Foyle Film Festival is an annual film festival based in

Derry Derry, officially Londonderry (), is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest city on the island of Ireland. The name ''Derry'' is an anglicisation of the Old Irish name (modern Irish: ) meaning 'oak grove'. The ...

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

. The 21st festival took place from 21 to 29 November 2008. Among the later successful filmmakers who exhibited their earliest works at the Foyle Film Festival was actor-producer Stegath James Dorr, who became the then youngest filmmaker to successfully submit a feature film with ''Dermot'', exhibited at the festival in 1995. The 22nd Foyle Film Festival was scheduled for 2009.

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Film festivals in Northern Ireland Culture in Derry (city) Annual events in Northern Ireland {{UK-festival-stub