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Fresh
directors, new stories
Family and catholic church, two solid foundations, are strongly
present in the Irish short films of the 90's. Their approach
to these themes is spiced with typical Irish wild humour,
so the audience is in for something which is very far from
prayers and devotion.
The
breakthrough of Irish cinema took place in the 1990's, with
the introduction of new subsidies. The two screenings of
short films at Tampere Film Festival present the best Irish
films of last decade, focusing on fiction films and animations.
Kirsten
Sheridan: Thirty Five Aside (1995)
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Blessed
Fruit (1999) by Orla Walsh is a Snapper-style
comedy about a pregnant woman, whose child has two father
candidates. The same topic can be seen in Fruit 15
(1991), which turned out to be the only film Claire Lynch
made. In Dream Kitchen (1999) a gay boy dreams of
being accepted by his parents. Kirsten Sheridan's
Patterns (1998) is a fine film of two brothers, one
of whom is autistic, while Thirty Five Aside (1995)
is a film about the madcap family of a boy who is bullied
at school.
Barry
Dignam: Dream Kitchen (1999)
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Irish
animation is also doing well in international comparison.
Rory Bresnihan's Gyu´s Dog (1998) is
an Aardman-style clay animation about a dog who is a frustrated
alcoholic. The animations by Steve Woods deal with
history of Ireland, for example the great famine of 1848.
An Bonnan Bui (1995), the story of which takes place
on New Year's Eve, is an animation in the Irish language,
while the Northern Irish fiction film Lipservice (1998)
makes fun of an Irish language test.
A
= animation
D = documentary
F = fictive
| IRELAND
1: O'BRIEN: LUKE DOCUMENTARY |
| Wed
8.3. Tullikamari Pakkahuone 22.00 |
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Sinéad
O'Brien: LUKE, United Kingdom 1999, D
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| IRELAND
2: Shorts of the 90'si 1 |
| Fri
10.3. Tampere-talo Studio 14.00 |
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1. Kirsten Sheridan: PATTERNS, Ireland
1998, F
2. Maria Murray, Padraig O'Neill: AN
BONNAN BUI, Ireland 1995, A
3. Orla Walsh: BLESSED FRUIT,
Ireland 1999, F
4. Jennifer Keegan: REAL MEN DON'T
WEAR TOGS, Ireland 1998, D
5. Steve Woods: IRELAND 1848,
Ireland 1996, A
6. Barry Dignam: DREAM KITCHEN,
Ireland 1999, F
7. Paul Mercier: LIPSERVICE, Ireland
1998, F
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| IRELAND
3: Shorts of the 90's 2 |
| Sat
11.3. Tullikamari Pakkahuone 18.00 |
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1. Claire Lynch: FRUIT, Northern
Ireland 1991, F
2. Liam McGrath: BOYS FOR RENT,
Northern Ireland 1993, D
3. Enda Hughes: FLYING SAUCER ROCK'N'ROLL,
Northern Ireland 1997, F
4. Steve Woods: WINDOW, Northern
Ireland 1997, A
5. John Moore: HE SHOOTS HE SCORES,
Northern Ireland 1995, F
6. Enda Hugles: COMM-RAID ON BATTLESHIP
POTEMKIN, United Kingdom 1999, F
7. Damien O'Donnell: THIRTY FIVE ASIDE,
Northern Ireland 1995, F
8. Rory Bresnihan: GUY'S DOG,
Northern Ireland 1998, A
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Sinéad
O'Brien: Luke (1999)
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Luke
(1999), the brand new film by Sinéad O'Brien,
is a long portrait and music documentary about Luke Kelly
(1940-1984), the vocalist of the band The Dubliners.
Together
with his band, Luke Kelly made Irish folk music world famous
in the 1960's. Music and political awareness, helping the
underprivileged, were equally important for Luke Kelly.
The history of The Dubliners is an integral part of the
development of Irish popular and urban culture.
This
impressive film includes plenty of previously unseen archive
material about Luke Kelly's childhood, youth, and the early
years of The Dubliners. Various contemporary artists, including
Bono of U2, share their view of Kelly's importance to Irish
music.
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