12/02/2016 - Paddy Breathnach’s Viva will close the 14th edition of the festival

The Dublin International Film Festival (18-28 February) will open with the European premiere of Sing Street [+see also:
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film profile] (Ireland/Cuba). Festival highlights include Rebecca Miller’s Maggie’s Plan (US), Ben Wheatley’s High-Rise [+see also:
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film profile] (Norway/France/Denmark) and the 20^th-anniversary celebration of Neil Jordan’s Michael Collins (Ireland/UK/US). The festival will feature more than 80 films from 27 countries.

The festival will also feature international award winners, including Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s Mustang [+see also:
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film profile] (Hungary), Jonás Cuarón’s Desierto [+see also:
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As always, Dublin has a strong focus on Irish cinema and selections include Rebecca Daly’s Mammal [+see also:
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film profile], Johnny Gogan’s Hubert Butler: Witness to the Future, Risteard O’Domhnaill’s Atlantic, Aodh Ó Coileáin’s Fís na Fuiseoige and Teresa O’Grady-Peyton’s The Judas Iscariot Lunch.

Festival director Gráinne Humphreys said, “This year’s festival is a Valentine to cinema, celebrating world and Irish film, and championing the work of both established and emerging talent.”