JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
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<strong>JAMESON</strong> <strong>DUBLIN</strong> <strong>INTERNATIONAL</strong> <strong>FILM</strong> <strong>FESTIVAL</strong> 2014<br />
SUNDAY 23RD FEBRUARY<br />
THE PRIEST’S CHILDREN<br />
SVEÐENIKOVA DJECA<br />
A condom-piercing Catholic priest takes God’s will<br />
into his own hands in this contraception comedy<br />
from Croatia.<br />
‘An engagingly broad and breezy comedy, The Priest’s Children<br />
is a genuine easy-going filmic pleasure, delightfully performed,<br />
beautifully shot and relishing its sense of playful irony.’<br />
Screen International<br />
Sun 23 Feb / Light House 1 / 5pm / 93 minutes<br />
Director: Vinko Brešan 2013 Croatia/Serbia<br />
Writer: Mate Matišić<br />
Cast: Krešimir Mikić, Nikša Butijer, Marija Škaričić<br />
Fabian, an ambitious young Catholic priest, is sent<br />
to take over from a popular predecessor in a small<br />
Dalmatian island village. On arrival he is shocked<br />
to discover birth rates are surprisingly low. And<br />
the cause? A rampant culture of contraception<br />
amongst the congregation. Soliciting the support of<br />
some key local vendors, Fabian takes to puncturing<br />
prophylactics and switching contraception pills<br />
to put a stop to all this sinful wasting of seed. An<br />
hilarious, madcap comedy ensues as the tiny island<br />
experiences a pregnancy boom.<br />
Set to become Croatia’s highest grossing film ever,<br />
The Priest’s Children is directed by the undisputed<br />
darling of new Croatian cinema, Vinko Brešan. While<br />
the film revels in its own sardonic absurdity and<br />
delightfully executed screwball and slapstick, it is<br />
not without its more cutting critiques, in particular<br />
the church’s opposition to sex education in Croatian<br />
schools. In a year in which we have seen some very<br />
serious cinema around religious themes, this is a<br />
witty, welcome dose of blithe satire.<br />
Canberra International Film Festival<br />
THE ROCKET<br />
BANG FAI<br />
Winner of both the Best First Feature Award at the<br />
Berlinale and Best Narrative Feature at Tribeca,<br />
The Rocket is a heart-warming coming-of-age tale<br />
set entirely in Laos. Kim Mordaunt, who made the<br />
excellent documentary Bomb Harvest, which was<br />
also set in Laos, tells this story with great empathy<br />
and authenticity.<br />
‘An intriguingly subversive drama’<br />
Screen International<br />
Sun 23 Feb / Light House 3 / 5pm / 96 minutes<br />
Writer-director: Kim Mordaunt 2013 Laos/Thailand/Australia<br />
Cast: Sitthiphon Disamoe, Loungnam Kaosainam, Thep Phongam<br />
Winner, Best First Feature, Berlin Film Festival<br />
Winner, Best Narrative Feature, Tribeca Film Festival<br />
Winner, Audience Choice Award, Sydney Film Festival<br />
Ahlo is the surviving twin of a difficult birth and<br />
believed by some to be a source of bad luck. When<br />
the 10-year-old and his family are displaced by<br />
the construction of a dam, further tragedy strikes.<br />
Upon reaching the relocation village, Ahlo befriends<br />
young Kia and her eccentric uncle Purple, but is<br />
still ostracised by the superstitious community, and<br />
even treated with suspicion by his own family. Ahlo<br />
decides that his only hope of redemption is the<br />
Rocket Festival: a riotous, and dangerous, annual<br />
competition where huge bamboo rockets are set off<br />
to provoke the rain gods. Despite being too young to<br />
enter the competition, Ahlo is determined to succeed.<br />
Set amidst a beautiful landscape, and with lovely<br />
performances by the young actors, The Rocket<br />
is a sensitive and uplifting film.<br />
Sydney Film Festival<br />
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