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www.indiecork.comSupported by
Rising Sons Brewery
04 11Oct 2015
A festival ofindependent film& music
INDIE CORK
Clíona and Benny McCabeMargaret Greene, Theresa Murphy and staff, The Gate CinemaPaul McCarthy, Ríonach Ní Néill, Ann Rea & Staff, Firkin CraneKate O’Shea and staff, The Crane Lane TheatreJudy Wilkins and staff, Rising Sons BreweryHugh McCarthy and staff, Cork School of MusicMick O’Shea, The GuesthouseJames and Michael Fitzgerald , The Project TwinsJohn Foley, Lisa Sheridan, Bite! DesignDenis Cotter, Geraldine O’Toole, Café ParadisoArthur Leahy, The Quay Co-opPaul Casey, O’BhéalJoe WinfieldJim Morrish, CMJ PrintingRaymond Kelleher, Clarion HotelMary Pawle, Mary Pawle WinesGerald Weber, sixpackfilmSalette Ramalho, Liliana Costa, Portugese Short Film AgencyKen LoachTadgh CrowleyKim Ling Morris, Aideen Quirke and members, Sample StudiosÚna O’Keefe Jane JermynHeidrun Rottke, Goethe InsititutRossa Mullin, Greg Canty, Film In CorkLydia SapounaDervla Baker
Oonagh KearneySteve WoodsLars Henrik Gass, Oberhausen Short Film FestivalLiz MorrisseyMarcin LewandowskiJed NiezgodaVivienne DickNicki ffrench Davis and staff, Civic Trust HouseFrancis LynchNorah NortonJasmina Sijercic, Bocalupo FilmsFrédéric PelleOrlanda LaforetSanam Majedi, Films DistributionErica Tremblay, Bernard Parham, Homespun PicturesGunnar Almér, Swedish Film InstituteBogdan Gombeasu, Raluca Paduraru, Mandragora FilmsLeila Badet, Bellota FilmsEmilia Mazik, Syzmon Stemplewski, Shortwaves FestivalFlorence Diez, Films de PierrePatrick Hurley, DogwoofCraig Noble, Pixel One ProductionsDon Hardy, KTF FilmsPascale RamondaSuzy O’MullaneJulius KozlowskiPaul Rowley, Nicky Gogan, Still Films
Tamaki Okamoto, Yuri Hiyashi, Carte BlancheHelio LeónMargarida Moz, Miguel Valverde, Films PortugalTerry McMahonJohn ConnorsMark O’ConnorRichie BolgerScreen Training IrelandLa CocinaForage & FindLoving SaladsPam FriedmanGeorgia HopkinsMichele MabrittoGabriele GelliAlbert Twomey, Ping PongMike McGrath Bryan , LuchadorHelen LynchSabina RogalaHarry GijbelsMichele DevlinSyzmon Stemplewski, Shortwaves FestivalAnne GatelyPaul MercierAll our volunteers The members shareholders and owners of IndieCork Festival for their support and loyalty
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Thank You
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A Welcome from IndieCork’s sponsor – Rising Sons Brewery
When the first edition of IndieCork was launched in 2013 Rising Son’s Brewery was under construction. A lot has happened since then. IndieCork is into its third successful edition and our brewery in Corn Market St. with its award-winning craft beers is thriving. Both festival and brewery, I believe, are making a contribution to the cultural and social life of Cork City and we in Rising Sons are proud of that and of our association with an independent, homegrown, festival.
We’re delighted that our sister venue, The Crane Lane Theatre, is the location for the IndieCork music programme - eight nights of independent bands and musicians and DJs. The Crane Lane also serves as the Festival Club each night ‘till late. We look forward to welcoming you at these and at the other venues of Cork Heritage Pubs.
We’re particularly looking forward to the screening, in the Rising Son’s Brewery of Craft, a documentary on the rise of the craft beer industry. Also screening will be a short film we commissioned ourselves from talented Cork filmmaker Brian Cronin, Rising Sons: The Building of a Brewery.
It’s a packed week of screenings and workshops and music and craft beer. We welcome all the guests. we congratulate the independent filmmakers and wish the IndieCork team the very best. Celebrate the spirit of independence.
Clíona McCabeRising Sons Brewery
It’s two and a half years since IndieCork was founded in April 2013 and in this our third festival we believe that we’ve found our voice, with a diverse programme giving expression to the richness that indie film has to offer.
For us it’s about collaboration, and seeing what we can contribute to the lives of the people who live here and also to the growing Irish indie cinema scene.
The festival has evolved artistically. Our music section now runs to eight nights at The Crane Lane Theatre. There you can discover new music, or see favourite performers reinvent themselves.
Our film programme is truly international, ranging from Irish/UK Premieres of important African films ro World Premieres of strong Irish indie features. IndieCork screens more shorts than any other festival in Ireland. We’ve given pride of place to the two programmes of new Creative Cork shorts.
We thank our partner organisations, our venues, the participating filmmakers and musicians. The Gate Cinema is
our home for the week. The staff at the Festival Desk there will be happy to assist you. The Firkin Crane join us in hosting the Dance On Film programme, the O’Bhéal Film-Poetry Competition, the Pitching Award and, for the first time, The Film Feast. Other venues are listed on the Box-office page of the programme, some of the most hospitable and interesting in Cork.
Unique to IndieCork, is our Membership structure. The festival is owned by our shareholders, and we thank them for keeping faith with us and for continuing to believe that a community-grown festival can be sustainable in these times.
Finally, a huge thanks to Clíona and Benny McCabe of Rising Sons Brewery, who have backed us from the start. Without them, we could not realise a festival of this scale.
Thank you all for your support of indie film and music and of IndieCork
IndieCork Team 2015
Credits
Honorary Patron - Ken Loach
Advisory PanelLenny AbrahamsonBill MorrisonPat MurphyLaurent CrouzeixRoger ShannonLouis MarcusJohn Smith
Management CommitteeArthur LeahyNiall OwensTony LangloisRonan LeonardElke O’MahonyÚna FeelyMick HanniganEileen HoganGer Marshall
Programme DirectorsMick HanniganÚna Feely
Festival ManagerÉibh Collins
Music ProgrammeTony LangloisEileen HoganKate O’Shea
Film selection teamMichele MabrittoGabriele Gelli Helen LynchDervla BakerSabina RogalaTadgh CrowleyÚna O’KeefeLydia SapounaHarry GijbelsGer Marshall
Catalogue EditorEllie O’Byrne
Technical and Projection ManagerKieran Fitzgerald
Special Programmes CoordinatorDervla Baker
PR ManagerDonna Patrice Reidy
Guest Co-OrdinatorRonan Leonard
Festival Club Co-OrdinatorShane Malone (Feast Presents)
Volunteer Co-OrdinatorLeah Hearne
Distribution Co-OrdinatorMike McGrath Bryan
AdministrationMichele MabrittoGabriele Gelli
Box Office SupervisorSophie Turban
Industry training / Ronan Phelan Euroconnection awardNiall Owens
Welcome to IndieCork!
Marcin LewandowskiSome of the members of the IndieCork team.
The Film FeastElke O’Mahony & Bia Sásta
Dance On FilmRíonach Úi NéillOonagh KearneySteve Woods
Design: Catalogue and PosterThe Project Twins
WebsiteJoe Winfield
PhotographyJedrzej NiezgodaMarcin Lewandowski
Festival TrailerDirected by Paraic EnglishMusic by Tony Langlois
AwardsLiz Morrissey
THEPROJECT
TWINS
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The Film Feast
On The Menu
Mary Pawle Wines – Importer and distributor of the finest range of organic wines in Ireland. www.marypawlewines.com
Forage & Find - Wild and flavourful food with a locally grown emphasis; incorporating hand-foraged ingredients and edible flowers in most of his dishes, chef and forager Kevin O’Connell has over 20 years of culinary experience.
La Cocina - Artisan home-made Spanish traditional recipes baked with local natural ingredients and no additives. You can find La Cocina at Wilton Farmer’s Market every Tuesday, Mahon Point Farmer’s Market at Mahon Point Farmer’s Market on Thursdays and on Saturday in Douglas Farmer’s Market.
Loving Salads - Combining local vegetables, seasonal fruits and the best grains from the Middle East to prepare delicious, wholesome salads with a twist! These salad combinations have their own style and are vegetarian, gluten free, vegan and dairy free.
Bia Sásta was founded by Elke O’Mahony to bring food events to Cork City and County. Elke writes for the Cork Independent, hosts The Food Hour on Cork City Community Radio 100. Elke is also involved in the Smart Agri Food Conference taking place in October in East Cork. For more details: www.biasasta.ie Elke O’Mahony
The Film Feast is a special night
of food and film at IndieCork.
Bia Sásta and IndieCork are delighted
to once more present a very special
night that fuses film and food. The Film
Feast brings Cork’s film and food lovers
together to enjoy specially chosen
local artisan produce and organic wine
in the lovely setting of the Firkin Crane,
which will be transformed into a food
market and cinema in one!
Sma Citroner Gula / Teresa Fabik / 2013 / Sweden / 99 minutes
In this culinary comedy, a young restaurant entrepreneur must figure out the special recipe for balancing her happiness and success in the midst of chaos. Agnes thinks she has everything figured out. She’s got a great apartment, a rockstar boyfriend, a job at a prestigious restaurant, and a close relationship with her parents. But when her comically conniving boss fires her, and she finds her egotistical boyfriend sleeping with a party girl more on his level, she realizes nothing comes that easy. Determined to rise above it, she takes a risk and joins some old friends in a venture to open a new restaurant. It’s just her luck when she finds out that famed food critic David, who goes by the pseudonym Lola, lives in her apartment building, and she concocts the perfect plan for a five-star review: date David and take him to her restaurant.
Love and Lemons, based on the bestselling novel, avoids falling into cliché by spending time to focus on the quiet revelations of Agnes as she grows into her own person, as well as presenting the more comedic situations in a genuinely awkward yet hysterical fashion. Paired with delectably filmed shots of the delicious meals Agnes and her friends create, this is one banquet you don’t want to miss.
Seattle International Film Festival
Love And Lemons
Thur 8th / 8.00pm
Firkin Crane
Box Office Information
IndieCork Festival Desk
12pm – 9pm daily at The Gate CinemaInformation line: 086 272 8848 (10am to 9pm)
Email: [email protected]
Festival Season Ticket – €65
Available from IndieCork desk at the Gate Cinema(valid for screenings and workshops except The Film Feast)
All tickets to the festival can be bought online from the venue website... Or in person at the venue...
Season Tickets on sale at IndieCork desk at The Gate Cinema...
