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FEBRUARY 2018 LADY BIRD
THE IRISH
FILM INSTITUTE
EXHIBIT The Irish Film Institute is Ireland’s
national cultural institution for film.
PRESERVE It aims to exhibit the finest in independent,
Irish and international cinema, preserve
EDUCATE
Ireland’s moving image heritage at
the IFI Irish Film Archive, and encourage
engagement with film through its various
educational programmes.
ACCESSIBLE
MYSTERY MATINEE SCREENINGS
This month’s secret screening, for which tickets As part of our ongoing commitment to providing accessible
cost just €5, will take place at 13.00 on Sunday 18th. screenings to guests with visual or hearing impairments, we
Sometimes it will be a preview, but not always; are pleased to provide Audio Description and Open Captioned
sometimes, it will be a title one might expect to screenings on five films this month: Journey’s End, Phantom
see at the IFI, but not always. Join us for this Thread, The Shape of Water, I, Tonya, and Lady Bird. For more
month’s screening, and expect the unexpected! details on the screenings, see the films’ respective pages or
visit www.ifi.ie/accessible-screenings.
The Science of Ghosts
AUDI DUBLIN
INTERNATIONAL
PHANTOM THREAD FILM FESTIVAL
This month, Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread is IFI is proud to again partner with the Audi Dublin
our Feast Your Eyes selection, where you can enjoy the International Film Festival to bring you a series of
film and a specially devised main course following the screenings showcasing the very best of Irish filmmaking
18.20 screening on Tuesday 13th - tickets €20, with free talent. This year’s programme also features a look at
list suspended. The Daniel Day-Lewis starrer is also our the work of Irish-American production designer Cedric
February IFI Film Club pick – join us for a post-screening Gibbons, and a practical Careers in Film Day for second-
discussion at 18.00 on Monday 12th. level students, showcasing the careers available in the
Irish film industry. See pages 14–17 for more details.
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DIRECTOR’S
NOTE
This February the IFI programme features
more of the season’s award-winning films
plus the spring Evening Course.
FEBRUARY
AT THE IFI
I, Tonya
With awards season well and truly in full swing, there The IFI spring Evening Course (starting on March 6th)
has been an embarrassment of riches on offer in recent looks at Nordic cinema, examining the cinema from the
weeks, and February continues to see the release of some region, and the many strong influences (and influencers)
of the most critically acclaimed and hotly anticipated films in its rich history. Titles featured will include Ingmar
of the year. Bergman’s classic Persona and Thomas Vinterberg’s
Dogme 95 hit Festen. With a selection of six film screenings
This month be sure to see Great Gerwig’s hugely popular over six weeks, each week will include a talk by a special
Lady Bird, one of the big contenders across all the award guest, including academics and industry practitioners.
ceremonies, which already saw two Golden Globe wins
(one for our very own Saoirse Ronan with Best Actress for We’re also delighted to be partnering with the Audi Dublin
her magnificent portrayal of Christine ‘Lady Bird’ McPherson, International Film Festival this month on a selection of
alongside top prize of Best Motion Picture – Musical or films and events, including two films made under the Arts
Comedy). It has also been nominated for three BAFTAs Council’s ‘Reel Art’ scheme. In a partnership between IFI
and three Screen Actor Guild Awards, and is anticipated Education and ADIFF, we’ll also be presenting an innovative
to feature strongly at the Oscars too. Another one to catch one-day Careers in Film Day event for second level students,
is Paul Thomas Anderson’s stunningly beautiful Phantom providing them with an opportunity to learn about the
Thread, which earned two Golden Globe nominations, and broad range of potential jobs within the film sector.
hopes are high for Daniel Day-Lewis to add to his already
impressive award collection this season. So there’s all of this, on top of our usual monthly
programming strands, an alternative Valentine’s Day
With seven Golden Globe nominations, it only gives more offering, a special Chinese New Year event, and a lot
reason to want to see legendary director Guillermo del Toro’s more besides!
latest feature, The Shape of Water. With Globe wins already
for the director himself and its screenplay, this is definitely Ross Keane
not-to-be-missed. The story of disgraced figure skater Director
Tonya Harding is analysed in Craig Gillespie’s I, Tonya, with
Margot Robbie in the title role. This wonderfully entertaining
film earned three Golden Globe nominations, with a win for
Allison Janney as Best Actress in a Supporting Role. With
the Academy Award nominations not yet out at the time of
writing, we’re anticipating many of our February releases to
feature prominently in the greatly anticipated shortlists!
