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THURSDAY 13 – SUNDAY 23 FEBRUARYPICK YOUR FILMSJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014GALAS & SPECIALPRESENTATIONSOFFICIAL SELECTION:INTERNATIONAL20 Feet from StardomA Long Way from HomeBorgmanCalvary (Opening Gala)Eliza Lynch: Queen of ParaguayFrost/NixonJawsNo Limbs No LimitsThe Stag (Closing Gala)Surprise FilmTracksThe Zero Theorem1133910116862161291181194397The 100 Year Old Man...A Long Way DownA Street in PalermoA Thousand Times GoodnightA Touch of SinA World Not OursAfternoon DelightBad HairBefore the Winter ChillBig SurBlue RuinThe Book ThiefCannibalCas & DylanCirclesClub SandwichConcrete NightConcussionThe CongressThe DoubleDualExhibitionThe FakeFinsterworldGabrielleThe GamblerGare du NordThe Girl from the WardrobeGoddessThe Golden DreamThe Grand Budapest HotelThe Grand SeductionHalf of a Yellow SunHide Your Smiling FacesIdaInternational Shorts 1 & 2It’s All So QuietThe Lady AssassinLa PazLastingLockeLovely LouiseThe LunchboxThe MajorThe MilitantMiss ViolenceMood IndigoMother of GeorgeMystery RoadNew WorldNordvest104489548108318810559254724767853116369379941023411484361067793108953183374649153785475710972352422417422253080Our SunhiThe PastPioneerThe Priest’s ChildrenReaching for the MoonThe ReunionThe RocketRoxanneSalvoSoldate JeanetteStanding Aside, WatchingStarred UpStranger by the LakeThose Happy YearsTrap StreetTwo LivesUnder the SkinThe Unspeakable ActVioletteWakoldaWe Are The Best!The WondersYozgat Blues10356110117308711711881924985417692458079105548750404BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014THURSDAY 13 – SUNDAY 23 FEBRUARYOFFICIAL SELECTION:IRISHOUT OF THE PASTREAL TO REELA VisionCome into the GardensThe Devil’s PoolThe Food Guide to LoveGoldThe InquiryJDIFF ShortsThe Last Days on MarsLiving in a Coded LandLove EternalOut of HereRun & JumpStay783859551071022357777210910740Dawn of the DeadThe Deer HunterFellini’s RomaGun CrazyThe MatchmakerMessiahMode in FranceThe Model CoupleMr FreedomMuhammad Ali, the GreatestSafety Last!The SwimmerThe Umbrellas of CherbourgWho Are You, Polly Maggoo?985544945618191819191154511619A Story of Children and FilmAntarcticaAt BerkeleyAutoluminescentBad BrainsBeyond the Edge – 3DDeceptive PracticeDeconstructing DadDesign is OneFamily BandGood Ol’ FredaHaus TugendhatInequality for AllLawrence of BelgraviaLooking for LightLos Wild OnesThe SquareVisitorsWrecking Crew834411433334610633353310410353327354843432BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 5

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JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014THURSDAY 13 – SUNDAY 23 FEBRUARYTUESDAY18TH FEBWEDNESDAY19TH FEBTHURSDAY20TH FEBFRIDAY21ST FEBSATURDAY22ND FEBSUNDAY23RD FEBJAMESON CULTFILM CLUB: JAWSMR FREEDOMLight House 24pmMODE IN FRANCELight House 26pmAUTOLUMINES’NTCineworld 126pmTHE DEVIL’S POOLIFI 16.15pmBEFORE THEWINTER CHILLLight House 16.15pmLOVELY LOUISECineworld 86.30pmLIFE FEELS GOODLight House 18.30pmLOVE ETERNALCineworld 128.30pmLOOKING FORLIGHTLight House 28.45pmMOOD INDIGOCineworld 88.45pmMUHAMMAD ALI,THE GREATESTLight House 24pmTHOSE HAPPYYEARSCineworld 126pmCANNIBALLight House 16.15pmGARE DU NORDCineworld 86.15pmA VISIONIFI 16.30pmLIVING IN ACODED LANDLight House 26.30pmCAS & DYLANCineworld 96.30pmTHEUNSPEAKABLEACTCineworld 128.30pmTHE CONGRESSLight House 18.45pmUNDER THE SKINCineworld 98.45pmNORDVESTLight House 29pmSALVOCineworld 89pmA STORY OFCHILDRENAND FILMLight House 34.30pmWHO ARE YOU,POLLY MAGGOO?IFI 16pmTHE SQUARECineworld 86.15pmTHE GRANDSEDUCTIONLight House 16.15pmFINSTERWORLDLight House 36.30pmTHE LADYASSASSINCineworld 126.30pmELIZA LYNCHSavoy 18pmSTARRED UPCineworld 88.30pmWE ARE THEBEST!Light House 19pmTHE REUNIONLight House 39pmAFTERNOONDELIGHTCineworld 129pmSOLDATEJEANNETTELight House 34pmTRAP STREETLight House 36pmCONCUSSIONCineworld 86.15pmTHE GIRL FROMTHE WARDROBELight House 16.30pmTHE DOUBLECineworld 96.30pmGUN CRAZYLight House 38pmTHE GOLDENDREAMLight House 18.30pmA STREET INPALERMOCineworld 88.30pmTHE ZEROTHEOREMCineworld 99pmDAWN OF THEDEADThe Sugar Club10pmBORGMANSavoy 1, 11amTHE INQUIRYLight House 112.30pmDUALCineworld 8, 1pmOUR SUNHILight House 3, 2pmHAUS TUGENDHATLight House 12.45pmTHE 100-YEAR-OLD MAN…Cineworld 8, 3.15pmGOOD OL’ FREDACineworld 53.30pmBAD HAIRLight House 3. 4pmVIOLETTELight House 15.30pmTHE GAMBLERLight House 3, 6pmDECEPTIVEPRACTICECineworld 8, 6pmRUN & JUMPCineworld 126.15pmGOLDSavoy 2, 6.30pmGODDESSCineworld 96.30pmA TOUCH OF SINLight House 18.15pm20 FEET FROMSTARDOMSavoy 111amTHE FAKELight House 112.30pmAT BERKELEYLight House 21pmSAFETY LAST!Savoy 12pmTHE UMBRELLASOF CHERBOURGLight House 13pmCLUB SANDWICHCineworld 83pmSURPRISE FILMSavoy 15pmTHE PRIEST’SCHILDRENLight House 15pmTHE ROCKETLight House 35pmROXANNECineworld 85pmTHE STAGSavoy 17.30pmOUT OF HERELight House 38.30pmLOCKECineworld 88.30pmPIONEERCineworld 128.45pmBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 7

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JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014DIRECTOR’S FOREWORDWELCOME TO THE JAMESON DUBLININTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL WHICH, THISYEAR, CELEBRATES ITS 12TH EDITION.THURSDAY 13 – SUNDAY 23 FEBRUARYAfter a strategic planning review, the festival embarkson an ambitious three-year plan which will establishscreenwriting at the centre of our programmingpolicy. This year’s event will explore the craft anddynamics of contemporary screenwriting andcelebrate the work of both Irish and internationalpractitioners. A new section – Write Here, Write Now –will present a series of public events and discussionsfor both the general public and aspiring writers. Inthis initial year we are delighted to welcome theacclaimed writer Peter Morgan (The Deal, The Queen,Frost/Nixon and Rush), who will discuss his careerin a public interview and host a masterclass withIrish screenwriters.Another new initiative for 2014 is our Guest Curatorslot: each year a different curator will be invited tojoin the festival director in the creation of the festivalprogramme. The guest director will be encouragedto bring new ideas and overlooked films to Dublin.For this inaugural event we are delighted to welcome(award-winning director) Allison Anders and TiffanyAnders, who co-founded and programmed theDon’t Knock the Rock Festival in LA. They have puttogether a fascinating series of music films and willintroduce their choices, as well as participating ina public event with their Irish counterparts. Theseason will form the core of a larger programmeof documentary which represents the best of bothIrish and international work.2014 will be an exceptional year for Irish cinemaand we kick off this year’s festival with a trulyspecial film. John Michael McDonagh’s Calvary willspearhead the 24 Irish films we will be screeningover the next 11 days. On the final day the uproariousnew Irish comedy The Stag brings to a closea strong line-up of Irish work showcasing the hugetalent that exists in Ireland, both in front of andbehind the camera.As ever, the festival will welcome an exciting listof guests from around the world, including TerryGilliam, Jean-Marc Barr, Richard Ayoade, JamesFox, Claire Simon and Jason Priestley. Oscar-winnerRichard Dreyfuss will attend a special screeningof Jaws which we will screen as our Jameson CultFilm Club film.Our Film-maker in Focus will be acclaimedphotographer and film-maker William Klein, whopresents a season of his work. Klein is best knownfor his spectacular photographic portraits ofinternational cities, but this season will introduceIrish audiences to the wonderfully witty film workof this multi-talented, Paris-based artist.For a film experience guaranteed to send youout of the cinema with a smile, may I suggest therestoration of Harold Lloyd’s 1923 masterpiece SafetyLast! in the Savoy Cinema, introduced by Lloyd’sgranddaughter Sue, with musical accompanimentby the maestro Neil Brand. In a word, unmissable!Finally, a huge thanks to all my colleagues, ourfestival sponsors and supporters, the brilliant filmmakerswhose work we celebrate and, of course,our wonderful audiences. I hope you find muchto enjoy in this year’s programme.Gráinne HumphreysFestival DirectorBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM11

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JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014THURSDAY 13 – SUNDAY 23 FEBRUARYCHAIRPERSON’S WELCOMEIT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE TOWARMLY WELCOME YOU TOANOTHER YEAR OF THISWONDERFUL FILM FESTIVALIN OUR CAPITAL CITY.Our Director, Gráinne Humphreys, hasprogrammed an enticing line-up of films,continuing to challenge, entertain andexcite our audience. As ever, Gráinne haspreviewed many hundreds of films, in tensof locations, to ensure we have the bestof Irish and world cinema at our festival.This festival enjoys the unique andinvaluable support of our title sponsor,Jameson. Now, in its twelfth year, ourremarkable partnership with Jamesonsets a gold standard for business-to-artssponsorship in Ireland, and I look forwardto developing and evolving this strongand fruitful relationship into the future.I would also like to acknowledge theenduring support, since the outset of thefestival, of two key State agencies: TheArts Council/An Comhairle Ealaíon andThe Irish Film Board/Bord Scannán nahÉireann. Indeed, we are deeply gratefulto all our sponsors and supporters.The enormous effort in making ourfestival an annual success is shoulderedby a committed and dedicated staffand a good-humoured squadron ofvolunteers. Led by Jackie Ryan, thisteam delivers at the highest level eachyear and the festival is a credit to them.I would particularly like to acknowledgeand thank the Board of Directors, whogovern and advise with a balance ofexperience, wisdom and common sense.The directors give unstintingly of theirtime and expertise, and the festival isindebted to them for their commitment.Of course, it would all be in vain wereit not for the festival audience, whichturns out year upon year to attendthis great event. We are enormouslygrateful for your loyalty and I wish youa wonderful festival.Gaby Smyth, ChairpersonJAMESON INTRODUCTIONIT IS A GREAT JOY TO WELCOMEYOU TO THE 12TH JAMESONDUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILMFESTIVAL2014 marks the 12th Jameson DublinInternational Film Festival. We at IrishDistillers Pernod Ricard are very proudto be sponsors of this prestigious event,which contributes to showcasing Dublinas a cultural hotspot around the world. Itmoulds together the charming aspectsof our home town Dublin – the heritage,the storytelling, the creativity and thesociability. We can think of no better timeor place to share a glass of Jameson withfriends, old and new! As part of this year’sfestival, we are delighted that OscarwinnerRichard Dreyfuss will be joining usfor a special Q&A session at the JamesonCult Film Club screening of Jaws. It hasproved to be a hugely popular eventsince its launch and cements Jameson’sassociation with film, delivering anunforgettable screening experience forall those who attend.Film as an art form has been close to theheart of the Jameson brand for a verylong time. Jameson is involved with someof the most dynamic film festivals aroundthe world, including the Jameson EmpireAwards in London. Internationally, we alsowork with other film projects like ‘Donein 60 Seconds’ which gives movie loversthe chance to retell their favourite film in60 seconds. We are extremely proud tobe supporting Jameson First Shot, a cooperationwith Kevin Spacey and TriggerStreet to give young, aspiring film-makersthe chance to write and direct a short filmfor an international audience.Sometimes I get asked the question ‘whyis everyone at Jameson so passionateabout film?’ My answer is simple: it goesback to the heart and soul of the brand.The art of storytelling, in a pub, withfriends, is still very much alive and oneway for this heritage to be expressed isstorytelling through film. Today, we areproud to have a globally successful brand,with Jameson nights like this happeningeverywhere, from Tokyo to São Paolo,but nothing beats gathering in Dublin!So I hope to see you over the festival andthat you join me in raising a glass to theeternal art of storytelling. Sláinte!Anna MalmhakeChairman & CEO, Irish Distillers PernodRicardBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 13

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JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014THURSDAY 13TH FEBRUARYINTERNATIONAL SHORTSJDIFF presents two hand-picked selections of the bestinternational shorts.PROGRAMME 1Thurs 13 Feb / Light House 1 / 3pm / 75 minutesDirectors: Various 2013 InternationalRHINO FULL THROTTLE(Germany)NASHORN IM GALOPPTHE NIGHTSHIFTBELONGS TO THE STARS(Italy)SLOMO(US)L’ASSENZA(UK)Director: Erick SchmittWriters: Stephan MullerErik Schmitt. 15 minutesBruno is making his waythrough the city, collectingpatterns, spaces and surfaces.Director: Edoardo PontiWriter: Erri De Luca24 minutesMatteo (Enrico Lo Verso), andSonia (Nastassja Kinski) meetin a hospital on the eve oftheir respective open heartsurgeries.Director: Josh Izenberg.16 minutesDepressed and frustratedwith his life, Dr John Kitchinabandons his career as aneurologist and moves toPacific Beach.Writer-director: JonathanRomney. 20 minutesA man becomes obsessedwith his double in an Italianfilm. L’Assenza (The Absence)is about the fascinationcinema exerts on us.PROGRAMME 2Thurs 13 Feb / Light House 1 / 5pm / 80 minutesDirectors: Various 2013 InternationalSUMMER VACATION(Israel)SPRINGTIME(US)THE FLOGSTA ROAR(Sweden)FLOGSTAVRÅLETWALKING THE DOGS(UK)Writer-directors: Tal Granit,Sharon Maymon. 22 minutesSea, sun, island, a family onvacation. And all Yuval wantsis to get the heck out of there.Writer-director: Erica Liu13 minutesXiao Zhu, an 86-year-old porksung maker, quits her shopin rural Taiwan to head off tothe big city in search of her‘springtime’.Writer-director: JohanPalmgren. 18 minutesThe student campus Flogstawas built in Uppsala, Swedenin the 1970s. Ever since then,the Flogsta roar has happenedevery evening at 22.00. Allyear round.Director: Jeremy BrockWriter: Helen Greaves27 minutesA Buckingham Palace guardattending to Queen Elizabeth’sroom takes her dogs for awalk and while he’s away anintruder breaks in for a chat.BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 15

THURSDAY 13TH FEBRUARYOPENING GALAJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014CALVARYThurs 13 Feb / Savoy 1 / 7.30pm / 100 minutesWriter-director: John Michael McDonagh 2013 IrelandCast: Brendan Gleeson, Chris O’Dowd, Kelly Reilly, Dylan Moran,Aidan GillenWith special guests John Michael McDonagh, BrendanGleeson and Kelly ReillySet against the magnificent Mayo landscape,John Michael McDonagh’s new film shares two keyelements with his hugely successful debut TheGuard: a leading man and a dark sense of humour.But Calvary is a complex story with many tones andtextures, by turns a Dostoyevskian morality tale;a dissection of contemporary Irish society, a murdermystery (from the point of view of the victim) anda fascinating character study with a towering, careerbestperformance by Brendan Gleeson (Volta Awardrecipient, 2008).Father James Lavelle (Gleeson) is the priest ina small Mayo parish. One day, while hearingconfession, he is told that he is going to be murdered… in one week. It’s a week in which Father Jamesstruggles to understand his death sentence,searching for hope and faith amongst his motleycollection of parishioners – a community of lostsouls and, it seems, potential murder suspects.A stunning turn by Gleeson leads a wealth ofIrish talent including Chris O’Dowd, Dylan Moran,Kelly Reilly and Pat Shortt. Shot by award-winningcinematographer Larry Smith (Only God Forgives),and featuring a haunting score by Mayo-borncomposer Patrick Cassidy, Calvary is a workof savage ferocity and a wonder to behold.Gráinne Humphreys16 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

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FRIDAY 14TH FEBRUARYJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014DELIRIOUS FICTIONSTHE FILMS OF WILLIAM KLEINWilliam Klein’s career has spanned over 60 years.After studying painting with Léger in post-war Paris,he was spotted by American Vogue and returnedto his birthplace, New York, where he establishedhimself as an influential fashion photographer andstreet documentarian. He remains one of the giantsof 20th-century photography.Klein attributes the opportunity to begin makingfilms to his association with people like Chris Markerand Alain Resnais. Since the 1960s he has mademany feature films, documentaries and commercials.Imaginative, influential, anarchic and controversial, hissubjects cover areas as diverse as Algerian folklore,Eldridge Cleaver, Muhammad Ali, Little Richard,Hollywood, The French Open and the French fashionworld. Through his use of critique and satire hecreates an audacious mode that infuses his fictionalfilms with an expressionistic and unorthodox styleof parody and social burlesque.James ArmstrongLecturer in Visual Culture, NCADPhotos courtesy William KleinWith the support of the French Embassy in IrelandThere will be a public interview with William Klein onThurs 20 February after the screening of Who Are You,Polly Maggoo?, hosted by James Armstrong.MESSIAHTHE MODEL COUPLEFri 14 Feb / IFI 1 / 3.30pm / 135 minutesWriter-director: William Klein 1999 USKlein visually interprets Handel’s Messiah – with its tale of Christ’sbirth, crucifixion, and ascension – as performed by numerousinternational choruses including the Dallas Police Choir, theSugarland Prison Choir, a drug rehab choir in Harlem and theLavender Light Gay and Lesbian Interracial Choir.Klein’s impressionistic visualization takes the viewer (and listener)all over the world and includes women boxers at the Taj Mahal,Las Vegas; a Paris Christmas party for the homeless; a Danishwoman in a Bastille tattoo parlour; a graphic lynching in Liberia;a Spanish production of the crucifixion play and the Ministers ofMuscle preaching the gospel across America.This is a deeply poetic and disturbing portrait of thedysfunctional family of man, told through a moving montageof the sacred and the profane.Mon 17 Feb / IFI 1 / 6.30pm / 101 minutesWriter-director: William Klein 1977 USCast: André Dussolier, Anémone, ZoucThe third of William Klein’s ‘delirious fictions’ (the others beingWho Are You, Polly Maggoo? and Mr Freedom) prefigures thereality show. In all three films the television set is a motif throughwhich the characters watch themselves and are watched andmanipulated by others. The growing presence of celebrityculture, media surveillance and televisual hyperreality seems todominate Klein’s fictional worlds.In The Model Couple, the French Ministry of the Future choosestwo of the most average men and women to inhabit a prototypeliving space for the ideal ‘City of the Future’. Two psychosociologistssubject the couple to various behavioural andemotional tests that are broadcast to the television audience. Asthe audience loses interest, the experiment descends into farce.18 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014FRIDAY 14TH FEBRUARYMODE IN FRANCEMR FREEDOMTues 18 Feb / Light House 2 / 6pm / 84 minutesDirector: William Klein 1984 USKlein returns to the fashion world after an extended hiatus withthis free-form documentary. In twelve distinct tableaux, intendedto showcase the work of the emerging couturiers of the 80s(including Jean-Paul Gaultier, Karl Lagerfeld and Agnès B), Kleinalternates between comedy, ballet, dramatisation, and pseudodocumentary.Anticipating the advent of Fashion TV, Klein juxtaposes segmentsand styles, beginning with an abbreviated history of women’sfashion, then cutting to footage of French pre-schoolers playingdress-up, Grace Jones performing a play in a g-string, and peepshow booths doubling as confessionals for runway models.A humorous and analytical view of the French fashion scene,Mode in France is essential viewing for those interested infashion and cinematic form.MUHAMMAD ALI, THE GREATESTTues 18 Feb / Light House 2 / 4pm / 97 minutesWriter-director: William Klein 1969 USCast: John Abbey, Delphine Seyrig, Donald PleasanceAlthough he says that he has turned his back on America, Kleinhas continued to mine the American cultural cache. Mr Freedomwas made in France during the heightened anti-Americanismof the 1960s. Banned by the French government and criticallydismissed upon release, the film stands as a visionary popculturepolemic attacking the US foreign policy of the time whiledeconstructing American ideology.Once again, Klein anticipates the rise of the superhero genrein film, subverting it with a pastiche of puppets, outrageouscostumes, over-the-top theatrical sets, buffoonery and largerthan-lifecomic book representations and conventions. Excessive,kitschy and lots of fun.WHO ARE YOU, POLLY MAGGOO?Wed 19 Feb / Light House 2 / 4pm / 110 minutesDirector: William Klein 1974 USKlein’s masterwork evolved from his 1964-5 documentaryFloat Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee; a portrait of the youngboxer Cassius Clay during his two fights with Sonny Liston.Ten years later and shot in colour, Muhammad Ali, the Greatestconcludes with the legendary ‘Rumble in the Jungle’. Kleinguides the camera lens through cultural and political momentsthat comment not only on the iconic personality of Ali, but onwhat that personality meant as a symbol of African Americanresistance in White America. The anarchic and inflammatorypersona of the champ is manifested in a drama class in Harlemwhere the students are producing improvisations about Ali (thenCassius Clay) and in an interview with his mentor Malcolm X,filmed shortly before his assassination. The film is not merelya representation of one of the most important sports figuresof the 20th century, but an entire sociopolitical landscapereflected by and mediated through the film’s auteur.Thurs 20 Feb / IFI 1 / 6pm / 97 minutesWriter-director: William Klein 1966 USCast: Dorothy McGowan, Jean Rochefort, Sami FreyWilliam Klein worked for Vogue for over a decade. The fashionindustry is a central motif in many of his films, although he claimsto despise it. In this, his first feature film, he creates an art houseparody positioned somewhere between the mockumentaryand the moralistic fairytale. Vogue cover girl Dorothy McGowanstars as the Brooklyn-born supermodel Polly Maggoo. Thequintessential ‘It-girl’, she is being followed by a French televisioncrew and has become the objet du désir for reporter Gregoire(Jean Rochefort). Shot in high-contrast black-and-whitecinematography and edited in a frenetic style, the film holdsa mirror to celebrity and fashion. A cornucopia of technical stylesand hyperactive art direction, Polly Maggoo remains one ofWilliam Klein’s best-known films.James ArmstrongBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 19

FRIDAY 14TH FEBRUARYVOLTA PRESENTATIONJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014On 20 December 1909, with help fromfriends in Trieste, James Joyce openedthe Cinematograph Volta Cinemaon Mary Street in Dublin. Nearly acentury later, in 2007, Jameson DublinInternational Film Festival established theVolta Award to recognise individuals whohave made a significant contribution tothe world of cinema.The Volta Awards have drawn some ofthe biggest names in film to our shores,including actors like Al Pacino andMartin Sheen, directors such as FrançoisOzon and Paolo Sorrentino, and a hostof famous industry names. Last year’sprestigious recipients were composerEnnio Morricone, actor-director DannyDeVito, actor Tim Roth, director Costa-Gavras and writer-director Joss Whedon.We are delighted to welcome PeterMorgan to Dublin for the presentationof his 2014 Volta Award and a specialscreening of Frost/Nixon.receiving nominations in five categoriesat the 2013 Olivier Awards. His previousplay, the Olivier and Tony AwardnominatedFrost/Nixon, received criticalacclaim on both sides of the Atlanticbefore being adapted into the AcademyAward®-nominated film of the same name.Morgan’s many film credits include theaward-winning The Last King of Scotland,which won the BAFTA Award for BestAdapted Screenplay; The Damned United;and Clint Eastwood’s Hereafter, whichstarred Matt Damon. Morgan’s upcomingcredits include the Hugh Hefner biopicPlayboy, which is in development withWarner Bros. Pictures; and the televisionmovie Christopher Jefferies, to be directedby Roger Mitchell. Morgan’s extensivetelevision credits include the BAFTAAward-winning The Deal; The SpecialRelationship, which is the first part ofMorgan’s Tony Blair trilogy; and themulti-award-winning Longford.Peter Morgan is an international awardwinningwriter for stage, screen and film.In addition to receiving Oscar®, GoldenGlobe and BAFTA Award nominations forhis screenplays for Stephen Frears’ TheQueen, Ron Howard’s Frost/Nixon and,most recently, Howard’s Rush, Morganhas won a host of international awards.His most recent play, The Audience, whichstarred Mirren, was a West End smash hit,20 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014VOLTA PRESENTATIONFRIDAY 14TH FEBRUARY‘a movie laced with tension, stinging wit and potenthuman drama’ Rolling StoneFROST/NIXONFri 14 Feb / Cineworld 9 / 6.15pm / 104 minutesDirector: Ron Howard 2008 USWriter: Peter MorganCast: Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Kevin BaconNominated for five Academy Awards® including Best Pictureand Best Adapted ScreenplayNeither the title nor the subject matter prepares youfor the pure fun of Frost/Nixon. Ron Howard’s movieis based on Peter Morgan’s play, which was basedon the 1977 television interviews between Britishjournalist David Frost and the disgraced formerpresident Richard Nixon. You expect somethingdry, historical and probably contrived. But youget a delicious contest of wits, brilliant acting anda surprisingly gripping narrative.The premise of Morgan’s play is that Frost and Nixondesperately needed each other when they sat for aseries of in-depth interviews three years after Nixon’sresignation. Frost was deemed a lightweight and bethis career (and his own money) on a blockbustertelevision special. Nixon wanted rehabilitation, andgambled that Frost would lob him softballs.As Nixon, Frank Langella is perfection. The characteris generated from the inside out, not predicated onsurface imitation or caricature. The writing is so good,the acting so powerful, that the film goes well beyondthe courtroom drama into the territory of the classichistory play. It is drama at a level one doesn’t oftenget in the movies.Philip KennicottThe Washington PostThere will be a public interview with Peter Morganafter the screeningBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 21

FRIDAY 14TH FEBRUARYJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014MOTHER OF GEORGEThis visually sumptuous drama finds a youngNigerian-American woman struggling to reconcile anew life and marriage in New York with the traditionsof her homeland.‘visually splendid’The New York TimesFri 14 Feb / Light House 3 / 4.20pm / 106 minutesDirector: Andrew Dosunmu 2013 USWriter: Darci PicoultCast: Danai Gurira, Isaach De Bankolé, Yaya AlafiaTHE MILITANTEL LUGAR DEL HIJOAcclaimed photographer-turned-director AndrewDosunmu’s film opens with a heady rush of the sightsand sounds of a vibrant, traditional Yoruba wedding.Ayodele (Isaach De Bankolé) and Adenike (TheWalking Dead’s Danai Gurira) are being married, andonly after the ceremony is it apparent that the eventis taking place not in Nigeria, but in Brooklyn. A recentimmigrant, Adenike soon discovers her new life is stilldictated by the ways of her homeland, where wivesare expected to conceive children, specifically boys,without delay. Months pass and, much to the chagrinof her domineering mother-in-law, Adenike doesn’tget pregnant. As the pressure mounts she makes adesperate decision, one that might save her marriageor tear it apart.Mother of George is a remarkable achievement forDosunmu. Darci Picoult’s script is rich with detailand life, beautifully captured in award-winningcinematographer Bradford Young’s images. Together,the three have crafted an emotional, immersiveexperience that is a marvel from start to end.Philadelphia Film FestivalManuel Nieto Zas’ ironically-titled The Militant filtersits reflection on political stagnation through a single,remarkable central character. The result is a powerfuland thought-provoking film.The film is set in 2002, when Uruguay wasundergoing strikes and the universities had effectivelyclosed down. 25-year-old Ariel Cruz, played bynon-professional Felipe Dieste, is called away froma students’ union meeting to learn that his father hasdied. Ariel heads for his home town of Salto for thefuneral. He meets his father’s partner Selva (RossanaCabrera), gets involved with the local students’ union,and finds a little romantic interest with Nadia(Leonor Courtoisie).Fri 14 Feb / Light House 3 / 6.30pm / 121 minutesWriter-director: Manolo Nieto 2013 UruguayCast: Felipe Dieste, Rossana Cabrera, Leonor CourtoisieFrustrated by the inability of the protesting studentsto do anything except go round in verbal circles,smoke weed and have parties, Ariel joins a hungerstrike by protesting meat packers, which for the firsttime exposes him to the sharp end of economichardship. It’s a comic, fish-out-of-water setup, but farmore urgent themes are bubbling under the surfaceas Ariel ambles in apparent bafflement from oneawkward situation to the next.Jonathan HollandThe Hollywood Reporter22 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014FRIDAY 14TH FEBRUARYJDIFF SHORTSFri 14 Feb / Light House 1 / 6.30pm / 99 minutesDirectors: Various 2013 IrelandJDIFF presents another hand-picked selection of the best Irish shorts.Programmers: David Mullane, KevinO’Farrell and Liam RyanBREAKFAST WINEATROPHYRÚBAÍDirector: Ian FitzgibbonWriter: Kevin Barry11 minutesThey say it takes just three alcoholics tokeep a small bar running in a countrytown, but what if you’ve only got two?MORNINGDirector: Mairtín de BarraWriter: Matthew Roche13 minutesAtrophy examines the sacrifices made inthe name of development and the effectthey have. A tale of old versus new, loss,friendship and an old farmer and his dog…UISCE BEATHADirector: Louise Ni FhiannachtaWriter: Anton Beag Ó Colla11 minutesThe First Holy Communion is fastapproaching but, as an atheist, eight-yearoldRúbaí refuses to be a part of it.THE LEDGE END OF PHIL(FROM ACCOUNTING)Director: Cathy BradyWriters: Cathy Brady, Sarah Woolner20 minutesMary wakes up on the sofa with abanging headache. Her morning routineis broken by a persistent reporter.MECHANICWriter-directors: Tom Sullivan, FeidlimCannon15 minutesA mechanic at the end of his tether findssolace in old age…Director: Shaun O’ConnorWriter: Tadhg Hickey8 minutesSet in 1912, Uisce Beatha is the true storyof Tom, a young man who leaves hishome in rural Ireland to cross the oceanon the ill-fated Titanic.4 BHANRÍON (4 Queens)Director: Vittoria ColonnaWriters: Vittoria Colonna, Eoin Rogers15 minutes4 Bhanríon (4 Queens) is a black comedyabout four elderly sisters who play agame of poker to decide who will takecare of their elderly mother.Writer-director: Paul Ó Muiris6 minutesStuck outside looking in, Phil is forced toface the world he’s been ignoring. Nowhe must take a leap of faith or be trappedforever.‘WHAT IS A SHORT FILM?’PANEL DISCUSSIONFri 14 Feb /Red Room Light House /5pm / €10Irish short film-makers join two of theworld’s leading short film programmers,Sharon Badal (Tribeca Film Festival)and Kathleen McInnis (Palm SpringsInternational Film Festival), to discussshort film as an art and an industry.JDIFF IRISH SHORTS RECEPTIONSee page 69 for details.BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 23

