Handsome Devil • June 17, 20 An unlikely yet authentic bond develops between two teenage boys at an Irish boarding school, in this charming, rugby-centric dramedy from talented Irish writer-director John Butler. Sixteen-year-old Ned, with his spiky dyed red hair and ambiguous sexuality, is the music-geek outcast more smitten with…
Frameline Film Festival Three Irish films feature at this year’s Frameline Film Festival, A Date for Mad Mary • June 18, 24 Mary has always been a firecracker — picking fights, mouthing off, and getting wasted at the pub with her best mate, Charlene. But after serving six months in…
Handsome Devil • June 17, 20 An unlikely yet authentic bond develops between two teenage boys at an Irish boarding school, in this charming, rugby-centric dramedy from talented Irish writer-director John Butler. Sixteen-year-old Ned, with his spiky dyed red hair and ambiguous sexuality, is the music-geek outcast more smitten with…
A Date for Mad Mary • June 24 Mary has always been a firecracker — picking fights, mouthing off, and getting wasted at the pub with her best mate, Charlene. But after serving six months in lockup, Mary returns home to find that Charlene has moved on; she’s more interested…
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2017 San Francisco Irish Film Festival - September 21-23 All films will be shown at the Delancey Street Theater, 600 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA 94107 A Date for Mad Mary • September 21 Emerald City • September 23 Rocky Ros Muc • September 23 Visit sfirishfilm.com for updates and…
On General Release: School Life Directed by Neasa Ní Chianáin and David Rane, this intimate and touching documentary presents a portrait of two educators who take on that "In Loco Parentis" role at the Headfort boarding school in Kells, Ireland. School Life (formerly In Loco Parentis) has had rave reviews…
Song of Granite • Jan 10 The California Film Institute presents a series of international Oscar submissions from around the world Jan 5-11, 2018. Irish film, Song of Granite is a lyrical journey through the life of traditional Irish folk singer Joe Heaney. Blending exquisitely shot narrative scenes with archival…
Irish Film at SF IndieFest • Feb 1-15 Roxie Theater San Francisco Between Land and Sea Director Ross Whitaker West Coast Premiere of an observational documentary about the big wave surf community of an Irish surf town. Get ready for an adrenaline high and take a plunge into the ice cold…
Maze Director Stephen Burke Northern California Premiere of a prison thriller inspired by the true events of the infamous 1983 prison breakout of 38 IRA prisoners from ‘the most secure prison in Europe,’ the HMP Maze, an inmate and revolutionary develops a complicated friendship with the prison warden. Or is…
Maze Director Stephen Burke Northern California Premiere of a prison thriller inspired by the true events of the infamous 1983 prison breakout of 38 IRA prisoners from ‘the most secure prison in Europe,’ the HMP Maze, an inmate and revolutionary develops a complicated friendship with the prison warden. Or is…
Irish Night at Mostly British Film • Feb 18 A Fanatic Heart: Onstage interview with filmmaker Sir Bob Geldof at 8:00 pm. In this winning documentary, Irish singer, songwriter and political activist Sir Bob Geldof traces W.B. Yeats’ life, from his earliest family trips to Sligo – which awakened a…
The Cured • March 9 Opening week of March 9th at Four Star, San Francisco Check times at cinema In a world ravaged for years by a virus that turns the infected into zombie-like cannibals, a cure is at last found and the wrenching process of reintegrating the survivors back…
Director: Miriam Velasco, 2017, Ireland, 90 minutes, Cast: Tony Kelly, Caoimhe O'Malley, Geraldine McAlinden In a small town with no room for celebrities, Daniel must suddenly face the reality of family politics, the old flame he walked out on and the friends and community he left behind. Now an outsider…
Shalom Ireland is a documentary about Ireland's remarkable, yet little known Jewish community. The one hour film chronicles the history of Irish Jewry while celebrating the unique culture created by blending Irish and Jewish traditions. From gun running for the Irish Republican Army during Ireland's War of Independence to smuggling fellow…
"Derry Girls" follows a group of teenage girls growing up against the backdrop of The Troubles era of Northern Ireland in the early 1990s. The series earned an average audience of 2.5 million in the UK, making it Channel 4’s most successful original comedy in 15 years, and it…
An Irish Christmas features an award-winning cast of Irish dancers led by Caterina Coyne (Principal dancer, Riverdance), world champion dancer Tyler Schwartz and Connor Reider, as well as members ofthe Kerry Dance Troupe, The Kerry Voice Squad and the Kerry Traditional Orchestra. An Irish Christmas is a memorable night…
The Long Ride is a timely documentary about the historic 2003 Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride that sparked the birth of the new Civil Rights Movement for immigrant workers in the United States. Alarmed by the increase in immigration raids, deportations, family separation, and attacks on workers’ rights, more than 900…
The Mostly British Film Festival, created by Ruthe Stein and Jack Bair, is bringing the Bay Area the best in cinema from the UK, Ireland, Australia, India, New Zealand, and South Africa from February 14-21, 2019. For many of the films, this is the only opportunity to see them in a theater.…
Join SF Irish Film for the 3rd Annual Docfest – Saturday March 2nd, 2019 Delancey Street Screening Room, 600 Embarcadero, SF TRUTH MATTERS: SF Irish Film presents true stories that include a 1500 km pilgrimage by sea in a naomhóg from Ireland to the holy site of Santiago de Compostela in…
The historic Vogue Theatre exclusively presents Irish writer and director, Liam O Mochain's 2017 film, Lost and Found. Set in and around a lost and found office of an Irish train station, the comedy-drama centers around 7 interconnecting stories which share a theme of something lost or found.
The historic Vogue Theatre exclusively presents Irish writer and director, Liam O Mochain's 2017 film. Set in and around a lost and found office of an Irish train station, the comedy-drama centers around 7 interconnecting stories which share a theme of something lost or found.
The historic Vogue Theatre exclusively presents Irish writer and director, Liam O Mochain's 2017 film, Lost and Found. Set in and around a lost and found office of an Irish train station, the comedy-drama centers around 7 interconnecting stories which share a theme of something lost or found.
The historic Vogue Theatre exclusively presents Irish writer and director, Liam O Mochain's 2017 film, Lost and Found. Set in and around a lost and found office of an Irish train station, the comedy-drama centers around 7 interconnecting stories which share a theme of something lost or found.
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