JANUARY 2018 THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI THE IRISH DIRECTOR’S FILM INSTITUTE NOTE

The Irish Film Institute is Ireland’s This January the IFI programme features EXHIBIT national cultural institution for film. some of the most hotly anticipated films It aims to exhibit the finest in independent, of the year and welcomes some very Irish and international cinema, preserve special guests. PRESERVE Ireland’s moving image heritage at the IFI Irish Film Archive, and encourage EDUCATE engagement with film through its various educational programmes. JANUARY

AT THE IFI Post The As we look ahead into 2018, the IFI, as always, has some members of President Obama’s team in the last twelve ambitious plans for the New Year, with exciting initiatives months of their tenure as they vigorously pursue their foreign FEAST YOUR EYES MYSTERY MATINEE planned across our three core activities of exhibition, policy goals. preservation and education. In the coming weeks, we will be announcing more details around these plans with We are delighted to once again partner with the mental health Our monthly pairing of a film and a specially devised menu This month’s secret screening, for which tickets information on your favourite events and festivals, alongside arts festival First Fortnight in January. Last year’s screenings will be Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, cost just €5, will take place at 13.00 on Sunday 21st. brand new programming initiatives and strands. We’re sure of Meetings with Ivor were met with a rapturous response, Missouri followed by a main course in the IFI Café Bar on Sometimes it will be a preview, but not always; you’ll be as excited about our plans as we are! and this year’s films are equally fascinating. The programme Tuesday 30th at 18.30. Tickets €20 – free list suspended. sometimes it will be a title one might expect to see includes Lana Wilson’s The Departure and Hope Litoff’s at the IFI, but not always. Join us for this month’s January brings with it all the glamour of awards season, 32 Pills, each of which will be accompanied by the Irish short screening, and expect the unexpected! and this month sees the first of the main contenders hitting films, Mia Mullarkey’s Throwline and Nathan Fagan’s Hum. our screens. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri from Our Bigger Picture screening of Robert Redford’s Oscar- Irish director Martin McDonagh features a blistering central winning classic Ordinary People will also be held in performance from Frances McDormand as a bereaved mother association with the festival, as will our exclusive preview of searching for justice following the death of her daughter; Walk With Me, a portrait of the inspirational mindfulness leader the film has already received six Golden Globe nominations Thich Nhát Hanh. including one for McDormand, and three nominations for McDonagh himself. Steven Spielberg’s latest, The Post, Finally, we’re hugely excited to welcome acclaimed Russian has also received six Globe nominations. Set at the height director to the IFI at end of the month of the Watergate scandal, the film focusses on Kay Graham to participate in a Q&A following a preview of his new (), owner of the Washington Post, and Ben Bradlee film Loveless. Winner of the Jury Prize at this year’s Cannes (Tom Hanks), its editor, as they wrestle with the dilemma of Film Festival, and nominated for a Golden Globe for whether to publish the leaked reports, or safeguard the long- Best Foreign Language Film, the film’s follows a couple in the The Russian RevolutionThe Films Its Through term future of the paper instead. midst of a separation who must find their young son when he disappears during one of their arguments. We’re delighted

