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A highlight of this year’s Jameson Dublin International Film Festival turned out to be a heavy metal rock concert, no less, writes DONALD CLARKE.

LET’S GET THE simple bit out of the way first. Liam Neeson was, it is true, in amiable form at his public interview on Saturday, and it was nice to see George Morrison, director of Mise Éire, receive his Volta award for career achievement. It was a fantastic idea to select Last Tango in Paris – a film never previously certified in this country – for the Film Classifier for a Day Event. (The butter industry will be disappointed to hear that John Kelleher, Director of Film Classification, and his guests decided the film still deserves a belated 18 cert.)