ifi october programme

OCTOBER 2014

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THE IRISHFILM INSTITUTE

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The Irish Film Institute is Ireland’s national cultural institution for film. It aims to exhibit the finest in independent, Irish and international cinema, preserve Ireland’s moving image heritage at the IFI Irish Film Archive, and encourage engagement with film through its various educational programmes.

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Join our panel for The Critical Take on October 29th (18.30) for a discussion on André Singer’s extraordinary Second World War documentary Night Will Fall (opens October 3rd), the British historical action film ’71 set in Northern Ireland (opens October 10th) and the re-issue of Michelangelo Antonioni’s cult classic Zabriskie Point from 1970 (opens October 24th). This event is FREE and open to all to attend and to take part.

THE CRITICAL TAKE

The IFI’s annual gore-fest, IFI Horrorthon, returns from October 23rd to 27th with another bloody feast of features set to shock you to the core! With over 30 new releases showcasing the best of Irish and international films of the genre, including many Irish premieres, a new IFI Horrorthon Honours selection, special guests, and judiciously chosen classics, this year’s festival will be the most grizzly yet. A highlight of the IFI calendar! (See page 19 for further details.)

The IFI Evening Course, South Facing, will take place every Tuesday between October 7th and November 11th, focusing on the cinema of Latin America. Inspired by the work of directors such as Walter Salles, Lucrecia Martel, Alfonso Cuarón and others, this six-week course will examine a selection of titles from several different Latin American countries with guest speakers at each screening. Cost: €65 for complete course (concessions €60). Book before October 7th by emailing Sharon Corrigan ([email protected]).

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Why not join us in the IFI Café Bar for a night of wine tasting on Tuesday, October 14th at 19.30. For only €20 sample some Spanish wines along with tasty and tempting tapas! To book your place contact Sharon Corrigan (01 679 5744). A perfect mid-week treat!

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DIRECTOR’S NOTE

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This month we report on major advancements at the IFI Irish Film Archive, and present a programme which features the annual IFI Horrorthon, a celebration of German cinema, and a plethora of special events and guests…

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As previously reported, during the summer of 2014, with the generous support of the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, the IFI Irish Film Archive completed the first stage of its Digital Preservation and Access strategy through an ambitious infrastructure project. This is a major development for the Irish Film Institute. As a result of this, access to the collections will be vastly improved due to the speed at which digital collections can now be retrieved and the potential to make them more widely available in the future through technology-based access solutions. These improvements are the first steps for the IFI Irish Film Archive in achieving its goal to become a world-class Digital Archive, ensuring Ireland’s moving image heritage is preserved and accessible in an increasingly digitised era.

IFI Festival season is well and truly upon us once again. As we’ve just said goodbye to the first of this year’s autumn/winter festivals – another hugely successful IFI Stranger Than Fiction Documentary Film Festival – we’re now gearing up for our annual IFI Horrorthon over the Bank Holiday weekend, which promises the usual gory thrills and spills. This year there are some great new additions to the programme, including live music and readings, and we’re delighted to welcome two special guests: filmmaker Frank Henenlotter and scream queen (and now director) Jessica Cameron. Please see the separate IFI Horrorthon flyer for full programme details and information on special discounted day passes (see page 19 for further details). Next month, we’ll be welcoming back the Carte Noire IFI French Film Festival which boasts some fantastic guests who have yet to be announced.

This month we also continue our annual celebration of German cinema, and this year, IFI Kinofest, in partnership with the Goethe-Institut Irland, presents a short selection of the best in contemporary German cinema, alongside some of the grand masters – Edgar Reitz and Volker Schlöndorff.

It’s a particularly strong month for special events at the IFI. We’re especially pleased to welcome acclaimed British director Mike Leigh to the IFI (Oct 19th) to coincide with the release of his award-winning Mr. Turner. Alongside the documentary Tony Benn: Will and Testament, we’ll have a series of special introductions by a selection of guests. Filmmakers will be in attendance in abundance this month at screenings of their latest features, including director Niall Heery (Oct 10th) at the feel-good comedy Gold (starring David Wilmot and James Nesbitt); Aoife Kelleher at the thought-provoking and moving documentary about Glasnevin cemetery, One Million Dubliners (Oct 31st); a satellite Q&A at The Guarantee (Oct 30th), Ian Power’s telling of the night the Irish government committed to the bank guarantee; director Stere Gulea will introduce the screening of his latest film, the brilliantly funny I’m an Old Communist Hag (Oct 10th); and directors Laura Aguiar and Cahal McLaughlin will participate in a panel discussion following the Ireland on Sunday screening of We Were There (Oct 19th), which tells the true stories of female prisoners at the Maze Prison.

In addition to other great new releases and classics, there’s a fantastic music strand running through this month’s programme. We’re delighted to be exclusively presenting Björk: Biophilia Live which documents the final show in the tour of the latest album of one of the music industry’s most iconic stars. John Ridley (script writer of 12 Years a Slave) returns with his biopic about the early years of Jimi Hendrix before he found fame in Jimi: All is by My Side, while Elaine Constantine’s debut feature Northern Soul celebrates the music and the moves of this scene through the story of two young men in a Lancashire town desperately trying to get to America.

So there’s plenty to keep you occupied at the IFI this autumn and winter.