The DepartureThe For fans of The West Wing’s Aaron Sorkin, his directorial début to also showcase a full retrospective of Zvyagintsev's work NIGHT OF IDEAS 2018 FIRST FORTNIGHT Molly’s Game is released this month. This fast-paced thriller throughout January. stars Jessica Chastain as the proprietor of a high-stakes Hollywood poker game that became the subject of an FBI 2018 is certainly shaping up to be a particularly busy one for The Night of Ideas is a worldwide initiative, spearheaded IFI is proud to partner once again with First Fortnight to investigation. Hot on the heels of its sold out screening at us here at IFI. I’d like to take this opportunity to wish all of by Institut Français, that celebrates the constant stream present a selection of screenings that examine themes the IFI French Film Festival in November, Stéphane Brizé’s our patrons and supporters a happy New Year, and we look of ideas between countries, cultures, and generations. around mental health. Our main First Fortnight screenings compelling A Woman’s Life returns for an exclusive run, forward to seeing you soon. The IFI and the French embassy are proud to present this (see page 13) will take place alongside our exclusive alongside the genre-bending Hungarian film Jupiter’s Moon, first edition in Ireland, the theme of which is 'Power to the preview and Q&A of Walk With Me (see page 6), and our and the critically acclaimed Brad’s Status, starring Ben Stiller. Ross Keane Imagination'. For more details on our Night of Ideas event, Bigger Picture screening of Robert Redford’s Oscar- As we approach the first anniversary of Donald Trump’s Director please see page 10. winning Ordinary People (see page 12). inauguration, there is a timely release for Greg Barker’s compelling documentary The Final Year, which follows key

2 3 NEW RELEASES, IFI SEASONS & DOCS & IFI CLASSICS EVENTS CALENDAR JANUARY 2018

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JUPITER’S MOON OPENS JAN 5TH 1ST NEW YEAR'S DAY: CINEMAS CLOSED RELEASE NEW MOLLY’S GAME OPENS JAN 5TH MON BRAD’S WALK WITH ME OPENS JAN 5TH 4TH OPEN CAPTIONED SCREENING: MOLLY'S GAME 14.30 THU PREVIEW SCREENING: WALK WITH ME + Q&A 19.30 THREE BILLBOARDS 6TH FIRST FORTNIGHT: THE DEPARTURE 16.00 STATUS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI OPENS JAN 12TH SAT + THROWLINE (SHORT) A WOMAN’S LIFE OPENS JAN 12TH FROM THE VAULTS: THE DEAD 18.40 THE FINAL YEAR OPENS JAN 19TH 9TH OPEN CAPTIONED SCREENING: MOLLY'S GAME 20.30 THE POST OPENS JAN 19TH TUE 10TH ERIC CLAPTON: LIFE IN 12 BARS + SATELLITE Q&A 19.00 WED 13TH FIRST FORTNIGHT: 32 PILLS + HUM (SHORT) 16.00 SAT OPENS JAN 5TH Ben Stiller gives a terrific performance Troy (Austin Abrams), who has as a man in the grip of status anxiety secured an enrolment interview 15TH THE BIGGER PICTURE: ORDINARY PEOPLE 18.15 MON OPEN CAPTIONED SCREENING: 18.20 FILM INFO: in multi-hyphenate Mike White’s wise, at Harvard, he vacillates between THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI 102 mins, USA, 2017, Digital finely observed comedy. basking vicariously in the glory of Notes by David O’Mahony 16TH FRENCH FILM CLUB: A WOMAN’S LIFE 20.45 the boy’s potential and seething TUE 47-year-old Brad has a gnawing with bitter jealousy of a success 18TH OPEN CAPTIONED SCREENING: 15.50 concern that life has passed him by; he feels he was denied. Life lessons THU THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI a small scale consultant for NGOs, are learned along the way, but writer/ 21ST MYSTERY MATINEE 13.00 he struggles with resentment over the director White, known for his scripts GET SOCIAL! SUN perceived success of his old college for films such as Chuck & Buck Excited about this month’s programme? So are we! 23RD ANDREY ZVYAGINTSEV: ELENA 18.30 friends (Michael Sheen, Jemaine (2000) and School of Rock (2003), Tell your friends which film you’re planning to watch, TUE Clement and Luke Wilson). On a trip keeps proceedings agreeably share your movie reviews and show us your best pics 24TH OPEN CAPTIONED SCREENING: THE POST 15.40 to Boston with his 17-year-old son astringent throughout. on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook! WED Join the IFI Community online: 25TH NIGHT OF IDEAS 2018: THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION 20.20 THU THROUGH ITS FILMS + PANEL DISCUSSION linkedin.com/company/irishfilminstitute 26TH WILD STRAWBERRIES: HUNT FOR THE 11.00 RELEASE NEW FRI WILDERPEOPLE JUPITER’S @IrishFilmInstitute @IFI_Dub 27TH TRADFEST 2018: NOEL HILL: AISLING GHÉAR 16.00 SAT @IrishFilmInstitute MOON 28TH IFI FAMILY: IFI FAMILY FESTIVAL SHORTS 11.00 SUN ANDREY ZVYAGINTSEV: THE RETURN 17.30 ANDREY ZVYAGINTSEV: LOVELESS + Q&A 19.40 For bookings and film information, please see our 29TH OPEN CAPTIONED SCREENING: THE POST 18.10 website, www.ifi.ie, or contact the IFI Box Office MON on 01-6793477 (open 12.30 to 21.00 daily). 30TH FEAST YOUR EYES: THREE BILLBOARDS 18.30 TUE OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI For a breakdown of times and dates of IFI New ANDREY ZVYAGINTSEV: THE BANISHMENT 20.10 OPENS JAN 5TH In previous films such as Johanna disastrously awry, Aryan is shot Releases, IFI Docs & IFI Classics, check out our 31ST WILD STRAWBERRIES: HUNT FOR THE 11.00 (2005) and White God (2014), by police officer László (György weekly schedule on www.ifi.ie/weekly-schedule WED WILDERPEOPLE JUPITER HOLDJA Hungarian director Kornél Mundruczó Cserhalmi). However, instead of or the IFI ads in The Irish Times on Fridays. ANDREY ZVYAGINTSEV: LEVIATHAN 20.20 has often placed his characters dying, he literally floats away, having You can also sign up to receive our weekly ezine EXCLUSIVELY AT IFI† at the centre of mysterious and acquired somehow the ability to by joining at www.ifi.ie/signup. † The exclusivity of films is correct at time of print. often inexplicable events. In the levitate at will, eventually arriving FILM INFO: 129 mins, Hungary- genre-bending Jupiter’s Moon, in the company of the unscrupulous Germany-France, 2017, which premiered in competition Dr. Stern (Merab Ninidze), who sees The F-rating is a classification for any Digital, Subtitled at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, an opportunity to exploit both Aryan film which is directed by a woman, Open Captioned screening Notes by Kevin Coyne is written by a woman, or features Mondruczó first introduces us and his own seriously ill patients significant women on screen in their Audio Described screening to Syrian refugee Aryan (Zsombor by presenting the young man as an own right. Jéger) as he and his father attempt angel. Visually dazzling, this is a film to enter Hungary. As their plan goes unafraid of tackling large ideas.

