Graduate Wins Major Film Award

 

DIT Foundation is proud to announce that "Ballymun Lullaby" has won the prestigious "Best Director Finder Series 2011" at the recent Directors Guild of Americas award ceremony hosted in LA.

Selected by an international panel of experts Ballymun Lullaby is an emotional and compelling documentary that explores the heart of a local community through music. The film tells the story of a music teacher Ron Cooney who has been working in the Republic of Ireland's only high-rise housing estate for fifteen years. During this time he has seen the area undergo a dramatic transformation.

It comes as the first feature documentary of Frank Berry, originally a graduate of the Dublin Institute of Technology's Film Production programme, who has worked for over 10 years in television drama, documentary and community video.

The film itself will be running for one week in Dublin's IFI Cinema from the 16th to the 22nd of December

For further information you can visit the official website or view the trailer below.