ADIFF announce Irish Documentary Line-Up

Rich line-up of Irish documentaries brings a dose of reality and a host of World and Irish Premieres to the Audi Dublin International Film Festival 2018

With the main programme announcement just under a week away, the Audi Dublin International Film Festival (21^stÂ Feb-4^thÂ March) gave a taste of their exciting 2018 film programme by announcing this year“s Irish documentary line-up a week early.

Festival Director, GrÃ¡inne Humphreys said,Â ”˜This year“s Irish documentary line-up, full of World and Irish Premieres reveals a preoccupation with the tensions between long-held traditions and the contemporary society. These extraordinary films ask questions of what we can treasure and protect, what can be re-invented and what we need to learn to let go of. These profound and searching documentaries give a glimpse of what“s in store when the full Audi Dublin International Film Festival programme is announced on 24^thÂ January“.

One farmer“s courageous struggle to maintain a centuries-old lifestyle in the shadow of a huge multinational is traced in the Irish Premiere of Feargal Ward“sThe Lonely Battle of Thomas Reid; the walk of the Camino is re-invented as a Kerry curragh sea journey in the Irish Premiere of DÃ³nal Ã““CÃ©illeachair“sÂ The Camino VoyageÂ featuring Brendan Begley and Glen Hansard; and Paul Duane traces a hypnotic musical journey that brings us to the earliest Western music still in existence in the World Premiere ofÂ While You Live, Shine.

A less welcome tradition, that of dissident Republican vigilantism in pockets of the North, is shockingly explored in the Irish Premiere of SinÃ©ad O“Shea“s much-anticipatedÂ A Mother Brings Her Son to Be Shot.Â The Troubles also reverberate through the Irish Premiere of Donal Foreman“sÂ The Image You Missed, which sees the filmmaker grapple with the legacy of his estranged father, Arthur MacCaig, and the decades-spanning archive of the conflict in Northern Ireland that he created.

Each year the Arts Council“s Reel Art scheme, in association with ADIFF and Filmbase, commissions two films that offer filmmakers a chance to make highly creative, imaginative and experimental documentaries on an artistic theme. Receiving their World Premieres at this year“s festival in the IFI are Rouzbeh Rashidi“sÂ Phantom Islands,Â a visceral exploration of the boundaries between documentary and fiction and Niall McCann“s reflective encounter with Irish musician and artist Adrian Crowley inÂ The Science of Ghosts.

Lastly, major Irish filmmaker Pat Collins returns to documentary withÂ Twilight, a beautiful evocation of the end of day, that was filmed over two years in Baltimore, West Cork.

Irish Documentaries at ADIFF 2018 – Schedule

Saturday 24^thÂ February
18.30Â The Lonely Battle of Thomas Reid Â Â Light House 1
Filmmaker in attendance: Feargal Ward

Monday 26^thÂ February
18.30Â The Science of GhostsÂ Â Â IFI
Filmmaker in attendance: Niall McCann

Tuesday 27^thÂ February
18.30Â Phantom Islands Â Â IFI
In attendance:Â Rouzbeh Rashidi

Wednesday 28^thÂ February
17.50Â TwilightÂ Â Â Light House 2
In attendance: Pat Collins

18.45Â While You Live, Shine Â Â Light House 2
In attendance: Paul Duane

Thursday 1^stÂ March
18.15Â The Image You MissedÂ Â Â Light House 2
In attendance: Donal Foreman

Friday 2^ndÂ March
18.15Â The Camino VoyageÂ Â Â IFI
In attendance: DÃ³nal Ã“ CÃ©illeachair

Saturday 3^rdÂ March
18.15Â A Mother Brings Her Son to Be Shot Â Â Light House 1
In attendance: SinÃ©ad O“Shea

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Season Tickets are also now on sale alongside tickets for the Fantastic Flix young people“s programme, the Paul Schrader season, the Surprise Film, Immersive Stories: Conference and Exhibition, and the silent film presentations in association with the San Francisco Silent Film Festival. The full ADIFF Programme will be released on Jan 24^th.