JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

SATURDAY 15TH FEBRUARY
JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014
GUEST CURATORS:
ALLISON & TIFFANY ANDERS
Another new initiative for 2014 is our
Guest Curator season, in which an
individual is invited by the festival director
to join them in creating the festival
programme. The guest director serves as
a key collaborator, bringing new ideas and
sometimes overlooked films to Dublin. We
are delighted to welcome the acclaimed
American film director Allison Anders who
alongside co-programmer Tiffany Anders
founded and programmed the Don’t
Knock the Rock Festival in LA. They have
put together a fascinating series of music
films and will introduce their choices, as
well as participating in a public event with
their Irish counterparts. The season will
form the core of a larger programme of
documentary which represents the best
of both Irish and international work.
ALLISON ANDERS
Allison Anders is an award-winning film
and television writer and director and
Professor of Film and Media Studies at
UC Santa Barbara. Her films include Sugar
Town, nominated for two Independent
Spirit Awards, Gas Food Lodging and Mi
Vida Loca (My Crazy Life). Throughout
her career she has been recognized for
her achievements and received various
awards and prizes, including a New York
Film Critics Circle Award, and a MacArthur
Foundation Fellowship. With her daughter
Tiffany Anders she co-founded the Don’t
Knock the Rock Film and Music Festival
in Los Angeles. Her recent TV film Ring
of Fire, on the life of country singer June
Carter Cash, was nominated for four
Emmys including Best Director.
TIFFANY ANDERS
‘Tiffany Anders grew up with a lust for
music, seeking out bands and attending
live shows at a very early age. Her
enthusiasm eventually led her to a
recording career of her own, cutting her
2001 solo debut album, Funny Cry Happy
Gift, which was produced by PJ Harvey
and released to critical acclaim. As a
music supervisor she’s worked on such
films as Gregg Araki’s Kaboom, James
Ponsoldt’s Smashed, Ry Russo Young’s
Nobody Walks and Drake Doremus’ Like
Crazy and Breathe In. She is currently the
host of a weekly radio show Listen Listen
on Luxuriamusic.com which features an
eclectic array of underground music.’
Sheryl Farber
WRECKING CREW
LAWRENCE OF BELGRAVIA
‘Arguably the greatest pop star Britain never had’
The Guardian
Sat 15 Feb / Light House 2 / 2pm / 95 minutes
Director: Denny Tedesco 2008 US
A new documentary tells the story of the Wrecking Crew, a
collective of Los Angeles musicians who played on hits by the
Righteous Brothers, the Beach Boys, the Byrds and many others.
Directed by Denny Tedesco, son of the late guitarist Tommy
Tedesco, The Wrecking Crew features interviews with Brian
Wilson, Cher, Roger McGuinn, and famed Crew members like
bassist Carol Kaye and drummer Hal Blaine. “These guys were
chameleons,” Tedesco says. “They went from Phil Spector to
Nancy Sinatra to the Beach Boys. They always had to sound like
somebody else.”
Rolling Stone
Sat 15 Feb / Cineworld 12 / 6pm / 86 minutes
Director: Paul Kelly 2011 UK
For the first time, fans of dreamy ’80s UK indie pop can finally
know the true story of Lawrence, the enigmatic bandleader of
brilliant cult outfits Felt, Denim and Go-Kart Mozart.
‘At the start, the eponymous subject looks into the camera and
asks: “Are you ready, Paul?” It’s a question never truly answered,
as director Paul Kelly indeed may not have been ready to
embark on a film which ended up taking eight years. But Kelly
chooses not to focus on Lawrence’s ups and downs. Instead,
he mounts a deeply personal investigation into what makes
Lawrence tick. A funny, sad, insightful and refreshingly honest
meditation on the mythology of rock and pop.’
Nicholas Abrahams, The Quietus
With special guest Paul Kelly
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