OCTOBER 2018 FIRST MAN THE IRISH FILM INSTITUTE

The Irish Film Institute is Ireland’s EXHIBIT national cultural institution for film. 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 FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL Place publique MYSTERY MATINEE

The IFI’s flagship festival, the IFI French Film Festival, This month’s secret screening, for which tickets cost just €5, will return for its 19th edition from November 14th to 25th. will take place at 13.00 on Sunday 14th. Sometimes it will Highlights of this year’s festival include Agnès Jaoui’s latest be a preview, but not always; sometimes, it will be a title one Place publique, Stéphane Brizé’s At War, and Gilles Lellouche’s might expect to see at the IFI, but not always. Join us for this hilarious Sink or Swim. Full festival details will be available month’s screening, and expect the unexpected! Previous from www.ifi.ie/frenchfest. surprise screenings have included a preview of Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird and Alexander Payne’s Citizen Ruth.

WINE TASTING FEAST YOUR EYES AND TAPAS

Every month we pair a new release with a specially Join us at the IFI Café Bar for a night of classic wine tasting devised main course from the IFI Café Bar kitchen. This on Thursday, October 4th at 19.30. For just €20 learn how month’s film choice will be the 18.30 screening of Matteo to tell your Rueda from Rioja, all paired with Lamb Sausage, Garrone’s Italian crime drama Dogman on Wednesday Salmon and Crab Roulade, and Durrus Cheese with Pickled 24th. The menu on the evening will include a choice of Mushrooms and Blackberries. Meatballs in Tomato Sauce with Spaghetti, Seafood Risotto, or Spinach and Ricotta Tortellini with Creamy Gorgonzola Sauce and Walnuts.

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A number of excellent Irish documentaries and the return of IFI Horrorthon and the Dublin Arabic Film Festival are among the October highlights at the IFI. OCTOBER

AT THE IFI 1945 IFI festival season has well and truly hit its stride, following a selection of shorts from the Fastnet Film Festival. another successful IFI Documentary Festival. In October, As always, every screening will be followed by a talk from we’re delighted to welcome the return of the Dublin Arabic a specially invited expert. The course starts on October 9th Film Festival for its fifth edition from October 5th to 7th. and places are limited, so don’t miss out. Curated once again by Jim Sheridan, the festival showcases the very best in new Arab cinema; highlights this year October boasts a particularly strong selection of new include the terrific opening film Looking for Oum Kulthum, releases, with a robust slate of homegrown documentaries. and Ziad Doueiri’s Oscar-nominated drama The Insult. Katrina Costello’s The Silver Branch opens on Friday 5th, the stunning The Lonely Battle of Thomas Reid opens on Friday Among the 30 Irish premieres awaiting IFI Horrorthon fans 19th, and Ross Whitaker’s hotly-anticipated profile of boxer at the end of the month include Nicolas Pesce’s Piercing, Katie Taylor opens on Friday 26th, after a great screening at starring Mia Wasikowska, and anthology film Nightmare the IFI Documentary Festival. Also opening during the month Cinema, starring the legendary Mickey Rourke. This year’s will be Paddy Breathnach’s emotive drama Rosie, written festival will run over the October Bank Holiday weekend from by Roddy Doyle and starring Sarah Greene, plus we have a October 25th to 29th; a taster of the programme is included special one-off screening of Under the Clock, a moving new in this programme, but keep an eye on www.ifi.ie/horrorthon film from the makers of Older Than Ireland. for the full schedule when it becomes available. We look forward to seeing you there… if you dare! Finally, our delicious and great value IFI Café Bar autumn menus are available every day, so drop in for a With students back at their desks, October sees the start of bite as you catch a new release, or if you’re just pottering IFI Education’s annual Schools Programme. The IFI has the around town. national remit for film education in Ireland and, as always, the programme offers a wide range of film screenings, Ross Keane resources, and related events for children and young people Director around the country to support and enhance the school curriculum. To see the full programme, download the brochure at www.ifi.ie/learn, or request a copy from the IFI Education team on 01-6795744.

