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Director
Donal Foreman
Credits
Producers: Donal Foreman Nicole Brenez Philippe Grandrieux
Principal Cast
Donal Foreman, Arthur MacCaig, Maeve Foreman, Ernest Larsen
Category
FeatureDocumentary
The complexities of a father/son relationship are explored in this documentary from Irish director Donal Foreman. Foreman, a passionate cinephile and keen filmmaker since childhood, grapples with the legacy of his estranged father, the late documentarian, Arthur MacCaig, whose decades-long preoccupation with the Troubles in Northern Ireland produced several films and a vast archive of Republican experience and sensibility. Drawing on over 30 years of previously unseen imagery, The Image You Missed is a documentary essay that weaves together a history of the Troubles with the haunting but unsentimental story of a son’s search for his father. In the process, the film creates a candid encounter between two filmmakers born into different countries and different political moments, revealing their contrasting experiences of Irish nationalism, the role of images in social struggle, and the competing claims of personal and political responsibility. Notes by Sunniva O’Flynn Awards Best Film, La Muestra de Cine de Lanzarote, 2018 Special Mention in International Competition, L’Alternativa, Spain, 2018 First Prize in International Competition, FilmmakerFest, Milan, 2018 Best Film in “Portraits” Competition, DocsMX, Mexico, 2018 First Look Award, Athens Avant-Garde Film Festival, 2018 Grand Jury Prize for Avant-Garde & Genre Competition, BAFICI Argentina, 2018 Special Mention, French Competition, and Best Original Music, Cinéma du Réel, France, 2018
73 minutes, France, Ireland, USA, 2018, Colour
The Image You Missed trailer from Donal Foreman on Vimeo.
ANORA 20:20
ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: FRENCH CONNECTIONS (DOUBLE BILL) 12:10
FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: A WOMAN OF PARIS 12.00
FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: BEATING HEARTS 19.50
FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: LA MUSICA 14.00
FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: NIKI + Q&A 14.15
FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: OUT OF SEASON 16.50
FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: STÉPHANE BRIZÉ IN CONVERSATION 12.30
HOUSEWIFE OF THE YEAR 13:40, 18:30
SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE 16:00, 18:10
SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT 15:30
THE ROOM NEXT DOOR 20:30
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