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NEW RELEASES, IFI SEASONS &
DOCS & IFI CLASSICS EVENTS CALENDAR
JOURNEY’S END OPENS FEB 2ND DATE SCREENING TIME
MAKALA OPENS FEB 2ND 3RD BRAKES + Q&A 20.30
PHANTOM THREAD OPENS FEB 2ND SAT
GLORY (SLAVA) OPENS FEB 9TH 6TH
TUE
OPEN CAPTIONED SCREENING: JOURNEY’S END 18.30
IRISH FOCUS: BARRACKS SQUARE ESTATE 20.20
LOVELESS OPENS FEB 9TH
7TH OPEN CAPTIONED SCREENING: PHANTOM THREAD 13.00
THE SHAPE OF WATER OPENS FEB 14TH WED
I, TONYA OPENS FEB 23RD 8TH OPEN CAPTIONED SCREENING: JOURNEY’S END 13.30
LADY BIRD OPENS FEB 23RD THUR
11TH OPEN CAPTIONED SCREENING: PHANTOM THREAD 20.15
SUN
12TH IFI FILM CLUB: PHANTOM THREAD 18.00
MON
13TH FEAST YOUR EYES: PHANTOM THREAD 18.20
TUE THE BIGGER PICTURE: THE SWEET HEREAFTER 18.30
14TH VALENTINE'S DAY: BOUND 18.20
WED FROM THE VAULTS: A LOVE DIVIDED 18.30
VALENTINE'S DAY: WEEKEND 20.50
18TH MYSTERY MATINEE 13.00
SUN
19TH CHINESE NEW YEAR: PLATFORM 20.00
GET SOCIAL! MON
20TH
TUE
OPEN CAPTIONED SCREENING:
THE SHAPE OF WATER
13.00
Excited about this month’s programme? So are we!
Tell your friends which film you’re planning to watch, 23RD WILD STRAWBERRIES: HOWARDS END 11.00
share your movie reviews and show us your best pics FRI
on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook! 25TH IFI FAMILY: ROCK DOG 11.00
Join the IFI Community online: SUN
26TH IFI & ADIFF: CEDRIC GIBBONS: THE BIG PARADE 13.30
linkedin.com/company/irishfilminstitute MON OPEN CAPTIONED SCREENING: I, TONYA 15.50
IFI & ADIFF: REEL ART: THE SCIENCE OF GHOSTS 18.30
@IrishFilmInstitute @IFI_Dub OPEN CAPTIONED SCREENING: 20.30
THE SHAPE OF WATER
@IrishFilmInstitute 27TH IFI & ADIFF: CEDRIC GIBBONS: DINNER AT EIGHT 13.30
TUES OPEN CAPTIONED SCREENING: LADY BIRD 16.20
IFI & ADIFF: REEL ART: PHANTOM ISLANDS 18.30
For bookings and film information, please see our OPEN CAPTIONED SCREENING: LADY BIRD 20.50
website, www.ifi.ie, or contact the IFI Box Office 28TH WILD STRAWBERRIES: HOWARDS END 11.00
on 01-6793477 (open 12.30 to 21.00 daily). WED IFI & ADIFF: CEDRIC GIBBONS: GRAND HOTEL 13.30
OPEN CAPTIONED SCREENING: I, TONYA 20.40
1ST IFI & ADIFF: CAREERS IN FILM DAY 10.30
Open Captioned screening THUR
2ND IFI & ADIFF: CEDRIC GIBBONS: 13.30
Audio Described screening FRI AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
IFI & ADIFF: THE CAMINO VOYAGE 18.15
The F-rating is a classification for any † The exclusivity of films is correct at time of print.
film which is directed by a woman,
is written by a woman, or features
significant women on screen in their
own right.
4FEBRUARY 2018
JOURNEY’S
NEW RELEASE
END
OPENS FEB 2ND Northern France, 1918. British Army of life and death in the trenches of
C Company is anxiously awaiting World War I, first performed on-stage
EXCLUSIVELY AT IFI† an imminent German offensive, led starring a young Laurence Olivier in
by the broken, alcoholic Captain 1928, and filmed in 1930 by James
FILM INFO: Stanhope (Sam Claflin), and former- Whale, is faithfully adapted by director
107 mins, UK, 2017, Digital
Notes by David O'Mahony
schoolteacher Osborne (Paul Bettany), Saul Dibb in this restrained production
his avuncular second-in-command. that retains the deep sadness of the
The company is joined by the naïve play and wisely resists contemporary
young Second Lieutenant Raleigh embellishments.
