The 17th annual Santa Cruz Film Festival will be taking place from October 8-13. On Thursday, October 10 the film festival will be showing the Irish film, Fire and Grace in Ireland. The film will be played at the Tannery World Dance & Cultural Center at 7pm. In 2017, violinist,…
4.00 PM Shooting the Darkness – Tom Burke (52 mins) “Photographers don’t take sides, they take pictures.” A powerful new documentary about the men who unwittingly became war photographers on the streets of their own Northern Irish towns. They did not leave home in search of war and adventure: the…
Stanford Irish Association is hosting virtual screenings of two recent Irish films: The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine (trailer, Friday March 5th), a documentary narrated by Liam Neeson and described as "a challenging, in-depth, and comprehensive assessment of the worst humanitarian disaster of the 1800s”; and Arracht (trailer,…
The Stanford Irish Association are hosting virtual screenings of two recent Irish films: The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine (trailer), a documentary described as "a challenging, in-depth, and comprehensive assessment of the worst humanitarian disaster of the 1800s”; and Arracht (trailer), a powerful Irish language feature film (with…
San Francisco's Irish Film Docfest takes place this year between March 25-28th 2021. We will be celebrating "The Resilience of the Irish" through 6 specially selected Irish documentaries to be screened over the Docfest weekend. "When Women Won" is the opening night film - Directed by Anna Rodgers it tells the…
Wolfwalkers is an animated fantasy adventure film directed by Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart. The film is the third and final installment in Moore's "Irish Folklore Trilogy", following his previous films The Secret of Kells (2009) and Song of the Sea (2014). The film is nominated for an Oscar -…
The San Francisco Irish Film Festival is back this Thursday 23 September through Sunday 26 September– bringing exceptional Irish film to Bay Area audiences both online and in theatre. Opening night kicks off at 6:30pm on Thursday with the documentary 'Phil Lynott: Songs for While I'm Away.' Visit SF Irish Film for more…
Phil Lynott: Songs for While I’m Away Thursday, November 11, 7pm Screening at Delancey Street Theater, 600 Embarcadero, San Francisco. View Trailer / More Information TICKETS LISTEN TO AUDIO INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER EMER REYNOLDS
“Steps Of Freedom” documentary tells for the first time the extraordinary story of how Irish dance developed over centuries from a traditional dance of the Irish people to become the global phenomenon it is today attracting millions of viewers and dancers throughout the world. “Keep It a Secret” is…
San Francisco Dance Film Festival will be screening the wonderfully entertaining documentary, STEPS OF FREEDOM: THE STORY OF IRISH DANCE on Friday, May 13 at 7:30 p.m. at the Brava Theater in San Francisco. Immediately following the film, the Boyle Irish Dance Academy will perform. STEPS OF FREEDOM reveals how…
Join the Consulate General of Ireland at Casements in the Mission District for a special Samhain evening. Meet us at Casements in San Francisco's Mission District for a special Samhain evening with Oakland filmmaker Jason O'Mahony who will show a sneak preview of "The Good People- Fairy Stories from an…
The 15th Mostly British Film Festival runs February 9-16 and presents 25 award-winning new feature films, documentaries and shorts from English-speaking countries outside the U.S. The mix of dramas, thrillers, biopics and documentaries run the gamut of emotions from joy to heartache and every feeling in between. The stories to…
Both AFTERSUN and GOD'S CREATURES are playing in the Mostly British Film Festival this year. Paul Mescal was just nominated for best actor for his role in AFTERSUN. This double feature begins with GOD'S CREATURES at 1:00pm on Saturday February 11th and continues with AFTERSUN at 3:00pm. For all ticketing…
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