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The Flats

    • Director

      Alessandra Celesia

    • Credits

      Producers:
      Jeremiah Cullinane,
      Jean-Laurent Csinidis,
      John McIlduf

      Cinematographer:
      François Chambe

      Writer:
      Alessandra Celesia

    • Principal Cast

      Jolene Burns,
      Joe McNally,
      Sean Parker,
      Rita Overend,
      Angie B. Campbell,
      Gerard Magee.

  • Category

    Documentary
    F-Rated

Belfast’s New Lodge is a Catholic neighbourhood violently affected by the Troubles. Many of the men who live here engaged in paramilitary activity in their youth and now suffer from disillusionment, unemployment, and poor mental health. The women work to keep the community afloat. Joe, a middle-aged tower block resident, reenacts traumatic memories from his childhood.  His neighbours too participate in this unsettling process, revisiting events that shaped their lives, and the district they live in. A profound and provocative portrait of a community infused with deep humanity and caustic wit.

Notes by Sunniva O'Flynn

Awards
George Morrison Best Feature Documentary, IFTA, 2025
DOX:AWARD, CPH:DOX, 2024

116 minutes, Ireland, Northern Ireland, France, Belgium, 2024, Colour

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