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An up and coming Irish film-maker Gerard Hurley combines traditional storytelling techniques and experiences gained while traveling to weave a wonderfully heart-felt story in The Pier, a film that is picking up rave plaudits at home and abroad.

The Pier which was filmed in New York and in various locations in West Cork including Goleen, Ballydehob, Dunmanus, Schull, Skibbereen, Castletownsend, Castlehaven, Tragumna and Bantry stars Karl Johnson, Gerard Hurley and Lili Taylor. After twenty years of no contact with his son, Larry McCarthy (Karl Johnson) pretends to be dying in order to trick his son, Jack (Gerard Hurley) into returning home to West Cork. When Jack arrives he is furious to find that his father is alive and kicking and, if anything even more furious, when he's tricked into staying.

The Pier is a delicately paced story that pits father and son against one another in a battle that is as old as humanity. While the viewer longs for reconciliation, director Gerard Hurley is a masterful storyteller and it's never quite apparent whether the two protagonists will figuratively bury the hatchet or literally bury a hatchet in one another.

The dates of screening are

Sunday, January 29th, IFI Dublin

Tuesday, February 2nd, Classic Listowel, Kerry

Friday, February 3rd, 4th, 5th, Skibbereen Town Hall, Co Cork

Friday, February 3rd - Feb 9th, Eye Cinema, Galway

Saturday, February 4th, 7th, 8th, 9th Park Cinema, Clonakilty, Co Cork

Sunday, February 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, Cinemax Bantry, Co Cork

Sunday, February 5th,6th,7th,8th Qand A on 5th, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork

Monday, February 6th, 7th, Macroom Briary Gap, Cork

Tuesday, February 7th, Phoenix Cinema, Dingle, Kerry

Thursday, February 9th, Carrick On Shannon Multiplex

Wednesday, February 15th, 18th, The Model Sligo

Tickets for The Pier are available by contacting the venues directly. For more information see www.thepierfilm.com