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With a film and theatre career spanning almost forty years, Alan Gilsenan is one of Ireland’s most prolific and revered directors of drama and documentary film. This selective retrospective, which includes two of his four feature dramas, provides an introduction to the films (many made with his longtime producer Martin Mahon, through their company Yellow Asylum Films). Gilsenan’s documentary mode, which ranges from robust investigation to essayistic reverie to sensitive observation, is distinguished by intellectual rigour and creative innovation, allied to a seemingly unquenchable curiosity about history, literature, culture and society – both in Ireland but also in the wider world. His highly eclectic oeuvre of over 40 films for cinema and television also provides an invaluable compendium of reflection on Irish minds and Irish matters over four decades.
The films in this season will be introduced by Alan Gilsenan or by his filmmaking collaborators.
A selection of titles from the season will be available to stream across the Republic of Ireland on www.ifihome.ie
Season notes by Sunniva O’Flynn
Cinema Schedule
The Road To God Knows Where – Wednesday, April 8th (18.30) All Souls’ Day – Saturday, April 11th (15.30) Marsha Hunt: Made in America – Sunday, April 12th (16.00) Samuel Beckett’s Eh Joe – Monday, April 13th (18.30) The Asylum – Wednesday, April 15th (18.30) The Yellow Bittern: The Life and Times of Liam Clancy – Saturday, April 18th (15.00) Ó Pheann An Phiarsaigh – Sunday, April 19th (15.00) Unless – Wednesday, April 22nd (18.20) Meetings With Ivor – Saturday, April 25th (15.30) The Journey of Weather-Exposed Bones – Sunday, April 26th (13.30) Career Talk with Alan Gilsenan – Thursday, April 30th (18.30)
BÁITE 18.00
IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU 15.30
RESURRECTION 20.00
SIRĀT 17.30
SOUND OF FALLING 14.15
THE BRIDE! 15.30
THE LOVE THAT REMAINS 13.10, 20.40
THE SECRET AGENT 20.10
THE STRAIGHT STORY 4K 18.10
THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE 12.40 (Digital)
The IFI is supported by The Arts Council
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