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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