Solas Nua: Film

 

Draíocht: Magic at Play in Contemporary Irish Film
March 2006
Free Admission
Saturday March 11th
Screenings at 12pm & 3pm
Warehouse Theater 1021 7th St. NW

Documentaries – Irish Language – Animation – Shorts

Solas Nua is proud to present a sampling of contemporary Irish cinema rarely if ever previously seen in the United States.

Druids, faeries, banshees, na Ridiri Rua, Fionn and the Fianna - Ireland has a past steeped in magic and mythology. This festival looks at how traditional beliefs in magic still permeate contemporary Irish society, and examines the ways in which Irish film-makers use magic as a tool in the creative process.

12pm screening
The Box
Zorro Of The Liffey
Give Up Your Aul Sins
Da Quixote
Is Mise Joe
You And Me Tide

3pm Screening
Storm
Pitch ‘n Putt
Fifty Percent
Kid Biscuit
An Leabhar
Coolockland
Lost For Words

The Films

The Box Directed by Brian Kelly
Somewhere in the near past a girl carries a box down a street. She carries The Box past an assortment of life before finally reaching a pawn-brokers where its contents and significance are revealed.

Zorro Of The Liffey Directed by Julian Behal
A short documentary about one of Dublin’s most colourful characters – an artist who works with found objects from the river bed of the Liffey known by locals as Zorro.

Give Up Yer Aul Sins Directed by Cathal Gaffney
This charmingly animated film dramatises the arrival of a documentary film crew in 1960's Dublin to Rutland Street School. Academy Award winner.

Da Quixote Directed by Terry O’Leary
A Son takes his “Da” fishing – on a Cow. Like the legendary Don Quixote, the Da takes the world on his own terms. The last journey of the Old Man through his home town is a surreal adventure both Dan and Son can never forget.

Is Mise Joe Directed by Seán Ó Cualáin
Is mise Joe is an hour-long profile of one of the West of Ireland’s most articulate and controversial social agitators, Joe Molloy. A colourful, self-taught political activist whose outspoken views on the role of the Catholic Church, land and fishery ownership and overall political philosophy have frequently landed him in hot water.

You And Me Tide Directed by Conor Morrisey
Dexter Glitch is a man’s man. A man so convinced by his own invincibility that he believes he can take on the tide…....and win. A fast furious humorous look at the pointlessness of man taking on nature.

Storm Directed by Clare Langan
This poetic interpretation of the familiar is seen through the lens as a vast uncompromising force of nature taking it to a place in the viewer’s mind beyond reality. It is a film which explores time, highlighting mankind’s brief fragile existence in the face of the apparently limitless forces of nature.

Pitch ‘n’ Putt With Beckett ‘n’ Joyce Directed by Donald Clarke
A robust parody of the public personae and prestigious writing styles of Joyce and Beckett – on a pitch ‘n’ putt course.

Fifty Percent Grey Directed by Ruari Robinson
Sgt. Cray wakes up alone, with only his gun, a wide-screen tv, and a lot of spare time, his options become increasingly limited... Sgt. Cray has all the time in the world to do very little... Eternal peace and tranquility isn't all it's cracked up to be. Life can play cruel tricks on people. So can Death. In the end, it all averages out in shades of grey. In death, there is no black and white.

Kid Biscuit And The King Directed by Frank Prendergast
Kid Biscuit and the King premiered at the 46th Murphys Cork Film Festival and was also screened at the Darklight Digital Film Festival on the 17th of November at the IFC in Dublin. Directed and developed by Frank Prendergast, Kid Biscuit and the King is an innovative and highly entertaining three-minute animation. Kid Biscuit tells the story of a young boy who, after a near death experience, discovers that he has been possessed by the spirit of Elvis and decides to perform in concert.

An Leabhar Directed by Robert Quinn
An Irish language short that traces one man’s journey toward discovering his dark past, triggered by an ancient book.

Coolockland Directed by Ronan Carr and Brian Tucker
A satire of film noir, soaring Dublin real-estate prices and society's ongoing obsession with celebrity, Coolockland follows detective Onan Waits as he investigates the murders of celebrity impersonators.

Lost For Words Directed by Stephen Lally
Lost for Words is a musical with a twist. It tells the story of an eighteen year old girl called Sarah, who has not uttered a word since her sister Emily went missing ten years beforehand, and who has been consigned to an institution by a parade of therapists who have all failed to reach her. Isolating herself from the other young inmates, Sarah seeks solace in her past and escapes into a realm of imaginary musicals. However, her whole world is turned upside down when she is visited on the tenth anniversary of her disappearance by her sister, and a fantastical, yet warped variant on the classic Hollywood musical begins…

Give Up Your Aul Sins

You And Me Tide