The New Irish Film Festival at NYU celebrates renaissance of Irish movies - VIDEOS

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“IFNY’s aim is simple, to show the best in contemporary Irish cinema to audiences in NYU and New York generally,” McKay adds.

Other film screenings at the festival will include director Marian Quinn’s 32A. Sister of the famous Irish American actor Aidan Quinn (who also stars in the film) 32A tells a gentle girls coming of age in Ireland story that has been a huge hit with festival audiences for its humor and teenage authenticity.

Quinn’s title slyly references both a famous Dublin bus line and bra sizes in a way that knowingly recreates a young Irish girls world. Shot principally in Ireland’s capital city, the film won best first feature at the Galway Film Festival.

Meanwhile Maya Derrington’s Pajama Girls explores the made-in-Dublin Irish fashion trend of girls wearing their pajamas in public. The film traces teenage life in the inner city against the backdrop of Dublin’s famous council flats in a smart and beautifully observed mini-drama.

Doc and Tom Hall’s Sensation stars up and coming young star (and son of celebrated Irish screen star Brendan Gleeson) Domhnall Gleeson in a tale of rural lust, prostitution and erotic obsession -- now that’s a step away from Darby O’Gill and the Little People, isn’t it?

Irish short documentaries, animations and live action will also round out the program, with films including Ken Wardrop’s moving and deeply personal Undressing My Mother, Ross Whitaker’s Bye Bye Now and the Academy Award nominated short The Crush.

The screening series takes place in NYU’s Cantor Film Center. Tickets cost $12-$10, available here.

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