Cannes-do attitude as Paul Mescal and other stars gather in West Cork  

Events at the Fastnet Film Festival in Schull featured the Normal People star and several of the actors from Conversations With Friends 
Cannes-do attitude as Paul Mescal and other stars gather in West Cork  

Paul Mescal in Schull for the Fastnet Cork Film Festival. Picture: Johannes Eisele

Schull may be a small village in the south of Ireland, but in terms of star power the Fastnet Film Festival easily held its own this weekend with that other famous festival currently on in the south of France.

The Cannes comparisons even stretched to the weather, with the West Cork hotspot bathed in sunshine, as the film festival without a cinema screened dozens of short films and hosted numerous workshops and public events.

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