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B A L L Y W A L T E R NI TOUR JAN-FEB 2024 STREAM ON DEMAND FROM JAN 22 DUBLIN FILM CRITICS CIRCLE Shortlist - Best Irish Film AUDIENCE AWARD - CIFF ‘23
Joined October 2022
We’re delighted to report that BALLYWALTER has passed 100k at the IRE/UK box office in its opening week 🎟️. Announcements to come from @ElysianFilmUK of further screenings. Watch this space. Meanwhile, here’s a lovely lino cut print celebrating the film, by @Lauren_Dark_ . 🚕x
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RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT🔊. 🎥 IN CINEMAS SEPTEMBER 22nd 🎥.
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**SCREENINGS**.We are screening across the @picturehouses network next Tuesday October 10th, in the evening. Check if your local Picturehouse is on the list, and come on down 🚕🙏. Some sold out. Thank you thank you thank you ⭐️. @BOPictures .@ElysianFilmUK .@estreetprods
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Exciting announcements of more cinema dates coming. plus some international festival news. In the meantime. Check out the OFFICIAL SOUNDTRACK on Spotify, by Dublin miracle N.C. Lawlor. Perfect for these cold, occasionally apricitic days x.
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SOLD OUT BELFAST PREVIEW. Yeoooooo Belfo. But IN CINEMAS Sept 22nd. So we’ll be back 💛.
Tonight's preview screening of Ballywalter + Q&A is ✨SOLD OUT✨. Tickets for opening week (Fri 22 Sep) here 👇.
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LONDON PREMIERE DONE and it was vibesy. IN CINEMAS Friday 22nd
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**BIFA LONGLIST**. We are screaming x. Thanks @BIFA_film and congrats to all of Team Ballywalter.
They're bringing a new vision to the big screen. It's the #BIFA2023 longlist for The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director) sponsored by BBC Film. Find out more:
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TONIGHT.7pm.DUBLIN 7.
Catch a preview screening of the excellent 'Ballywalter' on Thursday @LightHouseD7. Director Prasanna Puwanarajah will join actors Seána Kerslake & Patrick Kielty for a post-screening Q&A. @BOPictures Tickets at.
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A True National Treasure. @SeanaKerslake. B A L L Y W A L T E R. In Cinemas this Friday.
Dont forget to pick up a copy of @ST__Ireland today to read all about @SeanaKerslake chatting about her new role in new Irish Film @BallywalterFilm and finding solace in #comedy.Ballywalter is out in Irish & UK cinemas next Friday 22nd September
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We are THRILLED for magnificent @SeanaKerslake, Nominated for BEST LEAD ACTRESS at the IFTA Awards. Thanks to @IFTA and go go go Seána, we are right behind you💛🎥⭐️.
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Nearly 220,000 people went to the cinema in Ireland and Northern Ireland on Saturday’s #NationalCinemaDay. Indies playing alongside Studio films, like the 90s. Thanks to everyone to came to see BALLYWALTER. Full cinema release Sept 22nd 💛. #cinemaisback 🍿.
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**MORE OCTOBER LONDON SCREENINGS**.Make a note, or a booking. At the beautiful @KilnCinema in Kilburn. 6.00PM Fri 13TH .3.45PM Sat 14TH (Captioned tbc) .7.00PM Tues 17TH (Post Show Q&A).2.00PM & 8.30PM Weds 18TH.8:30PM Thurs 19TH (Captioned tbc). And ofc in @picturehouses NOW.
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Cinema is live and kicking. Thanks @IrishTimesCultr for the big shout out for #BallywalterFilm on National Cinema Day: Preview Screenings across the island of Ireland this Saturday 2nd Sept. Check 🎥.
Lights, camera, action and tickets for just €4 as part of National Cinema Day via @IrishTimesCultr
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Week 6 in NI Cinemas:.- Lisburn.- Downpatrick. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "A minor key masterpiece". Thanks @omniplexcinema for making the film available in its SIXTH week of UK/IRE release. Don't miss it.
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Thanks @FilmIreland . That’s some endorsement 🚕⭐️. Film Ireland Podcast Interview here:.
“If there is one movie you absolutely must see in 2023, it’s this one.” @FilmIreland . @BallywalterFilm is in cinemas now.
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WEEK FIVE IN CINEMAS. Wow. Thank you all. Keep coming!. ROI and NI Listings: Don’t miss out if you fancied it on the big screen. 📽️🚕
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Lovely Q and A with @IFTA about BALLYWALTER involving @PatricKielty and @SeanaKerslake, Screenwriter @staceygreggles, Composer #NCLawlor and Director #PrasannaPuwanarajah. Thanks IFTA Membership & Lucien!. Podcast🎧.. Youtube 💻.
