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The Runway

Director(s):	Ian Power
Producer(s):	Lucil Film (LU), Fastnet Film (IE), Film i Väst (SE)
Script:	Ian Power
Year:	2010
Form:	FICTION - Feature film
Genre:	Comedy
Original version:	English
Running time:	101'

Synopsis

The Runway is inspired by the true story of a South American pilot who crashed his plane in a field near Mallow in Ireland in 1983. Against all odds, the people of the town came together to build a runway to get him home and briefly caught the imagination of the nation.

Casting

Demir Bichir - Ernesto Cordoba
Kerry Condon - Grace Thomas
James Cosmo - Sutherland
Jamie Kierans - Paco Thomas
Jean-François Wolff - Joe
Claire Johnston - Miss Cashman
Nilton Martins - Sanchez Demián Bichir
Kerry Condon - James Cosmo

Crew

Costume design: Uli Simon
Location manager: Patrick Blockman
Editor: Amine Jaber
Music: Gast Waltzing
Set photographer: Ricardo Vaz Palma

Nominations & Awards

Festivals

22nd Galway Film Fleadh, LA Irish Film Festival, Winner of the Screen Directors Guild of Ireland Directors Finders Series, Doha Tribeca Film Festival, International Film Festival Rome, Cork Film Festival, Cinemagic Belval, Festival de Cinema Europeen des Arcs, Palm Springs International Film Fest, Buster Filmfestival 2011, LUCAS Children Filmfestival in Frankfurt, Festival International du Film pour Enfants de MontrŽal (FIFEM)

Awards
Best Feature at the the 22nd Galway Film Fleadh
Winner of the Screen Directors Guild of Ireland Directors Finders Series
Best Film at the Buster Filmfestival 2011
“Best Feature” at the LUCAS Children Filmfestival

International sales

Six Sales

Poster