Paddy Breathnach’s Rosie, a searing film tackling the nation’s homelessness crisis, has had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film follows the family, two adults and three children, as they seek to find a hotel that will take them for one more night. It may be very much an “issue film”, but it is charged with raw emotion and a feeling for the coping mechanisms families employ when in Extremis. Rosie is one of six Irish films supported by Screen Ireland (formerly The Irish Film Board) to show at this year’s festival. The Toronto International Film Festival, which began on Thursday, launches the beginning of a yawning awards season that stretches all the way to the Oscar ceremony in February.

Source: The Irish Times September 08, 2018 01:52 UTC