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APRIL SCREENINGS
We are proud to be co-presenting the following screenings with
the
Independent Film Festival Boston April 21st-28th,
2010
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Perrier’s Bounty
Thurs. 4/22 - 7:30pm - Somerville Theatre Screen 1, Davis Square
Directed by Ian Fitzgibbon
This thriller set in Dublin stars Brendan Gleeson, Cillian Murphy and Jim Broadbent.
A gangster named Perrier looks to exact his revenge on a trio of fugitives responsible for the accidental death of one of his cronies.
Colony
Sat. 4/24 - 1:00pm - Brattle Theatre, Harvard Square
This gorgeously shot film contemplates the tiny but powerful industry at the heart of modern farming, and how the unexplained collapse of beehives could change food production as we know it.
His & Hers
Sun. 4/25 - 12:00pm - Somerville Theatre Screen 4, Davis Square
Director Ken Wardrop. Producer Andrew Freedman.
HIS & HERS is a creative documentary, which chronicles a ninety-year-old love story, through the collective voice of seventy ladies. Using his mother’s life as inspiration, the filmmaker has created a film that explores how we share life’s journey with the opposite sex. His and Hers is an investigation into the ordinary to discover the extraordinary. It finds comedy in the mundane, tragedy in the profound and provides an original insight into a life. The hallways, living rooms and kitchens of the Irish Midlands are used as the canvas for the film’s rich tapestry of female characters. The story unfolds sequentially through young to old with a charmingly unabashed array of Irish ladies, and there’s not a man in sight. .
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Perrier’s Bounty
Thurs. 4/22 - 7:30pm - Somerville Theatre Screen 1, Davis Square
Directed by Ian Fitzgibbon
This thriller set in Dublin stars Brendan Gleeson, Cillian Murphy and Jim Broadbent.
A gangster named Perrier looks to exact his revenge on a trio of fugitives responsible for the accidental death of one of his cronies.
Colony
Sat. 4/24 - 1:00pm - Brattle Theatre, Harvard Square
This gorgeously shot film contemplates the tiny but powerful industry at the heart of modern farming, and how the unexplained collapse of beehives could change food production as we know it.
His & Hers
Sun. 4/25 - 12:00pm - Somerville Theatre Screen 4, Davis Square
Director Ken Wardrop. Producer Andrew Freedman.
HIS & HERS is a creative documentary, which chronicles a ninety-year-old love story, through the collective voice of seventy ladies. Using his mother’s life as inspiration, the filmmaker has created a film that explores how we share life’s journey with the opposite sex. His and Hers is an investigation into the ordinary to discover the extraordinary. It finds comedy in the mundane, tragedy in the profound and provides an original insight into a life. The hallways, living rooms and kitchens of the Irish Midlands are used as the canvas for the film’s rich tapestry of female characters. The story unfolds sequentially through young to old with a charmingly unabashed array of Irish ladies, and there’s not a man in sight. .
THURSDAY MARCH 25th
7.30pm , Brattle
Theater
Wide Open Spaces
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A limited number of tickets will be available from the Box office on the night
Tom Hall 2009 / Ireland, UK (85 mins) Ardal O’Hanlon, Ewen Bremner, Owen Roe, Morwenna Banks, Don Wycherley
Thirty-something slackers, Myles (Ardal O’Hanlon) and Austin (Ewen Bremner) are up to their necks in debt. In fact, each one of these layabouts is as useless as the other! Fate, however, has plans to remedy their lack of motivation. Up to their necks in debt, they decide to help a dodgy entrepreneur, Gerard (Owen Roe), to create a new landmark in Irish tourism: a Famine Theme Park. WIDE OPEN SPACES is an absurdist comedy about how breaking up with your best friend can be tougher than ditching a fiancée. Reception @ Grafton Street 9.30pm, Harvard Square Open to the public
Wide Open Spaces
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A limited number of tickets will be available from the Box office on the night
Tom Hall 2009 / Ireland, UK (85 mins) Ardal O’Hanlon, Ewen Bremner, Owen Roe, Morwenna Banks, Don Wycherley
Thirty-something slackers, Myles (Ardal O’Hanlon) and Austin (Ewen Bremner) are up to their necks in debt. In fact, each one of these layabouts is as useless as the other! Fate, however, has plans to remedy their lack of motivation. Up to their necks in debt, they decide to help a dodgy entrepreneur, Gerard (Owen Roe), to create a new landmark in Irish tourism: a Famine Theme Park. WIDE OPEN SPACES is an absurdist comedy about how breaking up with your best friend can be tougher than ditching a fiancée. Reception @ Grafton Street 9.30pm, Harvard Square Open to the public
FRIDAY MARCH 26th
New England
Premier SOLD OUT
SHOW!