Venue Map 1 - Gate CinemaNorth Main Street, Cork City
+353 (0) 21 427 9595 www.corkcinemas.com
2 - Firkin CraneShandon, Cork City+353 (0)21 450 7487www.firkincrane.ie
3 - The Crane LanePhoenix Street
Cork City+353 (0) 21 427 8487
www.cranelanetheatre.ie
4 - CIT Cork School of MusicUnion Quay, Cork
+353 (0)21 480 7307http://www.cit.ie/csm
5 - The Guesthouse10 Chapel Street, Shandon, Cork
email: [email protected]
6 - Rising Sons BreweryCornmarket Street, Cork
+353 (0) 21 241 1126www.risingsonsbrewery.com
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Tickets onsale at www.corkcinemas.com021 427 9595
Special Morning Price (Before 1pm) – all shows €5Daytime (up to 5pm) – €6.00 (€5.50 concession)
Evening Shows (From 6.00pm) – €8.75 (7.50 concession)Shortwaves (Special price) – €7.00 (all tickets)
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tickets onsale at www.firkincrane.ie021 450 7487
Dance On Film screening – €8.50
The Film Feast – €18.00
O’Bhéal Poetry Film Competion screenings – €5.50
Ronan Phelan Script Award – Free (ticketed)
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Schedule Schedule
Sun 4th Thur 8thTue 6th Sat 10thMon 5th Fri 9thWed 7th Sun 11thGate Cinema
Firkin Crane
Rising Sons Brewery
The Guesthouse
CIT Crawford College of Art & Design
Crane Lane Theatre
CIT Cork School of Music CIT Cork School of Music
World Shorts 1
Fortunes Wheel
Short Waves 1
Pursuit
Blues Jam
Kaara & late festival club
World Shorts 2
Goodnight Birdy + Auld Lang’s Ayne
Short Waves 2
Stubborn
The Building of a Brewery + Craft
Luchador presents
Dancing Bears
Caoilian Sherlock
Ealadha
& late festival club
World Shorts 3
Red Moon Rising + Sojourn
A Kind Of Sisterhood
Self-Portrait Of A Dutiful Daughter
CinéCeoil music videos
Tokyo Rosenthal
One Horse Pony & late festival club
World Shorts 4
Irish Shorts 1
Close Encounters
Creative Cork 1
Underling
Crevice
Kaleidoscope
Two films by Susan McWilliam
Irish Shorts 2
The Last Show
Creative Cork 2
Brendán da Gallaí work-in-progress
The Film Feast – Love and Lemons
Wild Card Sessions
Stevie G – Soul Power
late festival club with Darling
Emerging Artists
Irish Shorts 3
Malady
Coming Home
Song of the Blackbird
Oberhausen 1 – Music
Moody Roots
Fighting Caravans
+ late festival club
Oberhausen 2 – Artist film & video
The Participants
Focus on Still Films
Irish Shorts 4
Lambert and Stamp
Theeb
In The Turn
Ronan Phelan Pitching Award
O’Bhéal Poetry Film 1
O’Bhéal Poetry Film 2
Coming Home with Viko Nici
Harissa
G-Man World Bass Culture
Wiggle
+ late festival club
The Wolf’s Lair
Salvation Army
The Limerick Soviet
The Man From Oran
Pushtar
Back Home
The Wanted 18
‘Framing Dance’ with Steve Woods
PoetryFilm Archive screening
An Audience with Terry McMahon
Late festival party
with The Deans
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Migratory Paths and Insistent Ghosts
In Conversation With Damien O’Donnell
The Theory of Obscurity, The Residents
late festival club &Harry J and the Cons
Rising Sons Brewery
The Guesthouse
Crane Lane Theatre
CIT Crawford College of Art & Design
Firkin Crane
Gate Cinema
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Paul Rowley / 2015 / Ireland / 75 minutes
In an eerie world abandoned by adults, a gang of forgotten children play games to gain the favour of Mikhail, the self-proclaimed leader of this strange and isolated society. Rebelling against Mikhail’s bullying ways, Emilia, Boris and the bird-like shaman boy Josef devise a plan to escape, twisting the rules to beat Mikhail at his own game.
Developed in collaboration with the cast of children and teenagers, The Participants was filmed in Lough Boora Parklands in the midlands of Ireland, a remarkable landscape of reclaimed bogland that serves as a backdrop for a film that examines the nature of power, mob rule, and the darker side of human group behavior.
The director will be present for the screening.
The Participants
Sat 10th / 12.00pm
Gate
RitaMarie Lawlor / Ireland / 2015 / 80 minutes
A well-known playwright and director decides to work on his last play by having his performers switch off from reality for ten days as they stay in a house in the country to rehearse for their show.
However sparks fly, passion soars and jealousy rears its ugly head amongst these seven volatile, ambitious personalities driven by desire and selfishness. Tension erupts like a volcano in a beautiful house in the Irish countryside as egos and envy add fuel to the burning flames – this is a journey that will change the lives of these people forever.
World Premiere
The director will attend the screening.
The Last Show
Thur 8th / 6.30pm
Gate
Alan Lambert / 2015 / Ireland / 58 minutes
In a dystopian future 350 years hence, survivors in the Himalayan community of Pushtar communicate by sign language to conserve precious oxygen. Into this world, the weather children are born with a unique adaptation: the ability to sense changes in air pressure that herald an approaching methane storm, or a shift in a distant mountain range. Their warnings are crucial to survival, and they are watched by elders, canaries in the monstrous mineshaft of human folly. Two weather children are born that develop new forms of communication that will help them to escape Pushtar.
World Premiere of the latest work by leading Irish indie director, Alan Lambert, who will be in Cork for the screening.
World PremiereThe director will be present for the screening.
Pushtar
Sun 11th / 4.30pm
Gate
Irish Indie FeaturesPaul Mercier / 2015 / Ireland / 90 minutes
In this 21st century treatment of the timeless tale of ancient Irish lovers Diarmuid and Gráinne, Gráinne is the daughter of a Dublin crime boss and rather than become the wife of her father’s middle-aged lieutenant Fionn, she flees with his bodyguard Diarmuid.
With an ensemble cast of some of Ireland’s best-known actors, three time IFTA winner and Emmy Winner, Brendan Gleeson plays Searbhán, the hated villain the young couple meet on their escapades.
“A unique twist on the standard crime thriller,” Declan Burke, The Irish Examiner
“Impeccably acted gangster flick” Donald Clark, The Irish Times
The director will attend the screening.
Armel Hostiou / 2015 / France / 86 minutes
Vincent follows Barbara to New York out of love, but she’s more than a little surprised to see him; she has moved in with her Australian boyfriend. Undeterred, Vincent stubbornly decides he will do anything to win her back in this micro-budget film, shot in two separate periods, in the winter of 2012 and the summer of 2013 with a skeleton crew and a largely improvised script.
“New York is a city where human relationships are very codified and where those codes are fairly well respected. I had the idea of someone confronting those codes in the same way that you might bang your head against a wall to test how hard it is.” Armel Hostiou
“Stubborn, like its hero, is unabashedly romantic, utterly captivating, and often uncomfortably hilarious.” Film Society Lincoln Centre
“a French tale that invents, disrupts and overturns the codes of the country’s cinema” CafeBabel
Following it’s screening at IndieCork, Stubborn will open the Mannheim-Heidelberg Film Festival and also screen at Viennale in October.
The director and producer will attend the screening.
Ana Lungu / 2015 / Romania / 81 minutes
Cristiana is a 30-year-old woman brought up in a bourgeois middle-class family. Her time is split between writing for her PhD in Earthquake Engineering, conversations with Alex and Michelle, her two close friends, and occasional but eagerly awaited rendezvous with Dan, a married man with whom she is romantically involved.
After her parents move out of the family apartment into a new house, she decides to get a dog. It is something that she wanted ever since she was a child and now that she lives on her own she can finally fulfill this wish.
Best Fiction Film – Crossing Europe Linz 2015Best Director, Audience Award Bucharest IFF 2015Audience Award Bucharest European Film Festival 2015
Pursuit
Stubborn / Une Histoire Americaine
Self-Portrait Of A Dutiful Daughter / Autoportretul unei fete cuminti
Mon 5th / 9.00pm
Gate
Sun 4th / 9.00pm
Gate
Tue 6th / 9.00pm
Gate
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Telemach Wiesinger / 2015 / Germany / 82 minutes
Kaleidoscope is a film poem in 21 chapters. Pictures for the feature film have been taken during numerous journeys through Europe and North America on 16 mm black-and-white film. The single film sequences composed as abstracted Travelogues show stations of man being on the road watching and discovering or also stranded. Varied means of transportation, streets and signs signify a world which is always moving.
A varied combination of contemporary pieces of music – from Adrian Belew, Hayden Chisholm, Laurent de Wilde / Otisto 23, Andreas Gogol, Jojo Mayer, Gert-Jan Prins, Tobias Schwab and Gregory Taylor – rises and falls with Wiesinger’s kaleidoscopic choreography of images.
Jack James / 2015 / United Kingdom / 101 minutes
Malady explores the boundaries of a love built from grief and challenged by shame, guilt and secrets.
Following the death of her mother, Holly attempts to escape her grief and fulfil her mother’s dying wishes by venturing out to find love.
She meets Matthew, a man troubled by an obscure past. They find solace in each other until they encounter Matthew’s mother Lorelei, who attempts to destroy the mystique of their love and the bonds they have tentatively made. This thrusts the loving couple into a spiraling nightmare of lies and deceit, testing their loyalty and redefining their definition of family.
Silver Palm Award Winner, First Time Filmmaker: Mexico IFF 2015
The director will be present for the screening.
Frédéric Pelle / 2015 / France / 80 minutes
Aurélie is a waitress in a small French village hotel. She divides her time between work, the village bird-watching club, looking after the hotelier’s father and her mother, with whom she lives. Discreet and fragile, she is waiting for something to happen in her life. Then one day, she catches the eye of François, a friendly and charming salesman staying at the hotel.
This is the second feature of award-winning director Frédéric Pelle all of whose films have screened in Cork. Frédéric will attend the screening, with co-writer, Orlanda Laforet.
Kaleidoscope
Malady
The Song Of The Blackbird / Le Chant du Merle
Fri 9th / 4.30pm
Gate
Thur 8th / 12.00pm
Gate
Fri 9th / 9.00pm
Gate
Lyes Salem / 2014 / France / 128 minutes
During the first euphoric years following the independence of Algeria, two friends, Djaffar and Hamid, face a bright and promising future. But over the decades, secrets and betrayal drive them apart.
‘Impressive Lyes Salem directs, writes and stars in this epic drama about Algerian independence, seen through the relationship of two men, one a modest idealist, the other a consummate wheeler-dealer. Aside from superb acting, “Oran” is particularly notable for the way it questions Algerian foundational myths, used to disguise one-party rule. The acting is superb throughout, with Salem and Benaissa true standouts. Djaffar’s transition from a simple guy thrust into action, slowly awakening to the taint of his situation, is movingly handled, while Hamid’s ever-present smile, sunnily covering up his cupidity, leaves a lasting chill. “The Man From Oran” fits the kind of soul-searching, multi-decade exploration of a nation’s psyche that all cinemas should be producing every generation or so. ‘ Variety
Winner: Abu Dhabi Film Festival 2014 New Horizons Competition, Best Director from the Arab World
Abdellah Taïa / 2013 / Morocco / 81 minutes
In a working class neighbourhood in Casablanca, Abdellah, a homosexual teen, tries to build his own life within his big family, caught between an authoritarian mother and an older brother, who he adores. Based on first-time director Taïa’s own autobiographical novel, this gay coming-of-age story follows Abdellah’s incestuous fascination and unrequited love for his brother.
“Salvation Army is a searing portrait of queerness as a stiffling disappearing act. Never has cinema translated the experience of queer boyhood’s alienation with such concision, softness, and poetic accuracy.” Slant Magazine
Naji Abu Nowar / 2014 / Jordan / 100 minutes
Seen through the eyes of the eponymous hero of the film, a young Bedouin boy, Theeb is a nuanced look at the collision of East and West that occurred on the Arabian Peninsula during World War I, the outcome of which would ultimately bring the triumphs and trauma of modernity to the Arab world.
Theeb’s tribe is unwittingly pulled into the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire by an encounter with an Englishman with a mysterious box. When his older brother is chosen to guide the visitor to his final destination, Theeb sets out to follow them. A coming-of-age film and also possibly the first Bedouin Western.
