Foyle Film Festival
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Foyle Film Festival is an annual film festival based in Derry
, Northern Ireland
. The 21st festival took place from 21 to 29 November 2008 and included the Northern Ireland premiere of Brideshead Revisited
and the Irish, United Kingdom, and European premiere of Deborah Kampmeier's film Hounddog. Other highlights included anti-nuclear campaigner Adi Roche
introducing the documentary The Children Beyond Chernobyl. The Festival included a programme of documentaries, short films and feature films from all over the world, as well as a full programme of educational events. Among the later successful filmmakers who exhibited their earliest works at the Foyle Film Festival was actor-producer Stegath James Dorr, who became the then youngest filmmaker to successfully submit a feature film with the Flint-lensed gritty youth docudrama Dermot, exhibited at the festival in 1995. Planning is now underway for the 22nd Foyle Film Festival 2009.
Derry
Derry or Londonderry is the second-biggest city in Northern Ireland and the fourth-biggest city on the island of Ireland. The name Derry is an anglicisation of the Irish name Doire or Doire Cholmcille meaning "oak-wood of Colmcille"...
, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
. The 21st festival took place from 21 to 29 November 2008 and included the Northern Ireland premiere of Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited (film)
Brideshead Revisited is a 2008 British drama film directed by Julian Jarrold. The screenplay by Jeremy Brock and Andrew Davies is based on the 1945 novel of the same name by Evelyn Waugh, which previously had been adapted in 1981 as an eleven-episode television serial.-Plot:Although he aspires to...
and the Irish, United Kingdom, and European premiere of Deborah Kampmeier's film Hounddog. Other highlights included anti-nuclear campaigner Adi Roche
Adi Roche
Adi Roche is a campaigner for peace, humanitarian aid, and education. She is the chief executive of Irish-based charity Chernobyl Children's Project International, and in November 2010 received the Health Award at the World of Children Awards ceremony.-Campaign work:As founder and chief executive...
introducing the documentary The Children Beyond Chernobyl. The Festival included a programme of documentaries, short films and feature films from all over the world, as well as a full programme of educational events. Among the later successful filmmakers who exhibited their earliest works at the Foyle Film Festival was actor-producer Stegath James Dorr, who became the then youngest filmmaker to successfully submit a feature film with the Flint-lensed gritty youth docudrama Dermot, exhibited at the festival in 1995. Planning is now underway for the 22nd Foyle Film Festival 2009.