7.30pm , Somerville Theater
Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home Pat Collins 2008 / Ireland (76 mins)
Stories from Home is a revealing and evocative insight into the life and creative impulse of Gabriel Byrne, one of the leading actors of his generation. Blending home movies, contemporary footage and extracts from some of his films, this is an intimate profile, emanating from the man himself and giving the viewer a rare insight into Byrne’s private and public world. We observe him in his Brooklyn home; in Dublin, the city of his birth and behind the scenes on the L.A. set of the series ‘In Treatment’.
Reception @ Orleans 9pm, Davis Square - Open to the public
Actor Gabriel Byrne in person
2nd screening added- due to popular demand:
buy tickets for: Stories from Home (Sunday Screening)
Sunday March 28th 5pm , Somerville Theater
7.30pm , Somerville Theater
Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home Pat Collins 2008 / Ireland (76 mins)
Stories from Home is a revealing and evocative insight into the life and creative impulse of Gabriel Byrne, one of the leading actors of his generation. Blending home movies, contemporary footage and extracts from some of his films, this is an intimate profile, emanating from the man himself and giving the viewer a rare insight into Byrne’s private and public world. We observe him in his Brooklyn home; in Dublin, the city of his birth and behind the scenes on the L.A. set of the series ‘In Treatment’.
Reception @ Orleans 9pm, Davis Square - Open to the public
Actor Gabriel Byrne in person
2nd screening added- due to popular demand:
buy tickets for: Stories from Home (Sunday Screening)
Sunday March 28th 5pm , Somerville Theater
SATURDAY MARCH 27th
NEW IRISH
SHORTS PROGRAM (57
mins)
1pm, Somerville Theater
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A limited number of tickets will be available from the Box office on the night
Moore Street Masala
2009 (3 mins) Director: David O’Sullivan
Ireland’s first Bollywood movie. Shop Clerk Baba falls for the sexy estate agent across the street. When he sells her lunch, she steals his heart. There is only one way their love can make it…..Bollywood Style!
Sugar Stick
(2009) 6 mins Director: Laura Way
Mary is trapped in a toxic friendship. Miriam with her chain-smoking and vicious tongue, is that toxic friend. Morning tea and Vitrol…there is no smoke without fire.
Director Laura way in person
Sunshower
(2009) 14 mins Director: Liam Gavin
A very bizarre meeting between two strangers on a chilly morning in the middle of nowhere... one, a teenage girl, drunk and driving a stolen car; the other, an old man who has escaped a hospice and is trying to find his way home.
Tufty
(2009) 8.5 mins Directors: Jason & Brendan Butler
What if you knew where your teddy bear really came from? Maybe if you knew where your Teddy Bear came from you wouldn’t hug him so tightly.
The Confession
(2009) 4 mins Director: Thomas Hefferon
A young man, Johnny Smith, goes to confess his sins but the priest seems more interested in gossiping about the local women than granting him absolution.
Dental Breakdown
(2009) 5.5 mins Director: Ian Power
A musical comedy about five reluctant student dentists whose eyes are opened to the cruel consolations of their career by a sadistic tutor. Warning: this may hurt a little.
