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JULY 2014 BOYHOOD THE IRISH FILM INSTITUTE The Irish Film Institute is Ireland’s EXHIBIT national cultural institution for film. It aims to exhibit the finest in independent, Irish and international cinema, preserve PRESERVE Ireland’s moving image heritage at the IFI Irish Film Archive, and encourage EDUCATE engagement with film through its various educational programmes. FAMILY House of Magic The BBQ! Join us for cinematic adventures in music, family, friendship Join us on the terrace every Friday throughout July from and 'foosball' in this year’s IFI Family Festival (July 17th – 20th). 18.00 to 20.30 for mouth-watering barbequed burgers for Our specially selected films from around the world include just €5! You can also enjoy a burger with a pint of Bavaria animation, live action, Irish premieres, special guests, puzzling for just €9 in our special deal, or why not indulge in a quests, Wildernuts and sheep! Learn lots of new skills in our refreshing jug of Pimm’s for €15? Perfect for al fresco dining workshops, and meet our Young Media Explorers and RTÉ before or after your film! Don’t forget you can reserve your Young People’s Diana Bunici on opening night. For more table by calling 01 679 8712 or asking at the Café Bar. information and booking, see www.ifi.ie/familyfest IRISH SHORT IFI AT FLEADH Amharc Éireann Screenings of Finding Vivian Maier (see page 8 for notes) IFI National, which curates programmes from the IFI Irish will be preceded by the IFB-funded short animation, Coda, Film Archive to make cultural cinema available throughout by Alan Holly. Coda won Best Animated Short Film at the Ireland, returns to the Galway Film Fleadh (July 8th – 13th) prestigious South by Southwest (SXSW) film festival this with a programme of sound and silent films made in and about year. A lost soul stumbles drunkenly through the city. Galway from the 1920s to the ‘70s. Part of the IFI Local Films In a park, Death finds him and shows him many things. for Local People Project, these films document life, leisure and (9 minutes, Ireland, 2013.) livelihoods, and will appeal to all interested in the heritage and history of Galway. 2 DIRECTOR’S NOTE The IFI’s July programme has, at its centre, a focus on women in (and on) film. JULY (see page 16) AT THE IFI All About Eve One of the key strategic priorities of the IFI’s exhibition This July we are delighted to welcome back our annual IFI programme is to develop a space for critical engagement Family Festival, offering four days of films and workshops and discussion. Over the past few months, we have seen for young people. With a programme representing a broad focuses on Irish film and television (IFI Spotlight in April) and geographic spread from countries far and wide, including the ethics involved in documentary and factual programme Japan, Belgium, Canada and Ireland, this year’s themes making (States of Fear – 15 Years On in May). Following range from music to ‘foosball’, and from family to friendship. on from these highly relevant and important seminars, this Our opening night will feature magic tricks for everyone, month we present a focus on the work of women in film and while other special events will include penalty shoot-outs, the representation of women on film. a nature trail and a mobile farm! Our workshops programme has a variety of offerings for those aged 8 to 13 and, tying in This month’s season takes the Bechdel Test as its starting with Beyond the Bechdel Test, The Irish Times film critic Tara point – the examination of a film to see if it passes by having Brady will explore some of film’s coolest female characters. two women talk to each other about a subject other than So bring your young film fans in for this truly unique festival, a man. In Beyond the Bechdel Test we present a selection as this will be your only opportunity to ever see many of these of films by both male and female directors which explore remarkable films on the big screen in Ireland. complex portrayals of women, and the relationships between women, on screen. The entire season aims to encourage All of this alongside our regular programme of new releases conversation and debate and, with this in mind, the topic (including Richard Linklater’s Boyhood and winner of Best Irish permeates throughout the rest of the programme this July. Feature at JDIFF, Love Eternal) and IFI Classics (including Billy A number of the screenings will be introduced by special Wilder’s Some Like it Hot and Orson Welles’ The Lady from guests, while many of our ongoing programming strands will Shanghai). So July at the IFI has plenty on offer to lure you also further explore the theme including From the Vaults away from the summer sun! (with a screening of Pat Murphy’s Maeve), Wild Strawberries (with female friendship explored in Fried Green Tomatoes), Ross Keane Archive at Lunchtime (which looks at the changing role Director of women in Irish society) and The Critical Take (looking at representations of gender). In addition, this month’s Afternoon Talk will be presented by Professor Diane Negra addressing A History of the ‘Chick Flick’, while a special panel discussion, Presence and Absence: Women in Contemporary Cinema, will be chaired by Sinéad Gleeson alongside critic Roe McDermott, filmmaker Pat Murphy, producer Rachel Lysaght, and Trinity lecturer Ruth Barton. 