Two Irish films GRABBERS and SILENCE are set to hit Irish cinemas this summer
SILENCE directed by Pat Collins will be released in cinemas on July 27th while Jon Wright's GRABBERS will be released nationwide on August 10th.
Winner of the Michael Dwyer Discover Award 2012 at the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival earlier this year SILENCE follows Eoghan, a sound recordist, who returns to Ireland after 15 years for a job: to find and record places free from man-made sound. Throughout his journey, he is drawn into a series of encounters and conversations which gradually divert his attention towards a more intangible silence, one that is bound up with the sounds of the life he had left behind.
GRABBERS, which had its world premiere at Sundance and will open the Galway Film Fleadh next month is a comical twist on the classic suburban horror-flick. Written by Kevin Lehane, the story captures the idyll and charm of a rural Irish fishing village, as the peace of the enchanting Erin Island community is shattered by an invasion of giant squid-like creatures from the sea, known as "grabbers", who start picking off the villagers. Handsome but washed up local policeman O'Shea is forced to sober up and team up with uptight, teetotal policewoman Lisa to protect the island's population from the tentacle, fang-jawed, barb-tongued creatures.
More about SILENCE
Influenced by elements of folklore and archive SILENCE, which is co-written by Pat Collins, Eoghan MacGiolla and Sharon Whooley, unfolds with a quiet intensity, where poetic images reveal an absorbing meditation on themes relating to sound and silence, history, memory and exile. It was produced by Tina Moran for Sout Wind Blows with funding from Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board, RTÉ and BAI.
More about GRABBERSThe GRABBERS cast includes Richard Coyle of Prince of Persia and A Good Year, Ruth Bradley, best known for her roles in Love / Hate and Love is the Drug and Russel Tovey of Doctor Who and Gavin and Stacey fame. The film was produced by Forward Films in the UK, Samson Films in Dublin, in association with High Treason Productions, Nvizible and The Salt Company with finance from Bord Scannán na hÉireann/ Irish Film Board, the UK Film Council, High Treason, LimeLight and Northern Ireland Screen.