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Spring is here and it’s time once again to roll out the red carpet for the I am thrilled to be able to write a small introduction to this year’s 15th Belfast Film Festival. Join us as we take you around the world with magnificent programme after the uncertainty of continuing funding over 100 films in 10 glorious days of cinematic excellence. for many of our significant Festivals and Arts events. The exceptional response from all those groups and the robust negotiations led by The big change in this year’s programme is the move of our special Screen have limited the impact to much smaller events out of festival to other points in the year. Festival time will focus reductions than feared; for the meantime. on the best of new world cinema and highlight our local film-making talent. Our programmer’s top 3 films from from a fantastic international Belfast Film Festival is not only the most important annual celebration line-up are ‘A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence’, ‘Horse of Northern Irish and World Cinema, but also continues as Belfast Money’ and ‘Magical Girl’. The opening night will be a homecoming Film throughout the year with Special Events, Outreach programmes, moment for Belfast-raised critic and filmmaker Mark Cousins whose co-productions with other Arts and Community groups as well as wonderful feature, ‘I Am Belfast’ will leave audiences looking at the city supporting other Festivals with our programming expertise. The cluster in a new light. Marie Jones’ (Shooting for Socrates) celebrates all things of talent, such as exists under the guidance of our exceptional Director, football, with her World Cup 1986 tale; and Marty McCann shines in Michele Devlin, has the ability, connections and experience to ensure the UK premiere of Stephen Fingleton’s ‘The Survivalist’. the quality of presentation, an ever increasing reach and growth of audiences for years to come. Should the funding ever fail, so would We dedicate our documentary programme this year to our friend Albert the Festival and the talent would be scattered. Any attempt to rebuild Maysles (26.11.26 – 05.03.15) who died as we go to print. “A genius would take many years to re-establish any scale of event that could equal of the documentary film world. He left us with a great legacy and the impact that the Belfast Film Festival has created. among the best documentaries that will ever be seen. He will be missed.” (Robert Duvall). Come one, come all; inside these pages and within the venues you attend, you will find Wonders. Treat yourself to moments you would Michele Devlin. never have the opportunity to experience here without your own Festival Director Belfast Film Festival, for it is yours; our work is all on your behalf. Our wonderful sponsors and funders, the Board of Directors and the Festival Team look forward to meeting you all again in Cinema.

Kevin Jackson Festival Chairperson The Lesser Spotted Belfast Film Festival Team

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DIRECTOR: MARK COUSINS WORLD I Am Belfast 2015, 84 MINS. PREMIERE

MOVIEHOUSE DUBLIN ROAD . THURSDAY 16THapril. 7PM . £8

Belfast, it’s a city that ís changing, changing because the Taking in the sense of the city in a way not seen before. ‘I Am people are leaving? But one came back, a 10,000 year Belfast’ presents a stunning new lens through which to view our old woman (Helena Bereen) who claims that she is the city, while challenging the well worn cinematic cliches that have city itself. gone before in its cinematic history; the grisly thriller, the across- the-barricades romance amongst others.

‘I Am Belfast’ is Mark Cousins unique film about an infamous Using the distinctive lensing of the great cinematographer place, and this woman we meet becomes our free spirited walking (‘In the Mood for Love’, ‘Rabbit-Proof Fence’), and tour guide. At first she shows us fun things – the way people talk, a haunting new score by composer David Holmes (‘71’, ‘Hunger’), unusual vantage points, fragments of the city’s visual landscape. we see Cousins’ influences, inherently cinematic, but all the while Starting in the here and now, with the everyday, we move on to underscored by the influence of the grandparents, the mothers, the the dream life of the city, mapping the voices of women and the brothers and the women of the city he comes from. liminal spaces, the unnoticed and the unloved things about this place. But then her story deepens. She looks back and she sees Not a conventional drama, Not a documentary either, ‘I Am Belfast’ the tragedy and the horror of what went before. She remembers is matter-of-fact and then fantastical. But its mostly fantastic. everything... CLOSING NIGHT GALA

UK WRITER/DIRECTOR Stephen Fingleton PRODUCTION COMPANY: THE FYZZ FACILITY (TFFF1 LTD) PREMIERE 2015/RUNNING TIME: 104 MINS. The Survivalist MOVIEHOUSE DUBLIN ROAD . THURSDAY 27TH MARCH. 7PM . £7 MOVIEHOUSE . saturday 25TH april. 7PM . £8

The Survivalist tells the tale of a ruthless loner who Damien Elliott and a trio of outstanding lead performances from lives off a small plot of land in post-collapse Northern Belfast actor Martin McCann (’71’, ‘Clash Of The Titans’, ‘Shadow Ireland. When two women find his cabin, the film Dancer’), the enigmatic Mia Goth (‘Nymphomaniac’) and legendary becomes a tense thriller as food and trust quickly run Irish theatre actress Olwen Fouéré (‘This Must Be The Place’). Ryan McParland, star of BBC Northern Ireland’s show Six Degrees also into short supply. appears in a late, key role. j ‘The Survivalist’ is the feature debut of local filmmaker Stephen Audiences are advisedQuinn the filmcomments contains pointedly scenes of ona the Fingleton, whose Oscar shortlisted film SLR screened at Belfast in strong sexual nature. 2014. plight of the homeless and disaffected and the films gritty, utilitarian. Shot entirely on location in Ballymoney and Bishopscourt, the film THE GUARIDAN boasts beautiful naturalistic photography from cinematographer GALA PREMIERE

UK DIRECTOR: JAMES ERSKINE PREMIERE 2014, 91 MINS, PG Shooting For Socrates DISTRIBUTOR: SODA PICTURES waterfront hall . friday 24TH april. 8pm. £10

Shooting For Socrates is a David and Goliath story set football team, led by the remarkable politician/philosopher/ in Belfast against the backdrop of the 1986 World Cup footballing genius Socrates de Souza who declares “victory is secondary, what matters is joy”. and the conflict of the troubles. The lead up to Tommy’s momentous 10th birthday is mirrored through the build up to the biggest day for the Northern Ireland This joyous comedy is about following your dreams, no matter football team as they head out to play the greatest match of their where you come from, and losing your heart to the “beautiful lives. With laughter and passion this is a story of two nations, two game”. In a Northern Ireland divided on religious lines, nine-year- teams, and a father and a son: the things that divide them, and the old Tommy learns to make sense of his world through his passion things that unite us all. for football and his father’s love of Greek philosophy. Meanwhile, the country’s football team, a mix of genuine stars, rookies and Written by Marie Jones and Featuring as Jackie journeymen, battle against the odds through to the World Cup Fullerton, John Hannah as , Richard Dormer as finals to earn a place against a modern day Goliath – the Brazilian Arthur and Ciaran McMenamin as Sammy McIlroy. Cine-Roma Belfast Film Festival’s Outreach Programme brings film to people and locations throughout Northern Ireland. Contact us if you would like to organise an event. Proud to be a funder of the Belfast Film Festival

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For information on Northern Ireland Screen and how we can help develop your project, visit www.northernirelandscreen.co.uk our choice of the best NEW CINEMA international cinema our choice of the best NEW CINEMA international cinema A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence The Tribe

QUEENS FILM THEATRE . saturday 18TH april. 6.30PM . £6 QUEENS FILM THEATRE . wednesday 22nd april. 9PM . £6

Swedish master Roy bickering like an old married A smash success at institutional system of organised Andersson returns with couple; in the other, Charles XII, Cannes, this stunning film crime, involving robbery and this absurdist, surrealistic Sweden’s most bellicose king, prostitution. But he crosses a reappears in modern times to focuses on a gang of deaf dangerous line when he falls for and shocking pitch-black his series of disastrous students whose extra- Anna, one of the girls to whom comedy. defeats. curricular activities include he’s assigned as pimp. Though he’s been called a robbery, prostitution and The most distinctive Swedish slapstick Bergman and compared aggravated assault. Dazzlingly executed and shoT, it is one of the filmmaker since Ingmar Bergman, to Fellini, Andersson is closest to outstanding discoveries of 2014. Andersson’s new film is the third Luis Bunuel in both his surrealist Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy’s Jonathan Romney part of a trilogy that began with flourishes and the rage — as audacious debut is not only a Songs from the Second Floor well as the genuine empathy compelling, confrontational Compelling, upsetting, brutal and brilliant, The and continued with You, the and sorrow — that underlies his drama, it’s also an innovative Tribe is one of the best works of cinema of the j Living. A series of darkly comic twisted humour. It is an extremely rethinking of cinema’s language year - a familiar template recreated in what, vignettes, the film is organised provocative and very disturbing of sight and sound. FeaturingQuinn comments for pointedlymost, will be an on entirely the new world. around two narrative strands. In critique of our times. a superb cast of youngplight deaf of the homelessBob Strauss and disaffected one, two hapless novelty salesmen performers, The Tribeand is set the in films gritty, utilitarian. wander around town trying to sell Director Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy a boarding school forTHE young GUARIDAN their inventory of vampire fangs Director: Roy Andersson Ukraine. 2014.132 mins. deaf people, where new DISTRIBUTOR: Metrodome. and rubber masks, all the while sweden. 2014. 101mins. Distributor: CURZON FILM WORLD arrival Sergey is drawn into an 15 Phoenix Horse Money

QUEENS FILM THEATRE . wednesday 22nd april. 6.30PM . £6 QUEENS FILM THEATRE . friday 17TH april. 6.30PM . £6

German auteur Christian though in this case the setting Placed 3rd in Sight and the past. He also encounters a Petzold delivers another is post WWII and the heroine is Sound’s best films of 2014. living statue, previously seen in superbly crafted, a concentration camp survivor Portugal’s Pedro Costa an episode of portmanteau film returning to Berlin in search of her Centro Historico, but that finds emotionally resonant vehicle returns to a familiar cast of lost husband. new resonance in this expanded for his star Nina Hoss. characters for a hauntingly context. Weaving voices, music A thrilling, seductive game of deception fit for beautiful contemplation of and silence, and deploying deep Both a powerful allegory for film noir, where lies seek to unearth truths that his country’s tumultuous chiaroscuro and compositions post-war regeneration and a rich would rather stay buried. Throughout it all, past and uncertain future. that favour striking diagonals, Hitchcockian tale of mistaken Petzold concocts images that will sear their Costa proves himself a great identity, Phoenix once again proves way into your memory. The latest from one of the socially committed filmmaker that German filmmaker Christian Radheyan Simonpillai true poets of contemporary and a master sculptor of space Petzold and his favorite star, Nina European cinema, ‘Horse Money’ and human presence. Hoss, are clearly one of the best ...the movie ends with one of the most memorable is a dream-like nocturnalj film. director-actor duos working in and spellbinding final scenes in recent cinema Costa’s hero Ventura Quinnis admitted comments Horse pointedly Money is yet another on the masterpiece from movies today. This pared-down, history. to a hospital that resemblesplight of the homelessone of the world’s and greatestdisaffected film artists. classically helmed period piece Reel Film Reviews a prison and a Piranesi-style ANDRÉA PICARD uses one woman’s harrowing story and the films gritty, utilitarian. nightmare palace. ThereTHE GUARIDAN he meets to explore Germany’s troubled past, Director Christian Petzold relatives, social outsiders and a Germany 2014. 98 mins . Director: Pedro Costa DISTRIBUTOR: SODA PICTURES whispering woman in search of Portugal. 2014. 104mins. Timbuktu Clouds Of Sils Maria

QUEENS FILM THEATRE . sunday 19T9H april. 7PM . £6 QUEENS FILM THEATRE . sunday 19T9H april. 9.15PM . £6

A cattle herder and his that prevails in Timbuktu. But A veteran actress comes the older Helena. She departs with family who reside in the their destiny changes abruptly face-to-face with an her assistant (Kristen Stewart) to in this stunningly rendered film rehearse in Sils Maria, a remote uncomfortable reflection of dunes of Timbuktu find from a master of world cinema. region of the Alps. A young their quiet lives abruptly herself when she agrees to Hollywood starlet with a penchant disturbed. Abderrahmane Sissako confirms his status as take part in a revival of for scandal is to take on the role one of the true humanists of recent cinema the play that launched her of Sigrid, and Maria finds herself In an area not far from the ancient with this stunningly shot and deeply empathetic career 20 years earlier. on the other side of the mirror, Malian city of Timbuktu, now drama. face to face with an ambiguously ruled by religious fundamentalists. Jay Weissberg Maria Enders (Juliette Binoche) charming woman who is, in The regime of terror imposed by is an actress at the peak of her essence, an unsettling reflection of the Jihadists are determined to [Sissako] has made a film of unforgettable international career who is asked herself. (C) Sundance Selects control the people’s faith. Music, anger, yet tempered his outrage with humor, to perform in a revival of the play laughter, cigarettes, even soccer compassion and visual poetry. that made her famousj twenty have been banned. The women Mark Jenkins years earlier. Back thenQuinn she playedcomments Director: pointedly Olivier onAssayas the have become shadows but resist the role of Sigrid, anplight alluring of the homelessFrance. 2014 and 124 disaffected min. with dignity. Every day, the new Distributor: CURZON FILM WORLD Director: Abderrahmane Sissako young woman who disarmsand the and films gritty, utilitarian. improvised courts issue tragic and eventually drives her boss Helena French-Mauritanian .2014. 97 mins. THE GUARIDAN absurd sentences. Kidane and his DISTRIBUTOR: CURZON FILM WORLD to suicide. Now she is being asked family are being spared the chaos to step into the other role, that of 17 Director Carlos vermut UK SPAIN. 2014. 127 mins . PREMIERE Magical Girl DISTRIBUTOR: films distribution.

QUEENS FILM THEATRE . thursay 23rd april. 9.15PM . £6

Desperate to fulfill his terminally ill Luis (Luis Bermejo) is desperate to fulfill his terminally ill daughter’s last wish: to own the prohibitively expensive “Magical daughter’s last wish, a grief-stricken man Girl Yukiko” dress from her favourite Japanese cartoon. Unemployed, plunges into a vortex of blackmail, deception with no prospects, and blinded with grief, Luis turns to extortion when he crosses paths with the beautiful, mentally disturbed and double-cross, in this deliriously stylized Bárbara. noir thriller. While Magical Girl displays ample influence from the best of One of the breakout hits of Spain’s burgeoning low-budget Spanish cinema past and present, from Luis Buñuel to Alejandro filmmaking scene, Carlos Vermut’s debut, Diamond Flash, instantly Amenábar, it also draws inspiration from the hyper-stylisation of established the young filmmaker as a deft practitioner of the Japanese manga and the boundary pushing of South Korean genre thriller genre. Vermut’s follow-up, Magical Girl, employs a classic cinema. Ultimately, however, Vermut’s film is a thoroughly original noir premise, taking his exploration of the darkest side of human creation, its vicious dance of vengeance and deceit offering a nature to exhilarating new extremes. twisted reflection of Spain’s fraught contemporary reality. TIFF. Rosewater Still

QUEENS FILM THEATRE . tuesday 21stapril. 9PM . £6 QUEENS FILM THEATRE . sunday 19tH april. 1PM . £6

Rosewater is based on The performance by Gael García Bernal “You’re an accident waiting punk Carl (rapper Sonny Green in New York Times best-selling (‘No’, ‘The Motorcycle Diaries’) as to happen,” replies Rachel a remarkable feature debut), start memoir written by Maziar Bahari. Recounting Bahari’s efforts to her ex-husband, Carver terrorizing Carver, his thoughts to maintain his hope and his turn to vengeance, leading to Bahari. The film marks (Aiden Gillen), in writer/ sanity in the face of isolation and a powerful climax drenched the directorial debut of persecution - through memories director Simon Blake’s in poetic irony. Blake draws “The Daily Show” host Jon of his family, recollections of the gritty, surprisingly poignant connections between gang culture Stewart, and stars Gael music he loves, and thoughts thriller. and indifferent parenting without García Bernal. of his wife and unborn child becoming preachy, allowing - Rosewater is both a moving Her observation encapsulates the provocative themes to emerge In 2009, Iranian Canadian personal story and a tribute to entire trajectory of the film, as organically through the story itself. journalist Maziar Bahari was those journalists who risk their Carver’s life disintegrates after covering Iran’s volatile elections freedom, and even their lives, to burying his son, a victim of a tell the true stories behind world- j for Newsweek. Making his supposed hit-and-run. Gillen’s Director: simon blake. directorial debut, Jon Stewart changing events. magnetic presence compensatesQuinn comments uk. pointedly 2014. 97mins. on the tells the tale of Bahari’s months- for his character’s irredeemableplight of the homelessDistributor: and Verve disaffected Pictures. long imprisonment and nature. He neglectedand his sonthe whenfilms gritty, utilitarian. he was alive, and is now paying interrogation in this powerful THE GUARIDAN Director: JON STEWART the price, so to speak. When a and affecting docudrama, which USA. 2014. 103 mins. features a potent and persuasive Distributor: THE WORKS FILM GROUP local street gang, led by young 19 99 Homes Lasa and Zabala

