Award-winning "Christmas with Dad" continues it success with selection to Two Short Nights 2009

26 Oct 2009

Conor McCormack's award-winning and BIFA-nominated documentary "Christmas with Dad" screening as part of opening-night of the 8th Two Short Nights International Film Festival 2009

The Two Short Nights Film Festival "showcases some of the most exciting and diverse short films from the UK and abroad". This year's festival takes place on 27th and 28th of November 2009.

Directed by Conor McCormack and produced by Sarah Tierney, "Christmas with Dad" follows 23-year-old AJ as he and his family prepare for the festive season and the arrival of an eighth child. With remarkable access and insight, the film reveals a young man struggling to define his role as a father, haunted by his own childhood and facing an uncertain future...

The film is currently the only documentary nominated in the British Independent Film Awards' Best British Short category. The BIFAs take place in London on December 6th 2009.