IRISH DOCUMENTARY SHORTS
TUESDAY 3RD NOVEMBER
4:00 PM - THE OLD PRESBYTERY - €5
A Film from My Parish- 6 Farms
Ireland 2008 7min 10sec Colour
In this film we meet six Irish farmers who work in harmony with their land, with local resources and with their community. We can learn a lot from traditional farming if we are serious about a sustainable earth.
Director Tony Donoghue
God & Napoleon
Ireland 2008 10 min Colour
James Farrell lives in Rathnally Co. Meath. He's a farmer and shares his house with just his cats. God and Napoleon is a portrait of James, a deeply religious man and an outsider in his community.
Director Ciarán Deeney
Stone Age
Ireland 2009 8 min Colour
Stone Sculptor Brendan Crowe belongs to a long line of skilled crafts people. In his workshop adjoining The Digital Hub in Dublin’s Liberties, stone sculptor Brendan Crowe shares his thoughts on craft, work and happiness as he prepares to retire after half a century of working his chisels. The film was shot in Summer 2008. Two months later Brendan Crowe closed his gates for the last time.
Directors Shane Hogan & Tom Burke
The Barber Game
Ireland 2009 5min 14sec B&W
A seventy-two year old Dublin barber talks about his life in the ‘game’ and the life lessons he has learned while cutting hair.
Director Mark Noonan
Ó Bhéal Guth Béal (From Mouth to Mouth)
Ireland 2009 12min 30sec Colour
A documentary film in Irish with English subtitles about singer/songwriter Ger Wolfe who embarks on a project to write a series of new songs in Irish. With the help of older members of the community he adapts their stories and decides to find out about Saint Gobnait and write a song about her life.
Director Robb Bradstock
Farewell Packets of Ten
Ireland 2008 3 min Colour
Ethel and Nancy have tried giving up the fags before, but haven’t had much luck. The twp ladies discuss the pros and cons of their mutual addictions to the dreaded weed.
Director Ken Wardrop
No Regrets in the West
Ireland 2008 6 min Colour
The director profiles his father, who in turn remembers his own father, with regret in his dilapidated home, but with joy in the imaginary landscape.
Director Colm Quinn
The Bowling Club
Ireland 2009 9 min 22 sec Colour
Since 1892, the Kenilworth Bowling Club, Dublin, has carried out an important recreational and social function for its members. Discover the fun, the camaraderie and love of the game with its members, like Fred & Betty, an enthusiastic couple.
Director Luca Rocchini
Deirdre's Passion
Ireland 2009 13 min Colour & B&W
The Galway author Deirdre Manifold reflects on her life, a life which combined a fascination with spirituality and a serious relationship with the enfant terrible of Irish Literature, Patrick Kavanagh who she dated in the early fifties. Their relationship swung between chaotic and placid but was never dull.
This film provides some revealing insights into a wonderfully complex character.
Director Ger Considine
Exotica
Ireland 2009 4 min 9 sec Colour
Meet Collie Ennis, obsessive collector of amphibians and reptiles. From the tranquil garden to modified shed, his home bursts with life: frogs, spiders, mice, geckoes, snakes; not to mention the food: cockroaches and crickets.
Director Neasa de Barra
Out of Mind
Ireland 2009 15 min 15 sec Colour
Caroline had Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) thirty years ago. She has experienced a number of personal losses throughout her battle with mental illness. This is her story.
Director Kate McCarroll