30/5 — 5/6/2024
64th International Film Festival
for Children and Youth

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Section: International Competition of European First Films

Kissing Candice (2018) 18

Ireland | 2018 | 103 min.

17 year old Candice longs to escape the boredom of her seaside town, only finding solace in her vivid imagination. When her disillusionment drives her obsession with a troubled stranger, she becomes increasingly entangled with a dangerous local gang.

CountryIreland
Year2018
Duration103 min
Rating18
LanguageEnglish
SubtitleCzech
Directed by Aoife McArdle
Screenplay Aoife McArdle
Director of Photography Steve Annis
Music Anthony Moore
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Biography

A screenwriter and director from Northern Ireland. She studied literature and film at Trinity College in Dublin and film studies at Bournemouth University. She made her mark with the musical film Open Eye Signal for British musician Jon Hopkins. She then made a number of successful video clips and commercials, as well as short films. Her first feature film is Kissing Candice (2017).

Crime, Drama, First Feature, Illness