IFI’s educational activities don’t stop with the Leaving Certificate. October also sees the return of our popular autumn evening course which this year focuses on the pivotal (and often diverse) role music plays in the cinematic experience. Screenings include Steven Spielberg’s Amistad and Jean Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast, while we’re also delighted to welcome composer Maurice Seezer to introduce

3 NEW RELEASES, IFI SEASONS & DOCS & IFI CLASSICS EVENTS CALENDAR

COLUMBUS OPENS FRI 5TH DATE SCREENING TIME THE SILVER BRANCH OPENS FRI 5TH 3RD FROM THE VAULTS: IFI & DUBLIN FESTIVAL 18.30 TEHRAN TABOO OPENS FRI 5TH WED OF HISTORY + PANEL DISCUSSION 4TH WINE TASTING AND TAPAS EVENING 19.30 1945 OPENS FRI 12TH THUR FIRST MAN OPENS FRI 12TH 5TH THE SILVER BRANCH + Q&A 18.30 ROSIE OPENS FRI 12TH FRI IFI & DAFF 2018: LOOKING FOR OUM KULTHUM 20.00 DOGMAN OPENS FRI 19TH 6TH IFI & DAFF 2018: SHEIKH JACKSON 14.00 THE LONELY BATTLE SAT IFI & DAFF 2018: THE INSULT 16.10 OF THOMAS REID OPENS FRI 19TH IRISH FOCUS: UNDER THE CLOCK + Q&A 18.30 7TH IFI & DAFF 2018: HOUSE IN THE FIELDS 14.00 ORPHÉE OPENS FRI 19TH SUN IFI & DAFF 2018: UNTIL THE BIRDS RETURN 16.00 TOUCH ME NOT OPENS FRI 19TH 9TH EVENING COURSE: DOWN ARGENTINE WAY 18.30 KATIE OPENS FRI 26TH TUES 12TH ROSIE + Q&A 18.10 UTØYA – JULY 22 OPENS FRI 26TH FRI 14TH MYSTERY MATINEE 13.00 SUN 15TH OPEN CAPTIONED SCREENING: FIRST MAN 20.20 MON 16TH EVENING COURSE: KATALIN VARGA 18.30 TUES 17TH OPEN CAPTIONED SCREENING: FIRST MAN 13.00 WED † The exclusivity of films is correct at time of print. 18TH IFI FILM CLUB: ROSIE 18.15 THUR 19TH THE LONELY BATTLE OF THOMAS REID + Q&A 18.30 FRI GET SOCIAL! 20TH IFI & AEMI PROJECTIONS: PROCESS | EVENT 12.30 SAT Join the IFI community online: 22ND THE BIGGER PICTURE: THE ASCENT 18.15 linkedin.com/company/irishfilminstitute MON IFI FRENCH FILM CLUB: ORPHÉE 18.30 23RD EVENING COURSE: I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE 18.30 @IrishFilmInstitute @IFI_Dub TUES 24TH WILD STRAWBERRIES: THE BOOK THIEF 11.00 @IrishFilmInstitute WED FEAST YOUR EYES: DOGMAN 18.30 25TH IFI HORRORTHON* THURS For bookings and film information, please see our 26TH WILD STRAWBERRIES: THE BOOK THIEF 11.00 website, www.ifi.ie, or contact the IFI Box Office FRI IFI HORRORTHON* on 01-6793477 (open 12.30 to 21.00 daily). 27TH IFI HORRORTHON* SAT 28TH IFI FAMILY: PHANTOM BOY 11.00 Open Captioned screening SUN IFI HORRORTHON* 29TH IFI HORRORTHON* Audio Described screening MON 30TH EVENING COURSE: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 18.30 TUES The F-rating is a classification reserved for any film which is *See separate flyer or visit www.ifi.ie/horrorthon directed and/or written by a woman.

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COLUMBUS RELEASE NEW

OPENS FRI 5TH Acclaimed video essayist Kogonada as Jin’s tourist guide to a city famed makes his feature debut with Columbus, for its modernist buildings. The cast EXCLUSIVELY AT IFI† which sees Jin (John Cho) arrive to the features strong support from Parker titular city in Ohio to visit his estranged, Posey and Rory Culkin, and while the FILM INFO: coma-stricken father, an esteemed film is reminiscent of Lost In Translation 100 mins, USA, 2017, Digital professor of architecture. There he (Sofia Coppola, 2003) or Richard Notes by Kevin Coyne encounters librarian Casey (Haley Lu Linklater’s Before trilogy, it is Kogonada’s Richardson), an architecture enthusiast visual mastery that marks both film and who has put off going to college due to filmmaker as something truly special, her concern over how leaving the city and definitely one to watch. would affect her meth-addicted mother. The two find an immediate and easy rapport, becoming friends as Casey acts THE SILVER BRANCH DOC IFI

