BACK TO SCHOOL

Join us for free screenings of films from the IFI Irish Film Archive. Simply collect tickets at IFI Box Office.

Programme 1:

THE MASTER

Radharc’s insightful film profiles national school teachers in the small village of Cloghan Hill near the Mayo/Galway border. Liam O’Connell (former teacher) and his son Morgan discuss teaching practice, memorable pupils, and the changing role of the Master in Irish society.
FILM INFO: 27 mins, 1974, Colour

Programme 2:

PÁISTÍ AG OBAIR

Louis Marcus’ excellent observational documentary (nominated for an Academy Award), was shot in several Montessori schools in Dublin and shows the persistence and innate intelligence of young children at work and at play.

FILM INFO: 10 mins, 1973, Colour

THE BREAKFAST

Peter Sheridan’s quirky drama about a battle of wills between Curly Mulligan, a pupil on breakfast duty in a grim Christian Brothers school, and the disciplinarian Brother Ledwidge who one day finds a hair on his plate….

FILM INFO: 18 mins, 1998, Colour