(Asa Butterfield), who requested
assignment to Stanhope’s command There will be Open Captioned (OC)
because the two attended the same screenings at 18.30 on Tuesday 6th
school. R.C. Sherriff’s poignant drama and 13.30 on Thursday 8th.
MAKALA
IFI DOC
OPENS FEB 2ND The arduous journey of a rural The director shadows his subject,
Congolese charcoal maker ('makala' 28-year-old Kabwita Kasongo,
EXCLUSIVELY AT IFI† means coal in Swahili), as he first on his lengthy and gruelling trek
prepares and then transports his without engaging or resorting to
FILM INFO: precarious burden on top of a bicycle sentiment, and as such Makala is an
96 mins, France, 2017,
Digital, Subtitled
to sell in town, is the unlikely subject extraordinary piece of documentary
Notes by David O'Mahony of Emmanuel Gras’s profoundly observation.
moving, experiential film, a deserving
winner of Best Film at Cannes Film
Festival’s Critics Week 2017.
5FEBRUARY 2018
PHANTOM
THREAD
NEW RELEASE
OPENS FEB 2ND In previous films such as Magnolia Manville), her brother’s keeper,
(1999) and The Master (2012), and his new model, muse, and
FILM INFO: Paul Thomas Anderson has lover, former waitress Alma (Vicky
130 mins, USA, 2017, 35mm and frequently addressed the issue of Krieps). Relationships take dark
selected Digital screenings toxic masculinity. In the beautifully and unexpected turns in this lush,
Notes by Kevin Coyne
constructed and impeccably sensuous film.
performed Phantom Thread, this is
again brought to the fore in a study Join us for an open discussion after
of the shifting power dynamics at the 18.00 screening on Monday 12th.
play between a trio consisting of
FEAST YOUR EYES
Enjoy the film with a specially
couturier Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel There will be Open Captioned (OC)
devised main course following Day-Lewis in his self-professed final screenings at 13.00 on Wednesday 7th
the 18.20 screening on acting role), his sister Cyril (Lesley and 20.15 on Sunday 11th.
Tuesday 13th.
GLORY
NEW RELEASE
OPENS FEB 9TH A biting satire of class, power and currently embroiled in a scandal,
corruption in contemporary Bulgarian seizes the opportunity and hires PR
SLAVA society, Glory is the second feature guru Julia Staykova to spin the story
from filmmaking duo Kristina Grozeva and manufacture a hero out of the
EXCLUSIVELY AT IFI† and Petar Valchanov following The humble Tzanko, who suffers from
Lesson, their exemplary 2014 début. a debilitating stutter. When Julia
FILM INFO:
101 mins, Bulgaria-Greece, removes his watch – a Russian made
2016, Digital, Subtitled When railway linesman Tzanko Slava (Glory), inscribed by his father
Notes by David O’Mahony stumbles upon a mysterious pile of – for the ceremony to present him
cash on the train tracks, he reports with a new model, it sets off a chain
it to the authorities, incurring the ire of events that threatens to bring down
of his less honest colleagues in the the Ministry.
process. The Ministry of Transport,
6LOVELESS
NEW RELEASE
OPENS FEB 9TH Andrey Zvyagintsev’s (The Return, They fail in any attempt to shield him
Elena, Leviathan) bracing new film is from their mutual disgust, selfishness
ostensibly a missing person police and constant internecine fighting -
НЕЛЮБОВЬ
procedural, yet similar to Leviathan it indeed they barely notice when he
FILM INFO: bears interpretation as a state of the doesn’t come home from school one
127 mins, Russia, 2017, Russian nation address. A prosperous day and is declared missing.
Digital, Subtitled Moscow couple are in the final stages
Notes by David O’Mahony
of separating; both have taken new As with all of Zvyagintsev’s work,
lovers and are close to selling their Loveless is as exacting and precise
apartment. Caught in the crossfire is as a blade and displays magisterial
their neglected twelve-year-old son, filmmaking control.
who is treated as an inconvenience in
the carve-up of their discordant lives.
THE SHAPE
NEW
OF WATER
IFIRELEASE
DOC
OPENS FEB 14TH Guillermo del Toro’s beautiful, Michael Shannon), she is drawn to
romantic fairy tale centres on mute the creature, gaining its trust as
FILM INFO: Elisa (the superb Sally Hawkins), the two ultimately fall in love and
123 mins, USA-Canada, who, although she has close search for a way to be together.
2017, Digital friendships with neighbour Giles
Notes by Kevin Coyne
(a reliably excellent Richard Jenkins) There will be Open Captioned (OC)
and co-worker Zelda (Octavia screenings at 13.00 on Tuesday
Spencer), suffers from loneliness. 20th and 20.30 on Monday 26th.
