The Young Offenders
The Young Offenders - Director Peter Foott

#IrishFilm: Peter Foott’s The Young Offenders set for release on September 16th

Peter Foott’s new Irish comedy The Young Offenders is set to hit Irish cinemas on Friday September 16th.

Inspired by Ireland’s biggest cocaine seizure of €440 million off the coast of Cork in 2007, The Young Offenders follows two Cork inner-city teenagers, Conor and Jock, as they embark on a 160km road trip on stolen bikes in the hopes of finding an unrecovered bale of coke.

The film which will have its world premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh next month is directed by first-time feature writer/director Peter Foott and introduces new talents Alex Murphy and Chris Walley.  Well known stand-up comedian PJ Gallagher (Naked Camera) and Hilary Rose (Republic of Telly) also star in the comedy.  Gallagher talked with Ryan Tubridy about the upcoming release on The Late Late Show last month with Tubridy describing it as “the best Irish film I’ve seen in years”.

The Young Offenders - Jock The Young Offenders - Conor

Foott is no stranger to comedy as he is an award-winning writer/director on the Republic of Telly who also directed The Rubber Bandits infamous Horse Outside video.

The Young Offenders was shot in some of the most iconic locations around Cork city and along the Wild Atlantic Way last summer.

The 28th Galway Film Fleadh takes place 5th – 10th July.

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