08/02/2017 - Four films are in official selection at the festival, with several more in the market

Ireland is all set to make a mark at the Berlinale and the concurrent European Film Market (EFM). There are four films with Irish involvement in official selection, including Irish director Aisling Walsh’s Ireland-Canada co-production Maudie [+see also:
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film profile] (Gaumont), co-written by Ireland’s Colm Tóibín, which will screen in competition; Risteard Ó Domhnaill’s documentary Atlantic (Indiecan Entertainment), an Ireland/Norway/Canada co-production, which will compete in the Culinary Cinema category; and Duncan Campbell’s short film The Welfare of Tomás Ó Hallissy (Lux), which is in the Forum Expanded selection.

Besides these titles, Ireland has a large presence in the market. The Irish Film Board has a stand at the EFM. Fresh from Sundance, Irish documentaries In Loco Parentis [+see also:
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film profile] (Kaleidescope Film).

There are also several other Irish titles selling at the EFM. These include Lance Daly’s Black ’47 [+see also:
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film profile] (sales agent: Altitude Film Sales), Nora Twomey’s The Breadwinner (Westend Films), Peter Foott’s The Young Offenders (Carnaby International), Mark O’Rowe’s Delinquent Season (Protagonist Pictures), Brian O’Malley’s The Lodgers [+see also:
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film profile] (Epic Pictures Group), Stephen Burke’s Maze [+see also:
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film profile], Alan Gilsenan’s Unless [+see also:
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film profile] (International Film Trust), David Freyne’s The Third Wave (Bac Films Distribution), John Butler’s Handsome Devil [+see also:
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film profile] (Radiant Films), Jaume Balagueró’s Muse [+see also:
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film profile] (Filmax International), Bharat Nalluri’s The Man Who Invented Christmas [+see also:
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film profile] (The Solution Entertainment Group), Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Killing of a Sacred Deer (HanWay Films), Ross McDonnell and Tim Golden’s Elián (Content Media), Rebecca Daly’s Good Favour [+see also:
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film profile] (Visit Films), Conor McDermottroe’s Halal Daddy (Global Screen), Haifaa Al-Mansour’s Mary Shelley (HanWay Films) and Philip John’s Moon Dogs [+see also:
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There are also a number of Irish films coming to the EFM in quest of sales agents.