A Special Focus On Irish Films From Elsewhere
This year the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival will present a special focus on Irish/European co-productions with the award-winning Essential Killing, Circus Fantasticus, Lapland Odyssey and Isztambul all screening during the festival.
These films were co-produced by Irish filmmakers with funding from the Irish Film Board.
A special panel discussing co-productions in particular these films will be chaired by Simon Perry, former CEO Irish Film Board on Wednesday 23rd February in The Morrison Hotel at 2pm. Find out more about the panel discussion here.
Details of films below:
Essential Killing
Sat 19 Feb / Screen 1 / 8.40pm
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
Essential Killing, Skolimowski's exercise in pure filmmaking, follows an ‘enemy combatant' captured in a parched, desert-like landscape that could be Iraq or Afghanistan. A brilliantly visceral movie that deftly shifts from a thriller to a tale of survival.
Circus Fantasticus
Sun 20 Feb / Cineworld 11 / 6.30pm
Director: Janez Burger
Stevo and his two small children leave their war battered home and join a travelling circus. Circus Fantasticus uses an unusual mix of brutal naturalism and magical poetry and is an intriguing multi-award winning film from Slovenia.
Isztambul
Mon 21 feb / Cineworld 11 / 6.30pm
Director: Ferenc Török
Ferenc Török's Istambul details the story of Katalin who flees her dysfunctional family and finds herself in Istanbul where newfound love ensures her emotions are liberated albeit ephemerally.
Lapland Odyssey
(Napapiirin Sankarit)
Tues 22 Feb / Cineworld 11 / 6.30pm
Director: Dome Karukoski
Dome Karukoski's raucous road comedy is set in Finland's far north where two youngsters find themselves confronted by killer lesbians, homicidal cabbies and a whole lot more in this remarkable comedy.
Tickets can be booked on the JDIFF website.