When the mysterious corporation
for which she works acquires an
‘asset’ in the form of an amphibian
humanoid, guarded by the sadistic
Strickland (an especially bug-eyed
7FEBRUARY 2018
I, TONYA
NEW RELEASE
OPENS FEB 23RD Margot Robbie gives a deliciously also uses extensive flashbacks to
exuberant performance as disgraced fill in the gaps in the lurid narrative.
FILM INFO: figure skater Tonya Harding in Tonya’s fractious relationship with her
120 mins, USA, 2017, Digital Craig Gillespie’s imaginative volatile, pushy stage mother LaVona
Notes by David O’Mahony riff on the scandals circulating (Allison Janney) forms a through-line
around the 1994 Winter Olympic in this unclassifiable, breathlessly
Games, culminating with the brutal entertaining blend of bizarre true-
sabotaging of rival skater Nancy crime drama, comedy and intimate
Kerrigan. Wryly presented as faux character study.
documentary where the key players
in the debacle – a rogue’s gallery of There will be Open Captioned (OC)
grotesques – are interviewed some screenings at 15.50 on Monday 26th
twenty years afterwards, Gillespie and 20.40 on Wednesday 28th.
LADY BIRD
NEW RELEASE
OPENS FEB 23RD Writer/actor Greta Gerwig (Frances Ha, of Catholic school, her modest academic
Mistress America) effortlessly transitions prowess being no obstacle to romantic
FILM INFO: to the role of director for her début dreams of college life on the east coast.
94 mins, USA, 2017, Digital feature, a semi-autobiographical account Lady Bird’s complex relationship with
Notes by David O’Mahony of coming-of-age in Sacramento in 2002. her mother (Laurie Metcalf) underpins
Working from her own script, Gerwig her often chaotic life and their many
manages to breathe new life into the exchanges adroitly capture the nuances
rites of passage subgenre, approaching of a close mother-daughter bond.
many familiar moments – first love, prom
night – with great flair and imagination. There will be Open Captioned (OC)
Saorise Ronan shines as Christine ‘Lady screenings at 16.20 and 20.50 on
Bird’ McPherson, a restless 17-year-old Tuesday 27th.
navigating her way through the pitfalls
8IRISH ARCHIVE AT
FOCUS LUNCHTIME
BARRACKS SQUARE ESTATE ASPECTS OF IRELAND
FEB 6TH (20.20) Join us for free films from the IFI Irish Film
Archive. Simply collect tickets at IFI Box Office
Following the success of Fortune’s Wheel – please see www.ifi.ie for more information.
(about Bill Stephens, the Fairview Lion Tamer),
director Joe Lee focuses now on another Dublin PROGRAMME ONE
neighbourhood, Inchicore, to tell the extraordinary GLIMPSES OF ERIN
story of life as lived over 200 years in Richmond This travelogue made for US cinema audiences
Barracks, Keogh Square and St Michael’s Estate. espouses the quality of life in rural Ireland
and conveys the optimism generated by the
Located a little over three miles from Dublin city development of the new nation.
centre, the area has seen dramatic changes over DIRECTOR: James A Fitzpatirck
this period, both in the built environment and in the FILM INFO: 10 mins, Ireland, 1934
population which has variously included British
army troops, 1916 prisoners and, most recently, IRELAND ON THE GO
regular citizens. The primary storytellers in the film "Ireland is a country well on its way into the future
are the people who have lived and grown up here. but with one foot in the past she cherishes so much".
By telling the intimate stories of these buildings Ireland on the Go includes footage from Bunratty
and streets, vividly illustrated through personal Castle, the Rose of Tralee competition, the Galway
and community archives, the film reveals a social Oyster Festival and Dublin.
and political history of Dublin and offers a timely DIRECTOR: Richard Matt
reflection on Ireland’s changing urban landscape. FILM INFO: 14 mins, Ireland, 1966
This screening will be followed by a Q&A with
director Joe Lee and key contributors to the film. PROGRAMME TWO
PROSPECTS OF IRELAND
DIRECTOR: Joe Lee This travelogue was designed to promote Ireland
FILM INFO: 90 mins, Ireland, 2017, Digital as an attractive tourist destination for English
travellers: a country with "empty roads, empty
Notes by Sunniva O'Flynn beaches, no passports for English people, no language
barrier", a quiet haven without any of the pressures
of modern life.
