04 Mar Oscar Winner Neil Jordan Opens Irish Film Week on Saturday, March 8
Neil Jordan, one of Ireland’s most acclaimed filmmakers and the country’s most internationally recognized screenwriter and director, will be the guest of honor at the 13th Belgrade Irish Festival. The festival will open with a screening of his film Michael Collins on March 8 at 7:00 PM at the Yugoslav Film Archive.
Following the screening, Jordan will engage in a conversation with the audience, moderated by Nicholas O’Neill, a writer, film producer, and curator from Dublin.
On this occasion, Neil Jordan will be awarded the Golden Seal of the Yugoslav Film Archive for his outstanding contribution to cinema.
With 19 feature films to his name, Neil Jordan has won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay (The Crying Game), two BAFTA Awards, the Golden Lion, the Silver Bear, as well as the French Order of Arts and Letters. In addition to his film career, Jordan is a successful fiction writer. His latest novel, The Well of Saint Nobody, was published in 2023, followed by his memoir Amnesia the following year.
The Irish Film Week will open with the historical biopic Michael Collins, a film about the legendary Irish revolutionary who led Ireland’s fight for independence from Britain in the early 20th century. Liam Neeson, in the role of Michael Collins, won the Best Actor award at the 53rd Venice Film Festival, while Julia Roberts plays his fiancée, Kitty Kiernan.
This year’s BIF lasts for 12 days and will feature over 40 events across the city.
Photo: Pat Redmond