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MARCH 2017 THE SECRET SCRIPTURE THE IRISH FILM INSTITUTE The Irish Film Institute is Ireland’s national cultural institution for film. EXHIBIT It aims to exhibit the finest in independent, Irish and international cinema, preserve PRESERVE Ireland’s moving image heritage at the IFI Irish Film Archive, and encourage EDUCATE engagement with film through its various educational programmes. IFI FRENCH FILM CLUB SPECIAL EVENTS Dancer This month's French Film Club screening – where IFI and Join us for two special events this March at the IFI. Alliance Française members pay just €7.50 per ticket – On March 2nd at 18.30, we have a special screening takes place on March 1st at 18.30. This month’s film is of Steven Cantor’s new documentary Dancer, Xavier Dolan’s It’s Only the End of the World, an adaptation which will be followed by a live-by-satellite performance of Jean-Luc Lagarce’s renowned stage play in which a from the film’s star, Sergei Polunin. On March 3rd terminally ill writer returns home to his estranged family at 18.15, we will host a screening of music documentary after an absence of more than a decade. See www.ifi.ie Lost in France, followed by a panel discussion. or ask at the IFI Box Office for further details. See www.ifi.ie for more details. CINE-CONCERTS Guests of the Nation CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP On March 15th we join with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra IFI Corporate Memberships support the work of Ireland's to present Denis Johnston’s masterpiece Guests of national cultural institution for film. Alongside exhibiting the Nation (1935), a silent film accompanied by Niall Byrne’s a diverse programme of Irish and international film, magnificent new score. Tickets from www.nch.ie. On March we preserve the nation's moving image heritage through 19th, in association with the St Patrick’s Festival and the IFI Irish Film Archive, and provide an educational Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, we present The O’Kalem Films programme that supports the national curriculum. An IFI (1910 – 1912), a programme of early dramas with an original Corporate Membership provides the additional funding we score by Bernard Reilly, performed by the Irish CineTheatre need to maintain our archival and educational initiatives. Ensemble. See www.stpatrickscathedral.ie for more details. For more information, see www.ifi.ie/corporate-members. 2 DIRECTOR’S NOTE This month the IFI presents a programme of some of the best films to be seen all year. MARCH AT THE IFI Tomato Red We were greatly pleased with the recent announcement the wonderful Graduation. While ballet bad-boy superstar by the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Sergei Polunin (made famous to many in Ireland in Hozier’s Gaeltacht Affairs, Heather Humphreys TD, of more than video for Take Me to Church) is the controversial subject of €9 million in capital funding for arts and culture centres Steven Cantour’s documentary, Dancer, which will include across the country. The Minister made the announcement a special live-by-satellite performance on March 2nd. as part of the Creative Ireland programme. We were delighted that our application for the grant was successful, Irish film remains at the centre of the programme this particularly given it’s the 25th anniversary of our main month and sees the return of one of Ireland’s most home in Temple Bar, and that we will be able to embark important directors – Jim Sheridan. The Secret Scripture, on significant capital projects to improve the venue for our an adaptation of the acclaimed Sebastian Barry novel, audiences for the next number of years. Further details features a tremendous cast including Vanessa Redgrave, on our plans will be announced shortly and framed within Rooney Mara, and our own Jack Reynor, and we are our new IFI Strategy 2017–22 (due for publication in late delighted that Jim Sheridan will join us for a special Spring), which will detail key objectives for the organisation post-screening Q&A on March 24th. Oscar-nominated across our three core areas of exhibition, preservation Juanita Wilson’s second feature is another literary and education. adaptation, this time of the novel by Daniel Woodrell and stars Anna Friel, and we’re pleased to welcome the Our programme this month is packed with some of the director for a Q&A on March 3rd. From the IFI Irish Film finest films that will be shown all year. Golden Globe winner Archive we will have a cine-concert of Denis Jonhston’s and Oscar nominee Isabelle Huppert gives the performance 1935 masterpiece Guests of the Nation in partnership with of her career as the highly complex protagonist Michèle in the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and performed