BIFF - Once Upon a Time in a Cinema
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>- OFFICIAL SELECTION: Dublin International Film Festival - </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">This witty, light-hearted Irish comedy-drama centres on a Friday night in a small-town cinema, as a series of comic mishaps draws an entire community together in unexpected and touching ways.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Set in the 1980s, Once Upon a Time in a Cinema follows Earl (Colin Morgan, Belfast) the owner/manager of a regional Irish cinema.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Amid financial struggles and failing equipment, Earl and his crew find themselves under siege from rogue rodents, belligerent patrons, a drunken projectionist, and the ultimate existential threat - the unstoppable march of new technology known as the Video Home System (VHS).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">To add to the pressure, Earl’s younger brother Gerald (Calam Lynch) is desperate to sell the struggling family business to a local businessman, who is in attendance on this chaotic night to see the cinema in action before making his final offer...</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Drawing from writer/director David Gleeson’s own experience growing up in a family of cinema owners, this is a love letter to the cinema experience.</p>DramaPT1H33M2026-11-04IEenColin Morgan
Calam Lynch
Stanley Townsend
India Mullen
David Gleeson
David Gleeson
Nathalie Lichtenthaeler
Kirk D'Amico
Laurent Jacobs
Tara Doolan
Cloè Garbay
BIFF - Once Upon a Time in a Cinema"BIFF - Once Upon a Time in a Cinema"Showtimes
November 4, 6:00 pm
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