Irish Film Institute – Mother and Son, The Super-8 Years & more
The latest edition of our IFI Weekly
Opening this week in-cinema: The Isabelle Huppert-starring La Syndicaliste; a moving portrait of familial relationships in Mother and Son; and Nobel prize winner Annie Ernaux’s The Super-8 Years.
Special events this week include a preview screening of the beautiful documentary Name Me Lawand followed by a Q&A with director Edward Lovelace on Sun 2nd, restored and unseen footage of a pivotal night in Bowie’s career in Ziggy Stardust: The Global Premiere on Mon 3rd, and this month’s Irish Focus screening on Weds 5th is Surrender Your Horns, a film of eclectic depictions of real and fantasy worlds, followed by a Q&A with filmmaker and artist Bryony Dunne, hosted by Alice Butler of aemi.
Our Fallout season begins here at the IFI with the most entertaining depiction of humanity’s end, Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove, on Sat 1st, while Fail Safe presents a chillier, more frightening look at the consequences of nuclear weapons, screening Sun 2nd, and In This Corner of The World, a beautiful anime, depicts ordinary life in the years leading up to the cataclysm, screening Tues 4th. Full season, and multi-film passes available from the IFI Box Office in-person or over the phone at 01 679 5744.
OPENING THIS WEEK AT THE IFI
LA SYNDICALISTE
dir. Jean-Paul Salomé
True story of Irishwoman Maureen Kearney in her fight against corrupt government ministers and industry leaders.
MOTHER AND SON
dir. Léonor Serraille
A moving portrait of the complex and sometimes painful relationship between an African immigrant mother and her sons.
THE SUPER-8 YEARS
dir. Annie Ernaux & David Ernaux-Briot
Through voiceover, home footage becomes an extension of Annie Ernaux’s writing – a new novel in images.
PREVIEW: NAME ME LAWAND + Q&A
Sunday 2nd, 15.10
Edward Lovelace’s poetic, visually striking documentary follows the dramatic progress of Lawand, a five-year-old Kurdish boy, deaf since birth, whose family has fled conflict in Iraq to take refuge in the UK.
This preview screening will be followed by a Q&A with Lovelace, hosted by Sheila de Courcy, and accompanied by an ISL interpreter.
ALSO SCREENING THIS WEEK
FALLOUT
MULTI-FILM PASSES
Full Season Pass – €100 / 5 Films for €50 / 3 Films for €30
Available from IFI Box Office
