Clones Film Festival - Ireland’s Biggest Little Film Festival - will once again offer an action-packed programme featuring new Irish & international cinema releases, interviews, documentaries, short film competitions, children’s films and live music festival club this October bank holiday weekend (Thurs 27 – Sun 30 October 2016). This is the 15th year of CFF and screenings will be hosted in Clones Courthouse, the old Post Office and other venues around town.
We, as a committee, are delighted to bring to you another taste of world cinema that will surely add to the cultural development and enhancement of Clones. It is our pleasure to share short, feature and documentary films over the 4 days of the festival with such an appreciative audience who have supported this festival year after year. The Francies, our very own version of the Oscars, have established themselves as a stepping stone for the real thing! Our 48 hour.
We all know that word of mouth is the very best form of recommendation. People take you at your word and go with that advice. We want to enjoy the benefit of the glowing recommendations we have heard so many of you say, so please take a few minutes to share those utterances with your friends.
This year we have added a ticket purchasing facility to our website. This means that you will be able to "Share" a screening you would like to go to with a friend and they too can buy a ticket. Or if you see a listing for a film that a friend was talking about, then go ahead, SHARE it with them. We're guessing that if you've read this far, you realise that our general wish is that you "share" our stuff.
I Paraphrase Patrick Kavanagh "Clones has a standing army of Film Makers and you say...why Clones?....Well Why Not Clones? Eugene Mc Cabe, Playwright, Co. Monaghan.
I'm goin to the Clones Film Festival again this year, cause there's no where else like it on the planet, It's good for the sanity, it's full of electricity. Jinx Lennon, Bespectacled Madman.
“I can highly recommend this festival and its slightly bonkers team as the friendliest & most fun film festival in Ireland.”Peter ‘Magic’ Johnston, 15 Second Film Festival
...The Festival itself...has a wonderful sense of family about it. Clones ? the streets are thronged with the weird, the unpredictable and the brilliant... Barry Devlin, Musician.
Email: info@clonesfilmfestival.com
Website: www.clonesfilmfestival.com
1 Fortview, Newtownbutler Rd.
Clones, Co. Monaghan.
Clones Film Festival is a bona fide asset to the town and they have generously stood up and put their hands in their pockets and pulled out some cash to sponsor CFF in doing what they do so well.
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CFF are truly thankful to the local and national organisations that have helped them with the funding they could not do without. The Arts Council of Ireland and Monaghan County Council have both supported the festival since its inception and it simply would not happen without their care. We are also ever thankful to Minister Heather Humphreys for having the vision to help all the arts groups in Clones realise the potential of the beautiful old Courthouse as a venue.
(c) 2015 Clones Film Festival