‘There is a stark authenticity to this beautifully shot story of a Bedouin boy’s fight for survival during the second world war. A timeless arthouse drama’. The Guardian
The Man From Oran / L’Oranais
Salvation Army / L’armée du salut
Theeb
Sun 11th / 12.00pm
Gate
Sun 11th / 2.00pm
Gate
Sat 10th / 9.00pm
Gate
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Andrei Cohn / 2015 / Romania / 92 minutes
Robert is a young writer passing through a difficult time in his life. He decides to return home to his native village for the first time since his mother passed away three years ago. In more than 10 years, he paid only a few visits to his parents. As it happens, he meets two former classmates: Petrica, his old best friend, now married with children, and Paula, his teenage sweetheart. She is divorced after an unhappy marriage and is now working at a local store. She doesn’t seem to be engaged in a relationship.In 24 hours, Robert will rewrite his relationships with his father, his best friend, his first love and with his past.
Combining the austere domestic realism of the Romanian New Wave with a timeless plot that should resonate across all cultures, Back Home is a slow-burn contemporary drama about the eternal frustrations and resentments lurking just below the calm surface of small-town life…another quietly impressive addition to the growing ranks of quality Romanian cinema.Hollywood Reporter
Back Home / A Casa La Tata
Sun 11th / 6.30pm
Gate
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14 15Indie Music at The Crane Lane Indie Music at The Crane Lane
CineCeoil #1 – 9.30pm
venues’n’videos n’ one take wonders
With Ronan Leonard
The mainstream media spotlight on Feel Good Lost’s breakthrough for Hozier’s ‘Take Me To Church’ video, made use of local areas and talent. This mixtape of Cork bands with each video recorded in venues that contribute to the local scene and industry, all feature the main actors, script contributor and it’s DOP from said video. A night to celebrate Cork, music, video; including:
Fred at Triskel Christchurch by Myles O’Reilly and his Arbutus Yams.Stevie G and Christine Underwood at Fitzgerald Park by Feel Good Lost.Elastic Sleep by Emmet O’Brien and The Hard Ground by Pat Kiernan, both at TDC.Shookrah at Mother Jones Flea Market, by Blair Alexander Massie.
Tokyo Rosenthal – 11.30pm
A rare opportunity to see critics favourite Rosenthal. “Take Jackson Browne’s personal confessions and wrap them in Kris Kristofferson’s world weary tales of broken relationships and you have an idea of what to expect from Tokyo Rosenthal.”His recent festival work includes SXSW, The Edmonton Fringe Festival, The Carrboro Music Festival, Tyler’s Americana Festival, and the World Music United Festival. Always writing and always gigging, his musical journey continues.
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Festival club ‘til late
One Horse Pony – 12.00am
An original acoustic blues band, their unique line-up of guitars, harmonica, double bass, bodhran and low whistle inspires their fresh take on the blues.
Ping Pong presents
Underling – 9.00pm
Underling is a solo performer whose carefully crafted electronic audio-visual works recall early warp productions.
Crevice – 10.30pm
“So, I saw this band in the woods once - they were great - so you just have to take my word for it.”
Irene Buckley, Elaine Howley, and Roslyn Steer present ‘Crevice’, a collaborative exploration in sound. An improvisatory approach to song-writing provides plenty of opportunity for experimentation as electronic sounds and voices weave different worlds. Music to get lost in. When not playing in the woods, members of Crevice can be found making music all over the place.
Visuals provided by Eoin Heaney.
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Festival club ‘til late
Harry J and the Cons
– 12.00am
Harry J has one of the most distinctive and enjoyable voices of his generation. Playing a set of original lovers reggae with a laid back trio, the temptation to dance is infectiously hypnotic. As the night progresses the intensity of the set follows fusing elements of dub, dance and Caribbean flavours.
Moody Roots – 9.30pm
This five piece comprising of cello, violin, guitars and percussion, define themselves as “homegrown, West Cork, country swamp music with an orchestral twist”! Let’s add to that gorgeous arrangements and harmonies by these troubadors of family, sisters and friends from way out west, Lissarda! Simon Napier Bell described them as “beautiful, flowing, gently grooving music topped off by voices of sheer perfection.
Fighting Caravans – 10.30pm
Fighting Caravans are a 5-piece alternative rock band from Leeds, UK. The group record political and spiritual disdain with Americana/Blues overtones.The vintage guitar sounds lend to an aching exposition of lyrical variety. Fighting Caravans have a burden only alleviated via public execution. In a French coma, I give in…
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Festival club ‘til late
Blues jam – 9.00pm
Festival Closing Night Party
The Deans – 12.00am
Immense; melodic vocal harmonies allied to a hard-hitting rhythm section make The Deans one of the best live bands in the country. Fronted by guitarist / songwriter Gavin Dean and joined by the exciting drumming and soaring vocal ability of Gary Keon. Completing the line-up is Ronan Lally on bass and vocals. His rocksteady bass style and unique vocal are a fabulous addition to the three piece.
Luchador Gigs & IndieCork Present:
Luchador Showcase #1
Luchador Gigs debuts the first of its new series of mixed-genre shows, comprised exclusive of independent Cork-based bands and artists across the musical spectrum.
Doors 9pm sharp - Free in
Dancing Bears
Dancing Bears play ‘Irish Primitive’, acoustic trance guitar. Rory O’Brien is better known as guitarist a in Bog-Prog 3-piece Ten Past Seven and Metal Music Therapy group Kawtiks, as well as songwriting under his full name.
Caoilian Sherlock
Caoilian Sherlock is a singer and focusing on floating melodies and dry lyricism. His debut solo release of folk tinged ballads, is rich in country influences like Jackson Browne, Arthur Lee and Big Star. He’s also involved in eminent promoters Southern Hospitality Board, the ground-breaking Quarter Block Party, and The Point of Everything. A real renaissance man for the Cork scene.
Ealadha
Power-trio Ealadha’s sound derives from a vast palate of post-rock, metal and alternative influences, melding them seamlessly in a dreamy sonic vista that sees musical ideas breathe and given space to explore. Debut single ‘Dive’ is the band’s mission statement in one song: strident yet ethereal.Festival Opening Night
Blues Jam – 9.00pm
Kaara – 12.00am
Kaara are a high energy jam band hailing from the south of Ireland combining elements of Funk, Folk, Reggae, Rock and Soul to form the bands sound.
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Festival Opening
Night Party
– 12.00 ‘til late
Wild Card Sessions –8.30pm
Harry MooreI have always explored different situations, work places and processes, enjoying solo and collaborative projects. Working in both visual and sonic media I use found objects and recordings to explore the resonances that events leave in environments.
Takeshi and the Kid Takeshi and the Kid is an alternative/electronic music project drawing influence from everything from old video game soundtracks to trip hop. After a 2 year hiatus, Roseweave (Leighanna Rose Walsh) is dusting off the project, resuming work on her albums and incorporating a more vocal based style, while still retaining the signature bleeps and bloops.
QueefQueef are the combined forceful imaginations of Claire Guerin and Laney Mannion whistling into saucepans and banging stones off stones bringing the enjoyment of making noise (all sorts of noise) to the greater publicexperimenting in a live setting, exploring, connecting and bringing together a better understanding of the vocal calamity of humanity.
StartropicStartropic is comprised of musicians/producers Eoin O Sullivan and Brian Lane. They merge the organic textures of sampled drums and loops with sounds from vintage synths. Their influences include synth-pop, downtempo, and African rhythms.
Stevie G “Soul Power” – 10.30pm
Stevie G and special guests present an audiovisual journey through the world of soul music, tracing it’s journey from it’s roots to the present day.
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Festival club ‘til late
Darling – 12.00am
The steady rise of Darling continues. Arguably doing anthemic rock better than any other band in the country at the moment and their reputation is growing after every show and release.
DJ Harissa,
The Dub Imposter – 8.00pm
Man-G Killamanselector
– 9.00pm
Co-founder and selector at Cork Bass music collective World Bass Culture.
Wiggle – 10.00pm
Wiggle are a three piece dub groove band from Cork. Formed in 1999, the band consists of vocalist and beats maestro Toby Eaton, guitar, programming and samples Colm Rooney, Rory McGovern on keys and samples. Jim Conway aka VJ Present improvises with visual imagery projection. Wiggle gigs are an electronic rhythm riot, part entrancing mash-up, part swirling sonic voyage that makes their every gig an extraordinary event not to be missed.
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Festival club ‘til late
Tuesday 6th Wednesday 7th Friday 9th Sunday 11thMonday 5th
Sunday 4th
Thursday 8th Saturday 10th
Late Nights @ The Crane Lane Join the Festival Club late into the night, open to 2am!
Sunday 4th October 9.00pm – Blues Jam
12.00am – Kaara
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Monday 5th OctoberCollaboration with LuchadorDoors 9pmDancing Bears
Ealadha
Caolian Sherlock
Tuesday 6th October9.30pm – Cine Ceoil music videos
11.30pm – Tokyo Rosenthal
+ Festival club ‘til late
12.30am – One Horse Pony
Wednesday 7th OctoberCollaboration with Ping Pong9.00pm – Underling
10.30pm – Crevice
+Festival club ‘til late
12.00am – Harry J & The Cons
Thursday 8th October8.30pm – Wild Card Sessions
10.30pm – Stevie G
+ Festival club ‘til late
12.00am – Darling
Friday 9th October9.30pm – Moody Roots
10.30pm – Fighting Caravans
+ Festival club ‘til late
Saturday 10th October8.00pm – Harissa
9.00pm – Man-G World Bass Culture
10.00pm – Wiggle
+ Festival club ‘til late
Sunday 11th October9.00pm – Blues Jam
+ Closing Night Party ‘til late
12.00am – The Deans
Welcome to IndieCork
@ The Crane Lane
Cork is rightly famous for it’s maverick sounds and IndieCork is proud to offer a rich and diverse music programme at the Crane Lane Theatre. We’re working with renowned local promoters Luchador and Ping Pong who will showcase exceptional Cork music. New trio Crevice look inviting. Our own Stevie G (and friends) will be bringing his ‘Soul Power’. Enjoy Wiggle’s magnificent reggae vibrations. Have a listen to the country swamp sounds of Moody Roots and Sheffield’s Fighting Caravans. Join Ronan Leonard for his personal excursion through Cork’s music videos with CineCeoil. Our uznique Wildcard Night with emerging artists and experimenters will challenge and entertain us. What more would you want!
With thanks to: Kate O’Shea, Justin and staff of the Crane Lane Theatre; Benny and Cliona McCabe, Judy Wilkins and staff, Rising Sons Brewery; Albert Twomey, Ping Pong; Mike McGrath-Bryan, Luchador.
16 17Documentaries Documentaries
Joe Lee / 2015 / Ireland / 76 minutes
The life and legacy of the Fairview lion tamer.Bill Stephens was a young man in 1950s Ireland with an extraordinary ambition: to become an international circus star. Bill and his wife Mai’s double act, Jungle Capers, was a series of death-defying feats with a troupe of lions and dogs designed to thrill audiences in the circus tent and on the stage. Things went terribly wrong in November 1951 when one of their animals escaped. 60 years later, two families and a community have come together to tell the story in full.
“An extraordinary story… recounted with panache.” Irish Independent
Best Irish Documentary, Dublin Film Critics’ Awards
The director will attend the screening.
Cindy Jansen / 2015 / The Netherlands / 48 minutes
Two brothers, two very different lives…Filmmaker Cindy Jansen met John Lawson in Paris shortly before he died in 2009. His story of his love for his brother Alan and his life of partying, resulting in alcoholism and lies, convinced her to look up his brother, a respectable professor at Brown University in Boston.Audio recordings of John were made in Paris in 2008; his voice-over alternates with images of Alan in his daily surroundings, films from the family’s archive and images and places John spoke about.
A film to make you ponder life’s choices and society’s accompanying expectations.
The director will attend the screening.