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MOLLY’S THREE BILLBOARDS RELEASE NEW OUTSIDE EBBING, GAME MISSOURI NEW RELEASE

OPENS JAN 5TH Jessica Chastain gives a Molly’s interactions with her lawyer OPENS JAN 12TH Sure to figure prominently in the police department, led by Chief superlative performance as Molly Charlie (Idris Elba) act as a framing current awards season, Martin Willoughby (Woody Harrelson), to FILM INFO: Bloom, proprietor of Hollywood’s most device for a series of flashbacks FILM INFO: McDonagh’s latest film is his best do their jobs. A biting and poignant 140 mins, USA, 2017, Digital exclusive high-stakes poker game detailing the circuitous route she 115 mins, UK-USA, 2017, Digital yet, a complex and mature work that study of grief, the supporting cast Notes by David O’Mahony for a decade before being shut down took from promising Olympic skier, Notes by Kevin Coyne nonetheless retains the humour includes Peter Dinklage and the great by the FBI. under the tutelage of her father familiar to audiences from In Bruges Sam Rockwell. (Kevin Costner), to becoming the (2008) and Seven Psychopaths (2012). The directorial début of Aaron Sorkin, self-made ‘Princess of Poker’. There will be Open Captioned (OC) Molly's Game has all of the verbal Grieving mother Mildred screenings at 18.20 on Monday 15th gymnastics and rapid-fire monologues There will be Open Captioned (OC) (Frances McDormand), frustrated and 15.50 on Thursday 18th. PREVIEW SCREENINGS we expect from his writing; similar screenings at 14.30 on Thursday 4th FEAST YOUR EYES at the lack of progress in finding There will be preview levels of visual dynamism are brought and 20.30 on Tuesday 9th. Enjoy the film with a specially her daughter’s killer, erects three screenings of Molly’s Game to the breathlessly paced narrative. devised main course following the billboards challenging the local from Tuesday 2nd. 18.30 screening on Tuesday 30th.

