Credits roll on fiesta of film

THE closing night of the Cork Film Festival has always been a fitting finale to Ireland’s premier fiesta of film, but this year there was an extra buzz in the air.

As survivors of the week-long campaign shared war stories of a surfeit of celluloid, the talk turned to next year - and to the surprise film entry from 1980s Brat Pack star Andrew McCarthy.

While figures have yet to be quantified, press officer Norah Norton reported a “significant increase on last year in the number of full houses - in all venues”.