FRIDAY 14TH FEBRUARYJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014THE BOOK THIEFA stellar cast including Geoffrey Rush and EmilyWatson brings to life the tale of a young girl whodiscovers that stories have extraordinary power tosustain the human spirit. Based on Markus Zusak’sbest-selling novel, the film gives new talent SophieNélisse (Monsieur Lazhar, JDIFF 2012) the opportunityto shine in the lead role.‘If there can be such a thing as a sweet, reflective fable aboutdeath and the Holocaust, The Book Thief is it’ Rolling StoneFri 14 Feb / Cineworld 8 / 6.30pm / 125 minutesDirector: Brian Percival 2013 USWriter: Michael PetroniCast: Sophie Nélisse, Geoffrey Rush, Emily WatsonIn 1938, near Munich, Rosa and Hans Hubermanntake in nine-year-old Liesel. Kind Hans bonds with hisfoster daughter through their shared love of wordsas he teaches her to read her first book. Into thissphere of warmth and safety, amid the turmoil ofNazi Germany, comes Max, the Jewish son of Hans’World War I comrade. Confined to the basement,Max asks Liesel each day to describe the outsideworld, encouraging her to make words her own asshe grows into a young woman and a storyteller.This beautiful film is full of contrasts, balancing theinnocent joys of childhood against the horrendousrealities of a world at war.Mill Valley Film FestivalWinner, Audience Favourite Award, Mill Valley Film FestivalTHE MAJORMAYORWriter-director Yuri Bykov’s The Major is a tense,handheld police thriller filled with scores of dirty cops,scenes of abrupt violence and a relentless, overridingsense of nastiness.‘electric’ VarietyFri 14 Feb / Light House 3 / 9pm / 99 minutesWriter-director: Yuri Bykov 2013 RussiaCast: Yuri Bykov, Denis Shvedov, Irina NizinaWinner, Best Feature Film & Best Director, Shanghai InternationalFilm FestivalSet within a single 24-hour period, the action kicksoff with commander Sergey Sobolev (Denis Shvedov)racing his SUV across icy country roads to join hiswife, who’s giving birth at a clinic. Along the way, hiscar skids into a 7-year-old boy, killing him instantly.But rather than calling an ambulance, Sobolev takesthe kid’s wailing mother Irina (Irina Nizina) hostageand phones a fellow officer, Pasha (Ilya Isaev), to cleanup the mess. What follows is one very long day ofunethical policing, as Sobolev and Pasha try to coverup the accident in order to save the ‘integrity’ of theirdepartment.Filmed with lots of gritty, over-the-shouldercamerawork, The Major is a well-paced and directedaffair. The performances are keyed up all the waythrough, with Nizina particularly explosive as thetormented mum and Isaev slick and scary as theruthless, ball-busting Pasha.Jordan MintzerThe Hollywood Reporter24 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014FRIDAY 14TH FEBRUARYBIG SURJean-Marc Barr is a middle-aged, alcoholic JackKerouac trying to outrun his demons in MichaelPolish’s deft adaptation of the writer’s 1962 novel.Five years after On the Road made Kerouac thereluctant face of the Beat Generation, he returnsto San Francisco to reunite with old friends likeLawrence Ferlinghetti (Anthony Edwards), MichaelMcClure (Balthazar Getty) and Neal Cassady (JoshLucas) and to attempt to get sober in an isolatedBig Sur cabin.‘a fragile, gorgeous-looking flicker of a film’Screen InternationalFri 14 Feb / Light House 1 / 9pm / 81 minutesWriter-director: Michael Polish 2013 USCast: Jean-Marc Barr, Kate Bosworth, Josh LucasBarr is terrific both in performance and in voice-overand he is surrounded by exceptionally well-castsupport. Lucas’ Cassady in particular is a revelation,perfectly embodying the physicality, speed-rappingcharm and sexual charisma Kerouac describes.Polish’s seventh collaboration with cinematographerM David Mullen yields spectacular results both inthe paradise on earth that is Big Sur and in SanFrancisco in only the third screen adaptation of oneof Kerouac’s books and one that proves that thewriter’s dense, language-driven novels can, indeed,be gloriously cinematic.Pam GradySan Francisco International Film FestivalMYSTERY ROADWith special guest Jean-Marc BarrAn Aboriginal police detective is caught in a webof lies and deception in this brooding thriller fromacclaimed Australian director Ivan Sen. Sen – whoalso wrote, shot, edited, and scored Mystery Road– has crafted one of the most distinctive Australianfilms in recent memory.‘impressively crafted, immensely satisfying’VarietyFri 14 Feb / Cineworld 8 / 9pm / 121 minutesWriter-director: Ivan Sen 2013 AustraliaCast: Aaron Pedersen, Hugo Weaving, Ryan KwantenUpon returning to his remote outback hometown,Jay Swan, played to square-jawed perfection byAaron Pedersen, finds himself on the outside. He’sderided and dismissed by his white colleagues onthe police force, as well as his Aboriginal community,which views him with suspicion. When a young girlis found dead in a drainage ditch, Swan is assignedto the case, although it’s quickly apparent that noone expects him to solve anything. Nonetheless,Swan doggedly digs for answers, graduallyuncovering the dark secrets of his dusty, sunblanchedtown.While the visual stylings of Sen’s film recall classicWesterns, the tone is pure 1970s neo-noir, wherelone men like Swan fight for answers in a morallyambiguous landscape and redemption carriesa heavy price.Philadelphia Film FestivalWith the support of the Australian EmbassyDublinBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 25

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FRIDAY 14TH FEBRUARYJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014SATURDAY15TH FEBRUARYHIGHLIGHTSSCREEN TEST: FROM PAGE TO SCREEN2pmPage 66A LONG WAY FROM HOME WITH JAMES FOX & BRENDA FRICKER7.30pmPage 39STRANGER BY THE LAKE WITH ALAIN GUIRAUDIE9pmPage 4128 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014SPECIAL PRESENTATIONSATURDAY 15TH FEBRUARYNO LIMBS NO LIMITSSat 15 Feb / Odeon 2 / 11am / 70 minutesDirector: Steven O’Riordan 2013 IrelandIn a challenging time for the Irish people it’s hard tothink of many facing more difficulties than JoanneO’Riordan. She is one of a handful of people in theworld born with no arms and no legs as a result of arare syndrome called ‘Total Amelia’.This intimate family portrait, directed by her brotherSteven, documents a life lived without limbs but,more than that, it’s a warm character study of asingular individual. As Joanne bravely faces herbattles, we realise it’s not her disability that makes herunique but her spirit and heart.The film follows Joanne’s journey from her homein County Cork to address the United Nations inNew York where she throws down a gauntlet tothe most influential women in technology: buildme a robot. The touchingly candid interviews withher parents and moving use of old home moviesshow the incredible things that ordinary people canachieve when motivated by love. The girl who refusesto believe anything is impossible invites us to dothe same.Kate McEvoyWith special guests Joanne and Steven O’RiordanBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 29

SATURDAY 15TH FEBRUARYJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014REACHING FOR THE MOONFLORES RARASBruno Barreto (Dona Flor and her Two Husbands)brings to life 1950s Rio in this beautifully drawn taleof poet Elizabeth Bishop and her love affair witharchitect Lota de Macedo Soares, the designer ofRio’s famed Flamengo Park. Based on the bestsellingBrazilian novel Rare and Commonplace Flowers, thefilm follows Bishop as a creative block prompts her toaccept the invitation of a college friend to stay withher and her partner, Lota, on a sprawling countryestate. Bishop is a fish out of water in her new lushand bohemian setting, until the instant chemistrybetween her and Lota boils over.‘Pires is a vibrant and charismatic force of nature’Screen InternationalSat 15 Feb / Light House 1 / 12pm / 118 minutesDirector: Bruno Barreto 2013 BrazilWriters: Matthew Chapman, Julie Sayres, Carolina KotschoCast: Glória Pires, Miranda Otto, Tracy MiddendorfMiranda Otto gives an elegant and nuancedperformance as Bishop, while Glória Pires providesa counterbalance with the Dionysian Lota. Bishop’scloset alcoholism thickens the drama, but when shereturns to New York and the military coup d’étatforces change in Brazil, the relationship also faces adownswing. This engaging and classical love story isan intimate snapshot of the search for inspiration andthe lives of two remarkable artists.Genna TerranovaTribeca Film FestivalNEW WORLDSIN-SE-GAEAny film that opens with a snitch being force-fed acement smoothie deserves some latitude to makeits case, and the South Korean crime drama NewWorld is no exception. Set in the scheming heart of apowerful crime syndicate, this stylish saga from ParkHoon-jung conjures a world where hardly anyone iswho he seems.Our fragile anchor is Ja-sung (Lee Jung-jae), animpassive undercover cop who has spent eightyears infiltrating the syndicate and rising throughits ranks. Now, with the death of the chairman and asuccession war looming, Ja-sung’s handler, CaptainKang (Choi Min-sik) sees an opportunity to destroythe organization from within. If only Ja-sung canremember where his loyalties lie.Sat 15 Feb / Cineworld 8 / 12.45pm / 134 minutesWriter-director: Park Hoon-jung 2013 South KoreaCast: Lee Jung-jae, Choi Min-sik, Hwang Jung-minWith the support of the Embassy of Korea Dublin andthe Korea FoundationCloaked in the politesse of the boardroom andthe golf course, New World is both less bloodyand more thoughtful than most of its genre, theshifting-alliances plot becoming more engrossing asit progresses. When not caressing razor-sharp lapels,Chung Chung-hoon’s gleaming cinematographycaptures the cold threat of airports and clubhouses,his precision unfazed by an elevator jammed withbloodied bodies.Jeanette CatsoulisThe New York Times30 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014SATURDAY 15TH FEBRUARYA WORLD NOT OURSALAM LAYSA LANADirector Mahdi Fleifel’s first documentary feature isa uniquely engaging and personal project. Drawingon a family history of video-taping, Fleifel offers anintimate glimpse into the Ain el-Helweh refugee campin Lebanon – a settlement of less than a square milethat’s home to over 70,000 people and has existedfor over 60 years. Dubai-born and London-basedwriter, director and cinematographer Fleifel spenthis formative years in the camp in the 1980s, beforehis family settled in Denmark. For years he’s beenreturning and keeping a video diary, and in A WorldNot Ours he provides a frank yet affectionate portraitof the community.‘flips storytelling and Mideast-Arab clichés on their heads’VarietySat 15 Feb / Cineworld 12 / 1.45pm / 93 minutesWriter-director: Mahdi Fleifel 2012 Lebanon/UK/Denmark/UAEWinner, Best Film in the International Competition, EdinburghInternational Film FestivalWinner, Peace Film Award, Berlin Film FestivalWinner, Best Documentary, Abu Dhabi Film FestivalFleifel’s conversations with the camp residentsprovide an unfiltered take on Palestinian grievanceswith Israel, Lebanon and their own political leaders.Elsewhere he explores how residents use theWorld Cup to articulate their own ideas of home,community, victory and hope. Engaging andaccessible, with a quirky, upbeat soundtrack, Fleifel’spersonal journey offers a fresh and inviting pointof entry to a thorny political history.Seattle International Film FestivalTHE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTELFrom his audacious debut Bottle Rocket to thesparkling Moonrise Kingdom, Wes Anderson hascreated a singular body of work and stands aloofwithin the pantheon of contemporary Americancinema. He creates fabulist family dramas filled withlabyrinthine plots, outrageously ornate productiondesign and casts that only Woody Allen can dreamof, and his latest film The Grand Budapest Hotel isanother bespoke masterpiece.Ralph Fiennes plays Gustave H, the legendaryconcierge of the titular hotel, and newcomer TonyRevolori plays Zero Moustafa, his young friend andsidekick. Together they become embroiled in a plotrevolving around a priceless Renaissance paintingand a family fortune.Sat 15 Feb / Cineworld 9 / 2pm / 100 minutesWriter-director: Wes Anderson 2013 USCast: Saoirse Ronan, Ralph Fiennes, Léa SeydouxSet between the wars, against the backdrop ofa dramatically changing continent, The GrandBudapest Hotel is a sumptuous Andersonextravaganza. Aided by such regulars as Bill Murray,Jason Schwartzman, designer Adam Stockhausenand composer Alexandre Desplat, his latestcinematic amuse bouche is rich in detail and epicin scale, suffused with the detached dry wit that isAnderson’s trademark.Gráinne HumphreysBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 31

SATURDAY 15TH FEBRUARYJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014GUEST CURATORS:ALLISON & TIFFANY ANDERSAnother new initiative for 2014 is ourGuest Curator season, in which anindividual is invited by the festival directorto join them in creating the festivalprogramme. The guest director serves asa key collaborator, bringing new ideas andsometimes overlooked films to Dublin. Weare delighted to welcome the acclaimedAmerican film director Allison Anders whoalongside co-programmer Tiffany Andersfounded and programmed the Don’tKnock the Rock Festival in LA. They haveput together a fascinating series of musicfilms and will introduce their choices, aswell as participating in a public event withtheir Irish counterparts. The season willform the core of a larger programme ofdocumentary which represents the bestof both Irish and international work.ALLISON ANDERSAllison Anders is an award-winning filmand television writer and director andProfessor of Film and Media Studies atUC Santa Barbara. Her films include SugarTown, nominated for two IndependentSpirit Awards, Gas Food Lodging and MiVida Loca (My Crazy Life). Throughouther career she has been recognized forher achievements and received variousawards and prizes, including a New YorkFilm Critics Circle Award, and a MacArthurFoundation Fellowship. With her daughterTiffany Anders she co-founded the Don’tKnock the Rock Film and Music Festivalin Los Angeles. Her recent TV film Ringof Fire, on the life of country singer JuneCarter Cash, was nominated for fourEmmys including Best Director.TIFFANY ANDERS‘Tiffany Anders grew up with a lust formusic, seeking out bands and attendinglive shows at a very early age. Herenthusiasm eventually led her to arecording career of her own, cutting her2001 solo debut album, Funny Cry HappyGift, which was produced by PJ Harveyand released to critical acclaim. As amusic supervisor she’s worked on suchfilms as Gregg Araki’s Kaboom, JamesPonsoldt’s Smashed, Ry Russo Young’sNobody Walks and Drake Doremus’ LikeCrazy and Breathe In. She is currently thehost of a weekly radio show Listen Listenon Luxuriamusic.com which features aneclectic array of underground music.’Sheryl FarberWRECKING CREWLAWRENCE OF BELGRAVIA‘Arguably the greatest pop star Britain never had’The GuardianSat 15 Feb / Light House 2 / 2pm / 95 minutesDirector: Denny Tedesco 2008 USA new documentary tells the story of the Wrecking Crew, acollective of Los Angeles musicians who played on hits by theRighteous Brothers, the Beach Boys, the Byrds and many others.Directed by Denny Tedesco, son of the late guitarist TommyTedesco, The Wrecking Crew features interviews with BrianWilson, Cher, Roger McGuinn, and famed Crew members likebassist Carol Kaye and drummer Hal Blaine. “These guys werechameleons,” Tedesco says. “They went from Phil Spector toNancy Sinatra to the Beach Boys. They always had to sound likesomebody else.”Rolling StoneSat 15 Feb / Cineworld 12 / 6pm / 86 minutesDirector: Paul Kelly 2011 UKFor the first time, fans of dreamy ’80s UK indie pop can finallyknow the true story of Lawrence, the enigmatic bandleader ofbrilliant cult outfits Felt, Denim and Go-Kart Mozart.‘At the start, the eponymous subject looks into the camera andasks: “Are you ready, Paul?” It’s a question never truly answered,as director Paul Kelly indeed may not have been ready toembark on a film which ended up taking eight years. But Kellychooses not to focus on Lawrence’s ups and downs. Instead,he mounts a deeply personal investigation into what makesLawrence tick. A funny, sad, insightful and refreshingly honestmeditation on the mythology of rock and pop.’Nicholas Abrahams, The QuietusWith special guest Paul Kelly32 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014SATURDAY 15TH FEBRUARYDECONSTRUCTING DADFAMILY BAND: THE COWSILLS STORY‘essential viewing’ Time Out New YorkSun 16 Feb / Light House 2 / 1.30pm / 98 minutesDirector: Stan Warnow 2012 USWinner, Gold Medal Award, Park City Film Music FestivalWinner, Best Documentary Feature Award, Atlantic CityFilm FestivalThis personal documentary is a comprehensive exploration ofthe life of musician/inventor/visionary Raymond Scott. Swingmusic, electronica, music for films, Warner Brothers animation,records, TV and radio – Raymond Scott created all this and muchmore. Presented from the unique perspective of Stan Warnow,his film-maker son, the film is also a personal quest to unravel thetimeless fabric of love, connection and rejection that are a part ofevery parent-child relationship.With special guest Stan WarnowSun 16 Feb / Light House 3 / 6pm / 90 minutesDirectors: Bill Filipiak, Louise Palanker 2011 USWith their first Top 40 hit ‘The Rain, The Park and Other Things’,The Cowsills may well have been the first Sunshine Pop band.They are the real-life inspiration behind TV’s The Partridge Family,but The Cowsills’ lives were no sitcom. Darkness lurks beneaththe lilting harmonies and optimistic, innocent melodies; theirstory is raw, honest, tragic, beautiful – and the music sublime.Amazing footage of the band, photographs and interviews withthe Cowsills today all serve to create a moving portrait of thefamily as they share their lives, love of music and the dichotomyof their public persona versus their private struggles.With special guest Louise PalankerBAD BRAINS: A BAND IN DCAUTOLUMINESCENTMon 17 Feb / Light House 2 / 6.30pm / 104 minutesDirectors: Mandy Stein, Ben Logan 2012 US‘As Henry Rollins states early on in Bad Brains: Band in DC,a definitive documentary on the legendary hardcore band islong overdue. “Legendary” is even understating it a bit, as BadBrains helped to invent what we know as American hardcore,taking inspiration from the Sex Pistols and The Damned, meldingit with their own funk and soul-inspired musicality, a “positiveattitude message”, and an electric performance style to birth abeast all their own. As a history of Bad Brains and an archive oftheir incredible performances in the early ’80s, this filmis a treasure chest of gems.’Katie Walsh, IndiewireTues 18 Feb / Cineworld 12 / 6pm / 110 minutesDirectors: Richard Lowenstein, Lynn-Maree Milburn 2011AustraliaFrom myth to legend, Rowland Howard (member of dark rockmasters The Birthday Party, Crime & The City Solution and TheseImmortal Souls) appeared on the early Melbourne punk scenelike a phantom out of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. A beautifully gaunt,gothic aristocrat, Rowland was impeccable, with obscure tastesand a unique, distinctive guitar attack that shot him directly intothe imagination of a generation. Beginning in the wild days ofAustralian 70s pub rock with Nick Cave, the film delves into thepromising beginnings, the overseas ventures, the falling out withfriends and lovers, and the late career renaissance before illnessclaimed Howard too soon in 2009.Music blogger Nialler9 will host a discussion on musicdocumentaries with film-makers including Allison andTiffany Anders on Sunday 16 February. See page 63.BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 33

SATURDAY 15TH FEBRUARYJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014EXHIBITIONJoanna Hogg’s Archipelago (JDIFF 2011) was abouta well-to-do English family on a miserable holidayin the Scilly Isles: her new film shifts its focus to thecapital. Exhibition is set almost entirely between thewalls and windows of a modernist dream house in aleafy Victorian enclave. Living inside it are a coupleplayed by two first-time actors: Viv Albertine, a formerguitarist from the punk band The Slits, and theconceptual artist Liam Gillick.‘an impressively mature and crafted work’The Hollywood ReporterSat 15 Feb / Light House 1 / 2.15pm / 101 minutesWriter-director: Joanna Hogg 2013 UKCast: Viv Albertine, Liam Gillick, Tom HiddlestonTheir initials are D and H and both are artists whowork from home. But something in their past hasleft both of them unquiet. It becomes clear that D isagoraphobic, and she stands behind the Venetianblinds in her underwear, toying with the idea ofbeing observed at her most vulnerable. She isplanning a performance art event, and Albertinedeftly sketches her arc from inhibition to exhibition,leaving no sliver of her soul unbared.Hogg’s film is alive with anxiety, with scenes thatrattle your nerves like stones in a tin. This is confident,uncompromising work, with a ghostliness that playson your mind for days, and it cements Hogg’s placeat the forefront of new British cinema.Robbie CollinThe TelegraphVISITORSFamous for the Qatsi trilogy of Koyaanisqatsi,Powaqqatsi and Naqoyqatsi, names taken from theHopi language, director Godfrey Reggio has madeanother exquisite visual poem in Visitors, his first filmin over a decade. If the Qatsi trilogy reflected on ideasof balance, transformation, and war, Visitors asks avery different question: who and what is a visitorwhen we look around ourselves on this planet? Usingthis idea as a metaphysical departure for his visualreverie, Reggio takes us on a unique voyage into themysteries and wonders of the universe.‘another dialogue-free juxtaposition ofvisceral imagery, time-lapse photographyand mesmerizing Philip Glass music’ VarietySat 15 Feb / Cineworld 8 / 3.30pm / 87 minutesDirector: Godfrey Reggio 2013 USShot in dazzling black and white and projected inhighest-resolution 4K, the film proves once againthat Reggio is a visual genius, open to the magicof experience, masterly at editing his images intoa work that calls upon its audiences to find theirown meaning in the piece. More akin to musicthan narrative storytelling, Visitors creates moodsand tones, allowing each of us to explore potentialconnections and associations. At times we enteran almost dreamlike state – notably with Reggio’smeditation on human hands, as expressive as faces,interacting with technological tools that have beenremoved from the frame. The effect is mesmerizing,and Philip Glass’s score is a perfect complement.Piers HandlingToronto International Film Festival34 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014SATURDAY 15TH FEBRUARYTHE LUNCHBOXIrrfan Khan (Life of Pi, Slumdog Millionaire) starsalongside the radiant Nimrat Kaur in Ritesh Batra’sdelightful feature debut in which a mistaken lunchboxdelivery paves the way for an unlikely romance. InMumbai, more than 5,000 dabbawallas – lunchboxcouriers – navigate chaotic streets to deliver lunches,lovingly prepared by housewives, to working menacross the city.‘A wistful, elegant love story’Screen InternationalSat 15 Feb / Cineworld 12 / 3.45pm / 104 minutesDirector: Ritesh Batra 2013 India/Germany/France/USCast: Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, Nawazuddin SiddiquiIla (Kaur) is a housewife living in a middle-classneighbourhood with a husband who ignores her.Saajan (Khan) is a beaten-down widower about toretire from his number-crunching job. After Ila realizesthat Saajan is receiving the meals meant for herhusband, the two begin sending each other lettersthrough the lunchbox. What starts as an innocentexchange about Ila’s cooking gently develops intosomething more.The Lunchbox paints a nuanced portrait of life incontemporary Mumbai, effortlessly weaving themesof gender values, social class and generationaldifferences into its love story. Batra’s beautifullypenned characters and gentle, precise directionsimply envelope you.Toronto International Film FestivalDESIGN IS ONE: LELLA AND MASSIMO VIGNELLIOne of the first and most dominant power couplesof the design world is Lella and Massimo Vignelli, theinfluential creators of graphics, products, furniture,interiors, and jewellery for more than six decades.Lella and Massimo each have distinct creative voicesand mediums, yet together both represent the samename and brand: Vignelli. Today in their 80s, thetwo’s CV includes a long list of iconic clients – Ford,Bloomingdale’s, the New York City subway. Nowcomes a career-capping documentary by Kathy Brewand Roberto Guerra, Design Is One.‘For a design fan of any pedigree, Design is Oneis not to be missed’ DwellSat 15 Feb / Light House 3 / 4pm / 86 minutesDirectors: Roberto Guerra, Courtney Harmel 2012 USPhoto: John MadereDesign Is One, a title that pinpoints where theVignelli’s individual lives converge, is an illuminatingtribute and biography. There are the requisitetestaments with analysis by a cast that includesRichard Meier, Peter Eisenman, Milton Glaser, PaolaAntonelli and others. Yet the most interesting talkingheads are the Vignellis themselves, who reveal thetemperaments and tension that have kept theirpartnership operating for so long. But despite theirdogmas, their humanity is on display here as well.So are some juicy anecdotes.Steven HellerThe AtlanticBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 35

SATURDAY 15TH FEBRUARYJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014GABRIELLELouise Archambault’s smart and refreshing debutfeature Familia marked the arrival of an extraordinarynew talent in Canadian film. Gabrielle is a stunning,tender film about a developmentally challengedyoung woman’s quest for independence and sexualfreedom.‘Delightful newcomer Gabrielle Marion-Rivard, who actuallyhas Williams syndrome and plays a semi-autobiographicalrole, is a natural’ The Hollywood ReporterSat 15 Feb / Light House 1 / 4.45pm / 104 minutesWriter-director: Louise Archambault 2013 CanadaCast: Gabrielle Marion-Rivard, Alexandre Landry, Mélissa Désormeaux-PoulinWinner, Audience Award, Locarno Film FestivalLiving in a group home, musically talented Gabrielle(Gabrielle Marion-Rivard) has found love in Martin(Alexandre Landry), a fellow member in a choirfor developmentally disabled adults. Gabrielle andMartin want to explore their feelings for one anotherphysically, but are not allowed. Convinced that livingalone will allow her to have the intimate relationshipshe so desperately craves, Gabrielle tries valiantly toprove she can be independent.As she did with Familia, Archambault displays herability to distil the emotional currents of families ata crossroads. At the core of this film is the heartfeltperformance by Marion-Rivard (who has WilliamsSyndrome in real life). Produced by the teambehind Incendies and Monsieur Lazhar, Gabrielleis a captivating film about tolerance and findinghappiness, but, above all, it is a story of love.Agata Smoluch Del SorboToronto International Film festivalCONCRETE NIGHTBETONIYÖStunning to look at and chilling at its core, ConcreteNight is a tale of innocence lost. Made by a Finnishdirector, Pirjo Honkasalo, at work since the 60s, itcould easily be mistaken for the debut of an edgy butemotionally restrained new talent.Johannes Brotherus plays Simo, a fresh-faced teenwhose eyes haven’t yet been hardened by the toughenvironment he inhabits. Raised by a single andunreliable-seeming mother (Anneli Karppinen), heand brother Ilkka (Jari Virman) are hiding out in theirHelsinki flat. Ilkka’s going to jail on Monday and mumwants Simo to keep him company while she goes outon the town. Over the course of the evening the twogo out for drinks, split up, and have encounters withhalf-strangers that go badly for both young men.Sat 15 Feb / Cineworld 8 / 5.30pm / 96 minutesDirector: Pirjo Honkasalo 2013 Denmark/Finland/SwedenWriters: Pirjo Honkasalo, Pirkko SaisioCast: Johannes Brotherus, Jari Virman, Juhan UlfsakPeter Flinckenberg’s black-and-white photography isas dramatic as the script is restrained, full of creepingshadows and cracked glass. When the story finallyenters daylight hours, after a night of impulsive baddecisions, Helsinki is so thick with hazy steam it mightas well be underwater.John DeForeThe Hollywood Reporter36 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014SATURDAY 15TH FEBRUARYIT’S ALL SO QUIETBOVEN IS HET STILBachelor dairy farmer, Henk (Jeroen Willems) divideshis time between working with his cows and caringfor his bedridden father, whom he treats with far lessaffection than the sheep he keeps as pets. When wefirst meet him, he’s roughly relocating his dad froma room downstairs to a bedroom at the top of thehouse, with a view to redecorating and cleaning awaythe past. But slowly we come to realise that Henkis a man utterly trapped in isolation by a past thatconstantly hovers on the tip of his tongue, the wordsbitten back and silently swallowed.‘a poignant reflection on solitude, homosexual repressionand aging’ The Hollywood ReporterSat 15 Feb / Light House 3 / 6pm / 93 minutesWriter-director: Nanouk Leopold 2013 NetherlandsCast: Jeroen Willems, Henri Garcin, Wim OpbrouckWith meticulous attention to detail, Dutch director,Nanouk Leopold takes her time to tell Henk’s story,presenting a life and a cinematic landscape thatare as bleak as they are lyrical. Her ability to keepthe viewer riveted as she slowly drip-feeds nuggetsof information to reveal the crux of Henk’s stuntedsexuality, shows an artist in complete control of hermaterial. Men come and go, offering love to theinaccessible farmer, but it is only the dying old manupstairs who can ultimately set him free.Brian FinneganHALF OF A YELLOW SUNAn epic and striking adaptation of Nigerian writerChimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Orange Prize-winningnovel, the beautifully staged Half Of A Yellow Sun isan often gripping tale that follows two women duringthe dramas of Nigeria’s independence.‘Newton [is] at the top of her game’VarietySat 15 Feb / Cineworld 5 / 6.30pm / 106 minutesWriter-director: Biyi Bandele 2013 Nigeria/UKCast: Thandie Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anika Noni RoseDriven by powerful and moving performancesfrom Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years A Slave), ThandieNewton (The Pursuit of Happyness) and Anika NoniRose (Dreamgirls), the film, directed and adaptedby Nigerian playwright Biyi Bandele, follows sistersOlanna (Newton) and Kainene (Rose), daughters ofa well-to-do businessman who follow very differentpaths. Olanna falls in love with Odenigbo (Ejiofor), arevolutionary, while Kainene enters into a romancewith a white British writer (Joseph Mawle). As civilwar spreads, the sisters flee to Nigeria’s southeasternregion where the short-lived Republic of Biafrais formed.Thandie Newton has the showier role as thepassionate and elegant Olanna, and her vibrancyadds much to the part, while Anika Noni Rose iswonderfully sarcastic and stylish as Kainene,a driven woman who has to deal with her ownbout of heartache.Mark AdamsScreen InternationalBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 37

