OCTOBER 2016 ANDREA ARNOLD THE IRISH FILM INSTITUTE

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

IFI HORRORTHON Crone Wood FEAST YOUR EYES

IFI Horrorthon is back with another bloody feast of features Our monthly pairing of a new release and a specially from October 27th to 31st and is set to shock you to the devised main course menu will be Ken Loach’s I, Daniel core! With over 30 Irish premieres showcasing the best Blake followed by a meal inspired by the film, in the IFI Café of Irish and international films of the genre, including the Bar on October 26th at 18.30. The veteran director’s latest ever-popular Surprise Film, special guests, and judiciously film lays bare the cruel realities for those who fall through chosen classics, this year’s festival will be the most grisly the cracks of society, and deservedly won him his second yet. A highlight of the IFI calendar! (See page 10 for Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. further details.) See page 7 for film notes.

IFI SCHOOLS PROGRAMME Hunt for the Wilderpeople IFI PLAYER

The new IFI Schools programme is up and running, and The IFI Player is now live at www.ifiplayer.ie and gives for the first time will run for the full academic year, from free global access to a range of collections that have October to May, so that teachers can plan their whole year been digitised and preserved in the IFI Irish Film Archive. of school's activities at the IFI. For more information and to Audiences can now have instant access to a selection of make a booking for your students, please see the separate unique moving image content which has never been seen programme, call Dee Quinlan or Richard Fallon online before, with a selection of newsreels, travelogues, on 01 679 5744 / [email protected], or visit animations, home movies, feature films, documentaries www.ifi.ie/learn. and more.

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This month sees the IFI Player up and running while the programme features the annual IFI Horrorthon and a varied selection of new releases… OCTOBER

AT THE IFI American Honey The last few years have been transformative for the IFI Irish As the months get colder the films often seem to get stronger, Film Archive with significant progress made in a number of luring audiences back indoors. This October sees that strategic areas, but perhaps most importantly in the area of tradition continue with some of the most hotly-anticipated digital preservation. In September we launched the IFI Player new releases coming our way. Having opened the IFI which provides the public with the opportunity to access the Documentary Festival in September, Mattress Men will go national moving image archive, which is preserved here at on release from October 7th and promises to be the next the IFI. For the very first time everyone can view IFI Irish Film Irish film hit, following the recent run of great successes. Archive content and programmes right across the country, A favourite at Cannes this year, Andrea Arnold’s American and all around the world all free of charge, in the comfort of Honey is electrifying, and we’re delighted to present a their homes. The IFI Player is a groundbreaking development retrospective of her work during October. And with mention for the IFI, as it allows us to fulfil our mission to make our of Cannes, the Palme d’Or winner, Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake collections available to a much broader audience base. We also gets released this month, opening on the 21st, and is one look forward to building on the content over the coming not-to-be-missed months and years. It will truly democratise national and international access to our collections. Check out some of the So there’s plenty to keep you occupied at the IFI this gems that we preserve in this treasure trove of material at autumn and winter. www.ifiplayer.ie Ross Keane IFI festival season is well and truly upon us once again as Director we’re now gearing up for our annual IFI Horrorthon over the Bank Holiday weekend, which promises the usual gory thrills and spills. At the time of writing, the full programme is yet to be announced, so to avoid any spoilers, please check out the separate festival flyer or visit www.ifi.ie/horrorthon. This year there is a strong focus on new films and we’ll be presenting a record-breaking 30 Irish premieres! Next month, we’ll also be welcoming back the IFI French Film Festival and Dublin Arabic Film Festival.

We are delighted to be working with the Mary Raftery Journalism Fund once again after our enormously successful events in 2014 and 2015. This year, on October 14th, at a day of screenings, masterclasses and debate, Investigations 2016 will explore the challenges of bringing controversial, complex and often conflicting stories to the large and small screen There are some great guests and speakers lined up (see page 14) and it promises to be another unforgettable event. 3 NEW RELEASES, IFI SEASONS & DOCS & IFI CLASSICS EVENTS CALENDAR

