To coincide with the release by Disney of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – planned as the opening salvo in a money-spinning series of major features – Belfast City Council launches the first C.S. Lewis Festival on December 3.
Clive Staples Lewis – bet you didn’t know that – was born in East Belfast in l898.
The film will get its Irish premiere on December 8.