SATURDAY 15TH FEBRUARYJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014COME INTO THE GARDENSThere is one way in and one way out of St Teresa’sGardens, a flat complex in Dublin’s south inner city,a community that missed out on the large-scaleregeneration it was promised, being left insteadwith a ghost town.Maud Hendricks, working as a collaborative artistwithin the community, creates a series of filmportraits of local people against the backgroundof an estate on the brink of demolition. This is noordinary documentary film but rather a piece ofwork where the boundaries of the theatrical andthe real are tested.Sat 15 Feb / Light House 1 / 7pm / 35 minutesDirector: Maud Hendricks 2013 IrelandWe hear the voices of the residents, although theiridentity is never revealed. Orchards, picnics, foxes,names of children who played there, lawnmowersin motion, wall painters, a beauty contest, a gamecalled ‘love hate’, stories of recovery, finches andother feathered friends, boxing, balconies, front doors,friendly faces old and young and much more gracethe screen, revealing a closely knit community thatwill soon be scattered across Dublin.Barrie DowdallDocumentary film-makerWith special guests Morgan Cooke and MaudHendricksIN CINEMAS APRIL 11A UK - IRISH CO-PRODUCTION © 2013 QWERTY MARS MOVIE LIMITED AND THE BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE38 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014AMERICAN AIRLINES GALASATURDAY 15TH FEBRUARY‘BAFTA-laureate Fox and Oscar-winner Frickerprovide a delightful study in chalk-cheesecompanionship’ The Hollywood ReporterA LONG WAY FROM HOMESat 15 Feb / Savoy 2 / 7.30pm / 80 minutesWriter-director: Virginia Gilbert 2013 UK/FranceCast: James Fox, Natalie Dormer, Brenda FrickerIf the central couple in Rossellini’s Voyage to Italyhad grown old together they might have wound upas Joseph and Brenda in A Long Way From Home.Writer-director Virginia Gilbert has adapted her ownshort story into a film that gives James Fox his mostsubstantial role in years.After fifty years together, Joseph (Fox) and Brenda(Brenda Fricker) have retired to southern France.They have become the old couple in a restaurantwho have nothing left to say to one another. Brendaseems frail and increasingly forgetful but Joseph isstill full of vitality. When they meet young holidaycouple Suzanne (Natalie Dormer) and Mark (PaulNicholls), Joseph is instantly smitten and pursues herto the point of foolishness.Fox is very adept at conveying the subtle shift ofmoods in a man wearily resigned to the unvaryingroutine of his life but briefly persuaded that thingscould be very different. A radiant Natalie Dormeris equally convincing as a woman not entirelyconvinced that her future lies with her boyfriend.Allan HunterScreen InternationalWith special guests James Fox, Brenda Fricker andVirginia GilbertBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 39

SATURDAY 15TH FEBRUARYJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014STAYArchaeologist Dermot (Aidan Quinn) lives on Ireland’swest coast trying to bury his past. His young loverAbby (Taylor Schilling) is beginning to reconsiderher future with him ‘at the end of the world’. Whenshe finds he has no interest in having children, shereturns to her native Montreal to reflect on hersituation. Meanwhile, the local community trundles itsway through death and birth, economic collapse andsurvival – its intimacy at times a comfort, at others anintrusion.Sat 15 Feb / Cineworld 8 / 8pm / 99 minutesWriter-director: Wiebke von Carolsfeld 2013 Canada/IrelandCast: Aidan Quinn, Taylor Schilling, Barry KeoghanWhile Dermot’s professional and human engagementis renewed by a bogland find, Abby’s confusion growsas she excavates her own history. The film, based onAislinn Hunter’s acclaimed debut novel Stay, shuttlesbetween the Galway locale and cosmopolitanMontreal. The west of Ireland’s rugged, sparselandscape and rough roads stress the struggle to beclose despite global connectivity and the story posesquestions about language, identity, family, distanceand home. The cast also includes Barry Keoghan andBrian Gleeson (both of Love/Hate), Nika McGuigan,Michael Ironside, Gina Moxley and Ann Marie Horan.Stephanie McBrideDCUYOZGAT BLUESThe story of a city slicker forced to relocate to theprovinces has been retold in many different countries.Yozgat Blues discovers a tasty variation on this wellworntheme. Yuvaz (Ercan Kesal – Once Upon a Timein Anatolia, JDIFF 2012) is a music teacher in Istanbulwho also performs occasionally as a musician. Whena performing gig is offered to him in the middle ofthe country, he decides to seize the opportunity, eventhough he is reluctant to trade the big city for life in amore remote outpost.‘succeeds in capturing a bittersweet mood thatwill haunt viewers’ The Hollywood ReporterSat 15 Feb / Light House 3 / 8.30pm / 92 minutesDirector: Mahmut Fazil Coşkun 2013 Turkey/GermanyWriters: Tarik Tufan, Mahmut Fazil CoşkunCast: Ercan Kesal, Ayça Damgaci, Tansu BiçerWinner, FIPRESCI Award, Warsaw Film FestivalAlthough Yuvaz is the protagonist, the film turns outto be a group portrait of half a dozen people whoselives intersect with his. Nese (Ayça Damgaci), hissinging partner, develops an attachment to Sabri(Tansu Biçer), the barber who helps the baldingYuvaz with the toupee he wears while performing.The characters and relationships are incisively drawn,and the film’s deadpan sense of humour tickles. Kesalgives a sympathetic performance as Yuvaz, and Biçeris equally engaging as the sheltered barber. YozgatBlues succeeds in capturing a bittersweet mood thatwill haunt viewers.Stephen FarberThe Hollywood ReporterWith the support of the European Commission’s programme onenlargement of the European Union40 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014SATURDAY 15TH FEBRUARYMISS VIOLENCEOpening with the inexplicable suicide of eleven-yearoldAngeliki in the middle of her own birthday party,it’s plain to see that Miss Violence demands of itsviewers a certain threshold of pain. Yet if Angeliki’sseemingly typical middle-class Greek family bearsany emotional wounds from this harrowing loss,these are certainly not on public display. On thecontrary, her single mother, grandparents andsiblings present a perfectly composed front. AndChild Protective Services are beginning to wonder…With his second feature, Alexandros Avranas createsa tastefully austere, colour-co-ordinated universe,where everything is ordered and nothing is what itseems. Upon closer inspection, the film’s subduedpalette can be interpreted as a visual metaphor forsubmission, as the deceptively placid paterfamiliascan slip from gentle protector to tormentor, causingall colour to drain from his household.Sat 15 Feb / Cineworld 12 / 8.30pm / 99 minutesDirector: Alexandros Avranas 2013 GreeceWriters: Alexandros Avranas, Kostas PeroulisCast: Kostas Antalopoulos, Constantinos Athanasiades, Chloe BolotaWinner, Best Director & Best Actor, Venice International Film FestivalSet up as a carefully constructed series of episodes inwhich the family’s history is gradually revealed, MissViolence is a domestic coup d’état waiting to happen.From the script to the acting, Miss Violenceis precision film-making at its best.Dimitri EpidesToronto International Film FestivalSTRANGER BY THE LAKEL’INCONNU DU LACOne of the most talked about and lauded films atCannes 2013, Stranger by the Lake is an intoxicatingaccount of one heathen summer by a French lake,populated by men, gay and straight, dressed andundressed, hunter and prey.Franck is a gay man who frequents the lake,popular with nudists and men cruising for sex inthe surrounding forests, and comes to know Michel,to whom he is dangerously and foolishly attracted.When given good reason to stay away from him,Franck chooses not to and walks into a deadly gameof cat and mouse.‘an absorbing and intelligent exploration of queer desire’VarietySat 15 Feb / Light House 1 / 9pm / 92 minutesWriter-director: Alain Guiraudie 2013 FranceCast: Pierre Deladonchamps, Christophe Paou, Patrick d’AssumçaoWinner, Best Director, Un Certain Regard, Cannes Film FestivalWith the support of the French Embassy in IrelandThe film presents us with a tight examination ofmasculinity and homosexuality, where the nebulousurges in men sometimes manifest themselves assexual passion and other times as murderous rage.A masterpiece of carefully constructed narrative andconcentrated visual storytelling, electric with tension,desire and danger and featuring graphic unsimulatedgay sex, Stranger by the Lake is a fine example ofboth new French cinema and queer cinema.David MullaneWith special guest Alain GuiraudieBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 41

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014SUNDAY16TH FEBRUARYHIGHLIGHTSTHE STORY OF MUSIC WITH ALLISON & TIFFANY ANDERS4pmPage 63IDA WITH DAVID OGRODNIK8.15pmPage 49THE WONDERS WITH AVI NESHER8.30pmPage 5042 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014SPECIAL PRESENTATIONSUNDAY 16TH FEBRUARY‘achingly beautiful’ The TelegraphTRACKSSun 16 Feb / Savoy 1 / 11am / 110 minutesDirector: John Curran 2013 Australia/UKWriter: Marion NelsonCast: Mia Wasikowska, Adam DriverWith the support of the Australian Embassy DublinRobyn Davidson’s remarkable journey in 1977 across1,700 miles of Australian desert with four camels anda dog is given a richly sensorial screen treatment inJohn Curran’s Tracks. Alternately haunting, inspiringand dreamily meditative, this is a visually majesticfilm of transfixing moods and textures. Its stealth-likeemotional charge is fuelled by unerring work fromMia Wasikowska. Required here to carry the film moresingle-handedly than in any role since Jane Eyre, shedoes arguably her most riveting screen work to date.The screenplay expands upon the presence ofRick Smolan (played by Adam Driver), an Americanphotographer who documented the journey forNational Geographic magazine. The threat of animposed ‘love interest’ twisting the story is avertedthanks to the sly humour, bumbling nerdiness andslow-release reserves of sensitivity that Driver injectsinto his deft characterization. But the dual heart of thedrama is Robyn and the landscape across which shetravels. Tracks is a stirring depiction of the clarity andself-discovery that can come with isolation in nature,and probably the best film of its kind since SeanPenn’s Into the Wild.David RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 43

SUNDAY 16TH FEBRUARYJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014FELLINI’S ROMARome exerted a powerful influence over Fellinithroughout his life but rarely did he express his lovefor it more clearly than here. Mixing documentarystylereportage, self-contained dramatic set piecesand strange, impressionistic sequences, Fellini’s Romaexplores the director’s youth, the process of filmmakingand the mysterious allure of The Eternal City.‘one of his best works of this period’Chicago ReaderSun 16 Feb / Light House 1 / 1pm / 119 minutesDirector: Federico Fellini 1972 ItalyWriters: Federico Fellini, Bernardino ZapponiCast: Britta Barnes, Peter Gonzales Falcon, Fiona FlorencePresented in association with the Italian Institute of Culture - DublinEssentially a series of loosely-connected vignettes,the first section sees the young Fellini (Peter GonzalesFalcon) arriving in Rome. We visit a brothel, witnessFellini fall in love with a prostitute and listen to GoreVidal’s bleak assessment of the city’s future. Aswith much of Fellini’s work it’s a free-form approachthat values images for their own sake. Yet amidthe purposefully imprecise sequences are somestartling moments. The best of these sees a film crewuncovering a set of 2000-year-old frescos. Elsewhereis an extraordinary, fantastical fashion show inwhich solemn clergy model the latest Catholicvestments. Throughout, Fellini is acutely aware of thecontradictions that make up his beloved Rome andthough, in the strictest sense, the film goes nowhere,somehow it’s a fabulous journey.Jon FortgangFilm FourANTARCTICA: A YEAR ON ICEAntarctica is the world’s toughest environment –colder, higher and drier than anywhere elseon earth – and less than 1000 souls are hardyenough to endure the winter there and spenda full year on the continent.‘an extraordinary achievement that reinvigorates our senseof wonder about the natural world. Make a point of seeing it.’New Zealand HeraldSun 16 Feb / Cineworld 8 / 2pm / 92 minutesDirector: Anthony Powell 2013 New ZealandAmong them is Anthony Powell, a New Zealanddairy farmer turned time-lapse photographer whofor over ten years has documented life in Antarcticato create this portrait of life lived in the most isolatedof environments. Powell interviews the ordinaryworkers of Antarctica who voluntarily remain trappedthroughout the winter after the last plane leavesthe continent. During these coldest months theysomehow maintain good spirits as they deal withunimaginably extreme weather, living far from theirloved ones and without sunshine for four months.The real stars of this unique film, however, are thebreathtaking and incredibly moving time-lapseimages that must be among the most stunningto ever appear in a documentary film, and Powellhimself, whose enduring wonder at the beauty of hisharsh surroundings is charming in the extreme.Ross Whitaker44 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014SUNDAY 16TH FEBRUARYTWO LIVESZWEI LEBENJuliane Köhler (Downfall) stars in this heartrendingthriller about a Norwegian woman leading adangerous double life in the chaotic final days of theCold War. She plays Katrine, a Norwegian womanraised in an East German orphanage after the Nazisstole her from her mother. Years later, so it seems, shemanaged to escape and track down her mother andnow, in 1990, Katrine finds herself at the heart of ahappy, bustling Norwegian family. But when a younglawyer calls, determined to recruit her in a claim forcompensation from the new German state, Katrine isforced into a desperate struggle to conceal the lies onwhich her whole life is based.Sun 16 Feb / Light House 1 / 3.30pm / 97 minutesWriter-director: Georg Maas 2012 Germany/NorwayCast: Juliane Köhler, Liv Ullmann, Sven NordinOfficial German submission for Best Foreign Film, 2014 Academy Awards®Presented in co-operation with the Goethe-Institut IrlandTwo Lives is a gripping story of deception basedon a real unsolved case. Köhler delivers a movingperformance as Katrine, a woman torn betweenconflicting loyalties, while screen legend LivUllmann makes a rare appearance as Åse, the proudgrandmother whose daughter is not what she seems.Shot through with nerve-jangling suspense, Two Livesshines a light on a forgotten corner of the Cold Warand asks how much is real when a life is built on lies.Alistair DanielWith special guest Juliane KöhlerTHE SWIMMERThe Swimmer is the story of a man (Burt Lancaster)who begins at the dawn of a new day to swim in thebackyard pool of some friends. It occurs to him thata string of other backyard pools reaches to his ownhome. Why not swim all the way? Some of the poolowners are happy to see him. Others hate him. One isa bitter young woman who loved him once. We learnsomething about this man’s life at every poolside,until finally we are able to piece together a story ofhis disgrace and failure.‘enigmatic, poetic, disturbing’Empire MagazineSun 16 Feb / Light House 3 / 4pm / 95 minutesDirectors: Frank Perry, Sydney Pollack 1968 USWriter: Eleanor PerryCast: Burt Lancaster, Janet Landgard, Janice RuleThe Swimmer begins as a perfectly realistic film.But somewhere along the way we realize it is anallegory. At every moment, we have the feeling thatsomething tragic has already happened to thesepeople. And, of course, something has.Burt Lancaster is superb in his finest performance.There are also fine performances by Janice Rule asthe mistress, by Janet Landgard as the young girl,and by a host of character actors. The Swimmer is astrange, stylized work, a brilliant and disturbing one.Roger EbertBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 45

SUNDAY 16TH FEBRUARYJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014BEYOND THE EDGE - 3DAt Everest base camp at night, if you try and sleep,you will awake breathless every few minutes. Youfeel as if you are drowning, which in a sense, you are.Base camp is at a modest 18,000 feet. The summit ofthe highest mountain on the planet lies 11,000 morefeet above you.In 1953 no one knew whether a human being couldreach the roof of the world and survive. Thirteenmen had already died in unsuccessful expeditions.Enter a British team which included a humbleNew Zealand beekeeper, Edmund Hillary, and amember of the Nepalese Sherpa people, TensingNorgay, a veteran of five attempts on Everest. Itwas probably the last ‘British’ chance to be thefirst to make it to the top. A Swiss team had almostsucceeded in 1952 and a number of resourceful andresource-rich American climbers were ready to takeon the awe-inspiring Chomolungma.Sun 16 Feb / Cineworld 8 / 4pm / 93 minutesDirector: Leanne Pooley 2013 ArgentinaCast: Chad Moffit, Sonam SherpaBeyond the Edge, in its clever mix of actuality anddramatization, captures both the extraordinarybeauty of the high Himalayas and the peerlessachievement of Hillary, Tenzing and the team ledby John Hunt.Myles DunganHIDE YOUR SMILING FACESDaniel Patrick Carbone’s atmospheric, elliptical, andeven dreamlike first feature announces a substantialnew talent. Hide Your Smiling Faces focuses on apair of brothers, 9-year-old Tommy (Ryan Jones)and 14-year-old Eric (Nathan Varnson), and theirextended all-male social circle. Amid one of theirleisurely afternoon idylls, Eric and close friendTristan (Thomas Cruz) discover the dead body ofone of Tommy’s pals. With the incomprehensibletragedy reverberating throughout the community,the unnerved brothers respond with searchingconversation, conspicuous acts of violence, anda retreat from the comforts of home.‘oblique yet emotionally acute … a bold, melancholy statement’VarietySun 16 Feb / Cineworld 8 / 6pm / 80 minutesWriter-director: Daniel Patrick Carbone 2013 USCast: Ryan Jones, Nathan Varnson, Colm O’LearyThe richly naturalistic Hide Your Smiling Facesis perhaps most remarkable for its effortlesslyvivid, plausibly real portrait of adolescent malelife. Constantly engaging in impromptu wrestlingmatches, games of ‘mercy’ and empty threats ofgreater violence, the experiences that the writerdirectorbrings to the screen are about as authenticas American indie cinema gets. Nearly as noteworthyis the almost complete absence of adolescentfemale actors; this is the rare story of malematuration that does not prominently include sexin the equation. The young male mind is otherwiseoccupied in Carbone’s truly thoughtful debut.Denver Film Society46 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014SUNDAY 16TH FEBRUARYBLUE RUINAs tough as it is smart as it is suspenseful, Blue Ruinproves that action cinema isn’t just the preserveof the big Hollywood studios. It’s been a few yearssince Jeremy Saulnier’s horror-comedy mash-upMurder Party hit the festival circuit and won a lot offans. Now he’s back with a riff on the revenge movie,immediately selected for the prestigious Directors’Fortnight at Cannes.‘Distinguished by the way it allies solid storytellingto fine craftsmanship’ Screen InternationalSun 16 Feb / Light House 1 / 6.15pm / 92 minutesWriter-director: Jeremy Saulnier 2013 USCast: Macon Blair, Devin Ratray, Amy HargreavesWinner, FIPRESCI Prize, Cannes Film FestivalIn the film’s solemn and quiet opening we meetDwight (Macon Blair), a homeless man who collectstrash for money. After reading about the releaseof a double murderer he visibly transforms fromdishevelled bearded bum into determined memberof society. What follows is a deeply comic narrativeof family retribution, white-trash psychosis andhome invasion, set to the unsettling rhythms of aweapons-obsessed world. Deftly shot, with thoughtfulwidescreen compositions, this terrifically directed filmcombines the classic feuding families set-up with themeditative veneer of a very clever contemporaryarthouse thriller.Ant TimpsonNew Zealand International Film FestivalLA PAZWhen Liso, a handsome young man from a wealthyArgentinian family, emerges from a spell in psychiatriccare, he finds himself struggling to recover the piecesof his shattered life in this delicate and affectingdrama from Santiago Loza (Extraño).Returning home, Liso finds his mother indulgent anddoting, his father somewhat more impatient withhis son’s apparent listlessness, while a succession ofencounters with ex-girlfriends provide glimpses of thechaos his illness has caused. Only in the companyof his genial grandmother and Sonia, the family’sBolivian maid, does he find moments of respite fromhis struggle, but when these comforts are taken away,Liso’s hard-won equilibrium threatens to unravel.‘oddly affecting’ The Hollywood ReporterSun 16 Feb / Cineworld 12 / 6.15pm / 73 minutesWriter-director: Santiago Loza 2013 ArgentinaCast: Lisandro Rodríguez, Andrea Strenitz, Fidelia Batallanos MichelAnchored by a sophisticated performance fromLisandro Rodríguez as Liso, Loza’s film is gentle,undemonstrative work, unafraid to draw comedyfrom Liso’s condition but generous enough totreat every character with the same clear-eyedcompassion. Beautifully shot in a palette of washedoutcolours, La Paz is both a touching study of oneman’s journey towards recovery and a subtle parableabout Argentinian society.Alistair DanielWith special guest Lisandro RodríguezBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 47

SUNDAY 16TH FEBRUARYJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014A LONG WAY DOWNDisgraced chat show host Martin Sharp (PierceBrosnan) knows he’s reached rock bottom one NewYear’s Eve when he finds himself standing on the roofof London’s premier suicide spot. But his efforts toend it all are thwarted by the arrival of a motley crewof fellow suicides, including JJ (Aaron Paul), a failedrock star with terminal cancer; Jess (Imogen Poots),an MP’s neglected daughter; and single motherMaureen (Toni Collette), struggling to care for herseverely disabled son. The foursome make a pact notto kill themselves before Valentine’s Day, but whenthe media get wind of the story, they find themselvesforming the unlikeliest of support groups.Sun 16 Feb / Cineworld 9 / 8pm / 96 minutesDirector: Pascal Chaumeil 2013 UKWriter: Jack ThorneCast: Pierce Brosnan, Toni Collette, Imogen PootsDirector Pascal Chaumeil (Heartbreaker) brings adelightful vein of gallows humour to this unflinching– and ultimately uplifting – tale about finding reasonsto live, adapted from Nick Hornby’s best-selling novel.Toni Collette is touching as downtrodden Maureenand Imogen Poots is on scene-stealing form asthe sharp-tongued Jess, but it’s Brosnan’s turn asthe washed-up Sharp, whose desperation is thinlyconcealed beneath a layer of urbanity and charm,that lends the film its smart and steely edge.Alistair DanielA THOUSAND TIMES GOOD NIGHTThe peerless Juliette Binoche heads an internationalcast in this sophisticated, gripping drama about a warphotographer forced to choose between her workand her family.‘Poppe imbues the film with enormous emotional resonance,brilliantly grounded by his leading lady’ VarietySun 16 Feb / Cineworld 8 / 8.15pm / 111 minutesDirector: Erik Poppe 2013 NorwayWriters: Erik Poppe, Harald Rosenløw-EegCast: Juliette Binoche, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Maria Doyle KennedyWinner, Special Grand Prix, Montreal World Film FestivalWe meet photojournalist Rebecca (Binoche) in abeguiling opening sequence set in Afghanistan,where she crosses the line from witnessing atrocityto being involved. On her return home to Ireland shestruggles to adjust to family life with her husbandMarcus (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and her twodaughters. Rebecca attempts to reconnect with hereldest daughter Steph through the very work whichdrove them apart but, when the photojournalistmakes another controversial choice, their fragiledétente is shattered.Binoche inhabits the role of this complex andchallenging protagonist with characteristic graceand commitment, while Steph is a breakout turn foryoung Irish actress Lauryn Canny. A Thousand TimesGood Night is at its heart a touching story aboutfamily, the ties that bind us, and what you are willingto lose in the search to be true to yourself.Kate McEvoy48 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014SUNDAY 16TH FEBRUARYIDA (POLISH GALA)The Polish-born director Pawel Pawlikowski grabbedattention at the beginning of the last decadewith two brilliant and intensely English pictures:Last Resort and My Summer of Love. Now he hasreturned with an arresting period movie from theheart of post-war Poland – and from his own heart,too. Every moment of Ida feels intensely personal.It is a small gem, tender and bleak, funny and sad,superbly photographed in luminous monochrome.‘richly sympathetic and deeply moving’Time OutSun 16 Feb / Light House 1 / 8.15pm / 80 minutesDirector: Pawel Pawlikowski 2013 PolandWriters: Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Pawel PawlikowskiCast: Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska, David OgrodnikWinner, Best Film, BFI London Film FestivalWith the support of the Embassy of PolandNewcomer Agata Trzebuchowska plays Anna, anovice nun about to take her final vows in a conventwhere she was left on the doorstep as a baby in 1945.But Anna has one surviving relative with whom sheis encouraged to make contact. This turns out to beher aunt, Wanda Gruz, tremendously played by AgataKulesza: a worldly, hard-drinking woman who liveson her own. Wanda reveals the truth to her niece:Anna’s first name is Ida and she is Jewish. Now Idaand Wanda must set out to discover what happenedto Ida’s parents during the war. Pawlikowski’s film tellsus a powerful, poignant story with fine, intelligentperformances from Kulesza and Trzebuchowska.Peter BradshawThe GuardianWith special guest David OgrodnikSTANDING ASIDE, WATCHINGNA KATHESAI KAI NA KOITAS‘It’s easy for someone to turn into a jerk,’ the heroine’sfather wisely observes. ‘To just stand aside, watching.’The gulf between passive acceptance and activeresistance is at the heart of Standing Aside, Watching,a compelling thriller from Greek director YorgosServetas.‘draw[s] not only on classical Greek tragedy but also, grippingly,on the codes of the Western’ The Hollywood ReporterSun 16 Feb / Light House 3 / 8.30pm / 90 minutesWriter-director: Yorgos Servetas 2013 GreeceCast: Marina Symeou, Nikos Yorgakis, Yorgos KafetzopoulosWhen Antigone (played with steely determination byMarina Symeou), returns home after years in Athens,she finds her small coastal town, and the townsfolkthemselves, in an advanced state of moral decay.Undaunted, Antigone sets about making the best.She gets a job in the local school and rekindles herfriendship with fellow teacher Eleni. She dates Nikos,a handsome and naïve local youth, and even adoptsa stray dog. But, like her mythological namesake,Antigone is a strong-willed heroine who takesexception to the status quo, and it’s not long beforethe activities of a local thug compel her to speak out,with dire consequences for everyone involved.Shot with taut economy and a poetic eye, YorgosServetas’ second feature is at once a thriller filledwith simmering tension, a coruscating portrait ofsmall-town corruption and a penetrating study of thecorrosive effects of poverty on the soul of Greece.Alistair DanielBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 49

SUNDAY 16TH FEBRUARYJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014THE WONDERSPLAOTLewis Carroll meets Carol Reed in this dizzyinglyfunny and fantastical farce from Israeli director AviNesher, about a good-natured slacker who becomesembroiled in a labyrinthine conspiracy.Anything can happen in Jerusalem. Just ask ArielNavon (Ori Hizkiah), a bartender, art-school dropoutand compulsive cartoonist whose pleasantlymundane existence is turned upside down late onenight after he spots a strange flash of blue lightemanating from an apparently vacant building.His investigation yields an encounter with famedmodern-day prophet Rabbi Knafo (Yehuda Levi). IsKnafo being held against his will? And who woulddo such a thing?‘a brilliant mix of genres’ The Jerusalem PostSun 16 Feb / Cineworld 12 / 8.30pm / 112 minutesDirector: Avi Nesher 2013 IsraelWriters: Avi Nesher, Shaanan StreetCast: Adir Miller, Ori Hizkiah, Yehuda LeviVeteran director Avi Nesher’s latest is a hoot. Thereare red herrings, unlikely alliances, and cartoons thatcome to life when no one is looking. The Wondersshows a kinship with the films of the Coen brothersand Woody Allen and the novels of Michael Chabon.Both Hizkiah and Miller are stand-up comics withimpeccable timing, and they fully commit to creatingcomplex, compelling characters with much at stake.Jane SchoettleToronto International Film FestivalWith special guest Avi Nesher50 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

