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Director
Aoife Kelleher
Credits
Producer: Rachel Lysaght. Writer: James Mitchell
Category
Documentary
Never has journeying into the world of Ireland’s dead been as enlightening an experience as it is in One Million Dubliners, a fascinating exploration of Glasnevin Cemetery that was joint-winner of the Best Irish Feature Documentary award at this year’s Galway Film Fleadh. Cultural icons, political heroes, and ordinary Dubliners all find their resting place at Glasnevin and from the economics of arranging plots to the Frenchwoman who lays flowers at Michael Collin’s grave, the film unravels the richly detailed tapestry of these stories. Leading the way is Glasnevin’s tour guide and resident historian Shane Mac Thomáis, whose wisdom and charm breathes life into the stories buried under Glasnevin’s varied headstones and monuments. Concerned with mortality but never morbid, One Million Dubliners is a warm celebration of everyday life and a memorable contribution to Ireland’s ongoing conversation with its dead.
80 minutes, Ireland, 2014, Colour
A PRIVATE LIFE 11.00, 18.00
ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: CONCRETE PROOF (DOUBLE BILL) 11.50
DISCLOSURE DAY 13.10
EAFFI DISCOVERIES: JET LAG IN SUMMER + Q&A 18.20
OBSESSION 11.20
ODYSSEYS: AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD 16.00
ROSEBUSH PRUNING 15.50, 20.30
THE INVITE 13.40, 18.15, 20.45
THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD 16.10, 20.55
THE LAST VIKING 13.20
The IFI is supported by The Arts Council