LUIS AND THE ALIENS (U)

WHO’S IN IT?

Callum Maloney (Two by Two), Dermot Magennis (Situations Vacant), Ian Coppinger (Separation Anxiety), Paul Tylak (Capital Letters), Lucy Carolan (film debut), Eoin Daly (film debut), Aileen Mythen (The Ugly Duckling and Me!), Simon Toal (film debut), Danna Davis (The Flight Before Christmas), Susie Power (A Date for Mad Mary)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Christoph Lauenstein (film debut) and Wolfgang Lauenstein (film debut), directors, writers; Sean McCormack (Two by Two), director; Jana Bohl (The Little Vampire), Emely Christians (Igor & the Cranes’ Journey), Jean-Marie Musique (film debut) and Christine Parisse (film debut), producers; Martin Lingnau (Serengeti) and Ingmar Süberkrüb (Draußen in Meinem Kopf), composers; Peter Mirecki (film debut), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Luis (Maloney) is a twelve-year-old boy whose father Armin (Magennis) is obsessed with proving the existence of aliens, after claiming to have been attacked by one. When Luis encounters three eccentric aliens that land in his backyard, he faces a difficult dilemma: show his dad the aliens and risk having them be destroyed, or be sent off to boarding school…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

We’re now in the dog days of summer, and children will want to embrace their last few days of summer with this wild and crazy animated comedy that they will be highly entertained by.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 24TH AUGUST 2018

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