THREE KEENINGS with THE NEGOTIATOR

Post-screening panel discussion with producer Stephen Douds and Joan Parsons, Head of Culture & Arts, Queen’s University Belfast, moderated by Martin Nutty and John Lee of the Irish Stew podcast in a live audience recording | Post-screening reception sponsored by the Northern Ireland Bureau, North America

THREE KEENINGS
This year’s Norman Houston Short Film Award winner follows a struggling and down-on-his-luck actor, Ian, (Seamus O’Hara, HOUSE OF GUINNESS, AN IRISH GOODBYE) who finds work in the unconventional role of a professional mourner while caring for his ailing father. As he tours the rural Northern Irish countryside, his practiced mask of apathy begins to slip amongst the humour and heartache of the local funeral circuit. DIR/SCR/PROD Oliver McGoldrick; PROD Natalie Remplakowski, Cade Featherstone, Chloe Langton. Northern Ireland, 2024, color, 10 min. NOT RATED

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THE NEGOTIATOR
In a world riven with conflict, what is needed to turn war into peace? In this new feature documentary from Fine Point Films, director Trevor Birney (producer of KNEECAP) explores former U.S. senator George Mitchell’s critical leadership role in chairing peace talks that brought an end to The Troubles and 30 years of conflict in Northern Ireland. First sent across the Atlantic in 1995 by President Clinton, when peace seemed like an impossible task, Mitchell brought patience and persistence to the dialogue that led up to the historic 1998 Good Friday Agreement, one of the few examples of a long-lasting negotiated peace settlement. DIR Trevor Birney; SCR Will Cohen; PROD Andrew Tully, Stephen Douds. Northern Ireland, 2025, color, 92 min. In English and Irish with English subtitles. NOT RATED

Presented in partnership with the Northern Ireland Bureau, North America and Queen’s University, Belfast.

Run Time: 102 Minutes

Opening Date: Friday, February 27, 2026

Genre: Documentary

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