WALK A WOMAN’S RELEASE NEW WITH ME LIFE DOC IFI IFI DOC

OPENS JAN 5TH A documentary portrait of the remains a powerful force with an OPENS JAN 12TH An adaptation of the 1883 Guy her marriage to a local nobleman, renowned Zen Buddhist master international presence. Directors de Maupassant novel, A Woman’s Julien de Lamare (Swann Arlund). EXCLUSIVELY AT IFI† Thich Nhát Hanh, who has been Marc J. Francis and Max Pugh avoid UNE VIE Life represents a successful credited with introducing the practice extensive backstory in favour of EXCLUSIVELY AT IFI† change of pace for Stéphane Brizé’s elegantly austere film charts FILM INFO: of mindfulness to the West, Walk a more immediate, observational Brizé following his award-winning a slow and painful process of 88 mins, UK, 2017, Digital FILM INFO: Notes by David O’Mahony With Me offers a rare opportunity to approach that lends the film 119 mins, France-Belgium, The Measure of a Man (2015). disillusionment over three decades observe the lives and routines of the an immersive quality. A further 2016, Digital, Subtitled The film begins in rural Normandy as the people Jeanne loves most monks and nuns who live at Plum contemplative layer is added through Notes by David O’Mahony of 1819; Jeanne (), betray her. Presented in square-like PREVIEW SCREENING Q&A Directors Marc J. Francis and Village, the rural monastic community Benedict Cumberbatch’s narration of FRENCH FILM CLUB young and rather naïve, has returned Academy ratio with a restless camera Max Pugh will take part in a Q&A that Nhát Hanh established in 1982 passages from Fragrant Palm Leaves, Tickets for the 20.45 from a convent education to live with style, the film is bracingly honest in following a preview screening in southwestern France. A recent a collection of Nhát Hanh’s journal screening on Tuesday 16th are her parents (played with effortless its depiction of the realities of 19th at 19.30 on Thursday 4th in stroke has curtailed some of the writings from his first years of exile just €7.50 for IFI and Alliance grace by Yolande Moreau and Jean- century life and the cruel restrictions association with First Fortnight. Française members. 90-year-old’s activities, yet he from his native Vietnam. Pierre Darroussin), who arrange for women were forced to endure.

