Swing Bout: Cork boxing film enters the ring at Dublin Film Festival

Sinéad O’Riordan's film was partly filmed at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, and is one of several movies with Cork links at Dublin International Film Festival, writes Esther McCarthy

Sinead O'Riordan in Swing Bout. Picture: Niamh Ahern

A gritty new boxing drama shot in Cork is among a number of new Irish films coming to this year’s Dublin International Film Festival. Set backstage at a major boxing event, Swing Bout revolves around a tumultuous night in the young boxing career of Toni (Ciara Berkeley) who becomes embroiled in a web of corruption.

For Cork-born actor and producer Sinéad O’Riordan, the film offered an opportunity to return to the city and shoot in one of its most-iconic sporting locations. The changing rooms and corridors beneath the famous stands at Páirc Uí Chaoimh double for the boxing venue where most of the key scenes take place behind the scenes of a big fight night.