PRODUCTION CATALOGUE - Irish Film Board
PRODUCTION CATALOGUE - Irish Film Board
PRODUCTION CATALOGUE - Irish Film Board
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FEATURES RELEASED 2011<br />
‘One of the best<br />
‘A hot, droll delight’<br />
mainstream <strong>Irish</strong> films in<br />
a long time’<br />
Variety<br />
Sunday Independent<br />
SENSATION<br />
59 60<br />
K<br />
aren lives an apparently<br />
straightforward and happy<br />
life in a small town with her<br />
husband and young daughter. One<br />
day Karl, an old acquaintance, turns<br />
up unexpectedly. For Karen, the<br />
past invades and shatters her idyllic<br />
present, and she must confront<br />
the person she once was but<br />
thought she had buried forever.<br />
Ghosts must be laid to rest, and<br />
horrors acknowledged, before the<br />
perfect surface of Karen’s life<br />
will be restored.<br />
Director PJ Dillon Script PJ Dillon, Ronan Carr,<br />
Roger Karshan Producers Alex Jones, John<br />
Wallace Main Cast Allen Leech, Amy Huberman,<br />
Owen McDonnell<br />
Production Company Carbon <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
Tel + 353 86 848 3047, +353 1 437 0909<br />
alexjonesey@gmail.com<br />
john@blacksheepproductions.ie<br />
Financiers IFB, BAI, TV3, <strong>Film</strong>base<br />
REWIND<br />
Best Foreign <strong>Film</strong><br />
Fright Night <strong>Film</strong><br />
Festival 2011<br />
‘A superior <strong>Irish</strong> thriller<br />
offering an outstanding,<br />
carry-the-film performance<br />
from Huberman that draws<br />
you in and never slackens<br />
its grasp in the sort of<br />
film Hollywood would be<br />
happy to make’<br />
<strong>Irish</strong> Examiner<br />
‘A cracking little<br />
thriller with strong<br />
performances from all<br />
concerned... Rewind has<br />
set the bar ‘high’‘<br />
RTÉ<br />
‘Real style... a hugely<br />
promising feature debut’<br />
<strong>Irish</strong> Independent<br />
‘Rewind is a seriously<br />
impressive collaboration’<br />
<strong>Irish</strong> Times<br />
‘A tight and efficient<br />
thriller with a wonderful<br />
lead performance from<br />
Amy Huberman. Credit to<br />
cinematographer-turnedhelmer<br />
PJ Dillon for having<br />
the self-assurance to build<br />
the atmosphere to boiling<br />
point before revealing<br />
hidden agendas’<br />
Entertainment.ie<br />
W<br />
hen an <strong>Irish</strong> farmer dies, his sole heir<br />
Donal is left some land; but Donal hasn’t<br />
inherited much in terms of social skills.<br />
Despite the encouragement of his gobby best<br />
mate Karl, he finds it hard to talk to women,<br />
and in frustration turns, almost inevitably, to<br />
the Internet. He hooks up with Kiwi call-girl<br />
Kim, who harbours a business plan that would<br />
see her off her back and behind a desk,<br />
greeting punters at her own brothel. Donal’s<br />
newfound means might provide her with the<br />
money she needs, but what might Donal be<br />
getting out of the deal? And what demand<br />
is there for the services of prostitutes in rural<br />
Ireland, anyway?<br />
Director/Script Tom Hall Producers Katie Holly, Kieron J.<br />
Walsh Main Cast Domhnall Gleeson, Luanne Gordon,<br />
Patrick Ryan<br />
Production Company Blinder <strong>Film</strong>s Tel +353 1 667 8066<br />
katie@blinderfilms.com Financiers IFB, Rotterdam <strong>Film</strong><br />
Fund, Screen Scene Distributor Element Picture Distribution<br />
(Ireland/UK) Sales Agent Shoreline Entertainment<br />
Tel +1 310 551 2060 chad@shorelineentertainment.com<br />
Official Selections<br />
Toronto International <strong>Film</strong><br />
Festival 2010<br />
BFI London <strong>Film</strong><br />
Festival 2010<br />
Rotterdam <strong>Film</strong><br />
Festival 2011<br />
Athens <strong>Film</strong> Festival 2011<br />
Vilnius <strong>Film</strong> Festival 2011<br />
Mannheim-Heidelberg <strong>Film</strong><br />
Festival 2011<br />
‘Gleeson is as we’ve<br />
never seen him before;<br />
explicit and intriguing,<br />
as he grows on screen<br />
from meek, introverted<br />
sexually repressed loner to<br />
a confident, promiscuous<br />
pimp. His deadpan<br />
performance, alongside<br />
Gordon’s stellar Kim, lends<br />
perfectly to the comedy in<br />
writer/director Hall’s great<br />
script. As his IFTA win<br />
earlier this year indicated,<br />
Gleeson is one to watch’<br />
RTE.ie<br />
‘Showcasing Domhnall<br />
Gleeson as a leading man<br />
for the first time, this overtly<br />
quirky tale has some very<br />
funny moments and is<br />
overall an engaging and<br />
fun watch’<br />
Entertainment.ie<br />
‘Sensation is a great<br />
<strong>Irish</strong> film, a well-acted,<br />
well-written and for all<br />
it’s darkness, at times<br />
surprisingly sweet<br />
comedy drama’<br />
Culch.ie<br />
‘In what has been a very<br />
fine year for <strong>Irish</strong> film<br />
Sensation is one of the<br />
bravest and hardest hitting<br />
offerings of the year’<br />
<strong>Irish</strong> Examiner<br />
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