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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
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN 20:25
BLUE ROAD – THE EDNA O’BRIEN STORY 13:50
BRIEF ENCOUNTER (80TH ANNIVERSARY) 16:00
FROM THE VAULTS – THE COUNTRY GIRLS 18.30
I’M STILL HERE (PREVIEWS FROM FEBRUARY 14TH) 18:00
MEMOIR OF A SNAIL 13:30, 18:00
THE BRUTALIST (70MM) 13:40
THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG 20:00
TO A LAND UNKOWN 15.40, 20.50
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