James
(2008) 17 mins Director: Connor Clements
Focusing on a boy in Northern Ireland isolated by his sexuality and alienated from his family due to his parent’s marital troubles, ‘James’ reaches out in desperation to his teacher for support and guidance.
2:30pm, Somerville Theater
The Bass Player: Song For Dad
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A limited number of tickets will be available from the Box office on the night
Emmy Award winning documentary
Niall McKay 2008 / Ireland/USA (62 mins)
filmmaker Niall McKay takes us on a charming and witty journey from the depths of suicide and depression to the heights of new beginnings, marriage proposals and homecomings. The Bass Player explores Niall’s relationship with his Jazz musician father, Jim, who in the 1970’s raised his two young sons on his own in Dublin. Masterfully told, beautifully shot, and scored by Jim’s jazz music, this film questions what it means to be a son, a husband and a father.
Director Niall McKay in person for the screening
4:00pm, Somerville Theater
The Race
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A limited number of tickets will be available from the Box office on the night
Andre F. Nebe 2009 Ireland/Germany (90 mins) Colm Meaney, Susan Lynch, Niamh McGirr
Thirteen-year-old Mary lives on a farm in a small town and dreams of becoming a racing driver. Despite the disapproval of her parents and the local community, she enters a kart race with the hope of accomplishing her heartfelt ambitions. But as she builds the go-kart to take part in the race, Mary must face the break-up of her family and the prospect of a world of opportunity beyond the farm. The race is an inspirational drama in the best tradition of Billy Elliot – guaranteed to warm the heart.
Irish Short Film Retrospective (90 mins)
4.30pm, Somerville Theater
Arresting Irish Animation!
The Irish Film Board and Network Ireland Television present a selection of classic award winning short films from the past 10 years, including Academy Award and BAFTA nominated titles.
buy tickets for: Irish Film Shorts Retrospective
A limited number of tickets will be available from the Box office on the night
Agricultural Report (2004) (3 mins) Melina Sydney Padua
50% Grey (2001) (3 mins) Ruairi Robinson
Midnight Dance (1997) (12 mins) John McCloskey
Guy’S Dog (1998) (10 mins) Rory Bresnihan
Give Up Yer Auld Sins (2001) (4½ mins) Cathal Gaffney
The Pope’s Visit (2004) (6¾ mins) Gary Blatchford
The Backward Boy (2004) (12 mins) Nora Twomey
Horn OK Please (2006) (10 mins) Joel Simon
Blind Man’s Eye (2007) (6 mins) Matthew Talboy Kelly
Badly Drawn Roy (2006) (22 mins) Alan Shannon
7:30pm, Somerville Theater
Divorcing Jack
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A limited number of tickets will be available from the Box office on the night
David Caffery 1998 UK/ Ireland From the Archives (110 mins)
It is 1999 and Northern Ireland is an independent State. Prime Minister elect, Michael Brinn, heralds a new world of peace and prosperity in Northern Ireland. Dan Starkey, wise-cracking, self-confessed drunk and journalist, stands alone amidst the flag waving euphoria, steadfastly unconvinced. With the help of a bemused American journalist, a gun toting nun, a maniac taxi-driver, and a disenchanted wife, Dan Starkey uncovers the truth behind Brinn’s rise to power. It is a story of corruption and violence, murder and abduction, that leaves no-one unscathed, least of all Starkey.
1pm, Somerville Theater
buy tickets for: New Irish Shorts Program
A limited number of tickets will be available from the Box office on the night
Moore Street Masala
2009 (3 mins) Director: David O’Sullivan
Ireland’s first Bollywood movie. Shop Clerk Baba falls for the sexy estate agent across the street. When he sells her lunch, she steals his heart. There is only one way their love can make it…..Bollywood Style!
Sugar Stick
(2009) 6 mins Director: Laura Way
Mary is trapped in a toxic friendship. Miriam with her chain-smoking and vicious tongue, is that toxic friend. Morning tea and Vitrol…there is no smoke without fire.
