Maynooth Film for All

Kildare County Council Library & Arts Service in partnership with The Centre for Media Studies NUI Maynooth presents the ‘08/’09 season of Maynooth Film for All film club.

Oct 8

GarageDir: Lenny AbrahamsonIreland|2007|85 minutes Starring: Pat Shortt, Ann-Marie Duff and Conor RyanLanguage: EnglishA startling and hypnotic tragi-comedy from the margins of contemporary Irish life.

Nov 5

Lust, Caution|Se, JieDir: Ang Lee Taiwan|2007|157 minutes Starring: Wei Tang, Tony Leung, Joan ChenLanguage: Mandarin/Japanese Ang Lee’s follow up to Brokeback Mountain is another tale of forbidden passion, this time in Japanese occupied Shanghai.

Dec 3

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly|Le Scaphandre et le PapillonDir: Julian Schnabel France|2007|114 minutes Starring: Mathieu Almaric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Max von SydowLanguage: FrenchThe moving story of Dominique Bauby editor-in-chief of French Elle who went from playboy to paralysed.

Jan 14

The Edge of Heaven|Auf Der anderen SeiteDir: Faith Akin Germany/Turkey|2007|122 minutes Starring: Baki Davrak, Tuncel Kurtiz, Nursel Kose, Nurgul YesilcayLanguage: German/Turkish/EnglishAn emotionally draining drama, which moves back and forth from Germany to Turkey in a seamless story of interlocking lives.

Feb 4

Taxi To the Dark SideDir: Alex Gibney USA|2007|106 minutes Language: EnglishThis gripping documentary feature investigates the shocking mistreatment of United States’ prisoners of War held in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay.

March 4

Kings Dir: Tom Collins Ireland|2006|88 minutesStarring: Colm Meaney, Donal O’Kelly, Brendan ConroyLanguage: IrishAdapted from ‘The Kings of the Kilburn High Road’ this is a tale of friendship, loss and the isolation of a group of Irish men living in London.

All screenings in John Hume Building JHL2 at 7.45pm. Screenings may be subject to change.

April 8

La AntenaDir: Esteban Sapir Argentina|2005|90 minutes Starring: Alejandro Urdapilleta, Valeria BertucceliLanguage: SpanishThis surreal, monochrome fairytale is sublime and as much a coup for Spanish-language cinema as Pan’s Labyrinth was before it.

May 6

You Kill Me Dir: John Dahl USA|2007|92 minutes|15A Starring: Ben Kingsley, Tea Leoni, Luke WilsonLanguage: English A black comedy featuring Ben Kingsley as a hit-man forced to enrol in AA meetings after getting drunk and passing out on the job.

Pricing structureFull Membership: Which includes membership to Kildare County Council libraries: €45.00 for a full season of eight filmsConcessions: €20.00 per season (unemployed, senior citizens)Students: €2.00 per screening with a valid student cardGuests: €8.00 per screening

For joining and full membership details for Maynooth Film for all Film Club, log onto http://www.kildare.ie/artsservice/

Or contact: Maynooth Film For All, Maynooth Community Library, Main St, Maynooth, Co KildareTel: 01 6285530 Email: maynoothlib@kildarecoco.ie