Saipan, the new film exploring the explosive fallout between Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy during Ireland's 2002 World Cup preparations, will receive its Irish premiere as the opening film of the Cork International Film Festival in November.
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The opening gala will take place at the city's Everyman Theatre on Thursday 6 November.
Cork actor Éanna Hardwicke stars as Keane, and Steve Coogan takes on the role of McCarthy in Saipan, which captures one of the most talked-about moments in Irish sporting history.
The film, directed by Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn (Ordinary Love, Good Vibrations) and written by Paul Fraser (Heartlands, A Room for Romeo Brass), received its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this month.
The 70th edition of the Cork International Film Festival will close at the Everyman Theatre on Sunday 16 November with the Irish premiere of the Bradley Cooper-directed comedy-drama Is This Thing On?, starring Cooper, Will Arnett, and Laura Dern.
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Fiona Clark, Festival Director & CEO of the Cork International Film Festival, said: "We are delighted and honoured to bookend our landmark 70th Festival edition with two Irish premieres of this stature.
"A festival of our scale and impact is a huge undertaking by our dedicated team, and we are excited to share the outcome of our endeavours and invite audiences to celebrate this remarkable milestone - as Ireland's largest and longest-running film festival - with prestige titles like Saipan and, of course, its significant Cork connections.
"We will be showcasing over 200 films and special events across Cork with more films announced in advance of the unveiling of the full programme on Wednesday 15 October. We look forward to welcoming audiences to share the spotlight in Cork in November."