Ross KeaneDirector

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NEW RELEASES & IFI CLASSICS

SEASONS & EVENTS CALENDARDATE SCREENING TIME

7TH TUE

IFI EVENING COURSE: SOUTH FACING: TONY MANERO

18.30

9TH THUR

IFI KINOFEST: BROKEN GLASS PARK + GUEST 18.30

10TH FRI

I'M AN OLD COMMUNIST HAG + Q&AGOLD + Q&AIFI KINOFEST: STATIONS OF THE CROSS FRIDAY FRIGHT NIGHT: ZOMBEAVERS

18.3020.30 20.45 22.30

11THSAT

IFI KINOFEST: JACK 18.15

12TH SUN

IFI KINOFEST: BAAL IFI KINOFEST: HOME FROM HOME: CHRONICLE OF A VISION

16.00 18.00

14TH TUE

IFI CAFÉ BAR: WINE TASTING IFI EVENING COURSE: SOUTH FACING: STRAWBERRY AND CHOCOLATE/ FRESA Y CHOCOLATE

19.30 18.30

15TH WED

AFTERNOON TALK: NORTHERN IRELAND ON FILM FROM THE VAULTS: DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS

16.30 18.30

17TH FRI

'71 + Q&A 18.30

19TH SUN

IRELAND ON SUNDAY: WE WERE THERE + Q&A MR. TURNER: PREVIEW + DIRECTOR Q&A

13.00 18.30

20TH MON

IFI EXPERIMENTAL FILM CLUB: TONY HILL – GRAVITY PLAY

18.30

21ST TUE

IFI EVENING COURSE: SOUTH FACING: CITY OF GOD

18.30

22ND WED

FEAST YOUR EYES: EL BULLI: COOKING IN PROGRESS

18.30

23RD THUR

IFI HORRORTHON (SEE PAGE 19)

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25TH SAT


26TH SUN

IFI FAMILY: THE LITTLE VAMPIRE IFI HORRORTHON (SEE PAGE 19)

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27TH MON


28TH TUE

IFI EVENING COURSE: SOUTH FACING: WHISKY

18.30

29TH WED

WILD STRAWBERRIES: NOW YOU SEE ME FREE EVENT: THE CRITICAL TAKE

11.00 18.30

30TH THUR

THE GUARANTEE: PREVIEW + SATELLITE Q&A 20.00

31ST FRI

WILD STRAWBERRIES: NOW YOU SEE MEONE MILLION DUBLINERS + Q&A

11.00 18.30

For a breakdown of times and dates of IFI New Releases & IFI Classics, check out our weekly schedule on www.ifi.ie or the IFI ads in The Irish Times on Fridays and Saturdays. You can also sign up to receive our weekly ezine by emailing [email protected]

Scan the QR code to take you straight to the IFI homepage on your smart phone.

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HUMAN CAPITAL FROM OCT 1STIDA FROM OCT 1STSALVATORE GIULIANO FROM OCT 1STMAPS TO THE STARS FROM OCT 1STLE JOUR SE LÈVE OPENS OCT 3RDNIGHT WILL FALL OPENS OCT 3RDTONY BENN: WILL AND TESTAMENT OPENS OCT 3RDVIOLETTE OPENS OCT 3RDWITHNAIL & I OPENS OCT 3RDGOLD OPENS OCT 10TH ’71 OPENS OCT 10TH BJÖRK: BIOPHILIA LIVE OPENS OCT 17THNORTHERN SOUL OPENS OCT 17THPALO ALTO OPENS OCT 17THTHE BATTLES OF CORONEL AND FALKLAND ISLANDS OPENS OCT 17THJIMI: ALL IS BY MY SIDE OPENS OCT 24THTHE WAY HE LOOKS OPENS OCT 24THZABRISKIE POINT OPENS OCT 24THTHE GUARANTEE OPENS OCT 30THINVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS OPENS OCT 31STMR. TURNER OPENS OCT 31STONE MILLION DUBLINERS OPENS OCT 31ST

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OCTOBER 2014NEW RELEASES & IFI CLASSICS

FROM OCT 1ST In early 1960s Poland, young novitiate nun Anna (Agata Trzebuchowska, making a powerful debut) is required to visit her Aunt Wanda, her only surviving relative, before taking her final vows. Her hard-living aunt is a proud member of the Communist Party, and a judge whose fervent prosecution of enemies of the state has earned her the nickname ‘Red Wanda’. Initially wary of each other due to their vast differences, their relationship is complicated by Wanda’s revelation

that Anna was once Ida, born to Jewish parents of whom no trace remains. In search of her origins, Anna travels into the Polish countryside with her aunt, seeking a connection to the family she never knew, her faith tested in this and other, more earthly ways.

Beautifully shot, Pawlikowski’s spare and affecting film is a strong addition to Polish cinema’s body of work examining the country’s troubled history.

FILM INFO:82 minutes, Poland, 2013, Subtitled, Black and White, D-CinemaNotes by Kevin Coyne

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FROM OCT 1ST Dino (Fabrizio Bentivoglio) is a real estate agent who is easily seduced by the trappings of wealth, and fancies himself as deserving of a payday. He throws his lot in with hedge-fund hawker Giovanni Bernaschi (Fabrizio Gifuni), the father of his daughter’s boyfriend. Carla (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi), Giovanni’s timid wife, is desperate for validation and finds a project in renovating a rundown theatre, which gains her the attention of academic Donato (Luigi Lo Cascio). Dino’s daughter Serena (Matilde

Gioli) has little time for the Bernaschi’s money, and finds herself distracted by troubled artist Luca (Giovanni Anzaldo). A tragic accident is at the centre of a story presented in chapters, from three different points of view. With well-drawn characters and a daring, intelligent script, Paolo Virzì’s gripping, ambitiously constructed drama is a pertinent examination of life in a modern Europe which smartly addresses issues of relationships, class and capitalism.

(IL CAPITALE UMANO)

FILM INFO:109 minutes, Italy-France, 2013, Colour, D-CinemaNotes by Michael Hayden

HUMAN CAPITAL

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FROM OCT 1ST Castelvetrano, 1950. A lifeless body, riddled with bullets and drenched in blood, lies face down in a courtyard, two guns at its side. Reporters twitter around it, demanding answers from harassed policemen, creating stories and expounding theories about the scene they are confronted with. The dead man is 27-year-old Salvatore Giuliano, a Sicillian Robin Hood, regarded as a worthless bandit by some and a hero by many. Myth and reality mingle in Francesco Rosi’s tour-de-force

Salvatore Giuliano, a landmark work of political filmmaking which follows the path of the title character’s real life in order to expose the complex relationship between the Sicilian people, the Mafia, law enforcement and the political establishment. Rosi went to great lengths to represent his subject accurately, and the film became a noted inspiration for filmmakers such as Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola.

