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Song for a Raggy Boy

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Synopsis


Based on true events, Song For A Raggy Boy is the tale of one man's courage to stand up and fight the tough fascist regime in a boys Irish Reformatory School in 1939. William Franklin's story is a powerful and dramatic journey, from the bullet riddled streets of Madrid during the Spanish Civil war to the confined walls of a reformatory School. This is one man's belief that he can make difference.





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Awards


Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
2004
Won IFTA Award

Best Irish Film

2003 Won Seattle Film Festival Women in Cinema Award
2003 Won Copenhagen Film Festival
2003 Won Amiens International Film Festival Audience Award for Best feature Film
Golden Unicorn for Best freature Film
2003 Won Cherbourg-Octeville Festival of Irish & British Film Audience Award
Best Actor
nominated as Best Film
2003 Won IFTA Awards Audience Award (Best Irish Film)
Best Cinematography/TV Photography
nominated for Best Actor in Film, Best director and Best Irish Film
2003 Nominated Karlovy Vary Intern. Film Festival Crystal Globe
2003 Won Ljubljana Intern. Film Festival Audience Award
2003 Won Woodstock Film Festival Haskell Wexler Award
2004 Won Salerno Shadowline Film Festival Vision in Transit Award
2004 Won Newport Beach Film Festival Jury Award for best feature film and best director in a drama