HMP Maze high-security prison. As Larry Marley, the chief architect of the escape, schemes his way towards this feat, he meets prison warden, Gordon Close.
Initially they are confirmed enemies, born of opposite sides of Northern Ireland's political divide, but when Larry realizes that Gordon may be useful for his escape, a slow seduction begins. What follows is an intense and intriguing drama during which an unlikely relationship is forged between two adversaries.
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2017/Ireland (92 mins) | Director: Stephen Burke.
Actor Martin McCann in person!
PLAYS WITH
LOST MEMORIES
Director's Choice Short
Inspired by a true story. Sean races against the clock to his mother's death bed while dealing with inter-family politics over the phone.
2017/Ireland (14 min 55) | Director: Eamonn Murphy
Reception to follow at Redbones, Davis Square.
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Winners will be announced two days before each screening, starting on Tuesday, March 20. You can check back in to catch the winning announcements!
Apart from the great screenings listed above, there are so many other great movies to see at this year's Irish Film Festival Boston.
All Screenings: Somerville Theater, 55 Davis Square, Somerville, MA 02144
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