The Guard

Year: 2011
Country: Ireland
Director: John Michael McDonagh
Cast: Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Liam Cunningham, David Wilmot, Rory Keenan, Mark Strong, Fionnula Flanagan
Genre: comedy
Runtime: 96 min.
Sergeant Gerry Boyle is a small-town Irish cop with a confrontational personality, a subversive sense of humor, a dying mother, a fondness for prostitutes, and absolutely no interest whatsoever in the international cocaine-smuggling ring that has brought straight-laced FBI agent Wendell Everett to his door.

Awards & Festivals:

 Berlin International Film Festival – Best Debut Film
 Dinard British Film Festival – Silver Hitchcock, Kodak Award for Best Cinematography, Audience Award
 Sarajevo International Film Festival – Audience Award
 British Independent Film Award Nomination – Best Actor, Best Screenplay
 Sundance Film Festival – participation
 Tribeca Film Festival – participation
 Los Angeles International Film Festival - participation