'Absurdist' Film To Help Ealing Soup Kitchen

Screening of The Director will also be fundraiser

A film tackling the issue of homelessness in an 'absurdist' manner will be premiered next week and raise vital funds for Ealing Soup Kitchen.

'The Director' revolves around a 'serious' filmmaker’s desperate attempts to make a 'serious' documentary.

Patrick Ireland who wrote and directed it says, ''When I first moved to London to pursue filmmaking I was genuinely shocked by the number of homeless people on the streets. I was also equally disturbed by how people could so easily ignore them. I know it's not entirely their fault and sadly as the years have gone by I too have become slightly de-sensitized to it all.

''The Director, despite its wackiness, comes from a place of real empathy. However, rather than making something which looked to highlight the specific struggles and hardships of the homeless, I instead wanted to make a film about the kind of people in this world that allow homelessness to persist. The ' Patricks' of this world, they are the people this film mocks.'

On Thursday the 8th of February at the Close-Up Film Centre in Shoreditch from 6pm-7pm the 18-minute film will be shown alongside members of the cast and crew.

The screening will act as a fundraiser for St John's Soup Kitchen in Ealing - one of the primary locations used during the film.

30th January 2018