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Supported by Rising Sons Brewery INDIE CORK www.indiecork.com 12 19 Oct 2014 A festival of independent film & music 03 Welcome to IndieCork! Main Sponsor Supported by Rising Sons Brewery We’re back with a second IndieCork festival within eighteen months of our founding. Marcin Lewandowski This second edition is inspired by the creativity of film makers, music makers and emerging and independent talents who we are privileged to platform at IndieCork. We are delighted to be able to offer a welcome, positive place to screen new work, to play new music, and to develop their craft and careers. We have organised a rich week of screenings, talks, workshops, panels, gigs and inevitably, some fine craft beer. Our venues are our partners in this endeavor; The Gate our busy hub, with screenings throughout the day and evening. On Thursday 16th October we have a full day in Triskel Arts Centre, with special screenings and presentations from renowned film artists. The Firkin Crane partner with us this year, and we present dance and poetry film specials there. Each night at The Crane Lane, the focus turns to new music, new talent and a welcome festival club ‘til late! Partners Official Hotel Partner Members of the IndieCork team. One of the pleasures this year has been working with new voices and talents, who have made innovative contributions to this year’s programme. Enjoy the unique and rare moments a festival can offer, the new and creative encounters that happen, and join with us in this celebration. The support and enthusiasm for IndieCork has been sustained in our second year. As a shareholder-owned, cultural cooperative we invite others to join us. Thank you to those who have placed their faith in IndieCork and continued their support. Media Partners A Welcome from IndieCork’s sponsor – Rising Sons Brewery IIn the months since the first edition of IndieCork, Rising Sons Brewery has come to fruition and is now a lively venue on Cork’s historic Coal Quay. IndieCork is rapidly becoming an established national event for the independent film sector and Cork continues to be an exciting city to live in and visit. Rising Sons Brewery and Cork Heritage Pubs are happy to be associated with the social and cultural life of the city. We’re particularly delighted to have been the founding sponsor of IndieCork and in its second year to have helped it expand to an eight-day event. Independent cinema and craft beer seem to us to be a good combination. We are also pleased that the Crane Lane is the venue for the parallel IndieCork music programme and festival club. We welcome the many young filmmakers to Cork and we salute their spirit of independence and we congratulate Úna and Mick and the IndieCork team for presenting us with another exciting festival, with more to come. Clíona McCabe Rising Sons Brewery We thank Clíona and Benny McCabe for their vision and faith in IndieCork and their inspiring encouragement. The opening of Rising Sons Brewery on Cornmarket Street, has brought a welcome craft industry to Cork, mirroring our hopes and dreams for IndieCork. Onward! 20 years young and over the moon at the birth of IndieCork Thank you from the IndieCork Team, 2014 Early pre-theatre menu Monday - Saturday, 530 - 6.45pm €23 for two courses €29 for three 021 427 7939 Thank You Daniel Graham, Arrow Films Joe Kreczak, James King, Curzon Film Francis Jacobs, Office of the E.U. Parliament in Dublin James and Michael Fitzgerald, The Project Twins Miguel Valverde, IndieLisboa Tamaki Okamoto, Carte Blanche John Foley, Lisa Sheridan, Bite! Design Seán O’Sullivan, Osull Design Pamela Friedman Sabina Rogala Kate O’Shea and staff, Crane Lane Paul McCarthy and staff, Firkin Crane Tony Sheehah, Chris O’Neill and staff, Triskel Arts Centre Margaret Greene, Theresa Murphy and staff, The Gate Cinema Oonagh Kearney Fearghus O’Conchuir Katarzyna Wilk, Zofia Scislowska, Krakow Film Foundation Matt Lloyd Glasgow Short Film Festival Ken Loach Sue Phelan Gary Phelan Arna Marie Bersaas, Norwegian Film Insitute Tadgh Crowley Paul Casey, O’Bhéal Mairéad Vaughan Kim Ling Morris, Emer Ni Chíobháin, Sample Studios Úna O’Keefe 16 Lancaster Quay, Cork Jane Jermyn Christian van den Bosch Gar O’Brien Lisa Dwyer Diane O’Driscoll Benny McCabe, Cliona McCabe, Leo McCabe, Judy Wilkins, Rising Sons Brewery Rose-Anne Kidney Paul McCarthy, Firkin Crane Rosemary Day Ciarán Ryan Eimear O’Donovan Mick O’Shea Natalia Beylis Shimmy Marcus Kevin Lehane Denis Cotter, Geraldine O’Toole, Café Paradiso Michael Lally, Maldron Hotel Heidrun Rottke, Goethe Insititut Francis Lynch Norah Norton Gerald Weber, sixpackfilm Salette Ramalho, Liliana Costa, Portugese Short Film Agency Christine Gendre, Unifrance Fin Flynn, Corcadorca Dave Roche, Clive Davis, Cork Gay Project Michael MacSweeney, ProVision Liz Morrissey Ed Kadysewski Jindrich Pietras, European Parliament Liadh Ní Riada MEP Marcin Lewandowski Jed Niezgoda Vivienne Dick Tony Hill Nicki ffrench Davis and staff, Civic Trust House Mary Pawle Wines Arthur Leahy, Quay Co-Op Derval Glavin, St. Johns College Jane and John Leonard, Really Useful Dave Grannell Dave Whelan Borgit Glombitza, Sven Schwarz, Hamburg Short Film Festival Matt Lloyd, Glasgow Short Film Festival Lars Henrik Gass, Hilke Doering, Oberhausen Short Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival John Canciani, Winterthur Short Film Festival Matt Grady, Factory25 Rossa Mullin Padraig Trehy All our volunteers All our Member shareholders Credits Honorary Patron - Ken Loach Advisory Panel Lenny Abrahamson Bill Morrison Pat Murphy Laurent Crouzeix Roger Shannon Louis Marcus John Smith Management Committee Arthur Leahy Niall Owens Tony Langlois Ronan Leonard Elke O’Mahony Úna Feely Mick Hannigan Seán Crowley Programme Directors Úna Feely Mick Hannigan Festival Manager Éibh Collins Catalogue Editor Ellie O’Byrne Workshops & Industry Niall Owens Éibh Collins Volunteer Co-Ordinator Shane Malone Music Programme Tony Langlois Ronan Leonard Kate O’Shea Guest Co-Ordinator Ronan Leonard The Film Feast Elke O’Mahony Administration Mika Hisatsune Maureen McLoughlin Dance On Film Oonagh Kearney Fearghus O’Conchúir Technical and Projection Manager Kieran Fitzgerald Programme Coordinator Dervla Baker Box Office Supervisors Niamh Cooney Sophie Turban Education Officer Helen Kelleher Ronan Phelan Script Award Niall Owens Design: Catalogue and Poster The Project Twins Website osull.me Photography Jedrzej Niezgoda Marcin Lewandowski Festival Trailer Directed by Dave Grannell Music by Tony Langlois Awards Liz Morrissey Programme selection team Mick Hannigan Pamela Friedman Tadgh Crowley Helen Lynch Úna O’Keefe Úna Feely Sabina Rogala Tony Langlois Seán Crowley Features 04 Box Office Information 05 IndieCork is delighted to be the Irish host for the Lux Film Prize, created by the European Parliament to highlight three films of significant talent, and aid their distribution. The Cork jury will nominate their winner, and this nomination is considered then in the overall awarded of the Lux Film Prize. All tickets to the festival can be bought online from the screening venue or venue website The Gate Cinema Opening Film – Class Enemy Tickets onsale at www.corkcinemas.com 021 427 9595 Special Morning Price (Before 1pm) – all shows €5 Daytime (Before 6.00pm) – €6.00 (€5.50 concession) Rok Biček / Slovenia / 2013 / 112 minutes Evening Shows (From 6.00pm) – €8.75 (7.00 concession) Relations between a class of teenagers and their new German language teacher are extremely tense. Robert, the teacher, is aloof, authoritative and demanding; he lectures on Thomas Mann and expects his pupils to rise when he enters the room. When one of the class, retiring young musician Sabina, takes her own life shortly after being reprimanded by Robert, vengeful youth rebellion stirs among the benches. In tones of chilly blue, Rok Biček captures the nuance of a fierce power struggle between teacher and students where all may not be as it appears. Scottish Independents (Special price) – €7.00 (all tickets) Firkin Crane Triskel Arts Centre tickets onsale at www.firkincrane.ie 021 450 7487 Friday 17th – Sunday 19th October Tickets onsale at www.triskelartscentre.ie 021 427 2022 Thursday 16th October Dance On Film screening €8.50 (€8.00 concession) Daytime (Before 6.00pm) €5.50 (€5.00 concession) O’Bhéal Poetry Film Competion screenings €5.50 (€5.00 concession) Evening Shows (From 6.00pm) €8.50 (8.00 concession) Ronan Phelan Script Award – Live Script Reading €5.00 The Film Feast – €15.00 IndieCork Festival Information Desk International Critics Week Award winner, Venice Film Festival Drop in and have a chat with us… 12pm – 9pm daily at The Gate Cinema Information line: 086 272 8848 (10am to 9pm) Email: [email protected] Sun 12th / 9.00pm Gate Festival Season Ticket – €65 Closing Film – Girlhood Available from the Festival desk and valid for all screenings and workshops except The Film Feast. DL AU EY Céline Sciamma / France / 2014 / 112 minutes PL ET STRE EET RG Y CAMDEN Y UA TS T ST AC K BA R AY COVE STREET EVE RG REE ABBEY ST NS TR EET DOUGLAS STREET IO N UN SOUTH TERRACE AD ST GEORGES QUAY RO ST OP Y QUA NK N Y UA SQ Y OB PR BISH ANS LIV SUL N WA LI ET RE ST T S LEY COP TY CI EA ET QU H RE SO Gate UT SO LS GE AN ST ST ST SS GH LL MA Sun 19th / 9.00pm R BE CE L P AP AL SQ OK OU H UT I MA D FOR DES Y A QU E RIV ’S QUAY CO CE IN OR PR DE RA H UT SO SH WA 2 PA EET TR NS TO ING LB Y ST ND LIB A GR ES ST S ERT ET RE SHEAR T AR M ST EN H “Newcomer Karidja Toure makes a mesmerizing impression as a teenager drawn into a black girl-gang in the Paris suburbs in Celine Sciamma’s expertly judged drama.” – Hollywood Reporter EE RL MERCHANT MAYLOR STREET T EE TR T E TS E T R E ST NK K’S LU RIC RP 4 AT IVE P L T O ES L ST CA H PENROSE QUAY ST PATRICK’S QUAY QUAY Y UA ’S Q AN G OR PLA KY ST RG ST N RO N ST LL AI N LA MCCURTAI ST Y ST I T S LE M M LA E AD DE DE C RY 1 SQ OR L HE AY COAL QU N O RT ST H RE MI WE LAVITT’S QU A AC M Y UA SU NE AY QU N AD PAR KYRLS QUAY AD RO TO NG LLI WE HILL BU LS QUA DON RICKS L ET CARRO SHAN ST PAT RE CO K PAR Oppressed by her family setting, dead-end school prospects and the boy gangs in her neighbourhood, Marieme starts a new life after meeting a group of three free-spirited girls. She changes her name, her dress code, and quits school to be accepted in the gang, hoping that this will be a way to freedom. RH E MM LO AY L AL BA ST ER ICK STR NEY SID POPE’S QUAY BL TH 3 DOMIN EET STR R NO M RI UPP EY ARN IT ET JOHN REDMOND AN 4 - The Crane Lane Phoenix Street Cork City +353 (0) 21 427 8487 www.cranelanetheatre.ie RE T AT GR 3 - Firkin Crane Shandon, Cork City +353 (0)21 450 7487 www.firkincrane.ie ST ILL LE N ET TRE MA CATHE 2 - Triskel Arts Centre Tobin St, Cork City, +353 (0) 21 427 2022 www.triskelartscentre.ie NS RO OAD DRAL R 1 - Gate Cinema North Main Street, Cork City +353 (0) 21 427 9595 www.corkcinemas.com JOH Venue Map The film Ida is also in contention for the Lux Prize, and will be viewed by the Jury at a non-public screening during IndieCork. Ida Pawel Pawlikowski / Poland / 2013 / 82 minutes Poland, 1962. Anna is an orphan who has been brought up by nuns in a convent. A novice herself, she travels to see Wanda, her only living relative, before she takes her vows. 06 07 Schedule Gate Cinema Sun 12th 11.30am Schedule Mon 13th Tue 14th Wed 15th Thur 16th Education Education Education Education – The Films of Terence White Fri 17th Sat 18th Sun 19th Gate Cinema 11.30am 12.00pm Endure Mother Jones And Her Children 12.00pm 12.00pm Irish shorts 2 Riffed 12.00pm 12.00pm Ida Irish shorts 4 12.00pm 2.00pm Europe In 8 Bits One Ocean: No Limits The Wind Blows Where It Wants Na Píobairí Uilleann Your Rivers Have Trained You + I Hear Fish Drowning World shorts 6 The Way He Looks Salvatore Guiliano 2.00pm 4.15pm World shorts 1 World shorts 2 World shorts 3 World shorts 4 World Shorts 5 Irish shorts 1 Irish shorts 3 Irish Shorts 5 4.15pm 6.30pm Dead Dogs Creative Cork 1 Creative Cork 2 Scottish Independents 1 Scottish Independents 2 One Christmas Eve… Jack & Ralf Plan A Murder A Day Like Today 6.30pm 9.00pm Class Enemy Pied Piper Candlestick Beneath Dishevelled Stars Se-O-Si-Pol Human Capital Big Significant Things Girlhood 9.00pm Summer Of Blood Ape 11.30pm 11.30pm Firkin Crane Firkin Crane 4.00pm RP Script Award 6.00pm O’Bheal 1 8.00pm O’Bhéal 2 4.00pm 6.00pm 8.00pm Dance On Film Triskel Christchurch Triskel Christchurch 12.00pm Mutual Appreciation Society 12.00pm 2.00pm The Masque Of Madness 2.00pm 4.00pm Tony Hill 4.00pm 6.00pm Vivienne Dick 6.00pm 8.30pm The Film Feast 8.30pm Triskel TDC Triskel TDC 3.00pm 3.00pm The Cultural Exception Crane Lane Crane Lane 1.00pm Short Film Funding Panel 2.00pm Director Producer Relationship 7.00pm The Lost Gecko The Quiet Club 8.30pm Kendo Nagasaki & Rab Urquhart Woven Skull 9.00pm 2.00pm 7.00pm 8.30pm Women’s Christmas 9.00pm Hilary Woods 10.30pm 10.30pm Laurie Shaw 11.00pm 11.30pm 1.00pm Scriptwriting Workshop 11.00pm DJ BDC Simon Kirkegaard & The Existentialists Love Street Shaker Hymn Foxjaw & Goldfish Syndrome Closing Night Party 11.30pm 08 Irish Features Irish Features Irish Indie Features Irish Indie Features A Day Like Today Mutual Appreciation Society 