Cycle
From 15.05. To 19.05.2017.
Program of Irish Films
"Ireland is not merely the Promised Land for Croatians in the recent years, but it is also a land of music. That is why music keeps on playing in Irish films." (Dragan Rubeša)
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Films in cycle
Good Vibrations
(2012)
Directed by: Lisa Barros D'Sa
PHOTOGRAPHY: Ivan McCullough
Synopsis:
This is a biographical humorous drama about Terri Hooley, owner of a LP records store who played a great role in the emergence of punk rock scene in Belfast in the 1970’s. While conflicts are rising in Norther Ireland, Terri is an idealist, great fan of music and a rebel who decided to use the music as a means for obtaining peace. He opened a music shop called Good Vibrations and promoted reggae music. After discovering punk rock he became a producer and a promotor for the emerging local p...
b/w, color, digital, 103 min
PROJECTION:
Monday 15.05.2017 AT 19:00
Secret of Kells
(Brendan and the Secret of Kells, Ireland, Belgium, France, 2009)
Directed by: Tomm Moore
Synopsis:
1200 years ago an orphan named Brendan meets Brother Aidan, keeper of an exquisite unfinished book of illuminations. Aidan gives Brendan a great task – to finish the Book of Kells. This takes the boy to a journey of creativity and imagination, where adventure, danger and action await him. While under constant threat of an invasion of Vikings and with the help of the mysterious girl Aisling, Brendan faces his deepest fears in order to fulfill his task. The Book of Kells is a master piece of...
color, digital, 75 min, uzrast 8+, hrvatski titl
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 16.05.2017 AT 19:00
Sing Street
(Ireland, 2016)
Directed by: John Carney
PHOTOGRAPHY: Yaron Orbach
Synopsis:
It is the mid 1980’s in Ireland. Time of pop music and the rise of MTV, but fifteen-year-old Conor is not exactly enjoying himself. His parents, who are having a bad relationship, transfer him to a public school from a private one due to lack of money. It is hard for Conor to make up his mind who is worse – professors or his fellow students. The only good thing about his life is the girl Raphine, but he thinks she is too beautiful to even notice him. In order to seduce her, he lies t...
color, digital, 106 min
PROJECTION:
Wednesday 17.05.2017 AT 19:00
Once
(Ireland, 2007)
Directed by: John Carney
PHOTOGRAPHY: Tim Fleming
Synopsis:
This is a story about a young man, girl, music and a possible love. When he is not helping his dad to service vacuum cleaners, a young man plays his guitar and sings his own songs on the streets of Dublin. A girl on the street is intrigued by his singing and they start talking about music. In addition, she needs her vacuum cleaner fixed. After he learns that she plays the piano, he invites her to a music store and teaches her one of his songs. While she helps him record a demo of one of his song...
color, digital, 85 min
PROJECTION:
Thursday 18.05.2017 AT 19:00
The Yellow Bittern
(2009)
Directed by: Alan Gilsenan
Synopsis:
This is a biopic about Liam Clancy, the last living member of the famous Irish band Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. At the peak of their career they sold more records than the Beatles, performed for JFK, were guests on the Sullivan Show and had great influence on musicians such Bob Dylan, Tom Waits and The Pogues. Bob Dylan said about Liam Clancy that he was “the best singer of ballads that he had ever heard in his life”. Through a combination of archival footage, audio recordings a...
color, 120 min
PROJECTION:
Friday 19.05.2017 AT 19:00
Song of the Sea
(Ireland, 2014)
Directed by: Tomm Moore
Synopsis:
Lighthouse keeper Conor lives on an island with his wife Bronagh and son Ben. After Bronagh gives birth to their daughter Saoirse, she vanishes without a trace. Years later, the unfortunate family is still without the mother. Conor’s spirit is broken, Ben blames his sister for their mother’s ho are disappearance and Saoirse is mute. Soon we find out that Saoirse is one of the remaining Selkies, women who, according to legend, turn from seals to women. She has a great task ahead of he...