“Auld Lang Syne will be preceded by Goodnight Birdy a drama by Maria Møller Kjeldgaard (22 mins, see page 26)
Michele Devlin, Claire Hackett / 2015 / Ireland / 70 minutes
This film tells the story of women political prisoners in Armagh and Maghaberry gaols. Nine women (eight Republican and one Loyalist) speak about the oppressive prison conditions they endured and their struggle with the prison authorities. Although this part of the history of the conflict in the North has been largely ignored, it is a complex and compelling story. The women’s stories show the depth of suffering they endured but also their resistance to criminalisation and the strength of the bonds between them.
A Kind Of Sisterhood is presented as a work–in–progress.
The directors and some of the former prisoners will attend the screening.
Fortune’s Wheel
Film night at
Rising Sons Brewery
Auld Lang Syne
A Kind Of Sisterhood
Sun 4th / 4.30pm
Gate
Mon 5th / 6.00pm
Rising Sons Pub
70 mins
Special event
Free Screening
Mon 5th / 4.30pm
Gate
Tue 6th / 6.30pm
Gate
Vico Nikci / 2014 / Ireland / 86 minutes
Angel Cordero was charged with attempted murder following a stabbing in The Bronx. Despite the evidence, Angel served thirteen years in prison. Years later, Dario Rodriguez confessed to the crime.Still not exonerated, we follow Angel as he is released into a new age of social communication - eventually confronting the man who took away his freedom.Angel realizes that facing Dario is not his greatest challenge. He discovers that the most important thing taken away from him was the relationship with his daughter. At its heart, this is a story about a father’s journey to reconnect with his estranged daughter.
Winner: Best Irish Documentary at the Galway Film Fleadh 2015
The Director will be present at the screening.
Don Hardy / 2015 / USA / 87 minutes
The documentary tells the story of The Residents, a renegade sound and video collective, a story that spans over 40 years and is shrouded in mystery. Many details surrounding the group are secret, including the identities of its members.
“The Residents may be known more for their signature costumes - tuxedos with giant eyeballs covering their heads - than the nearly 50 albums and 24 multimedia projects they’ve released since 1972. But a new film puts a spotlight on the influence of the avant-garde group’s DIY approach and its twist on musical collages, spoken word and performance art.” Billboard Magazine
James D. Cooper / USA / 2015 / 117 minutes
Lambert & Stamp tells the remarkable story of Chris Stamp and Kit Lambert, aspiring filmmakers from opposite sides of the tracks who set out to find a subject for their underground movie, leading them to discover, mentor and manage the iconic band that would become known as The Who.
Lambert & Stamp is charged with a mad concoction of noise, love, rebellion, artistry, and hilarity. Starring Chris Stamp and Kit Lambert, featuring Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend, director James D. Cooper takes us along on the surprising ride of two men who shaped one of the most exciting bands of all time and on a universal search examining the sensitive and frightening bonds that make it possible to create.
“… enough archival footage to make you feel as if you were there, or at least sorry that you missed it all.” The New York Times
Renowned member of The Who entourage and participant in the film, ‘Irish Jack’ Lyons will introduce the screening.
Coming Home
Theory Of Obscurity: A Film About The Residents
Lambert & Stamp
Sat 10th / 12.00pm
Gate
Fri 9th / 6.30pm
Gate
Sat 10th /6.30pm
Gate
Two films documenting the rise and rise of the craft brewing industry. Brian Cronin’s short film records the emergence of the Rising Sons Brewery, while Craig Noble’s stateside film whizzes through the characters, funny and peculiar, behind some of the U.S.A.’s favourite craft beers. Good stories, enjoyed in their natural surroundings
Rising Sons:
The Building of a Brewery
Brian Cronin / 2015 / Ireland / 5 minutes
A short film documenting the birth of a craft brewery in the heart of Cork City.
Craft
Craig Noble / 2015 / US / 60 minutes
With the independent craft-brewing industry experiencing sustained double-digit growth, breweries are put to the test to maintain quality, creativity and integrity in the face of a new and voracious demand. Join filmmaker Craig Noble for a behind-the-scenes look at the trailblazers, rogues and misfits dedicated to crafting better beer.
18 19Documentaries
Founded in 1954, the
International Short Film Festival
Oberhausen (Internationale
Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen)
is one of the pioneering film
festivals for short films and a
major venue for experimental,
documentary, and artist’s film
and video.
We are delighted to welcome
to Cork, Dr. Lars Henrik Gass,
Festival Director to present two
very special programmes of
work: 1. German music videos,
Saving Pop Culture 3 and
2. Artist Film & Video.
Oberhausen
In 1999, Oberhausen introduced the world’s first festival prize for a music video made in Germany – the MuVi Award. This programme gathers together some of outstanding works nominated for the German Music Video Award between 2007 and 2015. The impulse to create this award arose out of the observation that music videos had increasingly managed to emancipate themselves from their purely illustrative and advertising function, transforming themselves into a completely independent medium.
One Minute Soundsculpture (Ryoji Ikeda)Daniel Franke / 2010 / 1 min
Einundzwanzig (Jan Roth) Martin Eichhorn / Daniel Spindler / 2013 / 4 mins
Zum König geboren (Marteria) Daniel Franke / Martin W. Maier, / 2009 / 3 mins
Blood (Vangelis) Oliver Pietsch / 2011 / 3 min
Dot (Michael Fakesch)Jörg Petri / 2007 / 4 mins
Easy Or Not (Tim Neuhaus ft. Kat Frankie)Dietrich Brüggemann / 2013 / 4 mins
Fratzengulasch (Die Vögel)Katharina Duve / Timo Schierhorn / 2011 / 5 mins
Giddy (Pereira Elsewhere ft. Gonjasufi)Pussykrew / 2013 / 4 mins
Graf (Lithops)Karl Kliem / 2009 / 4 mins
Der Investor (Die Goldenen Zitronen)Ted Gaier / Katharina Duve / Timo Schierhorn / 2013 / 4 mins
There Will Be Singing (Efdemin)JUTOJO / Phillip Sollmann / 2010 / 6 mins
Down (Occupanther)Johannes Brugger / 2014 / 4 mins
Die Seitenlehne (Lena StoehrfaktorPappsatt / 2010 / 5 mins
Videotape (Radiohead)Wolfgang Jaiser / Claus Winter / 2008 / 4 mins
Lost & Found (Mouse on Mars & Eric D. Clark)Klaus Lemke / 2014 / 4 mins
Denken Sie Groß (Deichkind)Till Nowak / Timo Schierhorn / UWE / 2015 / 4 mins
uni acronym (Alva Noto ft. Anne-James ChatonCarsten Nicolai, 2011, 6’30’’
Freude (Holrich Gelken)Thomas Draschan / 2009 / 2 mins
Five films that confront the past and ask in diverse ways “What remains?”. Whilst Lior Shamriz both literally and figuratively investigates a bygone picture of Berlin, Josef Dabernig shows us in brilliantly composed black-and-white images people sitting on the banks of an Italian river who simply appropriate the landscape – regardless of its inhospitality. LA ESTANCIA, winner of 2014’s Grand Prize of the City of Oberhausen, depicts a massacre sparked by the battle for land rights in Paraguay, reconstructed as a series of subtle tableaux. The directors in this film programme employ a range of very unusual techniques and aesthetics, and some of their works have been shown to great acclaim in art exhibitions. Taken together, these films, give viewers an insight into the current state of international artist films.
L’amour SauvageLior Shamriz / Germany / 26 mins / 2014
XX-XX-XX-Gewobenes PapierMichel Klöfkorn / Germany / 6 mins / 2014
River PlateJosef Dabernig / Austria / 16 mins / 2013
False TwinsSandro Aguilar / Portugal / 21 mins / 2014
La EstanciaFederico Adorno / Paraguay / 14 mins / 2014
Fri 9th / 11.15pm
Gate / 74 mins
Sat 10th / 12.00pm
Gate / 83 mins
Saving Pop CultureGerman music videos
Artist Film & Video
L’amour Sauvage
One Minute Soundsculpture
Denken Sie Groß
Emma Bowell & Eddie Noonan / Ireland / 2015 / 55 minutes
The Limerick Soviet tells the story of a revolution on the streets of Limerick in April 1919 when the first soviet in Ireland was declared. It occurred when workers in the city refused to succumb to the imposition of martial law in Limerick, following the death of a trade unionist and IRA member at police hands. The hard-line approach by the British authorities backfired and resulted in the calling of a general strike and the effective control of the city by the workers. The film examines this dramatic event and explores its legacy, bringing to light a forgotten episode in Irish history.
The directors will attend the screening.
Catarina Mourão / 2015 / Portugal / 102 minutes
Director Catarina Mourão sets out to unravel the secrets and mysteries of her Portuguese family under dictatorship in this highly personal documentary. The cloud of Salazar’s regime is dissipating, 38 years after the 1974 revolution that ended his reign. Families can now make sense of their past, reinterpret old memories and discover new truths. In the mid-1950’s, Mourão’s novelist grandfather, the well-known writer Tomaz de Figueiredo, was committed to a psychiatric hospital, her uncle become a political prisoner, and her mother was sent to a boarding school. Many questions remain unanswered.
Erica Tremblay / 2014 / US / 113 minutes
A documentary about a 10-year-old transgender girl who finds acceptance and empowerment in the company of a queer roller derby collective.
The documentary follows Crystal, a 10-year-old transgender girl growing up in rural Canada, as she navigates the difficult and complicated world that surrounds her. Tormented at school by teachers and peers alike, she faces daily assaults in the form of insults and physical altercations. The pain she endures at school takes a toll on not only her self-esteem, but also on the emotional stability of her family.
Crystal and her mother serendipitously discover the Vagine Regime, an international queer collective of roller derby players comprised of people of all shapes, sizes, backgrounds and identities. The Vagine Regime accepts Crystal and actively supports her journey. Crystal emerges from exclusion into empowerment: she steps out of the shadows and onto the track.
Amer Shomali, Paul Cowan / 2015 / Canada & Palestine / 75 minutes
The Wanted 18 is a unique production that combines stop-motion animation, interviews, original drawings and archival footage to bring to life one oif the strangest chapters in the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
During the First Intifada in the 1980s, when Israel seized control of the movement of goods into the heavily-embargoed West Bank, a group of Palestinians from Beit Sahour managed to purchase cows and start a dairy farm to secure their own milk. Israel declared the farm a threat to the state’s national security, forcing the farmers to hide the cows.
“The film is funny and serious, it’s one of the greatest films I’ve seen in the past 10 years.”Intishal Al Timini, Abu Dhabi Film Festival
The IndieCork 2015 awards will be presented before the screening.
The Limerick Soviet
In The Wolf’s Lair / A Toca Do LoboIn The Turn
The Wanted 18
Sun 11th / 12.00pm
Gate
Sun 11th / 12.00pm
Gate
Sat 10th / 11.15pm
Gate
Sun 11th / 9.00pm
Gate
Dr. Lars Henrik Gass
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German Emerging Artists Focus on Still Films
IndieCork has long admired
award winning filmmaking
collective STILL FILMS. They
have built a diverse and exciting
body of work in animation,
drama, documentary and
experimental film since they
were founded in 2007.
This jam-packed programme
of short films and animations,
intercut with excerpts from
artist films and features,
brings together ten years of
ground-breaking work from
this group of collaborators that
continues to challenge and push
boundaries in film.
Selected by Nicky Gogan and
Paul Rowley, the films represent
a diverse group of filmmakers
who collaborate dynamically
across projects as directors,
producers, animators, editors,
musicians.
Stick It Stefan Ramírez Pérez / 4 mins / 2014
Leap, double back, twist, tumble, stick it.
