Irish Film at Kansas International Film Festival
Speaking of Irish-themed movies, the Kansas International Film Festival started on Friday and runs until Thursday September 21. At the Glenwood Arts Theatre TONIGHT, September 18 at 7:15pm is What Means Motley?:
In 1999 a party of 41 Romanians arrived at Dublin Airport, posing as a folk choir and band en route to participate in a festival in Sligo, for which their application had been accepted. After clearing passport control, some applied for asylum and others disappeared.
Their visas were issued by Barry Mulligan, an Irishman who runs an advertising agency in Bucharest and acted as Ireland’s honorary consul in the city. He’s actually now acting in the film, which he scripted with co-directors John Riley and John Ketchum.
Barry Mulligan told The Guardian that he made the film because of the unfair savaging of Romanian immigrants to Ireland in recent years, and that he hoped the film would help audiences to understand what drives someone to try anything to leave their home country.
I think Irish people appreciate this because it reminds us of the scams we tried to get into the US, he said. The Irish have a natural respect for the underdog, for somebody who manages to get on with their life through adverse times. This was a pretty innocent scam and we think it shows their initiative.
In case you’re wondering, it’s a comedy.
Tickets are $8.50 and are available online
See also:
• Guy’s Dog by Rory Bresnihan
• Ireland as England as seen on TV
• Rhys-Meyers, a Model Irish Actor
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