The Dublin Film Critics Circle (DFCC) has named Steve McQueen’s study of Bobby Sands’ last days, Hunger, as the best Irish film of 2008, narrowly beating Lance Daly’s Dublin-based Kisses to the top spot. The other Irish film gaining recognition was Liam Nolan’s and Ross Whitaker’s study of St. Saviour’s Olympic Boxing Academy in north [...]
Irish documentaries tend, for the most part, to have a hint of the unprofessional about them – talking heads and directorial front-of-camera work belying the seriousness of their subject matter. ‘Saviours’, despite a reliance on some heavy interviewing, manages to come across as a natural and startlingly honest portrayal of the St. Saviours Olympic Boxing Academy in Dublin.
Saviours, the new boxing documentary by Ross Whitaker and Liam Nolan will be on release in cinemas from 3rd October 2008. The winner of the Best Feature Documentary at the Waterford Film Festival, the film features boxers Dean Murphy, Abdul Hussein and Darren Sutherland, who recently won bronze at the Beijing Olympics. For more information [...]
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