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Director
Ricky Carranza
Credits
Producer: Ricky Carranza
Principal Cast
Ilkka Kuosmanen Essi Lahtinen
Category
DocumentaryMusic
1994's Eurovision, hosted by Ireland, featured interval act Riverdance, which would become an overnight sensation and an iconic worldwide cultural phenomenon, spawning an unprecedented interest in Irish dancing around the world. One such place was Finland, a country far more renowned for its people's interest in ice hockey, football and Formula 1, where, as a young child, Ilkka Kuosmanen became an unlikely pioneer of Irish dance. Ricky Carranza's documentary brings together Ilkka Kuosmanen and Essi Lahtinen-Carranza, two of the people who championed the cause of Irish dance in Finland but surprisingly had never shared a stage together, to reflect on the development of Irish dancing culture in Finland, and their own trials and tribulations during their personal journeys to perfect this dance form and adapt it for modern audiences. Notes by Eleanor Melinn
Finland, 2017, 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
KIDNAPPED 14:30
LOVE LIES BLEEDING 16:10, 20:50
PERFECT DAYS 17:20
THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN 11.30, 13.50, 18.30
THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE 11.20
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