3 NEW RELEASES SEASONS & & IFI CLASSICS EVENTS CALENDAR A HARD DAY'S NIGHT OPENS JULY 4TH DATE SCREENING TIME CYCLING WITH MOLIÈRE OPENS JULY 4TH 3RD BEYOND THE BECHDEL TEST: BORN IN 18.30 THUR FLAMES + AGAINST THE REALM OF THE LOVE ETERNAL OPENS JULY 4TH ABSOLUTE (SHORT) THE 100-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO LOVE ETERNAL (PREVIEW + Q&A) 20:30 CLIMBED OUT THE WINDOW 6TH BEYOND THE BECHDEL TEST: 16:05 AND DISAPPEARED OPENS JULY 4TH SUN PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK 8TH BEYOND THE BECHDEL TEST: 18:30 BOYHOOD OPENS JULY 11TH TUES CINEMATIC VOICES (SHORTS PROGRAMME) GOLTZIUS AND THE 10TH BEYOND THE BECHDEL TEST: TEN 18:30 PELICAN COMPANY OPENS JULY 11TH THUR FINDING VIVIAN MAIER OPENS JULY 18TH 12TH AFTERNOON TALK: A HISTORY OF THE 12:00 SAT ‘CHICK FLICK’ (FREE EVENT) GRAND CENTRAL OPENS JULY 18TH BEYOND THE BECHDEL TEST: 14:00 SOME LIKE IT HOT OPENS JULY 18TH LOVELY & AMAZING 13TH BEYOND THE BECHDEL TEST: 16:10 SUPERMENSCH: THE LEGEND SUN CLÉO FROM 5 TO 7 OF SHEP GORDON OPENS JULY 18TH 15TH BEYOND THE BECHDEL TEST: ARTIST FILM 18.30 BRANDED TO KILL OPENS JULY 25TH TUES SCREENING: BETE & DEISE + SOMETHING JOE OPENS JULY 25TH FROM NOTHING 16TH FROM THE VAULTS: MAEVE 18.30 THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI OPENS JULY 25TH WED NORTE, THE END OF HISTORY OPENS JULY 25TH 17TH IFI FAMILY FESTIVAL (JULY 17TH - 20TH): THUR SEE SEPARATE PROGRAMME BEYOND THE BECHDEL TEST: GIRLFRIENDS 18:30 22ND FEAST YOUR EYES: ALICE DOESN’T LIVE 18.15 TUES HERE ANYMORE 23RD BEYOND THE BECHDEL TEST: WIVES 18:30 WED 24TH BEYOND THE BECHDEL TEST: OBVIOUS 18:30 THUR CHILD (PREVIEW & DUBLIN PREMIERE) 25TH WILD STRAWBERRIES: FRIED GREEN 11:00 FRI TOMATOES 26TH BEYOND THE BECHDEL TEST: PANEL 12:00 SAT DISCUSSION: PRESENCE AND ABSENCE: WOMEN IN CONTEMPORARY CINEMA (FREE EVENT) 27TH IRELAND ON SUNDAY: MAIRÉAD FARRELL: 13:00 SUN COMHRÁ NÁR CHRÍOCHNAIGH TIMES BEYOND THE BECHDEL TEST: ALL ABOUT EVE 16:00 28TH THE CRITICAL TAKE (FREE EVENT) 18:30 For a breakdown of times and dates of IFI New MON Releases & IFI Classics, check out our weekly 29TH BEYOND THE BECHDEL TEST: 18:30 schedule on www.ifi.ie or the IFI ads in The TUES YIELD TO THE NIGHT Irish Times on Fridays and Saturdays. You can 30TH WILD STRAWBERRIES: 11.00 also sign up to receive our weekly ezine by WED FRIED GREEN TOMATOES IFI & EXPERIMENTAL FILM CLUB: RIDDLES 18.30 emailing [email protected] OF THE SPHINX Scan the QR code to take you straight to the IFI homepage on your smart phone. 4 JULY 2014 NEW RELEASES & IFI CLASSICS A HARD DAY'S NIGHT OPENS JULY 4TH Capturing the mobbing, sobbing, Day's Night follows The Beatles as they throbbing craziness of Beatlemania, the travel from Liverpool to London for a TV IFI CLASSIC first film the Fab Four made stands as appearance, and features Paul dealing a precious document of the band well with his mischievous grandfather EXCLUSIVELY AT IFI † on their way to becoming icons and as (Wilfrid Brambell), the disappearance of a landmark release which reinvented Ringo, John playing with his toys in the FILM INFO: the rock movie; the likes of Tommy bath, and George’s chiming 12-string 87 minutes, U.K., 1964, Black and White, D-Cinema Steele or Cliff Richard, for example, guitar introducing a soundtrack which Notes by Michael Hayden had never made films anywhere close includes hits such as I Should Have to appearing this uncontrived, or, for Known Better and Can't Buy Me Love. that matter, this much fun. Reissued to mark the 50th anniversary of the film’s premiere in London, the plot of A Hard CYCLING WITH MOLIÈRE OPENS JULY 4TH Gauthier Valence (Lambert Wilson) The Misanthrope. The pair eagerly begin is a star, having become a readily rehearsals, verbally jousting about (ALCESTE À BICYCLETTE) recognised heartthrob after playing a the play, its themes and its language, brain surgeon on a hit TV show. Yet while occasionally the outside world EXCLUSIVELY AT IFI † he yearns to be taken seriously as an intrudes on their sessions.