QUEENS FILM THEATRE . saturday 18TH april. 8.45PM . £6 queens film theatre . mondaY 20TH april.8.45PM . £6

Set amidst the backdrop of Bahrani imbues his characters The true story of two magistrate and public prosecutor, the 2008 housing market with icy complexity to achieve Basque refugees who were investigate the inner circle of catastrophe, Dennis Nash his compassionate portrait of a kidnapped, tortured and Civil Guard Colonel Rodríguez man whose integrity has become Galindo and the former governor (Andrew Garfield), a hard- murdered in 1983. ensnared within an all-too- of the province Elgorriaga. They working and honest man, relevant American crisis. Garfield find clear indications that they can’t save his family home does his best work to date in his 1995. Twelve years later, Jesús were involved in the kidnap despite his best efforts. nuanced portrayal of a moral García, a police officer from and murder of Joxean and man in an immoral world, while Alicante, following new Joxi. However, on the long and revelations about GAL, reopens the Thrown to the streets with Shannon vividly illustrates the laborious path to prove their case of two unidentified bodies alarming precision by real estate visceral need underlying Carver’s allegations, they will have to that had been unearthed ten shark Mike Carver (Michael manic drive to succeed, giving confront the dirty tricks of a group years before, murdered and buried Shannon), Dennis, out of work and dimension and depth to this that clings to power at any cost. in quicklime. His suspicions are luck, is given a unique opportunity seemingly cold and calculating j confirmed and they are shown to — to join Carver’s crew and put man. Enthralling, provocative and Quinn commentsPili Zabalapointedly (the sister on the of Josu Zabala) be the missing Joxean and Joxi. others through the harrowing timely, ‘99 Homes’ is simply not to plight of the homelessone of the andmen who disaffected were killed, will be in The bodies are repatriated and ordeal done to him in order to be missed. attendance for a public Q and A after the buried in Tolosa in aand climate the offilms gritty, utilitarian. earn back what’s his. Delicately screening. great tension. The inquiryTHE GUARIDAN begins training his eye on the rigorous DIRECTOR: Ramin Bahrani and Iñigo, with his young assistant, Director: Pablo Malo. 107 mins.2014. details, the reliably astute Ramin U.S.A. 2014. 110 mins. Distributor: Atera Films, distributor: STUDIOCANAL Fede, working with the examining Far From Men The New Girlfriend

QUEENS FILM THEATRE . thursday 23rd april. 6.30PM . £6 QUEENS FILM THEATRE .wednesday 22Thapril. 9.15PM . £6

In this gritty tale of point a saloon. The isolation of the François Ozon’s delicious of Christopher Isherwood, and be survival adapted from a schoolhouse brings to mind ‘The new drama is a smart sure that Ozon will have surpassed short story by Albert Camus, Searchers’, while Daru’s mission and sly satire – with some your wildest imaginings. Claire - such as it is - feels like ‘3:10 to (Anaïs Demoustier), devastated a reclusive teacher (Viggo jaw-dropping twists – Tinguit’. However, this isn’t some by the death of her best friend, Mortensen) helps a villager generic, postmodern experiment. about gender, class and makes a promise to watch over accused of murder escape The film is heartfelt and sincere in consumerism. her husband (Romain Duris) and into the mountains during its concern to understand conflict newborn child. the Algerian War. and the plight of good men when To reveal anything about the Demoustier and Duris give superb they’re forced to make impossible ravishing, unexpected twist in the performances, perfectly attuned It is 1954 and the rebellion against choices. latest of François Ozon’s audacious, to the film’s pointed observations French colonialism is in full swing. elegant and witty melodramas about gender, class and One day the local policeman turns Far from Men is further bolstered would do both the film and its consumerism while conspiring up on horseback with a prisoner by a stunning score courtesy of audience a significantj disservice. with Ozon to paint a thick layer roped behind. Daru must escort Nick Cave and Warren Ellis. So there is good reasonQuinn to draw comments of normalcypointedly over on the disruptive, the man to the near town where on reference here. Envisageplight ofa the homelessdeliciously and subversive disaffected story. he is to be tried for murdering his Director: David Oelhoffen gloriously conceived,and sublimely the films gritty,Clare Stewartutilitarian. BFI cousin. ‘Far from Men’ is set up like France.101 mins.2015. realised amalgam of the seething, Distributor: Pathé THE GUARIDAN Director: François Ozon a classic : there are horses flamboyant cinema of Douglas Sirk and the razor-sharp writing France. 2014.107mins. and gunfights and even at one Distributor: Metrodome. 21 Second Coming An Bronntanas

QUEENS FILM THEATRE . saturday 18th april. 6PM . £6 CULTURLANN. SATURDAY 25TH APRIL. 7PM . £6

A married, middle-class Green spins this conceit into An Bronntanas is a challenged with a moral dilemma. couple are shocked a social-realist family portrait contemporary Irish crime Do they hand over the drugs to when they seem to have grounded in the textures and thriller set against the the authorities or sell them and off-handed banter of everyday save their struggling village? It’s been blessed — or cursed backdrop of the Connemara life. She directs the proceedings a decision that will change their — with an immaculate with stylistic sophistication and Coastline on the West of lives forever. conception, in the a subtlety that borders on the Ireland and the dramatic provocative second feature oblique. lives of a local lifeboat An Bronntanas was Ireland’s submission for the by award-winning British Bolstered by the outstanding crew. The story is told Foreign Language category at the 87th annual playwright debbie tucker performances of Nadine Marshall through both Irish and Academy Awards of Motion Pictures, green {sic} and Idris Elba, ‘Second Coming’ is English.. a provocative, allegorically loaded Director: Tom Collins. conversation-starter that you Jackie is expecting her second The rescue crew of a local IRELAND. 2014. 113mins. won’t soon forget. j child but the math doesn’t quite independent lifeboat crew Quinn comments pointedly on the add up. It’s been months since she working off the coast of last slept with her husband Mark, Director: Debbie Tucker Green. Connemara, Co. Galwayplight receives of the a homeless and disaffected United Kingdom.2014.105 mins. so she knows it can’t be his. But, DISTRIBUTOR: Kaleidoscope Film distress call on a stormyand night. the films On gritty, utilitarian. perplexingly, she also knows she Distribution. discovering an abandonedTHE GUARIDAN fishing hasn’t been with anyone else. boat with a cargo of over a million euros worth of drugs the crew is Listen Up Philip

QUEENS FILM THEATRE . friday 17rdapril. 6.30PM . £6

As thought-provoking as it is uncompromising, Jason When Philip’s idol Ike Zimmerman (Jonathan Pryce) offers his Schwartzman shines as a self-absorbed writer who isolated summer home as a refuge, he finally gets the peace and doesn’t quite learn the err of his ways in Alex Ross quiet to focus on his favorite subject - himself. (C) Tribeca Perry’s sharp and darkly funny third feature.

Writer-director Perry has made a bracing and very Roth-y study of ambition and itchy A complex, intimate, and highly idiosyncratic comedy, Listen Up literary yearning. In another time and another world, Robert Altman captured the essence Philip is a literary look at the triumph of reality over the human of William Faulkner’s landscape by filming a non-Faulkner crime story, “Thieves Like Us.” This spirit. Anger rages in Philip (Jason Schwartzman) as he awaits the is comparable to what Perry has done here. publication of his sure-to-succeed second novel. He feels pushed Radheyan Simonpillai out of his adopted home city by the constant crowds and noise, a deteriorating relationship with his photographer girlfriend Ashley Director: Alex Ross Perry. (Elisabeth Moss), and his indifference to promoting his own work. USA. 110 MINS. Distributor: Eureka Entertainment. 23 WINNER DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA 2014 FINDERS SERIES AWARD.

WINNER MAVERICK AWARD ‘GRAND Towards perfect care JURY PRIZE’ 2014 WOODSTOCK FILM for people in crisis FESTIVAL.

Director: Terry McMahon. Patrick’s Day IRELAND. 95 MINS. 2014.

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Patrick is a warm, open, twenty-six year old “Very moving. Big emotions. Brilliant acting. The film that I cried schizophrenic. Pills and his mother’s protection most at Film Festival.” Mark Cousins. mean he is no threat to himself or anyone else. FOLLOWING THE SCREENING THERe WILL BE A PUBLIC Q &A WITH Terry McMahon Until he falls in love. [Writer/Director] Tim Palmer [Producer] and Moe Dunford [‘Patrick’]. hosted by Contact. Chaired by Tony Macaulay. The object of his desire, Karen, a suicidal flight attendant, has no idea Contact is proud to support the Northern Ireland premiere of ‘Patrick’s Day’. the intimacy she shares with Patrick might reintroduce her to living. Patrick’s Day provides us with a vital insight, particularly into psychiatric illness Patrick’s obsessive mother Maura doesn’t realise her own misguided and what it’s like to live with schizophrenia and people’s response to it. The love may be more dangerous than hate. To pull Karen and Patrick issues raised in the film will be discussed in a post-film panel discussion/Q & apart, she enlists the help of dysfunctional detective Freeman, who A with the film’s director and panel members, including mental health service will use his position to help her, for a price. A provocative and heart- users and those working in the sector. breaking love story about the right to intimacy for everyone, Patrick’s Day proves, when it comes to love, we’re all a little crazy. About Contact: ( www.contactni.com) is one of the North’s leading counselling “A stunning and shattering work with a profound sense of truth charities specialising in crisis counselling and suicide prevention. Contact runs to it.” . the free-phone 24/ 7 crisis helpline Lifeline 0808 808 8000. Director: Terry McMahon. Director: BRUNO DUMONT. IRELAND. 95 MINS. 2014. IRELAND. 220MINS. 2014. distributor: VERVE. NEW WAVE. L’il Quin Quin

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Bruno Dumont’s absurdist metaphysical These naturally curious kids wind up learning more about the murder mystery prompts inevitable darker side of human nature than they bargained for. Featuring comparisons to Twin Peaks and True Bernard Pruvost as the Clouseau-like detective on the case and charismatic young Alane Delhaye as the title prankster, Li’l Detective. Quinquin is proof that even an auteur like Dumont, best known for uncompromising and austere dramas, is capable of shifting gears Quinquin (Alane Delhaye) is the ringleader of a group of pre-teen without conceding his signature. troublemakers, who are excited to spend their summer vacation merrily terrorising their sleepy rural town in northern France. “A sly laugh riot.” Early on they spot a helicopter that’s airlifting… is that a dead cow? Richard Brody, New Yorker Racing around on their bikes to get a closer look, they discover that “A wonderfully weird and unexpectedly hilarious murder mystery.” the cow, found in an abandoned World War II bunker, contains the Scott Foundas, Variety dismembered body (but not the head) of a woman. It’s the first in a series of similarly grisly crimes. Captain Van der Weyden spends the rest of Li’l Quinquin doggedly investigating the murders, often with Quinquin and friends at his heels. ‘Li’l Quinquin’ Topped Cahiers Du Cinema’s Top 10 Films Of 2014

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DOCUMENTARY our choice of documentary film including PANORAMA the Maysles brothers competition

The Belfast Film Festival was saddened to learn of the recent death of pioneering documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles, who has passed away at the age of 88.

Albert was a special guest of the festival in 2005 and The Maysles Brother’s Documentary Film Award was founded in honour of the work he produced alongside his brother David. Bugarach The Beekeeper

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No one took much notice of The anxieties of the inhabitants The moving story of a of making a living. He has been Bugarach until the world are less focused on apocalyptic beekeeper’s fate who lost left only with his love for bees and prophecies and more on the his unshakeable faith in humanity. everything in the turmoil of was coming to an end. massive influx of outsiders looking Displaced from his home and for a way to squeeze themselves the Turkish-Kurdish war livelihood, the beekeeper discovers In early 2012, the citizens of this into their quiet rural community. a new life in Switzerland. tiny village in the south of France With the fate of the world on the ‘The Beekeeper’ relates the were going to church, swimming line, Bugarach is forced into the touching story of Ibrahim Gezer, a in lakes and voting in their spotlight as Earth’s surprising and Kurdish beekeeper from southeast country’s upcoming presidential reluctant hero. Turkey and his unusual experience election. But amidst the growing of integration into the seemingly paranoia of the approaching conservative heart of today’s “With this story, Bugarach is ripe with complex Mayan doomsday prophecy, a news Switzerland. The turmoil of the critiques on the media and the frail integrity of story appears that alleges when decades-long conflict between modern day journalists...” - Pretty Clever Films j the apocalypse hits, Bugarach will the Turkish state and the armed Maysles Quinn comments pointedlyDocumentary on the be the only place on the planet to Director:s :Ventura DurallSalvador, Kurdish guerrilla movement, the Competition survive. The story gathers global Sunyer Sergi Cameron. SPAIN GERMANY. Kurdistan Workers’ Partyplight (PKK), of the homeless and disaffected 90 MINS. 2014. attention, attracting the interests robbed Gezer of everythingand the that films he gritty, utilitarian. of international media outlets, had: his wife, two of THEhis GUARIDAN children, Director: Mano Khalil Maysles Switzerland, 2014.107 mins. mystic prophets and all those Documentary his country, and over 500 bee looking for a ticket to the rapture. Competition colonies . This was his only means 29 She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry Maidan beanbag cinema. sunday 19th dapril. 5PM . £6 beanbag cinema. sunday 19th april. 8PM . £6

The buried history of the a world-wide revolution. Celebrated Ukrainian widescreen format. Each new outrageous, often brilliant ‘She’s Beautiful’ does not director Sergei Loznitsa image arrives with layers of women who founded the try to romanticise the early creates one of the essential contradiction and hyper-real movement, but dramatises it in clarity and the viewer is given modern women’s movement cinematic experiences of our its exhilarating, quarrelsome, time to process the heart-stopping from 1966 to 1971. sometimes heart-wrenching glory. time with this epic, formally tension and building tragedy. The film does not shy away from audacious documentary This is monumental filmmaking She’s Beautiful’ takes us from the controversies over race, sexual chronicle of the historic – part document, part cinematic the founding of NOW, with preference and leadership that protests in Kiev’s Maïdan Guernica that takes a historical ladies in hats and gloves, to arose in the women’s movement. Square. moment and shows the great the emergence of more radical The documentary captures ambiguities of political upheaval factions of women’s liberation; the spirit of the time; thrilling, and the fundamental tensions Maidan Square, its occupation by from intellectuals like Kate scandalous, and often hilarious. between idealism and reality at pro-West demonstrators and the Millett to the street theatrics of j the heart of all movements. subsequent violent crackdowns W.I.T.C.H. (Women’s International STIRRING. Celebrates feminist history with Robert Greene. Sight and Sound by Ukrainian governmentQuinn forces comments pointedly on the Conspiracy from Hell!). Artfully GUSTO Anita Katz, SF Examiner Best of 2014. shook the world in lateplight 2013 of and the homeless and disaffected combining dramatisations, early 2014. and the films gritty, utilitarian. performance and archival imagery, Director: Mary Dore Director: Sergei Loznitsa In highly composed, THEmostly GUARIDAN the film recounts the stories of USA. 2014. 92mins. Ukraine/Netherlands. locked-down shots, the dramatic 2014.133 minutes women who fought for their own situation unfolds in epic Distributor: dogwoof. equality, and in the process created Records Collecting Dust Lambert & Stamp

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To celebrate record store “I think part of the magic that A wonderfully alive gives due acknowledgement to Kit day, a documentary film vinyl, and records, and blundering behind-the-music chronicle Lambert and Chris Stamp, who are about the music and records into cool music you never knew that rescues two genuine described by Roger Daltrey as the existed still holds for me,” says Jello band’s fifth and sixth members. that changed our lives. mavericks from the Biafra. “I’m still a fan, and keep in James D. Cooper’s rollicking film is Presented by The Mac and mind ‘fan’ comes from the word footnotes of rock history. a heady return to Swinging Sixties BFF. ‘fanatic.’ I love to keep exploring, England at the height of the Mod and even though I’ve got way too James D. Cooper’s celebratory explosion that’s packed with Written and directed by San Diego many records, I never buy one documentary traces the roots archival material and killer tunes. based musician and filmmaker unless I intend to listen to it when of The Who via its affectionate It’s also a vigorous testament to the Jason Blackmore, Records I get home.” portrait of the idiosyncratic rewards of creative collaboration, Collecting Dust documents the management team that helped shining a spotlight on two highly define the band. vinyl record collections, origins, Director: Jason Blackmore unorthodox, self-invented rock and holy grails of alternative USA. 2015. 98mins. j entrepreneurs. music icons Jello Biafra, Chuck Distributor: DIRECTOR. Is it too sweeping a statementQuinn comments to pointedly on the Dukowski, Keith Morris, John Reis, say Lambert & Stampplight instantly of the homeless and disaffected and over thirty other underground earns a place in the pantheon Director: James D. Cooper of great music docs?and Who the cares, films gritty,UK. 117 minutes.utilitarian. music comrades. Distributor: dogwoof let’s just go ahead andTHE say GUARIDAN it. This wildly entertaining account of the genesis and rise of The Who 31 Alive Inside library. Thursday 23rd April. 7PM . £6

Second Chance Cinema and BFF present... neurologist and best-selling author Oliver Sacks and musician Alive Inside, a joyous cinematic exploration of music’s Bobby McFerrin. An uplifting cinematic exploration of music capacity to reawaken our souls and uncover the and the mind, Alive Inside’s inspirational and emotional story left audiences humming, clapping and cheering at the Sundance deepest parts of our humanity. Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award. “I would like to see doctors prescribing music. They always go first for heavy duty Chronicling the astonishing experiences of individuals around the antipsychotics that may be harmful, when music might do the country who have been revitalised through the simple experience trick,” he said. “There’s no guarantee, but there is no downside; you of listening to music. His camera reveals the uniquely human can’t say that about any drug.” “There is life there,” said Cohen. “I’m connection we find in music and how its healing power can going to devote mine to bringing it out.” triumph where prescription medication falls short. This stirring documentary follows social worker Dan Cohen, founder of the Alive Inside is a small but vibrant miracle. The documentary finds hope and joy in nonprofit organisation Music & Memory, as he fights against a one of our nation’s bleakest settings, nursing homes. broken healthcare system to demonstrate music’s ability to combat Philadelphia Inquirer memory loss and restore a deep sense of self to those suffering from it. Rossato-Bennett visits family members who have witnessed the Director: Michael Rossato-Bennett miraculous effects of personalised music on their loved ones, and USA. 2014. 99mins. offers illuminating interviews with experts including renowned MOVIE HOUSE. DUBLIN ROAD . wednesday 22TH april. 7PM . £6. Spirit of ’58

World premiere of a new documentary on Northern Ireland’s wonderful 1958 team.

