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JANUARY 2018 THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
THE IRISH DIRECTOR’S
FILM INSTITUTE NOTE
EXHIBIT The Irish Film Institute is Ireland’s
national cultural institution for film.
This January the IFI programme features
some of the most hotly anticipated films
PRESERVE It aims to exhibit the finest in independent,
Irish and international cinema, preserve
of the year and welcomes some very
special guests.
EDUCATE
Ireland’s moving image heritage at
the IFI Irish Film Archive, and encourage
JANUARY
engagement with film through its various
educational programmes.
AT THE IFI
The Post
As we look ahead into 2018, the IFI, as always, has some members of President Obama’s team in the last twelve
FEAST YOUR EYES MYSTERY MATINEE ambitious plans for the New Year, with exciting initiatives
planned across our three core activities of exhibition,
preservation and education. In the coming weeks, we will
months of their tenure as they vigorously pursue their foreign
policy goals.
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
The Russian Revolution
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 Andrey Zvyagintsev to the IFI at end of the month
Through Its Films
of the Watergate scandal, the film focusses on Kay Graham to participate in a Q&A following a preview of his new
(Meryl Streep), 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
The Departure
whether to publish the leaked reports, or safeguard the long- Best Foreign Language Film, the film’s follows a couple in the
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
NIGHT OF IDEAS 2018 FIRST FORTNIGHT For fans of The West Wing’s Aaron Sorkin, his directorial début
Molly’s Game is released this month. This fast-paced thriller
stars Jessica Chastain as the proprietor of a high-stakes
to also showcase a full retrospective of Zvyagintsev's work
throughout January.
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
BRAD’S
BRAD’S STATUS OPENS JAN 5TH DATE SCREENING TIME
JUPITER’S MOON OPENS JAN 5TH 1ST NEW YEAR'S DAY: CINEMAS CLOSED
NEW RELEASE
MOLLY’S GAME OPENS JAN 5TH MON
WALK WITH ME
THREE BILLBOARDS
OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
OPENS JAN 5TH
OPENS JAN 12TH
4TH
THU
6TH
SAT
OPEN CAPTIONED SCREENING: MOLLY'S GAME
PREVIEW SCREENING: WALK WITH ME + Q&A
FIRST FORTNIGHT: THE DEPARTURE
+ THROWLINE (SHORT)
14.30
19.30
16.00
STATUS
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
TUE
THE POST OPENS JAN 19TH
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
THE BIGGER PICTURE: ORDINARY PEOPLE 18.15
as a man in the grip of status anxiety secured an enrolment interview
15TH
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
16TH FRENCH FILM CLUB: A WOMAN’S LIFE 20.45
Notes by David O’Mahony 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
a small scale consultant for NGOs, are learned along the way, but writer/
GET SOCIAL!
THU THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
21ST MYSTERY MATINEE 13.00 he struggles with resentment over the director White, known for his scripts
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
JUPITER’S
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
NEW RELEASE
MOON
FRI WILDERPEOPLE
@IrishFilmInstitute @IFI_Dub 27TH TRADFEST 2018: NOEL HILL: AISLING GHÉAR 16.00
SAT
@IrishFilmInstitute 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 OPEN CAPTIONED SCREENING: THE POST 18.10
29TH
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
In previous films such as Johanna disastrously awry, Aryan is shot
Releases, IFI Docs & IFI Classics, check out our
OPENS JAN 5TH
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 Hungarian director Kornél Mundruczó Cserhalmi). However, instead of
or the IFI ads in The Irish Times on Fridays. ANDREY ZVYAGINTSEV: LEVIATHAN 20.20
JUPITER HOLDJA
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
film which is directed by a woman, Open Captioned screening Digital, Subtitled at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, an opportunity to exploit both Aryan
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.
4 5
JANUARY 2018
MOLLY’S THREE BILLBOARDS
OUTSIDE EBBING,
NEW RELEASE
NEW RELEASE
GAME MISSOURI
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
WITH ME
NEW
LIFE
IFIRELEASE
IFI DOC
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 FILM INFO: Brizé following his award-winning a slow and painful process of
88 mins, UK, 2017, Digital
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 (Judith Chemla), 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 just €7.50 for IFI and Alliance
association with First Fortnight.
stroke has curtailed some of the writings from his first years of exile Française members.
grace by Yolande Moreau and Jean- century life and the cruel restrictions
90-year-old’s activities, yet he from his native Vietnam. Pierre Darroussin), who arrange for women were forced to endure.
6 7IFI & TRADFEST 2018
JANUARY 2018
THE FINAL IRISH
FOCUS
ARCHIVE AT
LUNCHTIME
YEAR
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
from the IFI Irish Film Archive. Simply collect your
Ben Rhodes, and others – for an Africa in the aftermath of Boko Haram’s
unprecedented look at the shaping abduction of hundreds of schoolgirls tickets at the IFI Box Office. See www.ifi.ie for
JAN 27TH (16.00) more information.
of US foreign policy. and her tearful speech to a group of US
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
THE POST
DIRECTOR: Robert Manthoulis
FILM INFO: 25 mins, France, 1971
Noel Hill’s dream of a new life with his young
family in Connemara was shattered when he PROGRAMME TWO
NEW RELEASE
was brutally assaulted in a local pub by a builder
with whom he had been in financial dispute.