DIRECTOR: Nick Nicholls
FILM INFO: 30 mins, UK, 1970
9FROM THE
VAULTS
A LOVE
DIVIDED
FEB 14TH (18.30)
DIRECTOR: This Valentine's Day offering tells within the local community. Based
Sydney Macartney
the dramatic story of the marriage on the story that unfolded in the
FILM INFO: between Seán Cloney, a Catholic, and Wexford town of Fethard-On-Sea in
98 mins, Ireland, 1999, 35mm
Notes by Sunniva O’Flynn
his wife Sheila, a Protestant, in 1950's 1957, Sydney Macartney’s feature is a
Ireland. The two vow to commit to gripping version of events with striking
each other above all else, but when central performances from Liam
Sheila refuses to send her children to Cunningham and Orla Brady.
the local Catholic school their love is
put under impossible pressure as they Actor Orla Brady will attend
both become unwitting pawns in an this screening.
ecclesiastical power struggle which
results in bitter sectarian conflict
THE BIGGER
PICTURE
THE SWEET
HEREAFTER
FEB 13TH (18.30)
DIRECTOR: Adapted from the novel by Russell take part in a lawsuit against the local
Atom Egoyan
Banks, Atom Egoyan’s Oscar- authorities and the bus company.
FILM INFO: nominated drama centres on the To win, he must convince survivors
112 mins, Canada, 1997, 35mm
Notes by Stephen Boylan
small Canadian town of Sam Dent as of the crash to testify, including
it tries to recover from an unthinkable Sarah Polley’s Nicole, who soon has
tragedy. When a local school bus the measure of Sam Dent’s newest
hits a patch of ice one morning and inhabitant. Featuring two riveting
crashes, fourteen children are killed. performances from Polley and Holm,
This screening will be Mitchell Stevens (Ian Holm), an out- and a haunting score from Mychael
introduced by Stephen Boylan, of-town lawyer dealing with family Danna, The Sweet Hereafter is an
IFI Press and Marketing
Manager.
issues of his own, arrives in the town unforgettably moving look at loss,
to convince its grieving parents to grief and the nature of blame.
10BRAKES the couples on their paths. Featuring
an ensemble cast of comedy greats
+ Q&A including Julia Davis, Noel Fielding,
and Julian Barratt alongside actors
such as Kerry Fox, Paul McGann,
and Kelly Campbell, this largely
improvised film is by turns touching
and very funny. Running the gamut of
FEB 3RD (20.30) relationships and their endings, it is a
film bound to resonate with audiences.
DIRECTOR: The first feature from director
Mercedes Grower
Mercedes Grower, Brakes takes an The IFI is delighted to welcome director
FILM INFO: unconventional approach to romantic Mercedes Grower, who will take part in
87 mins, UK, 2016, Digital comedy, beginning as it does with a post-screening Q&A.
Notes by Kevin Coyne
the final breakup of nine relationships
before rewinding to recount the
moment of that initial spark that set
IFI FAMILY Mountain. He’s happy enough with
his lot until he comes upon a radio
ROCK DOG and the sound of rock ‘n’ roll gives
him a taste for more exciting times.
He makes his way to the grand high
security mansion of rocker Angus
Scattergood (Eddie Izzard), but his
path is filled with unexpected turns
FEB 25TH (11.00) and twists, and a marauding pack of
wolves too.
DIRECTOR: From the co-director of Toy Story 2
Ash Brannon and Surf’s Up comes this fun Tickets: €4.80 per person, €14.40
FILM INFO: animation based on a Chinese family ticket (2 adults + 2 children,
80 mins, China-USA, 2016, Digital graphic novel. 1 adult + 3 children)
Notes by Alicia McGivern
Bodi is a hip mastiff, whose job
in life is to guard sheep on Snow
WILD Wilcox who leaves her great house
to her friend, Margaret Schlegel
STRAWBERRIES (Emma Thompson). Ruth’s husband
HOWARDS (Anthony Hopkins) and her children
have, however, other plans. Margaret
END and her sister, meanwhile, get
entangled irrevocably with the lowly
FEB 23RD Mr Bast. A sumptuous, impeccably
& 28TH (11.00) acted, and rewarding drama from
Merchant Ivory.
DIRECTOR: The recent TV adaptation of E.M.
James Ivory Forster’s novel won new audiences Wild Strawberries is our film club for
FILM INFO: for this story of class, love, values over 55s. Tickets: €4.25 including
142 mins, UK-Japan-USA, 1992, Digital and hypocrisy. regular tea/coffee before the event.
Notes by Alicia McGivern If you happen to look younger, please
In this 1992 version, Vanessa don’t take offence if we ask your age.