OPENS FRI 5TH The Silver Branch is a cinematic eulogy This debut from director Katrina to nature and agrarian culture and a Costello, who shot many of the EXCLUSIVELY AT IFI† glimpse into the life of farmer/poet breathtaking nature sequences, creates Patrick McCormack, descendant of a viewing experience that is deeply FILM INFO: 75 mins, Ireland, 2017, Digital generations of farmers who have lived meditative, leading to a deep connection Notes by Sunniva O’Flynn off the Burren in County Clare. Patrick with the natural environment, and a longs to farm quietly like his forebears, heightened awareness of our role in but life takes a different turn when he protecting our vulnerable planet. joins the Burren Action Group in their Q&A campaign to oppose plans for a vast The screening on Friday 5th interpretative centre at Mullaghmore. at 18.30 will be followed by a Q&A with Katrina Costello.

5 OCTOBER 2018 TEHRAN TABOO NEW RELEASE

OPENS FRI 5TH An unsparing glimpse behind Iran’s Rafizadeh), a prostitute, is seeking façade of moral conservatism, a divorce from her drug-addicted EXCLUSIVELY AT IFI† Tehran Taboo follows three characters husband. She moves into a new in crisis as each attempts to navigate apartment where her life intersects with FILM INFO: a path through the hypocrisies and that of Sara (Zahra Amir Ebrahimi), a 96 mins, Germany-Austria, inequalities of the country's repressive housewife longing for a job to escape 2017, Digital, Subtitled Notes by David O’Mahony regime. Director Ali Soozandeh her in-laws, and Babak (Arash Marandi), imaginatively employs distinctive a musician desperately trying to deal rotoscoping animation to bring his with the repercussions of having sex story to life as shooting a film as replete with Donya (Negar Mona Alizadeh), with sex, drugs and corruption as this who is engaged to another man. on the streets of Tehran would prove prohibitively challenging. Pari (Elmira 1945 NEW RELEASE

OPENS FRI 12TH August 12th, 1945. The inhabitants of a their cases? Adapted from the village in rural Soviet-occupied Hungary short story The Homecoming from EXCLUSIVELY AT IFI† are preparing for the wedding of the co-screenwriter Gábor T. SzántÓ, town clerk’s son, when two Orthodox Ferenc Török’s striking black and white FILM INFO: Jewish men arrive at the railway station drama examines the collective guilt and 91 mins, Hungary, 2017, Digital, carrying large suitcases. As they silently shame of an entire village. Reminiscent Subtitled, Black and White Notes by David O'Mahony make their way to town, a growing panic of Fred Zinnemann’s High Noon, 1945 spreads amongst some of the more is a tense, chilling, beautifully nuanced prominent townsfolk, many of whom drama set in a difficult, transitional have moved into the homes of the Jews period in Hungarian history. that vanished during the war. What are the intentions of these mysterious visitors, and what is contained in

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OPENS FRI 12TH Ryan Gosling is perfectly cast as Chazelle wisely restricts his focus to Neil Armstrong in Damien Chazelle’s Armstrong’s experience of events and FILM INFO: compelling biopic, ably conveying the as such, the action is often shot from 141 mins, USA, 2018, Digital astronaut’s professionalism and drive his perspective making for a thrillingly Notes by David O’Mahony to achieve the ultimate goal of landing immediate cinematic experience. on the moon. Beginning in 1961 with his recruitment to the Apollo space There will be Open Captioned (OC) program, the film depicts the rigorous screenings on Monday 15th at 20.20 and training and frequent setbacks of the Wednesday 17th at 13.00. initial years of the space race, when the US trailed the Soviets. As the mission draws closer, the cracks in his marriage to Janet (Claire Foy) begin to widen.

