Date: 09/08/2024 – 11/08/2024
Time: Various Start Times
Cost: €35
Set against the beautiful backdrop of the Boyne Valley, the Boyne Valley International Film Festival (BVIFF) returns from the 9-11 August for its third year in partnership with LOVE Drogheda BIDS.
Creating an environment for filmmakers and audiences to connect and celebrate film in the historical medieval town of Drogheda, located in the heart of the Boyne Valley Region, BVIFF will once again feature an extended festival over three days featuring screenings, events and a range of awards to help support filmmakers.
BVIFF 2024 main sponsor Love Drogheda BIDS, with additional sponsorship from Osborne Recruitment, Globe Travel and the Clinch family. Funding from the Arts Council, Louth & Meath County Councils. Supported by Boann Distillery & Anglo printers.
Fri Aug 9th
Made in the Boyne Valley 1 | 4pm – 5.50pm
LEVEL – Director/Writer: Martin McDonaghue | Producer Padraig Flynn
I Don’t Forgive You – Director/Writer/Producer: Andrew Bennetts-Byrne
See You Soon – Director/Writer/Producer: Brian Brenna
The House That Was Not There – Director/Writer/Producer: Dean James Byrne
Ardee Bog: Past, Present & Future
Made in the Boyne Valley 2 | 7pm – 8.30pm | Followed by opening night reception sponsored by Boann Distillery.
Animal – Director/Writer/Producer: Cody Farren
Joey Had Never Left the City – Director: Richard Kearney | Writer: Ken Armstrong | Producers: Rafael de Almeida, Richard Keaney & David Devoy
Missing You – Director/Writer: Emma Ray | Producer: Baz Black
My Darling Helen – Director/Writer/Producer: Joy Mc Keon | Writer: Michael Mc Keon
Me and My Uncle Urn – Director/Writer/Producer: Sinéad Berrill
Eagle Maker– Director/Writer/Producer: Noel Christopher Marry
Sat Aug 10th
Animation 1 | 10am - 10:40am (For 14+)
Colours Set – Director/Writer/Producer: Yufei Du
Adventures of Egg Boy – Director/Writer/Producer: Eoin O’Kane
Bluebird in the Wind – Director/Writer/Producer: Ellis Kayın CHAN
Worry World – Director: Jessica Patterson | Writer: Hugh O’Conor | Producer: Shauna Cullen
Two One Two – Director/Writer/Producer: Shira Avni
Shattered – Director/Writer: Francesca Kennedy | Producer: Vicki Rock
A Twist In The Wind– Director/Writer/Producer: Rob Maguire
Animation 2 | 10:50am (For all ages)
Envelope– Director/Writer: Kayvon Darabi-Fard | Producer: Jonathan Clarke
Homebird– Director/Writer: Aoife Doyle | Writer/Producer: Niamh Herrity
The Moon Followed Me To Falmouth– Director: Joël Gibbs | Writer: Kurt Rosenberg |Producer: Brent Rogers and Zach Stevens
Shakespeare for All Ages – Director/Writer/Producer: Hannes Rall
Flags – Director/Writer/Producer: Richard Anthony Dunford
Bird Drone – Director: Radheya Jang Jegatheva | Writer: Clare Toonen |Producer: Wil Hughes
National 1 | 12.00pm – 2.15pm
Signal – Director: Diarmaid Donohue, Writer: Tony Kiernan, Producer: Ronan Cassidy
Pediment – Director/Writer: Derek Ugochukwu, Producer: Robert Higgins
Kiki – Director/Writer: Naomi Sheridan, Producer: Lindsay Campbell, Daniel Lloyd & Sinead Stimpfig
Two For The Road – Director/Writer: Lochlainn McKenna, Producer: Grainne Dwyer, Natalie Britton
Homofónia – Director/Writer: Lue K. Murphy | Writer/Producer: Alana Daly Mulligan
Picture Day – Director/Writer: Jason Branagan | Producer: Emer Durcan, Sam Atwell and Eimear O’Mahony
The Head on Him – Director/Writer: Seán Gallen, Producer: Ciara Gillan, Kevin Napier
Yellow Belt – Director: Allyn Quigley |Writer: Alan O’Gorman & Allyn Quigely | Producer: Aisling
Panel 1: Practice Makes Perfect TV | 3.15pm to 4.15pm
International | 4.15pm - 6:05pm
Ticker – Director/Writer: Thom Petty | Producer: Margaret Milner Schmueck
The Soldier of Smithdown Road – Director: Barney Pell Scholes & Thomas Harnett O’Meara | Writer: Barney Pell Scholes
Honeycomb – Director/Writer: Haider Hussain | Producers: Genny van ’T Veer & Haider Hussain.
