Ireland launches Chaplin film festival
Descendants of the legendary British comedian and filmmaker Charlie Chaplin have decided to establish an annual film festival in his memory.
The Charlie Chaplin Comedy Film Festival will be held each August in Waterville, County Kerry seaside town where Chaplin spent every summer at its Butler Arms Hotel for almost 40 years.
Lousie Huggard, the fifth generation of the family who owned the hotel says her parents were very fond of the iconic comedian.
"They always said he was lovely," she told the Irish Independent.
"He got involved with the other guests and the reason why he kept on coming back was because he always felt he got away from everything," she added.
"A lot of people in the village would still remember him and his family and two of his daughters, Josephine and Annie, both have houses in the area and visit regularly."
Chaplain’s grandson and filmmaker Julien Ronet said that the event has been a dream of the family for years, Irish Central reported.
"My mother told me Waterville was one of the few places where my grandfather could enjoy total anonymity,” she said adding “He could walk down the street there without people constantly coming up to him looking for autographs -- it was the one place he could truly relax."
The first edition of the festival will run from August 25th to 28th 2011, and winners will receive an award dubbed The Charlie.
Source: presstv.ir
