School Life + Blackout

Souterrain | 24.3. | 20:00

*The screening will be followed by a conversation with Editor Mirjam Strugalla and a reception courtesy of Writers Tears Irish Whiskey.

Blackout

Dylan Nevin | 2017 | 6min
A hopeful artist who attends an academy in a glistening Utopia to practice art finds, that in this society, there are strict rules deciding what forms of art are acceptable.

School Life – Düsseldorf Premiere

Neasa Ní Chianáin & David Rane | 2016 | 1h 39min
Following a year in the lives of two inspirational teachers in the only primary-age boarding school in Ireland. Housed in an 18th Century estate, school life embraces tradition and modernity. For John, rock music is just another subject alongside Maths, Scripture and Latin, taught in a collaborative and often hilarious fashion. For Amanda the key to connecting with children is the book and she uses all means to snare the young minds. For nearly half a century these two have shaped thousands of minds but now the unthinkable looms: what would retirement mean? What will keep them young if they leave?

Revolutions + Neon

Souterrain | 25.3. | 17:00

Neon

Rioghnach Ni Ghrioghair | 2017 | 6min
Neon is a break-neck, cyberpunk action sci-fi set in a future decaying world.

Revolutions – Düsseldorf Premiere

Laura McGann | 2016 | 1h 27min
Young Irish women go on a high-octane Roller Derby odyssey in search of a means for self-expression, a fight to be fought, and, above all, a team that needs them. But how will responsibility and power affect the new leaders? With total access over 4 years, starting with the first-ever Irish team as they prepare for the World Cup in 2011, Revolutions follows this exciting sports arc, capturing the story as it unfolds, and observing fascinating rivalries and real character development.

Shorts | The Craic

Souterrain | 25.3. | 19:00

There’s Something About The Virgin Mary

Kevin McSorley | 2016 | 12min
Johnny Davis becomes a Flair Bartending Cocktail King in an attempt to win his customers back to his empty village bar and to inadvertently save the day for the village church.

Even Droids Have Friends

Grace-Cassidy & Sorcha Furlong | 2016 | 13min
At a local Star Wars convention, two middle aged men, still masquerading as r2d2 and C-3PO are torn apart when one wants to go solo.

Tuesday Night

Michael Healy | 2017 | 15min
Tuesday Night is a comedy about the sensationalised media representation of trans people, and the burdens of local planning regulation.

Gustav

Ken Williams & Denis Fitzpatrick | 2017 | 11min
A man wakes up with a strange tune in his head. But what is it? And how did it get there?

Intermission + Marky’s Bad Day

Souterrain | 25.3. | 20:15

Marky’s Bad Week

Daniel Holmwood | 2017 | 6min
After having the worst week of his life, Marky decides to take the edge off with a spliff. But things go from bad to worse when he realises he’s lost his nodge of hash.

Intermission – 15th Anniversary Screening

John Crowley | 2003 | 1h 45min
After Dublin resident John (Cillian Murphy) attempts a “trial” breakup with his girlfriend (Kelly Macdonald), she starts dating a middle-aged banker, and John quickly realizes his mistake. A chance encounter introduces him to small-time crook Lehiff (Colin Farrell), and together they team up to get revenge on the banker by stealing from his bank. Unluckily for them, a local hotshot police detective (Colm Meaney) has it out for Lehiff, and his increased scrutiny threatens to unravel their plot.