Irish Films at MIFF 2020 : Atlantic
This year Irish Films have special focus at Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF). I watched today Irish short film Atlantic at MIFF Atlantic, was produced by Risteard Ó Domhnaill in 2016, raises serious issues and picks up where his previous film The Pipe left off by following its ripples out into the wider world. Ó Domhnaill heads to Norway, Newfound Land and the Donegal of Ireland coast to find stories that help elucidate the complex development of country’s offshore resources over few years. The film is a wake-up call as chilling as a bucket of ice-cold seawater over the head. It follows the coastal fishing communities in Newfoundland, Norway and Ireland struggling to maintain their way of life amidst shrinking fishing quotas and mismanaged resources. Among those featured are Jerry Early, the Arranmore fisherman convicted of fishing with a net “with the potential to catch a salmon” as EU super-trawlers fish his waters, and a Norwegian a...