09 Gerard Walsh / Ireland / 2013 / 90 minutes Rouzbeh Rashidi & James Devereaux / Ireland / 2014 / 62 minutes ‘A Day Like Today’ centres around a chance meeting between two people, Alice and Joe. Alice is a wife stuck in a toxic relationship and Joe is a seemingly homeless person with a troubled past. They see their chance meeting as an opportunity to forget about their lives for a day and just live… “Mutual Admiration Society is the coolest, coldest, emptiest, flattest, most minimalist, most ruthless, most bizarre hitman man film ever made. It came about because Rouzbeh Rashidi and I decided to make a feature film in seven days. There was no script, no planning, we didn’t even have any ideas, we simply allowed the weirdness from our subconscious to burble to the surface of our minds, and acted on the messages it sent to us. At the start of production, all we knew was the film’s title and that it was going to be in black and white. And then we worked round the clock to make it happen. I would shoot improvised scenes in London by day, and send the material, via the internet, to Rouzbeh, who, by night, would take it through his postproduction process, giving it a form and refining the aesthetic.” James Devereaux The director will attend the screening. Print source: [email protected] The director will attend the screening. Sun 19th / 6.30pm Thur 16th / 12.00pm Gate Triskel Christchurch Dead Dogs Print source: [email protected] One Christmas Eve… Ian Ruby / Ireland / 2013 / 90 minutes Anthony Lennon / Ireland / 2014 / 80 minutes Don wants to reconnect with his estranged family. His partner, Lisa, wants to live a life free of his violent rages. Ritchie, their neighbour, wants to get away from his miserable home life and from the clutches of brutal gangster Tony. December 2002: As a bleak Christmas Eve dawns upon Dublin city, a young couple struggle to deal with an unwanted pregnancy. The cold day to come will lead them through many trials of betrayal and separation. All the while, the entire world holds its breath in expectation of an imminent US invasion of Iraq. Shot over 13 days last winter in Cork, this no-budget film is a stark, heartfelt portrait of struggling families, mental illness and isolation. The director will be present for the screening. The director will be present for the screening. Print Source: [email protected] Print Source: [email protected] Sun 12th / 6.30pm Fri 17th / 6.30pm Gate Gate Jack & Ralph Plan A Murder Riffed Jeff Doyle / Ireland / 2013 / 70 minutes Ray Hyland / Ireland / 2014 / 58 minutes Jack is a mild-mannered man whose life reaches a turning point when a co-worker unmercifully bullies him. Along with his loud-mouthed imaginary friend Ralph, Jack decides to take revenge on his torturer in the most final manner possible. The world that Jack and Ralph inhabit is nightmarish and dream-like in equal measure; every character is exaggerated and there’s a fine line between the crude and the vulgar, but Ralph’s nastiness is almost always balanced out by Jack’s sincerity. A young London executive arrives in Ireland to shut down operations in a Dublin call centre. Only a few jobs are to be retained in this ‘Reduction In Force’ (RIF). Every staff member will have to fight tooth and nail to survive the cull in this wry look at the knock-on effects of Ireland’s financial downturn. The director will be present for the screening. Print Source: [email protected] The director will be present for the screening. Print Source: [email protected] Sat 18th / 6.30pm Sun 19th / 12.00pm Gate Gate 10 World Features World Features Ape Candlestick 11 Human Capital Joel Potrykus / US / 2013 / 86 minutes Trevor Newandyke is a struggling comedian and a pyromaniac. Not only does his act bomb on stage, but he bombs at everyday life, too. Fed up with threats from the cable company, Slurpee price-hikes and everyone who thinks they can push him around, all Trevor wants is a break. Instead of getting himself together or channeling his anger for his act, he turns inward, to the loud din of his headphones and the crackling glow of fire to ease his mind. Print source: www.factorytwentyfive.com Sat 18th / 11.00pm Gate Tue 14th / 9.00pm Fri 17th / 9.00pm Gate Gate Christopher Presswell / UK / 2014 / 83 minutes Paolo Virzì / Italy / 2013 / 109 min A social gathering is rocked to its core when Jack accuses his best friend’s wife of infidelity. As the allegations start flying, it soon emerges that far more sinister intentions may be at play… An Italian neo-noir adaptation of the novel by Stephen Amidon, Human Capital tells the story of two families in Milan, one middle-class and the other extremely rich, and how they are brought together through their teenage children and a mysterious Christmas Eve car accident. Their multi-layered tale is retold in turn through the eyes of Dino (Fabrizio Bentivoglio) a tragic estate agent, then by his daughter Serena (Matilde Gioli) and by Carla (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi), the wife of a heartless capitalist who will not hesitate to place a value on human life. The director will be present for the screening. Beneath Disheveled Stars Print source: [email protected] ‘How much is a person worth? Paolo Virzì’s study of capitalism in crisis gives the audience all it covets‘ - Eye for Film Kevin Baggott / US / 2013 / 108 minutes ‘This slick, stylish fusion of class critique and murder mystery confirms Paolo Virzi as one of Italy’s more dynamic directors. The performances are flawless’ - Jay Weissberg, Variety Bobby Tierney, the superintendent of a tenement building in New York City, goes to Ireland to carry out his mother’s dying wish to be buried next to her long-lost love. Once in Ireland, he is dragged down one rabbit hole after another by a mysterious drifter. Eventually Bobby succeeds in carrying out his mother’s wish – and gets much more than he planned for. Set in New York and the village of Kilcrohane in West Cork, director Kevin Baggott recruited a cast of locals to perform in his film. ‘A top-flight cast gives the character-driven drama depth and conviction ... [they] explore the unhappiness of rich and poor alike in a society that measures a person’s value in terms of euros. The term “human capital” is legalese that designates an accident victim’s net worth in compensation claims.’ - Hollywood Reporter Print Source: [email protected] The director will be present for the screening. Print Source: [email protected] Wed 15th / 9.00pm A Masque of Madness Gate Pied Piper Big Significant Things Bryan Reisberg / US / 2014 / 85 minutes Craig decides to avoid the inevitability of impending adulthood by taking a trip across the South Country Interstate Highways, unsure as to whether he’s running away from his career, his cold fiancée and the house they’re about to buy, or simply from himself. Disillusioned, he spends his days chasing after local landmarks and ‘biggest in the world’ objects like giant buckets and chairs, searching for answers in the big insignificant things. “Big Significant Things is a magnificent gem of a film that asks more questions than it gives answers, and rightly so.” – Next Projection “As a wry confection, the dialogue here engages; the cinematography and direction also rate top marks.” – The Austin Chronicle Sat 18th / 9.00pm Gate ‘The highest compliment anyone can pay Bryan Reisberg’s directorial debut is that it feels like the work of a veteran filmmaker with several features under his belt. You may see more self-contained indies at the festival this year, but you may not find any that are quite so accomplished.’ – Movie Mezzanine Mon 13th / 9.00pm Triskel Gate Norbert Pfaffenbichler / Austria / 2013 / 80 minutes Vivek Budakoti / India / 2013 / 113 minutes ‘A Masque of Madness’ uses found footage to follow Boris Karloff through five motion picture decades as supporting actor in silent films, star in talking pictures, and television host. The film gathers, in the necessary glory, the ever same rituals of horror film and gestures of exotic danger. But it also exposes the tracks that history has left behind in them, especially the two world wars, and certain technological advances. Seen through the prism of Bertolt Brecht, Pied Piper is a satirical folklore of a simple laundryman, Chunnilal, who is rumored to have acquired his beloved donkey’s brains in a freak accident. Charming millions with his asinine conscience that refuses to let go, Chunnilal soon rises to become the most popular hero of his time whom the establishment starts to fear. Laced with black humour, the film mirrors the current socio-political status in India, ranging from extreme disappointment to almost juvenile hopefulness. Time after time, Karloff has to work through the Frankenstein-dream of synthetic life: as Promethean creator and enslaved creature in one and the same person. Print Source: www.sixpackfilm.com Print Source: [email protected] Thur 16th / 2.00pm The director will be present for the screening. World Features Salvatore Giuliano 13 Summer of Blood Sun 19th / 2.00pm Fri 17th / 11.00pm Gate Gate Francesco Rosi / Italy / 1962 / 123 min Onur Tukel / US / 2014 / 86 minutes Never released in the Anglophone world, Salvatore Giuliano is the story of corruption in the Mafia and of listed it as one of his twelve favourite films. Erik Sparrow is not too bright. He’s not very attractive. He’s not at all ambitious. He’s chubby and he’s always complaining. When his girlfriend Jody proposes to him, he doesn’t have the good sense to accept her offer. His life starts falling apart and he becomes riddled with despair. One night, when Erik meets an enigmatic stranger who asks him, “Do you want to die?” Erik shrugs and accepts the offer. When Erik wakes up from the resulting darkness, he finds himself changed forever… “outstanding” - Variety Print Source: www.factorytwentyfive.com Italy’s most wanted bandit, told through the fight for Sicily’s independence to the discovery of Giuliano’s death in 1950. Originally in black and white, Francesco Rosi’s beautifully filmed portrait was shot by Gianni di Venanzo (Fellini’s 8½). Rosi used the exact locations and casted many who were personally involved in Giuliano’s life, while the only professional actors used were Frank Wolff and Salvo Randone. Martin Scorsese “one of the most courageous things the Italian cinema has ever attempted” - Sight & Sound Dinner Monday to Saturday from 5.30pm 021 4277939 “the most aesthetically satisfying and inventive film of its type in many years” -Monthly Film Bulletin Independent in Cork since 1993 Print Source: [email protected] Si-o-se-Pol Official Hotel Partner of IndieCork Festival One of the best located hotels in Cork City, the Maldron With comfortable and affordable 3 star accommodation Hotel and Leisure Club is found in the heart of Cork’s in Cork City, combined with efficient friendly service historic cultural corner, nestled by the famous Shandon from our renowned staff, your stay with us will be Bells and on the doorstep of Cork’s premier shopping unforgettable. Your stay includes complimentary access district, Opera Lane and St. Patrick’s Street. It is only to our full leisure club facilities, complimentary Wi-Fi minutes’ walk to most of IndieCork’s venues. throughout the hotel. For special rates during the Festival contact: Maldron Hotel Cork | John Redmond Street, Cork, Ireland. The Way He Looks Thur 16th / 9.00pm Sat 18th / 2.00pm Gate Gate Henrik Peschel / Germany / 2013 / 82 minutes Daniel Ribeiro / US / 2014 / 95 minutes Facing death, terminally ill Iranian Parvis Karimpour wants to reconcile with his daughter and enters Spain illegally. He and his fellow African travellers are dumped from a boat by the Spanish coast at dawn. He makes his way to Madrid where he believes his only child Nasrin, who fled from Iran years ago, may now live. Leonardo and Giovana are best of friends. Like all teenagers they yearn for more independence from their parents, dream of going abroad and to experience love’s first kiss. Gabriel, the new boy at school, quickly becomes friends with them both. Ultimately, three becomes a crowd as a choice must be made; being blind, who will Leonardo give his first kiss to? ‘The Way He Looks’ is the debut feature length film from award-winning film-maker Daniel Ribeiro, who won the Iris Prize for the short film ‘I Don’t Want To Go Home Alone’. Finding shelter in a city which is battered by the economic crisis, Parvis meets two other struggling migrants: Italian Fabrizio, a failed piano player, and spoilt young German Almut, who has followed her boyfriend to Madrid. The search for Nasrin becomes their common quest. Following a new clue, the unlikely threesome set off northwards in Almut’s car. Fipresci Prize, Berlin Film Festival, 2014 TEDDY award for Best LGBT Feature, Berlin Film Festival, 2014 The director will be present for the screening. Print Source: www.peccapics.com Print Source: [email protected] Tel: +353 (0)21 452 9200 | Fax: +353 (0)21 452 9222 Website: www.maldronhotelcork.com 14 Music Music IndieCork Music at The Crane Lane Late Nights @ The Crane Lane Join the Festival Club late into the night, open to 2am! Sunday 12th October 11.30pm – Storyfold celebrate the release of their second album ‘It’s Later Than