Tile Films acclaimed feature ‘Saving the Titanic’ to screen at British Independent Film Festival
Tile Films' acclaimed drama-documentary ‘Saving the Titanic' has been chosen as one of four feature films that will show in 12 cinemas across the UK as part of the British Independent Film Festival in May 2013. The film will be screened in The Empire Cinema, Leicester Street and The Tricyle Theatre in London, as well as in selected cinemas in Edinburgh, Canterbury, Yorkshire, Harwich, Malvern, South Shields, Woodhall Spa, Worksop, Wisbech and Hunstanton.
Producer Stephen Rooke of Tile Films said, "We're absolutely delighted that ‘Saving the Titanic' has been shortlisted for the Festival and that UK audiences will get an opportunity to see it in so many cinemas in different parts of the country." Directed by multiple IFTA Award-winner Maurice Sweeney and narrated by leading Irish actor Liam Cunningham, the film tells the story of the ship's engineering crew, who fought to keep the ship afloat following the collision with the iceberg. Most of these men died but their actions saved many lives. As far as Stephen Rooke is concerned, "this film really works best on the big screen. It allows the viewer to appreciate the sheer scale of the Titanic's lower decks and engine rooms, the excitement, tension and fear experienced by the engineering crew, and the unstoppable power of the sea as it eventually overwhelms the vessel."
Selection for the British Independent Film Festival represents the latest in a long line of awards, nominations and accolades for ‘Saving the Titanic'. Nominated for four IFTA Awards earlier this year, the film has also been nominated for Best Feature-length Drama in the Celtic Media Festival, which be held in Swansea on 24-26 April. It also received the Award of Excellence: feature film at the Accolade Competition in California and has been nominated for a Gold Medal Award at the New York Festivals in April. ‘Saving the Titanic' has been broadcast in Ireland, the UK, the U.S., Canada, Germany, Austria and France and has been watched by an estimated 10 million people.
The film features a stellar ensemble cast of leading Irish actors in key roles, including David Wilmot (The Guard; The Tudors), Ciarán McMenamin (One hundred mornings; Sinking of the Laconia; David Copperfield; Primeval), Owen McDonnell (Mount Pleasant; Singlehanded; Conspiracy of Silence) Jonathan Byrne (Primeval; On Home Ground; Fág an Bealach); Andrew Simpson (Notes on a Scandal; Perrier's Bounty), Hugh O'Conor (Your Bad Self; Killing Bono); Douglas Rankine (Loose Talk), Paul Kennedy (Cherrybomb; 50 Dead Men Walking), Stephen Hogan (Earthbound; The Tudors), Conor MacNeill (Cherrybomb; 50 Dead Men Walking), Chris Newman (Love/Hate; Love is the drug); Owen Roe (Wide Open Spaces; Whistleblower; Intermission) and David Heap (The Guard; Jack Taylor; The Tudors).
‘Saving the Titanic' was produced by Tile Films in Dublin and is a co-production with Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion in Germany, produced in association with Bord Scannán na hÉireann/Irish Film Board, RTÉ, Broadcasting Authority of Ireland - Sound and Vision Broadcasting Funding Scheme, Windmill Lane Pictures Ltd., Section 481 - Ireland's Film Investment Scheme, AETN/History UK, ZDF and ZDFE Enterprises. International distribution is handled by ZDF Enterprises.