ROSIE RELEASE NEW

OPENS FRI 12TH Roddy Doyle’s first original screenplay the subject, Doyle’s screenplay takes a since When Brendan Met Trudy (2000) serious approach, focusing on Rosie’s FILM INFO: puts a human face to Dublin’s homeless remarkable stoicism and determination 86 mins, Ireland, 2018, Digital issue and the increasing numbers of as she struggles to keep her family Notes by Kevin Coyne families affected. Rosie (Sarah Greene), afloat and find a place to call their own. partner John Paul (Moe Dunford), and Director Paddy Breathnach’s social their four young children have been realist style, evocative of filmmakers forced to move from their long-term such as Ken Loach and the Dardenne home due to their landlord’s desire to sell, brothers, offers an invaluable insight IFI FILM CLUB Join members of the IFI team and are now living out of their car, trying into the lives of those in crisis. for an informal discussion to find even a night’s accommodation following the 18.15 screening while they do their best to maintain the The 18.10 screening on Friday 12th on Thursday 18th. children’s regular routines. As befits will be followed by a Q&A.

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OPENS FRI 19TH Matteo Garrone (Gomorrah, 2008) popular fixture in the community and creates a brilliantly realised milieu of helps pay for the extravagant holidays FILM INFO: corruption and decay in the relentlessly he brings his doting daughter on. He 102 mins, Italy, 2017, gripping and flawlessly acted Dogman. has, unfortunately, become embroiled Digital, Subtitled Mild-mannered Marcello (Marcello in a toxic, co-dependent friendship of Notes by David O’Mahony Fonte) operates a dog-grooming parlour sorts with Simoncino (Edoardo Pesce), on the outskirts of a bleak, depressed a violently unpredictable local thug. Italian seaside town. His clients are Craving companionship, Marcello predominantly petty crooks, yet the enables Simoncino’s spiralling drug physically slight man is surprisingly addiction, and is soon acting as his FEAST YOUR EYES Join us for a specially created adept at handling their vicious pets. ineffectual accomplice on robberies main course in the IFI Café Bar No innocent, Marcello deals drugs with, needles to say, disastrous following the 18.30 screening on the side, which has made him a consequences. on Wednesday 24th. THE LONELY BATTLE OF THOMAS REID IFI DOC

OPENS FRI 19TH An eccentric north Kildare cattle a compulsory purchase order on his farmer campaigns for his rights farm, which has been in his family for EXCLUSIVELY AT IFI† against the planning decisions of the more than one hundred years, Reid Industrial Development Authority (IDA) takes his case to the High Court. FILM INFO: in Feargal Ward’s beautifully nuanced 76 mins, Ireland, 2017, Digital documentary. The film charts Reid’s This David and Goliath story is Notes by David O'Mahony halting progress in his long battle distinguished by its evocatively with the IDA which has identified the desaturated photography, which farmer’s land as being ideal territory lends the images the quality of an Q&A for the expansionist plans of US aged Polaroid, and an idiosyncratic The 18.30 screening on Friday tech giant Intel. Reid, a bachelor and approach to the restaging of significant 19th will be followed by a Q&A something of a hoarder, is not about to legal events. with Feargal Ward and guests. go down without a fight. Served with

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OPENS FRI 19TH The second part of poet, playwright, the Princess’s car radio, ignoring his artist, and filmmaker Jean Cocteau’s wife Eurydice (Marie Déa), and failing EXCLUSIVELY AT IFI† Orphic Trilogy (the others being to notice that his otherworldly driver 1930’s The Blood of a Poet and 1960’s has fallen in love with her, even as FILM INFO: Testament of Orpheus) transposes the he himself has fallen in love with 95 mins, France, 1950, Digital, Greek myth of Orpheus to 1950s Paris. the Princess, an avatar of Death. Subtitled, Black and White Notes by Kevin Coyne Orphée (Jean Marais), a celebrated poet, Thematically complex and visually is transported by a mysterious Princess inventive, Orphée saw Cocteau at the (María Casares) to the Underworld. height of his powers as a filmmaker, and Chauffeured back to the realm of the it remains a beautiful, touching, and FRENCH FILM CLUB Tickets for the 18.30 living, he becomes obsessed with often surreal fable. screening on Monday 22nd the cryptic messages that play on cost just €7.50 for IFI and Alliance Française members.