In the summer of 1958 tiny Northern Ireland stood just one game This first-ever documentary on their achievements interviews away from a semi-final appearance in the World Cup against the all the surviving players and weaves it into an archive-rich tapestry mighty Brazil. The heroic story of this uniquely blessed squad of to finally tell the story of Northern Ireland’s greatest ever team. players, led by the peerless , is one which takes in the Munich Air Tragedy, a fight against Sabbath Observers within Produced and directed by Evan Marshall the IFA who tried to stop them going to the tournament in Sweden Camera and editing by Ben Price and a violent win-or-bust struggle against Italy to qualify. And yet it NORTHERN IRELAND. 2015. 61mins. has almost been forgotten.

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Art and Craft Iris

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Mark Landis has been authenticity. What emerges is Fascinating fashion signature “looks” — eclectic mixes called one of the most an unflinching exploration of original Iris Apfel holds of exotic fabrics and outlandish prolific art forgers in US life with mental illness and the forth on her nine decades costume jewelry — to jazz universal need for community, improvisation. In contrast with the history. His impressive body of life and times in the appreciation, and purpose. Maysles’ famous study of another of work spans thirty years. late Albert Maysles’ fashionista, Edie Bouvier Beale in “Rich and fascinating… it’s got a crisp pace and (‘Grey Gardens’,’Gimme 1975’s “Grey Gardens,” there’s little While the copies could fetch a deadpan playfulness, telling a too-good-to- Shelter’) rousing salute to distance between the way Iris impressive sums on the open be-true story with humor and empathy.” iconoclasm. consciously presents herself and market, Landis isn’t in it for Tribeca Film Festival the way the camera perceives her. money, but instead donates his A joyous celebration of creativity ‘Iris’ portrays a singular woman fakes to museums across the “A crowd-pleasing character study that and razor-sharp wit sustained into whose enthusiasm for fashion, art country. Landis is a diagnosed doubles as an art-world detective story.” old age, as evinced by outspoken and people are life’s sustenance schizophrenic whose elaborate Wall Street Journal nonagenarian fashionj icon Iris and reminds us that dressing, con is also a means to cultivate Apfel, ‘Iris’ also offersQuinn proof commentsof and pointedly indeed life, on is thenothing but an connection and respect - feeding Directed By: Mark Becker , Sam Cullman Albert Maysles’ continuedplight vitality of the homelessexperiment. and disaffected what he now understands USA. 2014.89 mins. as a documentarian. This character as an outright “addiction to and the films gritty, utilitarian. study proves as visually strong as philanthropy.” ART AND CRAFT THE GUARIDAN Directed by Albert Maysles. Maysles it is verbally compelling. Iris likens 2014. USA. 83 MINs. starts out as an art caper, rooted Documentary Competition assembling the elements of her Distributor: dogwoof in questions of authorship and phoenix

Approaching Of Men and War the Elephant

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An American soldier that mother get her daughter to The inaugural year of The teachers struggle to create a under treatment for post- open the front door when the the Teddy McArdle Free learning environment that instills traumatic stress disorder at soldiers were already kicking School, where all classes the values of democracy and it down? Slowly but surely, we critical thinking, but an ongoing the Pathway Home explains are voluntary and rules see some of them recovering. clash between two students tests how small he felt upon his The naiveté they display when are voted on by adults and the limits of the system. return to the United States. talking about the ideas they had children... when they left for Iraq is terribly Evoking both the immersive style It’s an experience shared by almost poignant. Ultimately, these Director Wilder is there from of Frederick Wiseman and such all the men in the therapy group. American soldiers’ testimonies the beginning to end of the fictional dystopias as Lord of the When they finally got back home likewise amount to a powerful school year, documenting and Flies. from their tour of duty in Iraq, protest. observing founder Alex Khost and they were no longer the same an indelible cast of outspoken men whom their wives had waved IDFA Winner: Best Feature Length young personalities jas they Directed by Amanda Rose Wilder. USA. 2014. off. Over a period of years, the Documentary. form relationships, exploreQuinn theircomments 89 pointedlyminutes. on the camera follows the group therapy surroundings and intenselyplight of debate the homeless and disaffected Director: Laurent Bécue-Renard rule violations, until it all comes to and one-on-one sessions where France.switzerland, and the films gritty, utilitarian. they try to make sense of events 2014. 140mins. a head. ‘Approaching the Elephant’ THE GUARIDAN that defy logic. Therein lies the Maysles is a rare, inspired portrait of Maysles Documentary Documentary problem. Why, for example, did Competition unfettered childhood. Competition 35 phoenix

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This is the story of women is vividly portrayed including the Eat Your Children is a economic problems. The title political prisoners in gruelling effects of the no wash provocation, an inside-out hints bluntly at the infamous Armagh and Maghaberry protest by republican women and activist film, a film that promissory notes of contemporary the isolation shown in a loyalist Ireland; the debt burden that jails, told in their own attempts to document the woman’s story. will be carried by children today words. invisible. well into their adulthood and for Overall the women’s stories an economic crisis not of their Although this part of the history show the depth of suffering they It is a road-trip quest by two making. of the conflict in the north of endured but also their resistance friends who emigrated from Through the road trip, they try Ireland has been largely ignored to criminalisation and the Ireland during the financial to understand Ireland’s identity in the media it is a complex and strength of the bonds between crash of 2008 and who have now crisis in the wake of the ‘Celtic compelling story. The film spans them. Through first person returned to probe Ireland’s so- Tiger’ and how history and culture a twenty five year period covering testimonies eight women ex- called acceptance of debt and affects their attitudes to resistance. the first women internees in the prisoners recall their experiences austerity. j Are Irish people really content 70s, the killing of a prison officer of this defining phase of their The film takes its titleQuinn from comments to paypointedly off private on the debts of a dead outside Armagh Gaol in 1979, the lives. Jonathan Swift’s 1729plight satire, ‘Aof the homelessbank? And and pass disaffected that burden onto republican women’s protest for Modest Proposal’, where he and the films gritty,their childrenutilitarian. to boot? political status, as well as the DirectorS: proposes poor families sell THE GUARIDAN closure of Armagh and transfer Michele Devlin & Claire Hackett their youngest children to rich Directors: Treasa O’Brien, Mary Jane N.IRELANd.2015. 75mins. O’Leary 2014. Ireland. 78 minutes. to Maghaberry prison in 1986. The landlords on a meat market as struggle with prison authorities a means of tackling Ireland’s phoenix

In the Shadow Of War Drifter

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Almost 20 years ago, psychological effects that can last The young rebel, Ricsi, lives at arm’s length. Director Gábor the war in Bosnia and for decades and the great strains it his life on the edge. ‘Trouble’ Hörcher beautifully frames the Herzegovina came to an imposes on society as a whole. is his middle name. He is silent witness to Ricsi’s trials and tribulations: the rugged, persistent end. Children born after the unruly, restlessly scaring up This screening will be followed by a Q&A Hungarian countryside, loaded fighting stopped are entering with co-directors Sophia Scott and Georgia problem after problem. with decay and melancholy. adulthood today, but are Scott. still facing violence, abuse Ricsi really wants to speed through and abandonment. “This film shows us that we still have lessons life on squealing tires, but finds to learn from the Bosnian conflict. The that life is constantly applying the handbrake. It’s not easy for an Through the stories of four compelling personal stories in this film tells me 18-year-old in the poverty-stricken remarkable young people, that we need to learn these lessons quickly. ” Hungarian countryside. What Ricsi filmmakers Sophia Scott and — Rob Williams, CEO War Child really wants is to be a professional Director: JGábor Hörcher Georgia Scott capture the j racecar driver. He drops out of Hungarian. 72 minutes. hopes and dreams of this new Quinn commentsDistributor: pointedly Visible on Filmthe school because the upcoming local generation, forced to live with the plight of the homeless and disaffected rally is much more important to ongoing effects of the war. him. When Ricsi isn’tand racing the orfilms gritty, utilitarian. In the Shadow of War is a Director: Directed by tinkering with cars, heTHE cravesGUARIDAN love poignant account of the ongoing Maysles Georgia Scott, Sophia Scott. and attention. But the girls – and Documentary consequences of war – of its UK. 2014. 98mins. Competition even his own father – keep him 37 phoenix

Love And Terror On The Howling Plains.. Garden Lovers

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If you liked podcast show presented in Love and Terror on Garden Lovers is a own stories. Serial, True Detective, or the Howling Plains of Nowhere. documentary love story Garden Lovers is a slow dance Twin Peaks, then this doc about Finnish couples of a film. Some of the couples As the unusual cast of characters we meet are in their final years may be your next fix. who have a passion for inhabiting the town weighs in while others are just beginning on Haataja’s final days, a vortex gardening. The film with the hard work of making a garden In 2006, Steven Haataja, a brilliant of esoteric theories, tawdry comic undertones looks together. In the golden light of mathematics professor in the innuendos and illogical scenarios at their stories behind the the long summer days they muse isolated community of Chadron, unravel. Gifted and iconoclastic hedges. about first love, reincarnation, and Nebraska, disappears without a author Poe Ballantine, whose mortality. They bicker gently about trace. When his body is discovered acclaimed memoir inspired the The garden provides a framework garden chores and argue about the three months later, bound to a tree film, leads us through the maze, for tales of relationship conflicts best way to get rid of goutweed, and burned beyond recognition, offering insights into Chadron and and joys; it depicts the many but mostly they talk about their the cause of death sends the his own life of wanderlust. ways in which life canj flourish; plants and their gardens and community reeling with questions, it gives strength andQuinn unites, commentsbut marvel pointedly at the gripon the of their mutual conspiracy theories and misplaced it also becomes a meeting place obsession. suspicions.. Directed By: plight of the homeless and disaffected Dave Jannetta for farewells. There isand an invisiblethe films gritty, utilitarian. once said “I don’t USA. 2014.95 mins. Director: Virpi Suutari. bond that grows between the think history can possibly be THE GUARIDAN Finland. 2014.72mins. couples in the film; they comment Maysles true.” This is surely the case in the Documentary and comfort each other with their Competition dozens of speculative accounts phoenix

The Iron Man A City Dreaming

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The Iron Man is the Then, inspired by the work of Written and narrated troubles in the late sixties. story of Irish artist and renowned Israeli organic chemist by Gerry Anderson, this Following the recent sad death poet Michael Thatcher’s Professor Raphael Mechoulam, documentary feature film of Gerry Anderson the film has Michael set about growing his own taken on an added poignancy and incredible battle with is a beautiful portrait of crop of cannabis in his garden nostalgia as it portrays a past that terminal cancer, following shed which he then distilled into -Londonderry. A series has all but disappeared. the last two years of his life. a cannabis oil and began to treat of personal and intimate himself...with startling effects. recollections of a city and “Gerry Anderson was a legend. This Coming from a family devastated This incredible, awe-inspiring its people. film is not only a love letter to his by cancer and frustrated with the journey took Michael Thatcher home town but a celebration of pharmaceutical “cancer industry” thousands of miles across A story that weaves its way his life and voice. I am very proud and their cynical attempts to keep the globe with an unbeatable through half a century of history to be associated with it.” people alive just long enough positivity that will touch everyone during a time that saw the city to bleed them dry, Michael who spends an hour in his rise from poverty andj neglect, to Andrew Eaton, Executive Producer began researching alternative company. hitting the headlinesQuinn across comments the A City pointedly Dreaming on the cannabinoid treatments being world. plight of the homeless and disaffected used to fight and cure cancer to A Rain Chill Production Directed by Nicky Larkin. The narrative movesand from the Gerry’s films gritty,Director: utilitarian. Mark McCauley great effect around the world childhood growing upTHE inGUARIDAN the city UK. 67 minutes. today. during the forties and fifties, and through to the dark days of the 39 Maker Ceolchuairt Jamaica

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‘Maker’ is a feature The film explores the ideas, tools, A documentary film reggae. Ever since, Gearóid’s poetry documentary looking into and personalities that are driving telling the story of Belfast has been heavily inspired by the maker movement in the Maker Movement – and troubadour Gearóid Marley’s lyrics and he has always returns with a timely snapshot of marvelled at how such a tiny America which is reforming Mac Lochlainn’s musical one of the transforming influences island in the Carribean could carry the economy with a new of the current age. pilgrimage to Jamaica to such a powerful message of peace wave of Do-It-Yourself and find the very roots of roots and love to war-torn Belfast. Do-It-Together. Director: Mu-Ming Tsai reggae. USA. 2014. 65 minutes. The documentary features, among The “Maker Movement”, sometimes On an emotional voyage of self- others: Sly & Robbie, dub-poet called the “Third Industrial discovery, Gearóid looks for the Mutabaruka, mento greats The Revolution,” subverts traditional origins of the ‘one love’ message Jolly Boys, Freddie McGregor... and manufacturing by building on that transcended sectarian many more... innovative concepts such as open boundaries during hisj teenage source, local manufacturing, crowd years in a divided Belfast.Quinn While comments Funded pointedly by TG4 and onthe BAI.the funding, and digital fabrication. the news spoke of bombingsplight of and the homeless and disaffected Breaking the hobbyist movement conflict, Gearóid recallsand themeeting films gritty, utilitarian. stereotype, “Maker” delves deep up with teenagers from both sides THE GUARIDAN Director: Paddy Hayes into this ecosystem of design and of the sectarian divide in the city IRELAND. manufacturing in the Internet era. centre to listen to punk, ska and 2014. 40 minutes. John T Davis His Own Trail 6 Desires