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FRIDAY 14TH FEBRUARYJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014MONDAY17TH FEBRUARYHIGHLIGHTSSCREEN TEST: FREELANCING FOR BEGINNERS1pmPage 64INEQUALITY FOR ALL6pmPage 53THE FOOD GUIDE TO LOVE8pmPage 5552 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014MONDAY 17TH FEBRUARYCIRCLESKRUGOVISerbian director Srdan Golubović tackles the scars ofwar in Circles, a moving film about the damage doneto people’s souls from the hostilities that racked theregion for years.Based on a true story, the film opens with a horrificevent in 1993. Marko (Vuk Kostic), a young Serbiansoldier, returns on leave to his Bosnian town. Heintervenes as a gang of soldiers are mercilesslybeating a Muslim shopkeeper (Leon Lucev), butbefore we can see what happens, the film jumpsahead 12 years to examine the consequencesof the act.‘Golubović keeps the viewer so off-balance and hungryfor story that the upshot is exhilaration’ VarietyMon 17 Feb / Light House 2 / 4pm / 112 minutesDirector: Srdan Golubović 2012 France/Serbia/Germany/Slovenia/CroatiaWriters: Melina Pota Koljevic, Srdjan KoljevicCast: Aleksandar Bercek, Nebosja Glogovac, Vuk KosticWinner, World Cinema Special Jury Prize, Sundance Film FestivalWith the support of the European Commission’s programme onenlargement of the European UnionWhat makes it all work is Golubović’s obvious skillwith actors and the quality of the performances.Lucev is appropriately resolute as the shopkeeper,while Rakocevic as the tortured doctor Bogdan andBercek as Marko’s embittered father are pitch perfect.Golubović and his cinematographer Aleksandar Ilichave an eye for the sparseness of this terrain, yetfind the beauty in it. The camera remains still, so asnot to disturb or overly embellish the fabric of theselives. When it finally comes, their redemption andforgiveness is like a breath of fresh air.James GreenbergThe Hollywood ReporterINEQUALITY FOR ALL‘a revolutionary film’The GuardianMon 17 Feb / Cineworld 8 / 6pm / 90 minutesDirector: Jacob Kornbluth 2012 USWinner, Special Jury Prize, Sundance Film FestivalFresh from Sundance, where it won the Special JuryPrize, Inequality for All examines widening incomeinequality in the United States of America. Presentedby Robert Reich, Secretary of Labour in the ClintonAdministration, and now a professor of public policyat the University of California at Berkeley, the filminvestigates how the rich have gotten richer andthe rest of us haven’t. Director Jacob Kornbluthtakes complex economic ideas and deftly explainshow they relate to the quality of everyday life aslived by most ordinary people. One of the film’sgreat strengths is its interview subjects, who rangefrom Erika Vaclav, a Costco check-out clerk, to NickHanauer, a Seattle billionaire who believes that histaxes should go up. Incisive, accessible and funny(who knew Reich had such a sense of comic timing?),Inequality for All is a landmark documentary on thedefining issue of our time.Seattle International Film FestivalThere will be a post-screening panel discussion,presented in association with TASC, featuringSally Anne Kinihan, Nat O’Connor and MargaretWard, moderated by Seán Whelan, RTÉ’sEconomics Correspondent.BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 53

MONDAY 17TH FEBRUARYJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014WAKOLDA: THE GERMAN DOCTOR‘A gently striking and achingly tense drama’Screen InternationalMon 17 Feb / Light House 1 / 6.15pm / 93 minutesWriter-director: Lucia Puenzo 2013 Argentina/France/Spain/NorwayCast: Florencia Bado, Àlex Brendemühl, Alan DaiczAfter exploding onto the international arthousescene with XXY (JDIFF 2008), Lucía Puenzoreturns with the chilling story of Josef Mengele: thedoctor who performed unthinkable experiments atAuschwitz before fleeing to Argentina. In WakoldaMengele – posing under a pseudonym – befriendsthe family of young Lilith, a pretty but abnormallyshort girl with whom the doctor develops anobsession. Seduced by his attention and promisesof injections that will make her grow, Lilith warmsto Mengele, who moves into the hotel where shelives with her pregnant mother. Mengele’s exploitsprovide ample ammunition for dramatic tension,with Àlex Brendemühl (so memorable as thedeadpan serial killer in The Hours of the Day)perfectly sinister as the doctor himself. But alongsidethe thriller narrative, Puenzo also allows room fora broader contextual sweep that reflects candidlyon Argentina’s history as a Nazi retreat.Cambridge Film FestivalLOS WILD ONESReb Kennedy stood at the corner of AdvanceRecords on South King Street throughout thesummer of punk, 1977, and glared at people like a selfappointedguardian of music taste. Diminutive andintense, Reb was real, particularly in the post-punkuniverse when men wore badgers on their heads andguitars sounded like geese being electrocuted. Hewas chasing a dream of passion for real music and ofhis place within it. He emigrated to California, foundhis dream and helped to fashion a genuine, vibrantand exciting roots/rock and roll/rockabilly vision.‘The multi-dimensional look at these musicians is soheart-warming, heartbreaking, and humanizing thatyou feel like you know them’ Phoenix New TimesMon 17 Feb / Cineworld 12 / 6.15pm / 77 minutesDirector: Elise Salomon 2013 US/Ireland/Spain/UKWinner, Best Documentary, Michigan Film AwardsWinner, Best Documentary, Phoenix Film FestivalWinner, Best Feature, Reel Indie Film FestElise Salomon’s compelling documentary aboutReb and his rockabilly ‘family’ is an edgy, passionate,beautiful and funny – as well as a deeply moving– story. Los Wild Ones is not just a film about adisgruntled Dublin punk who followed his dream andfound a musical crusade, it’s a film about the mostimportant commodity that human beings possess –love. It’s also the greatest film about Dublin ever to beset in Los Angeles. A total delight, and a movie that isguaranteed to put the dip in anyone’s hip.Ferdia Mac Anna54 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014MONDAY 17TH FEBRUARYTHE DEER HUNTERThe Deer Hunter, Cimino’s second movie, can, andshould, be read as an epic treatise on endurance and,in particular, the indomitable spirit of the Americanmale, tracing the classic human parabola fromwedding bliss to funeral blues.‘One of the few great films of the decade’Time OutMon 17 Feb / Savoy 2 / 6.30pm / 182 minutesDirector: Michael Cimino 1978 USWriter: Deric WashburnCast: Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, John CazaleWinner, Best Film & Best Director, Academy Awards®The Deer Hunter is distinguished by quite audacioustransitions from light to dark. The notorious RussianRoulette sequence – where POWs Michael (RobertDe Niro), Nick (Christopher Walken) and Steven (JohnSavage) must face off against each other for theamusement of their Viet-Cong captors – was oneof the most terrifying scenes in celluloid history. Ina movie spoilt for stand-out performances – MerylStreep’s luminous debut, John Cazale’s last screenappearance, Christopher Walken’s Oscar-winningbreakthrough – De Niro is always central.From the justly ubiquitous theme music to VilmosZsigmond’s rich and lyrical cinematography, The DeerHunter is a film of enormous, if mostly melancholy,beauty. 35 years on, The Deer Hunter deserves tobe reclaimed as one of the most powerful humanisttracts ever committed to celluloid.Colin KennedyEmpire MagazineTHE FOOD GUIDE TO LOVEPrecocious culinary celebrity Oliver (Richard Coyle)lives his life in a succession of relationships that lastprecisely six months. When his latest girlfriend kickshim out (naked) onto the street he meets beautifuland fiery Spaniard Bibiana (Leonor Watling), whoseown relationship is in the process of imploding.Despite having little in common their relationshipstarts well; he teaches her about his passion forfood and she opens his eyes to a world beyond thekitchen. But as the six-month deadline approachesOliver gets cold feet and a bumpy ride begins.Mon 17 Feb / Cineworld 9 / 8pm / 90 minutesDirectors: Dominic Harari, Teresa Pelegri 2012 IrelandWriters: Dominic Harari, Teresa Pelegri, Eugene O’BrienCast: Richard Coyle, Leonor WatlingThe Food Guide to Love is set in a colourfulcontemporary Dublin with an excellent supportingcast of home-grown talent including Simon Delaneyand Bronagh Gallagher. Written and directed byhusband and wife team Teresa Pelegri and DominicHarari (Only Human), with an additional writingcredit for Irish playwright Eugene O’Brien, this brightand light romantic comedy is about learning thetrue nature of love, the love that happens afterthe fireworks.Barry DignamFilm-makerWith special guests Dominic Harari andTeresa PelegriBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 55

MONDAY 17TH FEBRUARYJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014THE PASTLE PASSÉFollowing the taut Oscar-winning divorce dramaA Separation, Iranian director Asghar Farhadi returnswith another stunning study of modern family life,this time set on the outskirts of Paris where Ahmad(Ali Mosaffa) arrives from Tehran to finalise the endof his tempestuous marriage to estranged wifeMarie (Bérénice Bejo). The Past, however, is notsimply a variation on a theme; it is a gripping,emotional detective story, as curious Ahmadinvestigates the events of the previous four years,his interest piqued by Marie’s sulky teenage daughterLucie (Pauline Burlet), whose strange contempt forher mother’s new boyfriend Samir (Tahar Rahim)sets the story in motion.‘An intricate and often brilliant drama, with restrained andintelligent performances’ The GuardianMon 17 Feb / Light House 1 / 8.15pm / 130 minutesWriter-director: Asghar Farhadi 2013 France/IranCast: Ali Mosaffa, Bérénice Bejo, Tahar RahimFarhadi’s cast is note-perfect, especially The Artist’sBejo, playing beautifully against type as a flakysuburban mother of three. But the real star is thescript, a masterwork of restraint that drip-feeds oneexplosive revelation after another.Damon WiseBFI London Film FestivalWinner, Best Actress, Cannes Film FestivalWith the support of the French Embassy in IrelandTHE MATCHMAKERSet in Haifa in the summer of 1968, TheMatchmaker is a tender story of love, loss andsurvival in the aftermath of the Second World War.Director Avi Nesher explores a fascinating juncture inIsraeli history, where an embryonic society still reelingfrom the Holocaust is beset by the cultural-sexualupheaval of the sixties.‘gripping’The New York TimesMon 17 Feb / Cineworld 12 / 8.30pm / 112 minutesWriter-director: Avi Nesher 2010 IsraelCast: Adir Miller, Maya Dagan, Tuval ShafirWinner, Best Actor & Best Actress, Israeli Academy AwardsWinner, Best Director, Chicago International Film FestivalSixteen-year-old Arik is at loose ends one summerwhen he gets a job offer from a mysterious old friendof his father’s named Yankele Bride. A Holocaustsurvivor, Bride makes his living as a matchmaker andhires Arik to scout potential clients throughout thebustling port city. The diverse characters he meets onthe job open Arik’s eyes to a world of wonder,pain and longing, offering him glimpses intounspeakable darkness and the depths of humanlove. There is Clara, a beautiful, fragile woman whomBride loves from afar; Sylvia, a survivor of JosefMengele’s Nazi experiments who yearns for a partner;and Meir, a librarian whose search for love leads himto commit an extraordinary act of malice. Then Arikfalls in love for the first time, a development thatbrings surprising consequences.AICE Israeli Film FestivalWith special guest Avi Nesher56 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014MONDAY 17TH FEBRUARYLASTINGNIEULOTNEMichał and Karina fall head over heels in love duringtheir summer holiday in Spain. Under the warmsun-soaked vineyards in the ecstasy of their thrillingnew romance, everything feels carefree and innocent.But when Michał (Jakub Gierszał) has a threateningencounter with an unsavoury property ownerwhile scuba diving, an impulsive act leads to adevastating turn.Michał covers up what happened and suddenlyreturns to Poland without telling Karina (MagdalenaBerus) the truth. Soon Karina also has somethingshe keeps from Michał. With their secrets loomingover them, their once-unbridled affection beginsslipping through their hands, and their bright,innocent faces turn dark with worry.Mon 17 Feb / Light House 2 / 9pm / 93 minutesWriter-director: Jacek Borcuch 2012 Poland/SpainCast: Jakub Gierszał, Magdalena Berus, Ángela MolinaWinner, Cinematography Award, Sundance Film FestivalWith the support of the Embassy of PolandWith an immersive touch, Jacek Borcuch (All ThatI Love, JDIFF 2010) effortlessly captures the couple’syouthful spirit and rapture, amplifying the weight ofthe emotionally sobering drama that ensues. Lastingis an exploration of that rare species of love that canendure life’s pitfalls, and a terrifying reminder that onefateful minute can upend everything.Sundance Film FestivalWith special guest Jacek BorcuchTHE LAST DAYS ON MARSThe Last Days on Mars is a new science fiction thrillerand the debut feature film of Irish director RuairíRobinson, whose animated short Fifty Percent Greywas nominated for an Academy Award® in 2002.Liev Schreiber, Romola Garai and Olivia Williams, in ascene-stealing supporting role, are crewmembers onthe first manned mission to Mars, which was all goingaccording to plan until the final day, when an excitingdiscovery is made a few miles from the base camp.A science officer goes missing while attempting tocollect what appears to be evidence of Martian lifeand the crew’s hopes of a safe home journey to Earthare dashed.‘an atmospheric chiller’ The Hollywood ReporterMon 17 Feb / Cineworld 8 / 9pm / 98 minutesDirector: Ruairí Robinson 2013 Ireland/UKWriter: Clive DawsonCast: Liev Schreiber, Romola Garai, Olivia WilliamsReminiscent of Duncan Jones’ recent contributionMoon and bowing its head to seminal works of thegenre, Alien and 2001: A Space Odyssey, The LastDays on Mars is both a moody and stylish explorationof group psychology in space, and a tense andpoundingly violent account of the battle to remainalive on our mysterious neighbouring planet.David MullaneBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 57

FRIDAY 14TH FEBRUARYJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014TUESDAY18TH FEBRUARYHIGHLIGHTSJAMESON CULT FILM CLUB - JAWS WITH RICHARD DREYFUSSPage 61LOVELY LOUISE WITH BETTINA OBERLI6.30pmPage 7258 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014TUESDAY 18TH FEBRUARYBEFORE THE WINTER CHILLAVANT L’HIVERThey are the perfect French haute bourgeois couple.Paul (Daniel Auteuil) is a respected surgeon; Lucie(Kristin Scott Thomas) cooks and gardens exquisitely.Together, they bring joy and a sense of stability totheir extended family and community of friends. Butthe passion for Paul of a stranger (Leïla Bekhti) bringschaos into their well-manicured existence.‘elegantly cool’ The Hollywood ReporterTues 18 Feb / Light House 1 / 6.15pm / 103 minutesWriter-director: Philippe Claudel 2013 France/LuxembourgCast: Kristin Scott Thomas, Daniel Auteuil, Leila BekhtiNovelist/film-maker Philippe Claudel’s secondfilm opens as a skilful, unnerving Gallic take onFatal Attraction, with a nod to the great ClaudeChabrol’s thrillers, but it is far too smart to followthose well-worn tracks, gradually morphing intosomething more disconcertingly original andpassionate. Claudel extends the strong creativepartnership he began with Scott Thomas in I’veLoved You So Long (JDIFF 2010) and extracts asuperb, poignant performance from Auteuil, ashe offers an unforgettable glimpse at the skeletonbeneath the elegant skin of suburban gentility.Telluride Film FestivalWith the support of the French Embassy in IrelandTHE DEVIL’S POOL:MADNESS, MELANCHOLIA AND THE ARTISTReel Art is an Arts Council scheme designed toprovide film artists with a unique opportunity tomake highly creative, imaginative and experimentaldocumentaries on an artistic theme.Is there a connection between creativity andmadness? Does being creative involve a risk ofmadness or is madness a prerequisite for creativity?This unusual documentary addresses the long-heldpublic belief in a connection between madnessand artistic creativity. The documentary combinesa dramatised section with interviews with artists,researchers and academics. These interwovenstrands contrast the chaos and torment of mentalcollapse with the careful rationality of psychiatricresearch and the views of working artists.Tues 18 Feb / IFI 1 / 6.15pm / 35 minutesWriter-director: Cecily Brennan 2013 IrelandOver the course of the documentary the film-makercompares the intellectual and measured observationsof the experts, their words controlled and thoughtthrough, with a description of a descent into chaosand madness, overwhelming depression and stasis.Interviewees include Dr Simon Kyaga from theKarolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Professor PatriciaWaugh of Durham University, the playwright FrankMcGuinness and the poet Paul Muldoon.Film-maker’s statementBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 59

TUESDAY 18TH FEBRUARYVOLTA PRESENTATIONJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014On 20 December 1909, with help from friends inTrieste, James Joyce opened the CinematographVolta Cinema on Mary Street in Dublin. Nearly acentury later, in 2007, Jameson Dublin InternationalFilm Festival established the Volta Award to recogniseindividuals who have made a significant contributionto the world of cinema.The Volta Awards have drawn some of the biggestnames in film to our shores, including actors likeAl Pacino and Martin Sheen, directors such asFrançois Ozon and Paolo Sorrentino, and a hostof famous industry names. Last year’s prestigiousrecipients were composer Ennio Morricone, actordirectorDanny DeVito, actor Tim Roth, directorCosta-Gavras and writer-director Joss Whedon.We are delighted to welcome Richard Dreyfuss toDublin for the presentation of his 2014 Volta Awardand a special Jameson Cult Film Club screeningof Jaws.Richard Dreyfuss was born Richard Stephen Dreyfusin Brooklyn, New York on October 29, 1947 and spenthis early childhood in Bayside, Queens before movingto Los Angeles. He attended Beverly Hills High Schoolwith fellow actors Rob Reiner and Albert Brooks, andacted in community plays as a teenager. He brieflyattended San Fernando Valley State College but wasbooted out after starting a contentious argument witha teacher. Because he registered as a conscientiousobjector during the Vietnam War, he spent two yearsfulfilling an alternate term of service as a hospital clerk.Dreyfuss’ first film role was an uncredited part in Valleyof the Dolls, followed by a single line in The Graduatein 1967. But it was the smash hit American Graffitiwhich provided him with his breakout role and he wasnominated for a Golden Globe for best actor. Over thenext four years, with shrewd film choices and robustperformances, Dreyfuss became one of Americancinema’s leading men and had a spectacular stringof successes both critical and commercial. Firstly,the wonderful Canadian film The Apprenticeshipof Duddy Kravitz, which was followed by the twosignature films he made with Steven Spielberg; as theshark expert in the blockbuster Jaws and then as anengineer who sees a UFO in Close Encounters of theThird Kind. Then in 1978, Dreyfuss won an Oscar forbest actor for the romantic comedy The Goodbye Girl.He was just 29, and, at the time, the youngest actorto ever receive the honour. For the next few years,Richard Dreyfuss’ career somewhat declined, but in1986 he rebounded with the comedy Down and Outin Beverly Hills which he followed with Stakeout andWhat About Bob? In 1995 Dreyfuss was nominated forboth an Academy Award® and a Golden Globe for hisperformance in the musical drama Mr Holland’s Opus.More recently, Dreyfuss portrayed Vice President DickCheney in Oliver Stone’s film W and Jason Priestley’sdebut feature Cas & Dylan (screened at JDIFF – seepage 78). In addition to acting, he is a vocal advocatefor individual civic rights.60 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014JAMESON CULT FILM CLUBTUESDAY 18TH FEBRUARY‘it could be Spielberg’s finest moment’EmpireJAWSTues 18 Feb / 124 minutesDirector: Steven Spielberg 1975 USWriters: Peter Benchley, Carl GottliebCast: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard DreyfussWinner, Best Motion Picture, 1976 Golden GlobesWinner, Best Sound, Best Film Editing & Best Music,1976 Academy Awards®THIS YEAR, JAMESON IRISH WHISKEY PRESENTSTHE JAMESON CULT FILM CLUB. A YEAR-LONGPROGRAMME OF SPECIAL SCREENINGS WILLTAKE PLACE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, CULTFILMS WILL BE PRESENTED IN KEY NON-CINEMALOCATIONS, WITH KEY GUESTS INVITED TO TALKABOUT THE FILM WITH THE INVITED AUDIENCES.For JDIFF, Jameson presents one of the most suspensefulfilms of all time: Steven Spielberg’s Jaws. Just as the pursuitof its colossal predator cries out for a bigger boat, the muchtelevisedJaws demands to be seen on a bigger screen.Restored and digitally remastered to mark Universal Pictures’100th anniversary, Steven Spielberg’s 1975 thriller remainsexceptional entertainment. Based on Peter Benchley’sbestseller, it’s part affable adventure, part hydrodynamic horror.The high-concept story sees the residents of Amity Islandterrorised by a rogue great white shark as they prepare fortheir 4th July celebrations. With Mayor Vaughn (MurrayHamilton) determined to keep the beaches open despitefatalities, conscientious police chief Martin Brody (RoyScheider) is tasked with disposing of the slippery fish.He’s an aquaphobic New Yorker who’s recently moved tothe island with his devoted wife Ellen (Lorraine Gary) andtwo button-cute kids. Brody is accompanied on the hunt bymaverick seaman Quint (Robert Shaw) and oceanographerMatt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss).The trio’s cracking camaraderie has seldom been betteredand the aquatic terror is deftly balanced with lively, likeablecharacterisations. Unlike Spielberg’s subsequent films, Jawsavoids sentimentality. More out of necessity than design, theshark features fleetingly; instead its presence is ingeniouslyfelt in John Williams’ iconic ‘da-dums’, in a section of brokenpier returning to pursue a fisherman, in the ordeal of a skinnydipper and in the ominous appearance of barrels. It mayindeed be the shark that ate Hollywood but alongside thisbuoyant beast all those it inspired sink like stones.Please note: this screening is only available to Jameson Cult FilmClub members. For details go to www.jamesoncultfilmclub.ieEmma SimmondsThe ListRichard Dreyfuss will take part in a post-screeningQ&A with Rick O’SheaBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 61

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JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014WORKSHOPS & EVENTSPYROTECHNICS AND PISTOLSFRIDAY 14 FEB / SMITHFIELD SQUARE / 2PMFREE AND UNTICKETEDThe 12th Jameson Dublin International Film Festivalis delighted to present a demonstration of practicalspecial effects. In partnership with F/X Ireland andthe Stunt Actors Guild, Ireland, there will be a livedemonstration on Friday 14 February at 2pm.Special effects form a broad range of resources at afilm-maker’s disposal, from something as simple assmoke or rain to fire and explosions. In a digital agepractical special effects still have a major role to play.JDIFF invites you to come along and see Hollywoodstyleeffects scenarios unfold on the streets of Dublin.Post-demonstration, the F/X and stunt teams willfield questions from the audience about how theycoordinate and organise realistic action sequencesin a safe and secure environment. This is an excitingand unique opportunity not to be missed!THE STORY OF MUSICSUN 16 FEB / THE CHURCH / 4PMFREE BUT TICKETEDAs part of our inaugural Guest Curator season, thisyear curated by Allison and Tiffany Anders, this paneldiscussion will gather a number of the film-makersprogrammed in the season, joined by Allison andTiffany, to discuss music documentary as a genre.Allison Anders is an award-winning film and televisionwriter and director and Professor of Film and MediaStudies at UC Santa Barbara. With her daughterTiffany Anders she co-founded the Don’t Knock theRock Film and Music Festival in Los Angeles. TiffanyAnders is a recording artist, working with PJ Harveyamongst others. She is also a music supervisor and aradio broadcaster.Featuring Paul Kelly (Lawrence of Belgravia), LouisePalanker (Family Band: The Cowsills Story) andStan Warnow (Deconstructing Dad), and hosted byacclaimed Irish music blogger Nialler9, join us for anexploration of how the story of music and musiciansis told through the medium of documentary film.BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 63

WORKSHOPS & EVENTSJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014SCREEN TESTIn partnership with the BroadcastingAuthority of Ireland, Screen Test hasbecome a mainstay at JDIFF, at whichvarious industry experts kindly donatetheir time to come and discuss their fieldsof proficiency. These events are gearedtowards entry-level professionals andgraduates but there is also plenty formore experienced industry members toabsorb. With daily events at the FestivalHub in Filmbase, Screen Test promises tobe both enlightening and engaging.David Mullane and Liam RyanTickets (€10) can be purchased online(jdiff.com), in person at our box officein the Festival Hub at Filmbase, or byphone (01 687 7974) . Pre-booking isrecommended, as spaces can be limited.Ticket holders for other Screen Testevents can attend the Making Your FirstFeature event for free (on a first come,first served basis).FREELANCING FOR BEGINNERSMon 17 Feb / Filmbase / 1pmA panel of experts will explore the skillsneeded to make your start as a freelancerin the Irish broadcasting industry. Leadingcommunications expert Terry Pronewill talk through the networking andinterpersonal skills crucial in helpingyou make connections in the industry.Managing director of Samson Films DavidCollins will share his knowledge andexperience in Irish broadcasting. GabySmyth, accountant, chairperson of thefestival’s board of directors and expertin business for freelancers in film andculture, will discuss the smooth runningof your new enterprise.CINEMATOGRAPHYTues 18 Feb / Filmbase / 1pmIn this increasingly popular annual event,the Irish Society of Cinematographersreturns to discuss the relationshipbetween the director and their DOP, aswell as the right tools to create amazingimages. Chaired by John Leahy (ISCAdmin).THE FUTURE OF BROADCASTINGWed 19 Feb / Filmbase / 1pmWith the advent of online media suchas video-on-demand, podcasting andTV playback services, the landscape ofbroadcasting has changed significantly.A panel of industry experts will discusshow broadcasters are adapting to meetaudiences’ evolving demands. The panelincludes Philippe Brodeur, Director ofAertv; Jill O’Brien, Head of Digital, TV3;Jarlath Regan, comedian and podcaster;and Alan Swan, award-winning RTÉradio producer.THE FOUNDATIONS OF FUNDINGThurs 20 Feb / Filmbase / 1pmHosted by John Kelleher, awardwinningproducer, former Controllerof Programmes, RTÉ 1 Television, andformer Director of Film Classification,this panel will explore the sources offinancing available to media professionalsin Ireland. The panel includes Jane Gogan,RTÉ Commissioning Editor Drama;Aaron Farrell, Production Executive andProject Manager, Octagon Films; AndrewHetherington, Project Director, Business toArts and Fundit.ie; Ciarán Kissane, Head ofContract Awards, Broadcasting Authorityof Ireland; and project managers from theIrish Film Board.FROM SCRIPT TO SCREEN:A CASE STUDY OF ‘AMBER’Fri 21 Feb / Filmbase / 1pmThis panel takes an in-depth look at thecreation, development and delivery ofnew RTÉ drama Amber. Join creators andproducers Paul Duane and Rob Cawleyalongside director Thaddeus O’Sullivanand writer Gary Duggan as they discussthe factors involved in bringing this showto life.MAKING YOUR FIRST FEATUREFri 21 Feb / Filmbase / 3pmAfter the success of last year’s event, weare delighted to once again invite thestudents of Filmbase’s MA in Film-makingto screen their latest feature film, whichwill be followed by a Q&A. Screen Testticket holders for other events can attendthis event for free on a first-come, firstservedbasis.64 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014PRODUCING WITHPAULO BRANCOWORKSHOPS & EVENTSTUES 18 FEB / BROOKS HOTEL / 4PMPaulo Branco started his career asa producer in 1979. Nowadays he isone of the most important figuresof independent production in theworld. A key player in auteur cinema,he is recognized for having givenopportunities to numerous aspiringfilm-makers who later became significantcinematographers, offering them theopportunity to make their screen debut.To date he has produced over 270 films,working with the most renowned filmdirectors in the world, such as DavidCronenberg, Wim Wenders, ChantalAkerman, Werner Schroeter, AndréTéchiné, Andrzej Zulawski, ChristopheHonoré, Olivier Assayas, Cédric Kahn,Lucas Belvaux, Paul Auster and MathieuAmalric, among many others. His careerhas been particularly notable for longrunningcollaborations with Raúl Ruiz(Time Regained, Three Lives and OnlyCASTING WITHMARGERY SIMKINFOR DATE, VENUE AND TICKET DETAILS SEEJDIFF.COM€15One Death) and with Manoel de Oliveira(Francisca, Abraham’s Valley). PauloBranco is also well known as the producerwho has had the greatest number of filmsselected at the Cannes Film Festival andthe greatest number of films competingfor the Palme d’Or. He is president of theLisbon & Estoril Film Festival, an event hefounded in 2007.For application details, see jdiff,.comBack by popular demand!Margery Simkin has cast such films as BeverleyHills Cop, Top Gun, Brazil, Field of Dreams, TwelveMonkeys, Erin Brockovich, Marley & Me, Avatar, PacificRim and Beautiful Creatures.In the course of her career she has given earlyopportunities/starts to such actors as Tom Cruise,Laura Dern, Kevin Bacon, Robert Downey Jr, JohnnyDepp, Christina Ricci, Queen Latifah, Natalie Portmanand Sam Worthington.Based in Los Angeles, Ms Simkin has had theprivilege of working with many great directorsincluding Terry Gilliam, Frank Oz, Danny DeVito, DavidFrankel, James Cameron and Richard LaGravenese.‘The casting event was definitely one of the highlightsof the 2013 festival for me. Very interesting and agreat insight into the world of casting.’ Trish RyanBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 65

