Details
Date(s)Thu, May 10, 2018
7:00pm
Contact
Box Office
888-616-0274
boxoffice@irishartscenter.org
Phone hours:
10am-6pm, Monday-Friday
In person:
Opens 60 minutes before the performance on show days
Location
Irish Arts Center
553 West 51st Street
New York, NY 10019
Overview
Screening: 7pm
Post-Show Reception: 9-10:30pm
The 7th annual festival showcases the best of LGBT short films from Ireland and the U.S.
Afterward, join us for a Q&A with the filmmaker of Lily, Graham Cantwell, plus a reception sponsored by Stella Artois.
LINEUP
Lily
Lily, a girl with a secret on the cusp of becoming a young woman, is faced with the greatest challenge of her young life.
Director & Writer: Graham Cantwell
Day Off
Laura struggles to come to terms with a life changing affliction. Her only distraction is her day off, where once each week she finds time to see friends and socialize.
Director: Stephen Hall
Producer: Ronan Cassidy
Narcan
Sean Ryan, an Irish paramedic working in New York, struggles every day to manage a fractured home life, as well as death and depravity of the New York City streets.
Director & Writer: Peter McNamara
3 Friends
Based on a Colm Tóibín short story, 3 Friends follows Fergus, a pensive, young Irishman, who is propelled on a powerful journey which begins at his mother's funeral. Through death, grief, joy, and sex, Fergus tries to better understand himself.
Director & Writer: Michael Moody Culpepper
Presented by Craic Fest
Our Supporters
Irish Arts Center programs are supported, in part, by government, foundation, and corporate partners including Culture Ireland, the agency for the promotion of Irish arts worldwide; public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the Mayor’s Office and the New York City Council; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; Howard Gilman Foundation; Tourism Ireland; the Jerome L. Greene Foundation; the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation; the Charina Endowment Fund; the Ireland Funds; the Shubert Foundation, Inc.; the Arnhold Foundation; the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation; the Irish Institute of New York; the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, New York; Northern Ireland Bureau; Invest NI; CIE Tours International; the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Consulate of Ireland in New York; and thousands of generous donors like you.