6 7 IFI & TRADFEST 2018 JANUARY 2018 THE FINAL IRISH ARCHIVE AT YEAR FOCUS LUNCHTIME IFI DOC

OPENS JAN 19TH During 2016, documentary filmmaker Donald Trump’s inauguration and, in Greg Barker was granted access to that period, he follows his subject to no FILM INFO: key members of outgoing US President less than 21 countries, capturing events 89 mins, USA, 2017, Digital Barack Obama’s administration – such as the Syrian peace negotiations, Notes by David O’Mahony Secretary of State John Kerry, US the implementation of the Iran nuclear Ambassador to the United Nations agreement, and Obama’s historic speech Samantha Power, speechwriter at Hiroshima. Samantha Power’s trip to NOEL HILL: AISLING GHÉAR Join us for free lunchtime screenings of films Ben Rhodes, and others – for an Africa in the aftermath of Boko Haram’s from the IFI Irish Film Archive. Simply collect your tickets at the IFI Box Office. See www.ifi.ie for unprecedented look at the shaping abduction of hundreds of schoolgirls JAN 27TH (16.00) of US foreign policy. and her tearful speech to a group of US more information. immigrants are especially memorable A searing portrait of one of Ireland's most Barker was permitted a 90-day shoot sequences in a surprisingly moving film. PROGRAMME ONE renowned traditional musicians, concertina player THE IRISH OR THE MEMORY that culminated just hours before Noel Hill, as he recovers from a serious assault that left him a battered shadow of his former self. OF A PEOPLE – PART I DIRECTOR: Robert Manthoulis Noel Hill’s dream of a new life with his young FILM INFO: 25 mins, France, 1971 family in Connemara was shattered when he PROGRAMME TWO THE POST was brutally assaulted in a local pub by a builder THE IRISH OR THE MEMORY with whom he had been in financial dispute. The physical damage to his face required ten hours OF A PEOPLE – PART II of corrective surgery while the psychological DIRECTOR: Robert Manthoulis damage robbed him of his ability to play music and FILM INFO: 25 mins, France, 1971 blighted him with ongoing flashbacks and PTSD. Made for French television, Robert Manthoulis’s documentary explored the Irish people and their NEW RELEASE Paddy Hayes’s documentary follows Noel’s music “being a mirror of the nature of a community recovery and is ultimately hopeful as it reflects and of its struggle to preserve its identity in face of on the redemptive power of music. continual and erasing cultural globalisation”. OPENS JAN 19TH The publishing of the Pentagon Papers they honour the codes of journalistic Director Paddy Hayes and Noel Hill will attend Working with Irish producer Tom Hayes, he created in 1971, documents which disclosed integrity and publish the incendiary leaked this screening. a record of at the height FILM INFO: the truth about the unwinnable nature reports, potentially incurring government of its popularity in Ireland and worldwide. The film DIRECTOR: Paddy Hayes 116 mins, USA, 2017, Digital of the Vietnam War, brought both interventions as a consequence, or sit includes lively performances from , Notes by David O’Mahony FILM INFO: 95 mins, Ireland, 2017, Digital, Irish with English subtitles the New York Times and Washington Post on the story to safeguard the future of Mrs O’Tuama, and , into direct conflict with President the paper. Notes by Sunniva O'Flynn. The Dubliners, Ceoltóirí Laighean and Tony Richard Nixon’s administration. MacMahon. The film also includes an interview There will be Open Captioned (OC) with recently-widowed Ruth Ó Riada and a rare Steven Spielberg’s gripping, excellently screenings at 15.40 on Wednesday 24th interview with Sean Ó Riada himself shortly acted ensemble drama centres on the and 18.10 on Monday 29th. before he died. dilemma faced by Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks), the Post’s editor, and Kay Graham (Meryl Steep), its owner, over whether

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JAN 26TH & JAN 6TH (18.40) 31ST (11.00)

DIRECTOR: Join us for our now annual visit on the John Huston’s subtle direction, a wholly DIRECTOR: Sam Neill goes full curmudgeon as Director Taika Waititi offers a John Huston Taika Waititi Feast of the Epiphany to the household distinguished ensemble of Irish actors, Hector, living in the wilds with his story of unlikely friendship and FILM INFO: of the Misses Morkan as they host New and delicately wrought performances FILM INFO: kindly partner, Bella, who takes on humanity, set against the beautiful 83 mins, UK-USA-Ireland, Year’s dinner in John Huston’s pitch- perfectly capture the social atmosphere 101 mins, New Zealand, tearaway, would-be gangsta, foster New Zealand landscape. 1987, 35mm 2016, Digital Notes by Sunniva O’Flynn perfect adaptation of James Joyce’s and emotional nuances of Joyce’s Notes by Alicia McGivern child Ricky. The Dead. original text. For Huston, the film served Wild Strawberries is our film club for as an elegant and melancholic farewell When Ricky decides to run away, over 55s. Tickets: €4.25 including Set in Dublin in 1904, the mood of the to Ireland and to life itself. Bella manages to persuade him to regular tea/coffee before the event. evening is anguished as Gretta hang on a while. Hector refuses If you happen to look younger, please () remembers a long-lost The film will be introduced by Dr Tony to get involved but is forced to don’t take offence if we ask your age. love, much to the incomprehension of Tracy, Director, Huston School change his plans and he and Ricky her husband Gabriel (Donal McCann). of Film & Digital Media, NUI Galway. find themselves on the run.