Director Laura way in person
Sunshower
(2009) 14 mins Director: Liam Gavin
A very bizarre meeting between two strangers on a chilly morning in the middle of nowhere... one, a teenage girl, drunk and driving a stolen car; the other, an old man who has escaped a hospice and is trying to find his way home.
Tufty
(2009) 8.5 mins Directors: Jason & Brendan Butler
What if you knew where your teddy bear really came from? Maybe if you knew where your Teddy Bear came from you wouldn’t hug him so tightly.
The Confession
(2009) 4 mins Director: Thomas Hefferon
A young man, Johnny Smith, goes to confess his sins but the priest seems more interested in gossiping about the local women than granting him absolution.
Dental Breakdown
(2009) 5.5 mins Director: Ian Power
A musical comedy about five reluctant student dentists whose eyes are opened to the cruel consolations of their career by a sadistic tutor. Warning: this may hurt a little.
James
(2008) 17 mins Director: Connor Clements
Focusing on a boy in Northern Ireland isolated by his sexuality and alienated from his family due to his parent’s marital troubles, ‘James’ reaches out in desperation to his teacher for support and guidance.
2:30pm, Somerville Theater
The Bass Player: Song For Dad
buy tickets for: The Bass Player
A limited number of tickets will be available from the Box office on the night
Emmy Award winning documentary
Niall McKay 2008 / Ireland/USA (62 mins)
filmmaker Niall McKay takes us on a charming and witty journey from the depths of suicide and depression to the heights of new beginnings, marriage proposals and homecomings. The Bass Player explores Niall’s relationship with his Jazz musician father, Jim, who in the 1970’s raised his two young sons on his own in Dublin. Masterfully told, beautifully shot, and scored by Jim’s jazz music, this film questions what it means to be a son, a husband and a father.
Director Niall McKay in person for the screening
4:00pm, Somerville Theater
The Race
buy tickets for: The Race
A limited number of tickets will be available from the Box office on the night
Andre F. Nebe 2009 Ireland/Germany (90 mins) Colm Meaney, Susan Lynch, Niamh McGirr
Thirteen-year-old Mary lives on a farm in a small town and dreams of becoming a racing driver. Despite the disapproval of her parents and the local community, she enters a kart race with the hope of accomplishing her heartfelt ambitions. But as she builds the go-kart to take part in the race, Mary must face the break-up of her family and the prospect of a world of opportunity beyond the farm. The race is an inspirational drama in the best tradition of Billy Elliot – guaranteed to warm the heart.
Irish Short Film Retrospective (90 mins)
4.30pm, Somerville Theater
Arresting Irish Animation!
The Irish Film Board and Network Ireland Television present a selection of classic award winning short films from the past 10 years, including Academy Award and BAFTA nominated titles.
buy tickets for: Irish Film Shorts Retrospective
A limited number of tickets will be available from the Box office on the night
Agricultural Report (2004) (3 mins) Melina Sydney Padua
50% Grey (2001) (3 mins) Ruairi Robinson
Midnight Dance (1997) (12 mins) John McCloskey
Guy’S Dog (1998) (10 mins) Rory Bresnihan
Give Up Yer Auld Sins (2001) (4½ mins) Cathal Gaffney
The Pope’s Visit (2004) (6¾ mins) Gary Blatchford
The Backward Boy (2004) (12 mins) Nora Twomey
Horn OK Please (2006) (10 mins) Joel Simon
Blind Man’s Eye (2007) (6 mins) Matthew Talboy Kelly
Badly Drawn Roy (2006) (22 mins) Alan Shannon
7:30pm, Somerville Theater
Divorcing Jack
buy tickets for: Divorcing Jack
A limited number of tickets will be available from the Box office on the night
David Caffery 1998 UK/ Ireland From the Archives (110 mins)
It is 1999 and Northern Ireland is an independent State. Prime Minister elect, Michael Brinn, heralds a new world of peace and prosperity in Northern Ireland. Dan Starkey, wise-cracking, self-confessed drunk and journalist, stands alone amidst the flag waving euphoria, steadfastly unconvinced. With the help of a bemused American journalist, a gun toting nun, a maniac taxi-driver, and a disenchanted wife, Dan Starkey uncovers the truth behind Brinn’s rise to power. It is a story of corruption and violence, murder and abduction, that leaves no-one unscathed, least of all Starkey.