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🛎️Trailer drop and Release Details in 2 DAYS🛎️. Thank you for waiting. Get ready to be get #Ballywaltered after a #Barbieheimer summer #Cinema . #ballywalterfilm. 🎼 @n.c.lawlor .📸 @helenmurraypix .🎨 @garydalton_posters
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ONE LAST TIME.📅 Weds 20th.📽️ @IFI_Dub.
Whats that? You'd like ONE MORE sneaky @BallywalterFilm preview. ?.And a post screening Q&A with Patrick Kielty?. Well. ok then! 🎞😉. Next Wed @IFI_Dub - dont miss it!.
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Congratulations and thank you to @BOPictures and @ElysianFilmUK. €200k in the IRE/UK Box Office. Thank you for all supporting, tweeting, talking. and watching. Please keep coming to see 🚕🙏. Details of Week 4 screening coming up!.
Congrats to @BallywalterFilm which passed the €200k mark last night (data: @CsMoviesUK) after 3 weeks in cinemas. Thank you to everyone who has supported this little indie film along with their local cinema. ❤️❤️@BOPictures @ElysianFilmUK @BFI @ScreenIreland @BanksideFilms.
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** AUDIENCE AWARD **. Thank you #CIFF2023 and @Solasnuacht, and your incredible audiences 🇺🇸⭐️. Watch this space for news…
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NEWS: We have our distribution partners for the UK and Ireland. Welcome @BOPictures and @ElysianFilmUK, we are THRILLED you are here. Ballywalter is @EFM_Berlin this week. Watch this space for release news….
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Thank you so much @IFTA. It was a terrific night 🎥⭐️🧡. We LOVED sharing it with you, and feeling the response. Next stop: North American Premiere at @Solasnuacht Washington DC, March 3rd 🇺🇸. #BallywalterFilm.
Thank You Prasanna Puwanarajah @PatricKielty Stacey Gregg & Niall Lawlor. Insightful discussion last night of #BALLYWALTER. Excellent feedback from Members "Superb Performances - a powerfully funny film that deals so brilliantly with navigating through our mental health".👏👏👏
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Come through Crouch End⭐️. #TUESDAY.
A university drop-out working as an unlicensed minicab driver and a budding stand-up comic whose marriage has recently broken up form an unlikely friendship as she ferries him each week to Belfast. Ballywalter is our Discover film this Tuesday, showing at 6pm.
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Wow, thank you @RhiannaDhillon and @laurenlaverne for the HUGE shout out and review of BALLYWALTER. Indie film can’t do it without you. Thank you BBC Radio 6 Music. Listen at📡.09:42:20.
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ADVANCE PREVIEWS TOMORROW. #NationalCinemaDay .
What will you see tomorrow for #NationalCinemaDay?. Book €4 tickets for @BallywalterFilm and see a special preview before its official release!. #Ballywalter #SupportIrishFilm
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Dear @BAFTA members. You can now watch BALLYWALTER on BAFTA View. Check it out this weekend 🚖⭐️.
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Director Prasanna Puwanarajah was born in Ipswich but don’t hold that against the film 😬. See you Tuesday 🙏.
Our next #Discover film is a directorial debut from Prasanna Puwanarajah - the bittersweet comedy #Ballywalter 🚕. An unlicensed minicab driver picks up a budding stand-up comic. 🎥 Tue 10 Oct, 18:00.🎟️ Tickets £8 or FREE for members!.🔗
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Advance Previews of #BallywalterFilm are selling out. We advise advance booking for this Saturday’s €4 previews at to catch @SeanaKerslake & @PatricKielty light it up 🎥. #cinema #independentfilm #irishfilm @ScreenIreland @CinemaDayIE #ballybarbenheimer
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Thank you @CorkFilmFest for an incredible screening, and to #Cork for packing out the house. You were wonderful company and we love that you loved it so much. Thank you! x #BallywalterFilm
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Last chance to hear @PatricKielty talk about something else.
@MaiaDunphy @BallywalterFilm 🙌 You'll love it ! Kielty is absolutely wonderful and the chemistry with Seána Kerslake is electric!.Special preview on Wednesday too if you want to catch Kielty's final Q&A !.
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Grown Up Cinema 💔.
TWO SOULS COLLIDE: Looking for a film that flies the flag for grown up cinema? Pomona says look no further than Prasanna Puranawajah's @BallywalterFilm - a subtle tale about damaged souls healing each other with @SeanaKerslake & @PatricKielty.