NIGHT OF IFI FAMILY IDEAS 2018 IFI FAMILY THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION FESTIVAL THROUGH SHORTS ITS FILMS JAN 25TH (20.20) JAN 28TH (11.00)

L’UTOPIE DES IMAGES DE The two decades following the Russian Hamon, screenwriter Thomas Cheysson, DIRECTOR: From the 2017 IFI Family Festival with the stars, or Daithí who wants Various LA RÉVOLUTION RUSSE Revolution were marked by a collective Dr Ailise Bulfin of UCD, and Donald programme, we have chosen a to impress classmate Jessica with DIRECTOR: of young people who profoundly Clarke of The Irish Times that will explore FILM INFO: selection of favourite European some jewellery. Finally, marvel as Emmanuel Hamon influenced Russian Cinema. This artistic the use of images and technology as 60 mins short films to start 2018 with a smile. you watch a blue moon creature and Notes by Alicia McGivern FILM INFO: revolution was led by directors, actors, agents of social and political change. Coming from Ireland, Russia, the a robot make friends in outer space. 88 mins, France, 2017, technicians and poets. Netherlands, Norway and the UK, Catch these wonderful, colourful Digital, Subtitled this collection includes live-action, films and several more fun tales in Emmanuel Hamon’s documentary tells Presented in collaboration with: drawn, and stop-motion animation. our January family screening. the story of this period through films produced between 1917 and 1934. This See the girl who befriends a wolf in Tickets: €4.80 per person, €14.40 Irish première will be followed by a panel Russian film, Moroshka, watch Luna family ticket (2 adults +2 children, discussion featuring director Emmanuel Recommended for ages 7+ from Ireland who likes to draw dots 1 adult +3 children).

10 11 ROCK‘N’ROLL IFI & FIRST CINEMA FORTNIGHT ERIC CLAPTON: LIFE IN 12 BARS The IFI is proud to again +SATELLITE Q&A partner with mental health organisation JAN 10TH (19.00) First Fortnight throughout January DIRECTOR: Renowned as one of the greatest songs, as well as those of his family, Lili Fini Zanuck performers of all time, Eric Clapton is friends, and musical collaborators, THE DEPARTURE 32 PILLS EVENT INFO: THE DEPARTURE the only ever three-time-inductee to including BB King, Jimi Hendrix and JAN 6TH (16.00) 180 mins, USA, 2017, Digital the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and an George Harrison, Eric Clapton: Life in A former punk turned Buddhist 32 Pills tells the story of Hope Litoff’s Notes by David O’Mahony 18-time Grammy Award winner. 12 Bars is a moving, revealing and priest in Japan who has made a career sister Ruth’s death by suicide. DIRECTOR: out of counselling suicidal people Having discovered her sister’s notes surprising film. Lana Wilson From his traumatic childhood, to his finds himself at a crossroads, leading and artwork in her Manhattan loft, FILM INFO: him to confront the same question Hope documents both her sister’s long and difficult struggle with drugs The screening will be followed by a 87 mins, USA, 2017, Digital and alcohol, to the tragic loss of conversation between Eric Clapton his patients ask him: what makes life struggles and her own in the his son, Clapton always found an and the film’s director Lili Fini Zanuck, worth living? aftermath of her death. inner strength and healing in music. broadcast live from BFI Southbank. 32 PILLS Told through his own words and One of the major discoveries of 2017, The film aims to start a conversation JAN 13TH (16.00) Emmy-winning filmmaker Lana Wilson about stigma surrounding mental (After Tiller) directs a beautiful, wise health issues and supports for those DIRECTOR: Hope Litoff and deeply empathetic immersion into struggling and those bereaved. one fascinating character’s unique FILM INFO: approach to suicide prevention. 32 Pills will be preceded by the short THE BIGGER 89 mins, USA, 2017, Digital film Hum. Diagnosed at 19 with Both screenings will be followed The Departure will be preceded by schizoaffective disorder – described by a panel discussion. the Irish short film Throwline. as the “unhappy marriage between PICTURE Throwline is the story of a group of bipolar and schizophrenia” – Kevin Nolan taxi drivers in Co Kilkenny who came began writing music to regain some of ORDINARY together to form a suicide prevention the freedom he’d lost due to illness. group. Uniquely positioned to patrol Hum is an intimate, music-fuelled tour PEOPLE the night, the drivers keep vigil over of Kevin’s world. the city’s streets and bridges and offer help to those who feel forlorn. JAN 15TH (18.15)