FlotsamCylixe / 14mins / 2014
“When you enter an existential crisis, all filters fall. Reality is shaded in low contrast, low key, foggy. Every outside signal grinds mind and teeth and exaggerates to a feedback loop. Every thought is a downward spiral; a well-known staircase for the experienced traveler in the self-destructive regions of the mind.”
Mustang Jeans Marko Schiefelbein / 7 mins / 2013
A woman is sitting in front of a camera telling a story about an experience she had. Even though she is able to describe the happenings in detail, the story also seems to be unlikely or implausible. It turns out not to be her tale, rather a story from a MUSTANG JEANS commercial which she is retelling from the perspective of the main character.
We welcome Paul Rowley and Nicky Goganto introduce the screening.
Untitled RevolutionIstvan Lazlo / 3 mins / 2009
Not I //excerptPaul Rowley / 1 min / 2010
Our love is historyCaroline Campbell / 20 mins / 2013
Submit to my ReaganNicky Gogan, Paul Rowley / 3 mins / 1996
Gravity LoopDavid Phillips, Paul Rowley / 3 mins / 2006
The Swimmer // excerptNicky Gogan, Feargal Brennan / 12 mins / 2011
We, The massesEoghan Kidney / 12 mins / 2011
The Rooms // excerptTim Blue, Paul Rowley / 2 mins / 2010
Pyjama Girls // trailerMaya Derrington / 1 min / 2010
Learning to fishTeemu Auersalo / 4 mins / 2012
Rialto TwirlersAnne Maree Barry / 5 mins / 2009
Scanlon’s Heaping Gore PullObernman Knocks, Paul Rowley / 2 mins / 2013
Seaview //excerptPaul Rowley, Nicky Gogan / 12 mins / 2008
Last Hijack //excerptTommy Pallotta, Femke Wolting / 3 mins / 2014
Build Something Modern // excerptPaul Rowley, Nicky Gogan / 2 mins / 2011
Black ice // trailerJohnny Gogan / 1 min / 2012
A Coat made darkJack O’Shea / 10 mins / 2015
See also Still Films latest feature ‘The Participants’ directed by Paul Rowley
Seven Times A Day We Bemoan Our Lot And At Night We Get Up To Avoid Dreaming Susann Maria Hempel / 17 mins / 2014
A cinematic devotional book.
Reign Of Silence Lukas Marxt / 7 mins / 2014
A static shot shows part of a landscape, a serene body of water in front of a mountain.
My Throat, My Air Loretta Fahrenholz / 16 mins / 2014
The film documents life at home with former Fassbinder actor, Warhol collaborator, and horror movie director Ulli Lommel.
Hypozentrum Xenia Lesniewski / 15 mins / 2013
Ass-to-mouth, but Chanel works, too. A global brain and nothing for chance and degraded objects of course. Implicitly sad and right. There is rumbling everywhere, and tension.
In We, The Masses - a barren,
snowy world rendered in
hand drawn animation - lost
human figures struggle against
nature and incomprehensible
forces. In Our Love Is History,
intergenerational text messages
bring LGBT stories to life from a
recent yet distant past. Gravity
Loop re-configures a single
image of a cuckoo clock into
infinite combinations to create
a mesmeric reflection on our
perception of time. In A Coat
Made Dark, a man follows the
orders of a dog to wear a coat
with impossible pockets. In a
swirl of pom poms, twirling
batons, and sparkles, Rialto
Twirlers captures a moment
of unity and beauty as five
majorette girls rehearse their
routine. And from Seaview, their
first documentary, we hear from
a refugee first hand about the
horrors of crossing the ocean by
boat.
The German Short Film Association
invited well-known programmers
for their finest film festivals,
Oberhausen, Berlinale, Stuttgart and
Osnabruck among others, to curate
a programme of seven works by
emerging artists and filmmakers.
IndieCork joins with the Goethe
Institute of Ireland in presenting
the Irish premiere of this collection
of ground-breaking films in this
introduction to contemporary
experimental films and video artists
from Germany.
Sat 10th / 2.00pm
Gate / 88 mins
Fri 9th / 12.00pm
Gate / 80 mins
My Throat, My Air
Reign Of Silence
HypozentrumXXXXXX
Seven Times A Day We Bemoan Our Lot And At Night We Get Up To Avoid Dreaming
Mustang Jeans
Stick It
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Ríonach Ní Néill is Firkin Crane’s Dance Curator,
and Galway Dance Artist in Residence. She
holds a PhD in Geography, and lectures on
dance in Germany, Sweden and Ireland. Her first
film, The Area, created with artist Joe Lee and
members of the Macushla Dance Club for +50s
in Dublin, has won a number of international
awards and screened at festivals worldwide.
Dance On Film
Thur 8th / 8.00 pm
Firkin Crane / 93 mins
This year’s programme is nothing if not eclectic: dance as documentary, breathless
body, breathless edit, striking image, tight narrative and loose performance...
From a series of carnivalesque creatures to a series of refugee mothers, the world
of women dominates the screen. In contrast, the direct, energetic relationship
between man and his environment also bursts through, as do films exploring the
push-pull relationship between the sexes. In this programme, the playful, the poetic
and the political, not only go hand in hand, but go for a roll in the hay, a saunter
along the street and a dive in the deep blue sea. Enjoy!
HeronFiona Quilligan / 4 min / Ireland / 2011
Heron was created for a new dance installation by Fiona Quilligan - Paper Pylons, at Wood Quay, Dublin. The work explores archival material of the hydro-electric Shannon Scheme in a series of dance solos and duets, where aspiration, effort and steadfastness run in parallel with photographic images from the ESB archive.
You Me And Almost Us Maria Salgado Gispert / 4 mins / Spain / 2014
In the ambivalence of your arms I find myself. Codes are still there. They are the same. I see them, but with a different interpretation.
Mills Papier Maché Maria Salgado Gispert / 11 mins / Spain / 2013
From the land sown, green wheat grows, love is born, love flourishes. The yellow wheat is harvested, the land returns to soil, love perishes.
Lajka
Johan Planefeldt / 3 mins / Germany / 2013
The dervishing dance of lovers... revealing the deeper, wilder territory within us.
Red Moon Rising Vivienne Dick / 15 mins / Ireland / 2015 / World Premiere
A celebration of the carnivalesque, through dance, performance and the spoken word. The film reaches towards a renewal of our embodiment with the Earth as a response to a belief in invincibility, and the desire of Man to dominate the planets. A red moon is both a beacon, and a warning.
Vanishing Points Marites Carino / 9 mins / Canada / 2014
A site-specific dance-for-screen short choreographed by conceptual hip-hop dance duo Tentacle Tribe (Emmanuelle Lê Phan and Elon Höglund) who transpose break dancing concepts, usually explored in solo work, onto two bodies, which creates an unusual blend of acrobatic partnering.
BandB Dialogue Agnietė Lisičkinaitė, Greta Grinevičiūtė / 4 mins / Lithuania / 2015
a dance post-card from Cork, as two Lithuanian dance-makers meet a Shandon sweet-maker, shoe-maker and furniture-maker
Steve Woods’ multi award winning dance
film ‘Keeping Time” was shown at last year’s
IndieCork. ‘Keeping Time” was Steve’s sixth
dance project. “Buail” and “Admit One” were
commissioned by RTÉ and the Arts Council
as part of the ‘Dance on the Box” T.V. series.
Steve has curated for a number of Irish and
international film festivals and is on the board
of the Galway Film Fleadh and the Screen
Directors Guild of Ireland. He also teaches
Experimental Animation at the National Film
School in IADT, Ireland.
Oonagh Kearney is an Irish filmmaker based
between Cork and London. Oonagh studied at
the National Film and Television School before
writing and directing several award-winning
shorts. In her films, characters experience
emotional conflicts connected to female
rites of passage. Her work takes a playful
and often choreographic approach .Recently,
she completed The Wake (a new dance film
supported by the Irish Arts Council) and has
just been selected for the Talent Development
Initiative supported by the Irish Film Board.
Mother
Jo Parkes / 8 mins / UK/Germany / 2015
Mothers and children reflect upon their experiences of motherhood, in this short by documentary dance-maker Jo Parkes, developed over 9 months with residents of a temporary accommodation centre for refugees in Kreuzberg, Berlin.
Kai Andrew Cumming / 3 min / UK / 2015
A professional dancer struggles to perfect a new routine and impress her choreographer. But when she allows herself to experience pleasure for once in her life, she learns to let go and rediscovers the passion she has for her craft.
Stronger Wilke Branson / 3 mins / UK 2010
A fusion of moving image and break-dancing, Stonger follows the journey of two men as they embark on an epic adventure; a compassionate, exhilarating search for completeness.
Little Dreams Wilke Branson / 6 mins / UK / 2015
An independent short dance animation about dreams, aspirations and fears. Made with over 4000 hand cut characters over the period of a year.
Horizon Of Exile Isabel Rocamora / 22 mins / UK / 2007
Horizon of exile considers issues of female identity in the journey of exile. Positioned between the cinematic, the real and the performative, the film echoes contexts where a woman is forced to leave her country to salvage her sense of self.
Echo
Nicola Hepp / 1 min / Netherlands / 2014
An older man confronted with his ageing body. He loses himself in dancing and by doing so he once again feels young.
With thanks to Dervla Baker
Programme curated by Ríonach Ní Néill, Oonagh Kearney and Steve Woods.
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Shortwaves
DraculaPiotr Bosacki / 10 mins
An attack on narration and form: a clash of history, reason and perception.
NoisePrzemysław Adamski, Katarzyna Kijek / 7 mins
With your ear against the wall it’s easy to mishear. A short story about noises invading human’s life. Comically visualised sounds become a part of visible reality.
The Governance Of Love Adela Kaczmarek / 13 mins
A documentary about an unusual man or maybe a postulate of being usual.
Our Curse Tomasz Śliwiński / 27 mins
The film is a personal statement of the director with his wife who has to deal with an extremely rare and incurable disease of their newborn child. The film shows the process of taming the fear connected with the disease.
That Would Be Beautiful Anna Morawiec / 17 mins
Mrs Aleksandra keeps both feet on the ground. That is why she has decided to live on Mars. A profound research into the relationship between the Polish pension system and the universe.
HomeAgnieszka Borowa / 14 mins
The heroine of this austere animation comes back to a house built from memories. In order to move one step further, she needs to get over her past.
Milky Brother Vahram Mkhitaryan / 22 mins
Seto, a ten-year-old boy from an Armenian village, dreams about having siblings. His family is struck by a tragedy and his brother is literally replaced by a small lamb.
Invisible Zofia Pregowska / 22 mins
Mrs. Krystyna is ninety years old is still taking notes of her visions of the world, although she can barely see it. She is preparing to go on a poetry recitation contest.
Mother Earth Piotr Złotorowicz / 30 mins
Maciek, a boy on the verge of adulthood, is seeking support in an old tree rather than in his father’s arms. Since he is not able to live up to the man’s expectations, he throws himself into mystical power of the countryside.
Unwanted Desires Ola Szmida / 4 mins
A very cheeky animation about people.
Mon 5th / 6.30pm
Gate / 100 minsGrand Prix Tour Awards
Poznań Open Awards
Sun 4th / 6.30pm
Gate / 75 mins
We welcome this selection from
the Short Waves Festival from
Poznań, Poland, and Festival
Director Symon Stemplewski to
present it.
Grand Prix Tour is a ‘Best of’
selection of winners from 2009-
2015. Poznań Open category is a
very recent selection of winners.
The 8th edition of Short Waves
Festival takes place March 8th to
20th 2016. Enjoy this chance to
see a very strong representation
of the best of Polish short films!