WORKSHOPS & EVENTSJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014WRITE HERE, WRITE NOWFROM PAGE TO SCREENToby Jones in Frost/Nixon.© Universal Pictures.SAT 15 FEB /PEARSE ST LIBRARY / 2PMFREE BUT TICKETEDIn recent years, some of the mostsuccessful films at the box officehave been adaptations from popularnovels. This event will explore how thisadaptation process occurs. How does abook get optioned for screen? Do youneed an agent and how do you approachone? What do agents do and how do theyfind books to bring to the screen? Writing.ie’s Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin will quizindustry insiders Camilla Youngand Conor Barry to find the answersto these questions.Having worked in the actors departmentof Independent Talent for over two years,Camilla Young joined Curtis Brown in2010 and since then has worked withNick Martson, representing an amazinglist of both new and established writingand directing talent across television, filmand theatre.Conor Barry, founder of SP Films withBrendan Muldowney, has produceda number of award-winning features,documentaries and short films. Hismost recent production, Love Eternal,which screens at this year’s festival, is anadaptation of Kei Oishi’s novel In Lovewith the Dead.Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin is a publishingconsultant and literary scout, founder ofThe Inkwell Group and Writing.ie, ViceChair of Irish PEN and the Irish adviserto the Alliance of Independent Authors.This event is held in association withDublin City of Literature and the nationalonline writing magazine, Writing.ie.WRITERS IN CONVERSATIONFRI 21 FEB / IRISH WRITERS’ CENTRE / 4:30PMFREE BUT TICKETEDGregory Peck in To Kill a MockingbirdHosted by Laurence Mackin, Arts Editorof The Irish Times, this panel gatherstogether some of the most celebratedwriters and film-makers working in Irelandto discuss the relationship betweenbooks and film and how a literary voicetranslates to the screen. They will also pickout their own personal favourite scenesof dialogue from film in a celebration ofscreenwriting as fans and not justas professionals.The panel will include acclaimed Irishauthor (and film festival regular) JohnConnolly; British screenwriter MalcolmCampbell, who has written for Skins andShameless, and who wrote the screenplayfor What Richard Did, loosely basedon Kevin Power’s novel A Bad Day inBlackrock; Irish film-maker and lecturerPat Murphy, celebrated for her filmsMaeve, Anne Devlin and Nora; Irish writerdirectorMichael Kinirons, well known forhis short film Lowland Fell, among manyothers; and Darren Thornton, anothersuccessful Irish writer-director whoreceived critical acclaim for his short filmsFrankie and Two Hearts and the TV seriesLove is the Drug.This event is held in association with theIrish Writers’ Centre.66 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014WORKSHOPS & EVENTSSCREENWRITING WITH PETER MORGANSAT 15 FEB / LIGHT HOUSE 3 / 11AMPeter Morgan is an international awardwinningwriter for stage, screen and film.In addition to receiving Oscar®, GoldenGlobe and BAFTA Award nominationsfor his screenplays for Stephen Frears’The Queen, Ron Howard’s Frost/Nixonand, most recently, Howard’s Rush,Morgan has won a host of internationalawards. Morgan has won a host ofinternational awards. His most recentplay, The Audience, which starred Mirren,was a West End smash hit, receivingnominations in five categories at the2013 Olivier Awards. His previous play,the Olivier and Tony Award-nominatedFrost/Nixon, received critical acclaim onboth sides of the Atlantic before beingadapted into the Academy Award®nominatedfilm of the same name.Morgan’s many film credits include theaward-winning The Last King of Scotland,which won the BAFTA Award for BestAdapted Screenplay; The Damned United;and Clint Eastwood’s Hereafter, whichstarred Matt Damon. Morgan’s upcomingcredits include the Hugh Hefner biopicPlayboy, which is in development withWarner Bros. Pictures; and the televisionmovie Christopher Jefferies, to be directedby Roger Mitchell. Morgan’s extensivetelevision credits include the BAFTAAward-winning The Deal; The SpecialRelationship, which is the first part ofMorgan’s Tony Blair trilogy; and themulti-award-winning Longford.For application details for this masterclass,see jdiff.comDO CRITICS MATTER?TUES 18 FEB / THE CHURCH / 5PMFREE BUT TICKETEDFilm distributors eagerly quoteprofessional critics when marketingtheir slate, yet poor reviews don’t seemto hamper the commercial success oflarge films. Conversely, certain films havesuffered at the box office after negativeadvance word from critics. It can beargued that, whereas reviewers have noeffect on blockbusters, their opinions arecrucial to the success or failure of filmsoutside the mainstream. But, in the ageof social media, what do we mean bya critic? These issues and more will bethrashed out in a debate, which the criticsare already calling ‘a compelling triumph’.The panel will include members of theDublin Film Critics Circle and internationalfilm critics such as Screen International’sMark Adams.Buster Keaton in Speak Easily (1932)BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 67

WORKSHOPS & EVENTSJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014WRITE HERE, WRITE NOWSCRIPTWRITING FOR ANIMATION WITH RICHELLE WILDERSAT 22 FEB / IRISH TIMES BUILDING / 2PM€15As part of this year’s focus on screenwriting, we aredelighted to welcome Richelle Wilder to the festival topresent a talk on scriptwriting for animation. Workingin screenplay development for twenty years, Richellehas been Head of Film Development at Aardman(Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit),Head of Development for Pathé UK (An IdealHusband) and creative producer on the UK/Irish/French-animated series Freefonix. Among many otherprojects, she developed and polished the screenplayfor Khumba, wrote and script edited Dennis andGnasher (CBBC), and worked with the Irish Film Boardand MEDIA on project funding assessments. In 2010she founded Script Matters, a story and script agencywhich works with producers, writers, studios andbroadcasters to develop scripts for both animationand live action movies and series. Following Richelle’spresentation, there will be a Q&A hosted by GarethLee, Network Manager of Animation Skillnet.Still from Wallace and Gromit: the Curse of the Were-RabbitThis event is presented in association withAnimation Skillnet.THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOMSUN 23 FEB / THE CHURCH / 3PMFREE BUT TICKETEDAn examination of the relationship between Irishaudiences and Irish cinema, this panel discussionwith explore how our national cinema is receivedby the nation. Are Irish film-makers making films fortheir fellow countrymen, their foreign neighbours orboth? What do audiences expect from their nationalcinema? How do Irish films represent Ireland in thetwenty-first century?Discussing these questions will be arts journalist andbroadcaster Sinead Gleeson; managing director ofSamson Films David Collins; director of our ClosingNight Gala, The Stag, John Butler; Head of Distributionfor Element Pictures Audrey Sheils, and awardwinningfilm-maker Neasa Hardiman, who will chairthe discussion.John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara in The Quiet ManThis panel discussion is presented in association withthe Writers Guild of Ireland.FOR DETAILS OF STORY CAMPUS AT JDIFF 2014, SEE PAGE 12268 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014INDUSTRY NETWORKINGEVENTSAN IMPORTANT ELEMENTOF ANY FESTIVAL IS THEOPPORTUNITY FOR INDUSTRYPROFESSIONALS TO MEET ANDEXCHANGE IDEAS. TO THIS END,WE HAVE PROGRAMMED TWONETWORKING EVENTS, ONE FORIRISH FILM-MAKERS AND ONETO WELCOME OUR EUROPEANGUESTS.JDIFF IRISH SHORTSRECEPTIONFRI 14 FEB / THE CHURCH / 8.30PMFollowing the screening of this year’sJDIFF Shorts, we invite you to meet ourfeatured Irish short filmmakers and shortfilm experts Sharon Badal (Tribeca FilmFestival) and Kathleen McInnis (PalmSprings International Film Festival) todiscuss and celebrate short film-makingin Ireland.To register your interest in attendingthese events, please emailworkshoprsvp@jdiff.comWORKSHOPS & EVENTSEUROPEAN FESTIVAL NETWORKINGEVENINGWED 19 FEB / THE CHURCH / 5PMWe are honoured to welcome a numberof leading European film professionals toDublin to enjoy this year’s programme offilms and events. On Wednesday evening,we invite local Irish film-makers to meetthese European leaders, who will includeAnia Trzebiatowska (Off Plus Camera,Poland), Hrönn Marinósdóttir (ReykjavikInternational Film Festival), Lars Hermann(CPH:PIX, Copenhagen), Mihai Chirilov(Transylvania International Film Festival),Jean-François Rauger (CinémathèqueFrançaise), and Paulo Branco (acclaimedPortuguese producer).DUBLIN FILM CRITICS CIRCLEEstablished in 2006, The Dublin Film CriticsCircle offers the city’s full-time professionalmovie reviewers an opportunity to poolopinions on recent releases, considermovie heritage and whinge about eachother’s shortcomings.Join these irrascible folk as they ponderJDIFF 2014 and name their final selectionsfor Best Film, Best Director, Best Irish Film,Best Documentary and Best Performancesfrom the festival programme.SAT 22 FEB / THE CHURCH / 4PMThis year, a jury that includes DanielAnderson (Click), Brogen Hayes (Spin FM),Paul Whittington (Sunday Business Post),Nicola Timmins (Average Film Reviews),Dave O’Mahony (Access Cinema), RoryCashin (entertainment.ie), Donald Clarke(The Irish Times) and DFCC president TaraBrady (The Irish Times) will, additionally,announce the recipient of the fifth MichaelDwyer Discovery Award, named for ourlate friend and colleague.Presentable DFCC member Gavin Burke(Phantom FM) will be on hand to introducethe final deliberations of the 2014 jury atthe Film-makers Lounge at The ChurchCafé Bar.BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 69

WORKSHOPS & EVENTSCLOSE-UPICONIC FILM IMAGESFROM SUSAN WOODJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014CITY ASSEMBLY HOUSE,SOUTH WILLIAM STREETFRIDAY 7–SATURDAY 22 FEBRUARYOPENING HOURS:10AM–5PM,MONDAY–SATURDAYA collection of Susan Wood’s work, onexhibition in association with the IrishGeorgian Society and curated by DeirdreBrennan, represents a number ofmilestones in American photographyover a period of more than 30 years. Herpictures have appeared worldwide, fromgalleries and museums to publicationsand websites. She was involved with theoriginal ‘Mad Men’ of Madison Avenueand during that time won several Clios,the most sought-after awardsin advertising.BRAINBELTMademoiselle chose her as one of theirtop Ten Women of the Year and herwork appeared in many other periodicalsincluding People and Vogue.Although her most famous magazinecover is an iconic photograph of JohnLennon and Yoko Ono, she is best knownfor her movie stills. Under contract toParamount Pictures, United Artists and20th Century Fox, Ms Wood was on setand on location during the filming ofmovies which defined the 1960s,like Leo the Last, Easy Rider and ModestyBlaise (pictured above). Her assignmentsallowed her to capture remarkable,unrehearsed shots of some of that era’smost unforgettable actors like PeterFonda, Gregory Peck and Anthony Quinn– on display as a group, here for the firsttime ever.FILMBASE13 - 23 FEBRUARYMON - SAT, 10AM - 5PMFollowing the success of the BrainbeltIllustration Collective Exhibition atJDIFF 2013, we have teamed up withBrainbelt again so the artists can respondto this year’s line-up of films. ArtistsShane Cluskey, John Corrigan, MichelleCunningham, Peter Dawson, Alan Dunne,Séamus McArdle, Edel McMahon, DuffyMooney Sheppard, Tom Moore, JamieMurphy, Eileen O’Neill, Lauren O’Neill,Emma Rowe, Gareth Teggin and StephenMcNally bring you limited edition imagesfrom over 30 festival films.Photo: Ultan Courtney70 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

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TUESDAY 18TH FEBRUARYJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014LOVELY LOUISEMiddle-aged André is the quintessential mother’s boy;his life is so inseparable from his elderly mother’sthat they share an apartment, a bank account and astultifying routine. His mother – the pointedly namedLouise Dubois – spurned her chance of Hollywoodstardom to raise him, and André’s guilt over herdashed hopes has ruined his life. Now he works as ataxi driver, ferrying his mother to lunch appointmentsat a restaurant she can little afford. But when agregarious American suddenly turns up claiming tobe Louise’s long-lost second son, the pair are throwninto a turmoil that will drive them right to the edge.Tues 18 Feb / Cineworld 8 / 6.30pm / 91 minutesDirector: Bettina Oberli 2013 Switzerland/GermanyWriters: Bettina Oberli, Petra Biondina VolpeCast: Stefan Kurt, Annemarie Duringer, Stanley TownsendPresented in co-operation with the Goethe-Institut Irland and with thesupport of the Embassy of SwitzerlandLovely Louise is a touching drama about finding thecourage to move on with your life. Director BettinaOberli never lets the deadpan comedy get in theway of real emotion, and the film is blessed withstrong performances throughout, from AnnemarieDuringer, note perfect as the duplicitous Louise, livingoff the vapours of her dreams; to Irish actor StanleyTownsend as Bill, a man-child sweating fury, self-pityand charm.Alistair DanielWith special guests Bettina Oberli and StanleyTownsendLOVE ETERNALBased on the Japanese novel In Love with the Dead,from acclaimed author Kei Oishi (Apartment 1303,The Last Supper), Love Eternal centres on an isolatedand death-fixated young man who tries to makesense of the world, and his existence, in the only wayhe knows how… by getting closer to death.‘ a beguiling and deftly enigmatic tale of dark and haunted love’Screen InternationalBrendan Muldowney’s second feature, following theaward-winning Savages, is a dark and elegiac yetinspiring portrayal of a damaged young man tryingto find his way in a world he no longer understands.Featuring note-perfect performances from Robertde Hoog and Pollyanna McIntosh, Love Eternal isa rich cinematic experience, and, in his explorationof notions of life, death and the universe as a whole,Muldowney has created a bold cinematic landscapeall his own.Galway Film FleadhTues 18 Feb / Cineworld 12 / 8.30pm / 93 minutesWriter-director: Brendan Muldowney 2013 Ireland/Luxembourg/Netherlands/JapanCast: Pollyanna McIntosh, Amanda Ryan, Robert de HoogWith special guests Brendan Muldowney,Pollyanna McIntosh and Conor Barry72 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014TUESDAY 18TH FEBRUARYLIFE FEELS GOODCHCE SIE ZYCNeither tearfully sentimental nor coldly scientific,Life Feels Good, Maciej Pieprzyca’s film, about a manwith cerebral palsy, instead proves oddly entertaining.The protagonist, diagnosed as mentally ‘retarded’since childhood, delivers interior monologuesthat supply ironically ‘normal’ counterpoint to thecontorted sounds and movements he makes.Brilliantly thesped by non-disabled actors, the filmis filled with fully fleshed-out characters that defysimple categorization.Pieprzyca places the character of Mateusz squarely athis story’s centre. While his mother showers him withkisses and laughter, his father fires his imagination.As he grows up, Mateusz (Dawid Ogrodnik) evenwins a loving girlfriend. But, as with all his attempts toinfluence the world, his efforts to help her backfire.Tues 18 Feb / Light House 1 / 8.30pm / 101 minutesWriter-director: Maciej Pieprzyca 2013 PolandCast: Dawid Ogrodnik, Kamil Tkacz, Katarzyna ZawadzkaWinner, Grand Prix & Audience Award, Montreal World Film FestivalWinner, Silver Lion, Gdynia Film FestivalWith the support of the Embassy of PolandLOOKING FOR LIGHT: JANE BOWNPieprzyca situates his film in that gap between theMateusz seen by even the kindliest, and the smart,sardonic, inner Mateusz. His erratic movementsand unintelligible sounds register less as symptomsof disease than as a language that others are toounimaginative to interpret.Ronnie ScheibVarietyWith special guest Dawid OgrodnikA revealing portrait of Jane Bown, the self-effacing butacclaimed portrait photographer, emerges throughconversation, anecdote and candid reflection in thisnew documentary from Michael Whyte and Irish filmmakerLuke Dodd.In the almost six decades that Bown worked for TheObserver, she became renowned for insightful, highlyindividualistic portraits of the famous. Some of theseportraits are now regarded as classics of the genre- Samuel Beckett, Queen Elizabeth II, The Beatles,Bertrand Russell, Mick Jagger and Margaret Thatcher.Tues 18 Feb / Light House 2 / 8.45pm / 83 minutesDirectors: Luke Dodd, Michael Whyte 2014 UKThe film grew out of a 2005 interview conductedwith Bown as she was coming to the end of herworking life and beginning to contemplate what itwould be like when she was no longer able to takephotographs. For the first time, she spoke candidlyabout her career and revealed how her very personalapproach to the taking of portraits is informedby a deep sense of loss and abandonment. Thisprivate portrait is enhanced by a series of insightfulinterviews with Jane’s peers, family, colleagues,friends, and of course some of her subjects.David MullaneWith special guests Luke Dodd and Michael WhyteBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 73

TUESDAY 18TH FEBRUARYJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014MOOD INDIGOL’ÉCUME DES JOURS‘Gondry builds a beautifully busy alternate universefull of surprises’ Screen InternationalTues 18 Feb / Cineworld 8 / 8.45pm / 125 minutesDirector: Michel Gondry 2013 France/BelgiumWriters: Michel Gondry, Luc BossiCast: Audrey Tautou, Romain Duris, Gad ElmalehWith the support of the French Embassy in IrelandIt’s a match made in heaven: director Michel Gondry,master of cinematic bricolage, meets Boris Vian’scult novel Froth on the Daydream, and the result isMood Indigo. Romain Duris plays handsome, wealthyColin, who lives in a lovely apartment with a factotum(Omar Sy from The Untouchables) so brilliant andaccomplished he leaves Jeeves at the starting post.Colin’s friend Chick, avid collector of the books ofcelebrity philosopher Jean Sol Patre, falls in love, soColin decides that he too wants a girlfriend, which iswhen he meets Chloe (Audrey Tautou). So far, so cute.But there’s heartbreak ahead.Froth on the Daydream, first published in 1947, wasdescribed by Raymond Queneau as ‘the mostheartbreakingly poignant modern love story everwritten’. Gondry’s brand of dark romantic whimsyand penchant for lo-tech effects nail the writer’s jazzyinvention, surreal flights of fancy, streaks of satire andwall-to-wall puns. Like the novel, the film starts offlight-hearted, but there are signs all is not rosy in thisworld. As the characters are confronted by worseninghealth and financial crises, the film becomes darkerand more melancholy. Mood Indigo is a rom-comhaunted by death.Anne BillsonThe TelegraphTHE CINE TALENT AWARDCREATE. INSPIRE.NETWORK. ENGAGE.JDIFF, in partnership with UniversalPictures International Ireland, ScreenInternational and Bord Scannán nahÉireann/Irish Film Board is delighted toannounce the return of the CINE Talentaward. CINE Talent aims to celebrateemerging Irish talent and 2014 sees aslight change to the award’s structure.To emphasise the collaborative natureof the film-making process, nominationsfor this year’s award will come directlyfrom the production companies and/ordistributors of the feature titles within theIrish season.• Nominees must be members of thecast or key creative team (writer, director,producer, DoP, editor, production designeretc.)• Nominees must have a tangible trackrecord and have made noteworthycontributions within their discipline• Nominees must be of Irish citizenship/resident in Ireland• A maximum of FOUR nominees may besubmitted per title in the Irish Film Seasonof JDIFF 2014CINE Talent will be open for nominationsafter the festival launch. The closingdate for nominations and publication ofcandidates will be end of business on 30January.A public vote will go live on jdiff.com from13 February, so the audiences can engageand vote for the nominees they feel aremost deserving of this award. Updates willbe available throughout the festival withshortlists being announced by closingweekend.The winner will be announced onTuesday 25 February, with their prizeincluding a promotional editorial fromScreen International as well as networkingsupport and opportunities to bothdomestic and international industrycontacts.74 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014FRIDAY 14TH FEBRUARYWEDNESDAY19TH FEBRUARYHIGHLIGHTSSCREEN TEST: THE FUTURE OF BROADCASTING1pmPage 64CAS & DYLAN WITH RICHARD DREYFUSS & JASON PRIESTLEY6.30pmPage 78UNDER THE SKIN WITH JONATHAN GLAZER8.45pmPage 80BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 75

WEDNESDAY 19TH FEBRUARYJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014THOSE HAPPY YEARSANNI FELICIA delicate, nuanced film that is unexpectedly movingin its portrait of a young Italian family living throughthe turbulent, freedom-loving 70s, Those HappyYears uses ironic distance to talk about very intimatethings. Director Daniele Luchetti (My Brother is anOnly Child) brings a personal, even autobiographicalurgency to the story, coolly told in hindsight by anarrator who watched his parents’ marriage unravelwhen he was a child.Wed 19 Feb / Cineworld 12 / 6pm / 101 minutesDirector: Daniele Luchetti 2013 ItalyWriters: Sandro Petraglia, Daniele Luchetti, Stefano Rulli, Caterina VenturiniCast: Micaela Ramazzotti, Martina Gedeck, Kim Rossi StuartPresented in association with the Italian Institute of Culture - DublinCANNIBALCANÍBALGuido Marchetti (Kim Rossi Stuart) is an ambitiousbut still unknown avant-garde artist. He sculptsfemale nudes in his Roman studio by pouringplaster over models’ naked bodies. Serena (MicaelaRamazzotti) is a pretty, curly-haired housewife whounderstands all too well what her good-lookingspouse is up to. Serena has always accepted Guido’sattitude that a wife should stay home, but nowsomething changes inside her. Serena puts aside herdoubts and heads off to a feminist retreat. There, asthe expression goes, she learns a lot about herself.Rossi Stuart is wholly believable as the angry, selfabsorbedartist, but Ramazzotti steals the spotlightwith her engaging pout and sudden courage tofollow her own path.Deborah YoungThe Hollywood ReporterWhen a film-maker is capable of exploring a seriesof frankly outlandish filmic, thematic and moralpropositions with absolute conviction and surenessof touch, the results are usually memorable. Such isthe case with Manuel Martin Cuenca’s Cannibal, acarefully crafted study of a psychopath that brings awhole new meaning to the phrase Eat, Pray, Love.Carlos (de la Torre in a career-best performance) is atailor with a snobbish disdain for prêt à porter. Quietlyspoken, fastidious and dapper, he’s a fascinatingfigure, but imperfection threatens in the form of aRomanian immigrant (Olimpia Melinte) who comesto live in the house opposite. One night, following anargument over money, she seeks shelter at Carlos’house: an ellipsis suggests that she does not survivethe visit. Matters are complicated further when thegirl’s twin sister comes looking for her.Wed 19 Feb / Light House 1 / 6.15pm / 90 minutesDirector: Manuel Martín Cuenca 2013 Spain/Romania/Russia/FranceWriters: Manuel Martín Cuenca, Alejandro HernándezCast: Antonio de la Torre, Olimpia MelinteCannibal pulses from first scene to last with tension.But it is not the tension raised by the cheap questionof how and when Carlos’s next victim will meet herend. Audiences will emerge from Cannibal with theirperspectives slightly rearranged, something whichfew films can claim to do.Jonathan HollandThe Hollywood Reporter76 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014WEDNESDAY 19TH FEBRUARYGARE DU NORDAn unclassifiable hybrid of fiction and documentary,imagination and sociology, Gare du Nord is above alla complex portrait of a familiar city space. Mappingthe Parisian railway station and its many layers aboveand below ground, Claire Simon depicts a restlesscrossroads of stories, encounters and fantasies.‘Compelling viewing … understated yet moving’Time Out LondonWed 19 Feb / Cineworld 8 / 6.15pm / 119 minutesDirector: Claire Simon 2013 France/CanadaWriters: Claire Simon, Shirel Amitay, Olivier LorelleCast: Nicole Garcia, Reda Kateb, François DamiensReda Kateb (Zero Dark Thirty) is Ismaël, a doctoralstudent researching the station and its variouspopulations, while Nicole Garcia is Mathilde, anacademic on the eve of a major operation. As theytentatively fall for each other, they cross paths withthe multitudes who make up the station’s dailylife: guards, railway workers, shop assistants, streetpeople, a harassed estate agent (Monia Chokri) anda TV presenter (François Damiens) in search of hismissing daughter. Simon’s ever-shifting perspectivebuilds up a detailed mosaic of the station as globalvillage, souk and microcosm of Paris itself, in a filmat once poetic, political, realist and romantic.Jonathan RomneyBFI London Film FestivalWith special guest Claire SimonLIVING IN A CODED LANDAs we grapple with the post Celtic Tiger, post bail-outlandscape, along comes film-maker Pat Collins witha documentary which not only offers us a context –historical, social and philosophical – but also promptsus to think.This filmic essay is centred in the Midlands, inCounty Westmeath, Ireland’s historical ‘umbilicus’,and from here the legacy of colonialism, patronageand privilege are explored, as well as our relationshipwith the land and the past. The real strength of thisdocumentary is Collins’ judicious use of archivematerial, both sound and image, which he intercutswith present-day footage and contributions fromcommentators, geographers and historians. Theeffect is both lyrical and remarkable.Wed 19 Feb / Light House 2 / 6.30pm / 80 minutesDirector: Pat Collins 2013 IrelandWe are also given a fascinating insight into how theso-called ‘middle man’ rose to a position of powerin Ireland, from the cattle ranchers of the 1600sto the new middle men of the financial sector,much beloved of modern governments. This is animportant piece of work, a forward-looking socialcommentary of our time.Róisín DuffyRTÉWith special guest Pat CollinsBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 77

WEDNESDAY 19TH FEBRUARYJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014CAS & DYLANAn ailing surgeon and a young writer are throwntogether on a memorable journey across Canada inthis touching road movie directed by former BeverleyHills 90210 star Jason Priestley. Richard Dreyfussis Cas Pepper, a Winnipeg surgeon who ditches hisjob after receiving some very bad news. His planis to strike out west alone, but after crossing pathswith Dylan Morgan – a free-wheeling, chain-smokingkleptomaniac – he finds himself fleeing the scene ofa crime in a stolen VW Beetle with Dylan resolutely intow and, despite his best attempts, he just can’t seemto shake her off. But as the pair wind their way acrossthe Rockies , they find themselves forced to revealthe real reasons for their flight.Wed 19 Feb / Cineworld 9 / 6.30pm / 90 minutesDirector: Jason Priestley 2013 CanadaWriter: Jessie GabeCast: Tatiana Maslany, Richard Dreyfuss, Jayne EastwoodWinner, Audience Award & Best Actress, Whistler Film FestivalLike the best road movies, Priestley’s directorialdebut is a moving film about life and what to dowith your share, bolstered by a wise and funnyscript from Jessie Gabe. Tatiana Maslany is perfectas the irrepressible Dylan, while Dreyfuss revels inhis best role in years as the straitlaced doctor slowlyunbuttoned by his companion’s sense of fun.Alistair DanielWith special guests Jason Priestley and RichardDreyfussA VISION: A LIFE OF WB YEATSReel Art is an Arts Council scheme designed toprovide film artists with a unique opportunity tomake highly creative, imaginative and experimentaldocumentaries on an artistic theme.The life and work of Nobel laureate WB Yeats holdsa particular place in hearts and imaginations acrossthe world. Beyond Ireland – where Yeats is a kind ofunofficial national poet – his work echoes in profoundways. In places beyond easy comprehension. Beyondthe rational mind. In the places where poetry trulylives and breathes.Wed 19 Feb / IFI 1 / 6.30pm / 75 minutesWriter-director: Alan Gilsenan 2013 IrelandCommissioned for the Arts Council’s Reel Art scheme,this film is a response to that vast body of work. Avisual – and avowedly experimental – ‘film-poem’, tocoin an uneasy term. Using solely the words of WBYeats, we attempted to take the viewer on a cinematicjourney of sorts into Yeats’ extraordinary imagination.It is a biography of a kind, but not in any conventionalway. Yet, beyond Yeats’ popular profile and his culturaltourist caché, little is really known of his complexlife, despite having articulated it so completely, socreatively. In so many ways, Yeats dreamt up his life.He fashioned his own majestic screenplay and we are– endlessly – the beneficiaries.Film-maker’s statement78 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014WEDNESDAY 19TH FEBRUARYTHE UNSPEAKABLE ACTDirected by former Los Angeles Reader film criticDan Sallitt, The Unspeakable Act takes one of the fewremaining social taboos in the western world andpresents it in an earnest and incredibly charmingway. Dealing with the controversial theme of incestwithin a close-knit yet strangely detached familydynamic, Sallitt’s film relies far more on the strengthof its character development than it does on gaudysensationalism.‘Dan Sallitt is America’s indie answer to Rohmer’IndieWireWed 19 Feb / Cineworld 12 / 8.30pm / 91 minutesWriter-director: Dan Sallitt 2012 USCast: Tallie Medel, Sky Hirschkron, Aundrea FaresTHE CONGRESSIntelligent 17-year-old New Yorker Jackie (Tallie Medel)has long held a fondness for her brother Matthew.However, when he brings home a girlfriend, Jackiestruggles to deal with her deep-rooted heartbreak.Successfully immersing us into Jackie’s curiousattitude towards romance and family, Sallitt allowsus to detach ourselves from the stigmas of societyand study this tale of incest in almost an entirelyclinical way.Like Rohmer, Sallitt has created a remarkablehonest portrait of adolescent romantic confusion.The Unspeakable Act is an intimate, yet thoroughlyenjoyable film with a far more universal theme ofsexual confusion and teenage angst than its eyecatchingsynopsis suggests.Patrick GambleCine VueAri Folman follows his groundbreaking animateddocumentary Waltz with Bashir with an equally boldand brilliant movie. A meta-textual Hollywood satirestarring Robin Wright as herself, it morphs midwayinto a full-blown sci-fi cartoon, but only to cut evencloser to the philosophical bone in its investigationof femininity, fantasy and virtual reality.‘contains tricks aplenty and ideas in abundance’The GuardianWed 19 Feb / Light House 1 / 8.45pm / 120 minutesWriter-director: Ari Folman 2013 Israel/Germany/Poland/Luxembourg/France/BelgiumCast: Robin Wright, Harvey Keitel, Jon HammWinner, Best Picture, Best Screenplay & Best Actress, Fantastic FestInspired by Stanislav Lem’s novel The FuturologicalCongress, Folman delves into a make-believe worldwhere a beautiful, talented actress like Robin Wright(The Princess Bride) is considered all but washedup. Miramount studio head Danny Huston doeshave one last proposition for her though, a dealthat will guarantee her riches for life and fame wellbeyond that. He wants to scan her, sample her, andtake full rights to the virtual Robin Wright. Only onecondition: the actual Robin must never act again.It’s a Faustian bargain too good to turn down. Butthat’s only the beginning.A visionary film that takes its place alongside Brazil,Blade Runner and Solaris, The Congress is a savagelyfunny and surprisingly moving commentary on ourincreasing reliance on screens – not just to watch,but to hide behind.Vancouver International Film FestivalBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 79

