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JERSEY EVENING POST FRIDAY 16^TH NOVEMBER 2001 FRIDAY EXTRA

MILER BACK FOR A SHORT CINEMA RUN
Complaints from all over the island flooded in due to only one screening having been held at the Arts Centre of The Crooked Mile, two further screenings were arranged and were a huge success.

JERSEY EVENING POST FRIDAY 5^TH OCTOBER 2001 ARTS

SCREEN SUCCESS FOR AN IRISH  MOVIE MADE IN JERSEY

PEOPLE QUEUED FOR RETURN TICKETS
Jersey  Journalist Louise Nibbs gives her account “The film, shot in both Jersey and Ireland, was not only well written, touching and humorous, but it also made the most of the Island’s best natural scenery”.

JERSEY EVENING POST FRIDAY 28^TH SEPTEMBER 2001

A CHANCE TO SEE JERSEY’S HOME MADE MOVIE

The controversy leading to the making of The Crooked Mile feature film uncovers a chance for the taxpayers to see what all the fuss was about when the States of Jersey were asked to part fund it. The premiere screening in Jersey took place at the Arts Centre on the 4^th October 2001. (This included a workshop during the day for schools around the island).

THE EVENING HERALD IRELAND’S EVENING NEWSPAPER FRIDAY AUGUST 24 2001. (VOL 110 No 202). (p.1) picture of Dayna McKiernan

OUR SUPER KIDS ARE SETTING NEW STANDARDS……

REEL FILM BOOST FOR LITTLE DAYNA

“SCHOOLGIRL Dayna McKiernan (10) is set for stardom after landing the main role in a movie which has just scooped a major international award”.

A screen natural, she was cast as Anna in the entertaining Irish Road Movie, which involves the adventure of a lifetime on the road from Dublin to Tramore.

THE IRISH TIMES WEDNESDAY AUGUST 15, 2001

FINAL CUT THE TICKET

Further critical acclaim for The Crooked Mile as it becomes the first non-US feature film to win a Tribeca Award founded by superstar Robert de Niro. Present at the award ceremony were “Irish writer / director Stephen Kane and producers Julie Daly-Wallman, Avril Ryan and Triona Campbell. The Crooked Mile will receive two screenings in New York followed by a reception and introduction to leading American industry professionals”. * * * * *

THE IRISH TIMES WEDNESDAY JULY 18, 2001

FILM THE TICKET

STANDING ROOM ONLY

Standing ovation at the Galway Film Fleadh for the successful feature film screening of The Crooked Mile, Irelands top film critic Michael Dwyer reports “The apparently limitless line of striking child actors with the debuts of Dayna McKiernan in The Crooked Mile the film is a breezy and quirky road movie that proves difficult to resist. A true screen natural, McKiernan is a joy to observe. Only in the closing credits does it become clear that the convincing locations were, in fact shot in Jersey”

THE SUNDAY BUSINESS POST JULY 8 2001

INTO THE WEST FOR A FEAST OF FILM THE CROOKED MILE TAKES THE FRONT STAGE

Irish film critic Helen Boylan states “ The Crooked Mile from Stephen Kane. Set in Ireland in the 1980s with a nine-year-old girl as its protagonist, it promises a fresh look at an eternal theme”, when viewed at the prestigious Galway Film  Festival.

FILM IRELAND MAGAZINE JUNE/JULY 2001

Premiered at the 13th Galway Film Festival The Crooked Mile feature film was the forefront favourite of this prestigious film festival that received tremendous support and great reviews with the Irish and International Media.

13^th GALWAY FILM FESTIVAL FILM MAGAZINE 2001

INTRODUCTION “The 13^th Annual Galway Film Festival opened its doors, once again, to a rich and varied world of the best in new Irish and International cinema. The Crooked Mile was a firm  favourite to top the list.

WORLD PREMIERE THE CROOKED MILE FEATURED – at the Town hall theatre main- Friday July 13^th at 5pm.

JERSEY EVENING POST FRIDAY 27^TH OCTOBER 2000

KANE ABLE TO KEEP STRAIGHT ON THE CROOKED MILE

Behind the scenes and the scenes, well documented press coverage on what Writer/Director Stephen Kane thought of filming in Jersey to how the trainees coped with the tough shooting schedule and how the Jersey Government plan to use The Crooked Mile as a stepping stone to bring more movies into the beautiful island of Jersey.

JERSEY EVENING POST FRIDAY 30^TH JUNE 2000

FILM PRODUCER TO BE GIVEN £25,000

The money from the new emerging industries board is going towards the project being produced by Jersey born Julie Daly-Wallman as a way of kick starting the Island’s film industry.

JERSEY EVENING POST THURSDAY 29^TH JUNE 2000 NEWS FOCUS

MOVES ARE A FOOT TO ATTRACT THE FILM INDUSTRY TO THE ISLAND ON A LARGE SCALE. RICHARD PEDLEY LOOKS AT WHAT THE STATES ARE DOING TO HELP- AND WHAT THE PEOPLE MAKING THE FILM THINK. HOW THE PRODUCER SEES IT PLANNING OUT

If Julie Daly-Wallman has her way. Jersey will be used as a film location.