Redgrave stars as the ailing Ruth
11EVENING COURSE
NORDIC
NIGHTS
MARCH 6TH – APRIL 10TH
Together
Notes by Alicia McGivern
Nordic crime, Vikings, minimalist style, snow-bound but with strong, multi-
A Six-Week Evening Course and hygge - influences from the Nordic faceted characters delivering complex
on Nordic Cinema countries can be seen across culture and questioning narratives.
and lifestyle choices. In cinema, while
the shadows of Bergman and Dreyer This short course will look at samples
may be long, filmmakers from the of cinema from the region. The course
region have developed their own will run on consecutive Tuesdays,
distinctive styles. commencing at 18.30 unless otherwise
TICKETS stated. Order of screenings may
€80, conc. €75 (including Throughout the Nordic countries, vary slightly.
tea/coffee). Booking for the
complete course through
TV and cinema is yielding diverse
our website, www.ifi.ie. Film work, often dark-tinged, absurd or
tickets not individually sold.
TOGETHER
PERSONA (TILLSAMMANS)
MARCH 6TH (18.30) MARCH 13TH (18.30)
Intense psychological drama about two women Swedish director Lukas Moodysson followed up
(Liv Ullman and Bibi Andersson) who are stranded his teen love story Show Me Love with this depiction
on an island together; one a nurse, the other of the communal homes of 1970’s Sweden, a sharp,
a recovering actress who is without speech. funny look at the socialist ideals behind the shared
As the two women interact, Sven Nykvist’s living projects.
brilliant photography captures their dynamic.
This is multi-layered, provocative filmmaking Molly O’Cathain is a Swedish-Irish set and costume
from the Swedish master. designer who will discuss the distinct aesthetic
and Swedish mores of this film and how its rich and
Dr Barry Monahan of UCC will introduce the textured styling contrasts with portraits of Ireland
film and talk about Bergman’s enduring legacy. from the period.
DIRECTOR: Ingmar Bergman DIRECTOR: Lukas Moodysson
FILM INFO: 83 mins, Sweden, 1966, Blu-ray, Subtitled FILM INFO: 106 mins, Sweden-Denmark-Italy, 2000, Digital, Subtitled
12THE MAN
FESTEN WITHOUT A PAST
(THE CELEBRATION) (MIES VAILLA MENNEISYYTTÄ)
MARCH 20TH (18.30) MARCH 27TH (18.30)
A signatory to the Dogme 95 Manifesto, Thomas Few filmmakers have combined stories of destitution and
Vinterberg uses its conventions for this Shakespearean crisis with one liners and absurd sight gags as consistently
family saga. Set in a grand country hotel, Christian returns as the Finn Aki Kaurismäki who has remained interested in
from abroad for his father’s 60th birthday celebrations depicting the better side of human nature. In this film, the
and must decide whether to follow hypocritical convention amnesiac hero tries to rebuild his life from scratch.
or challenge the patriarchal host’s unforgivable sins.
Dr Seán Crosson (Huston School of Film and Digital
Story consultant and lecturer Rachel O’Flanagan Media, NUI Galway) will talk about Kaurismäki’s films, their
will discuss the legacy of Dogme 95 through this film distinctive aesthetic, and his status as one of the Nordic
and the work of Lars von Trier, Vinterberg and others. region’s most accomplished filmmakers.
DIRECTOR: Thomas Vinterberg DIRECTOR: Aki Kaurismäki
FILM INFO: 105 mins, Denmark-Sweden, 1998, Blu-ray, Subtitled FILM INFO: 97 mins, Finland-Germany-France, 2002, Digital, Subtitled
HEADHUNTERS
THELMA (HODEJEGERNE)
APRIL 3RD (18.30) APRIL 10TH (18.30)
Writer-director Joachim Trier has carved out a Combine Nordic Noir with an Irish crime writer’s
reputation as an independent filmmaker with a singular sensibility and you get a taste of this evening’s talk,
vision. This fantasy drama, which he describes as body delivered by the thriller writer Declan Burke.
horror combined with love story, centres on a young
woman who discovers she has supernatural powers Declan will offer his view on Nordic Noir, as exemplified
beyond her control. in this taut drama, adapted from Jo Nesbø’s bestseller.
He’ll talk about the success of Irish crime fiction, its
Scandinavian film specialist Dr Claire Thomson from UCL noir influences and how the addition of humour, as in
will discuss this film and also offer an overview of Nordic this film with its ultra-black moments, can make for
cinema and Trier’s place within the genre. equally gripping but sometimes more palatable fare.
