STRANGER THAN FICTION DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL 2014

The 2014 Stranger Than Fiction Documentary Festival ran from September 25th to Sunday 28th 2014.

STF: WE ARE MANY

IRISH PREMIERE There will be a post-screening Q&A with director Amir Amirani. Premiering to standing ovations at the prestigious Sheffield DocFest, We Are Many was the breakout hit of the festival. It uses the…

Thursday 25th Sep 2014 19.00

STF: DOCUMENTARY INDUSTRY DAY

IFI STRANGER THAN FICTION SPECIAL EVENTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BORD SCANNÁN NA hÉIREANN/IRISH FILM BOARD As well as showcasing the finest original international and Irish documentary films, and providing a platform for Irish filmmakers to show their…

Friday 26th Sep 2014 11.00

STF: BLOOD FRUIT

Feature-documentary award winner and crowd pleaser at the Galway Film Fleadh, Blood Fruit takes us to 1984, the height of apartheid in South Africa. Mary Manning, a 21-year-old Dunnes Stores checkout girl, refused to sell two Outspan…

Friday 26th Sep 2014 18.30

STF: WHITEY: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA V. JAMES J. BULGER

IRISH PREMIERE Whitey is a part courtroom drama and part telling exposé of the murky world where undercover FBI agents meet high-level criminals. Gaining impressive access to lawyers, investigators, victims and gangsters, Emmy-winning filmmaker Joe Berlinger…

Friday 26th Sep 2014 20.30

STF: HOW TO MAKE A WINNING DOCUMENTARY SHORT

IFI STRANGER THAN FICTION SPECIAL EVENTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BORD SCANNÁN NA hÉIREANN/IRISH FILM BOARD In recent years, Irish Short Documentaries have screened at major festivals across the world and brought home many international awards. In…

Saturday 27th Sep 2014 10.00

STF: GETTING PLACES IN FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

IFI STRANGER THAN FICTION SPECIAL EVENTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BORD SCANNÁN NA hÉIREANN/IRISH FILM BOARD Featuring producers and directors who have had success with both short and feature documentaries, including Aoife Kelleher and Rachel Lysaght…

Saturday 27th Sep 2014 11.30

STF: DOCUMENTARY SHORTS

DUBLIN PREMIERE Audience Award – Best Short – The Wild Geese (directed by Ailbhe Fitzpatrick) Programmed in association with Eat My Shorts, a strong collection of seven shorts includes Wandering Rocks, which unlocks…

Saturday 27th Sep 2014 13.30

STF: NIGHT WILL FALL

IRISH PREMIERE There will be a post-screening Q&A with director Andre Singer. In 1945, the Allies had the novel idea of training soldiers to film the liberation of Europe. What these fledgling…

Saturday 27th Sep 2014 15.15

STF: REALITY BITES DOCUMENTARY SHORTS

WORLD PREMIERE Jury’s Award – Best Short – Bloody Good Headline (directed by Tom Burke and Paul Quinn) Many shorts from the Bord Scannán na hÉireann/Irish Film Board scheme, Reality Bites, have…

Saturday 27th Sep 2014 17.00

STF: LOVE IS ALL

There will be a post-screening Q&A with director Kim Longinotto. IRISH PREMIERE Love is All takes us on a journey through the 20th century, exploring love and courtship on screen in a century…

Saturday 27th Sep 2014 18.15

STF: IT CAME FROM CONNEMARA!!

DUBLIN PREMIERE There will be a post-screening Q&A with director Brian Reddin. This is the incongruous tale of when legendary Hollywood B-movie producer (of films like Swamp Women) Roger Corman created a studio in…

Saturday 27th Sep 2014 22.15

STF: CONCERNING VIOLENCE

IRISH PREMIERE Swedish director Göran Hugo Olsson, maker of the stunning The Black Power Mixtape, returns again to the archives to create an unsettling, intelligent and overwhelming film, this time about the African liberation struggles…

Sunday 28th Sep 2014 14.00

STF: LIFE ITSELF

IRISH PREMIERE The latest film from award-winning Hoop Dreams helmer, Steve James, is an affectionate and moving portrayal of the life and death of arguably America’s best-known film critic, Roger Ebert. Life Itself, based to…

Sunday 28th Sep 2014 16.00

STF: AI WEIWEI – THE FAKE CASE

There will be a post-screening Q&A with director Andreas Johnsen. IRISH PREMIERE Returning from 81 days of solitary detention and under house arrest, China’s most celebrated and provocative artist suffers from a…

Sunday 28th Sep 2014 18.30

STF: SHOWRUNNERS

WORLD PREMIERE Director Des Doyle will be interviewed by Newstalk's Philip Molloy following this screening. This film lifts the lid on the fascinating world of U.S. television showrunners and the creative teams…

Sunday 28th Sep 2014 20.30