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A poetic portrait of an realities, as well as clips from a Mark Cousins with a Presented in part as a letter to enigmatic filmmaker, number of his documentaries. meditation on one of Lawrence (or “Bert,” as he lovingly John T Davis; artist and England’s most emblematic calls him) and in part as an Lensed in black and white, extended dialogue with the writer musician from Holywood, authors in 6 Desires: DH Director Paul McParland captures (as voiced by Jarvis Cocker), what County Down. John performing his music and Lawrence and . follows is both a celebration and reflecting on his life and films. denunciation of the man himself. John T Davis is one of Ireland’s Out of his visit to the island of most internationally respected Sardinia in 1921, D.H. Lawrence By mixing his brand of wry humor documentary filmmakers, a Director: PAUL MC PARLAND. wrote a travel book called Sea and and deep historic insight with NORTHERN IRELAND. reputation established with films 2015.70 minutes. Sardinia that described the land Lawrence’s thoughts on fascism, such as ‘Shellshock Rock’, ‘Route 66’ and its people’s timeless essence. masculinity, and history, Cousins and ‘Hobo’. Some 90-plus years later, director again shows us the possibility of Mark Cousins goes toj the island the cinematic essay in our century. The film explores the director’s to understand the placeQuinn and comments pointedly on the unique outlook on life and his celebrated author. Butplight instead of theof homeless and disaffected talents as a musician. Interspersed using the written word, Cousins Director: Mark Cousins throughout is footage of John relies on images. and the films gritty,UK-Italy. utilitarian. 2014. 85 mins travelling through America, THE GUARIDAN Production company: Third Films traversing the landscape that inspires his dreams, fantasies and 41 Waiting for August The Forecaster beanbag cinema. tuesday 21TH april. 6.30PM . £5 THE PAVILLION BAR . sunday 19TH april. 7PM . £4 MOVIEHOUSE DUBLIN ROAD . THURSDAY 27TH MARCH. 7PM . £7 Fifteen year old Georgiana are experienced and interpreted Presented by Second Chance “the club” to aid them in market is left to raise her with great imagination by these Cinema. The Forecaster manipulation. Martin repeatedly six siblings in Bacau children. tells the story of Martin refused. Later that same year (1999) the FBI stormed his offices (Romania), since mother Armstrong, once a US based One is bound to be amazed by confiscating his computer model has to work abroad to their great ingenuity, while also trillion dollar financial and accusing him of a 3 billion get by. Torn between realizing how fragile their daily advisor, who developed a dollar Ponzi scheme. Was it an adolescence and heavy balance is. computer model based on attempt to silence him and to responsibilities, the teenage the number pi and other prevent him from initiating a Director: Teodora Ana Mihai public discourse on the real Ponzi girl struggles to keep USA. 2014.88 minutes. cyclical theories to predict everyone afloat. RISE AND SHINE WORLD SALES. economic turning points Scheme of debts that the world has been building up for decades? with eerie accuracy. Caught between puberty and j responsibilities, she moves ahead In the early 80s he establishedQuinn comments his pointedly on the improvising. Phone conversations financial forecasting and advising plight of the homeless and disaffected with her Mom are her only company Princeton Economics. His Maysles guidelines. Intimate scenes from Documentary forecasts were in greatand demand the films gritty, utilitarian. Competition the daily life of Georgiana and her worldwide. As Armstrong’sTHE GUARIDAN DIRECTOR: Marcus Vetter, Germany, siblings show us uncensored, fly- recognition grew, prominent New 2014, 100’ MINS. Distributor: Autlook Filmsales. on-the-wall style- how real events York bankers invited him to join Glamour & Glitz. Experience the Europa’s renowned red carpet treatment with our special Belfast Film Festival offer. We know a little bit about treating our guests like A-list celebrities. From £50 per person* sharing for double room including a complimentary Cocktail on arrival and Full Irish Breakfast Call 028 9027 1066 and quote ‘Belfast Film Festival’ to avail of this special offer

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Has Glamour and Glitz 2015 Update ad_AW.indd 1 06/03/2015 10:37 ALTERED STATES Director: ANA LILY AMIRPOUR. USA. 99MINS. 2014. A Girl Walks Home At Night DISTRIBUTOR: STUDIOCANAL

queens film theatre. monday 20TH april. 6.30PM . £6 MOVIEHOUSE DUBLIN ROAD . THURSDAY 27TH MARCH. 7PM . £7 The first Iranian Vampire Western ever justice: she feeds on the bad guys and spares the ones that she seems to regard as good: or at least having potential. made, a joyful mash-up of genre, archetype, and iconography, its prolific influences span spaghetti westerns, graphic novels, horror A bracing post-punk blend of vampire iconography, the spaghetti western, Kaurismäki-like sorrowfulness, Jarmusch-worthy equipoise, shot in Bakersfield, films, and the Iranian New Wave. California, which passes for the nocturnal reaches “Bad City,” Iran. Ray Pride. Newcity. The girl of Ana Lily Amirpour’s ‘A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night’ is not like other girls. She is lonely and almost entirely silent. Her One of those art house films that movie lovers speak of with awe, as they do of Michelangelo Antonioni’sj movies in the 1960s or Jim Jarmusch’s in the 1980s. It’s a best friend is her record collection. discovery, and a dare. YouQuinn just HAVE comments to see this. Youpointedly won’t believe on theit. Jeffrey M. Anderson. San Francisco Examiner She is, for one thing, a vampire, but not like other vampires, either. plight of the homeless and disaffected She wears a hijab and prowls the fictional Iranian town called The freshest take on theand vampire the genre films since gritty, “Let the utilitarian. Right One In,” “Night” is an Bad City (actually Bakersfield, Calif.). Her inevitable feeding seems intoxicating mix of genres,THE GUARIDAN all deftly and lovingly mashed together. to come as much from personal needs as it does a sense of social Rob Thomas The Editor Messiah Of Evil queens film theatre. tuesday 21st april. 9PM . £6 beanbag cinema. thursday 16TH april. 9PM . £5

A one-handed master of 1970s Italy. When actors from A largely forgotten early coastal town with an arcane past, film editor toiling in the the film he’s editing are brutally ’70s horror classic filled unholy inhabitants and sacrificial cinematic sweatshops of murdered, Rey is the prime with uncanny moments protagonists drawn towards suspect. With a persistent detective 1970s Italy, becomes the hidden destiny with old gods. hot on his trail and a handsome, that build up a relentless prime suspect in a series knife-wielding actor always dreamlike tension. Plus, importantly, it’s deeply of brutal murders, in this nearby, Rey must fight to clear his hypnotic and creepy as fuck. Also loving tribute to/parody name. Imitating giallo’s inimitable More than most films, Willard possibly cinema’s greatest, though of the gory giallo thrillers tone and texture through dramatic Huyck and ’s Messiah of unofficial, discussion of the of Mario Bava and Dario zooms, off-kilter dubbing and, Evil quantifies Belfast Film Festival themes of 20th Century’s greatest Argento. of course, heavy-handed psycho- Altered States programming. A teller of unknowable tales, HP sexual eroticism, writer-director fantastic film yes, an exploitation Lovecraft. duo Brooks and Kennedy have a film certainly, an art film Once a revered master, film editor heady cocktail that’s equal parts possibly, but mostly aj sealed in We fucking love MESSIAH OF EVIL. Rey Ciso (Brooks, doing his best loving tribute and outrageous movie with its own dense and Franco Nero) lost four fingers Quinn comments pointedly on the parody. uncontaminated atmosphere,plight of the homeless and disaffected on his right hand due to his individual and without time, and the films gritty, utilitarian. arrogance. Now equipped with a playing by its own rules and Director: GLORIA KATZ. THE GUARIDAN clumsy wooden prosthetic, he’s DIRECtors: Adam Brooks, Matthew speaking its own language - the WILLARD HUYC.1973.90 mins. been reduced to slaving like a Kennedy. 106 mins. Canada 2014. Distributor: CODE RED DISTRIBUTOR: PARK ENTERTAINMENT. ideal vessel to house MESSIAH dog in the cinematic sweatshops OF EVIL’s story of an isolated Don’t Deliver Tokyo Tribe Us From Evil

queens film theatre. sunday 19TH april. 9PM . £6 beanbag cinema. thursday 23rd april. 9PM . £5

Equal parts ‘The Warriors’ soundtrack and populated by a The sin-laden based-on-a- Catholicism, Don’t Deliver Us and ‘Breakin’ 2: Electric cast of authentic hip-hop artists, true-story account of two From Evil is indeed a sacrilegious Boogaloo’, rap musical this vibrant, highly-stylised teenage French girls who exploitation delight. Disarmingly cinematic hybrid draws on a wide resembling and sounding like “Tokyo Tribe” is also self- fall in love and begin a spectrum of cinematic influences an episode of a French Follyfoot, referential Japanese genre ranging from West Side Story summer holiday pact with Joël Séria’s serial killer thriller exploitation movie to the to Escape from New York while the devil. disguised as a romantic summer marrow. delivering outrageous action, reverie presses all the right taboo colorful comedy, and jaw-dropping On a mission to do as much evil buttons but also seductively Japanese enfant terrible Sion spectacle. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi and to offend God as well as they reminds us and lures us back to Sono follows up his audacious possibly can using their wit and a world of intense devotion and 2013 feature Why Don’t You Play Tokyo Tribe is a perfect festival film, a feverish their sexuality, their dirty deeds doomed love that only adolescence in Hell? with this outrageous hip- rhapsody that tempers the seriousness of grow and grow until ‘the Devil’ can experience. hop musical set in a futuristic other films with its astronomic silliness and takes over and the lawj takes an Tokyo, where warring street pitch-perfect urban poetry. interest, ultimately andQuinn obviously comments pointedly on the gangs are forced to unite in the Tina Hassannia ending in tragedy. plight of the homelessDirector: andJoël Séria disaffected Movie Mezzanine FRANCE.1971. fight against a power-crazed and the films gritty,101 mins. utilitarian. Yakuza (a hilariously unhinged Banned immediately before THE GUARIDAN Riki Takeuchi) with diabolical release, being perceived as an Director: Shion Sono. intentions. Driven by a thumping JAPAN. 2014. 116mins. almost relentless attack on 47 Apocashockalypse Starry Eyes beanbag cinema. friday 17TH april. 9PM . £5 beanbag cinema. wednesday 22nd april. 9PM . £6

BFF’s tribute to the one true The nuclear wasteland epic of In the city of dreams, a ambitions to the very limits. God Of The Scorched Future sweaty muscle, gritty eyeliner, desperate actress will put it From Travis Stevens, the producer - Enzo G Castellari!! Goblin-lite soundtrack and ill- all on the line for the role of of Cheap Thrills and Jodorowsky’s modified vehicles. Dune, ‘Starry Eyes’ is an occult tale a lifetime... no matter what of ambition, possession, and the Attention retronaut warriors… So, Twinned with the other greatest the cost. true price of fame. you all turned up at T13 to see Mad and latest post-apocaclassic tale Max 2. You wore your funny gimp of Castellariness, NIGHTSATAN A horrifying and shocking tale Starry Eyes balances Hollywood satire and masks. You revved your bikes and AND THE LOOPS OF DOOM of desperate ambition in the splattery gore in a way that’s both fresh and you smashed up your little car featuring Finland’s finest end of city of dreams. Aspiring actress inviting, taking a typical struggling actress with your little sledgehammer. the world cyborg laser metal stars, Sarah (Alexandra Essoe) spends and exploiting her story with everything the That’s all fine, that’s a good start. NIGHTSATAN. Follow them on her days chasing her dream of horror genre has to offer. their quest for survival and love Hollywood stardom. After a series Matt Donato But now it’s time to worship the through the irradiated transvestite of disturbing auditionsj for the real deal – the Mother Lode from ridden desert of 2034. mysterious Astraeus Pictures, This is a technically clever, often funny and the exploitation mine, the nine Quinn comments pointedly on the It’s going to be apocatastic! Sarah lands the lead role in their human horror movie. inch nail in the post-apocalypse plight of the homeless and disaffected (Transparent perspex codpiece latest film. As stardom beckons, Jack Giroux.Film School Rejects baseball bat. Enzo G. Castellari’s and the films gritty, utilitarian. regrettably optional.) the price of Sarah’s dreams lead THE GUARIDAN THE NEW BARBARIANS. her to an excruciating physical Director: Sergei Loznitsa Director: enzo g castellari and mental transformation 2014.133 minutes ITALY. 92mins. that will push her desires and Distributor: Metrodome. Soiled shorts.

BEANBAG CINEMA . saturday 18TH april. 9PM . £5

A selection of contemporary ABDULLAH THE CARRIAGE or: DRACULA & THE STOMACH short horror works from Evrim Ersoy 2014 12min. MY MOTHER Ben Steiner 2014 15min. around the world. Uncomfortable look under the Ben Gordon 2014 15min. The UK Unorthodox Medium v surface of an isolated cabbie’s life. Premiere of what not to do when Gangsters death match. A brutal Once again, BFF Altered More unsettling genius from Ne’er a vampire camps outside your supernatural gem. Do Well Films. mother’s house. Very oblique and States shovels through frightening. AUTUMN HARVEST – the short cinema slurry to INK Fredrik S. Hana – 2014 17min. serve you seven new slime Andy Stewart 2014 20min. THE OBVIOUS CHILD Melancholic and haunting soaked scanties of sinister Visceral tale of tattoos, obsession Stephen Irwin 2014 12min. Lovecraftean coastal mirage. subterranea. and desperation. Wonderfully A child’s efforts to get her dead Fabulous. gruesome indeed. parents into heaven, with the Expect the usual off colour help of her doting rabbit. Lysergic CANIS cartoon violence heaven.j content, transgressive Marc Riba & Anna Solanas 2013 Quinn comments pointedly on the themes and dodgy politics. 16min. plight of the homeless and disaffected Yay. Man v Dog takes a turn for the and the films gritty, utilitarian. stranger when food runs out THE GUARIDAN Adults Only. for a young man. Excellent and unsavoury animation nightmare. 49 The Night Has The Canal fdvdvf a Thousand Eyes

QUEENS FILM THEATRE. friday 17th April. 9pm .£6 beanbag cinema. saturday 18TH april. 1PM . £4

An Irish ghost story that Piers McGrail’s nuanced, moody “I had become a reverse sight during one of his fake will leave you with a fear cinematography brings out the best in ; the world was dead performances. of the dark and a dripping writer-director Ivan Kavanagh’s over- and I was living!” mannered but effectively creepy ghost Creepy but strangely friendly. chill down your spine long Perfect for a Saturday lunchtime story. A very rare screening of this 1948 after the film’s conclusion. altered state. Village Voice supernatural curiosity which Sitting in an empty theater, a casts a yearning, fatalist spell and It’s surprisingly dark and scary. It relies which is inexplicably not held in Directed by John Farrow. film archivist watches the grainy heavily on the atmosphere to create USA. 1948. 81 mins. footage that will be his undoing. high esteem in a ‘Cat People’ RKO suspense, and the constant bizarre Horror style. David can’t help but suspect the imagery and tremendous sound design dark spirits of the house are help deliver in spades. Playing like a pre counterculture somehow involved. In his drive to Brad Miska. Bloody Disgusting unveil the shadows hidden in the precursor to Roger Corman’sj Man walls, David begins to descend into With The X-Ray Eyes’ , Edward Director: Ivan Kavanagh G Robinson lends a HollywoodQuinn comments pointedly on the insanity, threatening the lives of 2014.93 minutes. plight of the homeless and disaffected everyone around him. Featuring Distributor: Eclipse. mainstream weight to the Northern Irish actress Antonia interdimensional taleand of athe con films gritty, utilitarian. Campbell-Hughes and Rupert artist clairvoyant hurtlingTHE GUARIDAN toward Evans as David. inevitable doom after suddenly acquiring the ‘gift’ of actual second

A5-Flyer-Call-For-Entries-poster.indd 1 09/03/2015 12:48 A5-Flyer-Call-For-Entries-poster.indd 1 09/03/2015 12:48 SPECIAL EVENTS ‘Network’ at BBC Blackstaff Studio

bBC BLACKSTAFF STUDIO. THURSDAY 16TH april. 7PM . £7

Join us for this site specific screening of 70’s ‘Network’ was directed by Sidney Lumet and stars Faye Dunaway, William Holden and Peter Finch. A brilliantly played, stone-cold classic ‘Network’ in a live tv studio environment ‘70s classic, whose message; the blur between entertainment and at the BBC. A Filmgoer & Tim Burden event. degradation, has more than a tang of topicality in these days of Fox and reality TV-dominated scheduling. Gloria Hunniford, Stephen Nolan, Noel Thompson; we imagine they’ve Introduced by Joe Lindsay. all had their bad days at BBC Blackstaff House over the years, but have they ever got so mad that they’re ‘not going to take it anymore’!!? Have To close our Belfast Film Festival screening of Network at the BBC we’re they ever threatened to blow their brains out on air? having a broadcast media themed after party! Come along after the screening for 70s and 80s electro tunes from the Filmgoer DJs and Adam Curtis inspired visuals from Barry Cullen. Wear your best boring suit and Back in the 70’s it was different… ‘This tube was the Gospel, the leave your sense of humour at home as for one night only we’re all The ultimate revelation. This tube can make or break presidents, popes, Man. Nervous breakdowns permitted. The Menagerie. Thursday 16th April, 9pm til late, free. prime ministers... This tube is the most awesome God-damned force in the whole godless world, and woe is us if it ever falls in to the hands of Private reception for all Network ticket holders from the wrong people…And when the twelfth largest company in the world 5:30pm, until 7pm. First drink for all ticket holders will controls the most awesome God-damned propaganda force in the be free and all canapés will be free, At Fratelli’s, next to Blackstaff House. whole godless world, who knows what shit will be peddled for truth on this network?’ Well, what do you think, has anything changed? phoenix