SUNDAY MARCH 28th
12.30pm
Somerville Theater
When Irish Shorts are Shining!
Short Film Retrospective (86mins)
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A limited number of tickets will be available from the Box office on the night
The Irish Film Board and Network Ireland Television present a selection of classic award short films from the past 10 years, including Academy Award and BAFTA nominated titles.
Dance Lexie, Dance (1996) 14 mins Director: Tim Loane
Laura, a 12 year old Protestant girl wants to be a Riverdancer when she grows up. However, with her mother dead, will her Dad, Lexie, help her?
Nobody Home (2002) 3 mins Director: Eamon Little
A dramatic day in the life of a remote answering machine, which leaves the viewer wondering about the real stories behind some of the cryptic messages left for the recipient.
35 – Aside (1996) 26 mins Director: Damien O’Donnell
Philip is being bullied at his new school. As his father is in prison, it falls to his mother to sort out his nasty classmates, which she does with stunning aplomb.
Boris (2004) 3 mins Director: Steven Burke
Shannon Airport, September 1994 Irish Government representatives wait for Boris Yeltsin. Unfortunately, El Presidente can’t meet the Irish delegation on the tarmac. Some plain talking on the Irish side escalates into a diplomatic incident.
My Name Is Yu Ming / Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom
(2003) 12 mins Director: Daniel O’Hara (Irish language with English subtitles)
Yu Ming wishes to escape his dull life working in China. Randomly, he chooses Ireland to relocate to. Arriving in Dublin he is puzzled to find that nobody understands a word he says! Best International comedy at the Aspen Shortsfest Film Festival.
Screwback (2004) 10 mins Director: Brian O’Malley
Harry thought his past was behind him. He was wrong. Harry must do one last job for his old boss. If he refuses, his young daughter dies.
Flying Saucer Rock ‘N’ Roll (1997) 12 mins Director: Michael & Enda Hughes
A toe tappin’ Rock ‘n’ Roll rebel (Ardal O’Hanlon) from Northern Ireland saves the planet from mute-ants, with only his hearing impairment, a trusty tractor, and a fertiliser/moonshine bomb. Brussels International Film Festival, January 1998 – Prix Canal+ Best European Short Fantasporto Portugal, February 1998 – Best short Film Fantasporto 1998.
Undressing My Mother (2004) 6 mins Director: Ken Wardrop
This poignant documentary explores a woman’s unique take on her overweight and aging body. Having recently turned sixty, Ethel continues to be self-assured and happy with the way she looks.
-European Short Film of the Year 2005.
When Irish Shorts are Shining!
Short Film Retrospective (86mins)
buy tickets for: When Irish Shorts Are Shining
A limited number of tickets will be available from the Box office on the night
The Irish Film Board and Network Ireland Television present a selection of classic award short films from the past 10 years, including Academy Award and BAFTA nominated titles.
Dance Lexie, Dance (1996) 14 mins Director: Tim Loane
Laura, a 12 year old Protestant girl wants to be a Riverdancer when she grows up. However, with her mother dead, will her Dad, Lexie, help her?
Nobody Home (2002) 3 mins Director: Eamon Little
A dramatic day in the life of a remote answering machine, which leaves the viewer wondering about the real stories behind some of the cryptic messages left for the recipient.
35 – Aside (1996) 26 mins Director: Damien O’Donnell
Philip is being bullied at his new school. As his father is in prison, it falls to his mother to sort out his nasty classmates, which she does with stunning aplomb.
Boris (2004) 3 mins Director: Steven Burke
Shannon Airport, September 1994 Irish Government representatives wait for Boris Yeltsin. Unfortunately, El Presidente can’t meet the Irish delegation on the tarmac. Some plain talking on the Irish side escalates into a diplomatic incident.