MATTRESS MEN OPENS OCT 7TH DATE SCREENING TIME THE QUAY BROTHERS OPENS OCT 7TH 4TH IFI CAFÉ BAR PUB QUIZ (FREE EVENT) 21.30 MEET CHRISTOPHER NOLAN TUE IFI EVENING COURSE: THIS IS NOT A FILM 18.30 5TH IRISH FOCUS: OUTCASTS BY CHOICE 18.30 AMERICAN HONEY OPENS OCT 14TH WED KATE PLAYS CHRISTINE OPENS OCT 14TH 8TH ANDREA ARNOLD RETROSPECTIVE: RED ROAD 15.30 I, DANIEL BLAKE OPENS OCT 21ST SAT 11TH IFI EVENING COURSE: THE BEACHES OF AGNÉS 18.30 FURTHER BEYOND OPENS OCT 21ST TUE AFTER LOVE OPENS OCT 28TH 12TH ANDREA ARNOLD RETROSPECTIVE: FISH TANK 18.15 WED LO AND BEHOLD: REVERIES OF OPENS OCT 28TH 13TH LO AND BEHOLD: REVERIES OF 18.00 THE CONNECTED WORLD THU THE CONNECTED WORLD + SATELLITE Q&A 14TH INVESTIGATIONS 2016: MARY RAFTERY 11.00 – FRI JOURNALISM FUND 17.00 15TH IFI & AEMI PROJECTIONS: 462 YEARS 13.30 SAT OF CINEMATOGRAPHY 1554-2016 BY AURÉLIEN FROMENT 16TH ANDREA ARNOLD RETROSPECTIVE: 15.10 SUN WUTHERING HEIGHTS 17TH THE BIGGER PICTURE: NETWORK 20.00 GET SOCIAL! MON Excited about this month’s programme? So are we! 18TH IFI EVENING COURSE: NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT 18.30 Tell your friends which film you’re planning to watch, TUE share your movie reviews and show us your best pics on 19TH CINÉ-CONCERT: SHERLOCK HOLMES 18.30 Instagram, Twitter and Facebook! WED Join the IFI Community online: 21ST FURTHER BEYOND + Q&A 18.20 FRI @IrishFilmInstitute 23RD THE HANGOVER LOUNGE: THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE 14.00 SUN @IrishFilmInstitute @IFI_Dub 24TH IFI FILM CLUB: I, DANIEL BLAKE 18.30 MON 25TH SPECIAL EVENT: ROAD TO GOD KNOWS WHERE 18.00 TUE IFI EVENING COURSE: RIDING GIANTS 18.30 26TH WILD STRAWBERRIES: THE COMPANY YOU KEEP 11.00 WED FEAST YOUR EYES: I, DANIEL BLAKE 18.30 27TH FROM THE VAULTS: THE REMARKABLE 18.30 THU ROY SPENCE COLLECTION IFI HORRORTHON (SEE PAGE 10) 28TH WILD STRAWBERRIES: THE COMPANY YOU KEEP 11.00 FRI IFI HORRORTHON (SEE PAGE 10) FRENCH FILM CLUB: AFTER LOVE TBC 29TH IFI HORRORTHON (SEE PAGE 10) SAT 30TH IFI FAMILY: EXPLORERS 11.00 SUN IFI HORRORTHON (SEE PAGE 10) 31ST IFI HORRORTHON (SEE PAGE 10) MON TIMES For a breakdown of times and dates of IFI New Releases, IFI Docs & IFI Classics, check out our weekly schedule on www.ifi.ie/weekly-schedule or the IFI ads in The Irish Times on Fridays and Saturdays. You can also sign up to receive our weekly ezine by joining at www.ifi.ie/signup.

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OPENS OCT 7TH Fresh from its rapturous reception at a viral sensation. Will he succeed in IFI Documentary Festival, Mattress Men his endeavours? And will Mick FILM INFO: introduces Michael Flynn who attempts finally recognise the hard work and 82 mins, Ireland, 2016, Digital to save his struggling mattress business good intentions of his long-time friend? Notes by Sunniva O’Flynn by reinventing himself as the eccentric In his debut documentary feature, online personality ‘Mattress Mick’. director Colm Quinn celebrates He works under the guidance of his the friendship and fortitude of good friend Paul Kelly who is burdened ordinary working-class Dubliners. with debts and yearns for a full-time contract and more security for his young Mattress Men is a wholly engrossing family. Using all his marketing savvy and tale – peppered with startling revelations entrepreneurial skills, Paul embarks of a friendship sorely tested. on a mission to make Mattress Mick