IFI CLASSIC

FILM INFO:123 minutes, Italy, 1962, Subtitled, Black and White, D-CinemaNotes by Michael Hayden

SALVATORE GIULIANO

FROM OCT 1ST Newly released from a psychiatric hospital, Agatha (Mia Wasikowska) embarks on a Hollywood adventure, connecting with Carrie Fisher via Twitter and sparking the intrigue of Jerome (Robert Pattinson), a wannabe actor/writer and driver of the limo Agatha hires as a treat. Agatha soon scores a job as gofer for Havana Segrand (Julianne Moore), a neurotic actress desperate to land a comeback role in a remake of a 1950s film which featured Havana’s late movie star mother. The ghost of Havana’s mother haunts her,

as the extent to which she abused her daughter is dubiously revealed by Dr. Stafford Weiss (John Cusack), a quack physical therapist. Weiss and his fragile wife Christina (Olivia Williams) are the parents of brat celeb Benjie (Evan Bird), the over-indulged 13-year-old megastar of the phenomenally successful teen-movie franchise Bad Babysitter. The Weiss family have reason to be concerned that Agatha is in LA. David Cronenberg lets rip in this deliciously vicious Hollywood satire, scripted by novelist Bruce Wagner.

FILM INFO:111 minutes, U.S.A.-Germany-France, 2014, Colour, D-CinemaNotes by Michael Hayden

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OPENS OCT 3RD Night Will Fall is a powerful new documentary about the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps and the efforts made by combat and newsreel cameramen to document the almost unbelievable scenes encountered there. Directed by André Singer (executive producer of the multi-award-winning The Act of Killing), it uses original archive footage and eyewitness testimonies to tell the extraordinary story of the filming of the camps. He says, "It has been an enormous privilege to talk to

the soldiers who first entered the camps, the cameramen who lifted their cameras and filmed, the editors who viewed the footage, and the victims who suffered there and who were recorded on film in the first, unbelievable moments when rescue finally came." At a time of highly charged debate about the ethics of filming the victims of atrocity, Night Will Fall provokes challenging questions about the nature and purpose of documentary.

FILM INFO:75 minutes, U.K.-Germany-France-Israel-U.S.A.-Denmark, 2014, Black and White and Colour, D-Cinema Notes by British Film Institute

NIGHT WILL FALL

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IFI FRENCH FILM CLUB IFI French Film Club screening will take place on October 7th. Tickets €7 for IFI and Alliance Français members.

OPENS OCT 3RD A gunshot rings out and a man stumbles through an apartment doorway, falling down dead. His killer remains behind the door of the apartment, which is quickly under siege from the gendarmes. As neighbours gossip about what a happy and decent man he once was, the killer reflects on events that have brought him to this dark place, and a fated love affair that continues to spur him on. Arguably the pinnacle of the poetic realism movement that emerged in France during the 1930s, Marcel Carné’s

Le Jour se lève remains an intensely romantic, emotionally engaging film, while its innovative flashback structure still intrigues and delights, despite having inspired any number of films since its release. The incomparable Jean Gabin is mesmerising as the man who takes desperate measures to protect the woman he loves, trapped between four walls as a consequence.

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IFI CLASSIC

FILM INFO:93 minutes, France, 1939, Black and White, D-CinemaNotes by Michael Hayden

LE JOUR SE LÈVE

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OPENS OCT 3RD Tony Benn was elected a British Member of Parliament in 1950. During a long and influential career that witnessed great social upheaval, he had to fight for his right to abandon an inherited peerage in 1960, his committed socialist beliefs brought him into conflict with many, and he was a thorn in the side of both Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair. His fraught relationship with the media saw him once decried as ‘The Most Dangerous Man in Britain’, then

celebrated as a ‘national treasure’, and the irony wasn’t lost on Benn, who remained involved in political campaigns up until his death last March, aged 88. Skip Kite’s documentary takes the form of an extended interview with Benn, illustrated with great archive footage and it’s an intimate reflection on the life, work and passions of an inspiring and brilliant figure. There’s great sadness in politicians like him having become increasingly rare.

FILM INFO:94 minutes, U.K.,2014, Black and White and Colour, D-Cinema Notes by Michael Hayden

TONY BENN: WILL AND TESTAMENT

OPENS OCT 3RD

FILM INFO:139 minutes, France, 2013, Colour, D-Cinema Notes by Alice Butler

Divided into chapters, each named after a figure instrumental in shaping Violette Leduc’s discordant life, director Martin Provost’s depiction of the acclaimed French author is forceful and moving. Beginning with Violette’s unruly relationship with duplicitous writer Maurice Sachs, the film captures the pair’s war-ravaged existence, eking out a living in the French countryside to avoid Nazi-occupied Paris, surviving on scraps bought on the black market. After Sachs abandons Violette, played

by the outstanding Emmanuelle Devos, she returns to the capital to finish the book he implored her to write, whereupon she tracks down Simone de Beauvoir to ask her to read it. Sandrine Kiberlain’s alluring de Beauvoir obliges and recognises in Violette’s writing a forthright voice capable of challenging received notions about female expression and sexuality. Stark and poetic, this is a beautiful rendition worthy of its intrepid, powerful subject.

VIOLETTEWe will have special guests introducing screenings of this film. Please see www.ifi.ie for updates.

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OPENS OCT 10TH Out on the street and down on his luck, homeless misfit Ray (David Wilmot) turns to one-time girlfriend Alice (Kerry Condon) for both shelter and the rare chance to see his estranged daughter, teenage athlete Abbie (Game of Thrones’ Maisie Williams). Ray’s presence doesn’t suit tightly wound ‘performance coach’ Frank (James Nesbitt), Alice’s current partner and the man Abbie considers her father, and his fears are quickly realised as Ray’s well-meaning

attempts to be a parent upset the balance of this small-town family.

