Blue Moon, the new film from director Richard Linklater, which was filmed in Ireland and stars Andrew Scott, Margaret Qualley, Ethan Hawke, and Bobby Cannavale, will receive its world premiere and screen in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival next month.
According to US entertainment industry website Deadline, Blue Moon follows the final days of Lorenz Hart (played by Ethan Hawke), part of the legendary American mid-twentieth-century songwriting duo Rodgers & Hart.
The film is set primarily in Sardi's Restaurant in New York on 31 March, 1943 on the opening night of the musical Oklahoma!. This was a significant date, as it marked Rodgers's (Andrew Scott) first collaboration with Oscar Hammerstein II (Simon Delaney), who was Hart's replacement.
Written by Robert Kaplow (Me & Orson Welles), Blue Moon was filmed in Ireland last summer.
It was produced in association with the Dublin-based Wild Atlantic Pictures.
Blue Moon's executive producer Macdara Kelleher of Wild Atlantic Pictures said: "We are delighted that Blue Moon has been selected for competition at the Berlin Film Festival. It was an honour to work with Richard Linklater and be part of bringing his vision to life alongside the incredible cast and creative team."
Speaking last summer, Boyhood director Linklater said: "Robert [Kaplow], Ethan [Hawke], and I have been developing this story for over a decade and are excited and grateful that the time has come to bring this to life."
Also receiving its world premiere and screening in competition at the festival is the Fiona Shaw-starring British drama Hot Milk, the feature début of British filmmaker Rebecca Lenkiewicz, which also stars Emma Mackey, Vicky Krieps, and Vincent Perez.
The Berlin International Film Festival runs from 13 to 23 February.
