Song for a Raggy Boy, which has a score by Richard Blackford, has continued to win awards around the world. It has picked up prizes at the festivals in Amiens (Golden Unicorn; Best Feature Film Audience Award); Copenhagen (Golden Swan); Karlovy Vary (Crystal Globe); Ljubljana (Audience Award); Seattle (Lena Sharpe Award) and Woodstock (Haskell Wexler Award).
Set in Ireland and directed by Aisling Walsh, the film is based on Patrick Galvin’s novel - the true story of one man’s courage to stand up and fight the brutal fascist regime of an Irish boys’ boarding school in 1939. The film exposes one of the darkest secrets in Irish history and stars Aidan Quinn and Iain Glen.
