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 />
WEDNESDAY 19TH FEBRUARY<br />
GARE DU NORD<br />
An unclassifiable hybrid of fiction and documentary,<br />
imagination and sociology, Gare du Nord is above all<br />
a complex portrait of a familiar city space. Mapping<br />
the Parisian railway station and its many layers above<br />
and below ground, Claire Simon depicts a restless<br />
crossroads of stories, encounters and fantasies.<br />
‘Compelling viewing … understated yet moving’<br />
Time Out London<br />
Wed 19 Feb / Cineworld 8 / 6.15pm / 119 minutes<br />
Director: Claire Simon 2013 France/Canada<br />
Writers: Claire Simon, Shirel Amitay, Olivier Lorelle<br />
Cast: Nicole Garcia, Reda Kateb, François Damiens<br />
Reda Kateb (Zero Dark Thirty) is Ismaël, a doctoral<br />
student researching the station and its various<br />
populations, while Nicole Garcia is Mathilde, an<br />
academic on the eve of a major operation. As they<br />
tentatively fall for each other, they cross paths with<br />
the multitudes who make up the station’s daily<br />
life: guards, railway workers, shop assistants, street<br />
people, a harassed estate agent (Monia Chokri) and<br />
a TV presenter (François Damiens) in search of his<br />
missing daughter. Simon’s ever-shifting perspective<br />
builds up a detailed mosaic of the station as global<br />
village, souk and microcosm of Paris itself, in a film<br />
at once poetic, political, realist and romantic.<br />
Jonathan Romney<br />
BFI London Film Festival<br />
With special guest Claire Simon<br />
LIVING IN A CODED LAND<br />
As we grapple with the post Celtic Tiger, post bail-out<br />
landscape, along comes film-maker Pat Collins with<br />
a documentary which not only offers us a context –<br />
historical, social and philosophical – but also prompts<br />
us to think.<br />
This filmic essay is centred in the Midlands, in<br />
County Westmeath, Ireland’s historical ‘umbilicus’,<br />
and from here the legacy of colonialism, patronage<br />
and privilege are explored, as well as our relationship<br />
with the land and the past. The real strength of this<br />
documentary is Collins’ judicious use of archive<br />
material, both sound and image, which he intercuts<br />
with present-day footage and contributions from<br />
commentators, geographers and historians. The<br />
effect is both lyrical and remarkable.<br />
Wed 19 Feb / Light House 2 / 6.30pm / 80 minutes<br />
Director: Pat Collins 2013 Ireland<br />
We are also given a fascinating insight into how the<br />
so-called ‘middle man’ rose to a position of power<br />
in Ireland, from the cattle ranchers of the 1600s<br />
to the new middle men of the financial sector,<br />
much beloved of modern governments. This is an<br />
important piece of work, a forward-looking social<br />
commentary of our time.<br />
Róisín Duffy<br />
RTÉ<br />
With special guest Pat Collins<br />
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