at the National Paul Verhoeven’s captivating Elle. In an equally enigmatic Concert Hall on March 15th. Fresh from Sundance, film, Oliver Assayas’ Personal Shopper with Kirsten Stewart Neasa Ni Chianain and David Rane’s new documentary will stay with you for quite some time after viewing. In Loco Parentis explores the only primary boarding school For fans of Oscar-winning Asghar Farhadi’s About Elly and in Ireland, and again, we are thrilled to announce a director A Separation, the wait is over for his next feature, as the Q&A on March 4th. And if you missed the special event director remains on form with The Salesman (with wins in February, we’re pleased to present another opportunity for Best Screenplay and Best Actor at Cannes, and a to see music-doc Lost in France on March 3rd, which will nominee for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars), be followed by a panel discussion. a domestic drama drawing parallels with Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. Kelber Mendonça Filho’s Aquarius, And as the only venue in Ireland able to screen film on which caused some controversy in Brazil, boasts one of 70mm, later this month we’re delighted to be showing the finest performances you’ll see this year, as Sonia Braga Tim Burton’s Batman on this glorious format. plays retired music teacher Clara, fighting developers to stay in the home she has lived for most of her life. It’s going to be a busy month! Cristiam Mingiu (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) returns with a tale of corruption in modern Romania as a father Ross Keane will go to any lengths to secure his daughter’s future in Director 3 NEW RELEASES, IFI SEASONS & DOCS & IFI CLASSICS EVENTS CALENDAR CERTAIN WOMEN OPENS MAR 3RD DATE SCREENING TIME IN LOCO PARENTIS OPENS MAR 3RD 1ST IFI FRENCH FILM CLUB: IT'S ONLY THE END 18.30 WED OF THE WORLD TOMATO RED OPENS MAR 3RD ACCESSIBLE SCREENING: FENCES* 20.10 DANCER OPENS MAR 10TH 2ND PREVIEW: DANCER + LIVE PERFORMANCE 18.30 ELLE OPENS MAR 10TH THU 3RD LOST IN FRANCE + PANEL DISCUSSION 18.15 THE OLIVE TREE OPENS MAR 17TH FRI TOMATO RED + Q&A 20.15 PERSONAL SHOPPER OPENS MAR 17TH 4TH IN LOCO PARENTIS + Q&A 16.00 THE SALESMAN OPENS MAR 17TH SAT 5TH IRISH FOCUS: BETWEEN LAND AND SEA 16.00 AQUARIUS OPENS MAR 24TH SUN + Q&A THE EYES OF MY MOTHER OPENS MAR 24TH 6TH THE BIGGER PICTURE: SINGIN‘ IN THE RAIN 18.30 MON THE SECRET SCRIPTURE OPENS MAR 24TH 7TH IRISH FOCUS: BETWEEN LAND AND SEA + Q&A 18.30 THE AGE OF SHADOWS OPENS MAR 31ST TUE IFI CAFÉ BAR PUB QUIZ (FREE EVENT) 21.30 8TH JOHN T. DAVIS RETROSPECTIVE: UNCLE JACK 18.30 ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL OPENS MAR 31ST WED INTERNATIONAL WOMEN‘S DAY: LOSING GROUND 18.30 GRADUATION OPENS MAR 31ST 11TH JOHN T. DAVIS RETROSPECTIVE: SHELLSHOCK ROCK 13.30 SAT + SELF-CONSCIOUS OVER YOU ACCESSIBLE SCREENING: DANCER* 14.00 JOHN T. DAVIS RETROSPECTIVE: ROUTE 66 15.30 12TH JOHN T. DAVIS RETROSPECTIVE: POWER IN 13.30 GET SOCIAL! SUN THE BLOOD + DUST ON THE BIBLE 14TH JOHN T. DAVIS RETROSPECTIVE: HOBO 18.30 Excited about this month’s programme? So are we! TUE Tell your friends which film you’re planning to watch, 15TH ACCESSIBLE SCREENING: DANCER* 18.20 share your movie reviews and show us your best pics WED on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook! 18TH FROM THE VAULTS: CINE-CONCERT: ST PATRICK’S DAY 14.00 Join the IFI Community online: SAT 19TH IFI FAMILY: A SHINE OF RAINBOWS 11.00 @IrishFilmInstitute SUN 21ST EVENING COURSE: IVAN THE TERRIBLE (PART I) 18.30 @IrishFilmInstitute @IFI_Dub TUE 22ND JOHN T. DAVIS RETROSPECTIVE: PUBLIC INTERVIEW 18.30 WED FEAST YOUR EYES: THE OLIVE TREE 18.45 23RD IFI FILM CLUB: ELLE 18.00 Open Captioned screening THU 24TH PLASTIK 2017: ABYSS FILM 18.30 FRI THE SECRET SCRIPTURE + Q&A 20.15 Audio Described screening 25TH PLASTIK 2017: A FLIGHT FROM REASON 12.00 SAT PLASTIK 2017: VERTICAL LANDSCAPES 16.00 26TH PLASTIK 2017: PLASTIK AWARD 12.30 SUN PLASTIK 2017: ANDRE TRILOGY 14.00 * Denotes screenings which are open captioned and audio described. PLASTIK 2017: IS IT ABOUT A BICYCLE? 18.00 For more information on our Accessible Screenings, please visit PLASTIK 2017: ‘EUGENE PALETTE’ 20.30 www.ifi.ie/accessible ACCESSIBLE SCREENING: PERSONAL SHOPPER* 20.40 † The exclusivity status of films is correct at time of going to print 27TH CINE-CONCERT: TORREY PINES 20.30 MON 28TH EVENING COURSE: MOSCOW DOES NOT 18.15 TUE BELIEVE IN TEARS TIMES BATMAN 70MM 18.20 29TH WILD STRAWBERRIES: EASTER PARADE 11.00 For a breakdown of times and dates of IFI New WED ACCESSIBLE SCREENING: PERSONAL SHOPPER* 13.00 Releases, IFI Docs & IFI Classics, check out our BATMAN 70MM 18.20 weekly schedule on www.ifi.ie/weekly-schedule 31ST WILD STRAWBERRIES: EASTER PARADE 11.00 or the IFI ads in The Irish Times on Fridays and FRI Saturdays.