DIRECTOR: Joachim Trier DIRECTOR: Morten Tyldum
FILM INFO: 116 mins, Norway-France-Denmark -Sweden, FILM INFO: 96 mins, Norway-Sweden-Denmark-Germany,
2017, Digital, Subtitled 2011, Digital, Subtitled
13IFI & AUDI DUBLIN
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
The IFI is proud to once again partner with the Audi Dublin International Film Festival. This
year’s programme includes two films made under the Arts Council’s Reel Art scheme, an
influential programme designed to provide film artists with a unique opportunity to make
highly creative, imaginative documentaries. This year’s slate will also feature the work of
famed Irish-American art director Cedric Gibbons and a practical Careers in Film Day.
REEL ART: REEL ART:
THE SCIENCE OF GHOSTS PHANTOM ISLANDS
FEB 26TH (18.30) FEB 27TH (18.30)
Director Niall McCann’s observational drama centres Phantom Islands is an experimental film that
on well-known Irish musician Adrian Crowley. While exists at the boundaries of documentary and
being interviewed by a film crew for his latest album, fiction. Directed by Rouzbeh Rashidi, with the
an interruption causes Adrian to ponder - what would visual intensity that has marked him as one of Ireland’s
a film about his life be like? Could it ever really reflect most radical and unique filmmakers, it follows a couple
who he is? adrift and disoriented in the stunning landscape of
Ireland’s islands. Yet this deliberately melodramatic
His imagination takes him - and the audience - on a romance is constantly questioned by a provocative
journey as he becomes a ghost visiting his own life, cinematic approach that ultimately results in a
past and future. What emerges is a humorous and hypnotic and visceral inquiry into the very possibility
original take on the power of storytelling. of documentary objectivity.
Director Niall McCann will attend this screening. Director Rouzbeh Rashidi will attend this screening.
DIRECTOR: Niall McCann DIRECTOR: Rouzbeh Rashidi
FILM INFO: 80 mins, Ireland, 2017, Digital FILM INFO: 74 mins, Ireland, 2017, Digital
BOOKINGS
Tickets for the Reel Art screenings are available
from www.diff.ie
14IFI & AUDI DUBLIN
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
CAREERS IN THE CAMINO
FILM DAY VOYAGE
MAR 1ST (10.30 – 15.30) MAR 2ND (18.15)
Careers in Film Day is an innovative one-day programme of A crew of explorers take to the beloved, sacred Camino
events aimed at second-level students who are interested – not by land but by sea – in this evocative, immersive
in working as part of the film industry. The day will offer documentary. The adventurers, including a writer, two
insights into the diverse range of film professions, while musicians, an artist and a stonemason, take to the
academic staff and students from college courses will be waters in a traditional boat which they built themselves.
on hand to offer guidance and advice. A number of the
Irish film industry’s most talented artists including Darragh There are dangers and challenges in their 2,500 km
O’Connell of Brown Bag Films, casting agent Louise Kiely, modern-day Celtic odyssey all the way from Ireland
and sound editor/composer Steven Fanagan will attend to Northern Spain, but joys and inspiration too,
on the day. Students may attend in groups or individually as we are invited to join them on their remarkable,
– tickets cost €5 each and booking is essential. For more surprising journey.
information see www.ifi.ie/learn.
Glen Hansard, Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich,
Careers in Film Day is a joint initiative from the Irish Film Liam Ó Maonlaí, Máire Sheehy, Liam Holden,
Institute and Audi Dublin International Film Festival, and Clodagh O'Mara, Breanndán Pháid Ó Muircheartaigh
is supported by the Irish Film Board. and Patricia Moriarty will attend this screening.
DIRECTOR: Dónal Ó Céilleachair
FILM INFO: 95 mins, Ireland, 2017, Digital
BOOKINGS
Tickets for The Camino Voyage and Careers in Film Day
are available from www.ifi.ie and www.diff.ie
15CEDRIC
GIBBONS
Dublin-born Cedric Gibbons is the most successful art director in
the history of cinema. His team at MGM shaped the sets, props
and costumes for more than 1,000 films, contributing greatly to the
studio’s reputation as Hollywood’s number one ‘dream factory’.
He conceived the colossal sets of Ben-Hur (1925), the technicolour
realm of The Wizard of Oz (1939), and Van Gogh’s world in Lust for
Life (1956). He won eleven Oscars for his art direction, receiving the
famous statuette that he himself had designed.
Gibbons’s life and work will be marked by ADIFF with screenings,
an exhibition and a one-day conference on the role of design in the
cinema at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin.
Tickets for the Cedric Gibbons screenings are
available from www.ifi.ie and www.diff.ie
THE BIG between romance, drama and
pathos, the 1925 film features
PARADE powerful set-pieces that have stood
the test of time, ever since the film
became the newly formed MGM
Studios’ first big box-office hit.
