This film screened 1st June 2016.

The screening will be introduced by Prof. Kathleen James-Chakraborty, UCD School of Art History and Cultural Policy.

Following Rome, Open City (1945) and Paisan (1946), Roberto Rossellini turned to the ruined city of Berlin to complete his trilogy of films exploring the destruction wrecked by World War II. A devastating portrait of an obliterated post-war Europe, Germany, Year Zero is also one of the most affecting films about childhood in the history of cinema.

Presented with the Capstones Shift conference organised by Dublin City Council and UCD Decade of Centenaries, which seeks to explore the impact of conflict on the built environment. See also Dublin Plays Itself Walking Tour.