We’re teaming up again with Olympic Cinema to bring Irish filmmakers to the big screens in London - this time as part of the celebration of St. Brigid’s Day. We’re screening Carol Freeman’s beautiful animation, ahead of the Hollywood blockbuster Bombshell.

The Bird & The Whale

7mins / Dir. Carol Freeman / Ireland / 2019

The Bird and the Whale is a story about a young whale struggling to find his voice. After straying too far from his family to explore a shipwreck, he discovers it’s sole survivor, a caged songbird. Together they struggle to survive lost at sea. The Bird & the Whale was created using a near obsolete form of animation – paint-on-glass. It was created in Dublin, Ireland by a small majority female team. In June 2018, Carol was awarded a Silver Screen award at the Young Director Awards at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

Bombshell

Director: Jay Roach

Starring: Margot Robbie, Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Morrison, Alice Eve, Tricia Helfer, Kate McKinnon, John Lithgow, Allison Janney, Connie Britton, Alanna Ubach, Malcolm McDowell, Richard Kind

109 mins / USA / 15

Starring Academy Award® winner Charlize Theron, Academy Award® winner Nicole Kidman, Academy Award® nominee John Lithgow and Academy Award® nominee Margot Robbie, and based on the real scandal, Bombshell is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time, Fox News, and the explosive story of the women who brought down the infamous man who created it. The film is directed by Emmy ® Award winner Jay Roach and written by Academy Award® winner Charles Randolph.