DIRECTOR: Robert Redford’s directorial début psychiatrist played by Judd Hirsch. Robert Redford stars Donald Sutherland and Mary A critical and commercial success, Nick Kelly’s The Drummer and The Keeper will tour nationwide as part of IFI National in partnership FILM INFO: Tyler Moore as an upper-middle- Ordinary People won the Academy with First Fortnight. The film will screen at the following venues. For booking, please see firstfortnight.ie. 124 mins, USA, 1980, Digital class Chicago couple grieving for Award for Best Picture and Best Notes by David O’Mahony the death of their eldest son in a Adapted Screenplay, while Redford Mon 8 Jan at 19.30 – Rua Red, Blessington Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24, Dublin Thu 11 Jan at 11.00 – Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise, Laois boating accident. and Hutton both won Academy Mon 8 Jan at 20.00 – Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Wicklow Thu 11 Jan at 19.00 – Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Cork Awards for their respective débuts. Tue 9 Jan at 19.00 – St Patrick’s Mental Health Services, Dublin 8, Dublin Thu 11 Jan at 20.00 – Glens Centre, Manorhamilton, Leitrim Tue 9 Jan at 20.00 – St John’s Theatre, Listowel, Kerry Thu 11 Jan at 20.00 – Wexford Arts Centre, Ferrybank South, Wexford Their younger son, memorably played Tue 9 Jan at 20.00 – Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda, Louth Fri 12 Jan at 20.00 – Presentation Centre, Convent Road, Enniscorthy, Wexford by Timothy Hutton, blames himself The screening will be introduced Tue 9 Jan at 20.00 – Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Mayo Tue 16 Jan at 20.00 – Town Hall Theatre, Galway City, Galway for the tragedy and is wracked by by Una Begley, Board member, Wed 10 Jan at 20.00 – Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire, Dublin Wed 17 Jan at 20.00 – VISUAL Carlow, Old Dublin Road, Carlow guilt, though a lifeline is provided by First Fortnight. Wed 10 Jan at 20.00 – Mill Theatre, Dundrum, Dublin Wed 17 Jan at 20.00 – Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge, Kildare the empathetic interventions of a Wed 10 Jan at 20.00 – Friars Gate Theatre, Sarsfield St, Kilmallock, Limerick Thu 18 Jan at 18.00 – Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny City, Kilkenny

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married Vladimir (Andrey Smirnov), ELENA an elderly business tycoon who she met while working as a nurse in the hospital in which he was staying.

