City’s inaugural film festival attracts international interest

WATERFORD’s first-ever film festival has already attracted huge interest and a screening list of more than 50 movies, with two months left before the event kicks off.

The festival was founded by local film-maker Stephen Byrne to promote local, national and international films and will run from November 16-18 in various city venues, with an opening night on the 15th.

“Every major city in Ireland has a film festival and each year these festivals get bigger and bigger, attracting more people from around the world to their cities,” says Mr Byrne.