2009 San Francisco Irish Film Festival
Opening Reception at The Pork Store Cafe
Come for a drink, some cheese and some cheer (oh you will, you will, you will!)
The Pork Store Cafe, 3122 16th St. near Valencia San Francisco, CA 94103. (Across the street from Roxie Cinema)
Thursday 5th: 8:15pm Short Film: Hardy Bucks
‘Hardy Bucks’ follows the lives of Eddie and Buzz, two “shturdy, reliable fellas,” as they face the travails of life in the fictional hamlet of Castletown (aka Swinford). Citing their interests as “shlappin’, fightin’ and rollin’ around,” Eddie and Buzz are joined by their pals ‘The Boo’ and ‘French Toast’ as they face off against their arch nemesis, ‘The Viper’.
The Swinford-based makers of ‘Hardy Bucks’ are currently among ten finalists in RTE’s Storyland competition. The ‘Bucks’ have been given EUR8,000 to make their next episode which will be posted on RTE’s Storyland website on Friday, March 13th. If you enjoyed this taste of the ‘Hardy Bucks’, please support them by visiting the website between March 13th and 27th and casting your vote.
Tickets $10 (Click HERE TO PURCHASE TICKET FOR THIS AND FEATURE FILM ‘SAVIOURS’)
Thursday 5th: 8.30pm Main Feature: Saviours
Saviours is an intimate, gripping documentary following three young boxers from a club called St. Saviours Olympic Boxing Academy. The club is a safe haven among the dangerous flats of Dublin’s north inner city, where under the guidance of the club’s canny coaches, three boxers fight for a better life both inside and outside the ring. It is one of the few Irish documentaries that got a general release in Irish cinemas.
Directors/Photography: Ross Whitaker, Liam Nolan
Running Time: 78 minutes
Tickets $10 (Click HERE TO PURCHASE TICKET)
Friday 6th: 7pm Main Feature: 32A
Featuring 32A, a new film by Marian Quinn
32A, A New Film by Marian Quinn
A charming coming-of-age story, 32A — a bra size, not a bus number — follows 14-year-old Dubliner Maeve Brennan (McCarthy) as she comes to terms with becoming a woman. Along the way she meets and falls for hunk Brian Power (McDaid), falls out with her friends and gets into trouble in school. Set in 1979, 32A does its level best to bring the era to life: from music to clothes to even the box of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes on the breakfast table. Stars Aidan Quinn.
Running Time 89 minutes.
Tickets $10 (Click HERE TO PURCHASE TICKET)
Friday 6th: 9pm Magners and Shorts
This year we will show the very best short films from Ireland served up with Magners Irish Cider. We will repeat “New Boy” a short film by San Francisco’s own Steph Green who moved to Dublin several years ago. Her film was nominated for an Academy Award this year. Above is a short called “Give up Yer Aul Sins” which we ran the first year of the festival. Program running time 1 hour 48 minutes.
Tickets $10 (Click HERE TO PURCHASE TICKET)