TOUCH RELEASE NEW ME NOT

OPENS FRI 19TH The surprise winner of the top prize has contrived. A quasi-documentary at this year’s Berlin Film Festival sees – Laura and Tomas are professional EXCLUSIVELY AT IFI† three individuals, Laura, Tomas and actors while Christian, who is disabled, Christian, join director Adina Pintilie appears as himself – Touch Me Not is FILM INFO: on an emotional research project to an intriguing, somewhat unclassifiable 122 mins, Romania-Germany- better understand the causes of, and blend of therapy and performance Czech Republic-Bulgaria-France, 2017, Digital, Subtitled hopefully overcome, their various art which boldly challenges Notes by David O’Mahony issues with physical intimacy. The accepted notions of beauty. Raw and director interviews her subjects by confrontational, the film is also shaded way of a video monitor which allows with touching moments of genuine Pintilie to be a fourth ‘character’ in warmth and humour. her film, as she too participates in the heightened process of self-analysis she

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OPENS FRI 26TH Katie Taylor has won six European Documentarian Ross Whitaker, and five world amateur championships particularly renowned for his sports FILM INFO: and was a Gold Medal winner at the themed documentaries (Saviours, When 85 mins, Ireland, 2018, Digital London 2012 Olympic Games. After a Ali Came to Ireland, Between Land and Notes by Sunniva O’Flynn disastrous campaign at the Rio 2016 Sea), gamely takes on this notoriously Olympics, she turned professional and private and reserved subject, and with attempted to rebuild a faltering career. a small, unobtrusive crew unravels Within a year she had won her first the deeply personal reasons that have world title and become the first driven her career choices, and reveals woman in history to headline her a woman of undeniable charisma and own Sky Sports show. warmth, fuelled by a champion’s grit and determination. UTØYA – JULY 22 NEW RELEASE

OPENS FRI 26TH With great integrity and sensitivity, portraying the initial car bomb in Oslo, director Erik Poppe tackles the which killed eight people, the film is FILM INFO: harrowing events of July 22nd, 2011, composed of a single 72-minute take, 90 mins, Norway, 2018, where 69 people, mostly teenagers, a real-time recreation of the events, Digital, Subtitled were slaughtered on the Norwegian the focus fixed on the experience of Notes by David O’Mahony island of Utøya. Poppe’s approach is to one girl, Kaja (Andrea Berntzen), as she focus on the victims, allowing almost attempts to stay alive amid the carnage. no screen time for mass murderer An astonishing technical achievement, Anders Behring Breivik. The characters the film stands as a deeply moving depicted are fictitious, though the script tribute to the victims. is based on survivor’s testimonies. Aside from an establishing sequence

10 Looking for Oum Kulthum IFI & DUBLIN ARABIC FILM FESTI VAL 2018 OCTOBER 5TH – 7TH

Welcome to the Dublin Arabic Film Festival 2018 As Festival President and Festival Director, we are delighted to be working again with our partner venue, the Irish Film Institute, for the fifth edition of our festival, showcasing the latest in Arab film culture, supported by our presenting partner Dubai Duty Free. The filmmaking of the Arabic-speaking world is remarkably rich and steeped in history, and the films selected for this year’s festival represent a flavour of the best current Arab cinema on offer. The championing of women filmmakers continues to be a key aim of the festival, and this year we have no less than four films at the IFI that can be awarded the F-Rating, including the Opening Night presentation, Looking for Oum Kulthum, about a film director’s exploration of the life of the celebrated Egyptian singer, and House in the Fields, a gentle documentary portrait of an isolated village in Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains. Elsewhere in the programme we present Sheikh Jackson, about a young cleric obsessed with Michael Jackson, and The Insult, a searing courtroom drama which explores the lasting legacy of the Lebanese Civil War. We look forward to seeing you at the Irish Film Institute over the weekend for the fifth Dublin Arabic Film Festival. Jim Sheridan and Zahara Moufid

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the prices of Oum Kulthum’s success LOOKING FOR as a female artist in a male-dominated OUM KULTHUM society. However, having left her family behind for her career and in her efforts to capture the essence of Oum Kulthum as a myth, a woman and an artist, Mitra’s own struggles blend FRI 5TH (20.00) with those of the singer and she finds herself caught in an emotional and artistic breakdown. FILM INFO: Mitra is an artist in her forties who 90 mins, Morocco-Germany, 2017, Digital, Subtitled embarks on her dream project of making a film about legendary Egyptian singer Oum Kulthum (1900–1975), whose music continues to resonate throughout the Arab world. Her film explores the struggles, sacrifices and

