There was more good news for Irish films this weekend at the European Film Awards in Berlin, with Irish co-productions The Lobster and Song of the Sea picking up awards.
The Lobster proves critical and commercial success, taking close on €1m at UK & Irish box-office.
Five Irish films, Room, The Lobster, Brooklyn, The Hallow, and The Survivalist, to play at the 24th Philadelphia Film Festival, October 22nd to November 1st
First trailer for Yorgos Lanthimos’s critically acclaimed The Lobster, starring Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz. Out October 16th.
Four more Irish films will play the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, with Viva, The Lobster, Love & Friendship, and Sing Street joining the previously announced world premieres of Mammal and The Land of the Enlightened.
The 26th Stockholm International Film Festival will feature Irish films The Lobster and The Survivalist. The festival runs November 11th to 22nd.
Four Irish films and 6 shorts play at the 28th Helsinki International Film Festival - Love & Anarchy, which runs September 17th to 27th.
Irish co-production The Lobster, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos has landed 5 nominations at this year’s European Film Awards.
The Lobster is a unique and oddly affecting take on modern relationships, with a fine cast committing to its deadpan strangeness.
Two Irish co-productions, Yorgos Lanthimos' The Lobster and Liv Ullmann's Miss Julie, are among the 52 strong European Film Academy selection for 2015.