JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

FRIDAY 21ST FEBRUARY
VOLTA PRESENTATION
JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014
On 20 December 1909, with help from friends in
Trieste, James Joyce opened the Cinematograph
Volta Cinema on Mary Street in Dublin. Nearly a
century later, in 2007, Jameson Dublin International
Film Festival established the Volta Award to recognise
individuals who have made a significant contribution
to the world of cinema.
The Volta Awards have drawn some of the biggest
names in film to our shores, including actors like Al
Pacino and Martin Sheen, directors such as François
Ozon and Paolo Sorrentino, and a host of famous
industry names. Last year’s prestigious recipients
were composer Ennio Morricone, actor-director
Danny DeVito, actor Tim Roth, director Costa-Gavras
and writer-director Joss Whedon.
We are delighted to welcome Terry Gilliam to Dublin
for the presentation of his 2014 Volta Award and a
screening of The Zero Theorem.
Terry Gilliam, over a forty-year film-making career, has
directed a number of visually stunning pictures which
have championed the power of imagination and
dared cinemagoers to view the world differently.
Born near Minneapolis, Minnesota, Gilliam settled in
London in the 1960s where he became a member of
the Monty Python team, contributing the animations.
He co-directed Monty Python and the Holy Grail
(1975) with Terry Jones. He was production designer
for Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979), for which
he was also actor, writer, and animator. Gilliam’s
first outing as sole director was Jabberwocky in
1977, which he then followed with Time Bandits
(1981), an anarchic time travel romp featuring Sean
Connery and John Cleese. In 1985, Gilliam released
his ambitious Brazil, a satirical take on both Britain
and America, which was given two Academy Award®
nominations (Original Screenplay and Art Direction).
This was followed by the sumptuous The Adventures
of Baron Munchausen (1988) with John Neville, Robin
Williams and Oliver Reed. It gained four Academy
Award® nominations.
Gilliam made his next three feature films in the United
States. The Fisher King (1991), starring Jeff Bridges
and Robin Williams, was nominated for five Academy
Awards®, and won one for Best Supporting Actress
Mercedes Ruehl. Twelve Monkeys (1995) followed, a
critically-acclaimed time travel story featuring Bruce
Willis and Brad Pitt. In 2011 he wrote and directed a
20-minute short film, The Wholly Family, which was
awarded The Best Short Film by the European Film
Academy. Gilliam made his opera debut the same
year at London’s English National Opera, directing
The Damnation of Faust by Hector Berlioz. His latest
film, The Zero Theorem, screens at JDIFF 2014
(see opposite).
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