Lance Daly's debut feature LAST DAYS IN DUBLIN, a no budget love letter to the Irish capital, was given 36 public screenings at his local cinema in 2001. Later it was shown on TV. This was followed by THE HALO EFFECT, which closed the 2004 Dublin Film Festival. This dark comic tale of fast food and gambling starring Stephen Rea was nominated for five IFTAs. It had a short theatrical release in Ireland. That felt like progress. KISSES premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh in 2008, where it was awarded Best Irish Film. Momentum grew slowly through many international festival appearances which eventually lead to theatrical releases in Europe and the US.
Lance got Best Director at the IFTAs and was happy that a film had finally traveled abroad. THE GOOD DOCTOR, a new film directed by Lance, this time in the U.S. starring Orlando Bloom, with a cast that includes Riley Keough, Michael Pena, Taraji P. Henson, Rob Morrow and J.K. Simmons.
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