Killarney

By Michelle Crean
<h3>The film theme is set to continue in town as the second annual HER International Film Festival gets underway.</h3>
Founded by local man Ol&aacute;m&iacute;d&eacute; Ojegbenro, the festival, which will feature a mixture of both in-person and online screenings and workshops, will run from tomorrow&nbsp;(Monday) until next Sunday (October 25 to 31).
Online events will run from the Monday to Thursday, while in-person events will run from October 29 &#8211; 31 at St Mary&rsquo;s Church of Ireland, Kenmare Place.
The festival includes 118 feature films, short films, feature-length and short-form documentaries, animations, music videos, scripts, screenplays and student films from 52 countries.
HER is an entirely youth-led film festival whose creative and decision making team is made up of young people aged 24 and below. Despite the challenging conditions we have all faced over the last 12 months the festival has received a vast and inspiring array of submissions this year, Ol&aacute;m&iacute;d&eacute; explained.
&ldquo;I believe that creating a platform such as Her International Film Festival to showcase the work of young women in film, television, and animation is critical to achieving gender balance in the film industry, which is why my team and I focused on the next generation of female filmmakers to give them a voice that their works cherish and loved by festivals like ours.&rdquo;
For more see www.herintlfilmfestival.com.

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