FILMS FROM THE UK, IRELAND, AUSTRALIA, INDIA, SOUTH AFRICA AND NEW ZEALAND
February 5-12, 2026
Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story
Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story is a must-see for anyone who loves great stories and great characters. It’s not only that the Irish author Edna O’Brien is fascinating and worth a documentary—and a smart one at that by Sinead O’Shea. It’s that she was interviewed for this film when she was in her 90s, so we have a genius looking back over her whole life. She died in July 2024 at 93. O’Brien published her first novel, The Country Girls, in 1960 and was excoriated in Ireland because it portrayed sexual desire from a woman’s point of view. (The Mostly British festival is screening Girl With Green Eyes based on this partially autobiographical novel.) She married a writer, Ernest Gebler, who claimed he wrote her early books. She walked out on him in the middle of cooking dinner. In London she lived a glamorous life, mixing with Brando, McCartney, Sean Connery. Blue Road will reintroduce you to O’Brien and make you rush out for her books. Ireland and UK 2024 (99 minutes)
Sunday February 8, 2026 - 1:00 pm
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