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JANUARY 2020 THE LIGHTHOUSE ROBERT EGGERS 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 Irish Film Archive, and encourage EDUCATE engagement with film through its various educational programmes. THE NIGHT WINTER MENU OF IDEAS 2020 Fancy some healthy and hearty food this January? Look The Night of Ideas is a worldwide initiative, spearheaded by no further than the IFI Café Bar’s delicious winter menu, Institut Français, that celebrates the constant stream of ideas featuring new dishes including Wicklow Lamb Stew, between countries, cultures, and generations. The IFI and Vegetarian Lasagne, and Warm Winter Veg with Harissa the French Embassy are proud to present this third edition in Yoghurt and Beetroot Crisps. Book your table by emailing Ireland, the theme of which is ‘Being Alive’. For more details on [email protected] or by ringing 01-6798712. the event, please see page 15. NAME YOUR SEAT COMING SOON Parasite Naming a seat in the newly refurbished Cinema 1 is a Coming to the IFI in February are two of the year’s most fantastic way to demonstrate your own passion for film, anticipated new releases: Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite, winner of celebrate the memory of someone who loved the IFI, or the 2019 Palme d’Or and hotly tipped for Oscar glory, follows the gift a unique birthday or anniversary present to the film sinister relationship between an unemployed family and their fan in your life! The only limit is 50 characters and your patrons; and Céline Sciamma’s stunning Portrait of a Lady on Fire, imagination. See www.ifi.ie/name-your-seat/ for more. which focuses on the relationship between a young woman set for an arranged marriage and the artist sent to paint her portrait. 2 DIRECTOR’S NOTE As we look ahead into 2020, the IFI, as always, has some exciting and ambitious plans for the New Year, with initiatives planned across our three core activities of exhibition, preservation and education. JANUARY AT THE IFI Bombshell In the coming weeks, we will be announcing more details We are delighted to once again partner with mental health around these ideas with information on your favourite events organisation First Fortnight in January. Screenings over the last and festivals, alongside brand new programming initiatives few years have been met with a rapturous response, and this and strands, plus we’ll be continuing with some more building year’s selection is equally fascinating. The programme includes improvements at our main home in Temple Bar. We’re sure you’ll a screening of Irene’s Ghost about director Iain Cunningham’s be as excited about all of our plans as we are! own search to find out about the mother he never knew; the film will be followed by a special Q&A. Dance and film artist January brings with it all the glamour of awards season (with Áine Stapleton will be here to participate in a Q&A following the Golden Globe nominations just announced at the time of a screening of Horrible Creature which further explores the life writing), and this month sees many of the main contenders of Lucia Joyce, daughter of James Joyce and Nora Barnacle, hitting our screens. Carrying over from December, Greta looking at her difficult life and unproven mental illness. This Gerwig’s Little Women will continue, having earned a fourth year we’re also delighted to again present a special family Golden Globe nomination for our very own Saoirse Ronan for programme of shorts on the morning of Sunday 19th which her turn as Jo March in this latest adaptation of the famous is recommended for those aged 8 and over. novel. Sam Mendes’s 1917 is an epic war story, delivered in two parts and filmed to appear like two single, unbroken takes; it 2020 is certainly shaping up to be a particularly busy one for has received Golden Globe nominations for both Best Drama us here at IFI. I’d like to take this opportunity to wish all of our and Best Director. patrons and supporters a Happy New Year, and we look forward to seeing you soon and throughout the year. Winner of the top prize at the Toronto International Film Festival, the Grolsch People’s Choice Award, Taika Waititi’s Ross Keane Jojo Rabbit is a disarming, black comedy which continues to Director wow critics, picking up Globe nods for Best Film and Best Actor (for its young star Roman Griffin Davis). In the middle of the month, Jay Roach’s Bombshell will hit our screens following Golden Globe nominations for Charlize Theron (Best Actress) and Margot Robbie (Best Supporting Actress), who star alongside Nicole Kidman as Gretchen Carlson, the anchor who filed a lawsuit against the founding CEO and Chairman of Fox News with a sexual harassment case that rocked the news corporation. 