FEB 26TH (13.30) Director King Vidor’s assured,
forward-thinking style was
FILM INFO: Gibbons’s assured artwork enhances considered truly ground-breaking,
151 mins, USA, 1925, Digital
this classic silent film which vividly and inspired and influenced many
recounts the emotional as well as other filmmakers.
the physical costs of the Great War.
Featuring tough, trailblazing battle
scenes and shifting effortlessly
16IFI & AUDI DUBLIN
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
DINNER By then the most revered studio in
Hollywood, MGM’s hit has a whole lot
AT EIGHT of fun with the comedy of errors that
follows, and the determination of the
host that no matter what happens,
dinner shall be served on time. An
on-form cast make the most of the
FEB 27TH (13.30) pithy script.
FILM INFO: Gibbons’s glorious art deco sets
111 mins, USA, 1933, 35mm
add fizz to this sparkling 1933
comedy. George Cukor’s classic
focuses on Mrs Oliver Jordan, a
social butterfly hosting the perfect
dinner party to benefit her husband's
business dealings.
GRAND HOTEL ever happens” but that premise
falls apart over the course of one
memorable day, as the lives and
dramas of different guests begin
to intertwine.
They include Greta Garbo’s
FEB 28TH (13.30) Grusinskaya, whose“I want to
be alone” was to go down in
FILM INFO: Edmund Goulding’s Oscar winner for history. Cedric Gibbons brings his
112 mins, USA, 1932, 35mm
Best Picture showcases the talents unmistakable flair to the art-deco
of some of the brightest stars in production.
cinematic history.
The lavish Grand Hotel in Berlin is
ostensibly a place where “nothing
AN AMERICAN winner, including for Cedric Gibbons’s
design work.
IN PARIS Kelly’s Jerry, an American painter
living among Paris’s artistic set,
romances two different women in
this musical which showcases MGM’s
MAR 2ND (13.30) and Hollywood’s sense of opulence
at its very height. The climax of the
FILM INFO: Gene Kelly’s and Leslie Caron’s film, a lengthy and delightful ballet
114 mins, USA, 1951, Digital
onscreen charisma, the classic sequence, demands to be seen on the
songs of George and Ira Gershwin, big screen.
and Vincente Minnelli’s confident
directorial work combined to make
this joyous film a six-time Oscar
17VALENTINE’S
DAY
BOUND
FEB 14TH (18.20)
BOUND WEEKEND
DIRECTORS: The first feature from Lana and Lilly Russell and Glen hook up on a
The Wachowskis Wachowski is the noir-inflected story Friday night. Russell is looking for
of Violet (Jennifer Tilly) and lover love, but Glen has recently had his
FILM INFO: Corky (Gina Gershon), who hatch heart broken. Over the course of the
108 mins, USA, 1996, Blu-ray
Notes by Kevin Coyne a plan to rob $2 million from the weekend, despite their difficulties
former’s boyfriend, Mafia money- and differences, as well as other
WEEKEND launderer Caesar (Joe Pantoliano). obstacles, the two become closer,
FEB 14TH (20.50) reaching a level of emotional as
On its release, Bound received praise well as physical intimacy in Andrew
DIRECTOR: not just for its undoubted style, but Haigh’s tender and touching debut.
Andrew Haigh also for its credible portrayal of gay
FILM INFO:
female characters.
97 mins, UK, 2011, Digital
Notes by Kevin Coyne
IFI & Shanxi Province in the North China
region, Platform is a unique creative
CHINESE look at an important chapter in
Chinese history and established
NEW YEAR Zhang-Ke’s reputation as one of the
most important filmmakers working
PLATFORM in the world today.
Platform is presented by 2018
Chinese-language Film Festival
Ireland (2018 愛爾蘭華語電影節)
FEB 19TH (20.00) and organised in association with
the Dublin Chinese New Year Festival
站台 (www.dublinchinesenewyear.com).
Young, idealistic members The screening will be introduced by
DIRECTOR: of a Chinese performing arts Irish Times film critic Tara Brady.
Jia Zhang-Ke troupe confront the seismic Festival dates and programme details
FILM INFO: social, economic and cultural for the 2018 Chinese-language Film
155 mins, China-Japan-France, transformation of 1980s China in Jia Festival Ireland will be announced at
2000, 35mm, Subtitled Zhang-Ke’s ambitious, humanistic the event (www.clffi.ie).
Notes by Marie-Pierre Richard and visually arresting second feature.
Set in the director’s native Fenyang,
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