Murphy named on adjudication panel for Kerry Film Festival

ACTOR Cillian Murphy will be among the judges for a short film competition as plans are finalised for the Kerry Film Festival.

He is among a number of international celebrities appearing at the event, which runs from October 29 to November 5. The Cork- born actor appears alongside Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried in the upcoming thriller In Time.

He will represent Irish film talent on the adjudication panel, which also includes animator Norton Virgien of Brown Bag Films and Australian film-maker Geoffrey Smith, whose documentary The English Surgeon won an Emmy award.