Margo Harkin: Radical Witness – Cinema & Online Season at the IFI
One of Ireland’s most versatile and respected filmmakers, Irish filmmaker Margo Harkin has consistently challenged societal narratives, giving voice to the silenced and bearing witness to the social and political upheavals that have shaped the contemporary Irish landscape.
We’re delighted to present a cross-platform retrospective dedicated to her, with films showing including a brand-new restoration of her directorial debut Hush-A-Bye Baby, fresh from the vaults of the IFI Irish Film Archive.
The retrospective will span across the IFI’s cinema screens, as well as online via IFI@Home, IFI International and the IFI Archive Player.
Our cinema offerings culminate with an incredible event, Margo Harkin: Career Interview, where Harkin will join Sara Greavu (Director of Fire Station Artists’ Studios) for an in-depth, illustrated, career-spanning conversation about a life in film.
Tickets and full season info available now at ifi.ie/margo-harkin/
Screening Saturday 6th (15.00) & available to stream now on IFI@Home and IFI International!
The annual marching season sees the resumption of political tension between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland. In the late ‘90s, a return parade from Drumcree Parish Church through a Catholic area of Portadown provided a key focus of conflict between the two communities. Margo Harkin gained access to the two disputing parties – the Orange Order and the residents of Garvaghy Road, a small catholic enclave on the parade route – to film this compelling account of the events, which were to become so significant in forging a change in the political climate. The film revealed the deeply held convictions of two polarized communities arising out of the Drumcree crisis and foreshadowed the future that could be faced in Northern Ireland if the fragile peace process continued to falter.
Screening Sunday 7th (15.30) & coming to the IFI Archive Player on Wednesday, October 1st!
Made to mark the 25th anniversary of one of the most dramatic periods of Northern Ireland history when in 1981 ten men, including elected MP Bobby Sands, starved to death on hunger strike for the right to political status in prison. The events served as a unifying force for Irish nationalists and marked a watershed in the relationship between the British Government and Irish Republicans. The international standing of Margaret Thatcher was affected as condemnation of British intransigence ricocheted around the world. It brought Sinn Féin into electoral politics and greatly influenced their strong electoral position as the largest political party in Northern Ireland today. One of the most extreme protests in prison history is revealed through first-hand accounts of key protagonists and witnesses central to the events of that time.
Screening Wednesday 17th (18.30) & available to stream now on IFI@Home and IFI International!
Waveriders tells the inspirational and ultimately tragic story of legendary waterman, George Freeth (1883 – 1919), the Hawaiian-born son of an Irishman and the godfather of modern surfing. The epic journey travels from Hawaii to California to Irish shores following Freeth’s far-reaching influence. Irish, British, and US surfers Richie Fitzgerald, Gabe Davies, Kelly Slater, and the Malloy Brothers extol the joys of wave-riding in Ireland in an exhilarating cinematic odyssey. The journey ends with a spectacular climax as today’s pioneers conquer thundering walls of water over 50 foot high in the biggest swell ever to have been ridden off the Irish Atlantic coast, heralding Ireland’s emergence as one of the world’s top surf destinations.
Waveriders is a cross-border production by Dublin based director Joel Conroy and Derry based creative producer Margo Harkin.
The cinema screening will be followed by a Q&A with Joel Conroy and Margo Harkin.
Book now for cinema screenings via ifi.ie/margo-harkin/ or via IFI Box Office in-person or over the phone via 01 679 3477.
TICKET INFO
3 Film Pass* – €30.00
Full Season Pass* – €70.00
*Season membership fee of €5.00 is applicable to all bundles for Non-Members. These passes can only be booked in person or by calling the IFI Box Office on 01 679 3477.
Are you an IFI 25 & Under cardholder? Then you can avail of cinema tickets to these screenings for only €5.00!
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