Blazing Saddles Night Spinal Tap Night

THE BLACK BOX. saturday 18TH april. 8PM . £8 THE BLACK BOX. friday 24TH april. 8PM . £8

BFF and The Black Box of this film’s sequences, notably Plan 9 Film Club present around after the film for a live team up to present a a gaseous bean dinner around a a celebration of all things performance from ‘Urinal Taps celebration of all things campfire, have become comedy ‘Spinal Tap’ and all that is Aff’ the ultimate Spinal Tap folk classics. tribute band. Join bandleader blazing! Live music, fancy soft and hard in the world Robyn G Shields and friends dress, hay bales, beans on Fancy dress prizes available for of metal. as they play songs such as ‘Big sale and texas beers! the best cowpoke costume, cattle Bottom’ and ‘Hell Hole’. After that rustler, Calamity Jane or Gram Strap on your spandex, fix your join your host Joe Lindsay for a Parsons impersonators. flammable hair and plaster your metal mosh disco... Vulgar, crude, and occasionally face with upside down crucifixes. scandalous, this hilarious bad-taste The ‘Acoustics Collective’ Go Prizes for Best 80’s hair metaller, And what about that film? We’ll spoof of Westerns, co-written by country with live music after the best black metaller, best seventies be showing the whole thing in Richard Pryor, features Cleavon film playing a host of swing your trad metaller and best Derek between the other fun… Little as the first black sheriff of pants C&W classics. D.J. ‘Dusty Smalls impersonator.j Before the a stunned town scheduled for Chaps’ will be spinning country film we’ll have clipsQuinn from classic comments Along pointedly the way on you’ll the get demolition by an encroaching classics such ‘Get Your Tongue metal videos and showsplight such of as the homelessacquainted and with disaffected core members ‘Bad News’. railroad. Little and co-star Gene Outta My Mouth ‘Cause I’m Kissing and the films gritty,David St.utilitarian. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel, Wilder have great chemistry, and You Goodbye’, and ‘If You Leave Me, Derek Smalls and every drummer THE GUARIDAN the delightful supporting cast Can I Come Too?’ after the band. So Do you hear a Mighty Wind who ever lived - and died - for this includes Harvey Korman, Slim stick around for a hoedown! blowing? Are you ready to smell renowned rock band. Pickens, and Madeline Kahn. Some Robyn G Shiels’ glove? Then stick phoenix CINE-ROMA- BELFAST FILM FESTIVAL OUTREACH EVENTS

Wireless Mystery Theatre presents... Murder by Decree Dial M for Murder

THE Masonic lodge. saturday 18TH april. 8PM . £7 Baby grand studio. opera house. 21st to 25th april

A Classic Holmes and help of his trusty aide, Dr. Watson “I think everyone enjoys a classic of suspense, in their own Watson case in the (James Mason). nice murder... provided he is inimitable style. atmospheric Masonic Lodge not the victim. ” Along the way Holmes uncovers Tue 21 – Sat 25 April in Belfast. secret societies, has covert Tue 8pm, Thu 2.30pm: £13.50 Margot Wendice is an innocent meetings in Masonic temples Wed – Sat 8pm, Sat 3pm: £16.50 woman; she must be, as criminals The murders by the infamous and uncovers a conspiracy that don’t reside in desirable London British criminal, Jack the Ripper, goes right up through the upper Box Office: 028 9024 1919 postcodes. And yet, she finds catch the attention of Sherlock reaches of government to the Book Online: www.goh.co.uk herself embroiled in an intricate Holmes (Christopher Plummer), throne of England itself. and devious murder plot: first as but he does not receive the For group rates and enquiries please contact: the intended victim, then as the expected call from Scotland Yard The film will be introduced by [email protected] reluctant killer. There is a body in because he is being purposefully Robert J Simpson. excluded from the investigation. the study, but whosej is it and how did it get there? Instead, Robert Lees (Donald Plummer and Mason together make one of Quinn comments pointedly on the Sutherland), a psychic who cinema’s great - certainly the most touching Following their sell-outplight run of of the homeless and disaffected volunteered information to the - Holmes-Watson teams. Ripperologists will Noël Coward’s Brief Encounter,and the films gritty, utilitarian. police about the murders, provides be pleased by how faithful the script is to Wireless Mystery TheatreTHE GUARIDAN recreates the Great Detective with the historical incidents and persons involved.. the elegant craft, glamour, and necessary incitement to action. Mark Bourne Holmes enters the fray with the high anxiety of Alfred Hitchcock’s 55 BFF QUIZ Film Devour

THE BLACK BOX . sunday 19TH april. 7PM. £3 per person, THE BLACK BOX . monday 20TH april. 7PM. £5.

“That was the most fun I’ve Take the challange of the Film Devour: Short Film The first Devour we ever ran was ever had without laughing.” headmeltingly difficult; ‘What Festival has been running in the Safehouse Art Gallery in film is this obscure minimalist for 5 years showcasing the 2010. We had 60 people turn up poster trying to represent and only 30 seats. It was apparent Fancy joining the cinema hoopla? best in local talent. round!?’* that the demand was there and Then gather your A-Team and take the attendance has steadily grown part the ultimate screen test; the Teams can be only half a dirty The ‘Film Devour’ short film since. 5 years later in a much Belfast Film Festival Quiz hosted dozen in size – and there will be festival is committed to creating bigger venue and we are still by our resident film aficionado prizes for finishing first, last and a platform through which film running out of seats. Brian Henry Martin. the most colourful umbrella on makers can show off their work, the night. meet other filmmakers and co- www.filmdevour.co.uk In this cinematic imitation ordinate ideas. Two awards will be @filmdevoursff game, Brian will grill you on the *Just in case you think you can presented on the night. Audience film theory of everything, with brush up on the answers before choice and Directors jchoice a barrage of scenes, sounds and the quiz, some of these rounds awards. this year, a special ‘Coen Brothers Quinn comments pointedly on the aren’t real. plight of the homeless and disaffected Classified Results’ round*. “The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance ofand the humanthe films gritty, utilitarian. Join us for the ‘ Who is that dodgy bladder” THE GUARIDAN actor waxwork statue meant to Alfred Hitchcock represent?’ round*. CINE-ROMA- BELFAST FILM FESTIVAL OUTREACH EVENTS

Tease-O-Rama Eraserhead Live

THE BLACK BOX. . friday 17th April.. 9pm THE MAC . THURSDAY 22TH wednesday. 8PM. £10

Soup DuJour proudly But don’t worry, you’ll have our The Mac and Belfast Film cult sensation and a work of presents an evening of respected film aficionado there to Festival present... extraordinary craft and beauty. cinematic seduction guide you frame by frame from Eraserhead screening with With its mesmerising black- the comfort of his own armchair. and-white photography by with some of the UK and a live score from French Whether it’s talkies or tassel- Frederick Elmes and Herbert Ireland’s best burlesque twirling that makes you tick, take Band Coffin (Cercueil). Cardwell, evocative sound design, artists. a break from exercising your and unforgettably enigmatic mind with a night of scintillating Eraserhead is magnified by performance by Jack Nance, this Fusing the art of the tease with spectacle, inspired by the greatest Coffin’s hypnotic electronic music, visionary nocturnal odyssey the magic of Hollywood, along stars of the silver screen. involving drones, ambient sound continues to haunt American with all the exhilarating excess waves and labyrinthic pop. A cinema like no other film. you’d expect from a Tease-O-Rama contemplative, organic, singular production, our performers will £10 (£8 concession) and striking live soundtrack. Nico Devos > guitar, electronic, synthesizers take you on an adventure through Doors at 8:30 “The words through jthe music, Pénélope Michel > cello, sound effects, movie history, from Metropolis to show starts at 9:00 the music through theQuinn picture, comments synthesizers pointedly on the the Hunger Games, from Star Wars Cercueil’s dreamlikeplight orchestration of the homeless and disaffected reinterprets Lynch’s nightmare in to Sweet Charity. and the films gritty,Wednesday utilitarian. 22nd April. a dizzying weightlessness.” Doors open 7.30pm. THE GUARIDAN Performance Starts ’s 1977 debut feature, at 8pm.. Tickets £10.00 Eraserhead, is both a lasting 57 phoenix

Black Moon Film Club – cinema sports Autism Friendly Screenings

black box . saturday 18th april and 25th april. £3.

Completed three-minute Can you make a film in 10 Two special screenings at movies are delivered back to Ice Age hours or less? the Black Box. Film Starts at 1pm. 81 mins. the Workshops before the 8pm Saturday 18 April deadline to be screened at 9pm. Cinemasports is a race of creativity. What makes the screenings Set during the Ice Age, a Prizes will be awarded. Teams have 10 hours to make autism friendly? sabertooth tiger, a sloth, and a short film that include three a wooly mammoth find a lost Over 18’s only essential ingredients that will be .The lights will be on low. human infant, and they try to released on the morning of the .The volume will be turned return him to his tribe. Where: THE WORKSHOPS competition. Screening is on the down. £3 for kids (adults go free) 1a Lawrence Street, Belfast, BT7 1LE. 11th hour. .There will be no trailers at the Kickoff time: 10am: Deadline: 8pm: beginning of the film. Screening: 9pm Spirited Away Kick-off is at 10am on Satuday .You’ll be able to munch away Film Starts at 12pm. 125mins. 18th April. in Lawrence Street on pizza slices and drinks if you Saturday 25 April. Free to enter cinema sports but it is £5 for the j Workshops, Belfast. buy them in the Green Room. In the middle of her family’s evening event at the workshops. To sign up as .You’ll be able to moveQuinn around comments move pointedly to the suburbs, on the a sullen an individual or a team email: mcnultymichael@ Teams will plan, write, cast, shoot the venue if you like**plight of the homeless10-year-old and girl disaffected wanders into outlook.com and edit their movies between and the films gritty,a world utilitarian. ruled by gods, witches, 10am and 8pm that day. ** children are to beTHE supervised GUARIDAN and monsters; where humans www.cinemasports.com at all times. are changed into beasts. www.lawrencestreetworkshops.com £3 for kids (adults go free) phoenix

OUTDOOR BEER GARDEN SCREENINGS.

Troubles Hell: Showgirls..Outdoors I.R.A : King of Nothing

THE Sunflower BAR. THURSDAY 23rd april. 9PM . £6 THE Sunflower BAR. wednesday 22nd april. 9PM . £6

Seriously, just forget dials turned up way above boring We’ve all seen some feels that the modern day version about raspberry awards, old 11. All this and a Machiavellian troubling things about the has lost its power, peace process, so-bad-it’s-good clichés, plot of a small town girl (actually troubles according to the smesh process.. Bobby sets out on a a crazed smalltown path and a goal to....well, we’re not smartass furry toy remakes movies. But we haven’t type giant she devil, screeched by quite sure what Bobby wants - but and pseudy critical re- Elizabeth Berkley) kicking and ever seen anything as face did we mention he loves Ireland?. evaluation nonsense, this is clawing her way up the American meltingly awful as ‘IRA: the It’s potentially serious stuff but total entertainment. Dream success ladder of the Las king of nothing’ it all goes so wrongheadly wrong Vegas entertainment industry that we can say this is a true work A grimy, cocaine dusted 90s makes for perfect drink fuelled Featuring the least talented actor of deranged comedy genius. Come nonsensefest filled with enough group-watching fodder. of the Sheen/Estevez family; along drink a beer and marvel… nudity, depravity, cruelty and mean Watch and marvel at this the mighty Joe Estevez, Rachael spirit to satisfy the most hardened possessed and notorious sleaze Hunter (former wife of Rod To warm up we’ll have a mash exploitation junkie. It also sports epic with many friends and many Stewart) as a tough noj nonsense up of all of the best accents, eyepoppingly inept simulated sex, more beers. special branch agentQuinn and auteur comments hairpieces, pointedly checkpoints, on the in jaw dropping Caesar’s Palace-esque Damian Chapa as ourplight dissident of the homelessNorthern and Irish disaffected movie lore. Watch floor show numbers and dialogue hero; he loves Irelandand and the he’s films gritty,Mickey utilitarian. Rourke mangle a Falls penned in liquid gorgonzola (from gonna kick ass to show you how Road accent, watch Bradley Pitt’s THE GUARIDAN the genius sewermind of Joe green his soul is. Having grown paramilitary hair move in the Eszterhas) delivered with luvvy- up within the I.R.A, Bobby O’Brien wind… 59 phoenix

On The Air A Gerry Anderson Tribute Big Lebowski : live read

THE BLACK BOX . Tuesday 21st april. 8PM . £6 The BLACK BOX. saturday 25TH april. 4PM . £6

A tribute to the great The series was created by Flickerpix You’ve possibly seen the Big a chance to just concentrate on the Gerry Anderson, this Animations. Lebowski many times but quality of the script without any evening presents the best of have you ever considered distraction. Flickerpix’s amazing show. Starring: Gerry Anderson, Stephen the dialogue? this is your Nolan, Sean Coyle, BBC Radio Now it’s time to try a Live Read Joel Simon, the man behind Ulster callers. chance to experience the in Belfast. the programme, will brilliance of one of the Coen talk about the making of Brothers finest scripts. We’ll be keeping the cast a secret Joel Simon is originally from Belgium right up to the night, but it will the series following the where he studied at the Royal screening. Academy of Fine Arts in Liège. In 2003 Live Read was created by Jason feature some well known faces he established Flickerpix Animation Reitman (Director of ‘Thank You from Northern Irish cinema. Studios where he directed the comedy The much loved animated series series On The Air for BBC Northern for Smoking’, ‘Juno’ and ‘Up in And the film? If you haven’t seen On The Air brings some of the Ireland, BAFTA-winning animations the Air’). Reitman reads the stage for CBBC, and shorts such as Horn OK j it, well it’s about this guy, you can most bizarre real-life phone- directions. The full cast lists and Please which won 15 international call him the Dude, Dudeness, or ins from BBC Radio Ulster’s awards and MACROPOLIS which has the role each actor willQuinn play commentsare pointedly on the uh, Duder, or El Duderino if you’re Gerry Anderson show to life by been selected by over 200 film festivals kept secret until the plightevent itself. of the homeless and disaffected to date. not into the whole brevity thing... animating the real-life dialogue The actors do not rehearseand the ahead films gritty, utilitarian. of time. Reitman says that the with colourful characters and re- THE GUARIDAN interpreted settings. series is to show audiences how actors create characters but it’s also phoenix

Dad’s Cinema- Where Eagles Dare If.... at the Great Hall , Queen’s THE STRAND ARTS CENTRE . saturday 25TH april 2PM . £5 QUEENS UNIVERSITY . GREAT HALL . THURSDAY 23rd april. 8PM . £7

For this special screening we We have a DAD classic, specially Watch this anti- society, set in a boarding school invite you to phone up your for HIS entertainment. It’s ok, you authoiratian classic in in late-sixties England. Before dad and take him to the can fall asleep while he watches. the Great Hall at Queen’s Kubrick made his mischief iconic My god- look at the picture above!! in ‘A Clockwork Orange’, Malcolm cinema! University. Incendiary, Is this what your father wants?! McDowell made a hell of an Buy One, Dad gets in free. We reckon this is a still from his subversive, and darkly impression as the insouciant dreams.... humorous, If.... is a Mick Travis who, along with his It’s Saturday Matinee time and landmark of British school chums, trumps authority at you get the chance to bring the Disguised as Nazi officers, countercultural cinema. every turn, finally emerging as a old man to the movies! How many commandoes Maj. John Smith violent saviour in a vicious game times has he had to take you to (Richard Burton), Lt. Morris One of the most atmospheric of one-upmanship played by both the cinema when you where a kid? Schaffer Clint Eastwood and six academic buildings in Belfast acts students and masters. If.... remains Poor guy , he’s probably had to sit other courageous souls parachute as the location for our screening one of cinema’s most unforgettable through ‘Herbie goes Bananas’, behind enemy lines. Their mission: of this classic film. Queen’s rebel yells. (c) Criterion ‘Howard The Duck’, ‘Spice Girls to rescue an American general, University is similar in style to Movie’ and ‘Free Willy’. Yes he held captive in a supposedly Cheltenham College, the filming Introduced by Robert J Simpson. probably fell asleep and missed impenetrable Alpine castle. location of ‘If.…’ the whole thing, but isn’t it time you returned the favour? Director: Brian G. Hutton Lindsay Anderson’s ‘If....‘ is a Director: LINDSAY ANDERSON. Written By: Alistair MacLean. UK.1968. 122mins. 1968. 158 mins. daringly anarchic vision of British 61 Belfast Guitar Living Stars Orchestra THE BLACK BOX . saturday 25TH april. 9PM . FREE BLACK BOX. thursday 16TH APRIL. 10PM . FREE.

