Roddy Doyle on Screen September 9, 2008 The 4th Adaptations Festival celebrates Roddy Doyle The IFI and Cinema North West presents a major retrospective of the Roddy Doyles film works taking place in Dromahaire, Co. Leitrim from 12th- 14th September The festival programme includes works that have been adapted from short story to film (The Commitments, The Snapper and The Van) and those works Doyle has written directly for screen (Family, Hell for Leather, When Brendan Met Trudy). ‘Adaptations’ will provide a chance to revisit some of these well-loved classics of Irish film and television, as well as providing an opportunity to draw the various strands of Doyle’s film work together and reflect with him on the process by which he creates such passionate, hilarious and enduring Irish film. Sunniva O’Flynn, IFI Curator, announcing the programme said it provides a ‘compelling picture of the evolution of Irish society from the largely homogenous pre-celtic tiger Dublin of The Commitments (1991) to the multicultural post-boom Ireland of New Boy (2007).’ The festival programme can be found below: Friday 12 September, Main Street, Dromahaire 19:30 Festival launch in Stanfords Pub followed by screening ofThe Commitments | Alan Parker | 1991 | 118 minutes Saturday 13 September, Main Street, Dromahaire10:30 Children’s film screening (title to be confirmed). Check local venue for details. 12:00 Family – Part 1 CharloMichael Winterbottom | 1994 | 52 minutes 13:15 Family – Part 2 John PaulMichael Winterbottom | 1994 | 52 minutes 16:00 Public Interview with Roddy Doyle in the Cinemobile 18:15 Family – Part 3 NicolaMichael Winterbottom | 1994 | 52 minutes 19:30 Family – Part 4 Paula Michael Winterbottom | 1994 | 52 minutes20:30 The Snapper Stephen Frears | 1993 | 91 minutes Sunday 14 September, Main Street, Dromahaire 12:00 Hell For LeatherKieron J. Walsh | 1999 | 28 minutes 13:00 New BoySteph Green | 2007 | 11 minutes The Future is GreenJack Doyle & Roddy Doyle | 2008 | 15 seconds The VanStephen Frears | 1996 | 100 minutes 16:00 Children’s film screening (title to be confirmed). Check local venue for details. 19:00 When Brendan Met TrudyKieron J. Walsh | 2000 | 95 minutes All tickets €5 Festival Ticket: €30 Collection before screeningFestival tickets can be purchased online at www.irishfilm.ie or 01 679 3477Individual and festival tickets can be purchased by phone: 086 604 9365www.cinemanorthwest.com