Our Curse
That Would Be Beautiful
Milky Brother
Mother Earth
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RailwayStacia The DriveWait
An Obvious Jump Michael Fortune / Ireland / 2015 / 2 minutes
An Obvious Jump features the dancing of Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson from the 1934 film King For A Day, combined with the sounds of Irish dancer John Joyce recorded in Ireland at the 2012 Oireachtas.
Testimony Kamila Dydyna / Ireland / 2015 / 9 minutes
9-year-old Cat is called as a witness in a domestic violence court hearing. Her mother is the plaintiff, her father the defendant. The film shows the experience through Cat’s eyes. Inspired by true events.
Quarantine Kelly Campbell, Michael McDonough / Ireland / 2014 / 8 minutes
A love story set during the Irish Famine of 1845. Aman carries his dying wife from the workhouse to the sanctuary of their home. An adaptation of the poem Quarantine, by Eavan Boland.
The Drive Helen Flanagan / 2014 / Ireland / 6 minutes
A troubled woman struggles to connect with her infant daughter.
The River Man Richard Gorodecky / 2015 / Ireland / 16 minutes
Connie Corcoran, one of Ireland’s great fishing guides, has dedicated his life to the mighty Blackwater River. Over the years, its currents have shaped the life, wisdom and wit of a unique character who lives in harmony with the Irish landscape.
Even Droids Have Friends Caroline Grace-Cassidy / Sorcha Furlong / Ireland / 2015 / 15 minutes
At a local Star Wars convention, two middle aged men, still masquerading as r2d2 and C-3PO are torn apart when one wants to go solo.
The Clockmaker’s Dream Cashell Horgan / 2015 / Ireland / 20 minutes
A clockmaker and his beloved wife live happily in asmall town populated with some very unusual characters. When tragedy strikes he embarks on a crazed and complex quest to recreate true love. But will he succeed intime?
These Dog DaysPaul Freaney / 2015 / Ireland / 17 minutes
Watching his sibling struggle with homelessness, alcohol and estrangement from his child, director Paul Freaney came up with an interesting experiment in drama/documentary; he persuaded his brother and father to act out the lead roles in this lost-dog tale shot in the flophouse where his brother was living, in the charity store where he shops and on the promenade where he swims every day. These Dog Days is an attempt to intervene and connect, to make a story with a better ending.
35 Aside is arguably the most successful short film ever produced in Ireland - certainly if festival screenings and awards are a useful measure. The film was premiered in Cork twenty years ago, though the jury that year decided to award the prize for Best Short to Peter Mullen’s Fridge. Not so the juries at many, many, other international festivals where 35 Aside was winning an average of one award per week, including four at the Clermont-Ferrand Festival.
Since then Damien O’Donnell has gone on to direct the features East Is East (resulting directly from the producer seeing 35 Aside), Inside I’m Dancing and Heartlands. In recent years Damien has had a successful career as a director of commercials and of TV series.
20 years after 35Aside we’re delighted to welcome Damien back to Cork to (re)introduce the film and his other shorts.
Small Talk Stephen McKenna, Greg Byrne / 2015 / Ireland / 10 minutes
Alex is a Dublin native taking a taxi ride to his beloved football team’s cup final, a journey that will put his most precious friendship and deepest held principles to the test. A film about the hypocritical nature of racism.
Somewhere Between Something and Nothing Paul O’Donoghue / 2015 / Ireland / 5 minutes
Rhythmic visual music constructed from av fragmentswhere each visual element is represented in the audio mix by the sound that created it. From a simplistic beginning in which this audio visual relationship is quite apparent, the film becomes a collage where this connection, although always present, is more difficult to discern.
Breaking the Beat: 10 Years of Bulabeats Records Noel Smyth / 2015 / Ireland / 20 minutes
Frustrated with the direction and dominance of the mainstream music industry, aspiring Irish breakbeat producer Johnny Pluse set up his own independent record label. As Bulabeats begun to garner more attention they were quickly inundated with global DJ’s and producers waiting for a home for their collective sound.
Bonsoir Luna Donncha Gilmore / 2015 / Ireland /16 minutes
An Irish-language musical that tells the story of a romance between street artist, Duke, and, Luna, who works in a shopping arcade’s coffee shop nearby.
A Coat Made Dark Jack O’Shea / 2015 / Ireland / 10 minutes
Two burglars, Midnight the dog and his human servant, Peter, are locked in a power struggle revolving around a mysterious coat, with pockets containing an impossible fortune, in this darkly comic animation.
Harvey Pekar’s Teo Macero Daragh McCarthy / Ireland / 2015 / 7 minutes
American comic book legend Harvey Pekar is filmed at a Lower East Side hotel reading the Teo Macero story from his American Splendor comic.
Wait Audrey O’Reilly / 2015 / Ireland / 12 minutes
When an important pigeon race and a rare visit homeby his son Martin coincide, Charlie finds himself playing the waiting game. A short film about fathers, sons and pigeons.
Grey Area Jon Barton / Ireland / 2015 / 12 minutes
Eamonn Grey is an embalmer, living alone in his purpose-built funeral home in rural Ireland. Eamonn may seem odd at first. However it doesn’t take long to realise that he’s a caring individual who’s found his life’s calling.
How Was Your Day? Damien O’Donnell / Ireland / 2015 / 14 minutes
A woman is excited about the approaching birth of her first child.
Fri 9th / 2.00pm
Gate / 104 minutes
Wed 7th / 4.30pm
Gate / 75 mins
Sat 10th / 4.30pm
Gate / 93 minutes
Thur 8th / 2.00pm
CIT Crawford College Of Art & Design
Admission Free
Thur 8th / 4.30pm
Gate / 106 mins
Programme 3Programme 1 Programme 4
In Conversation
With
Damien O’Donnell
Programme 2The Caller Steve Gunn / Ireland / 2014 / 8 minutes
Larry King has lost his job. A routine visit from arent allowance inspector gets a little too close for comfort.
Pedestrian Crossing Colin Murnane / 2014 / Ireland / 6 minutes
A short inspired by the Noble Call of Irish campaigner and Drag Queen Panti Bliss at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. Like James Larkin but...
Daffney Molloy And Other Catastrophes John Morton / 2015 / Ireland / 17 minutes
At a housewarming party, newly sober Tommy listens as his friends trade stories about a near mythical girl from their past. As yarns are spun, he begins to question how much of what he’s hearing is reality and how much of it is fantasy. And who is Daffney Molloy, anyway?
Hand In HandSarah Dempsey / 2015 / Ireland / 10 minutes
An intimate documentary about what it is to be in asame-sex relationship in Ireland, with gay and lesbian couples discussing topics ranging from coming out to childbirth.
Railway Finian Robbins / 2015 / Ireland / 7 minutes
Two young men discuss their predicament as they siton a bench at their local railway station, waiting for a train to take them to a better place.
Tonn Nua? / New Wave? Niall Clery, Peter McKeown / 2014 / Ireland / 19 minutes
An inquisitive documentary into contemporary Irish cinema, examining the rise of the micro-budget production. Speaking to a number of filmmakers and industry professionals, Tonn Nua? charts this cinematic growth and asks where the development might lead.
The Break Denis Fitzpatrick / Ireland / 2015 / 17 minutes
It’s post-economic-crash Ireland. Tim and his two sons are down on their luck. To protect them from the onslaught of calls and bills, Tim has taken them to the beach for a break. Have they outstayed their welcome?
Just Like A Bitch Ruaidhri Conroy / Ireland / 2014 / 20 minutes
Benjy, a homeless alcoholic, searches the streets of Dublin desperately for his beloved dog Diana after she mysteriously disappears.
Little Bear Daire Glynn / 2015 / Ireland / 11 minutes
A short story of friendship, love and imagination.
The Cobbler Shane Reid / Ireland / 2015 / 8 minutes
An observational documentary following s a day in the life of James Heffernan who learned his trade in a school for deaf boys in Dublin in the early sixties. Now at 65 he’s decided to retire.
The Silencer Michela Orlandi / 2014 / Ireland / 6 minutes
A young man on the brink of adulthood questions themeaning of life. Confronted with a wife, small kids and a mortgage, he struggles to recognise his place, torn between his old and new self.
Stacia Denise Woods / 2015 / Ireland / 10 minutes
Stacia and her husband live an idyllic life on their farm in the West of Ireland. They go about the daily routine that they’ve become accustomed to. One afternoon, Stacia begins to live another life...
Aonrú /Isolation Jason Gaffney / 2014 / Ireland / 30 minutes
A documentary essay on isolation, loss and change on Cape Clear Island, West Cork and the extinction of its indigenous fishing industry. Fusing archive footage and observational camera techniques, this portrait of an island facing uncertainty celebrates one of mankind’s oldest endeavours.
Fling Terence White / 2015 / Ireland / 9 minutes
A short dance film about young love.
Late Arrivals Richard Keaney / 2015 / Ireland / 9 minutes
An Iranian father and son arrive at their new home inDublin. However, they are unable to confront the reason for their move and the effect of their silence threatens to drive them apart.
Today Tristan Heanue / 2015 / Ireland / 19 minutes
A hard-hitting drama about a man who wakes up one morning in his car, disorientated, with no recollection of how he endedup parked in the middle of nowhere. Harsh reality soon comes flooding back once he gathers his thoughts.
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World Shorts World Shorts
Goodnight Birdy Love Comes Later You Are Boring! They Call Us The Enemy
Me and The Black Dog Kate Owens, Neeta Madahar / 2015 / United Kingdom / 14 minutes
A powerful hand-drawn animation which challenges how mental illness is perceived through the interactions of a female protagonist and a large black dog.
Love Comes Later Sonejuhi Sinha / 2015 / US, India / 10 minutes
An unexpected discovery forces an undocumented motel employee to make a life-changing decision.
Maku Yoriko Mizushiri / 2014 / Japan / 5 minutes
Two people face each other in three different spaces: on a Kyogen stage, in an ophthalmologist’s examination room, and at a sushi bar counter. An animation about distance, fear and tenderness.
Inspection / Proverka Gala Sukhanova / 2013 / Russia / 16 minutes
Social workers and a reporter visit the home of a “problem family” to take a little girl into care; has her mother been drinking again?
The King Of Trains Richard O’Connell / 2015 / Chile, Ireland / 10 minutes
Carlos Soto, train builder and children’s entertainer, lives in impoverished San Bernardino on the outskirts of Santiago. Forty years ago, he decided to build a train to entertain the children from his neighborhood, who can’t afford the thrill of a visit to a theme park.
October Is Over Karen Akerman, Miguel Seabra Lopes / 2015 / Brasil, Portugal / 24 minutes
“Beside the savage desire within him to realise theenormities which he brooded on, nothing was sacred.”James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
Poker Mirai Mizue, Yukie Nakauchi / 2015 / Japan / 3 minutes
A baby bird flies around the world to complete his transformation.
Blood Below The Skin Jennifer Reeder / US / 2015 / 32 minutes
A week in the life of three girls, attending the same school but coming from different social circles, as they prepare for the most important night of their life, Prom night.
The Bravest. The Boldest Moon Molson / USA / 2014 / 17 minutes
A young mother in a New York City housing project realises the arrival of two army officers brings news she can’t allow herself to accept.
You Are Boring! Vika Kirchenbauer / 2015 / Germany / 13 minutes
You Are Boring! tackles the topic of looking and being looked at in contexts including labour within the new economy, performer/spectator relationships, participatory culture, contemporary art display and queer representational politics.
Mirror in Mind / SimGyeong SeungHee Kim / Republic of Korea / 2014 / 2 minutes
A woman looks into her mind, chasing her ideals on a tightrope. Every imperfect piece of her mind completes herself.
The Journey / O Viagem José Magro / 2014 / Portugal / 15 minutesToday is not a typical day. Alex’s father is a cab driver. When he gets sick, wilful and wild Alex takes the cab and drives it to school, looking for his friend Rafa.