Sparkling at the film’s heart is Williams, who captures perfectly the brashness and insecurity of a teenager desperate for success. Brave enough to show the real challenges of rebuilding families and lives, Gold is the best kind of feel-good comedy: one that earns the delight it inspires.

FILM INFO:85 minutes, Ireland, 2014, Colour, D-CinemaNotes by Conor Dowling

GOLD

DIRECTOR Q&A We are delighted to welcome director Niall Heery to participate in a Q&A session following the opening night (Oct 10th) screening of the film at 20.30.

OPENS OCT 3RD Withnail & I is a sozzled gem that is justly revered for showing little respect for the conventions of British cinema. Jaded, unemployable actor Withnail and his put-upon associate (referred to as Marwood in some sources, though never named on screen) are living out the fag end of the 1960s. Swinging London has passed them by, they live in a hovel of a flat where things might be alive in the unattended washing up, and they give themselves little option other than to drink. They deal

with the unwelcome attention of the libidinous Uncle Monty and drink; they go on holiday by mistake and drink; they demand "the finest wines available to humanity" and drink, and drink, and drink. Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann have never been better than they are here and while there’s an under-acknowledged poignancy to Bruce Robinson’s autobiographical script, it remains hilariously funny and eminently quotable.

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IFI CLASSIC

FILM INFO:107 minutes, U.K., 1987, Colour, D-CinemaNotes by Michael Hayden

WITHNAIL & I

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OPENS OCT 10TH It is 1971, and with escalating tensions in Northern Ireland, Gary Hook (Jack O'Connell) is one of a number of young English soldiers sent to keep the peace on the streets of Belfast. Clueless about the politics of the place and ill-served by his commanding officers, Hook is left to fend for himself in an unfamiliar, unforgiving city after a routine house search descends into a chaotic riot and he is separated from the rest of his unit. As night comes down and the soldier attempts get back to the army base,

Hook’s disorientating odyssey brings him into contact with Unionist and Republican paramilitary units, as well duplicitous forces stoking the flames of conflict, waging their own dirty war. Acclaimed TV director Yann Demange delivers a notable debut feature, an exhilarating action movie that has more in common with the work of Walter Hill or John Carpenter than it does with other depictions of The Troubles in recent British cinema.

FILM INFO:100 minutes, U.K., 2014, Colour, D-Cinema Notes by Michael Hayden

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OPENS OCT 17TH Since coming to international attention with The Sugarcubes, Björk has proven to be a fearless innovator. Her restless approach has led to a remarkable body of work, idiosyncratic and beautiful, providing a suitable backdrop for one of music’s most astonishing voices. Her most recent album, Biophilia, saw Björk embrace new technology in a typically unique manner, using an iPad to compose and record, and ultimately releasing a series of apps which allowed listeners to interact with the

music in a wholly new fashion. The subsequent tour lasted two years, the final show of which is documented in the film.

Featuring an Icelandic choir, specially created instruments, visuals perfectly matched to the music, and a setlist that draws on her entire career (usually presenting old favourites in entirely new arrangements), it’s a vital record of an exciting artist.


FILM INFO:97 minutes, U.K., 2014, Colour, D-CinemaNotes by Kevin Coyne

BJÖRK: BIOPHILIA LIVE

DIRECTOR AND WRITER Q&A We are delighted to welcome director Yann Demange and writer Gregory Burke to participate in a Q&A session following the 18.30 screening on October 17th.

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OPENS OCT 17TH The latest from a famed dynasty of filmmakers, the debut feature from Gia Coppola is based on short stories written by James Franco and references the classic portraits of disaffected youth that her grandfather Francis adapted from the work of S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders and Rumble Fish. Not that Palo Alto is overly nostalgic or sentimental about teenagedom, as Coppola takes on issues of sexuality, addiction and depression with a welcome frankness.

Stories weave around sensitive April (Emma Roberts) and sweet stoner Teddy (Jack Kilmer), two characters who seem destined for each other, yet both find it hard to articulate their feelings. She is distracted by illicit flirtation with her soccer coach Mr. B (played by Franco); while he starts to realise that booze and drugs might not be the sole cure to boredom, particularly as he witnesses the behaviour of his best friend Fred (Nat Wolff) become increasingly erratic.


FILM INFO:100 minutes, U.S.A., 2013, Colour, D-CinemaNotes by Michael Hayden

PALO ALTO

OPENS OCT 17TH England in 1974 and in a dreary Lancashire town John (Elliot Langridge) is about to take his final exams, leave school and face an uninspiring future on the factory production line. On a reluctant visit to his local youth club, John sees charismatic, confrontational Matt (Josh Whitehouse) dancing to Edwin Starr’s Time and is immediately drawn to the music and the moves. Under Matt’s guidance, John becomes a Northern Soul obsessive, the pair forming a tight bond in their

commitment to the scene, tracking down rare soul records, attending drug-fuelled all-nighters at Wigan Casino, and vowing to save any spare cash so that they might one day get to America. Featuring a number of familiar faces supporting an exceptional young cast, acclaimed photographer Elaine Constantine reveals her keen eye for period detail in her debut feature, a labour of love that brilliantly celebrates the music that soundtracked a pivotal youth movement and still resonates today.

FILM INFO:102 minutes, U.K., 2014, Colour, D-CinemaNotes by Michael Hayden

NORTHERN SOUL

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OPENS OCT 24TH Director and writer John Ridley (who scripted 12 Years a Slave) has produced a daring dream of a biopic, a film imagining Jimi Hendrix life in the years before he found fame. It’s 1966, and a frustrated Hendrix (charismatically played by hip hop star André Benjamin) is playing in a New York dive bar before he comes into the orbit of Linda Keith (Imogen Poots), the girlfriend of the Rolling Stones' Keith Richards. Linda’s connections and her belief in his talent inspire Jimi to take

on The Animals bassist Chas Chandler (Andrew Buckley) as his manager and relocate to London in search of stardom. These are the years before that stardom and the greatest hits are absent here, yet Swinging London is evocatively recreated and Jimi: All is by My Side does an exceptional job in the telling story of a troubled genius while acknowledging the women who gave him succour and direction during barren times.


