The IFI to host an in-depth discussion with Irish director Ivan Kavanagh and the cast of his new film, The Fading Light, on Saturday 13th March

The Fading Light, the fifth feature from fiercely independent up-and-coming Irish director Ivan Kavanagh, opens exclusively at the IFI on 12th March and we are delighted to host a conversation with the director and his cast at 4pm on Saturday 13th March. The emotionally visceral style that has become Kavanagh’s trademark springs from the rigorous background work on each character undertaken by his actors before the plot is revealed to them step-by-step during filming. His previous feature, Our Wonderful Home (2008), will also be screened earlier that day at 2.30pm.

The Fading Light
Winner of Best Irish Film and Best Actor at the Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards, The Fading light is a study of a family in crisis. It is an intense affair, by turns touching, fierce and chilling. Returning home to their widowed and dying mother, two estranged daughters become reacquainted with a house full of difficult memories. Their brother, disabled and dependent, faces an uncertain future and his predicament tests the sisters’ affection and empathy. The turmoil created by the approach of death intensifies the relationships, and an already fragmented family slides towards disintegration.

Shot with a lucid intimacy by Kavanagh’s regular cinematographer, Colin Downey, the film boasts brilliant performances from a cast which includes Valene Kane, Emma Eliza Regan, Bibi Larrson and Patrick O’Donnell (who won the Best Actor at the Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards for his role) [more].

The Fading Light is presented in association with Bord Scannán na hÉireann/Irish Film Board and Park Films.

Ticket bookings:
To book your tickets to see The Fading Light (12th-18th March), please click [here].

To book your tickets to see Our Wonderful Home (13th March, 2.30pm), please click [here]. For more information on this film, please click [here].

The Q&A with Kavanagh and the cast (13th March, 4pm) is free but ticketed. Simply call IFI Box Office on 01 679 3477 to reserve your tickets.