You Think’ at this special Cork gig. Monday 13th October 11.30pm – Simeon Kirkegaard & The Existentialists Norwegian rock in the form of Simeon Kirkegaard who references The Beatles and The Rolling Stones in his unique way. IndieCork is about music too. We’re delighted to have partnered with Crane Lane in presenting Robin Parmar Tuesday 14th October 11.30pm – Love Street A five piece, multi-instrumental and vocal band; a unique combination of everything from rock guitar to beguiling fiddle and mandolin. Wednesday 15th October 11.30pm – The Shaker Hymn The band celebrate their debut release “Rascal’s Antique”, which covers all bases from garagestyle cut ‘n’ thrust through to deceptively hardedge power pop. an interesting slate that will give you a chance to dip in (for free) to a wide range of music. On Thursday 16th, we focus on Scottish Independents, with 3 acts and some surprises, echoing our film programme. On Friday 17th, Soundtank Out On A Limb Thursday 16th Friday 17th Saturday 18th THE LOST GECKO – 7pm QUIET CLUB – 7pm Malcolm Urquhart formed The Lost Gecko in 2006 in Aberdeen, Scotland and has continued releasing and performing music under that name since then, their debut full length album ‘unphotographable’ comes out at the end of October. With a current line up that involves Orla Daly, Ilse De Ziah and Joaquim Luis Perdigao. The Quiet Club are Mick O’Shea and Danny McCarthy. Formed in Feb 2006 they have become recognised as one of Ireland’s leading sound art improvisation groups. They have toured extensively in Ireland and have appeared in festivals in both Germany, Canada. and Japan. They frequently appear with guests who have included Mark Wastell, Viv Corringham, John Godfrey, Harry Moore, Christian Carley, David Toop amongst many others. Quiet Club utilise a wide range of sound making devices ranging from home made and found instruments, electronics, amplified textures, oscilloscopes, theremins, field recordings etc. This evening they will respond sonically to a mix of experimental films made in Cork. As they declare, “we love playing live… that is where we do it best.” TOM CAMPBELL – 8pm (and intermittently) On Saturday 18th, in conjunction with Out On A One of Cork’s most prominent artists you might have probably noticed some of his street art pieces such as the 100 Paper Mache Dogs that paraded around Cork City in recent years, his regular circus work or indeed several pieces that can be seen in The Bodega. line-up takes the stage with Women’s Christmas 1.00am – Goldfish Syndrome – This local Cork band bring their own brand of alternative rock late and lively at the Crane. Join us late night then for the festival club and Sunday 19th October Closing Night Party 11.00pm – Time to unwind, it’s the end of festival party! Cornerboy play their brand of new folk floor stompers and delicate melodies encapsulating a year on the road. Scottish Independents listening with The Quiet Club and Woven Skull. Thursday 16th October 11.30pm – Fox Jaw A modern band with an old soul, producing a trend shaking, majestic deep growl. Friday 17th October 11.00pm - DJ Daddy Big Can IndieCork Music at The Crane Lane Soundtank brings new music and new ways of Limb Records, and We Play Here, a very fine and Laurie Shaw. KENDO NAGASAKI – 8.30pm more music and live acts! 15 “I sing songs in pubs and people come to these pubs when I’m singing and people shouts ‘decidedly average’ at me.” Kendo Nagasaki on Kendo Nagasaki This individual must be the most charismatic artist I’ve met in this country so far.” - My Doll Mouth To Your Deaf Ear blog on on Kendo Nagasaki …and featuring MC RAB URQUHART The night will be MC’d by Rab Urquhart, a poet who has represented Cork in several social exchanges and a regular participant of the weekly Ó Bhéal spoken word night held on Mondays in The Long Valley. In conjunction with Out on a Limb Records and We Play Here WOMEN’S CHRISTMAS – 8.30pm Women’s Christmas are Son Christmas, Boy Christmas and Kid Christmas of Dublin. Formed in June 2013 from members of Jogging, Villagers and No Monster Club the band have consistently tried to rewrite The Thermals’ best song and inject it with the fuzzed out wonky joy of early Flaming Lips. After signing a publishing deal with FatCat Records earlier this year and playing sold-out shows with The War On Drugs and Girls Names, they have joined forces with Out On A Limb Records to release their debut LP Too Rich For Our Blood on 24th October. WOVEN SKULL – 8pm LAURIE SHAW – 10.30pm Since 2008, the core trio that makes up Woven Skull has been gathering together in the ghostly bogs and haunted forests of County Leitrim armed with rusty chimed mandola, rigid amplified guitar, battered drum skins and a mix of pedals, bows, scrap metal and more to create engulfing raw primal drones and repetitive dark melodies. Laurie Shaw is a singer songwriter and producer originating from the Wirral peninsula but now spending his time recording in the Kerry mountains. He has self released 39 albums since October 2010 and leap frogs numerous genres throughout. His most recent release is entitled Love Buffet which features a glam rock sound. As well as the 3 core members, Woven Skull often take other people with them when playing live or during recordings. Other ‘players’ have included members of United Bible Studies, Gnod, Core of the Coal Man, Raising Holy Sparks and more. When playing live, the group incorporates visuals specially selected to accompany each musical set and created with the intention of enveloping the audience fully into the performance. www.youtube.com/channel/UCCZOZiKi2WtElEcrat0NLPg W E P L A Y H E R E 16 Specials Specials Scottish Independents Scottish Independents In April 2013, we announced Wed 15th / 6.30pm in the Bodega Bar that Cork was to have a new festival of independent cinema. Matt Lloyd, Director of the Glasgow Short Film Festival, was the first to report that he had booked his flights to attend. He subsequently invited IndieCork to curate and present two programmes of recent Irish shorts at his festival last January. In turn we thought it a good idea to request Matt Lloyd to curate programmes of truly independent Scottish short films for us. Here, post-referendum, Matt presents those films, giving us an opportunity to explore how Scottish concerns are examined and represented in short films. We are grateful to Matt and welcome him back to IndieCork. 17 Gate / 83 mins I’m writing this introduction one week before Scotland’s referendum on independence from the United Kingdom. Like everyone I know, I’m in a constant state of nervous tension, frantically grasping at every blog or column, every commentary by this Nobel Prizewinning Economist or that young newlyenfranchised campaigner. With some friends I talk of little else, whilst with others there is a tacit agreement to speak of anything but. With the end of an extraordinary two years of national debate in sight, thoughts are turning to what might happen next, whatever the result. Opinions have been polarized, although mainly peacefully expressed, and it’s hard to foresee how we will all relate to one another after the vote, not to mention our neighbours to the south. In this context, it feels bizarre to be writing an introduction to a showcase of recent Scottish filmmaking. The films will be screened a full month after the outcome is known, and consequently the programme will be open to interpretations that are quite beyond my control as curator. Of course, any programme of films will invoke responses the curator cannot expect, but in this case the programme is categorised by its national identity, and the nature of that identity is about to be radically redefined one way or another based on a simple binary opposition: on a vote that polls suggest is split so evenly the outcome is impossible to predict. However this polarity, announced by the flood of banners, badges and bumper stickers proclaiming ‘Yes’ or ‘No Thanks’ (the latter polite or faintly passive-aggressive, depending on your point of view), is illustrative of a duality which can be traced throughout Scottish cultural identity. An overlapping series of oppositions between reason and superstition, myth and enlightenment, tradition and modernity, Highland and Lowland, Puritan and Catholic - has its physical embodiment in Edinburgh’s medieval Old Town and Georgian New Town, and its clearest cultural expression in Stevenson’s ‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’. Like Jekyll and Hyde, modern Scottish cinema has adopted formal strategies to negotiate this duality, from the poetic social realism of the Bill Douglas ‘Trilogy’ and Lynne Ramsay’s ‘Ratcatcher’, to the caustic humour and magical realism of Peter Mullan’s ‘Orphans’, or the drug-fuelled fantasy arising from urban squalor in ‘Trainspotting’. Bill Forsyth’s gently whimsy in ‘Local Hero’ veils sharply satirical social comment, whilst Jonathan Glazer’s recent ‘Under the Skin’ placed an alien (or A-list Hollywood actress, which amounts to the same thing) in a van in Glasgow’s back streets, and formally flipped between grainy ‘real world’ encounters and exquisitely composed images of an inky void. Whilst technically not a Scottish film, this clash of fantasy and documentary realism captured the Scottish psyche brilliantly. It’s arguable that by its nature, short film cannot tackle the complexity of cultural contradictions. And so the shorts in this showcase have been divided into two themed programmes: ‘Dr Jekyll’ and ‘Mr Hyde’. The first programme is driven by social realist concerns, from the retelling of a 1923 mining disaster in Adam Stafford’s ‘No Hope For Men Below’, to the story of a young barmaid’s realisation of the suffocating ties of friendship holding her back in Rory Stewart’s ‘Wyld’. The second programme revels in a more lurid, fantastical vision of Scotland, from the dark heart of an aristocratic hunting family in Henry Coombes’ ‘The Bedfords’, to the meeting of ancient warriors and unexpected foes in Johnny Barrington’s ‘Tumult’. Scottish Independents 1 Dr Jekyll No Hope For Men Below Adam Stafford | 2013 | 11 min An ambient retelling of the Redding Pit disaster of 1923 in Falkirk, Scotland which claimed the lives of 40 men. Falkirk poet Janet Paisley re-imagines the disaster from a female viewpoint, narrated in the Broad Scots language and shot in stunning black & white. Seams and Embers Claire Lamond | 2012 | 6 minutes School days over, Jim joins thousands facing daily dangers underground to mine the seams of coal beneath Scotland. As an old man, the industry is dead. An animation made during a residency at National Mining Museum Scotland as part of the Creative Scotland ‘Iconic Artists, Iconic Places’ project. Kirkcaldy Man Kirkcaldy Man Julian Schwanitz | 2011 | 18 minutes In search of Jocky Wilson, former Darts World Champion and hero of the small, run-down Scottish blue-collar town of Kirkcaldy. What’s left of the myth? Thur 16th / 6.30pm Gate / 78 mins Wyld Scottish Independents 2 Rory Alexander Stewart | 2014 | 15 minutes Julie, a young barmaid, must decide between the new responsibilities of her adult life and the intense, sometime violent friendship of her youth when an old friend Jenna pays her an unexpected visit at work. Mr Hyde Getting On Believe Ewan Stewart | 2012 | 9 minutes The strengths of short film allow for much more nuanced ideas than their brevity would suggest. Authenticity, formal experimentation, singular vision unfettered by commercial concerns, and above all the idea that what is left out of a short narrative is as important as what stays in - these features permit some striking contradictions that bind these two apparently distinct programmes together. Thus Paul Fegan’s ‘Pouters’, a multi awardwinning documentary about the Glaswegian working-class sport of doo-fleein’ is, at heart, a love story between two neighbours, their pigeons mere proxies. Julian Schwanitz’s ‘Kirkcaldy Man’ , a quest to find reclusive darts champion Jocky Wilson in his home town, attains a lyrical, epic quality that is both tongue-in-cheek and deeply moving. The most outlandish vision and perhaps the star of the show, artist Rachel MacLean’s ‘The Lion & The Unicorn’, in which the two animals guzzle Union Jack cake and slurp from wine glasses of North Sea oil, is one of the most eloquent portrayals of cross-border relations to date. Savagely satirical, and yet impossible to peg to either side of the debate, the impression it will leave on post-referendum audiences is anybody’s guess. Paul Wright | 2009 | 20 minutes Another day unfolds in an anonymous woman’s life as she cooks and cleans for her uncommunicative husband and sullen grown-up children. Late in the afternoon, she has an unusual visitor. The story of one man’s grief following the death of his wife. The film captures a desperate journey, played out against beautifully isolated highland landscapes. Pouters Baroque Paul Fegan | 2012 | 17 minutes Ruth Paxton | 2011 | 8 minutes A modern day story of undying commitment, rivalry, family and friendship interwoven with the underground and idiosyncratic Scottish sport of doo-fleein’. A contemporary interpretation of the art of Baroque, inspired by the Italian painters of the period. Commissioned by