begins neglecting his wife and child SHEIKH and slipping up while leading prayers at JACKSON his mosque. Flashbacks to his teenage years – when he was nicknamed ‘Jackson’ on account of love for the King of Pop SAT 6TH (14.00) – explore the causes for his present unravelling which has much to do with his fraught relationship with his gym- FILM INFO: Khaled (Ahmed El-Fishawy) is a 93 mins, Egypt, 2017, owning, former-bodybuilder father, Digital, Subtitled respected junior cleric in Alexandria who cannot comprehend his son’s whose seemingly stable life becomes obsession with the superstar singer. derailed by the news of Michael Jackson’s death on June 25th, 2009. Succumbing to long-suppressed feelings of turmoil and anxiety, he

building in Beirut, Tony (Adel Karam), a THE INSULT Lebanese Christian, and Yasser (Kamel El Basha), a Palestinian refugee and now a construction foreman, get into a squabble over a broken drainpipe. Harsh words are exchanged and insults thrown, and soon the two men are locked in a lengthy SAT 6TH (16.10) courtroom battle that becomes a lightning rod for political groups and the media. (L’INSULTE) A minor altercation escalates into a FILM INFO: dispute that comes to encapsulate the 112 mins, Lebanon-France-USA, lasting legacy of the Lebanese Civil War in 2017, Digital, Subtitled Ziad Doueiri’s incendiary drama, a recent Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film. While renovating the façade of a

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SUN 7TH (14.00) A documentary portrait of an isolated Casablanca, and Khadija who dreams rural Amazigh village in the High Atlas of becoming a lawyer, provided the (TIGMI NIGREN) Mountains in Morocco, House in the male elders approve. Fields is a portrait of a community that FILM INFO: has remained unchanged for hundreds 85 mins, Morocco, 2017, of years despite being confronted by Digital, Subtitled the rapidly accelerating socio-political realities of the country at large. The film observes and faithfully records the lives of the villagers, specifically two teenage sisters: Fatima, who must give up school to prepare for her wedding in UNTIL THE BIRDS RETURN

SUN 7TH (16.00) The paths of three cross-generational Moussaoui’s accomplished debut characters overlap and interconnect feature premiered to acclaim in the (EN ATTENDANT LES in Karim Moussaoui’s Until the Birds Un Certain Regard section at last HIRONDELLES) Return, an ambitious triptych that year's Cannes Film Festival. attempts to gauge the mood of FILM INFO: contemporary Algerian society from 113 mins, Algeria, 2017, Digital, Subtitled multiple perspectives: a property developer who witnesses a crime; a young woman being driven to her wedding by a man with whom she has a history, and a neurologist who is possibly guilty of wartime wrongdoing.

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IFI HORRORTHON OCTOBER 25TH – 29TH

Our annual celebration of the horror genre returns this rest assured there are a number of exciting films and month featuring, as always, an eclectic selection of guests already confirmed. Below is a glimpse of just Irish and international films, including some 30 Irish a few of the films in this year’s festival, while the full premieres as well as a number of classic titles and the schedule will be announced closer to the event itself. ever-popular shorts programme. Finishing touches are being put to the programme at the time of writing, but Introduction and notes on films by Kevin Coyne.

AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS LIFECHANGER

When a Christmas family gathering degenerates An entity must move from body to body in order to into the usual squabbling and bad feeling, Nick and survive, causing the death of the original person, but girlfriend Annji decide to make a run for it, only to the period before decay sets in has become shorter. discover that all doors and windows have been sealed At the same time, it has fallen in love with Julia. As a with a mysterious substance. Cut off from the outside result, it must keep killing, and has to approach her world, the family is subjected to an increasingly afresh every time it takes on a new form. outlandish series of orders that appear on their television screen.

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IFI HORRORTHON

NIGHTMARE CINEMA ONE CUT OF THE DEAD

In this anthology film from directors Mick Garris, One of the most inventive zombie movies of recent Joe Dante, Ryûhei Kitamura, David Slade, and years begins with an unbroken take of almost 40 Alejandro Brugués, five strangers arrive at a minutes as the set of a low budget horror film is cinema run by The Projectionist (Mickey Rourke), invaded by real zombies, much to the delight of the where screenings are private and force the viewer director, who keeps shooting the mayhem. Very funny to confront their deepest fears. With tales ranging and thoroughly entertaining, the film also takes great from demonic possession to subversive slasher, delight in surprising the audience. the film has something for every horror fan.

