Henry & Sunny @ Boston Irish Film Festival

Voted one of the 20 Coolest Film Festivals by Movie Maker magazine, the Boston Irish Film Festival runs from March 24-27.

Henry & Sunny screens on Saturday, March 26 at 12pm in the Somerville Theater. The award-winning short screens as part of the New Irish Shorts Program 1.

Tickets are available online.

Also screening at the festival are Darragh Byrne's
Parked and Ian Power's The Runway.

Full details are available on the festival website.

Boston Irish Film Festival

Henry & Sunny will screen at the Boston Irish Film Festival in March.

The festival which runs from March 24-27 is in its 12th year and was recently included in Movie Maker Magazine's countdown of the Top 20 Coolest Film Festivals in the world!

Full details coming soon!

The updated Henry & Sunny Press Pack is available here.

December 1st Screening for World AIDS Day

To mark World AIDS Day, Shebeen Flick is running a Charity Screening in benefit of Clown Without Borders Ireland.

**SPECIAL WORLD AIDS DAY CHARITY SCREENING**
(Suggested donation: €5)

HENRY & SUNNY (2009)
Director: Fergal Rock
Duration: 15min
Romance/Comedy

Synopsis: Henry & Sunny is the bittersweet tale of Henry, an unemployed clown, in love with the famous soap opera actress, Sunny Carmichael.

*Director Fergal Rock will introduce the screening


CLOWN AROUND LESOTHO! (2009)
Director: Mike Casey
Duration: 60min
Documentary

Synopsis: Clown Around Lesotho! follows the Irish Chapter of Clowns Without Borders to Lesotho, where its population is highly affected by HIV/AIDS.

*Director Mike Casey and Jonathan Gunning (Clowns Without Borders) will take part in a Q&A after the screening

THE AFTERS…

Straight after the Q&A, we will close the night with African drums and groovy tunes by world music band Almond Blue (www.myspace.com/almondblueband).

SHEBEEN FLICK SPECIALS
- Free in!
- 4 pint pitcher of Carlsberg for €14
- Big bag of fresh popcorn for €2

DECEMBER SCREENING

Shebeen Flick is a new film night showing loved & unseen Irish films on Tuesdays at 7.30pm in Shebeen Chic, 4 Georges Street, Dublin 2. Entrance is FREE and all are welcome.

On Wednesday, December 1 Shebeen Flick will host a Charity Screening for World AIDS Day in benefit of Clowns Without Borders. We're delighted to announce that Henry & Sunny will open the night with writer/director Fergal Rock on hand to introduce the film.

Also screening on the night is Mike Casey's 60 minute documentary CLOWN AROUND LESOTHO (2009). The screening will be followed by Q&A with director Mike Casey and Jonathan Gunning from Clowns Without Borders.

NOVEMBER SCREENING

Henry & Sunny will screen at ShortSpace
this Thursday, November 4 at 7pm.

On the first Thursday of every month, Filmbase hosts ShortSpace: a selection of short films based around a specific theme or topic. The screenings are followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers.

November's screenings will focus on films made on a range of budgets from 3,000 to 15,000 euros. The full line-up is as follows:

THROUGH THE NIGHT
10min | colour | lang: English | 2009
Written and Directed by Lee Cronin
Produced by John Keville

Every night, around the world, couples fall asleep side by side trusting they know what lies beside them.
Tonight, in this apartment, something evil is about to show its true face...

TUFTY
12min | colour | lang: English | 2009
Written and Directed by Jason Butler and Brendan Butler
Produced by Dave Leahy

What if you knew where your Teddy Bear really came from?

DANGER HIGH VOLTAGE
10min | colour | lang: English | 2008
Written by Thomas Martin
Directed by Luke McManus
Produced by Morgan Baker

Danger High Voltage tells the story of a brief encounter between two people at the Electric Picnic Festival in Stradbally.
Sarah is having a bad day and her plans for the weekend are unravelling. Mick is down with a few of the lads and is completely in his element.
Strange things happen at music festivals. Danger High Voltage tells a story of one night of a lost weekend.

HENRY & SUNNY
15min | colour | lang: English | 2009
Written and Directed by Fergal Rock
Produced by Orla Russell Conway

The bittersweet tale of Henry, an unemployed clown in love with a famous soap-opera actress called Sunny Carmichael.

MOORE ST. MASALA
5min | colour | lang: English | 2009
Written by Rodney Lee and David O'Sullivan
Directed by David O'Sullivan
Produced by Miriam Cahill

Convenience store clerk, Baba, falls for the sexy real estate agent across the street. When he sells her lunch, she steals his heart. There is only one way their love can make it...Bollywood Style!

Filmmakers attending on the night include Lee Cronin and John Keville (Through the Night), Dave Leahy and Jason Butler (Tufty), Luke McManus (Danger High Voltage), Fergal Rock and Orla Russell Conway (Henry & Sunny) and David O'Sullivan and Miriam Cahill (Moore St. Masala).

Tickets are now available from Filmbase reception. Phone 01 679 6716 or call by to get yours now! Admission costs €5 for Filmbase members and €8 for non-members.

DVD sales...

We had a few technical issues with our DVD sales/PayPal account but they've since been rectified.

Henry & Sunny DVDs are now available for purchase @ €12 inc. p&p via the PayPal button on the sidebar.

The first 10 people to purchase a DVD will get a free Henry & Sunny poster!

The poster, designed by Ruby Wave, would make a handsome addition to any wall or indeed any door!

Don't believe us? Here are a few testimonials...

"The poster looks great on my wall" - John, Tokyo.

"It looks brilliant on my door!" - Laura, Oslo.

"It's a truly handsome addition" - Peter, Cabra.

Henry & Sunny round-up...

September was a tremendous month for all involved with Henry & Sunny.


The short film, written and directed by Fergal Rock and produced by Orla Russell-Conway, screened six times on both sides of the Atlantic and Director of Photography Orla Russell-Conway won the Best Cinematography Award at the first ever Underground Cinema Awards.

The awards took place in Fitzpatrick Castle, Killiney on 18th September and were presented by Eamon Gilmore TD. This award caps a remarkable summer for the filmmakers following Henry & Sunny’s screening at Hollywood’s Feel Good Film Festival in August where the film was nominated for the Best Director (Fergal Rock) and Best Actress (Dorothy Cotter) Awards.


“It’s really rewarding to have all the hard work and good will that goes into making an independent short film acknowledged in this way”, said Russell-Conway. “It’s a testimony to all the talent that was involved in bringing this film to life. I am delighted and very honoured to receive this award, especially given the standard of filmmaking in this country.”



Henry & Sunny tells the bittersweet tale of Henry (Paulo Braganca), an unemployed clown, in love with a famous soap opera actress named Sunny Carmichael (Dorothy Cotter).


Rock and Russell-Conway’s next short, On Our Way, is in post-production and is due for a December release.

A limited number of Henry & Sunny DVDs are now available for purchase at a cost of €10 plus €2p&p. The DVDs can be purchased via our paypal account on the sidebar.

If you would like to screen Henry & Sunny at any forthcoming festivals or events please contact us at henryandsunnyfilms@gmail.com