Milan’s Festival Delle Lettere and based on a letter about beauty by Italian actor Vittorio Gassman. Stovies Rose Hendry | 2013 | 7 minutes Joseph is terminally ill. He spends his days sitting in front of the television while his wife works and his two children are at school. He watches as each show comes and goes until one morning something catches his eye. Inspired, Joseph departs from his daily routine to create something he hopes to pass on to his family. The Bedfords Henry Coombes | 2009 | 19 minutes The Lion & The Unicorn Inspired by famed Victorian painter Sir Edward Landseer and set in the Highland estate of an English aristocratic family, The Bedfords is a far-from-ordinary period drama. Through surreal and nightmarish episodes, we witness the events that trigger Landseer’s descent into madness. The Lion & The Unicorn Rachel MacLean | 2012 | 12 minutes Set in a lavish mansion in the Scottish Borders, the lion and the unicorn discuss the referendum on Scottish independence while drinking North-sea oil from Jacobite crystal and dividing up the pieces of a Union Jack cake. Penismouse Kristof Babaski | 2014 | 6 minutes An extroverted mouse wants to play. Myszochujek (Penismouse), a playful film about control, was made in 1957 by Polish director, Kristof Babaski. With the aid of award-winning animator Will Anderson, The Polish Film Club have restored it and released it in 2014 in HD. Tumult Tumult Johnny Barrington | 2011 | 13 minutes Matt Lloyd Glasgow Short Film Festival 10 September 2014 A tribe of Norse warriors traipse across a barren land after battle. Bloodied and wounded, their chief is near death. Suddenly an army of a completely different kind descends upon them. Specials 18 Specials Vivienne Dick The Film Feast IndieCork and Bia Sásta are delighted to produce The Film Feast, now in its second year. The feedback and support from the start has been exceptional. Cork’s food scene has become so diverse that we wanted to mirror this diversity in a special food and film event. This year’s producers have grown from small beginnings, have the passion and endurance of real believers and jumped on board when I asked them to present their food for this special night. IndieCork is delighted to present a truly independent filmmaker and artist at the festival this year. Vivienne Dick has been ground-breaking in her treatment of film and in the influence she has provided for a generation of filmmakers. We welcome Vivienne to IndieCork to present one of her early works and her latest film, ‘The Irreducible Difference of the Other’ and to engage in a public conversation with filmmaker Oonagh Kearney. Vivienne Dick was born in Donegal in 1950 and studied at University College Dublin. From 1977 to 1982 she lived in New York, part of a group of filmmakers whose affiliation to the music and aesthetic of punk became known as ‘No Wave’. Working mainly on Super 8, Dick’s films from this period feature many musicians from the punk movement in New York, with performances and music from Lydia Lunch, James Chance, Pat Place, Adele Bertei, and Ikue Mori. She returned to Ireland in 1982 and moved to London in 1985, where she was a member of The London Filmmakers Co-op for many years and produced a number of films on 16mm and on video. Her films have been screened at cinemas, museums and film festivals internationally, including Tate Britain, MoMA and The Whitney in New York, IMMA and the Edinburgh and Berlin Film Festivals. She has received a number of production awards from The British Arts Council and The Irish Film Board. Her work is in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in Dublin, Anthology Archives, NYC and the Irish Film Archive. We begin the programme with a screening of She Had Her Gun All Ready (1978 / 28 mins) and then screen Vivienne’s latest film ‘The Irreducible Difference of the Other’ (2013 / 27 mins). Oonagh Kearney is an Irish filmmaker based in London. Oonagh has written and directed several award winning short films across diverse visual mediums including drama, experimental documentary and dance on film. Her new dance film The Wake is in post-production. Following the screening, Vivienne will be in conversation with filmmaker Oonagh Kearney on revolutionary filmmaking, politics, sex and power. This conversation will explore connections between Vivienne’s practice in the 1970’s New York No Wave scene and the challenges and opportunities facing younger Irish artists today. Vivienne and Oonagh will also discuss the relationship between filmmaking and music, and what drives each of them to make films. The Irreducible Difference of the Other She Had Her Gun All Ready 19 Thur 16th / 6.00pm The Film Feast is a special night of food and film at IndieCork Avril Allshire-Howe of Rosscarbery Black Pudding is an outspoken advocate for the West Cork artisan food movement. She and her husband produce award-winning pork produce. Eoin Gallagher of Veggielicious is a trained chef, who left the kitchen and now loves the personal contact with his loyal customers. Banu and Ruth of Annam Supper Club started in their home kitchen and the rest is history as the idea of an authentic Indian Supper Club was born. In this monthly club that takes place in Banu’s home, guests learn how to cook the recipes that have been handed down from mother to daughter for generations and then sit to eat together; strangers become friends over delicious food. Just like last year, Mary Pawle of Pawle Wines and Arthur Leahy of the Quay Co-op bring us the best of organic wine for the evening. Their support of IndieCork and The Film Feast is much appreciated. Join us for the beautiful film ‘The Lunchbox’ and come taste our food and wine. Enjoy all this and the company - a perfect combination for this unique night at Triskel Christchurch. Elke O’Mahony IndieCork and Bia Sásta Thur 16th / 8.30pm Triskel The Lunchbox Triskel Ritesh Batra / India / 2013 / 104 mins 54 mins + Q & A 1978 / 28 minutes 2013 / 26 minutes ‘She Had Her Gun All Ready’ is set in the Lower East Side in New York in the late 1970s. It is a psychodrama based around the struggle between two characters, played by Lydia Lunch and Pat Place, who were both well-known musicians associated with the No Wave music scene of the time. The film deals with the destructive aspects of desire and obsessive thralldom, exploring the claustrophobia that comes with being locked into a duel for dominance. ‘The Irreducible Difference of the Other’ questions what it means to be human in a world orientated towards war, terror, and consumption. Franco-Irish actress Olwen Fouéré inhabits the two personas of Antonin Artaud and Russian poet Anna Akhmatova. Key historical moments are referenced, including opposition to the Iraq war, the Arab Spring and recent anti-austerity protests, proclaiming the desire for a world which is more balanced and which focuses less on exploitation and destruction. An implicit critique of the male paradigm is embodied by the structure of the film – a richly textured weaving of sound and images – which posits the need for a renewal of relationship on both a personal and global level. In this mouth-watering romantic comedy, where curries and daals are unwittingly transformed into misplaced love-letters, the lives of two lonely people cross paths in the most unexpected way. When Ila pours her heart into preparing a delicious lunch to please her cold and distant husband, one of the renowned Mumbai dabbawallahs (lunchbox couriers) mistakenly delivers it to Saajan, a near-to-retirement insurance clerk. Sajaan is a little more than surprised when his usual mediocre meal arrives as delectable ambrosia. Elke O’Mahony The Lunchbox [is] one of those films that gives words like “tender” and “touching” a good name. You would need to be some sort of monster to resist its charms. – Donald Clarke, The Irish Times “perfectly handled and beautifully acted; a quiet storm of banked emotions.” – Xan Brooks, The Guardian Specials 20 Specials Tony Hill 21 Dance on Film “Moving... Shaken... Broken Images” Fri 17th / 8.00pm Firkin Crane / 75 mins A programme of Dance on Film curated by Oonagh Kearney and Fearghus Ó Conchúir. Tony Hill is one of England’s most interesting and “In bringing together this Dance on Film accomplished experimental program, we were struck by how the physical filmmakers. We warmly movements of bodies spoke of other movements, welcome him to IndieCork for emotional and psychological, that in turn were this special screening and post-screening interview. “The sense of wonder is what I like... most of the films really are a kind of wonder at the world, and being able to look at it in a different way can bring that out.” Born in London in 1946, Tony Hill studied architecture and sculpture and makes experimental short films that are somewhere between sculpture and cinema. He has been working as an independent filmmaker since 1973, usually taking on all aspects of production and often developing and building his own equipment. He also works with installations, photography and sound. He has presented his work at many art galleries and in film festivals worldwide. His films have been broadcast on television in many countries and have won several awards. They have been published in the UK and Japan. He taught film and video from 1982 until 2002 at the University of Derby, becoming Professor of Film at Plymouth College of Art from 2004 until 2011. His previous experience with architecture informs his work in the use of custom-made rigs, cleverly placed mirrors and unusual lenses, which allow the camera to record freely and smoothly around a space. All his films afford the viewer a unique and unusual perspective through the development of this ingenius rigging and pre-digital editing techniques. While the films avoid conventional narrative themes, they are ‘a focus of ideas’ that is structured and progressive in nature. By doing this, Hill offers us a new perspective on the world around us and the world of the moving image. Though he deals predominantly with documentary images, they are presented in an augmented and often disorienting way. is an Associate Artist at Project Arts Centre in invite audiences and artists to build Dublin and an IRC PhD student at the National and the edit. Many of the films begin with a communities together. He is Dance Curator University of Ireland, Maynooth. at Firkin Crane, Cork and Trustee of the BBC She Writes in 2010, a Script Factory initiative emotion, other towards wild acts of transgression with a Masters in Irish Theatre from TCD, to develop twelve UK based screenwriters, Oonagh‘s first film job was working with Ken and as a UK Guiding Lights director in 2011. or joyous exuberance. All share a confidence in Loach on The Wind That Shakes The Barley. She received her first UK commission in the Oonagh studied film at the National Film summer of 2013 and is in post-production and Television School in London. She cast on The Wake, a dance film created with a further five feature films before embarking the support of the Irish Arts Council. She is on a career as a writer-director. Since 2009, developing two feature films, a family drama digital film and multi-media she has written and directed several shorts Night Friends and a tragi-comic road movie artist. She received a First Class that have had television broadcasts and won Happy Fall. Honours Degree in Fine Art from international awards. She was selected for dance and film as a means to multiply rather than Dervla Baker is a practicing reduce human experiences.” the Crawford College of Art and Design in 2013. She is currently The Dancing Keeping Time Waves preparing for a dual exhibition Edith Depaule / 2014 / Belgium / 16 minutes Steve Woods / 2014 / Ireland / 11 minutes Twelve women are dressed up for dancing. There’s a disco ball, there’s music… but no men to dance with. A modern power station worker leaves his place of work and is taken to a sacred place, where he dances in a circle of warriors. Returning to the power plant, the worker combines the warriors’ movement with his own to generate his own power and sense of connection. Terence White / 2014 / Ireland / 7 minutes A troubled woman goes to a beach to find solace. in November 2014 as part of Film Centre. She is a member Territory of Sample-Studios, and holds Roisin Bolger / 2013 / Ireland / 3 minutes an Artist in Studio position in association with The National Sculpture Factory. She lives and A street performer who works as a living statue discovers an impostor working on her turf. The Statue Woman challenges The Impostor to a Duel. However, unable to move unless tipped by a passerby, a game of busker’s chess commences. That Has Been Bothering Me The Whole Time Arash T. Riahi / 2013 / Austria / 13 minutes What we’re being confronted with isn’t immediately obvious: we hear deep breathing and the rustle and fall of textiles covering a dancing body. The camera stays close to it, thereby abstracting the structures and patterns produced by the movement. The result is an extremely experimental fusion of modern dance, political issues and physical liberation. Following the screening, Tony Hill will be in conversation with Dervla Baker, film artist and programme curator. Burning Palace