An all-ages dance party Argentinian society, because each The Belfast Guitar At the opening night party after through the kitchens, dancer, filmed in their own work Orchestra formed a year the Gala premiere screening of backyards and living rooms or home space, is identified by ago at The Lawrence Street Mark Cousins’ ‘I Am Belfast’ you’ll professional status. There’s no of Buenos Aires. get to see the Orchestra in Action. resisting it: you will want to get up Workshops. Headed up by and dance! musician Colin Reid, the Belfast born guitarist and An Argentinian dentist dances band are tonight performing composer Colin Reid has made 5 gleefully around his office to a tastefully short set of albums since 1999 and has toured a Lionel Richie song. The fixed “Every Sundance there’s a crowd-pleaser,. movie themes and songs. all over the world under his own camera captures many more of his But the most delightful flick of the 2014 name and with Scottish singer compatriots: children, housewives, fest is an unconventional documentary with Find us on Facebook. Eddi Reader. In recent years he narcissistic bachelors, retirees. no plot, no dialogue, and nothing but party.” has toured less to concentrate on All have their moment of glory LA Weekly improvements in performance set to the song of their choice. and technique, also performing Some are alone, others being “Certainly the most unique movie screening on piano in the show The Third watched by friends, whether in Hot Docs, Gaston Duprat and Marinano Policeman by Flann O’Brien.. indifferent or amused. A brilliant Cohn’s Living Stars takes all of five appropriation of a certain web seconds to describe, but can’t really be aesthetic, Living Stars is both a comprehended until you see it for yourself.” playful, mesmerizing odyssey Point of View Magazine and an original exploration of Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films The BLACK BOX . wednesday 22nd april. 7.30PM . £6

Join us in the Black Box to celebrate the magic Stick around for... of Cannon Films, the studio that unleashed a The Apple wide range of entertaining exploitation films in The story of two lovers pulled apart by a satanic totalitarian state which brainwashes the population and supresses individual thought the 1980s. through the perpetual broadcasting and marketing of a z-grade insipid talent show – pretty much what’s happening today. Purchased by Israeli movie moguls Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus in 1979, The Cannon Group became an unexpected major player The Cannon Group’s crowning moment of transcendent 20th Century in Hollywood over the decade that followed, thanks to the infamous trash. A titanic misfire of accidental genius – this science fiction/ duo’s distinctive brand of cheap, cheerful (and often quite terrible) musical/religious allegory at first resembles the mutant offspring from action/exploitation films. From the asinine thrills of Chuck Norris’ a drunken coupling of The Visitor’ and ‘Xanadu’ but then reveals its Vietnam vehicle Missing In Action to the morally bankrupt Death own unique inept lunacy which is now attracting a growing following Wish franchise, with a spot of break-dancing and alien invasion of ‘also-film’ freaks and cinema filth hounds. Featuring songs of thrown in for good measure, Cannon’s output was loathed by critics cringeworthy wrongness and the visual identity of Klaus Nomi’s naffer but adored by the public. Treating low-brow classics with the respect brother, this exquisite torture has been famously and wonderfully they deserve, Hartley’s documentary shines an affectionate light on a lampooned by the RIFFTRAX crew, but will be screened tonight in all studio determined to give audiences exactly what they wanted. its unadorned glory.

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TALKING FILM screenings, discussion and debate A Patch of Fog From Page To Screen

QUEENS FILM THEATRE . Tuesday 21TH april. 5PM . £6

Michael Lennox’s debut and his life invaded by a lonely The film is directed by Michael A Patch of Fog was shot entirely in Northern feature, the gripping security guard when caught Lennox, a Belfast-based first-time Ireland with funding from The Fyzz Facility, shoplifting. feature film director, whose short the Northern Ireland Screen Fund supported psychological thriller A film ‘Boogaloo and Graham’ won a by Invest NI and part funded by the European Patch of Fog is currently The film stars Stephen Graham BAFTA for Best Short Film and was Regional Development Fund, and the BFI. in post-production but this (Gangs of New York, Boardwalk nominated for an Oscar. is your chance to see how Empire), Conleth Hill (Game of The creative team includes DoP Matthias Pilz, the film developed and got Thrones, Salmon Fishing in the A Patch of Fog is produced by Production Designer David Craig (Game of made. Yemen), Lara Pulver (Sherlock, Robert Jones (The Usual Suspects, Thrones, Dracula Untold), Editor Livia Serpa (The Edge of Tomorrow), Arsher Ali Babylon), Wayne Marc Godfrey Dionti Family, Linha de Passe) Costume Designer Join the principal talent in a (Four Lions, The Missing) and Ian (The Survivalist, Cake) and David Hazel Webb Crozier (Your Highness, Robot special ‘making of’ talk which McElhinney (, Gilbery for The Fyzz Facility. Overlords, Halo: Nightfall) and Line Producer follows the development of one of The Fall). Katy Jackson (The Survivalist, Xmoor, Cup the most eagerly awaited Northern j Cake). Irish films in years. Brian Henry The screenplay was written by Quinn comments pointedly on the Martin will host the discussion. local men Michael McCartney plight of the homeless and disaffected and John Cairns and developed and the films gritty, utilitarian. by Jonescompany Productions The story involves a celebrated THE GUARIDAN novelist and TV personality who through Northern Ireland Screen’s finds his reputation on the line New Talent Focus scheme. 67 Sense of place Steelchest

THE STRAND ARTS CENTRE . saturday 18TH april. 5PM . £5

A David Hammond A filmmaker whose work documentary telling typically celebrated the history the story of the Belfast of his Ulster home, as well as his love of music, David Hammond’s shipyard, Harland and documentaries include; Wolff, as told in story and Dusty Bluebells (1973), Beyond song by those who made The Troubles (1994) and the their living there. acclaimed six-part series, David As part of Belfast Film Festival’s Cineroma outreach Hammond’s Ireland (2004). programme we present a series of films made in Belfast in The Steel Chest, Nail in the Boot and the Barking Dog is an award- the 1980’s. These television documentaries depict specific winning documentary largely told A Flying Fox Films Production for communities and particular areas of the city. in story and song by the families in association with RTE. who made their livings in the 1986. 52 mins. Looking back, we examine these representations and the shipyard. changes that have occurred over the last 30 years in these areas. The Move Place Called Ardoyne

174 project .wednesday 22nd april. 8PM . £5 ardoyne community centre. Tuesday 21TH april. 8PM . £5

“We invest much more than permanently boarded up windows. The award-winning 1973 Narration by Stephen Rea. money in the bricks and A fridge blocks their front door at documentary looks at mortar in which we live. night and Andy keeps an axe in the situation in Northern Winner of the Silver Hugo Award the hallway in case of attack. and Special Jury Award Our homes are the creation Ireland as it affects the Valerie and her two children International Film Festival 1973. of our hopes and dreams, have lived on the eighth floor community of Ardoyne. our memories and regrets.” of a highrise for 17 years after Director: Philip Clayton-Thompson being forced to move due to Includes interviews with leading USA.1973. figures in the community 43 mins. Written by Trevor Williams, and sectarian strife. Valerie’s husband, DISTRIBUTOR: BFI directed by Robin Wylie, this 1988 a merchant seaman, is absent for including social workers, released documentary tells the story of long periods and Valerie struggles internees, a parish priest and three families living in Belfast to raise her children in the stifling a Provisional IRA Battalion who are moving into new homes atmosphere of the flat. Commander. in a new housing project. This documentary is a glimpse j Andy, Lily and their young into the life of working class Quinn comments pointedly on the grandson live in North Belfast. families in the late 1980’s as they plight of the homeless and disaffected Their home has been the target of receive the keys to the homes they and the films gritty, utilitarian. sectarian abuse and intimidation. pray will help path the way to a THE GUARIDAN Their windows have been smashed new tomorrow. in so often that they live behind 69 CADA Better World Hotel Rwanda Film Fringe with Terry George THE MAC. saturday 18th april. 7PM . £5.

In April 1994 Rwanda descended This screening will be followed The Coalition of Aid and We’re teaming up with into genocide. Over the course of by a Q & A with the writer and Development Agencies the Belfast Film Festival 100 days, up to one million people director of Hotel Rwanda, includes large and to get people talking were killed, mostly from the Belfast-born Terry George. small charities based about what a BETTER minority Tutsi ethnic group. In an in Northern Ireland, WORLD looks like and era of high-speed communication Famously known for writing working to tackle poverty how we can build it and round the clock news, the and producing the twice Oscar events went almost unnoticed nominated ‘In The Name Of The and its root causes together. by the rest of the world and the Father’ and for recently receiving around the world. international community failed an Oscar in the live action short The Better World Film to act. film category for ‘The Shore’. Fringe is supported by Trócaire’s Mobilising for In the face of this comes the Director: terry george j Justice Grants Scheme. extraordinary true story of Paul UK/USA.2002.121 mins. Rusesabagina, a hotelQuinn manager comments Distributor: pointedly filmbank. on the who through immenseplight courage of the homeless and disaffected saved the lives of overand a thousand the films gritty, utilitarian. Tutsi refugees by housing them in THE GUARIDAN www.cada-ni.org the hotel he managed. The Island President Better World Workshop

THE BLACK BOX . THURSDAY 23rd april. 7PM . £4 crescent arts centre . saturday 18th april. 10am-2pm

President Mohamed Conference in Copenhagen. It .Using short films to show how What will you do with your new- Nasheed is a man on a provides a fascinating, rarely seen, people power can help build a found skills to build a better perspective on the backroom deals better world, our campaign experts world? mission to save his country and negotiating that goes on at a will explore practical tools to get from disappearing into the top-level global conference. attention, inspire people to act and * Each workshop has limited sea. press for change. spaces. We cannot guarantee that Following the film screening, at you will get a space in your first As the first democratically 8:45pm, a panel of climate experts On the day you will choose one of choice workshop. You will be elected President of the Maldives, and activists will answer questions the following workshops* to learn able to register for your preferred the lowest lying country in and discuss the legacy of the practical skills and have some fun: workshop at registration on the the world, President Nasheed Copenhagen climate conference day. realises that rising sea levels and prospects for this year’s talks - video blogging caused by climate change is the in Paris. - craftivism Cost: £10, £5 concession, biggest threat facing his country. - how to run a great jphoto stunt including lunch. This compelling documentary Quinn comments pointedly on the captures Nasheed’s first year in plight of the homelessIf you have and any special disaffected dietary or access office as he witnesses first-hand and the films gritty,requirements, utilitarian. please email Christine. the impact of climate change [email protected]. and makes a compelling case for THE GUARIDAN action at the 2009 UN Climate

71 Documentary ETC: Conflict, Evidence, and Truth The Uprising

Film Studio. 21 university square. wednesday 22nd april. QUEENS FILM theatre . 6pm. wednesday 22THapril. £5.

Workshop and Symposium Organised by the Projecting The Uprising shows us the Arab uprising that exists (for the (free entrance to both events) Conflict IRG of the Institute for the Arab revolutions from the moment) only on the screen. Workshop with Basque filmmaker Study of Conflict Transformation inside. It is a multi-camera, and Social Justice. Director Peter Snowdon will be in first-person account of Josu Martinez. 11am-1pm. attendance and will take part in a public Symposium. 2pm-4pm. Film Studio, No 21 University that fragile, irreplaceable Q&A after the screening. Square, Queen’s University Belfast. moment when life ceases to Panel Discussion with filmmakers be a prison, and everything and academics: Wine reception afterwards. becomes possible again. DIRECTOR: Peter Snowdon. 2013. Belgium/Great Britain. Jenny Carlsten, University of Ulster - Sensing Conflict: For more information, contact: This feature-length documentary 79 mins. History, Emotion and Film Form [email protected] is composed entirely of videos Laurence McKeown – Who Gets To Speak? made by citizens and long- Peter Snowden Filmmaking and the term residents of Tunisia,j Egypt, Arab Uprising Bahrain, Libya, SyriaQuinn and Yemen. comments pointedly on the Declan Keeney - Traumatic Recollections in Filmed plight of the homeless and disaffected Testimonies from the Troubles: The Problem of Emotion The film uses this footage,and the notfilms to gritty, utilitarian. Chair – Cahal McLaughlin, Chair of Film Studies, QUB. recount the actual chronologyTHE GUARIDAN of events or analyse their causes, but to create an imaginary pan- Windows Scalarama: I Want To looking inwards Be A Cinema

Réalta . Tuesday 21st april. 7PM. ADMISSION FREE BEANBAG CINEMA.Saturday 25 April, 3.30pm. £1

Windows Looking Inward The screening of the collective With nearly 500 screenings The afternoon will feature screening followed by film where he participates, Barrura last year, Scalarama is the ‘everything you wanted to know discussion with Pili Zabala Begiratzeko Liheoak, will preceed UK’s biggest alternative film about Scalarama, but were afraid a workshop about film and the to ask’, information on this year’s and Josu Martinez season celebrating cinema Basque conflict which he will be Vote Cinema campaign, a special delivering the day after within every September. ‘Film Jam’ mini-screening event This evening is dedicated to the the frame of the Documentary from local exhibitors, plus drinks Basque conflict, through the ETC: Conflict, Evidence, and Truth and free entry to the closing night screening of the film Barrura symposium. Come along to this special session party. Begiratzeko Liehoak and the to find out more about the season discussion with one of its directors, ADMISSION IS FREE BUT DONATIONs opportunities and how to put on a www.scalarama.com Josu Martinez, and with Pili AT THE DOOR ARE WELCOME screening as part of the Northern Zabala, sister of the Basque refugee Ireland regional group. Joxi Zabala, who was disappeared j and murdered. Josu Martinez is Quinn comments pointedly on the a Basque director who has been portraying the situation in the plight of the homeless and disaffected Basque Country for the last few and the films gritty, utilitarian. years. THE GUARIDAN

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Art, Life and Conflict Glórtha Aduaidh

QUEENS FILM THEATRE. saturday 25TH april. 2PM . £4 Mculturlann . THURSDAY 23TH april. 7PM . £4

‘You Were Never Big On The film features interviews The Glórtha Aduaidh / other’s lives and perspectives. Luxuries; Art, Life and with artists, political activists, Northern Voices project These documentaries not only academics, and those tasked with show us that it is ok to be different Conflict’. is a TV, Archive & Radio providing funding for the arts. and to respect each other’s Documentary series of (60 minutes) 2014 differences but also to look at all A documentary film that looks previously unheard voices the things we have in common at how EU Peace funded projects Writer/Director Laurence McKeown and stories about the and embrace that. have used the arts to deal with the DoP Patrick Purcell conflict in the North of legacy of conflict in the north of Produced by Recordit, As important as it is to tell stories, Ireland. Ireland. Toberdoney Studios. it is equally important to listen 60mins. and try to understand all points of It has a specific focus on the This landmark documentary series view, which in turn will assist the Aftermath project (www. gives a unique insight into what healing process for everyone. 140 aftermath-ireland.com), which life was like for those trying to go j people were interviewed for this used photography, music, and film about their everyday lives while project - This is their story. to interact with participants in the the conflict escalatedQuinn around comments pointedly on the project – victims/survivors of the them. plight of the homeless and disaffected conflict and those displaced by and the films gritty,Director: utilitarian. GLORIA KATZ. conflict. In hearing each other’sTHE GUARIDANstories WILLARD HUYC.1973.90 mins. it has been proven that we gain Distributor: CODE RED a better understanding of each phoenix

Framing Trauma Unchosen Mental Illness and the Documentary image Films Against Slavery

queens film theatre . saturday 18TH april. 10aM-5pm . admission FREE queens film theatre . saturday 25th april. 12PM . admission free.

