IFTA FIRST LOOK SCREENING – AN BRONNTANAS

The Irish Film & Television Academy will host a First Look Screening of Irish feature film An Bronntanas on Wednesday October 15th in The Light House Cinema, Dublin at 6.00pm. Directed by Tom Collins (Kings), and produced by Ciarán Ó Cofaigh of ROSG (Cré na Cille) and Tom Collins. An Bronntanas stars Dara Devaney (Na Cloigne), John Finn (Cold Case), Owen McDonnell (Single Handed), Michelle Beamish (Crisis Eile) and Pól Ó Gríofa (Ros Na Run). The film was shot in Connemara, County Galway and on location off the Atlantic coast with sea rescue scenes shot by cinematographer Cian de Buitléar (I Went Down).

Synopsis

An Bronntanas (The Gift) is a contemporary thriller set against the background of a local independent lifeboat crew working off the coast of Conamara, in the West of Ireland.

The rescue crew receives a distress call on a stormy night to discover a fishing boat, its only passenger a dead woman and its cargo is over a million Euros worth of drugs. The crew is challenged with a moral dilemma — bring the woman on shore and hand the drugs to the authorities or, leave the body, sell the drugs and save their struggling village. It's a decision that will change their lives forever.

With thanks to ROSG / Defacto Films