Month: November 2016

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COUNTDOWN TO AMSTERDAM

In Loco Parentis (School Life) has received support at home and internationally on its three-year journey to the big screen.
Filmed entirely within the grounds of Headfort School in County Meath, the project is jointly funded by the Irish Film Board, RTÉ, BAI, Sec 481 tax incentives, Grismedio and Corporacíon Radiotelevisión Española.
Thanks is also due to the #MeathArtsOffice and #CultureIreland for their support for In Loco Parentis (School Life) which will have its World Premiere at #idfa , Amsterdam this coming Saturday 19 November.

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Irish Boarding School Documentary to Receive Major International Premiere at IDFA 2016

Two IFB-funded films, In Loco Parentis (School Life) and Forever Pure will be screened at the world’s leading International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), running from November 16 – 27. Neasa Ní Chianáin and David Rane’s In Loco Parentis (School Life) will run from November 19 – 27 and will become the first Irish film selected to compete in the coveted IDFA Competition for Feature-Length Documentary, where a five-member jury will decide on a winner. Maya Zinshtein’s Forever Pure will receive its IDFA screening from November 17 – 26.

Read the rest at the Irish Film Board website.