One Million Dubliners
Every plot has a story
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Synopsis:
Glasnevin Cemetery is the final resting place of 1.5 million souls; it is Ireland’s national necropolis. ONE MILLION DUBLINERS reveals the often unspoken stories of ritual, loss, love, redemption, emotion, history – and the business of death.
But this is really a film about life: the Saint Valentine’s Day rush in the florists; the American visitors eagerly searching for Irish ancestors; lost and longed for love; discovery and bereavement; earthy gravediggers and musicians in celebration. Above all, it’s the story of an immensely engaging Tour Guide shepherding his charges – and us – through the headstones and monuments, through opinions and beliefs. Filled with the familiar and the fascinating, this is a documentary that offers a glimpse into the unknown, into a world we will all come to share.
Often humorous, always affecting, ONE MILLION DUBLINERS explores life, death and the afterlife, and ends in a way that will stay with you forever. Even in a cemetery you never quite get used to death.
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On sale in all good DVD stores and digitally on Volta.ie (Ireland only)
SCREENINGS & AWARDS
*Winner Silver World Medal: New York Festivals Awards World’s Best TV & Films, USA April 2016*
*Silver Award, Spotlight Documentary Film Awards, USA December 2015*
*Best Feature Documentary, Sky Road Film Festival, Ireland October 2015*
*TV Award, Sandford Saint Martin Trust, UK May 2015*
*Best Editing Award (Emer Reynolds), Irish Film & Television Awards (IFTA), Ireland May 2015*
*Director’s Choice Award, Irish Film Festival, Boston, USA March 2015*
*Best Irish Film of 2014, The Irish Times, Ireland December 2014*
*Best Irish Feature Documentary Film, Galway Film Fleadh, Ireland July 2014*