THE IRISH OR THE MEMORY
The physical damage to his face required ten hours OF A PEOPLE – PART II
DIRECTOR: Robert Manthoulis
of corrective surgery while the psychological
FILM INFO: 25 mins, France, 1971
damage robbed him of his ability to play music and
blighted him with ongoing flashbacks and PTSD. Made for French television, Robert Manthoulis’s
documentary explored the Irish people and their
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 Irish traditional music at the height
FILM INFO: the truth about the unwinnable nature reports, potentially incurring government of its popularity in Ireland and worldwide. The film
116 mins, USA, 2017, Digital of the Vietnam War, brought both interventions as a consequence, or sit DIRECTOR: Paddy Hayes
includes lively performances from Willie Clancy,
Notes by David O’Mahony the New York Times and Washington Post on the story to safeguard the future of FILM INFO: 95 mins, Ireland, 2017, Digital, Irish with English subtitles
Mrs O’Tuama, Christy Moore and Planxty,
into direct conflict with President the paper. The Dubliners, Ceoltóirí Laighean and Tony
Richard Nixon’s administration. Notes by Sunniva O'Flynn.
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
8 9FROM THE WILD
VAULTS STRAWBERRIES
THE HUNT FOR THE
DEAD WILDERPEOPLE
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, 101 mins, New Zealand,
1987, 35mm
Year’s dinner in John Huston’s pitch- perfectly capture the social atmosphere 2016, Digital
tearaway, would-be gangsta, foster New Zealand landscape.
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
(Anjelica Huston) 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 FESTIVAL
REVOLUTION
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
LA RÉVOLUTION RUSSE Various
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
60 mins
Emmanuel Hamon influenced Russian Cinema. This artistic the use of images and technology as Notes by Alicia McGivern
short films to start 2018 with a smile. you watch a blue moon creature and
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 11ROCK‘N’ROLL IFI & FIRST
CINEMA FORTNIGHT
ERIC CLAPTON:
LIFE IN 12 BARS
+SATELLITE Q&A The IFI is proud to again
partner with mental
health organisation
JAN 10TH (19.00) First Fortnight
throughout January
DIRECTOR:
Lili Fini Zanuck
Renowned as one of the greatest
performers of all time, Eric Clapton is
songs, as well as those of his family,
friends, and musical collaborators, THE DEPARTURE 32 PILLS
EVENT INFO: the only ever three-time-inductee to including BB King, Jimi Hendrix and
THE DEPARTURE
180 mins, USA, 2017, Digital
the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and an George Harrison, Eric Clapton: Life in
JAN 6TH (16.00) 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,
long and difficult struggle with drugs The screening will be followed by a
FILM INFO: him to confront the same question Hope documents both her sister’s
and alcohol, to the tragic loss of conversation between Eric Clapton
87 mins, USA, 2017, Digital 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: and deeply empathetic immersion into struggling and those bereaved.
Hope Litoff
one fascinating character’s unique
THE BIGGER approach to suicide prevention. 32 Pills will be preceded by the short
FILM INFO:
89 mins, USA, 2017, Digital
film Hum. Diagnosed at 19 with
The Departure will be preceded by schizoaffective disorder – described
PICTURE Both screenings will be followed
by a panel discussion. the Irish short film Throwline.
Throwline is the story of a group of
as the “unhappy marriage between
bipolar and schizophrenia” – Kevin Nolan
ORDINARY taxi drivers in Co Kilkenny who came
together to form a suicide prevention
began writing music to regain some of
the freedom he’d lost due to illness.
PEOPLE group. Uniquely positioned to patrol
the night, the drivers keep vigil over
Hum is an intimate, music-fuelled tour
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
Notes by David O’Mahony
class Chicago couple grieving for Award for Best Picture and Best
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
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
Awards for their respective débuts.
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
12 13ANDREY ZVYAGINTSEV
ELENA married Vladimir (Andrey Smirnov),
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
Andrey Zvyagintsev
Notes by Kevin Coyne
Elena (Nadezhda Markina) is a woman engrossing film.
from a poor background who has
January 23rd – 31st THE its plentiful use of religious
symbolism. Mark (Aleksandr
Andrey Zvyagintsev has, with the release of Loveless, son, the film – similar to all of his work – has
BANISHMENT Baluev) has criminal associations,
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 Andrei Tarkovsky 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
LOVELESS + Q&A THE RETURN Digital, Subtitled
Notes by Kevin Coyne
Saroyan’s 1953 novel The Laughing
Matter, and attracted further
rebuild their relationship, and causing
further tragedy.
comparisons with Tarkovsky for
JAN 28TH (19.40) JAN 28th (17.30)
НЕЛЮБОВЬ ВОЗВРАЩЕНИЕ LEVIATHAN coastal town who refuses to sell his
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
Notes by David O’Mahony Notes by Kevin Coyne
looking for support in the face of
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 Leviathan stands as a powerful,
brother Ivan (Ivan Dobronravov) are surprised at the JAN 31ST (20.20) 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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DAY-LEWIS
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MANVILLE
VICKY
KRIEPS
Wr i t t e n a n d D i r e c t e d b y
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