PIERCING WHAT KEEPS YOU ALIVE

Nicolas Pesce’s follow-up to The Eyes Of My Mother, A hit at this year’s SXSW festival, What Keeps You Alive one of last year’s best horror films, is adapted from sees happily married couple Jackie (Hannah Emily a novel by Ryû Murakami, who also provided the Anderson) and Jules (Brittany Allen) celebrating their material for Takashi Miike’s Audition (1999). A new first anniversary with a holiday in an old cabin owned father struggles with murderous urges, deciding to by the Jackie’s family. After a surprising turn of channel these impulses into murdering a prostitute events, Jules is forced to fight for her life in this (Mia Wasikowska) who turns out to have her eerie and unnerving thriller. own agenda.

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IF YOU’RE NOT IN, UNDER THE CLOCK YOU CAN’T WIN SAT 6TH (18.30) Join us for free films from the IFI Irish Film Archive. Simply collect tickets at IFI Box Office This new documentary from the makers of – please see www.ifi.ie for more information. Older than Ireland celebrates the century-long tradition, firmly embedded in the hearts and minds Notes by Sunniva O’Flynn of Dubliners, of meeting under Clery’s clock. This once-popular meeting place provides a starting A selection of films promoting the Irish Sweepstakes point for a fascinating journey through Ireland’s Lottery including two for the US and UK markets, under-explored social and sexual history, its dating where gambling was illegal, and which masquerade culture, the role of women in Irish society and as tourist films. the marriage ban. This history is told through the PROGRAMME ONE recollections of ordinary people who stood under SWEEPSTAKE SNAPSHOTS the clock, filled with nervous anticipation, bravely A film of elaborate pageants and other activities awaiting the arrival of their dates. in the 1930s. Under The Clock brings together stories of hope FILM INFO: 5 mins, 1930s, Black and White and disappointment infused with gentle humour, and stories that will be fiercely nostalgic for the TOP OF THE MORNING tens of thousands of people who met under the The Irish Sweepstake Draw and Pageant plus clock of Clery’s once-bustling department store. unusual tourist destinations: the old spa and pump room at Lucan, Navan Feis, and Blackrock and DIRECTOR: Colm Nicell Castleknock Colleges. FILM INFO: 76 mins, Ireland, 2018, Digital FILM INFO: 18 mins, 1935, Black and White Notes by Sunniva O'Flynn PROGRAMME TWO SWEEPSTAKES TV COMMERCIALS The screening will be followed by a Q&A with FILM INFO: 3 mins, 1970s director Colm Nicell. DUBLIN OF THE WELCOMES A whistle-stop tour of scenic Dublin locations followed by a full-blown promotion of Sweepstake operations in Dublin showing hundreds of female clerical workers at work in the 1930s. FILM INFO: 25 mins, 1936, Black and White

16 FROM THE VAULTS IFI & DUBLIN FESTIVAL OF HISTORY: THE IRISH INDEPENDENCE FILM COLLECTION WED 3RD (18.30)

EVENT INFO: Archivists, film scholars and The panel will include Kasandra 90 mins (approx.) historians will discuss the value of O’Connell (Head of the IFI Irish Film Notes by Sunniva O’Flynn the IFI Irish Film Archive’s recently Archive), Lar Joye (Port Heritage acquired newsreel collection which Director, Dublin Port), Brenda Malone documents the exploration of the (Curator of Military History, National modern Irish State from 1900 to Museum of Ireland), and Ciara Chambers 1930. They will consider the history of (Head of Film and Screen Media, UCC). British and Irish newsreel production, distribution and reception in the The Irish Independence Film Collection is available to view for free worldwide on TICKETS early days of cinema and will suggest Tickets are free and will be useful routes for exploration of social, www.ifiplayer.ie and via the IFI’s suite of allocated on a first-come, political and military themes within IFI Player apps. first-served basis on the night. the collection.

