30th July 2009

Irish Film Industry to set the Toronto International Film Festival Alight with Six Irish Feature Films Selected to Screen at the Festival

The leading lights of the Irish film industry including Colin Farrell (In Bruges), Cillian Murphy (The Wind that Shakes the Barley), Brendan Gleeson (The Secret of Kells, Harry Potter), Neil Jordan (Michael Collins) and Ian Fitzgibbon (Spin the Bottle, A Film With Me In It) will all be travelling to the Toronto International Film Festival as a record six Irish feature films, produced with funding from Bord Scannan na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board will premiere at the event.

Neil Jordan's new film ONDINE which was filmed in Co. Cork last year, PERRIER'S BOUNTY starring Cillian Murphy and Brendan Gleeson, TRIAGE starring Colin Farrell, the feature documentary film COLONY directed by Ross McDonnell and Carter Gunn and CRACKS starring Eva Green will all have their world premiere at this important international A-List festival, along with EAMON directed by Margaret Corkery, which will have its North American premiere.  Commenting on the wide range of films selected, Festival Co-Director Cameron Bailey said.. More