My Name Is Yu Ming / Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom
(2003) 12 mins Director: Daniel O’Hara (Irish language with English subtitles)
Yu Ming wishes to escape his dull life working in China. Randomly, he chooses Ireland to relocate to. Arriving in Dublin he is puzzled to find that nobody understands a word he says! Best International comedy at the Aspen Shortsfest Film Festival.
Screwback (2004) 10 mins Director: Brian O’Malley
Harry thought his past was behind him. He was wrong. Harry must do one last job for his old boss. If he refuses, his young daughter dies.
Flying Saucer Rock ‘N’ Roll (1997) 12 mins Director: Michael & Enda Hughes
A toe tappin’ Rock ‘n’ Roll rebel (Ardal O’Hanlon) from Northern Ireland saves the planet from mute-ants, with only his hearing impairment, a trusty tractor, and a fertiliser/moonshine bomb. Brussels International Film Festival, January 1998 – Prix Canal+ Best European Short Fantasporto Portugal, February 1998 – Best short Film Fantasporto 1998.
Undressing My Mother (2004) 6 mins Director: Ken Wardrop
This poignant documentary explores a woman’s unique take on her overweight and aging body. Having recently turned sixty, Ethel continues to be self-assured and happy with the way she looks.
-European Short Film of the Year 2005.
2.30pm Somerville
Theater
The
Yellow Bittern: The Life and Times of Liam
Clancy
Alan
Gilsenan 2009 / Ireland (105 mins)
Director Alan Gilsenan attending
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tickets for: The Yellow Bittern
A
limited number of tickets will be available from the Box office on
the night
Premier
The Yellow Bittern is a revealing and
surprising portrait of the man Bob Dylan called “ the best
ballad singer I’d ever heard in my whole life. This
confessional and highly cinematic film charts the remarkable rise
to fame of these devil-may- care Irish singers, from their
small-town beginnings in County Tipperary in Ireland to the folk
hey- day of Greenwich Village in the Sixties where they absorbed
black musical influences, played for JFK and out-sold the
Beatles.The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem would go on to
influence a host of popular artists from Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger
to The Pogues, and become a powerful iconic presence on the Irish
cultural map. Many myths and legends have grown up around The
Clancy Brothers, but the legend of Liam Clancy, the youngest, is
perhaps the most potent of all. Drawing on the power of
Liam’s storytelling, and unseen behind-the-scenes footage of
the band at their height, as well as on Clancy’s own personal
archive, this film is a compelling look at an iconic and
influential life lived to the full. Special Introduction by Robbie
O’Connell”--Liam Clancy’s nephew. Since 1977
Robbie O’Connell has performed both solo and as a member of
the Clancy Brothers & Robbie O’Connell, Moloney
O’Connell & Keane, The Green Fields of America, Clancy,
O’Connell & Clancy, and Aengus. He has recorded fourteen
albums for such labels as RCA, Vanguard and Green Linnet, and he
has appeared on an additional seven compilation albums.Winner of
the Boston Music Award as Outstanding Celtic Act, he has appeared
at almost every major venue in the USA from New York’s famed
Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center to the Cerritos Center for the
Performing Arts in Los Angeles.
Due to popular demand! 2nd
screening: 5pm , Somerville
Theater
Gabriel
Byrne: Stories from Home
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tickets for: Stories from Home (Sunday
Screening)
Pat Collins 2008 /
Ireland (76 mins)
Stories from Home is a revealing and evocative
insight into the life and creative impulse of Gabriel Byrne, one of
the leading actors of his generation. Blending home movies,
contemporary footage and extracts from some of his films, this is
an intimate profile, emanating from the man himself and giving the
viewer a rare insight into Byrne’s private and public world.
We observe him in his Brooklyn home; in Dublin, the city of his
birth and behind the scenes on the L.A. set of the series ‘In
Treatment’.