Mara Mattuschka, Chris Haring / 2009 / Austria / 32 minutes A stage; marble columns; the red curtain closes: you only have a split second of a pose to multiply your transgression. This first statement introducing the opening sequence sounds like a provocative instruction. A game of five figures ensnared in erotic innuendo is more appearance than reality. One Man Eight Cameras Naren Wilks / 2014 / UK / 2 minutes A mn in a circular room explores a curious phenomenon in which 8 synchronised versions of himself temporarily manifest themselves to create a rotationally symmetric, kaleidoscopic world. Music by Moishe’s Bagel. TerrainSkin Point Source To See Geometry and Gravity Performance piece / 8 minutes / First Performed 1973 15 minutes / 1982 3 minutes / 2001 A small bright light is the projector, several objects are the film and the whole room is the screen. A spatial exploration of the objects with the light projects them as big as the room that encompasses the audience. Film eyes open, blink and see, looking about with all-round vision. Shapes, lines and spaces are not constant but ebb and flow with the camera movement. This spherical view of things redefines geometry creating an almost four-dimensional appearance which ultimately seems to turn space inside out. Sound by Steve Marshall. A continuous rolling, tumbling motion determined by a geometric shape creates a visual rhythm and images that roll, dip and soar with an improvised soundtrack by saxophonist Jan Kopinski. A Sense of Place shaped by a third set of movements, the camera A graduate of English and Philosophy at UCC, works in Cork City. Triskel / 75m mins + Q & A Performing Arts Fund and of Dance Digital. He dance artist whose film and live performances their language. Some move towards heightened This screening and encounter is a must-see for budding film-makers and anyone with an interest in the medium of film. Thur 16th / 4.00pm Fearghus Ó Conchúir is a choreographer and quiet sense of expectation... stillness is part of a residency with The Cork Hill says of his preoccupation with perception: “I think this whole perception thing is very interesting, because often you have enough information in your brain to be able to walk through that door and round the corner, you can switch off the rest then. You don’t need to think anymore... but if you can concentrate it down and look in a different way, it gives you a fresh view.” Burning Palace 2014 / 18mins / installation (supported by The Arts Council) Choreographer, Video Artist, Editor: Mairéad Vaughan / Sound Design, Video Artist, Editor: Dara O’Brien Holding The Viewer ‘TerrainSkin’ is a three-screen dance video installation presented at The Firkin Crane throughout IndieCork Festival (until October 31st, 11am – 4pm daily) 1 minute / 1993 Audiotape / 5 minutes / 2003 A Short History of the Wheel Sally Goode has been blind from birth. Tony Hill took her to a location unknown to her and recorded her describing what she found. By touch and sound she learns about the place and, with imagination, simplicity of expression and a joyful openness she articulates her findings. The sighted must see through her hands to experience this place. Objects, normally recognisable at a glance, become stranger and less identifiable when described by touch and without the vocabulary of vision. 1 minute / 1992 An exercise in visual relativity in the form of a journey through space and time as we explore the history of the wheel. Starting with a primitive hand-drawn cart and moving through horsepower and machine age tractor and car to the ultimate wheeled transport, the bicycle. A cinematic roller-coaster ride at the hands of a performer who is literally holding the viewer on the end of a pole. Swoop above his head on a rooftop then fall to his feet, watch him strain to lift you up and swing you round. Balance precariously above his head as he hurries to get back before the magic wears off. ‘I am drawn to decaying, forgotten ruins or derelict sites that accumulate or hold within their structure strong historical and energetic residues, a sense of accumulated time, fading significance, enigmatic spaces of suggestion and memory; the eroded, the no longer visible: places where one can sit and absorb a collective consciousness that continues beyond form…’ Laws of Nature 25 minutes / 1997 Downside Up 17 minutes / 1984 A film which, by the use of a simple camera movement, explores and reviews some relationships to the ground. The viewpoint continuously orbits places, objects, people and events. The observations gradually speed up to reveal a double-sided ground flipping like a tossed coin which slows again to oscillate about the earth’s edge. An experimental film that looks afresh at landscape by using the medium to explore its time and space in ways other than ‘eye view’. A rich, sensual, densely textured film poem that sets out to challenge perceptual habits without being drawn into the seductive trap of the picturesque. Until Oct 31st / 11.00pm – 4.00pm Daily Firkin Crane / Free Admission ‘TerrainSkin’ is inspired by moving from the urban landscape of Dublin to the rural expansiveness of County Cork and considers our relationship with our surrounding environment, both natural and man-made. It reflects on the deep symbiotic relationship between the body-mind and environment, through an immersive experience of kinesthetic and energetic interaction. ‘TerrainSkin’ seeks to make us more aware of the movement in our natural environment, the fragility of time, forgotten enigmatic spaces, empty containers of energetic traces and the presence of the disappeared. Shorts / Awards 22 Shorts Creative Cork Jackie Oh!! The Ronan Phelan Script Award Mon 13th / 6.30pm Tues 14th / 6.30pm Gate / 88 mins Gate / 87 mins Programme 1 Programme 2 Snuff Movie “TIS” Martin Vallely / Ireland / 2014 / 2 minutes Denis O’Sullivan / Ireland / 2014 / 4 minutes You won’t believe what’s going on behind the door at the end of the hallway! TIS: Things I’ve seen over the past five years in Ireland, England, The Netherlands, Germany and Spain. Print source: [email protected] Print source: [email protected] Sticks & Stones Six Feet Stephen Mooney / Ireland / 2014 / 5 minutes Shane Twomey / Ireland / 2014 / 5 minutes When a young man shares a personal detail about himself on a social network, unexpected hostility in the form of cyber-bullying causes conflict within his own mind. Walking alone through a nocturnal city, a woman becomes prey to a deviant male. Firkin Crane Print source: [email protected] Sean Creagh / Ireland / 2014 / 15 An angel falls from grace and crashes to Earth. Without any place to call home and with nobody to turn to he embarks on a long journey. It’s All About The Bike Colum Lynch / Ireland / 2014 / 4 minutes Lego characters restore a 1950s Thanet Silverlight racing bike in this home-grown animation filmed on a mobile phone. Print source: [email protected] Print source: [email protected] Chips Off The Block: The KC & Son & Sons Story John Shiel / 2014 / Ireland / 13 minutes The iconic KC & Son & Sons fish and chip shop was set up in Cork in 1958. Over 55 years later, it is still going strong. Wes, Zac and Josh Crawford describe the joys and tribulations of keeping their family business running. Riddled with Gorgeous Ger Browne / Ireland / 2014 / 7 minutes Exploring body-image issues amongst models, this film also examines the myths and misconceptions surrounding models and modelling. Print source: [email protected] Dead Nature Print source: [email protected] Mark Kent / Ireland / 2014 / 9 minutes Tonic It’s LSD cooking night at the secret science lodge. There are black holes and time warps. Brian Benjamin Dwyer / Ireland / 2013 / 8 minutes Print source: [email protected] A rhyming piece about frustration, desperation, lust and ultimately, death… Keeping Time - A Portrait of Stokes Clocks Print source: [email protected] James O’ Sullivan / Ireland / 2014 / 15 minutes Jackie Oh!! Patrick O’Shea / Ireland / 2014 / 5 minutes Urban Artist Fin DAC returns to his home town of Cork City to paint a giant mural on the main wall of the Kino on Washington St. Print source: [email protected] Stokes Clocks of Cork has been owned and operated for three generations by members of the same family, whose love for the craft and the art of horology has passed down through the generations. The film examines the story of the family and their humble shop, responsible for some of the most iconic clocks in Ireland, including the famous Clery’s Clock in O’Connell Street, Dublin. Print source: [email protected] All Mortal Flesh John Corcoran / Ireland / 2014 / 13 minutes Spellbound A suburban family man and sometime contract killer finds himself faced with an unexpected dilemma after accepting a last-minute assignment in the days leading up to Christmas. Seán Breathnach / Ireland / 2014 / 14 minutes Print source: [email protected] Best friends Cathy and Susan decide to skip school for the day. They venture into the nearby forest to conduct some magic spells, in the hope of their romantic dreams coming true. Print source: [email protected] This Time Tomorrow Robert McCarthy / Ireland / 2014 / 7 minutes Sleepover A young couple try to cope with the unexpected… Emmet O’Brien/ Ireland / 2014 / 8 minutes Print source: [email protected] Amplitude & Artefacts Frustrated by a lack of sleep due to her boyfriend’s constant fidgeting in bed, a woman suggests a plan which puts their normal adult relationship up against the values of a more innocent time. Rory O’Brien / Ireland / 2014 / 20 minutes Print source: [email protected] An immersive abstraction alluding to something that never was, ‘Amplitude & Artefacts’ is a study of sound and light, an evolving audiovisual palate that veers from minimalist, shadowy extractions to a vortex of swirling synthetic sound and flickering light. Print source: [email protected] Inner Landscapes Print source: [email protected] Sat 18th / 12.00pm Sat 18th / 4.15pm Gate / 88 mins Gate / 89 mins Gate / 85 mins Programme 1 Programme 2 Programme 3 The Daisy Chain Cas Teampall / Turn Around The Weather Report Ken Williams and Denis Fitzpatrick / Ireland / 2014 / 5 minutes Glenn Gannon / Ireland / 2014 / 11 minutes Paul Murphy / Ireland / 2014 / 5 minutes A woman looks back at her childhood and the games she used to play. A mysterious phone call, which questions a routine weather report by lighthouse keeper Ted Sweeney, leads his wife Maureen to question more than just the weather report. Stephen Gibson / Ireland / 2014 /4 minutes Vincent was an asylum seeker who managed to learn Irish, find work and carve out a life in Ireland for himself. Now he’s a disillusioned primary school teacher who’s lost his way in life. Will the gift of a Sat Nav (and some magic realism) help him find the place he’s been looking for? A young girl begs on a Dublin street, but what are her motives? Print source: [email protected] Waves Bridge To Kindness This event will see the four Print source: [email protected] short-listed scripts in this competition, undergo a live script reading with professional Da Jamie Harty / Ireland / 2014 / 16 minutes Cheryl must come to terms with her relationship with her father on the day of his funeral. Print source: [email protected] Steve Woods / Ireland / 2014 / 11 minutes Print source: [email protected] Print source: [email protected] A shocking tale from the depths of the male menopause! A King falls for a young and beautiful Princess and does not survive the process. Print source: [email protected] Alan Holly / Ireland / 2013 / 9 minutes panel for the award. The Tent A lost soul stumbles drunkenly through the city. In a park, Death finds him and shows him many things. Liam ó Mocháin / Ireland / 2014 / 17 minutes Print source: [email protected] The award is named in honour of Ronan Phelan who was an award-winning film maker who passed away in 2004 aged 29. He was a pupil of Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh in Bishopstown in Cork and went on to graduate from UCC. Along with a great love for music, he studied film in St John’s Central College where he wrote and directed ‘Gangs of Waterfall’, a widely praised award winning film that was noted for raising the bar for film-making in Cork. His family are honoured that his spirit will live on with this script award in his name. Eva, an 80-year-old woman living in Ireland, asks her grandson Daniel to retrieve a bracelet that she once buried as a child in her garden in Poland in 1939. The Dead Planet Print source: [email protected] This initiative was spearheaded by Niall Owens, an IndieCork committee member and filmmaker himself. The winning script will be announced at the Closing night screening on Sunday 19th October at 8.30pm in The Gate Cinema. INDIE CORK 16 20 Oct 2013 A short dance film following a troubled woman who goes to the beach to find solace. A modern power station worker leaves his place of work and is taken to a sacred place, where he dances in a circle of warriors. Returning to the power plant, the worker combines the warriors’ movement with his own to generate his own power and sense of connection. Coda www.indiecork.com Print source: [email protected] Terence White / Ireland / 2014 / 7 minutes Keeping Time