Irish Film Institute -FROM THE VAULTS: THE REMARKABLE ROY SPENCE COLLECTION

FROM THE VAULTS: THE REMARKABLE ROY SPENCE COLLECTION

Director: Roy Spence

90mins, N. Ireland, 1971-1981, Digital


This film screened 27th October 2016.

The programme will be introduced by Roy Spence.

We mark World Day for Audiovisual Heritage (a UNESCO initiative) with a programme of films by award-winning amateur, Roy Spence. For the past 50 years Roy has been making and screening a series of remarkable, eccentric films in his own cinema in Comber, Co. Down. The films span many genres from sci-fi to horror to folk-life documentaries. This programme includes a small sample from this fine collection of over 40 films now preserved in the IFI Irish Film Archive.

Tudor Style: 8 mins, 1971. The Attack of the Saucer People: 13mins, 1981. Tommy Orr, Blacksmith: 6 mins, 1981. Maidens in Distress: 9 mins, 1976. The Interview: 8 mins, 1981. Keep Watching the Skies: 20 mins, 1975.

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