Dating Amber

Dating Amber (originally titled Beards) is a 2020 Irish coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by David Freyne.

[2] The film is set in 1995 in The Curragh, Ireland, where teenagers Eddie and Amber are treated like outsiders and are distraught over persistent homophobic abuse.

She is saving money to move to London by surreptitiously renting out caravans to teenage couples in need of some privacy on a park her mother runs.

David Freyne wrote and directed the film with Rachael O'Kane and John Keville of Atomic 80 producing in co-production with Belgian company Wrong Men.

Will Clarke, Andy Mayson, and Mike Runagall of Altitude, Dearbhla Regan of Screen Ireland, and Rory Dungan of Wildcard executive produced.

[5] It was announced along with a trailer in May 2020 that the film would premiere on Amazon Prime Video available in the UK and in Ireland in June before a later Irish theatrical release on 3 July.

The website's critics consensus reads, "Dating Amber colors outside the rom-com lines to tell a sweetly poignant story about friendship and self-acceptance.