actors, in front of the judging John O’Brien / Ireland / 2014 / 21 minutes How much and for how long are past memories kept? How can others be gone forever? How does short-term memory influence long-term memory? This choreographic dance film invites the audience to be immersed in the visual landscapes of memory. Fri 17th / 4.15pm Print source: [email protected] Print source: [email protected] Fallen Angel Irish Shorts The Tent Sat 18th / 4.00pm 23 A Warning To All Kings David Quin / Ireland / 2014 / 5 minutes In This Place Alec Moore / Ireland / 2014 / 19 minutes Waterway Mark seems comfortable being a big fish in a small pond. When the doors of opportunity present themselves he always finds an excuse to return to a destructive lifestyle. Has Mark finally made one excuse too many? Carrie Crowley / Ireland / 2014 / 13 minutes Print source: [email protected] Print source: [email protected] Maurice has suffered loss and is barely able to articulate his feelings as he travels back to his boat for the first time in months. The ghosts of yesteryear call to him as he navigates the gentle waters of the canal. A Scene from the Happening World Luke Print source: [email protected] Ruairi O’Neill / Ireland / 2014 / 8 minutes A space traveller finds herself stranded on a dangerous alien planet. When she takes shelter in a cave we discover that this planet may not be so alien after all… Conor Hamill / Ireland / 2014 / 12 minutes Jonathan Sammon / Ireland / 2014 / 24 minutes Using found footage, interviews and recreated scenes, ‘A Scene from the Happening World’ tells the story of a man who finds himself in an uninhabited metropolis from which there appears to be no escape, a place he comes to refer to as ‘The Forever City’. After years of caring for his dementia-stricken mother on his own, Luke must now try to cope with the return home of his older brother. Dorchadas / Darkness Print source: [email protected] Print source: [email protected] Volkswagen Joe When a serial killer loses control of his latest capture, no amount of talking can change what will happen next. When is a victim not a victim? This short psychological thriller is subtitled in English. Brian Deane / Ireland / 2013 / 29 minutes Print source: [email protected] James Fitzgerald / Ireland / 2014 / 25 minutes In 1981 Northern Ireland, a conflicted bordertown mechanic is faced with an impossible decision in this tense political drama. Personal Development Print source: [email protected] Tom Sullivan / Ireland / 2014 / 11 minutes Noel Anthony Malone / Ireland / 2014 / 13 minutes Skunky Dog Fintan’s already fragile relationship with his youngest daughter is put to the test with the arrival of some unexpected news. Flick is a 19-year-old who spends his time drinking and dreaming of a better life. A local mechanic sees potential in Flick and offers occasional work. The arrangement becomes a challenge for Flick, as Mick’s sexual orientation is a topic of debate amongst the local community. Print source: [email protected] Print source: [email protected] Stoop Niall Owens / Ireland / 2014 / 14 minutes Stephen, or ‘Stoop’ as he is called at work, lives in a campervan next to his brother’s house. Both Stephen and his brother Vin suffer from depression. As Vin continues to withdraw, Stephen must decide: does he allow himself to become more like his brother or does he open up to someone, anyone? Print source: [email protected] Specials 24 Shorts Irish Shorts World Shorts Aïssa Sun 12th / 4.15pm Gate / 93 minutes The Fight Sun 19th / 12.00am Sun 19th / 4.15pm Gate / 89 mins Gate / 95 mins Programme 4 Programme 5 The Grove Trevor Kieran McHugh / Ireland / 2012 / 7 minutes Zoe Dunlop Doyle / Ireland / 2014 / 8 minutes Observational documentary on the Bon Secours Hospital in Tuam known as The Grove which shut its doors in 2001. Trevor’s close relationship with his mother becomes strained when his mother invites a date back to their home. When Trevor unleashes his jealousy, it changes their lives forever. Print source: [email protected] Print source: [email protected] 7th Son Nodlag Houlihan / Ireland / 2014 / 12 minutes Cavalier Since ancient times the seventh son has been said to possess great magic. They are healers; in tune with nature, animals and all living things. Seán Clancy / Ireland / 2014 / 9 minutes Print source: [email protected] Print source: [email protected] The Fight A directionless young man questions his life after a chance encounter with his ex-girlfriend. Centre Of The Room 3 Way Flicker Kate Roarty / Ireland / 2014 / 16 minutes Paul O’Donoghue / Ireland / 2014 / 8 minutes “Martin Watson is a 61-year-old man whose full-time job is Life Modeling. I first came across Martin when I was 17 in a Life Drawing class. I was taken aback by his confidence and his ability to strike such complicated poses. This is a documentary about Martin, about loving A Keith Mannix Production what you do in life and constantly striving to be the best you can be.” Using analogue equipment and simple tones, buzzes and glitches are transformed into visual representations. When three of these recordings are juxtaposed, complete with audio, new rhythmic and harmonic audio-visual complexities emerge. Would you like to be a part owner in a film festival? Are you a film fan, and interested in becoming involved in an exciting new cultural venture? Join us! Become a Shareholder of IndieCork and have a say in the direction of the company. Daniela Gross / Ireland, Brazil / 2014 / 13 minutes The viewer accompanies Jackie O’Grady on a personal journey through changes in the way of life on Clare Island on the rugged west coast of Ireland. Technological advances have lead to the extinguishing of a generations-old career, the lighthouse keeper. The Abandoning Vanessa Gildea / Ireland / 2014 / 16 minutes ‘The Abandoning’ is a film about the memory of a house, a place where the past and present are not separate places. Print source: [email protected] Niamh Heery / Ireland / 2014 / 18 minutes The Fight An elderly railway engineer and a young ex-con form an unlikely friendship while working on the narrow gauge railways that traverse the expansive, historic bogs of Ireland. Keith Mannix / Ireland / 2014 / 13 minutes Beneath the frenzy of cockfighting in the Philippines is the curious relationship between the Filipino man and his treasured idol whom he sends to battle. Print source: [email protected] Print source: [email protected] Alan Friel / Ireland / 2014 / 17 minutes Harmanli: Trapped on the Fringe of Freedom Nine-year-old Sophie and her wayward mother Harriet go to the races to meet Sophie’s dad for the first time. Niamh Heery / Ireland / 2014 /12 minutes Print source: fiona@jumperproductions A film about the Syrian women, men and children living in Harmanli Refugee Camp, Bulgaria. Over 1000 Syrian refugees paid smugglers to take them to Europe. They now live locked inside a decrepit former military barracks as they await news of their refugee application status, in the poorest country in the EU. Print source: [email protected] Sophie At The Races Kevin Liddy / Ireland, US / 2014 / 26 minutes Somewhere up the Hudson river, an inner-city priest and a sanitation worker grapple with the ghosts of their pasts and the longings that haunt them… Print source: [email protected] First Or Last The cost is €90 per annum or €7.50 per month. IndieCork’s Annual General Meeting and election to the Committee takes place in June 2015. Shareholder registration is managed through MyClubFinances.com Print source: [email protected] IndieCork Film Festival Society Limited is registered as an industrial and provident society. Gate / 98 minutes The Song / El Canto Electric Soul Condom Inés Sedan / France / 2013 / 9 minutes Joni Männistö / Finland / 2013 / 5 minutes An electrifying animated view of a buzzing micropolis. Print source: [email protected] Sheldon Lieberman & Igor Coric / Australia / 2013 / 4 minutes Me And My Moulton Print source: [email protected] A woman is forced by her husband to be silent forever, but when listening to nature she finds her own song and a hope for a new life. Print source: [email protected] It Will Come to Light / Ça Viendra Avec La Lumière When six-year-old Spike finds a used condom, Dadda attempts to explain about boys’ schmekels and girls’ knutzas, and exactly what a condom is for. Torill Kove / Norway / 2014 / 14 minutes One summer in 1960s Norway, a seven-year-old girl asks her hopelessly out-of-touch parents for a bicycle, but the unconventional ways of these modernist architects soon prove to be a source of quiet embarrassment and anxiety for the young girl. By the director of the Academy Award®-winning ‘The Danish Poet’. Shades Of Gray / ƧNjNjƾdžǃǁ&ƾljLJƼLJ Hofsós in northern Iceland, January 2013. This documentary essay tracks the sun and its absense as the window of light closes to just a few hours a day. Polaroid Print source: www.nfi.no Print source: [email protected] Three Weeks In December /Tres Semanas Em Dezembro All What Is Somehow Useful / Alles Was Irgendwie Nützt Laura Goncalves / Portugal / 2013 / 6 minutes Pim Zwier / Netherlands / 2014 / 8 minutes Print source: www.nfi.no This is a personal story that looks at family bonds, using my drawings as a reference and my family as a diary. Part of my culture in my home town of Belmonte, during Christmas time. Aïssa Print source: [email protected] Based on the historical glass plate photograph collection ‘Julius Kühn’ of the Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, a multitude of animals is brought together in a rhythmical sequence of photographs in this experimental short. Years of studies and experiments on animals are reduced to a few images per second. Lucie Baudinaud / France, Iceland / 2013 / 17 minutes Alexandra Averyanova / Russia / 2014 / 6 minutes A boy and a girl meet at the Tsarskoselsky railway station, but get separated a few moments later. As they grow up, the two walk the same streets of Petersburg… Julia Elise Schacht / Norway / 2014 / 11 minutes Polaroid is the poetic tale of a brief, nocturnal encounter between a man and a woman, an encounter that remains a mystery to the man for the rest of his life. Clément Tréhin-Lalanne / France / 2014 / 8 minutes Aïssa is Congolese and is presently residing illegally on French territory. She claims to be a minor, however the authorities believe she is over 18. In order to establish whether or not she can remain in the country, a doctor must give her a physical examination. Dark Light Print source: [email protected] John Smith / UK / 2014 / 4 minutes London and Warsaw, 1980. London and Leipzig, 1997. Where now? Remembering visits to Poland and East Germany, the filmmaker questions idealised imaginings of life in other places. Emergency Calls Siegfried A. Fruhauf / Austria / 2013 / 2 minutes Down On The Corner / Kod Ćoška Hannes Vartiainen & Pekka Veikkolainen / Finland / 2013 / 15 minutes Being human is a fragile and felleting opportunity to experience life and the universe around us. In the face of overwhelming darkness all we can do is to rely on and find solace in one another. The film is bases on authentic emergency call and radio traffic. ‘Still Dissolution’ measures the relationship between photography and film, standstill and motion, formation and dissolution, now and then, and material reality and illusion. Nikola Ilić & Corina Schwingruber Ilić / Switzerland / 2013 / 15 minutes Print source: [email protected] Beer, cigarettes or margarine, the corner store in Sirča has it all. It’s a meeting point for those who didn’t emigrate. No work, no money, but a lot of humour and friendship; everyday life in central Serbia. The Rape Of The Samburu Women Print source: [email protected] Print source: [email protected] Print source: [email protected] Jenna Hasse / Switzerland / 2014 / 10 minutes Implausible Things Six-year-old Margaux wakes early on an August morning. She goes to the window and sees her father loading cardboard boxes into the car. Her mother is still sleeping. This summer morning promises to be a singular one for the little girl. Rita Macedo / Portugal / 2014 / 29 minutes Print source: [email protected] The day before yesterday at Marienbad, the day before tomorrow, right here. Scraps of existential randomness in a nutshell, in a box. Built from 16mm found footage, this film invites each viewer to leave their conceptions of reason and causality behind. Print source: [email protected] Meanwhile Stephen McNally / UK / 2014 / 5 minutes Bad Blood / Mi Raca Blending computer generated 3D and 2D drawn animation techniques, ‘Meanwhile’ follows four characters traversing a city, each lost in their own worlds, trapped in their memories, regrets and frustrations. André Santos, Marco Leao / Portugal / 2013 / 19 minutes A portrait of the emptiness in a primary relationship between a mother and a daughter. Two characters driven by guilt living in solitude with a nervous dog. Which iis the only male presences in the house. Print source: [email protected] For details go to indiecork.com Tues 14th / 4.15pm Programme 3 In August / En Août Éamonn Dunne / Ireland / 2014 / 19 minutes What does it take to be a top-level athlete? Hard work, dedication, precision... or swag?! Twenty-year-old Corkonian, Chris