THE QUAY RELEASE NEW BROTHERS MEET CHRISTOPHER NOLAN

OPENS OCT 7TH Two of the world’s most original Best known for their classic 1986 film filmmakers, the identical Quay Brother Street of Crocodiles, they are masters EXCLUSIVELY AT IFI† twins, have been making their unique of miniaturisation and their tiny sets blend of puppetry and stop-motion create a landscape of long-repressed FILM INFO: animation for over 30 years, spawning childhood dreams. This collection of three 65 mins, UK-USA, 2015, 35mm an enormous cult following and many new 35mm prints of their work, Notes by British Film Institute. In Absentia (Dir. Quay Brothers, high profile admirers, from Terry Gilliam alongside a brand new short from 19 mins, UK, 2000); Quay to Christopher Nolan. A passion for detail, Christopher Nolan reveals the inner (Dir. Christopher Nolan, 8 mins, a breath-taking command of colour and workings of their studio. USA, 2015); The Comb (Dir Quay Brothers, 17 mins, UK, 1990); texture, and an uncanny use of focus Street of Crocodiles (Dir Quay and camera movement make their films Brothers, 21 mins, UK, 1986) unique and instantly recognisable.

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OPENS OCT 14TH 18-year-old Star (newcomer Sasha on the antiquated practice of selling Lane) abandons her hardscrabble life magazine subscriptions door-to- FILM INFO: on the fringes of society in Andrea door across the Midwest. 162 mins, 2016, UK-USA, Digital Arnold’s electrifying take on that Notes by David O'Mahony American staple, the road movie. Arnold jettisons anything approaching a classical three-act structure, presenting With two dependant siblings and Star’s journey as a picaresque, absentee parents, Star’s prospects appear free-wheeling blur of experiences – limited until a chance encounter with a love, danger and on-the-cheap hedonism ANDREA ARNOLD group of similarly disaffected kids and – that crackle with raw kinetic energy. RETROSPECTIVE their enigmatic leader (Shia LaBeouf) An intoxicating riot of sound and image, See page 12 for details of more sees her casting her lot in with this band American Honey is pure cinema. Andrea Arnold films showing of colourful outsiders who subsist at the IFI this month. KATE PLAYS CHRISTINE IFI DOC

OPENS OCT 14TH In July 1974, 29-year-old Florida- films about Chubbuck that featured in based television reporter Christine this year’s Sundance Festival, Robert EXCLUSIVELY AT IFI† Chubbuck shot and killed herself live Greene’s Kate Plays Christine is the on air in the opening segment of her more innovative, discarding the tired FILM INFO: own talk show. Stunning viewers biopic formula for a documentary 112mins, USA, 2016, Digital and colleagues alike in an era when of re-enactment in which we follow Notes by Alice Butler depression was barely acknowledged, actress Kate Lyn Sheil as she prepares let alone discussed, this harrowing to play Christine in a film that never event allegedly motivated Paddy materialises. A study not just of This month’s Bigger Picture Chayefsky to write the Sidney Lumet- Chubbuck, but also of what it means screening is Network on directed Network (1976), albeit with a to assume the mindset of someone so Monday, October 17th at 20.00. number of significant departures from disturbed and out of reach, this is a See page 19 for details. the facts. Of the (remarkably) two rare and provocative accomplishment.

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OPENS OCT 21ST When Ken Loach won the Palme d’Or for He is the quintessential little man I, Daniel Blake he joined an elite pantheon caught in the gears of a bureaucratic, FILM INFO: of directors who have been awarded the Kafkaesque health system. 100 mins, UK, 2016, Digital Cannes Film Festival’s top prize on two Notes by David O'Mahony occasions, a fitting tribute for a film Though not without humour, that feels like a summation of the great I, Daniel Blake simmers with quiet man’s tireless advocacy for the underdog. outrage for the petty injustices meted out to the most vulnerable The scenario is pure Loach: carpenter members of society. Daniel Blake (Dave Johns) is convalescing FEAST YOUR EYES from a mild heart attack, but finds Our monthly food and film himself in the paradoxical position of screening will take place on not being ill enough to claim benefits. October 26th at 18.30. FURTHER BEYOND DOC IFI

OPENS OCT 21ST In their documentary debut Christine O’Higgins and his journey embodies. Molloy and Joe Lawlor take as their More playful, though no less assured, EXCLUSIVELY AT IFI† point of departure the compelling than their feature dramas Helen and 18th Century figure Ambrose O’Higgins Mister John, the directors delight in FILM INFO: (father of Bernardo O’Higgins, the first the adventure of the documentary 89 mins, Ireland, 2016, Digital leader of independent Chile) process and have created an Notes by Sunniva O'Flynn and attempt to retrace his remarkable exploration of time and place which journey from Ireland to Chile, visiting sparkles with curiosity and wit. We are delighted to welcome key locations in his life – a lake in directors Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy to Sligo, a field in Meath, the port of A Reel Art film funded by the Arts participate in a Q&A after the Cadiz, and the edge of a snow-covered Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon. 18.20 screening on Friday mountain in the Andes – and speculate October 21st. on the idea of place and what