FILM INFO:118 minutes, U.K.-Ireland-U.S.A., 2013, Colour, D-CinemaNotes by Michael Hayden

JIMI: ALL IS BY MY SIDE

OPENS OCT 17TH This virtually unknown film commemorates two key battles faced by the Royal Navy in the early days of World War One – the Battle of Coronel which took place on November 1st 1914 and the Battle of the Falkland Islands on December 8th 1914. The Battle of Coronel, off the coast of Chile, was a triumph for German Admiral von Spee – the first defeat of the British navy for a hundred years. The retaliatory strike was instigated six weeks later by ace British tactician Admiral Fisher who

sent two large battle cruisers, Invincible and Inflexible, to the South Atlantic to restore British supremacy.

Summers’ film was originally released on Armistice Day to act as a memorial to the thousands who died. Filmed on real battleships supplied by the Admiralty, this monumental production was shot mostly at sea near Malta, with the Isles of Scilly a convincing stand-in for the Falklands.

IFI CLASSIC

FILM INFO:105 minutes, U.K., 1927, Silent, Black and White, D-CinemaNotes by the British Film Institute

THE BATTLES OF CORONEL AND FALKLAND ISLANDS

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OPENS OCT 24TH Leonardo (Ghilherme Lobo) is a teenager who is not popular at school, but has a devoted friend in Giovana (Tess Amorim). The pair hang out at her parents' pool, rating how lazy they’re feeling on a scale of one to ten and discussing when Leonardo might experience a first kiss. He desperately yearns for independence, and resents his overbearing parents, preferring to stay in his room listening to his beloved classical music. He’s a typical moody school kid, then, but Leonardo’s

blindness does set him apart from others. When new kid on the block Gabriel (Fabio Audi) befriends the duo, tension develops between Leonardo and Giovana, as the three characters struggle to come to terms with their feelings for each other. The debut feature from Daniel Ribeiro is an affecting coming-of-age story with natural, engaging performances from a terrific young cast.

THE WAY HE LOOKS

OPENS OCT 24TH Following the success of Blow Up (1966), Antonioni had the opportunity to tell an American story and was inspired by a newspaper article he had read about a youth who had stolen an airplane in Phoenix. Roping Sam Shepard in to help with the script and heavily bankrolled by MGM, Antonioni embarked on the troubled production of a film that would examine the pervasive nature of big business, sympathise with student protests and the counter culture, feature

a prolonged orgiastic love scene, include breathtaking panoramas of Death Valley and the Arizona desert, have a striking soundtrack provided by Pink Floyd, Jerry Garcia and John Fahey, and climax with a mind-blowing explosion. The FBI watched him all the way, the film was dismissed by critics and blanked by audiences on release and it was to be Antonioni’s sole American venture; yet the ravishing beauty and admirable ambition of Zabriskie Point endures.

IFI CLASSIC

FILM INFO:110 minutes, U.S.A., 1970, Colour, D-CinemaNotes by Michael Hayden

ZABRISKIE POINT

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(HOJE EU QUERO VOLTAR SOZINHO)


FILM INFO:95 minutes, Brazil, 2014, Colour, D-Cinema Notes by Michael Hayden

IFI IRISH SHORT These screenings will be preceded by David Freyne's IFB-funded short film The Tree. (6 mins, Ireland, 2012)

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OPENS OCT 31ST One of the most evergreen of science-fiction films, Invasion of the Body Snatchers has been remade by Philip Kaufman (1978), Abel Ferrara (1993), and Oliver Hirschbiegel (2007). While there are merits to the adaptations of Jack Finney’s novel produced by Kaufman and Ferrara, and Hirschbiegel’s take is best forgotten, it is Don Siegel’s masterful allegory for Cold War paranoia and the rise of McCarthyism in the U.S. that has proved the most enduring.

In the town of Santa Mira, Doctor Miles Bennell (Kevin McCarthy) is confronted with patients claiming that family members have been replaced by imposters. Initially dismissing these concerns as mass hysteria, Bennell comes to believe something more sinister is happening than the townsfolk had ever imagined – ‘pod people’ from outer space have begun their invasion of the Earth. Still an effectively scary film, this is a welcome reissue for Hallowe'en.


IFI CLASSIC

FILM INFO:80 minutes, U.S.A., 1956, Black and White, D-Cinema Notes by Kevin Coyne

INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS

OPENS OCT 30TH On the night of September 29th, 2008, the Irish government decided to guarantee the entire domestic banking system. That decision was made by a handful of men in a room in the middle of the night. By the time the costs can be fully counted, in another 30 years or so, it will have cost over €60 billion – the most expensive bank rescue in history.

The Guarantee tells the story of that night, and what led to it. Starting four

years earlier, it charts the peak of the boom and the beginning of the bust.

Based on Colin Murphy’s stage play and directed by Ian Power (The Runway), The Guarantee features an ensemble cast of Gary Lydon, David Murray, Peter Coonan, Orla Fitzgerald and Morgan C. Jones, who all play dual roles.

FILM INFO:90 minutes, Ireland, 2014, Colour, D-CinemaNotes from Wild Card Distribution

THE GUARANTEE

PREVIEW AND SATELLITE Q&A A preview screening on October 30th at 20.00 will feature a live Q&A broadcast by satellite, hosted by Gay Byrne.


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OPENS OCT 31ST Never has journeying into the world of Ireland’s dead been as enlightening an experience as it is in One Million Dubliners, a fascinating exploration of Glasnevin Cemetery that was joint-winner of the Best Irish Feature Documentary award at this year’s Galway Film Fleadh. Cultural icons, political heroes, and ordinary Dubliners all find their resting place at Glasnevin and from the economics of arranging plots to the Frenchwoman who lays flowers at Michael Collins' grave,

the film unravels the richly detailed tapestry of these stories. Leading the way is Glasnevin’s tour guide and resident historian Shane Mac Thomáis, whose wisdom and charm breathes life into the stories buried under Glasnevin’s varied headstones and monuments. Concerned with mortality but never morbid, One Million Dubliners is a warm celebration of everyday life and a memorable contribution to Ireland’s ongoing conversation with its dead.

