Once Upon a Time in a Cinema

Earl Clancy is a small-town cinema owner. During one eventful Friday night screening from hell, he faces a myriad of disasters, any one of which could sink him. Drawing from writer and director David Gleeson’s own experience growing up in a family of cinema owners where his father’s 78-year career marked the longest in the cinema business in Ireland, if not the world, this film is a love letter to a peculiarly Irish cinema experience, which was as much about connecting with people as it was about the movie. The film, starring Colin Morgan, Calam Lynch, Niamh Cusack and India Mullen, premiered at the Dublin International Film Festival.