Neil Jordan Early Adapter

Ireland's most prolific and celebrated filmmaker Neil Jordan is the featured artist for this year's Adaptation Film Festival, with a focus on a number of his film adaptations including The Crying Game, The Butcher Boy and The Company of Wolves. Born in Sligo and raised in Dublin, Neil Jordan started out as a short story writer before making the transition to being a naturally visual film director. Amongst his twenty feature films he has demonstrated a keen eye for the adaptation potential of other authors including Graham Greene, Pat McCabe, Angela Carter and Frank O'Connor. He has continued to publish novels. All this will be explored in a public interview with the Oscar-winning writer-director and Dr. Keith Hopper at the Model Cinema, Sligo on the closing day of the festival.

Full programme available soon.

The Glens Arts Centre Manorhamilton remains the anchor venue for Adaptation, but this year's festival will embrace new locations - Dromahair Library, Sligo Omniplex and Sligo's Model and Niland Cinema. This is all part of an expanded programme which will include up to four feature films realised in the SLR Region in the past year.

Adaptation is presented by Bandit Films in association with The Glens Arts Centre and Sligo Film Society. It is supported by Leitrim County Council, The Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon,  Sligo County Council and Screen Ireland