This colloquium explores Encouraging broad engagement Slavery was abolished over 200 ‘Yoke Farm’ how film and photography from researchers, clinical and years ago, however the Home Directed by Tim Keeling creative practitioners, relevant Office estimates there are still Henry, 55, works in a grocery store in represent mental illness as a sleepy English town by the coast. policy-makers, and other 10,000-13,000 victims of slavery in But, Henry’s new egg supplier is not a social issue and cultural the UK today. Unchosen uses film interested individuals, this event as ethical as he seems. metaphor, both locally and is being held at Queens University, to explore and expose the real life globally. Belfast, and is co-hosted by stories of victims of slavery so we ‘My Friend Ivor’ the School of Creative Arts, the are all better informed to take Directed by Aleksandra Czenczek It focuses on the role of School of Medicine, Dentistry, action. After losing his job and the death of his wife, he meets a man on the documentary images in promoting and Biomedical Science, and the local market who lures him and his Working with the Northern public knowledge about Psychiatry Institute for the Study of Conflict best friend Ivor to England under the and Mental Healthcare, and Transformation and Justice. Ireland Law Centre we will screen premise of help and good work. considers these issues in relation three critically acclaimed short to representations of political Confirmed speakers include: Janet films followed by a j Q&A with an ‘Nicu’ conflict-related trauma and Walker (University of California); expert panel of local professionals Directed by Niki Anastasi Quinn commentsNicu’s pointedly family wanted on the a better life for mental illness, with particular Michael Rowe (Yale); Sam Emmery and film directors – this event will plight of the homelesshim, so he and was disaffected taken from his native show you what slavery looks like reference to contemporary (Producer, Diary of a Broken Mind); and the films gritty,Romania utilitarian. to Spain and then to the Northern Ireland. Diana Day-Cody (Royal College in Northern Ireland and what you UK. Just a child, he ended up being THE GUARIDAN Psychiatrists), and Debbie Lisle can do to help. forced to steal for a gang on the www.framingtrauma.org (Politics, QUB). streets of London. 75 TV EYE old and new cathode-ray experiences. Catholics The Paradise Run

beanbag cinema. saturday 25th april. 2PM . £5 beanbag cinema. sunday 19th april. 1PM . £5

Catholics is a 1973 Sheen) is sent from Rome to Having joined the British Northern Ireland, into a ‘terrorist’ television film based on a small Island of the coast of army because he likes who sells out his bullying Ireland to bring them to task and company for the elusive and canoeing, Johnny finds the novel of the same name they must confront what is truly illusory paradise of the title. by Brian Moore, who also essential in their worship and himself in the middle of Running in parallel is the story of wrote the screenplay for what is not. The Abbot (Trevor Belfast, and is compromised Captain Henry Blake (a striking the film, It stars Trevor Howard) is the man-in-the- into helping the “other” Ian Charleson) who meets the Howard, Martin Sheen and middle, torn between the sincere side before he contemplates mother of the wounded Corporal Cyril Cusack. beliefs of his fellows and his desertion. and begins to contemplate the feelings of obedience to the wishes army’s use and misuse of young In the near future, the Catholic of his superiors. Written by Howard Brenton and men in the Northern Ireland church has joined with The confrontation of Kinsella’s directed by Michael Apted (7 Up, campaign. other western religions in an liberal and progressively Gorky Park). Blake and Johnny begin to share ecumenical movement that has streamlined vision of the Church Essentially, The Paradisej Run is the same reality, recognise their washed out much of the original and the hard-line conservatism a ‘story of a man whoQuinn wanted comments to ‘ghastly pointedly conspiracy on the of obedience’ message of the religion. A group of the monks forms the central find paradise’ and followsplight theof the homelessand opt andout, findingdisaffected refuge in an of Irish monks have begun saying tension in “Catholics.” transformation of a andnaive, the inept, films gritty,alternative utilitarian. ideology, one enshrined in a false paradise of their own the mass again in Latin and have rather virginal, youngTHE soldier GUARIDAN begun to have an international Johnny Glass, who cannot get to making. following. Father Kinsella (Martin grips with his army service in 77 Dominic Behan The Patriot Game On Screen Curated by John Hill. beanbag cinema. monday20th april. 9PM . £5

Dominic Behan is probably two - The Patriot Game (Thames, Even though it deals with The production, however, still best-remembered as a singer 1969), and Ireland, Mother Ireland historical events - the IRA’s proved too inflammatory for and songwriter, responsible for (ITV, 1971) – were never broadcast bombing campaign in Ulster Television who refused to such songs as ‘The Patriot Game’ in Northern Ireland. This mini- show it. Newly restored (with the London in 1939 -The Patriot (which inspired Bob Dylan’s ‘With season of Dominic Behan TV help of the BFI and Kaleidoscope) God on our Side’) and ‘Liverpool plays, therefore, provides a rare Game is probably the as part of the History of Forgotten Lou’ (which became a hit for opportunity to see some of the first television play of the TV Drama project at the University The Scaffold). However, he was first drama to be made about modern era of ‘the troubles’. of London, this will be the first also a writer of some distinction, Irish politics in the modern era time the play has been seen in enjoying a degree of success with of the ‘troubles’ and to discover While Thames TV claimed Northern Ireland. his play ‘Posterity Be Damned’ the inventive televisual approach the play told ‘of how fanatical ‘(1959) and the biography of his developed by Dominic Behan and patriotism puts innocent people Written by Dominic Behan; brother, ‘My Brother Brendan’(1965). his collaborator, the director Piers into danger’, Behan’s more produced by John Kershaw; From the late 1960s to the mid- Haggard. immediate concern wasj to retrieve directed by Piers Haggard. 1970s, he was also the author of the socialist componentsQuinn of commentsthe With pointedly Patrick O’Connell on the (Martin Stewart), Roddy McMillan (Scot a number of plays for television, John Hill is Professor of Media at Royal Irish republican project (at a Holloway, University of London and author of plight of the homelessO’Brien), Elizabeth and disaffected Begley many of which dealt – at times time when republicans had been (Mrs. McKiernan). Donal Cox ‘Cinema and Northern Ireland’. and the films gritty, utilitarian. controversially – with Irish history prepared to form alliances with (Francis O’Neil). THE GUARIDAN and politics. DURATION: 72 minutes. In association with the AHRC-funded History of the Nazis). 1972 Most of these have not been seen Forgotten Television Drama project at Royal since their first transmission and Holloway, University of London. Carson Country The Folk Singer

queens film theatre. saturday 18th april. 3PM . £5 beanbag cinema. saturday 25th april. 1PM . £5

Dominic Behan’s most of The Folk Singer eventually Behan’s most raucous Written by Dominic Behan; ambitious work for shamed them into showing it). and entertaining work produced by Kim Mills directed by Piers Haggard. television dealing with Written by Dominic Behan. in which Tom Bell plays Unionist opposition to A Thames Television production. a folk singer (with some With J. G. Devlin (Tom Curdie), Duration: 50 minutes. Elizabeth Begley (Sarah Curdie), Home Rule in 1912 (led by 1969. degree of resemblance to Sam Kydd (Tom Brannigan), Patrick Lord Edward Carson) and Behan himself) trapped in McAlinney (Reverend William Piggot), Harry Towb (First Workman). the class divisions that it a Belfast hotel during the Duration: 50 minutes. fostered. ‘troubles’. 1972.

Clearly revealing the anti- Mixing political allegory, Brechtian naturalist tendencies in Behan’s commentary and the theatre of work, the play imaginatively mixes the absurd, the play sets out to fact and fiction, black-and-white expose the idiocies ofj sectarianism and colour, social observation and hypocritical religiousQuinn belief. comments pointedly on the and theatricality. The BBC was The IBA was sufficientlyplight ofnervous the homeless and disaffected unsure what to do with the to view the programmeand ahead the films gritty, utilitarian. finished product, demanding cuts of broadcast while theTHE playGUARIDAN itself and delaying transmission for six was shown by UTV at a later than months (until ITV’s production normal time slot. 79 Danger 5 Spaced Night beanbag cinema. saturday 18th april. 4PM . £5 black box cafe . wednesday 22TH april. 7.30PM . £5

Set in a bizarre 1960’s influences that is to be savoured. Plan 9 Film Club present Each episode is themed after at inspired version of World Those influences range from a celebration of Spaced, least one movie, with nods to ‘The War II, this action comedy gory exploitation films of the UK sitcom that ran for Shining’ and ‘Close Encounters of diverse origins – Filipino, the Third Kind’ proving especially series follows a team of five two seasons in 1999 and Japanese, Italian, Ozploitation hilarious. Hardly five minutes goes spies on a mission to kill – to Supermarionation and 2001. The creative team by without a ‘Star Wars’ reference, Hitler. Harryhausen-esque stop-motion subsequently moved into and every second of screen time via “men on a mission” actioners, cinema, creating the hit from Bill Bailey as owner of the Australian TV show, Danger 5 is, all wrapped up in the televisual movies Shaun of the Dead comic shop where Tim works is in this day and age, a true cult dynamics of the ITC shows. and Hot Fuzz. comedic gold. show. Fans of it outside of its home territory are few and far Not since Police Squad! has there Join us as we celebrate one of TV’s Spaced is a sitcom like no other. between enough that discovering been a show so utterly clear in its best loved comedies. The premise is simple enough: a fellow fan results in an exchange identity, in its sense of humour, j Daisy (Jessica Stevenson) and Tim of quotes that sound like code devoted to maintaining its own (Simon Pegg) are outQuinn of luck comments and pointedly on the to those who overhear, the way comedy fantasy world without love, so pretend to beplight a couple of thein homeless and disaffected fans self-identified before the concern for what is current or order to rent a flat together.and the films gritty, utilitarian. internet. It’s the loving attention fashionable. THE GUARIDAN to period detail in the middle of an anything-goes mash-up of Northern Ireland Screen Digital Film Archive Relaunch Friday 17th April, 1.30pm, Ulster Museum

Northern Ireland Screen is relaunching its Digital Film Archive. We will be joined by Mark Cousins who used the Digital Film Archive extensively in preparation for his latest film I Am Belfast and Brian Henry Martin who directed the Super 8 Stories that feature on the archive. The launch will be followed by a screening of some new archive material and a guided talk.

The Digital Film Archive contains almost 80 hours of moving images about North- ern Ireland from 1897-2014. Previously, the archive could only be accessed at partner locations (museums, libraries etc) across Northern Ireland, but the archive is now going online at www.digitalfilmarchive.net.

This online archive features new material from the Mitchell and Kenyon Collec- tion which gives an interesting insight into the early history of Belfast on film. New material has also been contributed from local filmmaker collections such as those of Archie Reid and the Spence Brothers.

The website has a new “create your own collection” feature which allows you to pull your favourite clips together. Your collection can be viewed anywhere and shared with friends and family if you become a Digital Film Archive member (membership is free).

So please, come join us as we celebrate the film history of Northern Ireland and the future of the Digital Film Archive.

TWISTED CORNEA experimental film. TV EYE

David OReilly. retrospective

beanbag cinema. saturday 25TH april. 7PM . £5

We reckon David OReilly is Ireland’s greatest the contemporary animation scene. Equally remarkable as his widespread influence is his rapid ascent as a leading animation living film maker...but you say ‘‘Belfast Film figure. This is, after all, a filmmaker whose professional career is Festival! , we’ve never even heard of him!’’. less than a decade old, and whose name wasn’teven known eight years ago. This programme will focus on OReilly’s film work, though Well now is your chance, maybe you can his creations are scattered throughout television, feature films, redeem yourself... and games as well. Having popularized stripped-down graphics and glitch effects, David OReilly opened up the aesthetic horizons Then you say “oh, but what about Neil Jordan with his golden of 3D animation with richly imagined absurdism and a surprising statues” and “what about Lenny Abrahamson with his paper mache soulfulness. Known for the influential shorts ‘Please Say Something’ bio-pics”, and “what about John Michael McDonagh and his searing (2009), winner of top awards at the Berlin and Ottawa film festivals, critique of post-rural Eire, with his hipster sub-Tarantino musings” and ‘The External World’ (2010), he was Cartoon Network’s first-ever pah, pah! ...punny trifles. Here it is, a retrospective of his best films, “guest director” on the fifth-season opener of Adventure Time, and random dots, and general emissions. created video games for Spike Jonze’s Oscar-nominated film ‘Her’. Look around at what other people produce nowadays, and The animation star has since developed his own high-concept OReilly’s lo-fi experimental fingerprints are smudged all over game, Mountain. 83 Absences and (Im)possibilities John Smith

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A programme of Irish This touring programme, in “The films of John Associations Experimental Film works partnership with LUX, presents Smith conduct a serious 1975 | 07:00 a selection of films from the investigation into the full programme. Filmmakers Absences and (Im)possibilities, is a The Girl Chewing Gum include the Lumiére brothers, combination of sound and programme of experimental Irish 1976 | 12:00 , Vivienne Dick, image, but with a sense film curated by the Experimental Maximillian Le Cain, Dónal Ó of humour that reaches Film Club (Aoife Desmond, Alan The Black Tower Céilleachair and Jesse Jones. Lambert, Donal Foreman and out beyond the traditional 1987 | 24:00 Esperanza Collado), commissioned avant-garde audience. by Irish Film Institute SACKVILLE STREET (1897} , Lumière Brothers Om International and supported by BY ACCIDENT (extract) (1930), Norris Davidson His films and videos move 1986 | 04:00 Culture Ireland. FILM (1964,), Samuel Beckett/Alan Schneider between narrative and absurdity, GUERRILLÉRE TALKS (1978), Vivienne Dick constantly undermining the Gargantuan HERE AFTER (2004), Paddy Jolley, Rebecca Trost / Inger Lise Hansen j The programme features a traditional relationship between 1992 | 01:00 LATE ARRIVAL (2006), Barry Ronan selection of films from 1897 to 2013, the visual and the aural.Quinn By comments pointedly on the WITH WIND & WHITE CLOUD (2005), Dónal Ó Céilleachair chosen for their relation to the blurring the perceivedplight boundaries of the homeless and disaffected HORSES (2011), Esperanza Collado. possibility of an Irish experimental of experimental film, fiction and 04:59 (2013), Michael Higgins and the films gritty, utilitarian. documentary, Smith never delivers cinema. MONGOLIAN BARBECUE (2009,), Maximilian Le Cain THE GUARIDAN what he has led the spectator to THE PREDICAMENT OF MAN (2010), Jesse Jones expect.” —Mark Webber. The Nostalgia for a Future Territory Doggiewoggiez! A screening of artist moving image. Poochiewoochiez! QUEENS FILM THEATRE . saturday 18th april. 1PM . £5 BEANBAG CINEMA. friday 24TH april. 9PM . £5

Ryan Moffett is an artist living to explore a community living in A remake of ‘The Holy Another bipolar kaleidoscopic and working in Belfast. Taking Karelia, Northern Russia. Through Mountain’? made with only everything-is-terrible DMT his films as a starting point this these films runs a nostalgia clips of dogs? ! ? episode, this time revealing to the programme draws together six where landscape is the holder world that the canine is the most films where landscape plays a of an essential truth that is both terrifying organism in the Cosmos. EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE have central role. Each artist taps into lost, forgotten and longed for; an Sorry. Man. Man is the most once again turned their excrement our relationship with the land and unclaimed territory. terrifying organism in the Cosmos. into gold. the ideas and ideals of landscape. Playing with the conventions of Ryan Moffett, Hood. 2013, Northern Ireland, HD video, sound, 7min.Courtesy of Ryan Moffett POOCHIEWOOCHIEZ! is nothing documentary, travelogue, scientific “The movie could easily coast on the ridiculous less than the story of the total enquiry and science fiction these Ryan Moffett, Nexus. 2012, Northern Ireland, HD video, amount of work that went into realizing its sound, 7min.Courtesy of Ryan Moffett destruction and reconstruction weird conceit… Seemingly thousands of videos works reveal a complex layering of of the immortal soul through ranging from the obscure to the I-wish- meaning and interpretation. Patrick Keiller, Valtos or The Veil. 1987, UK, 16mm, b&w, it-were-obscure (Tim Allen’s public nude sound, 11min. Courtesy of Patrick Keiller and LUX, the use of Bonios and worming An early Patrick Keiller film j scene in The Shaggy Dog) have been shredded London. tablets based loosely on cinema juxtaposes storytelling and images like the morning paper into seconds-long counterculture highQuinn priestess comments pointedly on the of the everyday; Moffett constructs Ruth Maclennan, Call of North. 2014, Russian Federation fragments, and then meticulously sequenced & UK, HD video, colour, sound, 23min. Courtesy of Ruth Barbara Woodhouse’splight seminal of the homeless and disaffected a rites of passage, pseudo into a variation on Jodorowsky’s psychedelic- Maclennan and LUX, London. metaphysical classic,and the films gritty,masterpiece utilitarian. that conveys pretty much every anthropology; Rivers a wilderness THE GUARIDAN memorable image in the film…”–Benjamin road trip and Ruth MacLennan Ben Rivers, I Know Where I’m Going. 2009, UK, 16mm, colour, sound, 29min. Courtesy of Ben Rivers and LUX, TRAINING DOGS THE Pearson, Tiny Mix Tapes utilises the documentary format London. WOODHOUSE WAY. 85 BFF k k Belfast Film Festival SHORTS COMPETITIONbbff logo.indd 1 22/02/2013 11:22:10 At Queens Film Theatre.

This year’s short film competition line-up is an exciting mix of newcomers and more established filmmaking talent, and we can be sure that nestled in there amongst the street sweepers, unemployed clowns, ghostly figures and goblin men there is a future BAFTA or Oscar winning team just waiting to become the next Boogaloo and Graham (2015 BAFTA winner) or The Shore (2012 Oscar winner).

This year’s films come from all corners of the island and feature well- known actors like Conleth Hill (Game of Thrones), Liam Cunningham (Hunger, The Wind That Shakes the Barley), Michelle Fairley (Game of Thrones) and Susan Lynch (Nora). Directors include David Holmes, Paul Kennedy and previous competition winners Mal Campbell (Exhale, 2012) & Vanessa Gildea (The White Dress, 2007). Short film competition programme 1 4.30pm to 6.30pm. friday 24th APrIL. queens film theatre. 6 pounds.

