The festival kicked off on Thursday night with a star-studded premiere event at Cineworld Belfast
, featuring the homegrown drama Ballywalter, staring Patrick Kielty in his debut acting role. A host of local talent from both behind and in front of the camera attended the red carpet event.Ballywalter is directed by Prasanna Puwanajarah, who is soon to star as Martin Bashir in the new series of The Crown. The film was written by East Belfast writer Stacey Gregg.
Kielty plays a man attending a weekly stand-up comedy course who develops a touching friendship with a down-on-her-luck taxi driver, Seána Kerslake. The gala event was hosted by Tara Lynne O’Neill, star of Derry Girls. Director or Belfast Film Festival, Michele Devlin said:"This year’s festival contains an impressive line-up of guests including Oscar-winning director Andrea Arnold and multi-award winning actor Stephen Rea. Alongside a spotlight on Ukraine and a wonderful array of international premieres, from major Cannes festival prize winners to exciting off-the-beaten-track discoveries, we have a programme that celebrates indigenous talents from short to feature, and from archive to XR.
"We celebrate the past with our Vox Populi archive installation, the first ever event to be held in the historic Bank of Ireland, Royal Avenue, site of the planned new “Belfast Stories” centre; and we embrace the future with our focus on immersive and virtual reality film making in the city’s inaugural XR festival."Stacey Gregg, Patrick Kielty and Prasanna Puwanarajah
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