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OPENS OCT 28TH After Love sees Belgian director Joachim Boris, a contractor between jobs, feels Lafosse return to similar territory to he has a claim on 50% of the apartment L’ECONOMIE DU COUPLE that of Private Property, his debut as his renovations greatly increased its from 2006, namely the division of a market value, an argument which gains EXCLUSIVELY AT IFI† shared life and property following a no traction with the increasingly harried marital breakup. Marie (Bérénice Bejo) Marie who is anxious for him to move out. FILM INFO: 100 mins, Belgium, 2016, and Boris (Cédric Kahn) are calling Digital, Subtitled it quits having been together for 15 Recriminations and point-scoring Notes by David O'Mahony years; she is the breadwinner in the arguments escalate as both parties take relationship, her savings and a gift from up intransigent positions in this tightly IFI FRENCH FILM CLUB her wealthy parents having bought controlled, emotionally resonant drama. screening on October 28th. the well-appointed home they inhabit Tickets €7 for IFI and Alliance with their young twin daughters. Française members. LO AND BEHOLD: REVERIES OF THE CONNECTED WORLD IFI DOC

OPENS OCT 28TH Werner Herzog turns his singular brand basic communication between two of cultural analysis to the defining computers, and questions others FILM INFO: technological development of our age as to how we would survive in a 98 mins, USA, 2016, Digital – the Internet – and finds it, at best, post-connected world. Notes by David O'Mahony problematic. Structured as a ten-part essay, the director covers such salient Herzog’s philosophical approach to topics as hacking and web addiction his material is, as ever, key to its There will be a special preview to the unforeseen possibilities and success, his question (reminiscent screening on Thursday, dangers of an artificial intelligence that of Philip K. Dick) ‘does the internet October 13th at 18.00 followed by a satellite Q&A with director could ultimately eclipse its creators. dream of itself?’ being typical of his Werner Herzog hosted by mode of inquiry in this playful and actor, writer and director, He spends time with those who were troubling film from a master of the Richard Ayoade. present in the late 1960s for the first documentary form.

8 CINÉ-CONCERT: SHERLOCK HOLMES

OCT 19TH (18.30) Presenting an exquisite restoration of held against her will by scoundrels trying an early screen adaptation of the ever- to find scandalous love letters with DIRECTOR: popular Sherlock Holmes story. Arthur which to blackmail the royal family. Arthur Berthelet Conan Doyle created the character of The film disappeared soon after its FILM INFO: the great detective, but it was William release until elements were discovered 116 mins, USA, 1916, Digital, Gillette, an actor who played the role and restored by the Cinémathèque Black & White, Silent w/Intertitles Notes by Sunniva O’Flynn more than 1,300 times, who brought Française and the San Francisco Silent him to life. This 1916 film provides Film Festival in time for centenary Introduced by preservationist a unique opportunity to witness the screenings in 2016. and film-restorer, Robert Byrne, archetypal Holmes and the actor who President of the San Francisco defined him. Here Holmes comes to the Silent with recorded music Silent Film Festival. rescue of Alice Faulkner, a young woman by The Neil Brand Trio.

SPECIAL EVENT: THE ROAD TO GOD KNOWS WHERE

OCT 25TH (18.00) The Road to God Knows Where The film was infused with the idea that was a breakthrough, iconoclastic film Ireland was on the move, on a journey, DIRECTOR: for Alan Gilsenan and remains a literally and figuratively, to unknown Alan Gilsenan memorable zeitgeist movie of Ireland destinations. FILM INFO: in a transformational decade. 53 mins, Ireland, 1988, Digital The 1980s was a period of social The Road to God Knows Where – Notes by Lance Pettitt regression, emigration and political a new book, with accompanying DVD, crisis. The Road… captures the co-edited by Lance Pettitt and Beatriz shockwave spirit of the time in its Kopschitz Bastos – will be launched chaotic ensemble of testimony, stark at this screening. Alan Gilsenan will visual imagery and arresting music track participate in a post-screening Q&A featuring U2, Aslan, and The Pogues. with Lance Pettitt.

