Derry-based multi award winning film maker, Allesandro Negrini, has picked up a major accolade for his latest production.

‘TIDES - A History of Lives and Dreams Lost and Found (Some broken)’, will have its world premiere at the Sole Luna Film Festival in Palermo on Tuesday.

The film is described as a celebration of the river Foyle, its history, its past and new stories that have lived above and under its water.

Here he reveals how he come to live on Foyleside.

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