WEDNESDAY 19TH FEBRUARYJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014UNDER THE SKINBones, nerves, blood and meat: we are all made ofthe same stuff underneath. Jonathan Glazer’s Underthe Skin presents us with a person who isn’t. The filmis certainly divisive: but would you expect anythingelse from an almost wordless science-fiction thrillerin which Scarlett Johansson plays an alien who lureslonely and/or horny Glaswegians into her van andturns them into Scotch broth?‘a tour de force of sensual and sensory film-making’VarietyWed 19 Feb / Cineworld 9 / 8.45pm / 107 minutesDirector: Jonathan Glazer 2013 UKWriter: Walter CampbellCast: Scarlett Johansson, Paul BranniganJohansson is nothing short of iconic here; hercharacter is a classic femme fatale in the film noirtradition, down to the plump red lips and deep furcoat, but with a refrigerated nothingness at her core.She looks at her fellow cast members as if they arefrom another planet – which is, of course, exactly asit should be. Even the Scottish landscape looks alien:dawn mist rolls across lochs like curls of space dust.Glazer’s astonishing film takes you to a place wherethe everyday becomes suddenly strange, and fearand seduction become one and the same. You stareat the screen, at once entranced and terrified, andstep forward into the slick.Robbie CollinThe TelegraphWith special guest Jonathan GlazerNORDVESTMichael Noer’s first film was the acclaimed 2010prison drama R (co-directed with Tobias Lindholm,who appeared at JDIFF 2013), and while Nordvestshares some of that film’s fascination with young menand violence, it is also a convincing crime drama.‘a compelling portrait of a young man whose moralcompass is skewed but not broken’ VarietyWed 19 Feb / Light House 2 / 9pm / 100 minutesDirector: Michael Noer 2013 DenmarkWriters: Michael Noer, Rasmus HeisterbergCast: Gustav Dyekjær Giese, Oscar Dyekjær Giese, Nicholas Westwood KiddEighteen-year-old Caspar (Gustav Dyekjær Giese)is a burglar whose stolen items are sold by toughimmigrant traders. Caspar sees the chance of abigger pay day when he is approached by tougholder gangster Björn (the impressive Roland Møller)to steal a few specific items. Making big money forthe first time Caspar pampers his family, but makesthe mistake of annoying the immigrant gang whoassume he is ‘their’ man. With his life spiralling out ofcontrol, Caspar is faced with some tough decisions.Noer co-wrote the script with Rasmus Heisterberg,who wrote the Oscar-nominated A Royal Affair (JDIFF2013), and turned to two real-life brothers in the leads,Gustav Dyekjær Giese and Oscar Dyekjær Giese.Noer films in an appropriately gritty and intense style,drawing out the sense of community in Nordvest andlayering in moments of humour.Mark AdamsScreen International80 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014WEDNESDAY 19TH FEBRUARYSALVOA henchman for the Sicilian Mafia, Salvo is solitary,cold and ruthless in this Italian film noir, which wonthe Critics’ Week Grand Prix at the 2013 CannesFilm Festival.‘an impressive feature debut’The Hollywood ReporterWed 19 Feb / Cineworld 8 / 9pm / 105 minutesWriter-directors: Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza 2013 ItalyCast: Saleh Bakri, Sara Serraiocco, Luigi Lo CascioWinner, Critics’ Week Grand Prize, Cannes Film FestivalPresented in association with the Italian Institute of Culture - DublinAfter being ambushed by a rival Mafia clan andwinning the shootout, Salvo sneaks into the houseof one of the last members to finish the job. Uponentry he discovers Rita (Sara Serraiocco), a beautifulyoung blind girl who powerlessly stands by whilehe assassinates her brother. After sparing Rita’s life,Salvo escorts her to an abandoned factory whereshe is held captive. He battles with his duty todispose of this witness while his fascination withher grows. An intense part-miracle results in anunbreakable bond between the two.Palestinian actor Saleh Bakri (The Time That Remains,The Band’s Visit) offers a captivating performanceas the supposedly steely mafia assassin in Sicilianfilm-makers Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza’sastonishing part-action, part-thriller.Lavazzo Italian Film FestivalWith special guests Fabio Grassadonia andAntonio PiazzaBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 81

FRIDAY 14TH FEBRUARYJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014THURSDAY20TH FEBRUARYHIGHLIGHTSPUBLIC INTERVIEW WITH WILLIAM KLEIN6pmPage 19ELIZA LYNCH: QUEEN OF PARAGUAY8pmPage 86THE REUNION WITH ANNA ODELL9pmPage 8782 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014THURSDAY 20TH FEBRUARYA STORY OF CHILDREN AND FILMDebuting at Cannes to impressive acclaim, MarkCousins’ latest cinematic odyssey gathers a mosaicof remarkable clips from 53 films to create a uniqueportrait of childhood in cinema.Using simple contemporary footage of his nephewand niece, Cousins explores elements of childhoodpersonality and experience in films from almosteighty years of cinema. He notes the initial wariness,for example, of his niece Laura towards the camera,and uses her facial expression as a starting point tostudy that same look as it appears in films as diverseas Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Ozu’sAn Inn in Tokyo.‘entirely distinctive, sometimes eccentric, always brilliant …this film is a treat’ The GuardianThurs 20 Feb / Light House 3 / 4.30pm / 101 minutesDirector: Mark Cousins 2013 UKAnd while Cousins’ reflections are endlesslyfascinating as he dances from class and thechanging social politics of the Soviet Union to thevolcanic temperaments of children in Iranian film,what is perhaps most impressive is that he managesto remain eye to eye with the children he features,bringing us into their world. What results is perhapsCousins’ most beguiling film to date and a fittingfollow up to the epic The Story of Film.Ross WhitakerTHE GRAND SEDUCTIONIn order to secure a vital factory contract, theresidents of a small Newfoundland fishing villageconspire to charm a big-city doctor into becomingthe town’s full-time physician in this sparkling comedyfrom director Don McKellar (Last Night).Like many affected by the collapse of the fishingindustry, residents of this once-thriving settlementare driven to seek employment in the city, or, worse,queue for government assistance. Their futurebegins to look brighter when a plastics manufacturerproposes to set up shop – until they learn that thecontract calls for a resident doctor. Enter Dr Lewis(Taylor Kitsch), an ethically suspect cosmetic surgeon.In a riotous attempt to charm him, the villagersfall over themselves trying to persuade him thattheir seemingly sleepy hamlet is a hotbed ofcosmopolitan sophistication.Thurs 20 Feb / Light House 1 / 6.15pm / 115 minutesDirector: Don McKellar 2013 CanadaWriters: Michael Dowse, Ken ScottCast: Brendan Gleeson, Taylor Kitsch, Gordon PinsentThe Grand Seduction’s gentle, whimsical reflectionsare poignant and uproarious by turns, and broughtto life through superb performances from BrendanGleeson and Canadian icon Gordon Pinsent. Shoton location in Trinity Bay, the film is certain to delighteven the saltiest cynic.Toronto International Film FestivalBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 83

THURSDAY 20TH FEBRUARYJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014THE SQUAREAL MIDANThe Square follows a variety of revolutionaries asthey take to Cairo’s Tahrir Square from 2011 to 2013to protest the rule of Egyptian president HosniMubarak, then the military, and finally the newlyelected president Mohamed Morsi. Jehane Noujaim’sdocumentary charts the rebellious efforts of threefriends: twentysomething Ahmed Hassan, whopreaches social unity and freedom; Kite Runneractor Khalid Abdalla, who advocates reshapingthe government apparatus; and Magdy Ashour,whose allegiance to the Muslim Brotherhood iscomplicated by his support for rule of law.‘[a] stunning new documentary’ The New York TimesThur 20 Feb / Cineworld 8 / 6.15pm / 90 minutesDirector: Jehane Noujaim 2012 EgyptWinner, Audience Award for World Cinema Documentary,Sundance Film FestivalWinner, Audience Award, Toronto International Film FestivalFINSTERWORLDGaining power from its proximity to the chaoticevents in and around its central location, The Squareevokes the vital role that such centres play in bringingcitizens together. Noujaim’s handheld footage has avisceral intensity that captures the lethal brutality thatits subjects, and millions of others, faced.The Square refuses to sugarcoat its material,conveying the anarchic and terrifying experienceof being in the centre of Cairo over the courseof these two turbulent years. What emerges is ablistering portrait of rebellion against social discord,marginalization and oppression, and a call to armsfor true democratic ideals.Nick SchagerSlant MagazineA chiropodist with disturbing baking ingredients, apoliceman who likes to dress as a teddy bear, a silverbeardedold man who lives in harmony with naturein the woods and a film-maker without a muse: theseare just some of the strange characters that coexistin Frauke Finsterwalder’s debut fiction feature.Jonas (Max Pellny), a shy teenager, spends his dayslost in comic books. He is surrounded by a motleyarray of flawed and unbalanced individuals, like hisclassmate Maximilian, whose silver-spoon upbringinghas made him obnoxious and self-centred. On aschool tour to a former Nazi concentration camp theteenagers’ fates become entangled.‘A dark, multi-stranded fairytale’The Hollywood ReporterThurs 20 Feb / Light House 3 / 6.30pm / 91 minutesDirector: Frauke Finsterwalder 2013 GermanyWriters: Frauke Finsterwalder, Christian KrachtCast: Corinna Harfouch, Sandra Hüller, Ronald ZehrfeldPresented by the Goethe-Institut Irland and Trinity College Dublin.Christian Kracht will read from his novel Imperium on Friday 21February at 6pm in the Long Room Hub in Trinity College Dublin.Admission freeWith an ensemble cast featuring some of Germany’sfinest talents (including Corinna Harfouch fromDownfall), Finsterworld is a quirky drama thatexplores complex and sometimes sinister aspectsof human relationships. Newcomer Max Pellnyis illuminating as the young Jonas, while MichaelMaertens really steals the show as Claude, thecreepy chiropodist.David DesmondWith special guests Frauke Finsterwalder andChristian Kracht84 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014THURSDAY 20TH FEBRUARYTHE LADY ASSASSINMY NHAN KEThis colourful Vietnamese action spectacular catchesthe spirit of the Hong Kong wuxia tradition. Set in anindefinite past, the plot centres on a glamorous bandof prostitutes who live together in a remote riversidetavern, robbing and killing the hapless travellers whostop by. When Linh (Tang Thanh Ha), a seeminglyinnocent noblewoman, becomes their prisoner, theydecide to train her as an assassin in a plot for revengeagainst a local warlord (Le Thai Hoa). Gradually shegrows accustomed to her new life, while harbouringa secret of her own.Thurs 20 Feb / Cineworld 12 / 6.30pm / 89 minutesDirector: Quang Dung Nguyen 2013 VietnamWriter: Ngo Quan DungCast: Kim Dzung, Tang Thanh Ha, Thanh HangThere are plenty of sword fights and impossibleleaps, although the fight scenes are more decorativethan intensely physical. The director, Nguyen QuangDung, incorporates as much slapstick humour aspossible, as well as a brief musical number. Thecamera peers through nets or between bamboopoles, while objects and bodies fly. Linh participatesin games of kick volleyball as part of her training,as well as learning an acrobatic new method ofscrubbing floors.Jake WilsonSydney Morning HeraldSTARRED UPA complex father/son relationship is viewed througha raw depiction of prison life in the riveting StarredUp. Pitched somewhere between Scum and a Britishversion of A Prophet, this is the most powerful andassured film of David Mackenzie’s career.‘Some years from now, Starred Up... will be remembered as the filmthat announced a new star, Jack O’Connell’ The Hollywood ReporterThurs 20 Feb / Cineworld 8 / 8.30pm / 100 minutesDirector: David Mackenzie 2013 UKWriter: Jonathan AsserCast: Jack O’Connell, Ben Mendelsohn, Rupert FriendJack O’Connell has some of the arrogant swaggerand tightly coiled menace of a young James Cagneyas Eric, a teenage young offender who is prematurelymoved to an adult jail or ‘starred up’. Aggressive andunpredictable, he is soon armed and dangerous. Theother prisoners include Neville (Ben Mendelsohn),the father he has not seen since he was five. A weary,inarticulate veteran of the system, Neville seemsuncertain whether to protect his offspring or join inpunishing him.Shot on location at Crumlin Road Gaol in Belfastand Maze Long Kesh, Lisburn and working from afirst screenplay by prison system therapist JonathanAsser, Starred Up feels totally authentic. Tightly editedbut with the space to embrace the lives of otherinmates, Starred Up is a raw, compelling drama thatonly grows more compelling as it unfolds.Allan HunterScreen InternationalWith special guest David MackenzieBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 85

THURSDAY 20TH FEBRUARYSPECIAL PRESENTATIONJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014ELIZA LYNCH:QUEEN OF PARAGUAYThurs 20 Feb / Savoy 1 / 8pm / 80 minutesWriter-director: Alan Gilsenan 2013 IrelandCast: Leryn Franco, Maria Doyle KennedyThis absorbing Irish documentary recounts thelife of Eliza Lynch, the Cork-born beauty who isrevered in Paraguay as a national heroine. Guided byMichael Lillis and Ronan Fanning – the authors of hermeticulously researched biography – director AlanGilsenan (whose A Vision also screens at JDIFF thisyear – see page 78) takes us on an epic journey fromfamine-stricken Ireland to the battlefields of SouthAmerica’s bloodiest war.The film’s emotional heart is provided by MariaDoyle Kennedy’s hypnotic interpretation of Lynch,looking back on her life from beyond the graveand confronting her many enemies who brandedher an avaricious whore. These dramatized scenesare juxtaposed with a series of beautiful, oftenmelancholy images shot in contemporary Paraguay.In interviews with the country’s elite, the hunt for thehistorical Lynch evolves into an exploration of thedisastrous war her lover, the dictator Francisco SolanoLópez, launched against Brazil and Argentina.Gilsenan has delivered a film that helps rescue one ofthe great Irish lives of the 19th century from obscuritywhile opening a fascinating window onto what isperhaps South America’s least-known country andthe apocalyptic conflagration that still haunts itssociety.Tom HenniganThe Irish Times South America CorrespondentWith special guests Alan Gilsenan andMaria Doyle Kennedy86 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014THURSDAY 20TH FEBRUARYWE ARE THE BEST!VI ÄR BÄST!A bright, breezy and thoroughly enjoyable story ofthree teenage punkettes who strain and struggle tolife, love and music in Stockholm in the early 1980s,Lukas Moodysson’s We Are The Best! is a real feelgooddelight. Based on the semi-autobiographicalgraphic novel Never Goodnight by his wife CocoMoodysson, the film is familiar territory, but handledwith a great sense of warmth and will remindMoodysson fans of his earlier films such as Togetherand Show Me Love.‘Audiences who responded to the light touchand warm communality of … Show Me Love andTogether will thrill to this sweet, spirited returnto form’ VarietyThurs 20 Feb / Light House 1 / 9pm / 102 minutesWriter-director: Lukas Moodysson 2013 SwedenCast: Mira Barkhammar, Mira Grosin, Liv LeMoyneWinner, Sakura Grand Prix, Tokyo International Film FestivalThere will be a second screening of We Are the Best! on Friday 21February at 6pm in UCD Cinema. For tickets see ucd.ie/cinemaThe early part of the film details the deep and warmfriendship between Bobo (Mira Barkhammar) andthe ever-smiling Klara (Mira Grosin). They manageto snag some time in the youth club music room.Neither can actually play an instrument and so theyrecruit classmate Hedvig (Liv LeMoyne), a trainedguitarist whose strict Christian upbringing alsomakes her something of an outcast at school. Thethree young actresses are all excellent, though therelationship between Bobo and Klara is the heartof this charming film. Liv LeMoyne is striking as themost mature of the girls, while amongst the adultsAnna Rydgren as Bobo’s mother is terrific.Mark AdamsScreen InternationalTHE REUNIONÅTERTRÄFFENAnna Odell is a controversial Swedish artist, infamousfor an art installation in which she faked a suicideattempt on a Stockholm bridge. In her first featurefilm, the audacious Odell presents us with a curiouspremise: she has filmed an imaginary class reunion,in which she confronts her former classmates andcharges them with bullying her during their schoolyears, and then invites those same people to watchthis fictional enactment with her and discuss both thefilm and their shared history.‘[a] brave and quite timely film about human behaviour’The GuardianThurs 20 Feb / Light House 3 / 9pm / 88 minutesWriter-director: Anna Odell 2013 SwedenCast: Anna Odell, Anders Berg, Kamila BenhamzaWinner, FIPRESCI Award, Venice Film FestivalTaking the taut discomfort of her fellow ScandinavianThomas Vinterberg’s Festen and mixing it,unexpectedly, with the almost naïve boldness ofRomy and Michele’s High School Reunion, Odell hascrafted a wholly unique film, one which challengesboth its subjects with the complicity and crimes ofyouth but also challenges the viewer with its complexlayering of reality and fiction, documentary andnarrative, the past and an imagined present.Ruthless and uncompromising, Odell is an altogetherstrange new voice in Scandinavian film and TheReunion will stand apart as a provocative debut thatthrills and surprises audiences.David MullaneWith special guest Anna OdellBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 87

THURSDAY 20TH FEBRUARYJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014AFTERNOON DELIGHTThis sparklingly raunchy mixture of comedy anddrama follows the midlife crisis of thirtysomethingmum Rachel (Kathryn Hahn). In an effort to spice upher bland sex life with her husband (Josh Radnor),she arranges a saucy evening at a Los Angeles stripclub, only to develop an unhealthy fixation on youngexotic dancer McKenna (Juno Temple). Desperateto escape the numbingly dull preschool parents inher neighbourhood, Rachel arranges an ‘accidental’coffee date with the blonde stripper and, in the firstin a series of bad decisions, offers McKenna a gigas a live-in nanny. Soon Rachel is on a rebelliousdownward spiral.‘sly, hip, and rewarding comedy of manners’Chicago ReaderThurs 20 Feb / Cineworld 12 / 9pm / 102 minutesWriter-director: Jill Soloway 2012 USCast: Kathryn Hahn, Juno Temple, Josh RadnorWinner, Best Director, Sundance Film FestivalKathryn Hahn moves from long-time supportingcharacter (Step Brothers, Parks & Recreation, Girls) toleading lady in a bold and quick-witted performance,supported by a cast of comic talents that includeJane Lynch and Bridesmaids alumni Jessica St Clairand Annie Mumolo. Writer-director Jill Soloway (SixFeet Under, United States of Tara), makes her featurefilm debut with this smart burlesque about thefrustrations and imperfections of a so-calledperfect life.Seattle International Film FestivalIN CINEMAS JANUARY 31688 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

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FRIDAY 21ST FEBRUARYJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014SOLDATE JEANNETTEDaniel Hoesl’s striking but inscrutable debut feature isan absurdist redesign of Chantal Akerman’s feministstill life, down to the unexplained title. Dreyer andGodard are also explicitly name-checked in thisdeadpan study of a bourgeois Viennese housewifeabandoning material living in the face of economicrecession, though Ulrich Seidl, on whose Paradisetrilogy Hoesl was an assistant director, is a cleareraesthetic influence.Fri 21 Feb / Light House 3 / 4pm / 82 minutesWriter-director: Daniel Hoesl 2013 AustriaCast: Johanna Orsini-Rosenberg, Christina Reichsthaler, Josef KleindienstWinner, Best Feature, International Film Festival RotterdamSpecial Mention, Krakow Independent Film Festival Off CameraA dryly funny pre-credits sequence followsunflappable fortysomething Fanni (a committedJohanna Orsini-Rosenberg) as she buys a designerdress at great expense, only to toss it straight intothe nearest recycling bin. That sets the pace, tonallyand thematically, for her ensuing adventures, as sheis evicted from her plush, rent-overdue apartment,literally burns her remaining assets and takes a jobon a rural piggery, where she finds a kindred spiritin rebellious farmhand Anna (Christina Reichsthaler).Any allegorical interpretations are as open-endedas Bettina Koester’s slamming techno-pop scoreis emphatic.Guy LodgeVarietyTRAP STREETSHUIYIN JIEA poignant and engaging thriller, Vivian Qu’sfeature debut plunges us into the fascinating worldof state surveillance in China as it follows a digitalmapping surveyor’s investigation of an ‘off-the-grid’hidden alley.‘pulses with a sweet, youthful energy’VarietyFri 21 Feb / Light House 3 / 6pm / 93 minutesWriter-director: Vivian Qu 2013 ChinaCast: Lu Yulai, He WenchaoLi Qiuming (Lu Yulai) works at a digital mappingcompany, photographing the streets that comprisethe maze of China’s cities. One day while outsurveying, he sees an attractive woman disappearinginto a secluded alley. Unable to forget the mysteriouslady who has triggered his romantic imagination,Qiuming returns to where he saw her first, only todiscover that the data he had collected there wasnever registered. Even though he stands right therein front of the street sign, Forest Lane has fallen offthe map of the city, as if it never existed.Trap Street is one of the most interesting Chinesefilms of the year. Contextualized in the uniquenessof China’s recent history, the universal paradoxesof societies in which individual freedom constantlyclashes with new forms of control are themselvesunder surveillance here, trapped between modernityand socialism.Giovanna FulviToronto International Film Festival92 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014FRIDAY 21ST FEBRUARYCONCUSSIONAbby is a fortysomething, wealthy, married, lesbianhousewife who – after getting smacked in the headby her son’s baseball – walks around every cornerof her suburban life to confront a mounting desirefor something else. She takes on a new project andpurchases a pied-à-terre in Manhattan. Walkingaround the city streets reminds Abby what it feelslike to be sexy, and her pent-up libido shakes off itsinhibitions. Her desire is not a take-home item forthe minivan ride back home, so Abby inauguratesa double life that draws her deeply into a world ofprostitution for women.‘With strong acting, plenty of piquant black-comic dialogue,and an assured look, [Concussion] has all the rightelements’ Screen InternationalFri 21 Feb / Cineworld 8 / 6.15pm / 97 minutesWriter-director: Stacie Passon 2012 USCast: Robin Weigert, Maggie Siff, Johnny TchaikovskyIn an auspicious debut, director Stacie Passondraws a pitch-perfect performance from her leadactor, Robin Weigert, as a sexy, shut-down familywoman stretching to bloom again. Palpably sensualand deliciously contained, Concussion is a keenobservation of the complicated contours ofmidlife crisis.Shari FrilotSundance Film FestivalTHE GIRL FROM THE WARDROBEDZIEWCZYNA Z SZAFYThe debut film from Polish director Bodo Kox is atender and often very funny story about people whoare lost within themselves.Jacek (Piotr Glowacki) lives with his brother in atypical apartment block in Warsaw. He takes care ofTomek (a tour de force from Wojciech Mecwaldowski)who suffers from a neurological condition that leaveshim chronically isolated. Living and caring for hisbrother takes its toll on Jacek and he takes refuge ina string of romantic liaisons. Enter their mysteriousneighbour Magda (Magdalena Rózanska) – the titulargirl from the wardrobe. She, too, lives an insular life,shielded from the stresses of the outside world, but aconnection slowly develops between the characters,leading them to realise that they’re not alone.Fri 21 Feb / Light House 1 / 6.30pm / 89 minutesWriter-director: Bodo Kox 2013 PolandCast: Wojciech Mecwaldowski, Piotr Glowacki, Magdalena RózanskaWith the support of the Embassy of PolandThe film’s breakout star is Mecwaldowski, whoseperformance as Tomek has invited comparisons withDustin Hoffman in Rain Man. A touching film aboutlonging and our need for safety, The Girl from theWardrobe is a must-see.Zbyszek ZalinskiRTÉ Radio 1With special guest Bodo KoxBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 93

FRIDAY 21ST FEBRUARYJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014THE DOUBLESubmarine director Richard Ayoade’s secondfilm lays Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novella out in anowhereland of office bureaucracy. Jesse Eisenbergplays Simon James, a skivvying worker bee who’sbelittled by his colleagues and shunned by Hannah(Mia Wasikowska), the elfin girl who works theoffice’s giant, clanking photocopier. Eisenberg alsoplays James Simon, Simon James’ doppelgänger,who arrives unannounced, wins over the boss andimmediately starts dating Hannah. No one reacts tothe duplication, because Simon’s such a nobody.Fri 21 Feb / Cineworld 9 / 6.30pm / 93 minutesWriter-director: Richard Ayoade 2013 UKCast: Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, Wallace ShawnAyoade builds farce and tragedy out of the simplestdevices. Everything, inside and out of the fiction, isagainst Simon. A blender roars to life as he tries tolisten in on a conversation. A draft whips up anddrowns him out when he thinks of something cleverto say. Ayoade’s killer script takes evil pleasure inhaving Simon swallow his words and stutterthrough life.The Double isn’t an original idea. It wasn’t even inDostoyevsky’s time. But it’s a great story. And Ayoadehas produced a brilliant copy.Henry BarnesThe GuardianGUN CRAZYWith special guest Richard AyoadeJoseph H Lewis’s noir classic Gun Crazy is a smallbut perfectly formed black-and-white masterpiece offlash and trash, unwholesome obsession and criminaldaring. The masters of the nouvelle vague adored it,not least for the bold and brilliant camerawork: there’sa tremendous continuous take of a bank job, filmedfrom one camera position in the back seat of thegetaway car. Present and future cinephiles may betempted to compare it to coups from Touch of Eviland I Am Cuba.Fri 21 Feb / Light House 3 / 8pm / 86 minutesDirector: Joseph H Lewis 1950 USWriters: MacKinlay Cantor, Dalton TrumboCast: John Dall, Peggy Cummins, Berry KroegerJohn Dall plays Bart, a guy with a deep and abidinglove of guns, but a paradoxical detestation ofviolence. Peggy Cummins is Annie Laurie Starr, acarnival cowgirl with a burning need for more moneythan can be obtained through strictly legal means.Psyched up and tooled up, Bart and Annie join forcesfor a Bonnie-and-Clyde robbery spree across thecountry, and their episodic adventuresare dramatised with flair.Peter BradshawThe GuardianWith special guest Peggy Cummins94 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014FRIDAY 21ST FEBRUARYTHE GOLDEN DREAMLA JAULA DE OROSpanish director Diego Quemada-Diez was acamera assistant on Ken Loach’s Carla’s Song,Land and Freedom and Bread and Roses, and thereis something very Loachian in this tough, absorbing,suspenseful drama about three Guatemalan kidstrying illegally to cross the Mexican border intothe US.‘demonstrates a great sense of humanity’Screen InternationalFri 21 Feb / Light House 1 / 8.30pm / 102 minutesWriter-director: Diego Quemada-Diez 2013 Mexico/SpainCast: Brandon López, Rodolfo Domínguez, Karen MartínezWinner, Best International Film & Audience Award,Mar del Plata Film FestivalWinner, Golden Alexander, Best Director & Audience Award,Thessaloniki International Film FestivalQuemada-Diez has found three excellent nonprofessionalactors for his lead roles. Brandon Lópezand Karen Martínez play Juan and Sara, two kidswho are desperate to get out of Guatemala, alongwith a young Indian boy they meet, Chauk (RodolfoDomínguez). With some US dollar bills sewn secretlyinto their jeans, they plan on hopping boxcars andriding the rails up through Mexico and then over theborder into California, this last part requiring themto work their passage by volunteering as drug mulesfor the gangs running heroin through secret crossingpoints. At every stage, these vulnerable teenagersface danger and almost certain death from predatorycriminals to whom their young lives are worth lessthan zero. It is a very substantial movie, with greatcompassion and urgency.Peter BradshawThe GuardianA STREET IN PALERMOVIA CASTELLANA BANDIERADon’t mess with Sicilian women. That’s perhaps areductive summary of the cinematic debut of Italiantheatre director Emma Dante, which revolves entirelyaround a stand-off between two cars in a narrow lanein the jerry-built outskirts of Palermo.Two women, Rosa (Emma Dante) and Clara (AlbaRohrwacher), bicker as they drive through Palermobackstreets; we soon realise they are lovers on theverge of a break-up. A proletarian family return froma fractious day at the beach, driven by Samira, theresented mother-in-law of a sweaty, crass, bolshyfamily patriarch. Finally, the two cars grind to a haltfacing each other, with neither driver prepared toreverse. It’s a stand-off that begins in the realm ofthe possible but soon drifts into more dreamlike,allegorical territory.Fri 21 Feb / Cineworld 8 / 8.30pm / 90 minutesDirector: Emma Dante 2013 Italy/Switzerland/FranceWriters: Emma Dante, Giorgio VastaCast: Emma Dante, Alba Rohrwacher, Elena CottaWinner, Best Actress, Venice Film FestivalIn Italy, the expression ‘Far West’ is used to mean aplace or situation where no rules apply, and A Streetin Palermo depicts a Sicilian Far West which is alsoa Far West of the soul: a place forsaken by God andman, where obstinacy is the only virtue left.Lee MarshallScreen InternationalWith the support of the Italian Institute of Culture DublinBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 95

