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Aylin Kuryel & Fırat Yücel, 70 minutes, 2023
Kawa Nemir is a walking dictionary of the Kurdish language, wandering from one exile to another, retaining and never forgetting every new word and idiom of his language, wondering how to transfer this collective memory onto paper. James Joyce's Ulysses…Deirdre Mulrooney, 30 minutes, 2017
Offering a unique representation of the Irish-Canadian experience, Paud Mulrooney's Super 8 films and self-developed photographs of life on Cat Lake and Ogoki Post Reserves with his young family (including his daughter the film-maker) are a rare window into the…Barry Gene Murphy, 9 minutes, 2012
Blending animation with documentary footage, Two Wheels Good celebrates the role the bicycle once played in rural Ireland. Four people whose livelihood depended on bicycles talk about how they learnt to cycle, the fitness it required, and their cycling tours…John T. Davis, Sé Merry Doyle., 80 minutes, 1996
More personal and intimate than many of his other works, renowned documentarian John T. Davis dedicates himself here to memorialising his enigmatic Uncle Jack, whose influence on Davis led to his becoming a filmmaker. A leading architect of cinemas in…Ben Jones, 12 minutes, 2014
A nostalgic look at handball alleys, Under Open Skies recalls the history of these institutions of social life in Ireland, with the memories of old players bringing back to the public this traditional sport.Colm Nicell, 76 minutes, 2018
This documentary (from the makers of Older than Ireland) celebrates the century-long tradition, firmly embedded in the hearts and minds of Dubliners, of meeting under Clery’s clock. This once-popular meeting place provides a starting point for a fascinating journey through…Mark Byrne , Rob Dennis, 75 minutes, 2013
Under the Hood explores life inside Belarus, the former Soviet republic where the battle for democracy, social justice and civil rights has yet to be won. The film is constructed through the voices of ordinary Belarusians and through the mundane…Ken Wardrop, 6 minutes, 2004
An intimate exploration of a woman’s relationship with her body, Undressing My Mother offers the tender portrayal of the director’s mother in a documentary that is as much interested in revealing the mental as the physical. Both her body and…Alan Gilsenan, 100 minutes, 2023
The names of the United Irishmen – Theobald Wolfe Tone, Robert Emmet, William Drennan, Lord Edward Fitzgerald, and Mary Ann McCracken – have become the stuff of legend, but the reality of what they achieved is often forgotten. In their…
ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: FRENCH CONNECTIONS (DOUBLE BILL)
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FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: A WOMAN OF PARIS
12.00
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FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: LA MUSICA
14.00
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12.30
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