JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
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SUNDAY 23RD FEBRUARY<br />
<strong>JAMESON</strong> <strong>DUBLIN</strong> <strong>INTERNATIONAL</strong> <strong>FILM</strong> <strong>FESTIVAL</strong> 2014<br />
ROXANNE<br />
Tavi Ionescu (Șerban Pavlu), the protagonist of<br />
Roxanne, discovers during a meeting with a member<br />
of the Romanian secret police that he might be the<br />
father of the son of his ex-girlfriend. Tavi’s discovery<br />
leads him on a self-defeating investigation that<br />
echoes the very issues Romania had to deal with<br />
under the dictatorship of Ceauşescu. Tavi should<br />
know better, but for some reason he can’t help<br />
himself, and this says something poignant about the<br />
situations that Romanians of a certain generation<br />
find themselves in.<br />
A story of friendship, betrayal and courage, Roxanne<br />
is filmed by Hotea in a matter-of-fact, almost invisible<br />
style. It’s set in a present which has not yet escaped<br />
its past, a past whose traces might be under the<br />
surface, but threaten to bubble to the surface<br />
at any point.<br />
Sun 23 Feb / Cineworld 8 / 5pm / 98 minutes<br />
Director: Valentin Hotea 2013 Romania/Hungary<br />
Writers: Valentin Hotea, Ileana Muntean<br />
Cast: Șerban Pavlu, Diana Dumbravă, Mihai Călin<br />
Mark Peranson<br />
Locarno International Film Festival<br />
With the support of the Romanian Cultural Institute UK<br />
SURPRISE <strong>FILM</strong><br />
This year I have been tracking three or four films for<br />
the 2014 Surprise Film but, in keeping with JDIFF<br />
tradition, it has not been confirmed as we go to print<br />
with the festival catalogue. Described by one of its<br />
most devoted fans as ‘the festival’s most sacred and<br />
respected tradition’, the Surprise Film screening is<br />
always one of the first to sell out and the source of<br />
constant speculation in the run up to the festival and<br />
for the duration of the event itself. So be brave and<br />
take a risk on one of the festival’s hottest and most<br />
surprising films!<br />
Sunday 23 February / Savoy 1 / 5pm / ??? minutes<br />
Director: ??? / Year ??? / Country ???<br />
Cast: ???<br />
For many years I was one of many filmgoers addicted<br />
to the annual pleasure of booking a ticket for a film<br />
about which I knew absolutely nothing. The ritual<br />
starts with the growing sense of excitement as the<br />
Savoy auditorium fills, the last minute suggestions<br />
placed in the competition boxes, followed by the<br />
gasps which accompany the trailers that kick off<br />
proceedings. Then the lights dim and the opening<br />
credits are revealed…<br />
Gráinne Humphreys<br />
118 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM
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