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HORRORTHON Raw 2016 has proven to be a strong year for horror, from Robert Egger’s The Witch to Fede Alvarez’s superior Don’t Breathe, a healthy state of affairs 2016 that is reflected in this year’s IFI Horrorthon. In fact, this year a decision was made to provide audiences with the opportunity to see as many new films as possible, representing the very best of contemporary horror; as a result, the line-up includes some 30 Irish premieres – a festival record. The full programme will be announced in early October, but as the finishing touches are applied, we’re pleased to give you a flavour of what lies in store over the bank holiday weekend, such as an exclusive Dublin screening of Rob Zombie’s 31, a 30th anniversary double bill of David Cronenberg’s The Fly and Stephen Herek’s Critters, and new Irish horror features Don’t You A separate flyer listing the full schedule for Recognise Me?, Demon Hunter, and Crone Wood. IFI Horrorthon 2016 will be available in early October. Please also see ifi.ie/horrorthon and Introduction and notes on horrorthon.com for future updates. Opening individual films by Kevin Coyne. and closing night films €11.00. All other screenings €10.00. (IFI Membership is required for all films. If you are not an IFI Member then a Daily Membership fee of €1.50 will be added to each IFI Horrorthon ticket price.) Special Festival packages will be available.

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IFI HORRORTHON: A TERRIFYING TASTE OF WHAT’S TO COME!

TRAIN TO BUSAN RAW

Eagerly awaited since receiving its world Premiered during Critics’ Week at Cannes, Julia premiere in the official selection at Cannes, Ducournau’s startlingly original debut feature sees the claustrophobic and unpredictable Train to 16-year-old Justine, a strict vegetarian, undergo Busan sees a workaholic financier and his young a hazing ritual on starting veterinary college in daughter trapped on a moving train during a which she is forced to eat raw meat. Although she zombie outbreak that claims most of their fellow initially experiences a violent physical reaction to passengers. Their fight for survival includes a her transgression, soon Justine comes to crave the number of outstanding set pieces in this tense pleasures of the flesh, in all its forms. and exciting film.

JOHNNY FRANK GARRETT’S LAST WORD PET

First screened at this year’s South by Southwest, When lonely Seth (Dominic Monaghan) bumps into the new film from the director of Red, White & Blue old crush Holly (Ksenia Solo), his failed attempts at takes its inspiration from the true case of Johnny romancing her escalate into obsession, resulting Frank Garrett, a Texan executed for the murder of a in him kidnapping her and keeping her in a cage. nun, and over whose guilt there was some doubt. However, Holly, with secrets of her own, proves more In the film, Garrett takes revenge on his accusers than a match for him, and the lines between captive from beyond the grave. and captor blur in a film full of surprises.

11 ANDREA ARNOLD RETROSPECTIVE OCTOBER 8TH–16TH To mark the release of American Honey By just her third short, Arnold became an (see page 6 for notes), the IFI is pleased to present Oscar-winning filmmaker, and her subsequent move this retrospective of the work of Andrea Arnold. to features has seen her work lauded at Cannes and many of the world’s most prestigious film festivals. Despite her relatively small body of work, Arnold has established herself as one of the UK’s most respected We are pleased to provide audiences with the filmmakers. While she follows in the realist tradition opportunity to see these films, accompanied by of fellow directors such as Mike Leigh and Ken rare screenings of Andrea Arnold’s short films. Loach, her films take the characters’ situations as a given, focusing on the everyday details of their lives Introduction and notes on individual films rather than tackling thematically the larger social by Kevin Coyne. issues. Her approach gives her work a refreshing and grounded honesty that eschews unwarranted sentiment in favour of natural character development and plausible narrative outcomes. Fish Tank Fish

12 the cameras, she follows him into the RED ROAD streets, insinuating herself into his life for reasons initially unclear. Influenced by the Dogme 95 movement, the film was the winner of the Jury Prize at Cannes.

( ) The screening will be accompanied OCT 8TH 15.30 by Arnold’s debut short, Milk (10 mins, UK, 1998), which depicts a couple FILM INFO: Jackie (Kate Dickie) works at having very different reactions to 114 mins, UK-Denmark, a Glasgow CCTV monitoring a tragic loss. 2006, 35mm centre, observing and noting the transgressions of others. One man, Clyde (Tony Curran), an ex-convict, catches her eye, and when he passes beyond the perimeter of

(Michael Fassbender) comes the FISH TANK possibility of a more stable and nurturing environment, frustrated by secrets and desires.

