Irish Film Festival Continues in Rome

(10 Dec 08 - RV) The second annual Irish Film Festa is taking place in Casa del Cinema this week and has an interesting mix of both recent and older films produced in the Emerald Isle.

The Festa has also proved to be a positive stage for discussion amongst some of the film’s directors and producers about Irish cinema and its international distribution.

The co-directors of the film Saviours, Ross Whitaker and Liam Nolan, spoke about how important it is for Irish cinema to have an audience outside the country’s borders...