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** FINAL 3 LONDON/ENG CINEMA DAYS **. Q&A with Director #PrasannaPuwanarajah TONIGHT at the Kiln Cinema in Kilburn at 7pm. (Big Announcement Coming. ).
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Thanks Les - come through Liverpool x. @FACT_Cinema.
To everyone in Liverpool a beautiful film,Ballywalter opens at @FACT_Cinema next week. Stunningly acted with great performances from @PatricKielty @SeanaKerslake and directed by Prasanna Puwanarajah I can recommend it highly. Go see it and help support independent film.
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We loved it. Couldn’t have been a more welcoming place to start our 🇺🇸journey. Thanks for making the film part of your family @Solasnuacht @AFISilver and especially the team led by pure legend @McDHBH x.
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You heard the man. Release Tomorrow In Cinemas. Thanks Mark 🙏.
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YES @FACT_Cinema 🙏.
Missed out on tickets to our SOLD OUT Discover screening of #Ballywalter tonight?. Not to worry as you can catch the life affirming story screening from Fri 13th Oct
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But most crucially of all. It’s a car we all saw, for real, in a car park, in Belfast. In use, much loved, still going. Unusual sometimes just means storied. That’s Toya the Toyota.
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Happy Sunday - hit it, Belfast.
Sunday 🪄. Dragon Princess + Candlelight: 10:30.My Grandfather's Demons: 11:00.Cricket & Antoinette: 13:00.Ballywalter: 13:15 / 20:30.Bobi Wine: The People's President: 15:25.Lies We Tell: 15:40.SCREEN/PRINT: The Craft: 18:00.Smoke Sauna Sisterhood: 18:20.Stop Making Sense: 20:45
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@LMcB66 @PatricKielty @SeanaKerslake @IFTA Watch this space. we’re working out the release as we speak ⭐️.
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** GB CINEMAS WEEK 4 **. Liverpool, Cambridge, York, Norwich, Finsbury Park, Greenwich and @KilnCinema Kilburn!. Packed happy/sad Tuesday night screenings across @picturehouses. Come and join this week 🚕⭐️. #BallywalterFilm
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FULL HOUSE 🚕🙏.
A beautiful film with a lot of heart. Worth a watch . Full house last night @QFTBelfast . #Ballywalter.
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We are all very excited to World Premiere at #BFF22, opening the festival this Thursday. Come on down #Belfast, thanks to @micheledev1, Boney and the brilliant team for having us x.
Our Boney guarding the red carpet for you @PatricKielty @PrasannaBanana @staceygreggles @SeanaKerslake @Bierman71 I’m very excited to have just been asphyxiated by drying ink in a car full of @BelfastFilmFes1 hard copies hot en route to distribution 😳😆
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🇺🇸 NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE 🇺🇸. B A L L Y W A L T E R. Thank you @Solasnuacht Festival.
BALLYWALTER | Friday, March 3 • 4:45 PM .⭐ North American Premiere ⭐ Feature Directorial Debut ⭐ @BallywalterFilm ⭐. Solas Nua and @AFISilver present the 17th Annual Capital Irish Film Festival!.March 2 - 5 | BOOK NOW:
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@BanksideFilms @estreetprods @ScreenIreland @NIScreen @BFI @BOPictures @ElysianFilmUK . Release Details Soon. .
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We 🖤 @PatricKielty.
“There might be a day that you will be able to celebrate a birthday again”. @robdelaney @PatricKielty . #LateLate
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Huge congratulations to @PatricKielty. What an incredible next step!.#rtelatelateshow.
Posting this before they change their mind! A real honour to follow in the footsteps of Gay, Pat and Ryan. Thanks RTE for the chance to be a part of the next chapter. @RTELateLateShow.
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🍿📽️ADVANCE SCREENINGS ON SEPT 2nd📽️🍿.
Cinema tickets nationwide are just €4 on #NationalCinemaDay Sat 2nd September. That's right: all films, all times, all screens, all cinemas! Check now to snap up €4 tickets to your local cinema! . Supported by @ScreenIreland.
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NEXT PREVIEW: Dublin plus post-screening Q&A with:. Lead Cast @SeanaKerslake and @PatricKielty. Director #PrasannaPuwanarajah. THIS THURSDAY 7th Sept.7pm.@LightHouseD7. Saturday’s preview sold out, so do book in advance:
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This recalls old school reviews in The New York Times. Thanks Simon. It’s a lovely bit of writing 💛🙏 4.5 STARS.