3 NEW RELEASES, IFI SEASONS & DOCS & IFI CLASSICS EVENTS CALENDAR JOJO RABBIT OPENS WED 1ST DATE SCREENING TIME AMANDA OPENS FRI 3RD 4TH IFI & FIRST FORTNIGHT 2020: IRENE’S GHOST 13.30 1917 OPENS FRI 10TH SAT + PANEL DISCUSSION UNCUT GEMS OPENS FRI 10TH 6TH OPEN CAPTIONED SCREENING: JOJO RABBIT 18.20 MON FROM THE VAULTS: THE DEAD 18.30 BOMBSHELL OPENS FRI 17TH 8TH IFI & FIRST FORTNIGHT 2020: HORRIBLE CREATURE 18.30 A HIDDEN LIFE OPENS FRI 17TH WED + Q&A WAVES OPENS FRI 17TH 9TH OPEN CAPTIONED SCREENING: JOJO RABBIT 13.00 THE PERSONAL HISTORY THUR IFI FRENCH FILM CLUB: AMANDA 18.20 OF DAVID COPPERFIELD OPENS FRI 24TH 10TH OPEN CAPTIONED SCREENING: 1917 15.40 FRI THE LIGHTHOUSE OPENS FRI 31ST 12TH MYSTERY MATINEE 13.00 QUEEN & SLIM OPENS FRI 31ST SUN 14TH OPEN CAPTIONED SCREENING: 1917 18.00 TUES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY: THE PEOPLE VS FRITZ BAUER + Q&A 18.15 16TH THE BIGGER PICTURE: REBECCA 18.15 THUR 17TH OPEN CAPTIONED SCREENING: BOMBSHELL 13.20 FRI 19TH IFI FAMILY & FIRST FORTNIGHT 2020: FEELING FINE 11.00 SUN OPEN CAPTIONED SCREENING: WAVES 20.10 20TH OPEN CAPTIONED SCREENING: WAVES 17.00 MON 21ST IFI FILM CLUB: WAVES 18.00 Films not classified by IFCO, including festival, one-off, and special TUES screenings, are exhibited under Club rules and are restricted to persons 18 years and over. If you are not an IFI member, a daily membership (€1.50) is 22ND IFI & SILK ROAD INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 20.20 required for unclassified films, and this will be added to your transaction. WED 2020: TOMMASO + Q&A † The exclusivity of films is correct at the time of print. All films exclusive 23RD OPEN CAPTIONED SCREENING: BOMBSHELL 18.00 to the IFI are kindly supported by the Arts Council. THUR THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE 20.15 + RECORDED Q&A 25TH IFI & TRADFEST 2020: A SONG FOR IRELAND 13.00 linkedin.com/company/irishfilminstitute SAT 26TH IFI & TRADFEST 2020: SÉ MO LAOCH – 13.00 @IrishFilmInstitute @IFI_Dub SUN PADDY GLACKIN + Q&A 27TH OPEN CAPTIONED SCREENING: THE PERSONAL 18.10 @IrishFilmInstitute MON HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD 28TH FEAST YOUR EYES: THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF 18.20 TUES DAVID COPPERFIELD For bookings and film information, please see our 29TH WILD STRAWBERRIES: CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? 11.00 website, www.ifi.ie, or contact the IFI Box Office WED OPEN CAPTIONED SCREENING: THE PERSONAL 13.00 on 01-6793477 (open 12.30 to 21.00 daily). HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD IRISH FOCUS: THE NEW MUSIC + Q&A 18.30 30TH IFI & NIGHT OF IDEAS 2020: WINE CALLING + 18.20 Open Captioned screening THUR PANEL DISCUSSION 31ST WILD STRAWBERRIES: CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? 11.00 Audio Described screening FRI OPEN CAPTIONED SCREENING: THE LIGHTHOUSE 13.40 The F-rating is a classification reserved for any film which is directed and/or written by a woman. 4 JANUARY 2020 JOJO NEW RELEASE RABBIT TAIKA WAITITI OPENS WED 1ST Ten-year-old Jojo Betzler (Roman Griffin he has been taught to despise. A self- Davis) is a socially awkward, yet proud styled anti-hate satire, which savages FILM INFO: member of the Nazi Youth in the waning the antisemitism of the Nazi era while 108 mins, New Zealand-Czech days of World War II. Having grown up identifying parallels with contemporary Republic, 2019, Digital during the Third Reich, Jojo has been fascist groupthink, Jojo Rabbit, a Notes by David O’Mahony brainwashed to believe Jews are the companion piece to Waititi’s Hunt for the enemy, a view endorsed by his imaginary Wilderpeople, is a disarming delight which friend Adolf (Taika Waititi), a cuddly, manages to balance weighty themes with energetic, pep-talking version of the a mischievous sense of humour. Führer. Jojo is outraged when he discovers that his mother (Scarlett Johansson) There will be Open Captioned screenings has been working with the resistance, at 18.20 on Monday 6th and 13.00 on helping to save the lives of Jewish people Thursday 9th. AMANDA NEW RELEASE MIKHAËL HERS OPENS FRI 3RD David (Vincent Lacoste) is a congenial, and David finds himself cast in the role if somewhat rudderless young man who of caregiver to his niece, whilst trying to FILM INFO: scrapes a living managing flats in Paris, make sense of the upheaval in his own 107 mins, France, 2019, and volunteers for the city trimming life, including his relationship with his Digital, Subtitled trees. He also helps to look after seven- long-estranged mother (Greta Scacchi Notes by David O’Mahony year-old Amanda (Isaure Multrier), in a brief cameo).