The film has been selected for screening at this colourful festival’s 15th birthday in the famous London neighbourhood. Thanks to the Irish Latin America Film Festival’s organiser Tadgh O’Cruadhlaoich, who sent the film onto Portobello after the Dublin sscreenings last April! The festival runs from 2-19 September 2010 and the birthday celebrations include 600 premiere films, masterclasses, exhibitions and many more interesting happenings. To top it all up admission to all events is completely free!

After the Revolution is screening on the 14 of September at 8pm, part of a special documentary evening at Westbourne Studios. Visit their site to download the full programme and find out more information about the venues and the multiple events.

Paul McGrath and Leticia Agudo, the filmmakers, attended the screenings in Dublin on Wednesday 21st of April, and at the Stormont Parliament building in Belfast on Friday 23rd. The film was greatly received  by audiences and it sparked some lively discussions afterwards. In Dublin, the film was shown as part of the 11th Latin America Film Festival, organised every year by Tadhg O’Cruadhlaoich, and in Stormont it was organised by Latinoamerica Unida, the association for the Latin American community in Belfast.

Tadgh O’Cruadhlaoich talks to Leticia Agudo before the screening in Dublin

The audience in Dublin at the Irish Aid Centre

Tadgh introduces the post-screening discussion

The audience at the post-screening discussion

Paul and Leticia talk to Tadgh

Paul and Leticia talk to the audience

Photos from the screening in Stormont:

The historic Northern Ireland Parliament building

The Long Gallery at Stormont

The screening set-up at the Long Gallery

Leticia with the event's organiser Marianela TRigo

Paul checks the technical set-up

The guests

The audience take their seats

Ready for the screening

The Q&A afterwards

The documentary has been selected as the main film event for the upcoming Latin American Week in Ireland organized by the Latin Amercian Solidarity Centre in Dublin.

It will be screened on the opening day of the 11th Irish Latin American Film Festival in Dublin, taking place from Wednesday 21st to Friday 23rd of April at the Irish Aid Centre, at 27-31 Upper O’Connell Street -just across from the Gresham Hotel.

After the Revolution will be showing at 6pm on Wednesday 21st April and the filmmakers will be there to introduce the film and for a Q&A session afterwards. It will also be showing in Galway, at the John Huston Film School in the University, on Saturday 17th of April (to be confirmed), and in Belfast in the Stormont Parliament building on Friday 23rd at 7pm. You can find more details on this link to LASC’s Latin American Week page.

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We were just told on Monday night that the film has won this years’ edition of the International Documentary Festival NodoDocFest. The doc was shown on May 9 as part of the competittive Panorama section, programmed by Fabrizio Arpesella. The awards were given on Monday 11 in the evening. Due to us being at Hot Docs with Forty Foot, we were sorry not to be able to be there to enjoy this great festival and very happy news for Whackala.

This is what the judges said about the film: “[it] showed a clear historical context and evolution of what may be considered “third world” with a simplicity almost incredible in view of the complexity of the topic… For the simplicity of the editing and the close connection with the lives of the characters it was possible for the viewer to get carried by emotions and live the social status of the protagonists.”