The San Francisco Irish Film Festival will co-present Niall McKay's 'The Bass Player: A Song For Dad' and Conor McPherson's 'The Eclipse' at the Mill Valley Film Festival in California on the 9th and 11th of October respectively.As previously reported on Iftn, 'The Bass Player: A Song for Dad' will receive its North-American Premiere at the Mill Valley Festival. The film tells two stories – the first is that of director, Niall McKay's father Jim's return to Ireland from Switzerland following the death of his wife Anna. The second explores the events of Niall's childhood with an abusive, alcoholic mother through interviews with both Niall and Jim. The documentary was shot in Ireland, France, Switzerland and the USA. The music that accompanies the documentary was scored by Niall's father and Jazz musician Jim. The film was written by Niall McKay and produced by Seamus Duggan. The...
- 10/1/2009
- IFTN
Niall McKay's Irish documentary 'A Song for Dad' (aka The Bass Player) has been selected for The Mill Valley Film Festival. The 32nd edition of the Us festival will take place from 8-18 October 2009. The documentary, which recently aired on RTÉ One, is directed by Emmy award-winning filmmaker Niall McKay. Seamus Duggan was producer; camera was overseen by Emmy Award Winner Marissa Aroy, over the four year period that it took to put the documentary together from beginning to end. Tony Cranstoun BAFTA award winner edited the final project.
- 8/20/2009
- IFTN
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