Director
Matjaž Pinter
Eva Pivač
Category
Documentary
Takasera, a village in Western Nepal, is settled on a hill above an ancient lakebed, composed of hundreds of tightly interwoven houses, giving an appearance of a giant buzzing bee-hive. Surrounded by mountains, and connected only by a dead-end dirt road, it leads a life of its own. To the outside world it may seem an isolated and forgotten place, but Takasera is in fact the centre of Kham Magar culture, and a former Maoist strong hold, that played an important role in the Maoist revolution that ended a decade ago. This gently-paced, observational documentary follows the everyday life of the village.
This film was supported by Maynooth University and the Irish Research Council
Notes by Sunniva O’Flynn
94 minutes, Ireland, 2016, Colour
ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: MCGAHERN: SHORT STORIES (DOUBLE BILL)
13.20
BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY
11:00, 20:10
IFI & GAZE: UNMASCED: BEYOND THE AGGRESSIVES: 25 YEARS LATER
20.30
IFI & GAZE: UNMASCED: BUTCHES AND BOYS
18.15
IFI & GAZE: UNMASCED: OUTITUDE
13.30
IFI & GAZE: UNMASCED: SCANNÁIN SAPPHIC (IRISH LESBIAN SHORTS)
15.30
LOVE LIES BLEEDING
16:10, 20:50
THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN
11.30, 13.50, 18.30
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