Love Eternal, directed by Brendan Muldowney (Savage), has won the Dublin Film Critics Circle Best Irish Feature Award at the recent Jameson Dublin International Film, and will be released in Irish cinemas by Wildcard Distribution this summer.
Love Eternal premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh in July, and has now screened at over sixty festivals worldwide, including the prestigious Sitges and Busan, and winning the inaugural Fresh Blood Award at the recent Black Bear Film Fest in Warsaw. Upcoming International screenings include festivals in Taiwan, Belgium, Brazil, and Portugal. Love Eternal will also screen at the Dingle Film Festival on the 16th March.
Featuring the Emmy-nominated Dutch actor, Robert de Hoog (Skin), and Scottish actress Pollyanna McIntosh (Filth, The Woman), and based on the Japanese novel In Love With The Dead, from acclaimed author Kei Oishi (Apartment 1303, The Last Supper), the film centers on an isolated and death-fixated young man who tries to make sense of the world, and his existence, in the only way he knows how…by getting closer to death.
Speaking about the Jameson Dublin Film Festival award and the upcoming release, director Brendan Muldowney said: “I’m honoured and delighted with the recognition this award gives Love Eternal. I would like to thank all involved in the film (as we share collectively in the award) – cast, crew, funders, producers, co-producers, distributors and sales agent, and in particular – Kei Oishi, the writer of the novel, Producer Conor Barry, and Fastnet Films. Thank you – Dublin Film Critics Circle, and also, thank you Grainne Humphreys and JDIFF for screening Love Eternal. We look forward to our cinema release in June with Wildcard Distribution”.
Love Eternal was produced by Conor Barry, Morgan Bushe and Macdara Kelleher at Fastnet Films, with Luxembourg co-producers – Red Lion, Dutch co-producers – Rinkel Film and TO Entertainment from Japan, with support from the Irish Film Board, the Film Fund Luxembourg, the Netherlands Film Fund and Atlantic Screen Music.