When her son from a previous marriage approaches her and Vladimir JAN 23RD (18.30) about a loan in order to send his child to university, Vladimir refuses, and tells Elena not to expect to inherit his ЕЛЕНА With his third feature, Zvyagintsev wealth after he dies. Horrified, she FILM INFO: moved away from the shadow of takes matters into her own hands in 109 mins, Russia, 2011, Tarkovsky and into territory more an attempt to secure her future and Digital, Subtitled familiar to the likes of Claude Chabrol. help her grandson in this taut and Notes by Kevin Coyne Elena (Nadezhda Markina) is a woman engrossing film. Andrey Zvyagintsev from a poor background who has its plentiful use of religious January 23rd – 31st THE symbolism. Mark (Aleksandr BANISHMENT Baluev) has criminal associations, Andrey Zvyagintsev has, with the release of Loveless, son, the film – similar to all of his work – has while his brother Alex (The Return’s his fifth film as director, solidified his reputation as one much to say about the disaffection and malaise of Konstantin Lavronenko) lives in of the greatest writer-directors working today, his films contemporary Russian society. seeming domestic bliss with his bearing comparisons to those of and wife Vera (Maria Bonnevie) and their Bela Tarr. The IFI is delighted to welcome Andrey Zvyagintsev to JAN 30TH (20.10) children. However, during a trip to present a preview of Loveless on Sunday 28th, while his childhood home, Vera tells Alex Ostensibly a police procedural drama focusing on a a complete retrospective of his feature films will also that she is pregnant by another man. separating couple as they search for their missing take place. ИЗГНАНИЕ Premiered in competition at Cannes, His response is to seek the advice of FILM INFO: The Banishment is an adaptation of his brother, ultimately forcing Vera 157 mins, Russia, 2007, Armenian-American writer William to have an abortion before they can Digital, Subtitled Saroyan’s 1953 novel The Laughing rebuild their relationship, and causing LOVELESS + Q&A THE RETURN Notes by Kevin Coyne Matter, and attracted further further tragedy. comparisons with Tarkovsky for JAN 28TH (19.40) JAN 28th (17.30)

НЕЛЮБОВЬ ВОЗВРАЩЕНИЕ coastal town who refuses to sell his LEVIATHAN land and business to a bullying mayor. FILM INFO: FILM INFO: Kolya brings in a friend from Moscow, 127 mins, Russia, 2017, Digital, Subtitled 105 mins, Russia, 2003, Digital, Subtitled looking for support in the face of Notes by David O’Mahony Notes by Kevin Coyne aggression, but this has unforeseen A state of the Russian nation address masquerading In this enigmatic and powerful film, fifteen-year-old consequences. as a police procedural, Loveless displays magisterial Andrey (Vladimir Garin, who died tragically shortly filmmaking control. after filming was completed) and his younger JAN 31ST (20.20) Leviathan stands as a powerful, brother Ivan (Ivan Dobronravov) are surprised at the provocative allegory for modern A prosperous Moscow couple are in the final stages sudden reappearance of their father (Konstantin Russia, a depiction of a corrupt, of separating; caught in the crossfire is their Lavronenko) following a decade-long absence. ЛЕВИАФАН An epic tale of political corruption broken and brutal society where neglected twelve-year-old son who is treated as an with biblical overtones, Leviathan is common decency counts for nothing. inconvenience in the carve-up of their discordant While Andrey delights in the reunion, Ivan remains FILM INFO: 140 mins, Russia, 2014, Zvyagintsev’s most ambitious film lives. His parents fail to shield him from their mutual wary. As their father’s disciplinarian tendencies Digital, Subtitled to date and a deserving winner of the disgust, selfishness and constant fighting and come to the fore on a fishing trip, a rift grows Notes by David O'Mahony Best Screenplay award at Cannes. barely notice when he doesn’t come home from between the brothers in this measuredly ambiguous The layered narrative centers on school and is declared missing. and ultimately devastating début. Kolya, a mechanic working in a

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