FILM INFO:80 minutes, Ireland, 2014, Colour, D-CinemaNotes by Conor Dowling

ONE MILLION DUBLINERS

DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER Q&AFollowing the screening on Friday, October 31st at 18.30, director Aoife Kelleher and producer Rachel Lysaght will participate in a Q&A.

OPENS OCT 31ST Mike Leigh has fulfilled a long held ambition to make a film about British painter J.M.W. Turner. Focusing on the 25 years before his death, Mr. Turner depicts a character who, in Leigh’s words, was “a giant among artists, single-minded and uncompromising, extraordinarily prolific, revolutionary in his approach, consummate at his craft, clairvoyant in his vision”, but also “eccentric, anarchic, vulnerable, imperfect, erratic and sometimes uncouth. He could be selfish and disingenuous, mean yet generous,

and he was capable of great passion and poetry.”

These complexities are embodied in an incredible, physical performance from Timothy Spall, who veers from pontificating about art in high society to issuing guttural grunts, from claiming the moral high ground to visiting a brothel or sexually exploiting his housekeeper. More than a standard period biopic, Mr. Turner is an enigmatic marvel from a masterful filmmaker.

FILM INFO:250 minutes, U.K.-France-Germany, 2014, Colour Notes by Michael Hayden

MR. TURNER

PREVIEW AND DIRECTOR Q&A There will be a preview of Mr. Turner at 18.30 on October 19th followed by a Q&A with Mike Leigh. Tickets €12 (€10 for IFI Members).

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Following last year’s successful event, the IFI is pleased to once again collaborate with the Goethe-Institut Irland in presenting this short selection of the best in contemporary German cinema. Whereas last year focused on emerging talent, IFI Kinofest 2014 takes a more rounded approach. New directors are represented by the opening film, Bettina Blümner’s Broken Glass Park. The most acclaimed German films of the year to have played on the festival circuit, Stations of the Cross (which will open at the IFI later in the year) and Jack, receive their Irish premieres. Grand masters of German cinema also feature in this year’s line-up, with the inclusion of Edgar Reitz’s Home from Home: Chronicle of a Vision, the latest episode in the Heimat saga. Finally, we’re particularly thrilled to present an incredibly rare screening of Volker Schlöndorff’s Baal with Rainer Werner Fassbinder. This wide-ranging choice of films serves to highlight the continuing richness of German cinema.

Introduction by Kevin Coyne. Notes on individual films as credited.

Presented in partnership with the Goethe-Institut Irland.

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FILM INFO:94 minutes, Germany, 2013, Subtitled, Colour, Blu-ray Notes by Kevin Coyne

Maria (Lea van Acken) is a devout 14-year-old Catholic girl counting down the days to her confirmation. She is determined to devote her life to Jesus and longs to attain sainthood. Encouraged by her fundamentalist family, and just like Jesus on the road to Golgotha, Maria embarks on a fraught path measured out in 14 stations and leading to her own sacrifice, resolutely resisting being distracted from her course, despite attracting attention from

Christian (Moritz Knapp), a boy she meets at school. Filmmaker Dietrich Brüggemann presents each chapter of Maria’s story in static, single shots, each incident framed impeccably, and it is an arresting and inventive device that serves the intensity of the drama. Stations of the Cross is a rigorous examination of radical faith and devotion, a study of the dangers of unquestioning dogma that is daring, intelligent, and slyly humorous.

STATIONS OF THE CROSS

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OCT 10TH (20.45)

OCT 9TH (18.30) Seventeen-year-old Russian immigrant Sascha (Jasna Fritzi Bauer) lives in a rough Stuttgart neighbourhood where her family has some notoriety, with her stepfather imprisoned for the brutal murder of her mother. When Sascha sees a sympathetic newspaper interview with the convict, she angrily confronts the editor, Volker (Ulrich Noethen), whose guilt leads him to invite Sascha into his home,

where he lives with son Felix (Max Hegewald). In this environment, the harsh and abrasive young woman slowly begins to mature into someone more open and accepting of the world’s flaws. At the heart of documentarian Bettina Blümner’s debut feature is Fritzi Bauer’s excellent performance as the complex and troubled Sascha, yearning for escape from the past and hope for the future.

SPECIAL GUEST & RECEPTION We are pleased to welcome producer Stefanie Groß to this opening film, which will be followed by a reception courtesy of the German Embassy Dublin.

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JACK

Jack (Ivo Pietzcker) looks out for his younger brother Manuel (Georg Arms) while their sweet-hearted but unpredictable 20-something-year-old mother Sanna (Luise Heyer) is distracted by friends and lovers.

Social Services recognise Senna’s neglect, and Jack is taken into care. His experiences lead him to run away, get to Manuel and go in search of their mother. A sincere and affecting social drama in the spirit of the Dardennes and Ken Loach, Jack depicts a boy with too much responsibility weighted on the shoulders of somebody so young, and there’s a notable, compelling performance from first time actor Pietzcker.

Sales company and print source: Beta Films.

FILM INFO:103 minutes, Germany, 2013, Subtitled, Colour, D-Cinema Notes by Michael Hayden

OCT 11TH (18.15)

HOME FROM HOME: CHRONICLE OF A VISION

With this new film, Edgar Reitz’s sprawling, epic Heimat series runs to some 57 hours covering the history of the fictitious Simon family, who live in the equally fictitious rural village of Schabbach. While previous instalments have covered the years

1919 to 2000, Home from Home acts as a prequel, set in Germany in the 1840s, and requires no knowledge of Reitz’s previous work.

The primary focus is on Jakob Simon, beguiled by the prospect of seeking his fortune in Brazil, much to the annoyance of his blacksmith father. Despite its almost four-hour running time, audiences will be left wanting more.

