There are not many film festivals which incorporate a beach-clean, but the Fastnet Film Festival in Schull has always liked to take a novel approach to the silver screen.
The Festival, which got underway today and runs until Sunday night, has always sought to transform the West Cork village into a succession of cinemas, running an extensive programme of mostly short films across the event.
However, the 11th Fastnet Film Festival has expanded to include the new makeshift cinema at the Gallery in nearby Castlepoint, which will screen two films, Vitamin Sea and the Jeremy Irons-narrated environmental documentary Trashed – after which those watching will carry out a beach-clean.
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