The Magners Irish Film Festival continues to celebrate the very best of Ireland and the Irish on screen with its 8th annual event on Nov. 9-12, 2006. (The opening night screening will be held at the Brattle Theatre with all subsequent events at the Harvard Film Archive.) Expect premiere screenings of the best Irish films to have been released over the past year with guest filmmakers and excellent parties. 

The 8th Annual Magners Irish Film Festival will also continue the BIFF Awards, with filmmakers receiving prizes for Best Feature, Best Documentary and Best Short Subject/Animation. An Excellence Award will also be given to an internationally renowned figure in acknowledgement of his/her contribution to Irish film/television. (Past honorees in this category include Jim Sheridan and Gabriel Byrne.)

The Magners Irish Film Festival is produced by BIFF (The Boston Irish Film Festival), which launched the first Irish Film Festival back in 1999. BIFF continues to produce the event, which was renamed the Magners Irish Film Festival in 2005.

Full details can be found online at www.irishfilmfestival.com.