Irish Film Events Taking Place at Hay Festival Kells, June 26-28
The Hay Festival of Literature and Arts comes to Kells, Co. Meath in June, which includes a selection of Irish film-related events.
Amongst the events taking place is a panel discussion chaired by Parked director Darragh Byrne. The panel consists of producer Ed Guiney (The Lobster, Glassland), director Lenny Abrahamson (Adam & Paul, Frank) and writer Malcolm Campbell (Shameless, Skins), all of whom collaborated on the acclaimed Irish film What Richard Did. The relationship between screenplay writer, producer and director has been called ‘the creative triangle’. So how does power and creative control shift between members of this team? And how does this multiple authorship affect the auteur theory idea that the director is the creative author of the film? The panel discussion takes place on Sunday, 28 June.
Sunday evening will see a screening of Parked which will be introduced by director Darragh Byrne and producers Jacqueline Kerrin and Dominic Wright from Ripple World Pictures. Parked has won multiple awards and stars Colm Meany (The Commitments, Intermission) and Colin Morgan (Merlin, Testament of Youth).
Visitors to the festival can also join Song of the Sea animation director Fabien Erhlinghauser for a visually stunning presentation on the process involved in creating the Oscar-nominated film. Including behind-the-scenes clips from the soon-to-be-released film, this will be of great interest for those with a passion for animation and visual storytelling. Fabien will also host a character design workshop aimed for 9-14 year olds.
A screening will also take place of The Stranger. This is a documentary about Neal McGregor, a 44-year-old English artist who died in the stone shed where he lived on the small Donegal island of Inisbofin. He left behind only volumes of secret diaries and animal carvings. The Irish-speaking islanders knew little of Neal during the eight years he lived there. This is a documentary about memory and perception, a journey to capture an unusual portrait of a man, living on the edge, both physically and mentally, and the insular Irish-speaking island community he lived among. Followed by a Q&A with director Neasa Ní Chianáin.
For more on the Hay Festival Kells, see here.