BIFS 2018, Black 47 Q&A (L-R): Geoff Thompson, BIFS Organiser; Lance Daly, director; Jani Thiltges, co-producer from Samsa Films;
Credit: Dorte Storup
With 9 out of 16 screenings to date, the British & Irish Film Season is now over half-way through its 2018 programme.
On Friday evening, director Lance Daly attended the sold-out screening of Black 47, the Ireland-Luxembourg co-production which was set during the Irish Famine (1845-49). With not a seat to be had, the Luxembourg premier had a number of the cast and crew in the audience who were thanked afterwards by Jani Thiltges, co-producer from Samsa Films, director Lance Daly and festival organiser Geoff Thompson.
Earlier on Friday evening, the Irish comedy The Flag was screened, also at the Cinémathèque, with the festival moving to Ciné Utopia for the week-end for four screenings - the family drama Zoo set in Northern Ireland during WWII, Paddy Considine's directorial debut The Journeyman about a boxer who suffers concussion, the drama Good Favour which was primarily shot in the Belgian Ardennes, and the animated tale of Richard the Stork for which the screening room was almost completely full!
This coming week sees many Special Guests visiting for the screening of their films for five films in a row:
- Monday: Simon Fellows (director) for Steel County
- Tuesday: Hannah Stevenson (producer), Jason Wingard (director) and Jack Carroll (actor) for Eaten by Lions
- Wednesday: Pauline Etienne (actor) for Old Boys
- Thursday: Maurice Fitzpatrick (film-maker) for In The Name of Peace: John Hume in America
- Thursday: David Wilkinson (film-maker) for Postcards from the 48%
For full details, see www.bifilmseason.lu, with ticketing on www.luxembourg-ticket.lu.
Photos of the screenings and Q&A session can be viewed here.
