Los Angeles Irish Film Festival 2009
Kisses by Lance Daly
The Los Angeles Irish Film Festival is currently being held at the American Cinematheque’s Aero Theatre in Santa Monica.
Gabriel Byrne will be present tonight for a screening of Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home, directed by Pat Collins.
Upcoming films include Vittoria Colonna Di Stigliano’s Identities, about Ireland’s transgender denizens; Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey’s animated adventure tale The Secret of Kells; and Lance Daly’s Kisses, about two pre-teens who run away from home and end up in the streets of Dublin.
The Aero is located at 1328 Montana Avenue (at 14th Street) in Santa Monica.
The schedule and synopses below are from the American Cinematheque’s press release:
Friday, September 25 – 7:30 PM
Double Feature:
CHERRYBOMB, 2009, Little Film Company, [...]
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Gabriel Byrne at the Aero
Gabriel Byrne will be present at a screening of Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home at the American Cinematheque’s Aero Theatre in Santa Monica. Stories from Home, which screens this evening (Thursday), Sept. 24, at 7:30 pm will be followed by Macdara Vallely’s Peacefire. Byrne will take part in an onstage discussion between the two film presentations.
Both films are being screened as part of the Los Angeles Irish Film Festival, which continues until Sunday, Sept. 27.
Schedule and synopses below form the American Cinematheque’s press release:
Thursday, September 24 – 7:30 PM
Double Feature:
GABRIEL BYRNE: STORIES FROM HOME, 2008, South Wind Blows/Harvest Films, 76 min., Dir. Pat Collins. A revealing look at the life and creative impulse of Gabriel Byrne [...]
