CIACLA is proud to be a presenting partner of One Upon A Time in a Cinema screening this summer in Los Angeles, produced by Myriad Pictures.

ONCE UPON A TIME IN A CINEMA is set in a small-town cinema during one eventful Friday night screening from hell. Over the course of one evening, the film follows the travails of beleaguered cinema owner Earl Clancy (Colin Morgan) as he faces a myriad of disasters, any one of which could sink him.

Drawing from writer/director David Gleeson’s own experience growing up in a family of cinema owners where his father’s 78-year career marked the longest in the cinema business in Ireland, if not the world, this film is a love letter to a peculiarly Irish cinema experience, which was as much about connecting with people as it was about the movie.

Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 90 minutes
Language: English

Director & Writer: David Gleeson

Producers:Nathalie Lichtenthaeler, Judy Tossell

Cast: Colin Morgan, Calam Lynch, Niamh Cusack, Clara Crichton, Daniel Woodage, India Mullen