Ghost Cell Antoine Delacharlery / 2015 / France / 6 minutes
Scientific and dreamlike at once, Ghost Cell is a stereoscopic plunge into the guts of an organic Paris seen as a cell through a virtual microscope.
Ramona Andrei Cretulescu / 2015 / Romania / 20 minutes
One girl. One car. One night. No coincidence. Free of dialogue, this blood-soaked short film won the Canal+ Award of the Semaine de la Critique at Cannes 2015.
Daewit David Jansen / 2015 / Germany / 15 minutes
A wolf child, an angel, a cat: animated in a traditional wood cut technique, the film tells the story of an abandoned child, who grows upwith wolves after his mother rescued him from his violent father. His is an enigmatic journey full of privations and a quest for identity.
Love Is Blind Dan Hodgson / England / 2015 / 7 minutes
Alice is in the passionate embrace of a young lover when her husband returns home early to try and make amends for his infidelity.
Colour Neutral Jennifer Reeves / USA / 2014 / 3 minutes
A color explosion sparkles, bubbles, and fractures in this hand-crafted 16mm film.
Dad In Mum / Papa Dans Mama Fabrice Bracq / 2014 / France / 6 minutes
The middle of the night. Moans are heard behind the parents’ door. Two young sisters are asking questions...
Transit Lauri Astala / 2014 / Finland / 9 minutes
Transit revolves around the collective visual ideasand notions of the urban environment. Through the camera movements, angles and framings, documentary shots taken in New York shift the city into a fictitious urban space, whose visual familiarity stems from the history of film.
I Follow You Jonatan Etzler / 2015 / Sweden / 3 minutes Anna bumps into Jesper on the morning train. She’s never seen him before, but it turns out he knows everything about her... A short film about social media and surveillance.
Chelem Charles Grenier / 2015 / Canada / 14 minutes
Marianne, torn between her deep desire to be “one of the boys” and her feelings for her best friend Louis, is confronted by a violence that she didn’t know she had in her.
A Coat Made Dark Jack O’Shea / 2015 / Ireland / 10 minutes
Two burglars, Midnight the dog and his human servant, Peter, are locked in a power struggle revolving around a mysterious coat, with pockets containing an impossible fortune, in this darkly comic animation.
They Call Us The Enemy Pim Zwier / 2015 / The Netherlands / 7 minutes
The theatrical pomp and circumstance, ceremonial traditions, spotless uniforms and pageantry which the military uses to present itselfcontrast sharply with the devastation and chaos it causes.
Waves ‘98 Ely Dagher / Lebanon / 2015 / 15 minutes
Disillusioned with his life in the suburbs of segregated Beirut, Omar’s unusual discovery lures him into the depth of the city.
Musik Stefan Bohun / Austria / 2014 / 38 minutes
A teenage daughter is ruthlessly direct in saying what she thinks of her father: he is a “victim” (an insult), because he still lives in hisown debt-riddled home, which the rest of the family has long moved out from. And he is embarrassing because he never says anything (or does anything) that she could use to impress her friends.
Sun 4th / 2.00pm
Gate / 82 minutes
Mon 5th / 2.00pm
Gate / 114 minutes
Tue 6th / 2.00pm
Gate / 95 minutes
Wed 7th / 2.00pm
Gate / 105 minutes
Programme 1 Programme 2 Programme 3 Programme 4Woman Without Mandolin Fabiano Mixo / 2015 / Germany / 4 minutes
The face of a woman seems to be fluctuating in space. She is absorbed; it is almost possible to hear her breathing. Suddenly, she seemsto wake. Gazing at us, she begins a transformation, unravelling and recovering herself piece by piece.
Supporting Film / Voor Film Douwe Dijkstra / 2015 / The Netherlands / 12 minutes
From the perspectives of a dozen diverse viewers, this documentary explores the peculiar ritual of watching film. How is the mediumexperienced by people with sensory impairments, strong religious beliefs, or lovesickness? A story about moving images and their audience.
How Was Your Day?Damien O’Donnell / Ireland / 2015 / 14 minutes
A woman is excited about the approaching birth of her first child.
Warm Snow Ira Elshansky / 2014 / Israel / 5 minutes
An animated short about the relationship between a father and his grown up daughter. The daughter is waiting for her dinner and is irritated by her father’s questions and suggestions. The situation develops into a surrealistic world full of love and pain.
Goodnight Birdy Maria Møller Kjeldgaard / 2015 / Denmark / 22 minutes
When Greta’s husband dies, she is convinced she toowill die, from sorrow. But the heart has its ways of surviving, and a meeting withsome wise old ladies changes Greta’s perspective.
A Single Life Joris Oprins, Marieke Blaauw, Job Roggeveen / 2014 / Netherlands / 3 minutes
After Pia plays a mysterious vinyl record, she suddenly knows how to navigate her life.
A Blue RoomTomasz Siwiński / 2014 / Poland / 15 minutes
A coma patient’s critical condition evokes dreamy, disturbing visions which deal with his memories and fears. Imprisoned in a blue room, he needs reconciliation with his past to feel free again.
Directed by Tweedie Duncan Cowles / 2014 / UK / 3 minutes
Making a film when you’re 87 is less than convenient. As granddad “Tweedie” reluctantly takes up his new role as a filmmaker, we’re invited to examine the difficulties of communication between generations. Will Tweedie start to see the world differently when looking at things through the lens of his 23year old grandson, or will he simply be wondering what’s for dessert?
Track Tochka (Kazue Monno & Takeshi Nagata) / 2015 / Japan / 4 minutes
Humans invented tools, discovered fire and painted murals in dark caves. Fire was a highly important turning point for ancient humans, but perhaps we should be grateful for the conveniences of modern civilization.
Two Films By Susan MacWilliam
Migratory Pathways And Insistent Ghosts
Thur 8th / 2.00pm
GateAn Answer Is Expected
Susan MacWilliam / 2013 / Ireland / 65 minutes
Reflecting on the historic ESP and telepathy research of Dr JB Rhine, the film considers the ways in which we think about the world and our place within it, our desire to read meaning in coincidence, and the belief that there is more to the universe than simply matter in motion.
Susan MacWilliam
Born 1969 in Belfast, Susan MacWilliam’s art involves video, photography and installation pieces. Her primary focus is the investigation of cases relating to the paranormal, the supernatural and to perceptual phenomena. She represented Northern Ireland at the 53rd Venice Biennale in 2009 with her solo exhibition “Remote Viewing”. She is Film Archivist for the Parapsychology Foundation in New York and a member of the Board of Directors for Visual Artists Ireland. She lives and works in Belfast and Dublin.
We are delighted to present these works in a festival context and that Susan will attend the festival to present her work.
Kathleen
Susan MacWilliam / 2014 / Ireland / 33 minutes
A childhood accident, the death of a beloved pet and a library of books provide the formative experiences of the young Kathleen. Using excerpts from Kathleen Coyle’s books, manuscripts, personal letters, unpublished poems and scribbled notes Kathleen is an exploration of the existential and the melancholic; an observation of life and death.
Born in Derry in 1886, Kathleen Coyle was a friend of James and Nora Joyce. Her novels explore the struggles of life from a female perspective. Coyle’s 1943 autobiography, “The Magical Realm” describes in vivid detail her Derry childhood. She died in 1952 in Philadelphia.
Suzy O’ Mullane, Julius Kozlowski / 2015 / Ireland, U.S. A /
The artists will discuss their work / food and wine available
Migratory Pathways and Insistent Ghosts is a no-budget film collaboration between Irish artist Suzy O’ Mullane and New York-based artist Julius Kozlowski. It examines the internal mind of the wanderer through a narrated prose-poem written in five sections, accompanied by a collage of original footage and sound corresponding to each section. The prose poem by O’ Mullane is a lyrical monologue based on personal experiences of living in New York, France and Dublin. It closes with a description of a birth which took place in a Dublin hospital.
Suzy and Julius will discuss the making of their film post-screening. (event free but ticketed, tickets available in advance at festival box office)
IndieCork and The Guesthouse are delighted to present
a new film by Suzy O’Mullane and Julius Kozlowski.
Tue 6th / 7.00pm
The Guesthouse
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Sojourn
Paddy Slattery / 2015 / Ireland / 41 mins
Aedh finds a new muse. Her name is Aislinn; a beautiful, playful and mischievous distraction from mundanity. He falls in love and falls hard. With his regimental lifestyle, he struggles to quench her insatiable desires. We follow Aedh through the emotional highs and devastating lows of his sojourn into love and despair.
The director will attend the screening
The task of a film festival is not just to show great films but to make discoveries, to identify innovative films which explore new filmic territories.
We are especially excited about these two films. The first Red Moon Rising is by long-established Irish film artist, Vivienne Dick. Vivienne first made her mark in the No Wave scene in New York in the 70s where she worked on Super8. Her latest film, Red Moon Rising, is a visual and visceral tour de force. We’re very proud to present the World Premiere of this amazing work.
Paddy Slattery is well known to us as a producer of great Irish shorts. His Skunky Dog was awarded Best Irish Short with us last year. We were unprepared for Paddy as writer/director. His Sojourn is unprecedented in Irish cinema. Lasting 40 minutes and in two ‘volumes’ the film is presented as an almost completely visual drama. There’s no dialogue in Volume 1 and some poetic text narrated in Volume 2. A brave and startling work which we’re excited to platform at IndieCork.
Mick Hannigan
Red Moon Rising
Vivienne Dick / 2015 / Ireland / 15 minutes / World Premiere
A celebration of the carnivalesque through dance, performance and the spoken word. The film reaches towards a renewal of our embodiment with the Earth as a response to a belief in invincibility, and the desire of Man to dominate the planets. A red moon is both a beacon, and a warning.
The director will attend the screening
Red Moon Rising + Sojourn
Tue 6th / 4.30pm
Gate / 56 mins
Short films by ten photographers in which they experiment with moving image, still images or both, exploring the poetic possibilities of the medium, always alone and close to their subjects, approaching the world from their own political subjectivity.
“The most sincere documentary photography is not trying to hide its performance and fictionalization qualities, but embracing them instead, exploring its emotional and subconscious connections. I believe such works have the capability to move us, provoke emotions and make us question ourselves and our way of living, which I believe is the biggest power that any art can reach and a very political act. The more personal, the more political it becomes.” Programme curator, Helio León
Works by: Gaël Bonnefon (France), Stepháne Charpentier (France), Jean Christian Bourcart (France), Hajime Kimura (Japan), Laura Rodari (Italy), Michael Salerno (Canada), Lara Tabet (Lebanon), Ester Vonplon (Switzerland) with Stephan Eicher (Switzerland) and Piotr Zbierski (Poland).
Presented in partnership with Cork Photo
Audiences should be aware that there is explicit content in the work of one of the artists.
Helio Leónb.1987, Madrid, Spain.
Helio experiments with photography and video as a way to document his journey and exploration through life. He got his BFA in the University of Cuenca, Spain in 2011. His work has been exhibited in festivals and venues in Europe and USA. He’s part of the photographic and performance project Sea of Okhotsk. He curated the exhibition Personal Mythologies in Tactic as part of Cork Photo 2015.
Close Encounters
Wed 7th / 6.30pm
Gate / 95 mins
Jordan
Photo by Ewoud Broeksma
The Ronan Phelan
Script & Pitch Award
IndieCork is the ‘Irish Desk’ for
Euro Connection, the European
Short Film Co-Production
Forum, a project of the
Clermont-Ferrand International
Film Festival in France.
Each year we propose an Irish short film project to go forward to Euro Connection. Each selected project has an opportunity to be pitched to European funders, producers, TV commissioners, fund representatives, and distributors.