Mintern, combines them all as he competes in the iconic Lee Swim and his first Olympic Distance triathlon. Gate / 92 minutes After The Winter / Au-delà De l’Hiver Programme 2 Print source: [email protected] The Suffering Kind Mon 13th / 4.15pm Print source: [email protected] Our Unfenced Country Print source: [email protected] Implausible Things Programme 1 Still Dissolution Print source: [email protected] Print source: [email protected] The Green Road To The Lighthouse 25 Soliton Iara Lee / US / 2012 / 12 minutes England has maintained military training facilities in the Samburu region of its former colony of Kenya for the last 50 years. During this period, women in the area have faced an epidemic of rape. The film visits the brave women of Senchen, who speak candidly about their suffering and talk passionately about their demands for justice. Print source: [email protected] Half Cut / Meio Corte Nikolai Nekh / Portugal / 2014 / 7 minutes A film about the public transport strikes in Portugal during the period of the so-called financial crises. However, there is no way to go through it empirically; this struggle happens in a sound/image juxtaposition. Print source: [email protected] After The Winter / Au-delà De l’Hiver Jow Zhi Wei / France / 2013 / 19 minutes Isamu Hirabayashi / Japan / 2013 / 14 minutes An old Chinese couple in a small village, waiting… A man walks, step by step, through the grass, first in black-and-white, later in pale colour. We see nothing of his face, just his boots and legs, clad in camouflage trousers and filmed from above. Print source: [email protected] Print source: [email protected] Bear / Bamse Bård Ivar Engelsås / Norway /2014 /17 minutes A solitary hunter struggles to stay alive in the brutal wilderness. When he encounters a teddy bear left alone in the snow, he starts failing as a survivor. Soon both he and the bear are in danger of being destroyed. Print source: www.nfi.no A Million Miles Away Jennifer Reeder / USA / 2014 / 27 minutes A woman on the edge of failing and a pack of teenage girls simultaneously experience a supernatural version of coming of age. The transformation unravels patiently to the infectious beat of an 80s heavy-metal anthem rearranged as a lamentation. Print source: [email protected] Shorts 26 Poetry 27 Ó’Bhéal World Shorts Ó Bhéal International Poetry Film Competition - 2014 In association with the IndieCork Festival, Ó Bhéal presents two exciting screenings of fifteen short films each, forming the competition shortlist of thirty poetry-films and representing eleven countries. These were selected by a panel of With Lou / Avec Lou Wed 15th / 4.15pm Gate / 97 minutes Colours Thur 16th / 4.15pm Gate / 95 minutes One Man, Eight Cameras Fri 17th / 2.00pm four Ó Bhéal judges and chosen from over 80 Gate / 98 minutes International submissions. This year’s judges are Programme 4 Programme 5 Programme 6 Please Relax Now Wonder One Man, Eight Cameras Vika Kirchenbauer / Germany / 2014 / 12 minutes Mirai Mizue / Japan / 2014 / 8 minutes Naren Wilks / UK / 2014 / 2 minutes This is an immersive piece. Only through your thorough collaboration will it unfold in its full richness. Only you can give life to the artwork. You will not be a spectator anymore. A man in a circular room explores a curious phenomenon, in which eight synchronised versions of himself temporarily form to create a rotationally symmetric kaleidoscopic world. Yogurt And Wax / Joghurt Mit Wachs Music and sound, sequences of colour and movement, tones and rhythmised oscillations: abstract animation. In order to create the film Wonder, animation artist Mirai Mizue uploaded a one second film, or more specifically, 24 pictures on the Internet every day, on 365 consecutive days. Like a trapeze artist without a safety net, he refrained from using a storyboard and relied solely on his intuition. Gabriel Tempea / Austria / 2013 / 3 minutes Print source: [email protected] Dietmar Brehm / Austria / 2013 / 3 minute Print source: [email protected] Yogurt jars served often as improvised candle stands during the power failures that were common in Romania during the eighties. Returned to the factory, the wax-spotted jars were superficially cleaned and refilled with yogurt. The chance of finding wax in one’s yogurt jar increased with the frequency of the blackouts. Print source: [email protected] Winter / Zima Do You Have A Minute? / Ce l’Hai Un Minuto? Alessandro Bardani / Italy / 2013 / 9 minutes Oreste asks Mahdi, “Have you got a minute?” before giving him directions from the suburbs of Rome to Palestine. A long journey unfolds, enriched with amusing anecdotes and sad memories, an escape from loneliness that becomes a surreal and ironic meeting. A portrait of a season, a journey through northern Russia and Siberia, through the feelings and thoughts of the people who have to cope with one of the world’s harshest climates; a reality where the boundary between life and death is so thin that it is sometimes almost non-existent. 1.-14. November Print source: [email protected] The Shadow of your Smile Vika Kirchenbauer & Martin Sulzer / Germany / 2014 / 7 minutes ‘Kingdom Come: Rituals’ was initiated by the artists’ discovery of pigeon photography: a method used mainly during World War I in the field of what would nowadays be called “unmanned reconnaissance”. Print source: [email protected] With Lou / Avec Lou Isabelle Schapira / Belgium / 2014 / 23 minutes After a tense weekend with family, Johanna meets Lou, a boy of thirteen who ran away from home. Sami Eschmann / Germany / 2013 / 26 minutes Daily routine in my studio from 1st to the 14th November. Print source: [email protected] Martin Smith / Scotland / 2014 / 14 minutes When a young showman visits a new town he struggles to fit in. Seagulls follows Ryan as he attempts to bond with a group of local boys. The film explores the subtle differences in the lives of these teenage boys and how cultural bonds that are deeply ingrained are never far from the surface. Print source: [email protected] Wotruba Thomas Draschan / Austria / 2014 / 6 minutes Draschan reveals the artistic and architectural philosophy underlying this building, which Fritz Wotruba conceived and built from 1974 to 1976 with the architect Fritz Gerhard Mayr - Vienna´s Church of the Most Holy Trinity. Print source: [email protected] A remix film accompanied by a saccharine-sweet instrumental piece released long ago by the Swiss electronic-listening combo Sweet People. The material was taken from Brehm’s video series Praxis. Scene 60 from Praxis-8, recycled here, contains private footage by (and of) the filmmaker, at times in disguise, the debris from porn films he’s known for - and the mystery of a crumpled Coca-Cola bottle. 24/7 Jeanette Wagner / Germany / 2014 / 15 minutes A married couple hope to re-inject some passion into their love life by inviting an unknown couple to their house in this comedy about love, sex and urgent desire. First it’s time for coffee, then let’s see… Alexei Dmitriev / Russia / 2014 / 3 minutes Teagan “The shadow of your smile, when you are gone. / A teardrop kissed your lips and so did I.” A film that explores female beauty in the context of pornographic films. Igor Coric & Sheldon Lieberman / Australia / 2014 / 3 minutes L.A. Aboriginal A story of transition – from male to female, and from despondency to happiness. Using recorded interview material and representative artwork, this short film touches on the fear and loneliness of living in the closet, and the joy and confidence that comes with stepping into the light. Bayou Bennett & Daniel Lir / US / 2012 / 9 minutes Print source: [email protected] The life and background of dynamic artist Dave Tourje, who was influenced by the energetic L.A. subcultures of skateboarding, surfing, gang culture, motocross and hot rods. Elision Print source: [email protected] Print source: [email protected] Colours Graham Fitzpatrick / UK / 2013 / 15 minutes Nathan is a shy and highly intelligent man. He has his life structured and arranged just as he likes, yet he is lonely. Polly, a neighbour, is his ideal partner – sweet and affectionate, with a penchant for science and history. Print source: [email protected] Print source: [email protected] Raphaël Mathié / France / 2014 / 22 minutes The Bookseller Of Berne / Der Antiquar Am Hirschengraben Two men walk; the night falls. A fire, a dance, a siren calls. Thus begins the eternal and absurd journey to a mysterious world of dreams and our own altered reality. Andrea Leila Kuehni / Switzerland / 2014 / 25 minutes Print source: [email protected] Soon Jaime Ramagosa will be ninety years old. It’s time to close his antiquarian bookshop in Berne, but he hasn’t completely given up his Unmoved / Imóvel Wreckers / Les Naufrageurs Sérgio Galvão Roxo / Portugal / 2014 / 7 minutes Bodies pursue other bodies. Possibly they are seeking themselves. A voracious thirst holds us captive to the search for answers. The bodies are guided, but where to? Print source: [email protected] Sauliac Our Curse Edouard Giraudo / France / 2014 / 20 minutes Tomasz Śliwiński / Poland / 2013 / 30 minutes The year is 1890. Mr. Sauliac, a passionate and bring inventor with a deep interest in the movement of images, creates a machine that will be called a ‘camera’ a few years later. The infant son of director Tomasz Śliwiński must sleep every night attached to a lung ventilator. Śliwiński records the moments when they first bring little Leo home from the hospital, the first sleepless nights, but also the moments of optimism and joy Leo brings. Print source: [email protected] Sandpiper All films were completed within the last two years, and include works from Ireland, England, Canada, USA, Ukraine, Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Lebanon, Isle of Man and Macedonia/Croatia. The judges will select one overall winner, to be announced at the Festival Awards Ceremony. The winner receives the IndieCork award for best poetry-film. A selection made from the shortlist will also appear as a special Ó Bhéal programme at the Cyclop Videopoetry Festival in Kiev, during late November 2014. Spell Against Impermanence Ó Bhéal and Poetry Films Christian Schmeer & Joe Mania / UK / 2014 / 16 minutes For a gay teenager, prison is hell and winning acceptance is a risky business. ‘Colours’ features a cast of real-life prisoners from Scotland’s tough youth jail. trade in old books. In a back room, he keeps his best pieces… Print source: [email protected] Rab Urquhart. Print source: www.sixpackfilm.com Print source: [email protected] Print source: [email protected] Seagulls Coke Print source: [email protected] Cristina Picchi / Russia / 2013 / 12 minutes Kingdom Come: Rituals Print source: [email protected] Paul Casey, Stephen O’Riordan, Rosie O’Regan and Print source: [email protected] The complete programme is available at www.obheal.ie/poetryfilm Competition A Smurfit Theatre, Firkin Crane / Sat 18th Oct / 6.00pm / 51 mins Competition B Smurfit Theatre, Firkin Crane / Sun 19th Oct / 4.00pm / 50 mins Poetry films continue to become ever more popular – films that interpret poetry. A growing number of festivals has emerged in recent years which are dedicated entirely to the form, including notably, the Zebra Poetry-Film Festival in Berlin, the Visible Verse festival in Vancouver, Sadho in New Delhi, the Australian Poetry In Film Festival, the Video Bardo in Buenos Aries, Liberated Words in Bristol and the Cyclop Videopoetry Festival in Kiev. Since early 2009, Ó Bhéal has been promoting this curious fusion of artforms, when in collaboration with the Goethe Institute and Literaturwerkstatt Berlin, the best of Zebra Poetry Film festival entries were screened at the Triskel in Cork. A year later in November of 2010 Ó Bhéal held its first poetry-film evening, highlighting ten of the world’s best poetry-films In 2011 that increased to sixteen and in 2012, presenting a selection of thirty films, chosen from over 500. In 2013, Ó Bhéal convened an International competition for the first time, in partnership with IndieCork Festival. 28 Documentaries Documentaries Eamonn Wall: Your Rivers Have Trained You One Ocean: No Limits I Hear Fish Drowning 29 Mother Jones And Her Children Thur 16th / 2.00pm Gate Mon 13th / 2.00pm Sun 19th / 12.00pm Gate Gate Paul O’Reilly / Ireland / 2014 / 59 minutes John Hodge & Sarah Strong / UK / 2014 / 22 minutes Sarah McCann / Ireland / 2013 / 53 minutes Emma Bowell / Ireland / 2014 / 52 minutes A portrait of Eamonn Wall, one of Ireland’s leading poets. Filmed in Eamonn’s native homeland of There is a need to separate and a need to stay in touch. Through memory, imagination, poetry and prose, the film is a haunting mosaic of images shifting between Ireland and London, between past and present. Stella embarks on a literature course on Irish women and exile at a London Irish centre. Through that process she reconnects with her own sense of alienation and finds a renewed sense of self. ‘One Ocean: No Limits’ follows a young Irish novice rower through the highs and lows of rowing across the ‘Mother Jones And Her Children’ outlines the extraordinary life of the most famous Cork woman in America, Mary Jones, formerly Mary Harris. Born in Cork in 1837, she survived the famine and emigrated to Canada. Contributions from leading experts detail her move to the US and her marriage to George Jones, her life as a mother to four children, the tragic loss of her entire family and later her business, her entry into the labour movement and her role as a fearless union organiser, which ultimately earned her a reputation as ‘the most dangerous woman in America’. Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, the poet walks us through several chapters of his life, interweaving them with extracts from poems and essays that characteristically have come to reveal so much about his family, travels and influences. The director will be present at the screening. vast Atlantic, from Morocco to Barbados, as part of a crew of six who only met a few days before setting out on this momentous voyage. Ocean Rowing is an extreme sport and from an endurance viewpoint, crossing the Atlantic by oar is similar to running over 100 marathons, back to back. Those who have successfully crossed the Atlantic is less than The directors will be present for the screening. those who’ve been in space. It’s a story of human triumph against the odds, showing how determination Print source: [email protected] and the desire to achieve can take one person from a dream to a reality. The director will be present for the screening. Print source: [email protected] ‘One Ocean: No Limits’ is a completely no-budget film, self-funded by the producer/director over three Print source: [email protected] years work of part-time filming and editing. (Eamonn Wall: Your Rivers Have Trained You will be preceded by I Hear Fish Drowning) “A difficult relationship break-up extended the post-production process, but thankfully, the film tells the tales of an extraordinary challenge undertaken by both the main subject, my former partner Adam, and myself.” Sarah McCann The director will be present for the screening. Endure Na Píobairí Uilleann Europe In 8 Bits The Wind Blows Where It Wants Sat 18th / 12.00pm Sun 12th / 2.00pm Wed 15th / 2.00pm Tue 14th / 2.00pm Gate Gate Gate Gate Vincent McEntee / Ireland / 2014 / 70 minutes Javier Polo / Spain / 2013 / 75 minutes Alain mac Gabhann / Ireland / 2014 / 50 minutes Abel Kavanagh / Ireland / 2014 / 68 minutes In 2010, two young Irish guys quit their jobs, packed their bags and set themselves a challenge – to cycle 26,000kms across 27 countries on five continents in 11 months. Drawing from over 40 hours of footage shot by Larry and Kev, ‘Endure’ gives you a first-hand account of life on the road. We see what inspired them and we see how this once-in-a-lifetime experience continues to affect their lives. The uilleann pipes are a vibrant part of the music scene in Ireland and internationally, with an estimated six thousand players of this uniquely Irish instrument worldwide. Yet in the 1960s they were on the brink of extinction. This is the story of the first piping tionól held in April 1968 in Bettystown in County Meath – a first-hand account of what happened on the day Na Píobairí Uilleann was formed, and the uilleann pipes were saved from the threat of extinction. Born in Dublin, and holding an Irish passport, Abel is of Spanish origin but was raised in France – he speaks English in a French accent. The director will be present at the screening. Europe In 8 Bits is a documentary that explores the world of chip music, a new musical trend that is growing throughout Europe. The stars of this musical movement reveal to us how to reuse old videogames hardware like Nintendo’s GameBoy, NES, Atari ST, Amiga and the Commodore 64 to turn them into a tool capable of creating a new sound, a modern tempo and an innovative musical style. This is a new way of interpreting music performed by a great many artists who show their skills in turning these “limited” machines designed for leisure in the 80s into surprising musical instruments and graphical tools. It will leave nobody indifferent. Print Source: [email protected] Print Source: [email protected] While waiting on news of his application for French naturalisation, Abel explores his roots in Ireland with a view to discovering what being Irish really means, and what nationality and borders represent. Featuring interviews and performances from Liam O’Flynn and Paddy Moloney, Néillidh Mulligan, Seán Senior and Seán Óg Potts, Peter Browne, Gay McKeon, Brian Vallely, Pat Mitchell, Maitiú Ó Casaide and others. This transcultural odyssey invites the viewer to redefine that which determines each individual and allows them to differentiate themselves from each other: identity. Print Source: [email protected] The producer will be present for the screening Print Source: [email protected] 30 Industry Events Cultural / Education We’re Learning... Euro Connection VII Cultural Exception Theatre Development Centre, Triskel Arts Centre A festival is not just about screenings. 3.00pm – 4.30pm It’s also about learning about film art and about film industry. Friday 17th Oct – Free We’re delighted that so many of our guests are willing to share 03-04 February 2015 – Clermont-Ferrand their knowledge and experience, especially with the young and emerging filmmakers participating in IndieCork. The events are free with the exception of the two workshops for which there is a charge of €5 for each. For further information or to secure a place, please email [email protected] Workshop: Exploring the Director / Producer Relationship Thur 16th / 2.00pm Crane Lane Theatre This workshop will explore the relationship between the Director and the Producer in prepping and filming a feature film. Rossa Mullin (Producer) & Padraig Trehy (Director/Writer) will talk openly about their experience of making the feature film ‘Shem the Penman Sings Again’. Panel Discussion: Short Flm Funding News From The Factory Shimmy Marcus will host this information session about the transition The Factory has undegone in the last few months and what it is becoming, the training courses, classes and oppertunities it will provide, aspiring & experienced actors. Shimmy will also screen a promo and a showcase of last year’s graduating acting talent year. Panel Discussion: Tales From The Indie Trenches Crane Lane Theatre Venue to be announced Making a feature film on a minimal budget can be a trying task, mistakes get made and it’s too late to rectify them, problems are presented and imaginative solutions have to be found. Once the film is made the task of getting it seen by other than friends and family provides a whole other set of challenges. Writer Kevin Lehane (Grabbers, 2013) will present an indepth look at the process of writing from concept to character development, from routines to vomit drafts. Kevin will also discuss ‘knowing your strengths’, ‘learning to compromise’ (“everyone compromises when making a film!”). Euro Connection is the European Short Film Co-production Forum taking place each year at the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market. This business platform aims at fostering partnerships between European production companies, funders and broadcasters for short film projects. The next edition of Euro Connection will take place on Tuesday 3rd and Wednesday Padraig Trehy lectures in Film at CIT Crawford College of Art & Design. As a filmmaker he has been writing and directing films since 2001, beginning with the short documentary The Headstones of Seamus Murphy, which won the Cork Film Centre Creative Documentary Award. He won the RTE / Cork Film Centre Short Script Award for My First Motion Picture. Other films include The Kings of Cork City; Trying to Sell Your Soul When The Devil Won’t, Echoes and an extended study of the sculptor Seamus Murphy A Quiet Revolution. He is in post-production on his first feature film the Irish Film Board funded Shem The Penman Sings Again about the friendship between James Joyce and John McCormack and the writing of Finnegans Wake. Kevin Lehane is an IFTA and WGGB nominated screenwriter who is best known for writing the film Grabbers, produced by Forward Films. The film premiered at Sundance 2012 and proved popular with audiences and critics. Grabbers went on to screen at festivals around The French call it l’exception culturelle, a political concept they introduced in 1993 that treats culture differently from other commercial products. The protection now afforded to culture in the European Union, is soon to be debated in the free-trade talks between the EU and the US and may come under pressure. Call for Projects 2015 IndieCork Festival is the Irish partner for this co-production opportunity. The deadline for application is October 24th. Flmmakers interested in entering their work should contact us at: [email protected] Where should Ireland stand, particularly in light of our culture, our artists, our filmmaking? IndieCork presents, in conjunction with the European Parliament Information Office of Ireland, an open panel discussion on the importance of the ‘cultural exception’. Panellists will include: Francis Jacobs, Head of Office, European Parliament Information Office and Liadh Ní Riada, a Sinn Féin MEP for Ireland South From the Muskerry Gaeltacht, Liadhis is an accomplished documentary filmmaker and has worked as both a television producer and director. Liadh served on the board which established Teilifís na Gaeilge in 1996. INDIE CORK 16 Dave Tynan attended the Berlinale Talent Campus while at the National Film School at IADT. His short film Just Saying was viewed over 250,000 times in the first week of it going online at and received major press coverage. It has since been seen over 400,000 times. He also graduated from the Filmmaking MA in Goldsmiths University with a DistinctionIn 2014 Dave has directed two short films, Poxy, for the RTÉ/Filmbase Short Film Award, and Rockmount, under the Irish Film Board Signatures scheme. Rockmount won the Tiernan MacBride Award for Best Short Drama at the Galway Film Fleadh 2014. He has a number of short and feature projects in development. the world winning a number of audience awards during its run. Screen Daily described Grabbers as having a ‘smart script canny enough to sidestep the expectations of fans who might think they know how films like this are supposed to play out’. Grabbers was recently nominated for a 2014 Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Screenplay. Directors of Irish indie feature directors will share the lessons learned, the pitfalls to avoid as well as the unexpected benefits of going down the indie trail. The Cultural Exception – An open discussion 4th February 2015 during the ClermontFerrand Short Film Market. Euro Connection is organised by Sauve Qui Peut le Court Métrage (Clermont-Ferrand) in association with the Creative Europe MEDIA Desk France and the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée, with the support of the Creative Europe MEDIA sub-programme and the PROCIREP. www.indiecork.com | www.clermont-filmfest.com Sat 18th / 1.00pm Crane Lane Theatre Shimmy Marcus is a multi award winning filmmaker working across a variety of formats and genres including Features, Documentaries, TV Drama, Music Promos, and Commercials. His most recent short films ‘Rhinos’ and ‘Hannah Cohen’s Holy Communion’ have just bagged 14 international awards and been sold worldwide. A founding member of the Screen Directors Guild of Ireland, and The Factory Actors Studio, he is now Creative Director at Bow Street (formerly The Factory). TDC Triskel Sun 19th / 2.00pm Workshop: Writing 101 Rossa Mullin is an experienced filmmaker based in cork. He set up pooleen productions in 2007 to produce arts documentaries, of which he has made numerous. His work has screened very successfully at festivals at home and abroad, as well as being broadcast on rte. “Shem The Penman Sings Again” is his first feature. Fri 17th / 6.00pm Fri 17th / 1.00pm This panel discussion will explore the different experiences producers, writers and directors have had in funding their short film projects - from RTE-funded schemes to Irish Film Board’s Signatures scheme. For any film maker looking to find out more about short film funding. 31 Kevin is currently developing projects with Revolution Films (Good Vibrations), Kennedy Films (My Name is Emily) and the Irish Film Board. He is represented by CAA and Circle of Confusion in the US and by Curtis Brown in the UK. 20 Oct 2013 IndieCork Education QUAY CO-OP IndieCork and The Gate Cinema present special programmes for Education and groups throughout the festival week. Features, shorts plus a special programme on the work of Terence White. For bookings, contact us at [email protected] Full details online at www.indiecork.com INDIE CORK 16 20 Oct 2013 vegetarian restaurant wholefood shops Terence is from Cork City. He was a theatre director before making the transition into filmmaking in the late 90’s. He has made several short films and creative documentaries and is a member of the Screen Directors Guild of Ireland. As well as making his own films, he runs a youth film project in the south east of Ireland funded by Wexford County Council and The Arts Council. Best wishes to Indie Cork 24 SULLIVANS QUAY, CORK Also at: Main Street, Ballincollig & Main Street, Carrigaline, Co. Cork 021 4317026 www.quaycoop.com