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Ireland on Sunday presents award-winning feature ‘Beyond the Fire’
IFI Ireland on Sunday presents Beyond the Fire followed by a discussion with Colm O’Gorman
Sunday 28th Feb 1pm
Winner of the Best Film (UK Feature) at the London Independent Film Festival
Beyond the Fire is an award-winning feature film by London-based Irish filmmaker Maeve Murphy in which a former Catholic priest (Scot Williams), recently released from jail in Ireland, arrives in London and begins a tentative relationship with another damaged soul, rape victim Katie (Cara Seymour). The film follows their struggle to face the former priest’s abusive past and argues passionately for the healing potential of love.
Murphy spoke extensively to survivors of rape and religious and non-religious sexual abuse while writing the film, and handles themes of abuse, recovery and forgiveness with an un-histrionic sensitivity in this raw, low-budget drama.
IFI Ireland on Sunday is the IFI’s monthly programme of screenings which showcases new fiction and documentary works and provides a space for audiences to engage with the filmmakers. Director Maeve Murphy will participate with one of those survivors Colm O’Gorman (founder of One in Four) in a post-screening Q&A.
Tickets are available from the IFI Box Office in person, by phone 01 679 3477, or online at www.ifi.ie