The film will be screened with Arnold’s second short, Dog (10 mins, ( ) UK, 2001), in which a teenage girl OCT 12TH 18.15 sees her boyfriend for who he really is after they encounter a stray dog. FILM INFO: Also a Jury Prize winner at Cannes, 123 mins, UK-Netherlands, Fish Tank is centred on a remarkable 2009, 35mm performance from novice Katie Jarvis as Mia, a lonely, angry 15-year-old whose only interest and outlet is dancing. With her mother’s caring and supportive new boyfriend

adding extra layers to the hostility WUTHERING with which both the character and his relationship with Catherine is HEIGHTS met. While less genteel than earlier versions, this film retains the passion of the source material.

( ) Also screening will be the director’s OCT 16TH 15.10 Oscar-winning short Wasp (26 mins, UK, 2003), where a single mother FILM INFO: Previously tackled by filmmakers as leaves her children to fend for 129 mins, UK, 2011, 35mm diverse as Jacques Rivette and Luis themselves while she meets an Buñuel, Arnold’s terse adaptation of old boyfriend. Emily Brontë’s novel emphasises its rougher edges, most notably in casting Heathcliff as Afro-Caribbean,

13 INVESTIGATIONS 2016 INSIDE THE WORLD OF INVESTIGATIVE DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING OCTOBER 14TH: (11.00 – 17.00) Chaired by: Miriam O’Callaghan, Olivia O’Leary whose pioneering investigative work uncovered and Áine Lawlor. serious abuses and scandals within Irish life. The aim of the fund is to promote more in-depth investigative Following hugely successful events in 2014 coverage of issues that were close to Mary’s heart. and 2015, the IFI is delighted to again partner It offers an opportunity for journalists to carry out with the Mary Raftery Journalism Fund for a day detailed investigations into certain aspects of Irish of screenings, masterclasses and debate. society and to expose any injustices that might exist. Investigations 2016 explores the challenges of bringing controversial, complex and often Presented by Mary Raftery Journalism Fund and conflicting stories to the large and small screen. IFI in association with the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI), DCU and RTÉ. With an overall focus on legal and ethical responsibilities, contributors will share first-hand €5 per event. €10 to attend all three events. experiences, discuss best practice and consider To avail of a €10 ticket, please contact the whether documentaries can make a real impact IFI Box Office on 01 679 3477 or in person. and effect change in society. The Mary Raftery (€10 not available online or via email). Journalism Fund was established in memory of investigative journalist Mary Raftery,

14 because of representations made LEGACY AND by the Director of Public Prosecutions LEGAL CHALLENGES: to RTÉ that it might prejudice a THE GALLAGHER future trial. STORY The screening will be followed OCT 14TH by discussion and audience Q&A ( ) chaired by broadcaster and 11.00 – 12.45 journalist Miriam O’Callaghan with Jim Sheridan (Oscar-nominated DIRECTOR: This Today Tonight investigation for producer/director) and Frank Mary Raftery RTÉ told the story of how former McDonald (former Environmental FILM INFO: property tycoon Patrick Gallagher’s Editor of The Irish Times). 53 mins, Ireland, 1989 business empire collapsed leaving 600 small depositors without their savings. Clips courtesy of It was broadcast almost three months after its scheduled transmission

changes here in Ireland. This is a THE INSIDE STORY: rare opportunity to hear the inside MASTERCLASS story behind the production of IN DOCUMENTARY documentaries such as Fatal Failures (telling the story of baby deaths in MAKING the Midlands Regional Hospital, OCT 14TH Portlaoise), Freefall (tracing the origins ( ) of Ireland’s banking and financial 14.00 – 15.30 crisis), Home Truths (on ill-treatment at Leas Cross Nursing Home), Journalist and broadcaster, Sex Traffic (exposing the sex trafficking Olivia O’Leary chairs a public interview industry) and Inside Bungalow 3 with award-winning producer/director, (showing the poor treatment of people Janet Traynor (RTÉ Investigations with intellectual disabilities at Aras Unit) whose work has received Attracta). This session will include Clips courtesy of recognition at home and abroad an audience Q&A. and has influenced legislative

THE POWER TO Legal and ethical obligations as well as CHANGE LIVES: responsible handling of research and LEGAL AND ETHICAL undercover work will be central to this ISSUES TO CONSIDER discussion chaired by journalist and BEFORE YOU DO broadcaster, Áine Lawlor. OCT 14TH Conor Horgan (Director, The Queen ( ) of Ireland), Andrea Martin 15.45 – 17.00 Mary Raftery (Media Lawyer) and Ides Debruyne (Managing Director, journalismfund.eu) Documentary films have the power will tease out the challenges of bringing to expose corruption, criminality controversial and sensitive stories to and the darker parts of the human the screen. experience. They can both destroy lives and vindicate victims. They even have the power to change the law.