FRIDAY 21ST FEBRUARYVOLTA PRESENTATIONJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014On 20 December 1909, with help from friends inTrieste, James Joyce opened the CinematographVolta Cinema on Mary Street in Dublin. Nearly acentury later, in 2007, Jameson Dublin InternationalFilm Festival established the Volta Award to recogniseindividuals who have made a significant contributionto the world of cinema.The Volta Awards have drawn some of the biggestnames in film to our shores, including actors like AlPacino and Martin Sheen, directors such as FrançoisOzon and Paolo Sorrentino, and a host of famousindustry names. Last year’s prestigious recipientswere composer Ennio Morricone, actor-directorDanny DeVito, actor Tim Roth, director Costa-Gavrasand writer-director Joss Whedon.We are delighted to welcome Terry Gilliam to Dublinfor the presentation of his 2014 Volta Award and ascreening of The Zero Theorem.Terry Gilliam, over a forty-year film-making career, hasdirected a number of visually stunning pictures whichhave championed the power of imagination anddared cinemagoers to view the world differently.Born near Minneapolis, Minnesota, Gilliam settled inLondon in the 1960s where he became a member ofthe Monty Python team, contributing the animations.He co-directed Monty Python and the Holy Grail(1975) with Terry Jones. He was production designerfor Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979), for whichhe was also actor, writer, and animator. Gilliam’sfirst outing as sole director was Jabberwocky in1977, which he then followed with Time Bandits(1981), an anarchic time travel romp featuring SeanConnery and John Cleese. In 1985, Gilliam releasedhis ambitious Brazil, a satirical take on both Britainand America, which was given two Academy Award®nominations (Original Screenplay and Art Direction).This was followed by the sumptuous The Adventuresof Baron Munchausen (1988) with John Neville, RobinWilliams and Oliver Reed. It gained four AcademyAward® nominations.Gilliam made his next three feature films in the UnitedStates. The Fisher King (1991), starring Jeff Bridgesand Robin Williams, was nominated for five AcademyAwards®, and won one for Best Supporting ActressMercedes Ruehl. Twelve Monkeys (1995) followed, acritically-acclaimed time travel story featuring BruceWillis and Brad Pitt. In 2011 he wrote and directed a20-minute short film, The Wholly Family, which wasawarded The Best Short Film by the European FilmAcademy. Gilliam made his opera debut the sameyear at London’s English National Opera, directingThe Damnation of Faust by Hector Berlioz. His latestfilm, The Zero Theorem, screens at JDIFF 2014(see opposite).96 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014CINEWORLD GALAFRIDAY 21ST FEBRUARY‘Frank Kafka is alive and well and making films underthe name of Terry Gilliam’ Screen InternationalTHE ZERO THEOREMFri 21 Feb / Cineworld 9 / 9pm / 107 minutesDirector: Terry Gilliam 2013 UK/Romania/FranceWriter: Pat RushinCast: Christoph Waltz, David Thewlis, Mélanie ThierryAfter modern classics Brazil and 12 Monkeys, TerryGilliam returns with the final part of his dystopiantrilogy The Zero Theorem, a colourful, ambitiousand intelligent film about an angst-ridden computerprogrammer tasked with proving the titular theorem,and thereby revealing the meaning of life.Christoph Waltz stars as the put-upon protagonistQohen Leth, whose quest is supported by charminglove interest Mélanie Thierry and hampered by DavidThewlis (in a hilarious turn as his supervisor) and MattDamon as Management, owner of the mysteriousMancom Corporation. Tilda Swinton also pops up asthe ebullient and scene-stealing Dr Shrink-Rom, anartificial-intelligence psychiatrist who counsels Waltzfrom within his computer.Gilliam’s inimitable visual style and unique voice areon full display here, creating a world filled with histrademark Orwellian technology and loud, garishcolours. But while The Zero Theorem delivers a bitingcritique of corporate culture, the satire is temperedby a surprisingly warm and humane core. By turnshilarious and pleasingly bizarre, The Zero Theoremis the work of a unique film-maker and a worthyconclusion to a masterful trilogy.David MullaneWith special guest Terry GilliamBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 97

FRIDAY 21ST FEBRUARYJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014DAWN OF THE DEADWITH LIVE SCORE BY GOBLINForza Italo presents the world premiere of ClaudioSimonetti’s Goblin performing the live score to theirsoundtrack of George A Romero’s famed zombie filmDawn of the Dead (aka Zombi). Goblin composedthe soundtrack for this horrifying movie in 1978,having already made their mark with their musicalcollaborations with Dario Argento on both Suspiria(1975) and Profondo Rosso (1978). This audio-visualpremiere promises to be a thrilling and intense ridethrough one of the most important and apocalyptichorror films ever put to celluloid.‘One of the best horror films ever made’Roger EbertFri 21 Feb / The Sugar Club / 10pm / 127 minutesWriter-director: George A Romero 1978 USCast: David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H ReinigerFollowing the performance, Forza Italo DJs SebastianSimonetti & Stefano Crosserini will throw down thehottest dischi d’oro from the golden age of italodisco,giallo soundtracks and synth music of thelate 70s and early 80s. Forza Italo auxiliary memberStefano Galvino of Film Ireland will debut a uniquenew zombie-horror audio-visual piece to give us oursecond premiere of the night. Bravo!Simon ConwayWith the support of the Italian Institute of Culture Dublin98 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

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JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014SPECIAL PRESENTATIONSATURDAY 22ND FEBRUARY‘an engrossing and original work’The Hollywood ReporterBORGMANSat 22 Feb / Savoy 1 / 11am / 113 minutesWriter-director: Alex van Warmerdam 2013 Netherlands/Belgium/DenmarkCast: Jan Bijvoet, Hadewych Minis, Jeroen PercevalWith the support of the Embassy of The Netherlandsin IrelandStitch together a Buñuelian satire of the bourgeoisiewith the enigmatic unease of a Michael Hanekedrama and the absurdist humour of Roy Anderssonand you begin to have the measure of Borgman,an unsettling, blackly comic fable from veteran Dutchdirector Alex van Warmerdam (Grimm, The Last Daysof Emma Blank).A priest leads a hunting party in search of the titlecharacter and his followers, who are hiding out inan underground warren. Is Borgman (Jan Bijvoet)a cult leader or the devil in disguise? He escapesand makes his way to suburbia, knocking on doorsand politely asking if he might take a bath. Arroganttelevision producer Richard (Jeroen Perceval) is soincensed by his request and his manner that hepunches and kicks him to the ground. Later, his wifeMarina (Hadewych Minis) offers Borgman a bath,food and a bed in their guest house. It is her goodintentions and complicity with their clandestine guestthat paves the way to a kind of hell.Jan Bijvoet has some of the velvety-voicedconfidence of a Christoph Waltz. His ability to bringout the malice lying dormant in the good citizens ofsuburbia seems effortless. Jeroen Perceval is equallyimpressive as a husband with a trigger-hair temperand pressing anger management issues.Allan HunterScreen InternationalBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 101

SATURDAY 22ND FEBRUARYJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014THE INQUIRYOn 29 September 1913 trade unionist Jim Larkin andindustrial magnate William Martin Murphy cameface to face for the first time in an attempt to bringan end to the Dublin Lockout. The Lockout, in whichemployees locked out workers belonging to (orrefusing to pledge not to join) the Irish Transport andGeneral Workers Union, had already been in effect forseveral weeks, sparking a series of demonstrationsbrutally suppressed by police and leaving thousandsof families around the capital in desperate povertyand close to starvation.Sat 22 Feb / Light House 1 / 12.30pm / 60 minutesDirector: Brian Gray 2013 IrelandWriter: Turlough KellyCast: Stephen Murray, Bosco Hogan, Gerry O’BrienBosco Hogan (In the Name of the Father) is Murphyand Stephen Murray plays the impassioned firebrandLarkin in The Inquiry, a docu-drama that brings tolife the dramatic events of that encounter, whenthe two most notorious figures in Irish public lifehurled accusations at one another in front of theinternational press. Turlough Kelly’s script draws onBritish Parliamentary reports and contemporarynewspapers to provide a gripping account of events,going behind the scenes at the meeting to explorethe tensions within both camps.Alistair DanielDUALDVOJINAA delicately crafted charmer of a film, for a whileNejc Gazvoda’s colourful, funny and insightful filmfeels like a lesbian equivalent of Before Sunset as twoyoung women wander the warm night-time streetsof Ljubljana, talking, having fun and gradually comingunder each other’s spell.Due to a technical problem, a plane from Denmarkheading to Greece lands at a Slovene airport, withthe passengers eventually taken to a Ljubljana hotelfor the night. Quiet young Dane Iben (Mia Jexen)can’t face waiting in the hotel and asks Tina (NinaRakovec), who drove the minibus from the airport,to drive her around the city. Tina starts to fall for thefresh-faced Dane, but despite the fact that they seemvery similar, one is hiding a terrible secret and theother is simply trying to find her place in the world.Sat 22 Feb / Cineworld 8 / 1pm / 102 minutesWriter-director: Nejc Gazvoda 2013 Slovenia/Denmark/CroatiaCast: Nina Rakovec, Mia Jexen, Jure HenigmanWinner, Best Actress, Slovenian Film FestivalWhile on the surface a love story, Dual is also adelicate drama about trying to adjust to where youwant to go in life. The two leads are perfect, with MiaJexen’s doe-eyed warmth and compassion a finebalance to Nina Rakovec’s nervy enthusiasm.Mark AdamsScreen International102 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014SATURDAY 22ND FEBRUARYOUR SUNHIU RI SUNHIKorea’s poet laureate of infantile male intellectualsand the women who bewitch them delivers oneof his most appealing recent efforts in Our Sunhi.Winner of the director prize in Locarno, Hong’s 15thfeature delights as it orchestrates the seriocomicping-ponging of a canny young woman and herthree equally hapless suitors.Wonderfully played by the gamine Jung Yu-mi (in herfifth collaboration with Hong), Sunhi is a recent filmschool grad first seen returning to her alma materto solicit a recommendation letter from her formerteacher, Professor Choi (Kim Sang-joong). There’s justone caveat: he can only write an ‘honest’ letter.‘another pleasurable, loquacious and low-key film’The Hollywood ReporterSat 22 Feb / Light House 3 / 2pm / 88 minutesWriter-director: Hong Sang-soo 2013 Italy/Switzerland/FranceCast: Jung Yu-mi, Lee Sun-kyun, Kim Sang-joongWinner, Silver Leopard, Locarno Film FestivalWhile grabbing a beer at a nearby chicken restaurant,Sunhi encounters her ex-boyfriend Mun-su (Hongregular Lee Sun-kyun). As the beer flows, it becomesall too clear that Munsu still hankers for his ex. Theplot thickens with the introduction of curmudgeonlyfellow film-maker Jae-hak (Jung Jae-young). Honghas a lot of fun orchestrating these various comingsand goings which, as in a classic farce, revolve aroundthe idea of all three men pursuing the same womanwithout realizing it.Scott FoundasVarietyHAUS TUGENDHAT‘Tugendhat’ is a legendary word in modern design;the name refers to the seminal house created bythe German architect Mies van der Rohe for theTugendhat family outside Brno in the Czech Republicin 1930. This beautiful and reflective documentaryacknowledges the house as a modernist monumentbut is more absorbed by its role as catalyst forhuman events in the years after its construction –interactions which reflect on the wider travails of20th-century European history.Sat 22 Feb / Light House 1 / 2.45pm / 116 minutesDirector: Dieter Reifarth 2013 GermanyPresented in co-operation with the Goethe-Institut IrlandIntelligently interweaving the restoration of the houseand searing interviews with surviving Tugendhatsiblings, it slowly unpicks family truths, from theShangri-La of childhood, through exile (for beingJewish in the wrong place and time) to uncertainattempts at remaking the dream elsewhere. Themost beautiful words are left to the ordinary Czechswith spinal injuries who lived there as children underCommunism, and who simply revered its light, spaceand architecture – underscoring the film’s themeabout the relationship between people and the hardand complex nature of brilliant things.Niall McCulloughMcCullough Mulvin ArchitectsWith special guest Michael GuggenheimBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 103

SATURDAY 22ND FEBRUARYJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014THE 100 YEAR OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT THE WINDOW AND DISAPPEAREDHUNDRAÅRINGEN SOM KLEV UT GENOM FÖNSTRET OCH FÖRSVANNJonas Jonasson’s witty, feel-good internationalbest-seller gave pleasure to millions and provedthat it is never too late to let a little adventure inyour life. The eagerly awaited screen version starsRobert Gustafson as the Zelig-like Allan Karlssonwho quietly escapes from the celebrations for hisone-hundredth birthday and takes to the road. Littlemisunderstandings and unfortunate coincidencessoon find him in possession of a suitcase of cashand being hotly pursued by crooks and criminals.It’s hardly going to trouble a man who played a vitalrole in making the atomic bomb, has known severalworld leaders and participated in some of the keyevents of the last century. An outrageous delight.Glasgow Film FestivalSat 22 Feb / Cineworld 8 / 3.15pm / 114 minutesDirector: Felix Herngren 2013 SwedenWriters: Felix Herngren, Hans IngemanssonCast: Robert Gustafson, Iwar Wiklander, David WibergGOOD OL’ FREDAPure joy for Beatles fans, Ryan White’s Good Ol’ Fredaintroduces us to a woman who had a ringside seatfor Beatlemania and, until now, has never spokenabout it.Freda Kelly was a teenage typist in Liverpool whenco-workers took her to the Cavern Club. She wenton to see the nascent Beatles, by her count, around190 times. So it was no surprise that Brian Epsteinhired this plain-faced girl with the lovely smile to betheir secretary. In hounding the four men to signautographs and answer fans’ questions, she becamealmost literally part of the family.‘a new insight into one of the great creativeexplosions of our times’ Time Out LondonSat 22 Feb / Cineworld 5 / 3.30pm / 86 minutes2013 / US / 86 minutesDirector: Ryan WhiteBackstage rock stories are a dime a dozen, but they’reusually well-rehearsed anecdotes told by hangers-on.Kelly, on the other hand, hasn’t told these stories evento her family. Many of the stories are clearly comingto her as the camera rolls.White has parlayed Kelly’s involvement into a veryrare license to use a few Beatles songs in the film.But audio cues are unnecessary given the spark inFreda’s eyes as she conjures the personalities of fouryoung men whose stardom she enabled.John DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterWith special guest Freda Kelly104 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014SATURDAY 22ND FEBRUARYBAD HAIRPELO MALO‘Mariana Rondón’s impressively multilayered drama brings a powerfulspecificity to the story of a boy and his embittered single mother’VarietySat 22 Feb / Light House 3 / 4pm / 93 minutesWriter-director: Mariana Rondón 2013 VenezuelaCast: Samantha Castillo, Samuel LangeWinner, Best Film, San Sebastián Film FestivalNine-year-old Junior has bad hair, or so he believes.He would much rather have straight hair like hismother, Marta. Living in a run-down tenement flat ina Venezuelan city, he finds inspiration in the televisedbeauty pageants that he watches with his friend.Together they plan to have their school photostaken in costume: he as a straight-haired singer andshe as a beauty queen. Unfortunately for Junior,his mother doesn’t share his interest in pageantryand hair relaxers. On the contrary, she is terrifiedthat these are early signs of her son’s dormantsexuality and responds with homophobic hostility,threatening to cut his hair or ship him off to live withhis grandmother.With a startlingly raw performance from SamanthaCastillo as the hard-headed Marta and an endearingintroduction to the young Samuel Lange Zambranoas Junior, this low budget, guerrilla-style featureoutlines the complexities of mother-son relationshipsas Junior struggles to gain acceptance in his mother’seyes and Marta is simultaneously forced to confronther own fears and prejudices.David DesmondVIOLETTEThe trailblazing feminist writer Violette Leducgets a biopic worthy of her complex life withViolette. Director Martin Provost (Seraphine) onceagain casts his sharp yet sympathetic gaze on anuncompromising woman artist, and he has crafteda plum role that allows a gifted actress (EmmanuelleDevos) to show the full range of her abilities.‘a beautifully crafted and performed period drama’The Hollywood ReporterSat 22 Feb / Light House 1 / 5.30pm / 139 minutesDirector: Martin Provost 2013 France/BelgiumWriters: Martin Provost, René de Ceccatty, Marc AbdelnourCast: Emmanuelle Devos, Sandrine Kiberlain, Catherine HiegelWith the support of the French Embassy in IrelandProvost hones in on the events in Leduc’s life thatmost affected her writing – and vice-versa – in sixelegant chapters. A chance reading of Simone deBeauvoir’s She Came to Stay compels Violette toembark on her own roman à clef, L’Asphyxie. AndViolette doesn’t think twice about handing thecompleted manuscript to de Beauvoir. It’s the startof a friendship that spans the rest of Leduc’s life,and it becomes the nexus of Provost’s film, withSandrine Kiberlain making for a wonderfully severe,unflappable de Beauvoir.Provost is a small master of tact and restraint, andeven when Leduc turns her own life into high theatre,the movie never overplays its hand. These may bethe finest screen hours yet for Devos, who givesLeduc a caged-animal intensity.Scott FoundasVarietyBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 105

SATURDAY 22ND FEBRUARYJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014THE GAMBLERLOSEJASVincentas is a paramedic in a bleak industrial port onLithuania’s Baltic coast. An award-winning employee,he is good at his job but years of struggle have lefthim inured to life, death and the suffering of others.Hounded by loan sharks as his gambling debtsmount, Vincentas hits on a desperate and macabrescheme: a secret betting syndicate that gambles onthe survival of patients. Soon the whole unit is onboard, all but Ieva, the principled co-worker strugglingto make ends meet for herself and her son. But as thesyndicate starts to make serious money, and he fallsfor Ieva, Vincentas begins to lose his grip onthe game.Sat 22 Feb / Light House 3 / 6pm / 109 minutesDirector: Ignas Jonynas 2013 LithuaniaWriters: Ignas Jonynas, Kristupas SaboliusCast: Vytautas Kaniusonis, Oona MekasWinner, Special Jury Prize, Warsaw Film FestivalStylishly shot by Ignas Jonynas, and animatedby a pulsing electronic score, The Gambler is anunflinching portrait of a world in which everyonegambles with their own – and each other’s – lives.As Vincentas, Vytautas Kaniusonis (Vanishing Waves– JDIFF 2013) impresses in a uniformly strong cast,while Oona Mekas (daughter of film-maker JonasMekas) is equally good as a desperate young motherstruggling with her conscience.Alistair DanielDECEPTIVE PRACTICE: THE MYSTERIESAND MENTORS OF RICKY JAYFew lives seem to have been as preordained asthat of Ricky Jay. At the tender age of four he wasalready learning sleight-of-hand from his belovedgrandfather, Max, an amateur magician. By seven,he was performing before audiences, and as he grewup he received lessons, advice and encouragementfrom many of the true giants of magic: Al Flosso,Slydini, Cardini, Francis Carlyle and Roy Benson.So it’s little wonder that, now in his sixties, Ricky Jayis widely considered the world’s greatest magician,a performer whose one-man shows draw ravereviews and sold-out houses.‘a wonderful movie about a great artist’Woody AllenSat 22 Feb / Cineworld 8 / 6pm / 88 minutesDirectors: Molly Bernstein, Alan Edelstein 2012 USMolly Bernstein and Alan Edelstein’s warm andfascinating portrait of Jay offers a rare glimpse intothe very private world of professional magicians, anentertainment tradition that stretches back hundredsof years and yet continues to delight and astonishcontemporary audiences around the world.New York Film FestivalWith special guests Ricky Jay and Molly Bernstein106 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014SATURDAY 22ND FEBRUARYRUN & JUMPBorn in the US, but now dividing her time betweenLos Angeles and Dublin, director Steph Green wasnominated for an Oscar in 2009 for her short filmNew Boy, a sensitive portrait of a young African ladstruggling to settle into a new school in Ireland. Thetheme of coming to terms with a dramatic life changeis once again central in her confident, boldly stylizedfeature debut Run & Jump.‘captures the beauty of an obviously flawed familywith remarkable warmth and immediacy’ VarietySat 22 Feb / Cineworld 12 / 6.15pm / 99 minutesDirector: Steph Green 2013 Germany/IrelandWriters: Ailbhe Keogan, Steph GreenCast: Maxine Peake, Edward MacLiam, Will ForteWinner, Best Irish Feature, Galway Film FleadhSet in a picturesque Irish town, the film begins withthe return to the family of Conor (Edward MacLiam),a 38-year-old carpenter who’s suffered a damagingstroke, leaving him severely mentally restricted. Inresponse, his spirited wife, Vanetia (Maxine Peake),has brought an American neurophysiologist, TedFielding (Will Forte), into the household to observeConor’s condition. Ted soon finds himself becominginextricably woven into the family in ways hehadn’t imagined.Undoubtedly a name to watch, Green has crafted adebut as fresh, intimate, and compassionate as LynneRamsay’s Ratcatcher.Ashley ClarkSlant MagazineGOLD‘Gold is beautifully served by its actors. David Wilmot as thedrifter Ray is understated and brilliant; Maisie Williams is drivenand faultless. Kerry Condon and James Nesbitt are spot on ineverything they do.’ Peter SheridanTwelve years ago, Ray (David Wilmot) left town afterhis childhood sweetheart, Alice (Kerry Condon),dumped him, taking their daughter away from him.Now he must return home at the request of his ailingfather, who wishes to see his granddaughter beforeit’s too late. But things take a turn for the absurd whenRay realises his daughter and her mother have built anew life with his former PE teacher, a controlling andregimented figure who is the direct opposite of Ray.After Ray is found sleeping in his beat-up car, Alicefeels guilty enough to invite him to stay. But from hisfirst bumbling efforts to get close to his daughter tothe catastrophic effect his presence has on Frank –Ray manages to create chaos all around him.Set in an affluent suburb in north County Dublin,this offbeat comedy and unconventional love storydelights in the hilarity of everyday life.Sat 22 Feb / Savoy 2 / 6.30pm / 84 minutesDirector: Niall Heery 2013 IrelandWriters: Brendan Heery, Niall HeeryCast: David Wilmot, Maisie Williams, James NesbittBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 107

SATURDAY 22ND FEBRUARYJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014GODDESSTalented singer-songwriter Elspeth Dickens thinksher chance of stardom has come and gone. Nowmarried to James, whose work as a whale-savingactivist takes him to sea for weeks at a time, shefinds her days more than filled looking after threeyear-oldtwins. But Elspeth hasn’t quite given up onher dreams, and when she sets up a webcam inher kitchen to keep her husband entertained withperformances of her own, self-penned show-stoppers,she becomes an internet sensation overnight.‘Keating … makes an impressive acting debut’Screen InternationalSat 22 Feb / Cineworld 9 / 6.30pm / 104 minutesDirector: Mark Lamprell 2013 AustraliaWriters: Mark Lamprell, Joanna WeinbergCast: Laura Michelle Kelly, Ronan Keating, Magda SzubanskiMark Lamprell’s delightful musical – based onJoanna Weinberg’s one-woman stage show – is anuproariously entertaining picture full of glorioustunes and big laughs. In his feature film debut,Ronan Keating impresses as James (he’s in finevoice too), but the show belongs to West Endand Broadway star Laura Michelle Kelly as theirrepressible Elspeth. By turns witty and charming,Goddess is an infectious delight.Alistair DanielA TOUCH OF SINTIAN ZHUDINGChinese master Jia Zhang-ke makes a bold play forgreater accessibility and up-to-the-minute socialrelevance with his brilliant new film, a Cannes FilmFestival prizewinner (for best screenplay) this year.‘a stunning slap in the face’The GuardianSat 22 Feb / Light House 1 / 8.15pm / 133 minutesWriter-director: Jia Zhang-ke 2013 ChinaCast: Jiang Wu, Wang Baoqiang, Zhao TaoWinner, Best Screenplay, Cannes Film FestivalWinner, Best Foreign Feature Film, Denver Starz Film FestivalWinner, Best Narrative Film, Abu Dhabi Film FestivalThe film is made up of four interconnected stories.Jiang Wu plays Dahai, a coalminer in Shanxi whodiscovers his corrupt village chief is in cahoots witha rich mining mogul to swindle the villagers’ money.Chinese comedy star Wang Baoqiang visits hishome village near Chongqing to care for his family.Jia’s regular muse (and wife) Zhao Tao playsa martial arts heroine, a switchblade-wieldingreceptionist whom local goons unfortunately mistakefor a prostitute. Finally, Luo Lanshan and Li Meng area worker and prostitute in the industrialized south,seeking romance.Jia has never made anything quite like this, withits references to classic and modern Hong Kongaction cinema and its dark vision of a violent societypushed over the edge into frightening bloodshed. Jiasacrifices none of his formal control or his artfulness,though, in this thrillingly shot drama of China today,ripped fresh from the headlines.Shelly KraicerVancouver International Film Festival108 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014SATURDAY 22ND FEBRUARYOUT OF HERERising Irish star Fionn Walton (What Richard Did)plays Ciaran, a passionate yet restless college dropoutwho has returned home to recession-struck Dublinafter a year of travelling.Broke and living with his parents, struggling tore-connect with the ex-girlfriend that he left behindand the friends and social scene that have movedon without him, Ciaran questions whether he shouldstay or go – and comes to realise the differencebetween being stuck and being present.‘enormously successful … the picture features hypnoticallybeautiful images and employs very sly, sideways humourthroughout’ The Irish TimesSat 22 Feb / Light House 3 / 8.30pm / 80 minutesWriter-director: Donal Foreman 2013 IrelandCast: Fionn Walton, Aoife Duffin, Annabell RickerbyOut of Here is a contemporary coming-of-age storyshowing Ireland and its youth culture in a light notpreviously seen or explored. Timely and expertlyrealised, Donal Foreman’s debut feature is a pitchperfectand resonant depiction of contemporaryIreland and its young people.Galway Film FleadhWith special guest Donal ForemanSecond Place, Best First Irish Feature, Galway Film FleadhLOCKECharged with the responsibility of ensuring the soundfoundations of huge architectural constructions,structural engineer Ivan Locke (Tom Hardy) is assolid as the concrete that he pours for a living.For ten years he has built a reputation as a highlyrespected professional and as a fiercely loved fatherand husband. On the eve of a career-crowningmoment, we follow Ivan’s journey driving from Walesto London, and see how one mistake has caused hishitherto firmly focused and controlled life to slowlyand completely fall apart.‘One of the most nail-biting thrillers of the year …minute-by-minute, Hardy has you spellbound’The Daily TelegraphSat 22 Feb / Cineworld 8 / 8.30pm / 85 minutesWriter-director: Steven Knight 2012 UKCast: Tom HardyBoth Ivan’s brute determination to regain controlover his life and his stubborn refusal to engage fullywith the emotional reality, are combined perfectly inHardy’s taut performance. Steven Knight’s direction,too, is as resolutely spartan as his central character.Shot in its entirety over eight days, and never leavingthe interior of the car, Knight’s film neverthelesssucceeds in creating a gripping atmosphere of tightlywound tension.Jemma DesaiBFI London Film FestivalBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 109

SATURDAY 22ND FEBRUARYJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014PIONEERPIONÉRDirector Erik Skjoldbjaerg’s suspenseful thriller beginsas Petter and Knut, brothers and two of Norway’sbest professional divers, are training to dive a deathdefying500 metres below the surface of the BlackSea. It’s the early 80s, and oil and natural gas reservesworth millions have been discovered off the shoresof Norway. Working as part of a joint Norwegian-USeffort for a multinational corporation, the two menrisk everything to reach the ocean floor and theuntapped natural resources. When their first missionends in tragedy, Petter must uncover what reallyhappened and why.Sat 22 Feb / Cineworld 12 / 8.45pm / 100 minutesDirector: Erik Skjoldbjaerg 2013 NorwayWriters: Hans Gunnarsson, Nikolaj Frobenius, Erik SkjoldbjærgCast: Aksel Hennie, Wes Bentley, Stephanie SigmanSixteen years ago, Skjoldbjaerg made his directorialdebut with the contemporary thriller classic Insomnia(later remade by Christopher Nolan), and his return tothe genre is a wonderfully tense work with ever-risingstakes. Boasting an atmospheric soundtrack by AIRand a superb lead performance by Aksel Hennie, oneof Norway’s biggest stars, Pioneer is a gripping tale ofdetermination, avarice and paranoia in the deep sea.Philadelphia Film Festival110 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

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JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014SPECIAL PRESENTATIONSUNDAY 23RD FEBRUARY‘It’s hard to imagine another documentary this year that will be asuplifting, entertaining and moving as Morgan Neville’s 20 Feet FromStardom’ Huffington Post20 FEET FROM STARDOMSun 23 Feb / Savoy 1 / 11am / 90 minutesDirector: Morgan Neville US 2012Their voices are powerful enough to tear you apartand put you back together again, and their stories willdo the same. But when you call them backup singers,you better smile. That’s because the performers inthe infectious and irresistible 20 Feet From Stardomare willing and able to outsing any solo act in sightand are not shy about letting you know it.Veteran director Morgan Neville (Troubadours)has made a moving and joyous behind-the-scenesdocumentary about a world filled with big, boldpersonalities and the music they make. Nevilleinterviewed more than 50 people for this film,including major stars like Mick Jagger, Stevie Wonder,Bruce Springsteen and Sting, but the people youremember turn out to be the handful of women whomade and remade the backup world in their image.Though 20 Feet talks to singers whose solo careersfaltered, in some ways the film’s most memorablesinger is a woman who made the break and thenwent back. That would be the prodigiously giftedLisa Fischer, who won a Grammy for one of thesongs on her debut album but decided she didn’thave the kind of ego necessary for a solo career.For her, background singing seems to function as akind of higher calling, and the grace of 20 Feet FromStardom is that it allows you to see why.Kenneth TuranLA TimesBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 113