“Equal parts gruelling and calming, and ultimately truly fulfilling.”. My take on @BallywalterFilm, a film written by @staceygreggles and starring @SeanaKerslake and @PatricKielty, can now be read on @letterboxd.
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We’ll run as long as people want to see it on the big screen, so help us spread the word and then yes. we’ll be on 🍿🙏.
@QFTBelfast @kathyclugston @BallywalterFilm Can I check, will you only be showing it that first week? I’m over to Belfast to visit a friend from 1st October and would love to have seen it with you.
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Sharing #BallywalterFilm with @IFTA members tomorrow at 6:30pm at The Savoy @imccinemas and we can't wait. See you there for a Q&A panel including @PatricKielty and a sizeable bit of craic 📽️🌟.
Looking forward to our #IFTA Members' Screening of #BALLYWALTER by Prasanna Puwanarajah, starring @SeanaKerslake & @PatricKielty. Screening followed by Q&A with @PatricKielty, Prasanna Puwanarajah, Stacey Gregg & Niall Lawlor. 🗓️Thursday Feb 2, 6:30PM.📌The Savoy @imccinemas
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Two Legenderrys in the film! Pat Lynch (who plays “Boring Chris” in the comedy group) and our production photographer @helenmurraypix who also plays “Gilet Girl”. Thanks so much for coming through 🙏.
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What a gorgeous illustration by @kateillus to mark RELEASE DAY of “Ballywalter”. Hope you get to see it, and that it lands somewhere good with you . x🚕💔.
“Ballywalter is a film steeped in despair.” @tyrrell_emer reviews @BallywalterFilm starring Seana Kerslake and @PatricKielty which goes on general release today. Illustration by @kateillus
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Looks like Ballywalter and Oppenheimer are sold out. There aren't too many tickets left for some of the other films either.
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@EmmaFillum @CinemaDayIE @LightHouseD7 Coffees and eyerolls from brilliant @CharlieMcCurry @ashanraijones and @seanakerslake #🙄.
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Come through 🚕x.
🎬 Don't miss the electrifying performances by @SeanaKerslake and @PatricKielty in #BallywalterFilm!⚡️Advance previews for the #NationalCinemaDay this Saturday are filling up fast. Secure your €4 tickets now at 🎟✨ #MustSeeMovie
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@Jerry_McCarthy @PatricKielty @IFTA @catdeeley @SeanaKerslake Gorgeous Pic! Lead Actress Nomination for @SeanaKerslake, and @PatricKielty there as co-star, leading the cheers. Wonderful night. We will all cherish this picture 💚.
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Check out Director #PrasannaPuwanarajah and Composer @nclawlor on @soundtrackinguk talking score and music with inimitable ally and friend of Ballywalter @edibow. Geek fest 🤓🎸.
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We love love love this. Merch alert 🚕💜.
Start vs Final! Done for a Cinema Review of @BallywalterFilm as shown on @totallydublin. Go check it out 📽️
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Go for it #Belfast get yourself down to one of the best cinemas in these islands.
£4.50 #MembersMonday 🎟️ R.M.N.: 18:00.Strange Way of Life + Recorded Q&A: 18:20.Ballywalter: 20:45.Past Lives: 21:00.
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Love. @strangenewband .@strangenewcaleb .@ashanraijones .& the band . Thanks for being in our film a total of 937 times between yiz x.
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@RedBSierra Corolla saloon! It’s a really good story how this car was chosen. We’ll do a thread closer to release 👍.
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We’ll try! Paging @FilmHubNI … 💛.
@PatricKielty @BallywalterFilm @CorkFilmFest @CinemaDayIE Be nice if you could get screened in the community cinema in Newcastle?.
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@silverlawn @PatricKielty @SeanaKerslake @IFTA Autumn 2023… watch this space and follow @BOPictures and @ElysianFilmUK for release details….
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@GalwayFilm @BOPictures @maevemcg Absolutely LOVED being back at the Fleadh. Thank you for having it! Such a special space for film 💚.
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@silverlawn We’re doing our best, Clare! So far out of London we are screening at .BATH @LittleTheatreUK .EDINBURGH @CameoCinema.BROADSTAIRS @ThePalaceCinema . Hopefully more to come .@ElysianFilmUK @BOPictures @estreetprods.
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@IFTA @OTooleDeirdre @SeanaKerslake @PatricKielty @imccinemas @BFI @ScreenIreland @NIScreen @BAItweets @IFTN We can't wait to meet #IFTA Members and share the film! See you tomorrow 📽️🌟.
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Hear Hear x.#ballywalterfilm.@QFTBelfast.
