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TORONTO – An unexpected second chance at love in the heart of Dublin’s nightlife; good vibrations in bombed out Belfast; a feel good story of personal reconciliation; an abandoned UK soldier on the run in Republican territory and a Northern Irish artist’s labour-of-love tribute to post 9/11 NYC are among the themes at the 5th Toronto Irish Film Festival. Taking place from Friday, March 6 to Sunday, March 8 at TIFF Bell Lightbox, TIRFF 2015 delivers a weekend of pure cinematic pleasure with North American and Canadian Premieres, classic Irish pub-nights and very special guests from Ireland…more

Opening Night Film Synopis:

Directors and brothers Rob Burke and Ronan Burke have taken a page from Linklater’s “Before” trilogy for STANDBY, and made it their own, a delightfully charming and distinctively Irish romantic comedy starring Brian Gleeson (Life’s a Breeze) and Jessica Pare (Mad Men). Unlucky-in-love Alan (Gleeson) is a tourist advisor at Dublin airport, answering inane questions and fending off irate travellers but things perk up on Valentine’s Day when the beautiful Alice (Paré, Mad Men) comes to the desk looking for accommodation. They enjoyed a summer romance in New York eight years ago and, spurred on by the day that’s in it, invites her to stay with him so they can chat, catch up, etc. Dropping off her bags at his flat, which he shares with his divorced father, they embrace the famous Dublin nightlife before her morning flight…