SUNDAY 23RD FEBRUARYJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014THE FAKESAIBIIf Yeon Sang-ho’s The King of Pigs (JDIFF 2012)served as a brutal reminder that feature-lengthanimation can be an ideal medium for social critique,the Korean helmer is at it again with The Fake, aferocious indictment of organized religion.Sun 23 Feb / Light House 1 / 12.30pm / 101 minutesWriter-director: Yeon Sang-ho 2013 South KoreaCast: Yang Ik-june, Oh Jung-se, Kwon Haeh-yoWith the support of the Korean Embassy Dublin andKorea FoundationYeon’s sophomore feature unfolds in a small Koreanvillage about to be flooded in preparation for theconstruction of a hydroelectric dam. Preparing tovacate their houses, the townspeople have fallenunder the spell of a charismatic church pastor, ChoiKyung-suk, who has promised them a new home inexchange for their savings. Into this cesspool of smalltowncorruption steps Min-chul. Ugly, violent, andwith a vocabulary that seems to encompass everyexpletive in the Korean language, Min-chul is a figureof unrepentant savagery. But, in Yeon’s most perversestroke, this sceptic also becomes the story’s moralcentre, the lone truth-teller who becomes obsessedwith exposing the powerful church elder as a conartist. Soon the knives come out and the bodies startto pile up and yet, even as it veers toward moral andphysical chaos, The Fake doesn’t loosen its grip.Justin ChangVarietyAT BERKELEYAt Berkeley is a timely film for Irish audiences, aseducation in Ireland faces severe cuts in publicfunding and the resetting of assumptions aboutwhat and who education is for. Inherited institutionalmodels are being tested and re-formed but,worryingly, the process appears underpinned by anideological momentum which is mostly unspoken.‘one of Wiseman’s best’ VarietySun 23 Feb / Light House 2 / 1pm / 244 minutesDirector: Frederick Wiseman 2013 USThe director of At Berkeley, eighty-four-year-oldFrederick Wiseman, has focused, over almost fiftyyears of film-making, on documentary features whichreveal the often unspoken ideologies that underpina range of institutions. The University of California atBerkeley is one of the United States’ most respectedpublic institutions, founded on the principle that‘you don’t have to be a member of an elite to havean education’. The central concern of At Berkeley isthe implications for society if education becomesa quantitative rather than a qualitative exercise, itsvalue privatised as part of a neo-liberal economicagenda. It makes the point that the stakes are veryhigh for the US but just as high for Ireland. Wiseman,typically, has delivered a film which is a demandingbut also a salutary experience.Declan McGonagleDirector, NCAD114 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014SPECIAL PRESENTATIONSUNDAY 23RD FEBRUARY‘one of the best of this era’Empire MagazineSAFETY LAST!Sun 23 Feb / Savoy 1 / 2pm / 73 minutesDirectors: Fred C Newmeyer, Sam Taylor 1923 USWriters: Hal Roach, Sam TaylorCast: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Bill StrotherThere may be no film image more iconic: HaroldLloyd, high above the street, dangling from theminute hand of a giant department store clock.The face of the clock swings down; the minutehand bends. It’s been 90 years since the silent era’sgreatest daredevil shot that sequence, and it still hasthe power to prompt shrieks and laughter.Lloyd’s character was the All-American Boy, innocentin his horn-rimmed glasses, eager to climb the ladderof success – and like many a social striver before him,he was plagued by anxiety that he’d fall before hegot to the top. Safety Last! made that metaphor literal:to earn the money to get the girl he braves harrowingheights, flocks of pigeons, a mouse up his pant legand, near the top of his climb, a photo-studioexplosion a bit like one that had happened to Lloydin real life four years earlier. For a publicity shot,he’d lit a cigarette from what he thought was a propbomb in his right hand – only it wasn’t a prop, andhis hand was badly mangled.Having trained originally as an actor, Neil Brandhas been accompanying silent films for over 25films, performing regularly at the NFT on London’sSouth Bank, and at film festivals and special eventsthroughout the world. He is considered one ofthe finest exponents of improvised silent filmaccompaniment in the world.All of Lloyd’s greatest thrill comedies were filmedafter that accident. Think about that as he’s danglingfrom a ledge by one hand. That was Harold Lloyd –always trying to top himself, and reaching a comedysummit in Safety Last!Bob MondelloNPRWith special guest Suzanne Lloyd andaccompaniment from writer, composer andaccompanist Neil BrandBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 115

SUNDAY 23RD FEBRUARYJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURGLES PARAPLUIES DE CHERBOURGA Palme d’Or winner at Cannes in 1964, TheUmbrellas of Cherbourg is a masterpiece of Frenchcinema and the peak of writer-director JacquesDemy’s career. Inspired by Hollywood musicals, Demycreated a poignant fairytale, in colour and song.‘A glorious romantic confection unlike anyother in movie history’ The Washington PostSun 23 Feb / Light House 1 / 3pm / 91 minutesWriter-director: Jacques Demy 1964 FranceCast: Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne VernonWith the support of the French Embassy in IrelandCatherine Deneuve, the grand dame of Frenchcinema, stars in her breakout role as fresh-facedteenager in love Geneviève Emery. The object ofher affections is a young car mechanic Guy (NinoCastelnuovo), but Geneviève’s mother disapprovesof the match, and when Guy is drafted to fight inthe Algerian war and Geneviève discovers she ispregnant, the lovers seem doomed never to meetagain.Demy transforms this bittersweet tale into a soaringoperatic masterpiece. The beautiful choreographyand fluid camera work create a feel of constantmotion, while vivid colours enliven the small townsetting. The film’s expressive score, by turns hauntingand uplifting, earned composer Michel Legrand hisfirst Academy Award® nomination (he went on to winthree). Brimming with playful charm and anchored byDeneuve’s timeless performance, The Umbrellas ofCherbourg still enchants fifty years after its release.Kate McEvoyCLUB SANDWICHCLUB SÁNDWICHA delightfully mannered and offbeat take on theoft-told ‘coming of age’ story, Fernando Eimbcke’scharming film is both poignant and laugh-out-loudfunny as the relationship between a boy and hisloving mother is tested by the arrival on the sceneof a girl his own age.‘a delightful twist on the adolescent coming-of-age story’Screen InternationalSun 23 Feb / Cineworld 8 / 3pm / 82 minutesWriter-director: Fernando Eimbcke 2013 MexicoCast: María Renée Prudencio, Lucio Giménez Cacho Goded,Danae ReynaudWinner, Best Film, Turin Film Festival35-year-old single mother Paloma (María RenéePrudencio) and her fifteen-year-old son Hector(Lucio Giménez Cacho Goded) are the very bestof friends. But while their relationship is wonderfullyclose, Hector is also changing. The arrival of Jazmin(Danae Reynaud) at the resort complicates mattersfurther. The teens start to spend time togetherwith the sexual chemistry becoming more andmore palpable.The joy of the film is Paloma’s reaction to theprospect of her son/best friend being entranced byJazmin. Reacting almost like a jealous lover, she seeksto gently sabotage their time together. Mexican filmmakerEimbcke’s third feature film is brimming withsubtle but extremely funny sequences and directedwith compassion and delicacy.Mark AdamsScreen International116 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014SUNDAY 23RD FEBRUARYTHE PRIEST’S CHILDRENSVEÐENIKOVA DJECAA condom-piercing Catholic priest takes God’s willinto his own hands in this contraception comedyfrom Croatia.‘An engagingly broad and breezy comedy, The Priest’s Childrenis a genuine easy-going filmic pleasure, delightfully performed,beautifully shot and relishing its sense of playful irony.’Screen InternationalSun 23 Feb / Light House 1 / 5pm / 93 minutesDirector: Vinko Brešan 2013 Croatia/SerbiaWriter: Mate MatišićCast: Krešimir Mikić, Nikša Butijer, Marija ŠkaričićFabian, an ambitious young Catholic priest, is sentto take over from a popular predecessor in a smallDalmatian island village. On arrival he is shockedto discover birth rates are surprisingly low. Andthe cause? A rampant culture of contraceptionamongst the congregation. Soliciting the support ofsome key local vendors, Fabian takes to puncturingprophylactics and switching contraception pillsto put a stop to all this sinful wasting of seed. Anhilarious, madcap comedy ensues as the tiny islandexperiences a pregnancy boom.Set to become Croatia’s highest grossing film ever,The Priest’s Children is directed by the undisputeddarling of new Croatian cinema, Vinko Brešan. Whilethe film revels in its own sardonic absurdity anddelightfully executed screwball and slapstick, it isnot without its more cutting critiques, in particularthe church’s opposition to sex education in Croatianschools. In a year in which we have seen some veryserious cinema around religious themes, this is awitty, welcome dose of blithe satire.Canberra International Film FestivalTHE ROCKETBANG FAIWinner of both the Best First Feature Award at theBerlinale and Best Narrative Feature at Tribeca,The Rocket is a heart-warming coming-of-age taleset entirely in Laos. Kim Mordaunt, who made theexcellent documentary Bomb Harvest, which wasalso set in Laos, tells this story with great empathyand authenticity.‘An intriguingly subversive drama’Screen InternationalSun 23 Feb / Light House 3 / 5pm / 96 minutesWriter-director: Kim Mordaunt 2013 Laos/Thailand/AustraliaCast: Sitthiphon Disamoe, Loungnam Kaosainam, Thep PhongamWinner, Best First Feature, Berlin Film FestivalWinner, Best Narrative Feature, Tribeca Film FestivalWinner, Audience Choice Award, Sydney Film FestivalAhlo is the surviving twin of a difficult birth andbelieved by some to be a source of bad luck. Whenthe 10-year-old and his family are displaced bythe construction of a dam, further tragedy strikes.Upon reaching the relocation village, Ahlo befriendsyoung Kia and her eccentric uncle Purple, but isstill ostracised by the superstitious community, andeven treated with suspicion by his own family. Ahlodecides that his only hope of redemption is theRocket Festival: a riotous, and dangerous, annualcompetition where huge bamboo rockets are set offto provoke the rain gods. Despite being too young toenter the competition, Ahlo is determined to succeed.Set amidst a beautiful landscape, and with lovelyperformances by the young actors, The Rocketis a sensitive and uplifting film.Sydney Film FestivalBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 117

SUNDAY 23RD FEBRUARYJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014ROXANNETavi Ionescu (Șerban Pavlu), the protagonist ofRoxanne, discovers during a meeting with a memberof the Romanian secret police that he might be thefather of the son of his ex-girlfriend. Tavi’s discoveryleads him on a self-defeating investigation thatechoes the very issues Romania had to deal withunder the dictatorship of Ceauşescu. Tavi shouldknow better, but for some reason he can’t helphimself, and this says something poignant about thesituations that Romanians of a certain generationfind themselves in.A story of friendship, betrayal and courage, Roxanneis filmed by Hotea in a matter-of-fact, almost invisiblestyle. It’s set in a present which has not yet escapedits past, a past whose traces might be under thesurface, but threaten to bubble to the surfaceat any point.Sun 23 Feb / Cineworld 8 / 5pm / 98 minutesDirector: Valentin Hotea 2013 Romania/HungaryWriters: Valentin Hotea, Ileana MunteanCast: Șerban Pavlu, Diana Dumbravă, Mihai CălinMark PeransonLocarno International Film FestivalWith the support of the Romanian Cultural Institute UKSURPRISE FILMThis year I have been tracking three or four films forthe 2014 Surprise Film but, in keeping with JDIFFtradition, it has not been confirmed as we go to printwith the festival catalogue. Described by one of itsmost devoted fans as ‘the festival’s most sacred andrespected tradition’, the Surprise Film screening isalways one of the first to sell out and the source ofconstant speculation in the run up to the festival andfor the duration of the event itself. So be brave andtake a risk on one of the festival’s hottest and mostsurprising films!Sunday 23 February / Savoy 1 / 5pm / ??? minutesDirector: ??? / Year ??? / Country ???Cast: ???For many years I was one of many filmgoers addictedto the annual pleasure of booking a ticket for a filmabout which I knew absolutely nothing. The ritualstarts with the growing sense of excitement as theSavoy auditorium fills, the last minute suggestionsplaced in the competition boxes, followed by thegasps which accompany the trailers that kick offproceedings. Then the lights dim and the openingcredits are revealed…Gráinne Humphreys118 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014CLOSING GALASUNDAY 23RD FEBRUARY‘takes a refreshingly different look at this pre-marital rite of passage’Screen InternationalTHE STAGSun 23 Feb / Savoy 1 / 7.30pm / 94 minutesDirector: John Butler 2013 IrelandWriters: John Butler, Peter McDonaldCast: Hugh O’Conor, Andrew Scott, Brian Gleeson, PeterMcDonald, Amy Huberman, Andrew Bennett, Michael LeggeWith special guests John Butler, Andrew Scott, HughO’Conor, Peter McDonald, Brian Gleeson, Michael Legge,Andrew Bennett, Amy Huberman, Rebecca O’Flanagan andRob WalpoleNot your average groom, Fionán (Hugh O’Conor)has little interest in a bachelor party: he would muchrather stay at home and make seating plans withhis fiancée Ruth (Amy Huberman), but when hismicromanagement of the wedding begins to get outof hand, Ruth decides that he needs a nudge in theright direction.Enlisting the help of best man Davin, a stag weekendis planned: nothing crazy, just five friends on asimple camping trip in the Irish countryside. That is,until Ruth insists that her brother (nicknamed ‘TheMachine’) is invited along too. While Davin tries hisutmost to dissuade the notorious sibling, there’ssimply no way The Machine is going to miss out on astag party and, what’s more, he’s determined to makethis a trip to remember!Unlike some recent American films loosely basedon the same premise, John Butler’s hilarious debutfeature draws from a deeper well, sprinkling momentsof glorious slapstick over a well-constructedfoundation of real-life drama. The characters here allhave hidden depths and this is as much a voyageof self discovery as a madcap comedy caper. TheStag boasts splendid performances all round from anensemble cast of home-grown talent and, while TheMachine (played by Moone Boy’s Peter McDonald)provides most of the intense belly laughs, AndrewScott’s performance as Davin yields some of the film’smore tender and emotional moments.David DesmondBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 119

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JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014PICTURE HOUSE4 – 9 FEBRUARYTHURSDAY 13 – SUNDAY 23 FEBRUARYVENUES & DATESTUE 4 FEBCAIRDEAS DAY CARE CENTRE,CORK ST,DUBLIN 8 (THE UMBRELLASOF CHERBOURG)TUE 4 FEBTHE MARLAY, RATHFARNHAM (SAFETYLAST! WITH DANNY FORDE)WED 5 FEBORWELL HOUSE, RATHGAR (THEUMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG)THU 6 FEBDALKEY COMMUNITY UNIT, DALKEY(SAFETY LAST! WITH DANNY FORDE)FRI 7 FEBASHFORD HOUSE, DUN LAOGHAIRE(THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG)SUN 9 FEBST MARY’S, PHOENIX PARK(SAFETY LAST! WITH MORGAN COOKE)FILM TOURJDIFF’s Outreach Programme has longbeen an integral part of the festival,bringing the magic of cinema to peoplewho would otherwise be unable to takepart. Over the years we’ve organisedscreenings in everything from hospitals toprisons, and in 2012 we took the festival toselected care centres throughout Dublin.We called the initiative ‘Picture House’.This year, three care centres will enjoya screening of Safety Last! with musicalaccompaniment from Danny Forde andMorgan Cooke. We will also screen TheUmbrellas of Cherbourg in three of thecentres. We are delighted to announcethat Academy Award®-winning actressBrenda Fricker is the patron of PictureHouse for the third year running.Thanks to all the participating venues andto Age & Opportunity.REGIONAL TOUR:MULTI-COUNTY PREMIEREPresented with the support of theGoethe-Institut Irland and the Embassyof Switzerland, IrelandThe festival is delighted to celebrate thegrowth of audiences for cultural cinemain arts centres throughout Ireland. Weare also celebrating the Arts Council’sinvestment in projection equipmentwith the premiere of Lovely Louise inCineworld on 18 February, followed byits premiere in the Model & Niland ArtsCentre, Sligo, Co. Sligo on Wednesday19 February, and Riverbank Arts Centre,Newbridge, Co. Kildare on Thursday 20February, where actor Stanley Townsendand director Bettina Oberli will bein attendance.BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 121

THURSDAY 13 – SUNDAY 23 FEBRUARYTHE AUDIENCE AWARDAT YOUR FESTIVALJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014One of the most hotly contested aspectsof the festival is the Audience Award. Theaward is bestowed on a film, based on theresults of ballots cast by festival-goers atcinemas after screenings. So don’t forgetto cast your vote!STORY CAMPUS:SCREENWRITERS LABPhoto: Simon Lazewski15 & 16 FEBRUARYFILMBASEStory Campus returns this year withScreenwriters Lab; an intensive, two-day,project-centred development lab fornarrative feature film screenwriters ledby film-maker David Pope and directorscreenwriterDavid Keating.The lab will draw on the experience often international film industry advisors,including feature film creative producers,screenwriters and developmentexecutives. Over the two days eachparticipant will have the opportunity to:1. Have three one-to-one projectdevelopment meetings, each meetingwith a different advisor. These meetingswill be aimed at advancing the projectand refining its essence2. Attend masterclass sessions on specificscreenplay development topics3. Network with participants and advisorsPlease note: participation is by selection.The selection process has beencompleted and successful candidates willbe informed by 18.00 GMT on Friday24 January.122 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014FESTIVAL HUBFILMBASE, CURVED STREET, TEMPLE BAR, DUBLIN 2PHONE: (01) 679 6716THURSDAY 13 – SUNDAY 23 FEBRUARYThe Jameson Dublin International FilmFestival is delighted to continue itspartnership with Filmbase, on CurvedSt to bring you the 2014 Festival Hub.The Hub will be home to the Brainbeltexhibition, as well as being the base ofoperations for the Volunteers departmentand festival box office, alongside asignificant portion of our industryprogramme: Screen Test.Each day, throughout JDIFF, this venuewill be a hive of activity. Our friendly boxoffice team will be dispensing tickets andrecommendations together with industryprofessionals who will be participating inlively and engaging panel events. Therewill be also be the opportunity to haveyour photo taken in front of our own‘wall of fame’! The Festival Hub is alsohome to Roasted Brown Café, arguablythe best coffee in Dublin. Keep an eye onour social media and website for detailsof daily special offers. Also check out theIrishtimes.com corner where they will beinteracting with film fans throughout thefestival. We very much look forward towelcoming you to the Festival Hub.FILM-MAKERS LOUNGETHE CHURCH, JUNCTION OF MARY ST & JERVIS ST, DUBLIN 1,PHONE: (01) 828 0102You might think that once the creditsroll and the lights come up after our lastscreening of the day that it’s time to headon home. Not so! We warmly invite youto come and join us at the JDIFF FilmmakersLounge. Here, festival staff, specialguests and spirited volunteers will sharetheir daily highlights and look forward toupcoming festival screenings and otherevents. There may even be opportunitiesfor a post Q&A follow-up with some of ourvisiting film-makers.Each evening will have its own festivalrelatedDJ set to keep your toes tappingwhile conversation is flowing in thefriendly and relaxed atmosphere of TheChurch Café Bar. So please, come join usto celebrate cinema and all the festival’sfilms. You never know who you mightbump into!BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 123

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JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014BOARD AND STAFFBOARD OF DIRECTORSPaddy BreathnachSue Bruce-SmithClare DuignanJonathan KellyHugh LinehanDavid McLoughlinJames MorrisMargery SimkinGaby Smyth ChairpersonSTAFFFestival DirectorGráinne HumphreysGeneral ManagerJackie RyanMarketing ManagerColm Ó RiagáinFestival AdministratorKevin O’FarrellAccounts OfficerBairbre QuinnPrint Transport & ExhibitionCo-ordinatorAndy BeecroftCatalogue EditorAlistair DanielIndustry/ProgrammeAssistantDavid MullaneProduction ManagerLiam RyanProduction AssistantSeán KingstonAudience DevelopmentJulia O’MahonyFestival PublicistGlenn HogartyFestival PublicistNicola CostelloFestival Publicity UKLaura Pettitt & Katy TowsePress AssistantKate O’LearyMarketing AssistantGráinne CurtinHospitality ManagerSarah SmythHospitality ManagerRuth PhelanVolunteers ManagerPaul DonnellyVolunteers AssistantAisling O’FarrellVolunteers AssistantCaroline DuffBox Office ManagerAlison ReillyAssistant Box OfficeManagerClaire Tait-DoakTHURSDAY 13 – SUNDAY 23 FEBRUARYVenue ManagerPhilip KellyVenue ManagerOrla BasquilleVenue ManagerSarah AhernVenue ManagerClaire-Louise BrennanMarketing & Tourism InternHélène Martin-ValletVOLUNTEERSA VITAL ELEMENT OF THESMOOTH RUNNING ANDCONTINUED SUCCESSOF JAMESON DUBLININTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALIS OUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAMMEEvery year the festival attracts filmaficionados from around the globe, bothon screen and off screen. The festival’svolunteers are a vital bridge between thefestival and her audience, and can bespotted all over town; from our venuesdoing everything from pointing you in theJDIFF direction to wishing you a happycinema experience.The volunteer community within thefestival is a special one, and despitethe festival occurring in February, thevolunteer’s enthusiasm remains in placethroughout the year. Their enthusiasmfor cinema, both Irish and international,enriches the festival experience as awhole and creates that warm fuzzyfeeling you get when you realize you’rea part of something special in the Irishfilm calendar.For your generosity, enthusiasm andgoodwill we here at the festival areextremely grateful to each and everyone of you. Thank you.BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 127

THURSDAY 13 – SUNDAY 23 FEBRUARYTHANK YOUJAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014Aaron FarrellAccess CinemaAge & OpportunityAlan FitzpatrickAlan SwanAlliance FrançaiseAltitude FilmsAmerican AirlinesAndrew HetheringtonAnia TrzebiatowskaArrow FilmsArthur LappinArtificial EyeThe Arts CouncilAudrey SheilsAVCAxiomBAIBarry DignamBarrie DowdallBeta CinemaBettina SeitzBrainbeltBreakthrough EntertainmentBrian FinneganThe British CouncilBurrell PRByrne, Moreau, ConnellAccountantsCamilla YoungCarlton Screen AdvertisingCashmere MediaCelluloid DreamsCharlotte KellyThe ChurchCinetamarisCineworldCoco TVConn’s CamerasConor BarryCulture IrelandCurzon WorldThe Danish EmbassyDarren ThorntonDave KingDavid CollinsDeclan McGonagleDesign FactoryDHR CommunicationsDLIADTDonald ClarkeDonald Taylor BlackDogwoofDublin BusDublin City CouncilDublin Film Critics CircleEclipse PicturesElement PicturesEmbassy of AustraliaEmbassy of the NetherlandsEmbassy of the Republic ofPolandEMC Post ProductionEmotion PicturesEntertainment.ieEone FilmsEureka Entertainment LtdEureka FilmsThe Eye CinemaFáilte IrelandFastnet FilmsFerdia Mac AnnaFiga FilmsFilmbaseFilm FactoryFilm IrelandFilms DistributionFilms TransitFortissimo FilmsThe French EmbassyFunny BalloonsFusion MediaGareth LeeGary DugganGCNGFDGlasgow Film FestivalGlass Machine ProductionsGMS SecurityGoethe InstitutHrönn MarinósdóttirHugo FilmsIMC GroupInstituto Italiano di CulturaIrish Distillers Pernod RicardThe Irish Film BoardThe Irish Film InstituteIrish RailThe Irish Society ofCinematographersThe Irish TimesIrish Writers’ CentreIsraeli FilmsJean-François RaugerJames ArmstrongJane GoganJarlath ReganJill O’BrienJohn ConnollyJohn LeahyJohn KelleherKathleen McInnisThe Korean EmbassyLars HermannLaura Lee ConboyLaurence MackinLighthouse CinemaLionsgateLisa Richards AgencyMalcolm CampbellMañanaMargaret WardMark O’HalloranM-AppealMedia-ConsultaThe Merrion HotelMetrodome Group -Michael KinironsMihai ChirilovMobile Radio LinksThe Model and Niland ArtsCentreMomentum PicturesMyles DunganNatalie ColvilleNational Concert HallNeasa HardimanNeil O’GormanNewgrange PicturesNiall McCulloughNialler9Nina LidderNorwegian Film InstituteOff Plus CameraParallel FilmsParamount PicturesPark CircusPark FilmsPatrick RedmondPhotographyPat MurphyPaul DuanePaulo BrancoPearse Street LibraryPeccadillo PicturesPeter MorganPeter SheridanPhilippe BrodeurPremium FilmsRichelle WilderRick O’SheaRiverbank Arts CentreRob CawleyRobot DisplayRóisín DuffyJJ RolfeRomanian Cultural InstituteRoss WhitakerStill FilmsRTÉ Radio OneSamson FilmsScreen Producers IrelandScreen Training IrelandSean WhelanSession HireSharon BadalSinéad GleesonSoda PicturesSony PicturesStephanie McBrideStudio CanalSwedish Film InstituteTamasa DistributionTara BradyTASCTeach SolaisTelwell ProductionsTerry ProneThaddeus O’SullivanTicketsolveTom HenniganToyotaTwentieth Century Fox24/7 DramaUCDUCD CinemaUCD Film SocietyUniversal PictureUrban DistributionInternationalUS EmbassyVanessa Fox O’LoughlinVerve PicturesVisit FilmsWalt Disney Motion Pictures,IrelandWarner BrosWarrior FilmsThe Weinstein CompanyWells CargoWFDiFWide ManagementWilder FilmsWindmill LaneWriters Guild of IrelandZbyszek ZalinskiZipporah Filmsand all staff in our festivalvenues and care centres128 BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM

JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014INDEX20 Feet from StardomThe 100 Year Old Man...A Long Way DownA Long Way From HomeA Story of Children and FilmA Street in PalermoA Thousand Times GoodnightA Touch of SinA VisionA World Not OursAfternoon DelightAntarcticaAt BerkeleyAutoluminescentBad BrainsBad HairBefore the Winter ChillBeyond the Edge 3DBig SurBlue RuinThe Book ThiefBorgmanCalvaryCannibalCas & DylanCirclesClub SandwichCome into the GardensConcrete NightConcussionThe CongressDawn of the DeadDeceptive PracticeDeconstructing DadThe Deer HunterDesign is OneThe Devil’s PoolThe DoubleDual113104483983954810878318844114333310559462547241011676785311638369379981063355355994102The Grand SeductionGun CrazyHalf of a Yellow SunHaus TugendhatHide Your Smiling FacesIdaInequality for AllThe InquiryInternational Shorts 1 & 2It’s All So QuietJawsJDIFF ShortsLa PazThe Lady AssassinThe Last Days on MarsLastingLawrence of BelgraviaLife Feels GoodLiving in a Coded LandLockeLos Wild OnesLooking for LightLove EternalLovely LouiseThe LunchboxThe MajorThe MatchmakerMessiahThe MilitantMiss ViolenceMode in FranceThe Model CoupleMood IndigoMother of GeorgeMr FreedomMuhammad AliMystery Road83943710346495310215376123478557573273771095473727235245618224119187422191925THURSDAY 13 – SUNDAY 23 FEBRUARYSoldate JeannetteThe SquareThe StagStanding Aside, WatchingStarred UpStayStranger by the LakeSurprise FilmThe SwimmerThose Happy YearsTracksTrap StreetTwo LivesThe Umbrellas of CherbourgUnder the SkinThe Unspeakable ActVioletteVisitorsWakoldaWe Are the Best!Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?The WondersWrecking CrewYozgat BluesThe Zero Theorem928411949854041118457643924511680791053454871950324097Eliza LynchExhibitionThe FakeFamily BandFellini’s RomaFinsterworldThe Food Guide to LoveFrost/NixonGabrielleGare du NordThe GamblerThe Girl from the WardrobeGoddessGoldThe Golden DreamGood Ol’ FredaThe Grand Budapest Hotel863411433448455213677106931081079510431New WorldNo Limbs No LimitsNordvestOur SunhiOut of HereThe PastPioneerThe Priest’s ChildrenReaching for the MoonLooking for the LightThe ReunionThe RocketRoxanneRun & JumpSafety Last!Salvo3029801031095611011730738711711810711581BOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 129

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JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014MAKE THE MOSTOF YOUR FESTIVALMAPO’CONNELL STNORTHPARNELL STSAVOYCINEWORLDTHE CHURCHHENRY STTHE SPIRELIGHTHOUSESMITHFIELDJERVIS STCAPEL STD’OLIER STIFIFILMBASEDAME STTHOMAS STTRINTITYGEORGE’S STGRAFTON STJAMESON DUBLININTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALIS ALL ABOUT DISCOVERINGNEW FILMS, SO BE SURETO IMMERSE YOURSELF INTHE ELEVEN-DAY FESTIVALAND MAKE THE MOST OF ITBY FOLLOWING THESEHANDY TIPS...Get to the cinema on time – All seatingis unreserved and is allocated on a firstcome, first served basis.Q&As – Each year, we invite over 80 filmmakersfrom around the world to attendthe festival so check jdiff.com for details ofQ&As that might be on after a screening.Share your festival moments with us –Whether it is a photograph, a commentor a review, we want to see it! So join inthe conversation online. You can find uson Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and othersocial platforms. Just to be sure to tag us!#jdiffDaily Deals – Every day during thefestival, between 1pm and 3pm, we’ll beposting special discounts and offers onour website and social media channels.Explore the city – Check out our festivalmap above and you’ll see how centrallylocated our venues are and all withinwalking distance of each other. Makeyour way in and around the city by usingDublin Bus, DART or even hop on one ofthe Dublin Bikes.Have a question? – Then talk to ourarmy of volunteers who will be locatedat every venue and can tell you what ison each night.Buying tickets – You can buy ticketsonline at jdiff.com (on a desktop ormobile), by calling (01) 687 7974 ordropping into any of our ticket offices.You can then collect your pre-bookedtickets at the JDIFF ticket office in thevenue from half an hour before the filmstarts. It couldn’t be easier!The Film-makers Lounge – Come join usin The Church (junction of Mary Street &Jervis Street) each evening of the festivalfrom 9.00pm where you will meet otherfilm fans and enjoy a refreshing drink withsome excellent background tunes. Younever know who might pop in so be sureto make it part of your festival experience.facebook.com/dublinfilmfestival@dublinfilmfestJameson Dublin International Film Festivalyoutube.com/dublinfilmfestBOOK ONLINE AT JDIFF.COM 131

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