Striking the right note at Fastnet Film Festival

Carl Davis has scored such films as The French Lieutenant’s Woman, and comes to the Fastnet Film Festival with his new Charlie Chaplin project, writes Ellie O’Byrne

MAYBE it’s the scenery or the easy-going hospitality, or maybe it’s the happy coincidence that in past years, Fastnet Film Festival in Schull has been blessed with dreamy, early-summer weather, but the annual festival in the fishing village with no cinema attracts an extraordinary number of repeat visits from high-profile guests from the world of film.

Prolific film and TV composer Carl Davis is amongst those only too delighted to return this year. “It’s my second invite, and I couldn’t resist,” Davis says. “I found it such an extraordinary place, in such a beautiful setting and so full of people with enthusiasm.”