The IFI in Dublin is celebrating St Patrick's Day with a family screening of Flight of the Doves, the 1971 adaptation of Walter Macken's novel.
In this heartwarming, funny story, two runaways, Finn and Derval Dove, flee from a cruel British stepfather to their Irish grandmother in Galway. Along the way they encounter a host of evil characters (many played by Ron Moody) and have some fun at a St Patrick's Day parade. The film's most memorable musical number is Far Off Placesung by Sheila, played by a young Dana Rosemary Scallon. Throughout the month, the Archive at Lunchtime series, (on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, throughout March) is running a selection of short films from the Irish Film Archive, with Hail Glorious St Patrick, documenting the festivities during the Patrician Year of 1961 and Ireland in Springrecording the now defunct An Tóstal festival. Tickets from the IFI box office, tel: 01-6793477, or online at ifi.ie.