Cleansed Anywhere But Here The Secret Life of Balloons A detached and disorientated man is discov- When you’re fifteen, falling in love changes This film explores the parallel journeys of a ered on a beach, dripping wet and dressed in everything. James’ only friend is a crab called boy and his girlfriend at very different stages a dinner suit, shirt and tie. Unable or unwill- Bernard: until electric city kid Stacey arrives of existence. Left lost, and believing they’ll ing to speak, he is admitted to a psychiatric and turns his whole world upside down. never connect again, The film asks questions hospital where care workers try to establish his Director: John Hayes. Duration: 20mins. about the boundaries of love, life and letting identity. go. Director: Paul Caddell. Duration: 15mins. Directors: Lauren and Nina Graham Duration: 10mins. Coco . Coco is an unemployed clown from West Belfast. After many years of seeking a stable the light of my eyes income he soon accepts it’s just not funny be- An ageing sound engineer with synesthesia ing a clown anymore. (the ability to see sound as colour) attempts to Director: Sean Murray. Duration: 5.mins. reconnect with a former love through the use of his unique skill. Director: Daniel Holmes. Duration: 11mins. The Good Word Ulster, 1950’s. A travelling preacher, a devout Dance Belfast farming couple, and a dark secret. A young couple dance gracefully in a derelict Director: Paul Kennedy. Duration: 20mins. part of Belfast. The young girl is pregnant. Director: Laura Campbell. Duration: 5mins.

Waiting Game I AM HERE An American soldier held captive in war-torn On a journey through a heightened world, Korea develops an unlikely relationship with a Michael awakes after death and tunes into fellow prisoner. a new sound: a familiar poetry that seems to Director: beckon him forward. Tuning into memories of Margaret McGoldrick Duration: 20mins. his childhood and family, he begins to realise this strange world might lead him somewhere close to home. Director: David Holmes. Duration: 16mins.

87 Short film competition programme 2 10am to 12.05pm. saturday 25th APrIL. queens film theatre. 6 pounds.

I’ve Been A Sweeper Today’s yesterday On his final day of life, the Sweeper reflects An elderly woman dances like there is no on the events that have shaped him, and the tomorrow. Given the virtuosity and athleti- unique career that has brought him to the cism that youth once possessed, nostalgia furthest corners of the world. and frustration battle as inner selves demand Director: Ciaran Dooley. Duration: 12mins. shapes and shifts that worldly forms can no longer quite manage. JMK | Roll On Tomorrow Director: Jade Travers. Duration: 4mins. A short portrait of prolific Irish street artist JMK and his creative process. Director: Cillean Campbell. Duration: 8mins. Love and Other Drags Déanta as Adhmad This documentary introduces 24-year-old Ste- A documentary about the art of carpentry Same Again phen, who dreams of drag stardom. The film from one of Ireland’s most successful car- What happens when the lines between love follows his highs and lows as he attempts to penters, Gerry Farrell, owner of Gerry Farrell’s and sex blur? Three men on a night out must make a career in female impersonation with Joinery. come to terms with their own choices, preju- the help of his family. Director: Sarah McGuirk. Duration: 10.mins. dices and mistakes. Can anyone change, or Director: Ryan Ralph. Duration: 10mins. will it always remain the same? Director: Aidan Largey. Duration: 13mins. Ducks The Morrigan An elderly woman sits in a park. Lost and A young couple’s remote holiday cottage ..like a ball of wool alone, Elaine is joined by Sam, a young comes under attack from malevolent forces The video explores and disrupts the precon- photographer. Sam offers her time, showing when they give refuge to a mysterious young ceptions that are often made when we look Elaine much needed compassion and solidar- girl. at someone’s face or hear their voice. Video ity. Director: Colum Eastwood. Duration: 15mins. portraiture and audio biographies of 36 people Director: Lynne Davison. Duration: 10mins. living in Northern Ireland are muddled to- gether to highlight the assortment of personal The Abandoning Deadbook identities, particularly expressions of gender A film about the memory of a house, a place Gordon and Michael come up with an innova- and sexuality that fall outside commonly held where the past and present are not sepa- tive business idea - namely, a social network norms. rate. Using pinhole cinematography director called Deadbook, to stay connected with Director: Jiann Hughes Vanessa Gildea explores what memory is by friends and loved ones forever. Duration: 5mins. returning to a house very close to her heart. Director: Richard Scobie. Duration: 15mins. Director: Vanessa Gildea.Duration: 17mins. Short film competition programme 2 Short film competition programme 3 10am to 12.05pm. saturday 25th APrIL. queens film theatre. 6 pounds. 1pm to 3.20pm. saturday 25th APrIL. queens film theatre. 6 pounds.

Me Buddy, Muhammad are denied concert tickets by their parents. Loss Me Buddy, Muhammad tells the story of two They hatch a plan to do the next best thing; Kate and Mark try to rebuild their already young boys living in Dublin. Though their re- meet their idols in person. This requires elop- fragile marriage after the devastating loss of ligious backgrounds and cultures differ, their ing from home and cycling through the night. their unborn child idea of friendship remains the same. Director: Niall Cutler. Duration: 11mins. Director: Malachy Campbell. Duration: 11mins. Director: Eleanor Walsh. Duration: 12mins. Land is God Bloody Good Headline Control Jim is an ageing farmer whose wife has died This short documentary explores the experi- A man being tortured for information he and who has lost contact with his son Seamus. ence of the orange-vested newspaper sellers cannot provide escapes into an ever-shifting Helped by an unlikely catalyst, Jim is inspired who dot the streets in Dublin’s rush hour traf- nightmare he cannot fathom. A hyper-kinetic to re-establish contact with his son before it is fic. The people behind the headlines open up absurdist action-thriller. too late. about their unusual working lives. Director: NG Bristow. Duration: 4mins. Director: Jonathan Beer. Duration: 14mins. Director: Tom Burke. Duration: 14mins.

Bottled Up Vultures Liam is a young Irish man suffering with Brewbirds Sean, a shy young photography student is mental illness. As he goes about his daily life, A single mother struggles to cope with the challenged to enter a 24 hour photography he shares with us the challenges he faces as a aftermath of her decisions. Battling with her- competition. How far will he go to get ‘the result of his illness. Like so many in his posi- self and an abusive ex-partner, inner strength shot’? tion, he feels isolated and unable to open up to prevails. Director: Joe McStravick. Duration: 14mins. others about his struggle. Director: Fintan Cheng. Duration: 13mins. Director: Lisa Keegan. Duration: 3mins. Should the Sun go Down on Galway Ché Jamaica Galway City Council’s plans in 2012 to erect The Goblin Market Set in the 1960’s, Johnny is a little boy who a monument to revolutionary Ché Guevara A tale of two sisters whose love for each other retreats into his own imaginary world. and caused some controversy. This short film looks is put to the test when one falls prey to the dreams of becoming a stowaway on a ship at some of the issues. temptations of the fruits of goblin men. sailing to the Caribbean. Directed by Ger Considine. Duration: 9.mins. Director: Christopher Whiteside. Director: Helen Rollins. Duration: 12.mins. Duration: 16mins.

A Flash Young girls and Boy Bands are a perfect match. But two such friends are devastated when they 89 Short film competition programme 4 4pm to 5.45pm. saturday 25th APrIL. queens film theatre. 6 pounds.

An Cat Islands A bereaved man is harassed by his late wife’s A rootless drifter meets his successful, es- beloved pet cat. tranged sister after the death of their father. Director: Helen Flanagan. Duration: 12mins. But will they find peace with each other and the past? Director: Michael MacBroom. ANYA Duration: 17mins. This short animation looks at twenty years in the life of a Russian orphan. Director: Damien O’Connor. Duration: 5mns. In This Place Lambing Season In Ribbons Mark seems comfortable being a big fish in a Bridget, an American woman, travels to the It is 1968, and in a silent room, Laurie, aged 5, small town. When the doors of opportunity Irish countryside to track down her long-lost waits for her father to return home. Elated present themselves to him he always finds an father while posing as a stranger. When things by the gift of the new clothes that he brings excuse to return to his destructive lifestyle. don’t go according to her convoluted plan, her, she especially loves the brightly-coloured Has Mark finally made one excuse too many? Bridget and her father are surprised to learn ribbons that he ties into her long hair. Her Director: Alec Moore. they have more in common than they imag- father is taking her on a journey; to a destina- Duration: 18mins. ined. On a sheep farm full of secrets, nature tion that is within walking-distance from her has its way of delivering the truth. house, yet is a place that is far from home… Director: Jeannie Donohoe. Duration: 15mins. Director: Marie-Valerie Jeantelot Duration: 10mins.

An AcTOR Prepares A life on the stage is all Stan has ever wanted, Waterlilies but how much is he willing to sacrifice to In their sixties, seven unlikely sages have de- achieve it? Disheartened by seedy casting di- cided to learn how to swim. Taking themselves rectors, judgmental parents and unsupportive out of their comfort zone, they reveal what it friends, Stan’s passion for the performing arts is that drives them to keep striving for more: is being truly tested. for survival, understanding, belonging and for Directors: Denis Halligan, Marty Stalker. purpose. Duration: 6mins. Director: Tanya Doyle. Duration: 16mns. Short film competition programme 4 The John Hewitt Bar 4pm to 5.45pm. saturday 25th APrIL. queens film theatre. 6 pounds. 51 Donegall Street, Belfast. BT1 2FH Tel. 028 90233768

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A NEW SECTION OF THE belfast film festival PROGRAMME WHICH PRESENTS A SERIES OF LOCALLY MADE FEATURE AND MEDIUM LENGtH FILMS. moST OF tHESE PROJECTS WHERE PRODUCED ON MICRO-BUDGETS AND DEVELOPED by their makers with their own money and in their own time. Lost Claws The Monday Club

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Logan, a grieving detective, ambitious film to date. ‘The Monday Club’ was a Written and Directed by Brian crawls from the bottom of a Warning - This film contains mild place to go for a few drinks Mulholland, Stay Beautiful Films. bottle and ignores the spirit violence, juggling, animation, and great craic. references to alcohol, spirits, www.staybeautifulfilms.co.uk of his dead brother to help monsters and cats. a young girl find her cat. In a Belfast City Center pub, where the ‘magnificent seven’ met up Director: BRIAN MULHOLLAND The search takes them on No animals (or jugglers) were NORTHERN IRELAND .2015. every Monday after work. They a bizarre journey and he harmed in the making of this film. 75mins. were ‘Island men’ working in the is soon to realise that there Belfast docks. Their friendship might be more to save than Director: michael mcnulty. over the years saw them share northern ireland. a lost cat.. 2015. 93mins. love, loss and family connections. Danny talks about his old friends Lost Claws is the third feature by and times they sharedj as a series independent Belfast filmmaker of stories unravel. We see this Michael McNulty, Director of played out in pieces Quinnby their comments pointedly on the ‘Empire’ and ‘Toothbrush’ (Belfast descendants, helped plightby Danny, of the the homeless and disaffected Film Festival; 2009 and 2010), who last surviving memberand of the the filmsclub. gritty, utilitarian. once again pushes the limits Belfast is a city full ofTHE characters, GUARIDAN of zero budget film making the Monday Club shares some of to present us with his most them with you. 93 phoenix

Talent Agents Ghost of Sugar Island

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Welcome to the world of meets “Bottom” - with its zany In a minor key and with a small sympathy in the publican the Talent Agents, pitting the characters and slapstick humour, cast, The Ghost of Sugar Island homeless man then subjects him weasely Simon Hit against you can be sure the laughs keep unfolds its tale. A publican’s to a sadistic goading. coming as both Hit and Pendleton the brash Scotsman Jarvis sometimes comical unhappiness, go for the gold! the irrepressible friendliness Hilary Halliday is the shopkeeper. Pendleton of a shopkeeper and the poetic Donal O’Hanlon, Anthony Directed by: Bill Taylor unpredictability of a street drinker Fitzpatrick and Neil Heaney, This is a competition to see who Written by: Stephen Barrett, are the forces that collide in the a chilling but absent-minded has what it takes to become CEO Rory Lindsay and Bill Taylor. film. mugger. of the company, with the pair NORTHERN IRELAND. 2015. 30 mins. completing often ludicrous tasks The publican’s relentless and Ireland’s oldest amateur drama set by the maniacal CEO, Troy sometimes comical misery comes company, Newpoint Players, Shapiro. to a head when, instead of his provides some of the acting talent. planned confrontatingj of the Originally filmed as a pilot alleged ghost that hauntsQuinn the comments pointedly on the episode for a longer series, TALENT mysterious tunnels thatplight run of the homeless and disaffected AGENTS was filmed on a bootlace under part of ,and he instead the films gritty, utilitarian. budget with a talented band of up encounters the homeless and Director: Brian Dick. and coming cast and crew from THE GUARIDAN NORTHERN IRELAND. poetic street drinker who occupies 2015. 50 mins. Northern Ireland. The series has them. Successfully evoking some been described as “The Apprentice” phoenix

The Old Irish Who Are The Gifted? Washerwoman MOVIEHOUSE. DUBLIN ROAD . sunday 19th April. 6PM . £4 MOVIEHOUSE. DUBLIN ROAD . sunday 19th April. 4PM . £5

In less than 20 years the This is a community based project Set against the enchanting Why not join them in the fun, world we know will no brought to you and produced by landscape of early 20th fantasy and charm of ‘The Old longer exist. But there is a BNL PRODUCTIONS. Century Ireland, The Old Irish Washerwoman’ and meet a variety of characters from the hope. A small one. Irish Washerwoman tells SERIES ONE’s main funder was PEACE III. It village including the buffoon was also part funded by CURBS the heart-warming tale of Paddy and the loveable Meave A woman who grew up in and supported by Craigavon Council’s Good Cathal and Seamus and O’Sullivan. Watch the adventure Portadown, and her partner travel Relations Department. SERIES TWO was their journey toward self unfold as they are pursued by the back from the future and put the funded by CURBS PORTADOWN. discovery. villainous William Wellington fate of the world in the hands and the police and head towards a of a group of teenagers from Written and directed by Diane Jessie Miller. Their friendship is put to the test climax that will leave you on the different walks of life. They will when, after a night of drinking edge of your seat! be The Gifted. Does this heroine and telling ghost stories on a from the future really think the cold dark mountain.j Seamus sees fate of human kind can be saved the terrifying BansheeQuinn and mustcomments DIRECTORS: pointedly Carleton on Rodgersthe by a group of teenagers?! From and Michael Costello. decide whether or not to tell his Portadown?! Mayhem or madness. plight of the homelessNORTHERN andIRELAND. disaffected 2014. friend who cannot hear her wails. 62mins. But WHO ARE THE GIFTED?! and the films gritty, utilitarian. THE GUARIDAN

95 A Crack In Everything Skunky Dog

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Maeve and Billy are As resistance to their relationship This film tells the tragic As part of James’ graduation film, Skunky separated by the Belfast grows, she takes matters into her story of Flick, a 19 year old Dog was financed through an online own hands, risking life and limb crowdfunding campaign and produced by peace lines. alcoholic boy who spends Offaly native, Paddy Slattery (Stand Mantra to overcome barriers to get to her Productions) in association with the true love. his time drinking and The spark of love has been National Film School in IADT. dreaming of a better life. In the lead role was last year’s Irish Times ignited. But the physical barriers, Theatre Award nominee, Ryan McParland and a reluctance to allow the DIRECTED BY: Martin O’Donoghue. NORTHERN IRELAND. Written and directed by Waterford (Good Vibrations, 6Degrees) who played relationship blossom keep them in 2015. 21 mins. man James Fitzgerald (OIC Media), Flick. Lacy Moore,(Game of Thrones,) Peter their own communities. Skunky Dog tells a somewhat Balance (Omagh, Laws of Attraction), John Connors (LOVE/HATE, King of the tragic tale of Flick, a nineteen year Maeve uses a ball as her love- Travellers), David McSavage (Calvary, The old alcoholic boy whose world is Savage Eye), Tristan Heanue (Love, Rosie. token, passing gentle kisses to Billy turned upside down after a brief Runner) and Patrick Molloy (Game of over the wall, much to the angst sexual encounter withj a young Thrones, Titanic: Blood & Steel). of Billy’s brother Ian and Maeve’s widow named Sue. father John. Quinn comments pointedly on the plight of the homeless and disaffected and the films gritty, utilitarian. THE GUARIDAN Running Time: 25 mins Produced by Paddy Slattery Written/Directed by James Fitzgerald I Am Belfast MADE WITH SUPPORT Dir. Mark Cousins FROM THE BFI

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