Late Winter – Director/Writer/Producer: Jasna Safíc | Producer: Igor Jelinović
I Promise You Paradise – Director: Morad Mostafa, Writer: Morad Mostafa & Sawsan Yusuf, Producer: Sawsan Yusuf
Salmon– Director/Writer: Mattis Heurlin, Producers: Pelle Axel von Schantz Iversen & Karoling Jørgensen
Making Up – Director/Writer: Ryan Paige, Producers: Daniel Pemberton, Amy Abet, Poppy O’Hagan & Ryan Paige
National 2 | 6.05pm - 8:30pm
Next – Director/Writer/: Gerard Walsh | Producers: Ben Condron, Darren Conway & Gerard Walsh
I Found a Place – Director/Writer: Zoë Gibney | Producer: Jo Halpin
Never Kill a Femboy on a First Date – Director: Oonagh Kearney | Writer: Lee-Loi Chieng | Producer: Aoibhín Murphy
Postpartum – Director/Writer/Producer: Tania Notaro | Producer: Johnny Elliot
Ready? – Director: Emma Wall | Writer: Nikah Branigan | Producer: Siobhan Coakley
All That’s Carried – Director: Rosie Barret | Writer: Eimear Reilly | Producer: Eimear Reilly & Laura FitzGibbon
West of the Horizon – Director/Writer: Barra Convery
The Crucible – Director/Writer/Producer: Caroline Harvey
Come Here (Tar Anseo) – Director: Zoe Ní Riordáin | Writer: Shaun Dunne | Producers: Zlata Filipovic & Anna Rodgers
Sun Aug 11
National 3 | 10am - 12.15pm
Not Today, Not Tomorrow – Director/Producer: Tommy Fitzgerald | Writer/Producer: Cara Christie
The Silence Between – Director/Writer: Ais Brady | Producers: Séamus Waters, Marion Solheim & Emmet Jones
House Phone – Director/Writer/Producer: James McGlade
Sentinel – Director: Tj O’Grady Peyton | Writer: Tony Kiernan | Producers: Greg Burrowes & Ronan Cassidy
Whispers – Director/Writer/Producer: Tony Doyle
Sicar – Director/Writer: Ethan Donoghue | Producer: Joshua Donoghue & Ethan Donoghue
Misread – Directors: Aisling Byrne & Sinéad O’Loughlin | Writer: Ailing Byrne | Producer: Killian Waters
Unhinged – Director: Zoë Brennan-Whitmore | Writer: Mary Kirwan | Producers: Fiona Dwyer & Natalie Britton
Dispensary of Death – Director/Writer: Simon O’Neill | Producers: Simon O’Neill & Aideen O'Sullivan
Cantata – Director: Dave Fox | Writer: Fionn Foley | Producers: Rob Earley & Mark Griffin
Documentary | 12:30pm to 2:45pm
Mosaic – Director/Writer/Producer: Shane Smith
Two Mothers – Director/Writer: Anna Rodgers | Producer: Slate Filipovic
Roscommon Snapshot – Director/Writer/Producer: Kathy Raftery
Translated by Gabriel FitzMaurice – Director/Writer/Producer: Ruairi McNamara
Canine – Director/Writer/Producer: Paul Webster
Being Put Back Together – Director/Writer/Producer: David McDonagh
Knockser – Director/Writer/Producer: Darragh Foy | Producer: Steve Sherry & Colin Brady
With Compliments From The Man Across The Bar – Director/Writer/Producer: Craig Austin Reynolds, Cameron Macaulay.
Panel 2: Minding Yourself Making Movies 3:30pm to 4:15pm
Film Maker in Focus - Alba Fernandez | 4:30 - 6:00pm
The Essay – Director/Writer: Alba Fernandez | Producer: Danilo Zambrano
I Haven’t Seen You In A Long Time, Now – Director: Alba Fernandez | Writer/Producer: Aoibhín Murphy
After The Bell Rings – Director: Craig Farnan & Barry McNamara | Writer Craig Farnan | Producer Brian McCarthy
Weight - Director/Writer/Producer: Dale Leadon-Bolger
Callus – Director/Writer/Producer: Ciarán Hickey | Producer: Finbarr Crotty
Stable – Director: Aisling O’Regan Sergent | Writer/Producer: Laura Whelan
National 4 | 6:15pm to 8:15pm
What Now? – Director/Writer: Jack Olohan | Producer: Kate Stanley Brennan & Charlene Gleason
Moratorium – Director/Writer/Producer: KC Connolly | Writer. Gil Seltzer | Producer: Larissa Beck
Missing – Director/Writer: Maura Foley | Producer: Maggie Fleming
Trouble – Director: Jonathan Shaw | Writers: Maura McDonnell, Francesca McDonnell Capossela & Jonathan C. Creasy | Producers: Maura McDonnell, Neil Guerin, Jonathan C. Creasy & Lisa Kelly
Wrecker – Director: Martina McGlynn | Writer: Aoife Bradshaw | Producer: Garret Daly
Communion – Director/Writer/Producer: Séan Coyle
Room Taken – Director: TJ O’Grady Peyton | Writer: Michael Whelan | Producer: Colmán Mac Cionnaith
Closing Film: Short Bursary Award Winner 2023 | The Island | Writer/Director: Fionnuala Gygax | Producer: Kate Gilmore, Two Sparks
Award Ceremony: 8.45pm to 9.15: pm
Various locations