THE BIGGER PICTURE THE ASCENT

MON 22ND (18.15)

DIRECTOR: The work of Russian filmmaker Larisa War II as they seek refuge in the snowy Larisa Shepitko Shepitko has been notably under- wastelands of Belarus, a harrowing FILM INFO: represented since her untimely death in journey of betrayal and heroism. 111 mins, Russia, 1977, Digital, a car crash in 1979 at the age of forty; Subtitled, Black and White she left behind a brilliant, if small, body This screening will be introduced by of work comprising just four feature Tara Brady, film critic for The Irish Times. films. Shepitko’s final film, The Ascent, is considered her masterpiece, and was awarded the prestigious Golden Bear at the 1977 Berlin Film Festival. Hailed as one of the finest Soviet films of the decade, the film follows the path of two isolated peasant soldiers during World

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WILD STRAWBERRIES THE BOOK THIEF

WED 24TH & FRI 26TH (11.00)

DIRECTOR: This highly effective screen adaptation Wild Strawberries is our film club for over Brian Percival of Marcus Zusak’s best-selling novel 55s. Tickets: €4.25 including regular tea/ FILM INFO: successfully retains the book’s essence, coffee before the event. If you happen to 131 mins, USA-Germany, that of a WWII tale through the eyes of a look younger, please don’t take offence if 2013, Digital child. Young Liesel arrives alone at the we ask your age. Notes by Alicia McGivern home of her foster parents, learns to read and befriends young Jewish Max whom they harbour, despite the risk. Avoiding the more obvious wartime film clichés, we see the family’s struggle to survive while Liesel spreads some much-needed joy through book thefts and shares.

IFI FAMILY PHANTOM BOY

SUN 28TH (11.00)

DIRECTORS: Where they previously brought animated villainous Man with a Broken Face, Jean-Loup Felicioli, magic to the City of Lights in A Cat in Leo teams up with unlucky cop Alex, Alain Gagnol Paris, the directors turn their attention to and their reporter friend Mary, to take FILM INFO: animating the New York skyline in this on the bad guy. 85 mins, France-Belgium, affecting superhero film, screening for 2016, Digital Notes by Alicia McGivern our Halloween IFI Family slot. Tickets: €4.80 per person, €14.40 family ticket (2 adults + 2 children, 11-year-old Leo is undergoing cancer 1 adult + 3 children). treatment when he discovers a talent for astral projection, leaving his body to float around New York, though he’ll disappear if he stays invisible too long. With the city under threat from the

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IFI & AEMI: PROCESS | EVENT

SAT 20TH (12.30)

EVENT INFO: This programme of works curated by on work by four Irish artists: Jenny 80 mins, Various, 1967–2018, aemi looks at the role of the artist/ Brady, Sarah Browne, Tadhg O’Sullivan, Digital filmmaker as researcher. Featuring the and Dennis McNulty. See www.aemi. Irish premiere of Luke Fowler’s portrait of ie for details. Process | Event is made experimental composer Martin Bartlett possible through Arts Council funding. as well as one of Agnès Varda’s greatest achievements, Ulysse (1982), the films Film Info: Ulysse, Agnès Varda, 21 mins, included suggest ways in which cinema 1982, Digital; For Luke, Peter Todd, has been repurposed to allow for other, 2 mins, 2012, Digital; Electro-Pythagoras more essayistic, modes of enquiry. (a portrait of Martin Bartlett), Luke Fowler, 2017, 45 minutes, Digital. Process | Event continues with a series of events at Project Arts Centre focused

Amistad

film music, from the experimental to big budget EVENING COURSE composition. Films will include Irving Cummins’s Down Argentine Way, Jean Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast, From silent film accompaniment to multi-selling and Steven Spielberg’s Amistad, and each screening soundtracks, film music has evolved to become an will be followed by a talk from a specially invited guest. essential and dynamic component. Compositions from award winners such as Ennio Morricone or The course costs €80/€75, including tea/coffee. Booking John Williams are instantly identifiable, their for the complete course is through www.ifi.ie, and film soundtracks contributing to the visceral and tickets are not available individually. In association with emotional cinema experience. the National Concert Hall and RTE Concert Orchestra, IFI Evening Course attendees will also receive a special This six-week course, which runs on consecutive discount ticket of €20 for Jaws live! Tuesdays from October 9th, will look at examples of

19 EXPERIENCE THE IMPOSSIBLE JOURNEY TO THE MOON

FROM ACADEMY AWARD®-WINNING DIRECTOR DAMIEN CHAZELLE IN CINEMAS OCTOBER 12 20 SCREENPLAY BY JOSH SINGER DIRECTED BY DAMIEN CHAZELLE