STRANGER THAN FICTION DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL 2012

THE IMPOSTER (IFI STRANGER THAN FICTION)

Perhaps the buzziest film on the festival circuit, The Imposter combines stunning cinematography with skilful storytelling to create a superb psychological thriller. In June 1994, 13-year-old Nicholas Barclay goes missing…

Thursday 16th Aug 2012 19.00

AFTERNOON TALKS: DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING

August’s Afternoon Talk will take place during IFI Stranger Than Fiction, Dublin’s Documentary Film Festival, and will take a broad look at documentary – the opportunities available and the challenges…

Friday 17th Aug 2012 14.30

Penny Woolcock returns to the site of her 2009 fictional feature film, 1 Day, for this powerful documentary (and winner of the Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature at…

Friday 17th Aug 2012 20.30

THE GENTLEMAN PRIZEFIGHTER

James J. Corbett – nicknamed ‘Gentleman Jim’ – was the first gloved world heavyweight boxing champion, a movie star who sanitised boxing for a wider audience, and one of the…

Saturday 18th Aug 2012 13.20

THE RELUCTANT REVOLUTIONARY

It is only now that films documenting the recent Arab Spring are beginning to emerge in sizeable numbers; of these, The Reluctant Revolutionary sets the standard. Director Sean McAllister initially…

Saturday 18th Aug 2012 15.30

VERY EXTREMELY DANGEROUS

Exhilarating, compelling, at times harrowing, Very Extremely Dangerous is not like any other documentary you’ll see this year. Irish director Paul Duane (Barbaric Genius) takes a frightening, fascinating journey into…

Saturday 18th Aug 2012 17.30

ANTON CORBIJN: INSIDE OUT

A revealing portrait of influential Dutchman Anton Corbijn, the artist who famously created much of the iconic visual output of U2, Depeche Mode and many others, this is one of…

Saturday 18th Aug 2012 20.00

THE INTERRUPTERS

The Interrupters tells the moving and surprising stories of three Violence Interrupters who try to protect their communities from the threat of gangs. Academy Award-nominated director Steve James (Hoop Dreams)…

Sunday 19th Aug 2012 14.00

PLANET OF SNAIL

Yi Seung-jun’s multi-award-winning film takes us to a world where a couple from the edge of society radiate unique love and affection. This is the planet of snail, inhabited by…

Sunday 19th Aug 2012 16.20

Detroit, once America’s fastest growing city, home to Motown and the bustling U.S. automobile industry, has suffered a long and painful decline in recent decades, exacerbated by the recent financial…

Sunday 19th Aug 2012 19.00