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Fastnet Films is a leading name in the Irish film and television industry. A continuous presence at major festivals including Cannes, TIFF, Berlinale, Sundance & Telluride, Fastnet has also been nominated for the European Film Awards and the Independent Spirit Awards.
Integral to our ethos is a bold and dynamic approach to filmmaking. Seeking out original, challenging and cutting-edge films, we aim to nurture, develop and creatively exploit the radical, the innovative, the visionary, the truly extraordinary in cinema worldwide. Our only criteria are excellence, singularity of vision and that each new project offers a new challenge.
We believe that these values and aspirations attract distinctive cinematic voices, both emerging and established, and we provide them a supportive and stimulating environment in which to work.

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Please note Fastnet Films do not accept unsolicited material. Should you submit unsolicited materials you acknowledge that your submission may contain ideas which are the same or similar to ideas that have already been developed, or may be developed in the future, by Fastnet Films or other third parties without use of your submitted material.

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GALA PRESENTATION BERLINALE & BEST FILM - IRISH FILM AND TELEVISION AWARDS 2019

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'A VISUALLY ARRESTING, ANGLO-IRISH WESTERN-STYLE REVENGE TALE THAT MAINTAINS A FIRM DIRECTORIAL GRIP ON THE FOREBODING LANDSCAPE.'
- Los Angeles Times

Black 47

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Best Irish Film - Galway Film Fleadh 2023

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'HITS THE COMIC BEATS WITH IMMACULATE TIMING'
- The Irish Times

Apocalypse Clown

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Audience Award - Cork IFF & Best Doc - IFF London 2023

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'Brilliantly Entertaining'
- Joe.ie

One Night in Millstreet

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Best Actor Nominee - BAFTA (Scotland) 2021

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'THE CHILLING FINALE IS A SHOCKER, BUT IT'S THE RESTRAINT THAT GUIDES US THERE THAT MAKES KINDRED SUCH AN ACCOMPLISHED DEBUT.'
- The Hollywood Reporter

Kindred

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Opening Film - Galway Film Fleadh 2018

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'A DARKLY HUMOROUS, INTRIGUING DEBUT.'
- Screen International

The Belly of the Whale

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Gala Presentation - Sundance 2016

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‘Scorching. Vast. Mysterious. Nicole Kidman delivers a powerful performance.’
- The Boston Herald

Strangerland

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**** The Guardian, Total Film, Irish Times, Empire, Little White Lies

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'THE SORRY STATE OF THE 'WAR ON TERROR' IS LAID BARE IN THIS FASCINATING DOCUMENTARY.'
- Screen International

Jihad Jane

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Gala Presentation - TIFF 2014

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'It has charm to spare, Radcliffe and Kazan are irresistible. No ifs about it.'
- Rolling Stone

What If

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Official Selection - Sundance 2016

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'The raw vulnerability of the two performances creates a rock solid centre to this delicately handled immersion in love and grief.'
- Screen Daily

Mammal

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World Cinema Special Jury Award for Best Cinematography - Sundance & Best Doc Nominee - European Film Awards 2016

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'Wonderfully crafted film that confronts the visceral beauty and roughness of survival.'
- Sundance Institute

The Land of the Enlightened

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Official Selection - TIFF 2016

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'A feel-good film in feel-bad times.'
- Irish Times

Life’s a Breeze

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Special Screening - Berlinale 2012

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'Intriguing and insightful portrait of the world renowned photographer and filmmaker.'
- Screen Daily

Anton Corbijn Inside Out

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Directors Fortnight - Cannes Film Festival & Official Selection - TIFF 2011

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'Truly haunting.'
- The Guardian

The Other Side of Sleep

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Dublin Film Critics Circle - Best Irish Feature 2014

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“DECIDELY ODD, AND ENTRANCING TOO.”
- The Guardian

Love Eternal

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Forum Expanded - Berlinale 2016

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'Duncan Campbell’s first work since being awarded the Turner Prize is a contemplation of meaning-making; a lyrical reflection upon the power of narratives, filmic and anthropological, to misconstrue.'
- Rodeo Gallery

The Welfare of Tomás Ó Hallissy

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Best Film - Galway Film Fleadh 2010

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'Demian Bichir delivers a soulful turn as a Colombian pilot stranded in a remote Irish village.'
- The Hollywood Reporter

The Runway

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Best Film - Director - Screenplay - Actor - Cinematography - Make Up - Editor - Sound - Composer - Critic's Prize Vesna Awards 2011

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'A Fellini-esque silent fable which tackles the horrors of war with a refreshing sense of the absurd.'
- Empire

Silent Sonata

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Official Selection - TIFF & First Appearance Award - IDFA 2011

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'One of the most aesthetically beautiful documentaries of the season, as well as one of the more urgent and intelligent.'
- Variety

Colony

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Golden Horseman Nominee IDFF 2013

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"Peter Coonan on song in this comic bittersweet tale of a luckless Dublin father on the rocks."
- Film Ireland

Doghouse

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Official Selection - Tribeca & BFI London Film Festival 2011

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“Recalling the early work of Godard and Cassavettes.”
- The Hollywood Reporter

Lotus Eaters

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BEST SPORTS DOC - IRISH FILM AND TELEVISION AWARDS 2011

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'A REAL LIFE ROCKY STORY - ONE THAT PUTS STALLONE'S BALBOA CHARACTER, MILLION DOLLAR BABY AND CINDERELLA MAN ON THE CANVAS.'
- The Irish Times

In Sunshine or in Shadow

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Official Selection - Sundance 2014

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'CIARAN CASSIDY MANAGES TO INVERT THE MYSTERY GENRE FROM WHODUNNIT TO WHY. METICOULSY RESEARCHED, THIS IS A RIVETING RIDE THAT LEAVES THE AUDIENCE ROOTED TO THEIR SEATS AS THEY ACT OUT THE ROLE OF BOTH SPY AND DETECTIVE.'
- Film Ireland

The Last Days of Peter Bergmann

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Nominated Best Actress & Prix Eurimages - European Film Awards 2010

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'A pleasure to watch because Lotte Verbeek and Stephen Rea telegraph volumes of subtext beneath the dialogue they're given, speaking to the human need for emotional and physical contact - and the fear of the responsibilities and costs.'
- Village Voice

Nothing Personal

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Nominated Best Foreign Film - Independent Spirit Awards 2011

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'EXCITING, SWEET, GRITTY AND GENERALLY JUST A JOY TO WATCH.'
- The New York Post

Kisses