The project we’ll nominate for 2016 will be the winner of the Ronan Phelan Short Film Script Award. Five scripts have been short-listed and will be pitched at an open forum in the Firkin Crane. The most promising script and pitch, as determined by the Adjudication Panel, will go forward for consideration by Euro Connection, a valuable and exciting opportunity for the selected project.
The award is named in honour of Ronan Phelan, an award-winning filmmaker who passed away in 2004 aged 29. He was a pupil of Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh and graduate of UCC. He studied film at St. John’s Central College where he wrote and directed ‘Gangs of Waterfall’. This widely praised film was noted for raising the bar for filmmaking in Cork.
We would like to thank his family, and Niall Owens, filmmaker for their collaboration in this award.
The winning project will be announced at the Closing Night screening on Sunday October 11th at 9pm in The Gate Cinema.
Sat 10th / 4.00pm
Firkin Crane
Creative Cork
Friday Nights At The Cross
Homelessness: A Crisis Beyond Crisis
Bringing the Boats Back Ros O’Brien / 2015 / Ireland / 20 minutes
Meitheal Mara, a community boat yard in Cork City, has been promoting maritime culture since its beginnings in the early 90s. It has given a diverse range of people the opportunity to get on the water and brought a new vitality to the River Lee. This film looks at two clubs closely linked with Meitheal Mara.
Le Non Dit / The Unsaid Carol O’Keeffe / 2015 / Ireland / 20 minutes
Four people meet in an apartment in Cork City. Theyare willing to enter the “Le non Dit” zone. Adoption is the thread that weaves their singular stories together. It feels as if not much is left unsaid in one way or another.
Homelessness: A Crisis Beyond Crisis Micheál O’Mahony / 2015 / Ireland / 22 minutes
In July 2015, 77 families, including 155 children, became homeless in Ireland. 70 of those had never experienced homelessness before. This fact-based documentary exposes the housing crisis in Ireland and how it could be solved, with interviews from leading experts and real-life stories from those affected by the crisis.
The Climb – Kilimanjaro Eimear O’Grady / 2014 / Ireland / 20 minutes
The dream that brought the Cork Girls Club to Africa to climb Kilimanjaro was a fabric of hope and love, a magic bond that united strangers with a common goal to support and remember loved ones, past and present, in their battle against cancer.
Wed 7th / 9.00pm
Gate / 75 mins
Thur 8th / 9.00pm
Gate / 106 mins
Baker’s Dozen
Cork LivesFriday Nights At The Cross Kevin Mulcahy / 2015 / Ireland / 14 minutes
With its home at the Turners Cross stadium, Cork City FC is one of the best supported clubs in the country. This film documents match nights at the heart of one of Ireland’s most fervent sporting communities.
Children’s AllowanceBrian Stynes / 2015 / Ireland / 8 minutes
In a District Court, Bridie Foley sits anxiously waiting to hear the clerk call her son’s name…
Call Off The UnknownIan Ruby / 2015 / Ireland / 3 minutes
I am the one who keeps time / Locked in these chains of bone…A music video for four-piece hardcore metal outfit Bailer’s Call Off The Unknown.
Reunion Gerard Browne / 2015 / Ireland / 2 minutes
A man recounts what could have been his greatest mistake.
Felicidad / Happiness Seán Breathnach / 2014 / Ireland / 3 minutes
To dancer and choreographer Inma Pavon, nothing is as important as happiness
Tick Tock Michael Casey / Ireland / 2015 / 10 minutes
Two men race to get rid of a bomb before it goes off.
The Waiting Hotel Mark Kent / 2015 / Ireland / 7 minutes
An empty hotel where the dead wait before the after life. An old man talks about contacting the dead and the kind of problems you can encounter as we take a tour of the Waiting Hotel in this eerie animation.
This Emptiness Stephen Broekhuizen / Ireland / 2015 / 2 minutes
A semi-autobiographical poem about suicide written by Claire Lamb, who also stars in the film, set to visuals and music to bring it to life.
Gloria Nicholas O’Riordan / Ireland / 2014 / 6 minutes
Set in Cork City, Gloria is a dream-like view of a fractured relationship.
Based On a True Story Mick Hannigan / Ireland / 2015 / 3 minutes
A film based on true and untrue stories.
Fluoxetine Dreams Ed Cashman / 2014 / Ireland / 4 minutes
Psychoactive visions of the black dog: A poetic meditation on the Lazarus myth through the expressive stasis of Butoh dance by Claire Keating.
Same Old Song And Dance Emmet O’Brien / 2014 / Ireland / 3 minutes
A couple argue about their old fashioned lifestyle,but how long can they dance around the real issue?
Yacov Yanki Jack Colette Lewis / 2010 / Ireland / 33 minutes
Yacov Abenson is a Jewish Orthodox supervisor for the rabbinical supervision or “Chalav Yisorel” of the production of “super kosher” milk produced on dairy farms in Kanturk, Co Cork. A charming tale of unusual cultural connections.
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Film has its own language. This language is made up of shots. All film is a series of pictures. Each picture is composed to help the audience to understand, to get more from what they are looking at, and to elevate the drama-or in this case, the dance.This workshop intends to introduce the shots used in film making; why they are used and when. It is aimed at beginners, dance professionals who need an introduction to film, and indeed experienced film makers who want an introduction to Dance Film. Working with a dancer and a camera, we investigate framing, continuity, and montage in a scene, as well as the use of a location and space. The main concern however will be “what shots go where?” and “why?”
Steve Woods is a film director, curator, and teaches experimental animation at the National Film School in IADT, Dublin. His sixth dance project, the multi- award winning dance film ‘Keeping Time’, was shown at last year’s IndieCork. ‘Buail’ and ‘Admit One’ were commissioned by RTÉ and the Arts Council as part of the Dance on the Box series.
Online Booking: www.firkincrane.ie Box Office: 021 4507487
Terry McMahon is a true filmmaker, rough and raw and uncompromising.
From the making of his polarizing debut feature, ‘Charlie Casanova’, to the heart-wrenching beauty of his follow-up film ‘Patrick’s Day’, Terry will discuss his journey as a writer/director. Having written directed and acted, Terry can share with his audience many unique insights into the craft and livelihood of filmmaking. Writer-Director Terry McMahon’s debut ‘Charlie Casanova’ was awarded Best First Feature at The Galway Film Fleadh and was distributed by Studio Canal. His follow up ‘Patrick’s Day’ was awarded at many festivals. McMahon has lectured in Trinity College Dublin, The National Film School, The John Huston Film School and The Casa del Cinema in Rome.
Tickets / enquiries to [email protected]
As the Irish Film and TV industry continues to grow we are seeing a surge in vibrant, creative young talent. Mark O’Connor, John Connors and Richie Bolger are three such talents. We will discuss their individual paths and what brought them all together to make the feature film Cardboard Gangsters.
Tickets / enquiries to [email protected]
Screen Training Ireland, in association with Film In Cork, will present a workshop as part of IndieCork Festival to explore effective and persuasive ways to present and pitch film projects. Writer/Director David Keating will give a detailed, interactive workshop on pitching, exploring questions such as:• What are effective ways to talk about the films we passionately want to make?• What kind of language can we use?• What are the most important elements to a strong pitch?• How long should it be?• How can we do justice to our projects in X minutes?• How does pitching get to be fun?
Full details at www.screentraining ireland.ie
‘Coming Home’ is a powerful documentary by filmmaker Viko Nikci, telling the story of Angel Cordero, a man wrongly convicted of a crime and incarcerated for 13 years. Viko’s journey to making the documentary is a fascinating one. From planning his approach to the practicalities of filming, we will discuss how ‘Coming Home’ and the heartbreaking story of Angel Cordero came to be.
Participants are advised to attend the screening Coming Home in advance, on Friday the 9th at 6:30 in The Gate Cinema.
Tickets / enquiries to [email protected]
Sun 11th / 11.00am - 1.00pm
Firkin Crane
€8.50 full / €8 unwaged
Fri 9th / 2.00pm
Crane Lane Theatre
Sat 10th / 2.00pm
Stack Theatre, Cork School of Music
Admission: €5
Framing Dance :Dance on Film Workshop with
Steve Woods
An Audience with Terry McMahon
Making Movies :A Young Person’s Game?
Life’s A Pitch and Then You Cry!Tutor: David Keating, Director and
Screenwriter
Coming Home :An insight into documentary making
with Viko Nikci
Indie Training
Richie Bolger
Richie is an up-and-coming producer in Ireland. His Company Five Knight Films has produced a vast number of projects from shorts to features. Having studied at Filmbase MSc, Richie produced the course feature that year which was the excellent How to be Happy starring Brian Gleeson.
John Connors
Connors is an actor who needs no introduction. From his breakthrough role in Mark O’Connor’s Stalker, he has appeared in Love Hate, the RTE mini series Charlie and will soon be seen in Jim Sheridan’s The Secret Scripture.
Mark O’Connor
From his debut short Samurai he went from strength to strength with his follow up Between the Canals starring Peter Coonan. His next feature was Stalker starring John Connors and Barry Keoghan, two of Irelands most promising acting talents.
Sun 11th / 2.00pm
Stack Theatre, Cork School of Music
Admission: €5
Fri 2nd / 2.00pm
Firkin Craine
€20 by application
Poetry-Film
The 3rd Ó Bhéal International Poetry Film Competition – 2015
In association with the IndieCork Festival, Ó Bhéal is once
again thrilled to present two screenings each of fifteen
short poetry films, representing the competition shortlist
of thirty poetry films submitted from around the world.
This year’s selection is judged by filmmaker Padraig Trehy
and poet Patrick Cotter.
We include films chosen from a wide range of countries,
including Ukraine, Russia and Mexico. Previous winners
of the Ó Bhéal/IndieCork Poetry-Film prize include Dutch
filmmaker Marleen van der Werf and Portuguese director
Manuel Vilarinho.
The judges will select one overall winner, announced at
the Festival Awards Ceremony, where the winner receives
the IndieCork award for best poetry-film.
Paul Casey - O’Bhéal
Ó Bhéal Poetry-Film Competition 1
Firkin Crane / Sat 6th Oct / 6.00pm
Ó Bhéal Poetry-Film Competition 2
Firkin Crane / Sat 10th Oct / 7.30pm
PoetryFilm Archive screening
Firkin Crane / Sun 11th Oct / 4.00pm
PoetryFilm visits Cork
PoetryFilm is the influential research art project founded by British artist Zata Banks in 2002, exploring and exhibiting experimental text / image / sound material.
For the PoetryFilm screening in Cork on Sunday 11 October 2015, Zata Banks will introduce a curated selection of short film artworks, chosen for their alignment with poetic structures and experiences, and with the visual, verbal and aural languages of poetry in various forms.
Since 2002, Zata Banks has presented over 70 PoetryFilm events at venues including Tate Britain, The ICA, CCCB Barcelona, O Miami, The Groucho Club, Cannes Film Festival, The Royal College of Art, FACT Liverpool, Mengi Reykjavik and Curzon Cinemas. Zata has judged poetry film prizes for the Southbank Centre in London, Zebra Festival in Berlin, CYCLOP Festival in Kiev, and for the American journal Carbon Culture Review.
PoetryFilm is supported by Arts Council England and is a member of Film Hub London, part of the BFI Audience Network. The PoetryFilm Archive, which at present contains over 1,000 artworks, welcomes submissions all year round.
Ó Bhéal and Poetry Films
Since early 2009, Ó Bhéal has been promoting the art of the poetry film. In 2013, Ó Bhéal convened its international competition for the first time, in partnership with the IndieCork Festival of Independent cinema.
Full details and shortlisted films available at www.obheal.ie/poetryfilm