15 IFI EVENTS IRISH FOCUS WILD STRAWBERRIES ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME IFI FAMILY FROM THE VAULTS IFI & AEMI PROJECTIONS THE BIGGER PICTURE THE HANGOVER LOUNGE IFI FILM CLUB

the sectarian violence that surrounded IRISH them. The film finds the band as their FOCUS 40th anniversary approaches and they embark on a European tour. In a series OUTCASTS of frank interviews they reminisce about BY CHOICE the early days, wonder can they actually play their instruments this time around, are they still punks, and what is punk OCT 5TH (18.30) anyhow? With intimate access to the band and a wealth of energetic archive, DIRECTORS: Join us for our focus on new Irish Paul and Kate McCarroll have recaptured Paul McCarroll, Kate McCarroll film and filmmakers. a powerful moment in Belfast youth FILM INFO: culture and a compelling insight into 76 mins, Ireland, 2016, Digital In war-torn 1977 Belfast three brothers a band reclaiming that youth. Notes by Sunniva O’Flynn and a friend formed The Outcasts, a band that would lead the punk explosion while This screening will be followed rejecting the status quo and ignoring by a Q&A with the directors.

whose aim was to overthrow the WILD US Government. When present day STRAWBERRIES housewife Sharon Solarz (Susan Sarandon) decides to turn herself THE COMPANY in for a 30-year-old bank robbery, YOU KEEP investigator (Shia LaBouef) uncovers Jim Grant (Redford) who has been OCT 26TH living in hiding. Grant goes on the run, & 28TH (11.00) seeking out former lover (Julie Christie) who might help to clear his name. DIRECTOR: Wild Strawberries is our Robert Redford bi-monthly film club for over 55s. Tickets: €4.25 including regular FILM INFO: tea/coffee before the event. 125 mins, USA- Canada, 2014, Digital Robert Redford directs and stars Wild Strawberries is our film club Notes by Alicia McGivern in this gripping thriller about one- for over 55s. If you are lucky enough time members of 1960’s American to look younger please don’t take revolutionary group the Weathermen, offence if we ask your age.

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IRELAND THE TEAR EXPLORERS AND THE SMILE

Join us for free screenings of films from the OCT 30TH (11.00) IFI Irish Film Archive. Simply collect tickets at IFI Box Office. Please see www.ifi.ie for This classic sci-fi from Joe Dante features a young dates and times. Ethan Hawke who plays Ben, a teenager obsessed with aliens and 1950s sci-fi films. He has a recurring IRELAND THE TEAR AND THE SMILE dream about a blueprint and he awakens one day with it so clear in his head that he draws it and uses Aimed at US television audiences, this two-parter, it to invent a giant circuit board with the help of an presented by TV legend Walter Kronkite, “the most Apple 11 computer. trusted man in America” was written by Irish novelist Elizabeth Bowen, and filmed by Bob Together with his pals, including River Phoenix as Monks. It aimed to provide an accurate picture of Wolfgang, they set out to build a space ship from life in Ireland in 1960 recording the opinions of an old bits of washing machines, TV’s and other junk, impressive range of political, literary and cultural which will take them to the alien planet. figures including: President Eamon de Valera, Taoiseach Seán Lemass, Seán O Faolain, Siobhan DIRECTOR: Joe Dante McKenna, Brendan Behan, Nora Connolly O’Brien, FILM INFO: 109 mins, USA, 1985, 35mm Sybil Connolly and Barbara Dickson, Women’s Editor of The Irish Times. It also includes vivid images of Tickets: €4.80 per person, €14.40 family ticket urban and rural life, Dublin pub scenes, gambling, (2 adults + 2 children, 1 adult + 3 children). Maoinis and Carna in the west of Ireland, and harrowing scenes of emigration.

DIRECTOR: Willard van Dyke FILM INFO: 2 x 27 mins, USA, 1961, Digital, Black & White

This programme is in two parts: Part 1 plays on Mondays. Part 2 plays on Wednesdays. Parts 1 & 2 play on Saturdays.

