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EURO-PAEANS: CELEBRATING IRELAND AND EUROPE IN FILM (PART 2)
To celebrate Ireland’s Presidency of the EU (until June 2013) we present a second collection of shorts exploring impressions of Ireland and Europe in film.

PROGRAMME 1:
AMHARC ÉIREANN
Ireland’s fascination with Europe was often evident in Gael Linn newsreels and there are stories here from Germany, Spain, France and Sweden.
FILM INFO: 5 minutes, 1960s, Black and White

THE SAINTS WENT MARCHING OUT
George Fleischmann’s film explores Ireland’s missionary past to frame its relationship with Europe in the 1960s.
FILM INFO: 26 minutes, 1967, Colour

PROGRAMME 2:
THE SALMON OF KERRY
Designed to entice French folk to Ireland on fishing holidays this film takes us from Le Bourget Airport to the rivers of Kerry.
FILM INFO: 11 minutes, 1973, Colour

THE POLISH SCHOOL
Michael Ryan’s film highlights the experience of the students of a Saturday school for Polish children in the grounds of the Holy Trinity National School in Galway.
FILM INFO: 11 minutes, 2012, Colour