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The Irish documentary feature How to Defuse a Bomb: The Project Children Story has won the Audience Award at the 2016 Irish Film Institute Documentary Festival, which took place over the weekend.
Directed by Des Henderson and produced by Ed Stobart, the film looks back at the work of the Project Children organisation, established in 1975 by NYPD bomb squad member Denis Mulcahy, which allowed over 20,000 children from Catholic and Protestant backgrounds to escape the Troubles and live together in the United States over the course of a summer. The children’s summer project ran for 40 years, before finishing last year. The organisation’s internship programme, established in 1995, continues to bring students to the US to live and work.
The IFI Documentary Festival ran from September 22nd to September 25th, and showcased the best in both Irish and international documentary.
BLUE MOON 18.10
BUGONIA 15.40 (35mm)
DIE MY LOVE 13.30
HORSESHOE 16.00
IRISH FOCUS: WE ONLY WANT THE EARTH: THE LIFE AND IDEAS OF JAMES CONNOLLY 18.20
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT 13.00, 20.50
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE 18.00
PILLION 13.20, 20.40
SUNSET BOULEVARD (75th ANNIVERSARY RE-RELEASE) 20.20
THE SHINING (45th ANNIVERSARY) 15.20 (OC)
The IFI is supported by The Arts Council
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