The QFT is a beautiful cinema, and they work incredibly hard to build audiences for independent cinema. Hopefully the beautiful people of Belfast will continue to support and they have many more birthdays to celebrate .🎉.
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@12bowstreet @SeanaKerslake Also check out SEPT 2ND €4 screenings in Dublin! @LightHouseD7 and @omniplexcinema Rathmines. #NationalCinemaDay.
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This. @CinemaCityNrw .#BallywalterFilm.
𝗔𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀, 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗼𝗯𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁. Check in on those around you. #WorldMentalHealthDay | #YouAreNotAlone | @samaritans
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Initially there WAS a booking error but we styled it out and @PatricKielty turned out to be pretty good so we went with it.
Patrick Kielty talks to @thejournal_ie about his role in acclaimed new film @BallywalterFilm & how at first, he thought he was being pranked when offered the part!😄.
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Thanks @lukemcmanus - checkout this lovely ballbeg’s EXQUISITE documentary @northcircular_ ….
Tonight at @SavoyDublin 630pm @BallywalterFilm in an @IFTA preview and Q & A with these funny fuckers: star @PatricKielty director #PrasannaPuwanarajah and writer #staceygregg - this film already brought the house down at @BelfastFilmFes1 and @CorkFilmFest #ballywalter.
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#BallyNublar.#BarbieWalter. Loved being part of #NationalCinemaDay. NEXT UP: .Cinema Release .Sept 22nd.
Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday for #NationalCinemaDay and made it our busiest day ever!. Our daily attendance record was smashed by visitors heading everywhere from Isla Nublar, to Barbieland, to Ballywalter. We look forward to seeing you all again soon!
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@madsteranne @BBCMarkSimpson @SeanaKerslake @PatricKielty @joanne_crawford Thanks for wanting to like it! Hope you find a movie for you next time 🙏.
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Paging the 🌎.
Tonight’s screening of @BallywalterFilm and Q&As hosted by @roisiningle with @PatricKielty in @IFI_Dub was really special. Congratulations to all involved. “This film should be shown worldwide,” remarked an audience member visiting from Canada and I couldn’t agree more! 👍👏
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Re: Ballywalter. The Teenagers Know 🙏.
I can confirm that Ballywalter is fantastic. Seána Kerslake is luminous as a right pain the arse. And Patrick Kielty is a revelation. More shocking still, the teenagers, after going ‘what the hell? You’re making us go to *another* Irish film!?’, both.
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@CoyneAndSalvant @estreetprods @PatricKielty @SeanaKerslake We would too 🤍 .Check out #BlueLights by @DecLawn, way more than the Co. Down phonebook you’ll be pleased to hear. She and it are peerless 🙏.
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Last TWO tickets for #BallywalterFilm at the amazing, beautiful @GalwayFilm. Thank you for having us at the Fleadh x.#craictivate.
So @GalwayFilm has kicked off! .We're delighted to have two wonderful titles on the programme this weekend.Lies We Tell which has its World Premiere and Ballywalter . Still a few tickets left for @BallywalterFilm but not for long so grab your ticket now.
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@JohnMDArcy @PatricKielty @QFTBelfast @DArcyJackie Yesssss love the selfie. Thanks for coming guys. Movie Night 💛🍿.
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@silverlawn @PatricKielty @SeanaKerslake @IFTA @BOPictures @ElysianFilmUK Hope it’s worth the wait…!.
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@RuthgMoore Our filmmaking is better than our geography 🤣😬🥴. Yes, we registered and noted this slip up and we’re FULLY blaming @RobOisin at @BOPictures so all mail to him please, let’s flood his DMs.
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@BirdyBooky We just hope it gets to the audiences who’d like it / connect with it! Fingers crossed. Thanks again for supporting a little indie film 🙏.
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One day returning back from recce-ing the peninsula, we saw this parked in the hotel car park:
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@kmaguire4991 @IFTA @SeanaKerslake @PatricKielty @imccinemas @BFI @ScreenIreland @NIScreen @BAItweets @IFTN Can't wait for you to see it either 🌟.
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@micktheejit @staceygreggles @PatricKielty @SeanaKerslake Thanks Michael. You’re in the Ballywalter family 🙏🙏🙏.
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Last ones in 🏴! Thank you GB x. And. ONWARDS 🇮🇪. ⭐️🚕.
Just watched this beautiful, life-affirming yet modest film. Towering lead performances from @PatricKielty and @SeanaKerslake. Really loved it. GET TO SEE IT IF YOU CAN! @CamPicturehouse.
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