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Made for German television, Baal remained unseen for over 40 years after its first transmission in 1970, such was the displeasure it caused the Brecht estate. An adaptation of his first play, it tells of a wastrel poet

with an anarchistic streak, who rejects the bourgeois society that celebrates him in order to indulge his own dubious pleasures.

The film is perhaps most noteworthy for the talent involved, all of whom were at the early stages of careers that would reshape German cinema: Schlondörff, Margarethe von Trotta, Hanna Schygulla, and, in the title role, a dishevelled, mesmerising Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

FILM INFO:85 minutes, West Germany, 1970, Subtitled, Colour, D-Cinema Notes by Kevin Coyne

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BAAL

(DIE ANDERE HEIMAT – CHRONIK EINER SEHNSUCHT)

FILM INFO:225 minutes, Germany-France, 2013, Subtitled, Black and White and Colour, D-Cinema Notes by Kevin Coyne

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A separate flyer listing the full schedule for IFI Horrorthon 2014 will be available in early October. Please also see www.ifi.ie/horrorthon and horrorthon.com for future updates. Opening and closing night films €10.20. All other screenings €9.20. (IFI Membership is required for all films. If you are not an IFI Member then a Daily Membership fee of €1 will be added to each Horrorthon ticket price.) Special Festival packages will be available.

Ireland’s leading genre film festival, IFI Horrorthon, returns for its 17th year. As always, the programme features the best new work, Irish and international, to have appeared on the festival circuit, presenting these titles alongside previews of the most anticipated upcoming releases. This year sees some exciting additions to the format: there will be a special screening of silent classic Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages with live musical accompaniment; in association with the Bram Stoker Festival, there will be readings from the work of Ireland’s greatest horror writers; for younger fans, there will be an IFI Family screening of The Little Vampire (see page 22); and we also introduce a new strand, ‘IFI Horrorthon Honours’. We’re delighted to welcome this year’s guests, Frank Henenlotter and Jessica Cameron, to Dublin. With a line-up of over three dozen films, this year’s IFI Horrorthon will provide thrills and chills to satisfy all horror devotees.

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THE BABADOOK

We’re proud to open this year’s festival with the Irish premiere of one of 2014’s most acclaimed horror films, the eerie and atmospheric The Babadook. Single mother Amelia struggles to control six-year-old son Samuel, whose vivid flights of fancy regarding monsters and their existence drains her both physically and emotionally – until it suddenly seems that not every monster is imaginary…

Frank Henenlotter is the creator of cult classics Basket Case, Brain Damage, and Frankenhooker, all of which will screen during the festival, as will Frank’s new documentary, That’s Sexploitation! Since her 2008 debut, scream queen Jessica Cameron has built up an impressive body of work. Jessica will present her acclaimed directorial debut, Truth or Dare, at this year’s IFI Horrorthon.

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This new strand will focus each year on a true icon of horror. The inaugural edition celebrates the inestimable Vincent Price. With almost 200 credits to his name in a career spanning over 50 years, his contribution to the genre is indisputable. We’re pleased to present The Abominable Dr. Phibes, House of Usher, and, on 35mm, Theatre of Blood.

WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS

From the team behind Flight of the Conchords comes this comic mockumentary about house-sharing vampires in New Zealand. Viago, Vladislav, and Deacon struggle with modern technology and try to get invited into bars and clubs until new arrival Nick, a 21st-century hipster, throws their lives into chaos. This very funny film will provide the perfect ending to this year’s festival.

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IRELAND ON SUNDAYWILD STRAWBERRIESARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME IFI FAMILYI’M AN OLD COMMUNIST HAGFRIDAY FRIGHT NIGHT FROM THE VAULTS AFTERNOON TALK IFI & EXPERIMENTAL FILM CLUBFEAST YOUR EYES

Wild Strawberries is our bi-monthly film club for over 55s.

If you have often dreamt about getting the better of your bank manager, this smart crime drama should appeal.

The Four Horsemen are a group of magicians who combine sleight of hand, hypnotism, illusionism and escapology in huge stage shows during which a random audience member is teleported to his own bank to raid the safe. With the FBI and Interpol hot on their heels, their manager Arthur, keenly played by Michael Caine, is determined to keep the show on the road.

€3.85 including regular tea/coffee before the screening. Wild Strawberries is our film club for over 55s. If you are lucky enough to look younger, please don’t take offence if we ask your age.

DIRECTOR:Louis Leterrier

FILM INFO:115 minutes, France-U.S.A., 2013, Crime-Mystery-Thriller

OCT 29TH & 31ST (11.00)

Ireland on Sunday is our monthly showcase for new Irish film.

This captivating documentary features the unique experiences of women in the predominantly male world of the Maze/Long Kesh Prison during The Troubles in Northern Ireland. The film

includes stories of a prison officer’s wife, prisoners’ relatives, Open University tutors, Probation Service staff and a visual artist. The interviews featured in the film were recorded by the Prisons Memory Archive, which filmed 140 walk-and-talk interviews around the empty prison during the summer of 2007.

It is a fascinating, moving and very personal insight into the experiences of these women at this time.

The screening is presented in association with the Institute for British-Irish Studies, UCD. It will be followed by a Q&A with directors Laura Aguiar and Cahal McLaughlin and participants.

OCT 19TH (13.00)

DIRECTORS:Laura Aguiar and Cahal McLaughlin

FILM INFO:61 minutes, 2014, D-Cinema

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THE LITTLE VAMPIREOCT 26TH (11.00)

It’s time to sharpen your fangs for our Hallowe’en screening, the story of young American Tony who moves with his family to Scotland. Lonely, he is looking for a friend who will bring adventure into his life. So when Rudolph the Vampire flies into his room, Tony takes off with him on a flying adventure. They join forces to fend off the vampire hunter and save the 300-year-old family.

Before the film we will have a Parade of Vampires through IFI Foyer. Come in your favourite scary outfit and see if you can terrify us! We’ll be on the lookout for sharp fangs, stinking garlic, wooden stakes and scary fake blood!