17 FROM THE VAULTS THE REMARKABLE ROY SPENCE COLLECTION

OCT 27TH (18.30) We mark World Day for Audiovisual of over 40 films now preserved in the Heritage (a UNESCO initiative) with a IFI Irish Film Archive. DIRECTOR: programme of films by award-winning Roy Spence amateur, Roy Spence. For the past Tudor Style: 8 mins, Ireland, 1971. FILM INFO: 50 years Roy has been making and The Attack of the Saucer People: 13mins, 90 mins, N.Ireland, 1971-1981, Digital screening a series of remarkable, Ireland, 1981. Tommy Orr, Blacksmith: Notes by Sunniva O’Flynn eccentric films in his own cinema in 6 mins, N.Ireland, 1981. Maidens in Comber, Co. Down. The films span Distress: 9 mins, N.Ireland, 1976. many genres from sci-fi to horror to The Interview: 8 mins, N.Ireland, 1981. folk-life documentaries. Keep Watching the Skies: 20 mins, The programme will be This programme includes a small N.Ireland, 1975. introduced by Roy Spence. sample from this fine collection

IFI & AEMI PROJECTIONS 462 YEARS OF CINEMATOGRAPHY 1554-2016 BY AURÉLIEN FROMENT Aurélien Froment, Non alignés 2016 Ndao), Sy/Daouda Malini (Emma

OCT 15TH (13.30) Expanding the idea of cinema to other artists, this project is informed in part forms of projection, from the ancient art by Froment’s previous work as a cinema DIRECTOR: of memory to early modern education, projectionist. Froment’s practice has, Aurélien Froment wildlife exhibition design to life-size among other things, explored the role FILM INFO: architectural experiments, reading to of the cinema within a wider history of 135 mins (includes short interval), forecasting, this programme comprises exhibition making and aemi is delighted Italy-USA-France-Ireland-UK- Senegal, 1554 – 2016, Digital a number of works by the artist Aurélien to support this very special screening of Froment, a series of provocations that the artist’s work. engage and occasionally refute the Director Aurélien Froment expectations we bring with us when See www.aemi.ie for more details. will be in attendance at we face the cinema screen. As one of this screening. France’s most acclaimed contemporary

18 which explores the on-air suicide of THE BIGGER news reader Christine Chubbuck, an PICTURE event that inspired Paddy Chayefsky to write his Oscar-winning script for NETWORK Network. When news anchor Howard Beale (posthumous Oscar-winner Peter Finch) suffers a public breakdown, the network he works for exploits his OCT 17TH (20.00) fragile mental state to capitalise on his newfound celebrity. Cynical, blackly DIRECTOR: Our monthly programme strand in funny and remarkably prescient in Sidney Lumet which a key film is presented in the its depiction of the advent of a news FILM INFO: context of a notional film canon. media culture predicated on ratings 121 mins, USA, 1976, 35mm and entertainment rather than actual Notes by David O'Mahony October’s Bigger Picture offering news, Network remains one of the Presented by RTÉ Newscaster chimes with the release of greatest satires of US cinema. Bryan Dobson. Kate Plays Christine (notes page 6),

inventive photography and economic THE HANGOVER direction. The setting is a small New LOUNGE England town at the turn of the century; a serial killer is on the loose preying on THE SPIRAL women with disabilities. Mute servant STAIRCASE Helen (Dorothy McGuire) works for wealthy bed-ridden Mrs Warren in her mansion; trapped indoors on a starry OCT 23RD (14.00) night, Helen feels a presence in the house, but how can she cry out for help? DIRECTOR: Our monthly indulgent Sunday Robert Siodmak afternoon of brunch and a Brunch + film €16; film only is normal FILM INFO: classic film. IFI pricing. Sunday brunch is served 83 mins, USA, 1945, 35mm Notes by David O'Mahony 12pm – 4pm. October’s Hangover Lounge is Robert Siodmak’s classic Gothic thriller, a hugely influential exercise in sustained suspense,

in the gears of a bureaucratic Kafkaesque IFI FILM health system. CLUB A member of the IFI Programming I, DANIEL team will join IFI Book Shop Manager BLAKE Ger Sweeney to discuss the film, its director and its relevant themes, and audience members are invited OCT 24TH (18.30) to contribute their thoughts. See page 7 for film notes. DIRECTOR: Join us for an open discussion following Ken Loach a screening of veteran director Ken FILM INFO: Loach’s latest film I, Daniel Blake 100 mins, UK, 2016, Digital which deservedly won him his second Notes by David O'Mahony Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, and follows the struggle of a convalescent carpenter caught up

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