DIRECTOR: Uli Edel

FILM INFO: 95 minutes, Germany-Netherlands-U.S.A., Adventure-Comedy-Family, Recommended 7+

Tickets: €4.80 per person, €14.40 family ticket (2 adults + 2 children/1 adult + 3 children)

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ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME

Join us for free lunchtime screenings of films from the IFI Irish Film Archive. Simply collect your tickets at the IFI Box Office. Please see www.ifi.ie for dates and times.

With Hallowe'en looming, we present two ghost stories produced by impresarios Micheál MacLiammóir and Hilton Edwards.

PROGRAMME 1: RETURN TO GLENNASCAUL Introduced by Orson Welles, a long-time friend of the pair, while on a break from filming Othello, this is the story of an encounter with two ethereal women in the foothills of the Dublin mountains. FILM INFO: 23 minutes, 1951, Black and White

PROGRAMME 2: FROM TIME TO TIME (AKA A STONE IN THE HEATHER) Framed by a fireside introduction from MacLiammóir, this eery tale, written by George Morrison (Mise Éire) sees Maureen Cusack haunted by a War of Independence informer. FILM INFO: 20 minutes, 1954, Black and White

We present this programme with kind permission of The Edwards MacLiammóir Estate.

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On the eve of IFI Horrorthon we present the gothic horror which gave Siobhan McKenna her first starring role. Emmy Baudine (McKenna), an angelic young girl plays the church organ and works as the trusted housekeeper to the priest (Liam

Redmond) in an Irish village. Despite these saintly credentials the women of the village find her unsettling while the men find her irresistible. Following a savage encounter with a boxer from a visiting fairground who falls for her dangerous charms, Emmy is sent to live with a wealthy family in Yorkshire where her relations with the opposite sex become ever more violent. This intriguing sexual psychodrama from prolific British B-movie director Lance Comfort presents an early instance of that rare villain, the female serial killer.

Image courtesy of the BFI National Archive

OCT 15TH (18.30)

DIRECTOR:Lance Comfort

FILM INFO:91 minutes, U.K., 1948, Black and White, 35mm

FROM THE VAULTSDAUGHTER OF DARKNESS

Please see page 19 for further information on IFI Horrorthon.

In partnership with the Romanian Cultural Institute in London and the Embassy of Romania in Ireland on the occasion of Romanian Cultural Days in Dublin, the IFI welcomes director Stere Gulea to present his latest film, the funny and poignant I’m An Old

Communist Hag. Veteran actress Luminita Gheorghiu (The Death of Mr Lăzărescu, Child’s Pose) plays Emilia, whose quiet life with husband Tucu is disturbed by the sudden arrival of her daughter from the U.S., with American fiancée in tow. While Emilia is at first worried about how best to present her home to the glamorous American, she quickly realises that life under capitalism has its own particular problems.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Stere Gulea.

OCT 10TH (18.30)

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DIRECTOR:Stere Gulea

FILM INFO:98 minutes, Romania, 2013, Subtitled, Colour, D-Cinema Notes by Kevin Coyne

As a warm-up for this month’s IFI Horrorthon, we present this screening of horror-comedy Zombeavers. While the title lets audiences know what they’re in for, this is no Sharknado or similar. Instead, Zombeavers is a very funny,

very smart B-movie that keeps the laughs and gore coming in equal measure, with some unexpected developments along the way.

Despite the frankly ludicrous situation in which they find themselves, the characters never question it, adding to the humour. Stay to the very end for a great song over the closing credits, and a teaser for a possible sequel.

Please see page 19 for further information on IFI Horrorthon.

FRIDAY FRIGHT NIGHTZOMBEAVERS

OCT 10TH (22.30)

DIRECTOR:Jordan Rubin

FILM INFO:80 minutes, U.S.A., 2014, Colour, D-Cinema Notes by Kevin Coyne

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The representation of Northern Ireland on film, currently in focus again with the release of ’71 (see page 10), has gone through a series of transformations; from a tragic, abject province devoid of hope during

The Troubles to more affirmative images during the peace process.

Lately the emphasis has been on marketing Northern Ireland to major global media corporations as an attractive film location. While attempts at image transformation and economic regeneration are welcome, in this illustrated talk Dr. Stephen Baker (University of Ulster) asks what does this mean for politically and culturally engaged cinema that might illuminate, investigate and question Northern Ireland’s new dispensation.

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Our monthly gastronomic feature followed by a meal in the IFI Café Bar.

A Michelin 3-star restaurant situated in northeastern Spain, elBulli was internationally renowned for its avant-

garde 35-course menus developed by chef Ferran Adrià and his meticulous team until its closure in 2011.

German director Gereon Wetzel takes a behind-the-scenes look at the extraordinary work involved by filming both at the restaurant and at the laboratory in Barcelona where the chefs were based for six months of every year to develop new ideas for the menu, often using techniques and appliances more commonly associated with scientific experiment. His resulting documentary is an elegant and innovative study on creativity and collaboration.

OCT 22ND (18.30)

DIRECTOR:Gereon Wetzel

FILM INFO:108 minutes, Germany, 2010, Colour, D-Cinema

FEAST YOUR EYESEL BULLI: COOKING IN PROGRESS

Tickets €20. Free list suspended.

Tony Hill has consistently applied an interest in space, place, viewpoint and orientation to his practice as an artist and filmmaker. His bizarre and sometimes humorous vantage points make us rethink our assumptions about perspective, gravity, scale

and movement. Developing his own camera rigs and ingeniously using mirrors and unusual lenses, he exploits the great potential for film to see in different ways.

Tony Hill will be present to enact his cinematic performance ‘Point Source’ and for a Q&A after the screenings. This programme, curated by Aoife Desmond, is presented in association with DMARC (Digital Media and Arts Research Centre) at University of Limerick and Indie Cork Film Festival 2014.

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FILM INFO:Total duration approx 70 minutes See www.ifi.ie for full details on all short films in our programme.

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