Eight members of EUNIC Ireland (European Union National Institutes for Culture) are presenting a selection of European short films from their home countries at the Irish Film Institute and the Cork Film Festival. The audience will be asked to vote for their favourite film after the screening.
The Cork Film Festival and the IFI will present Irish short films out of competition.
The EUNIC Ireland cluster is composed of the Alliance Française, the Austrian Embassy, the British Council, Culture Ireland, the Goethe-Institut, the Instituto Cervantes / AECID, the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, the Embassy of Bulgaria, the Embassy of Greece and the Embassy of Romania / Romanian Cultural Institute.
Irish Film Institute
6 Eustace Street, Dublin 2
Monday, 6 November 2017, 6:30 pm
Admission free, but please book at goo.gl/ueUkqf
Cork Film Festival
Gate Cinema, North Main Street, Cork
Wednesday, 14 November 2017, 6:00 pm
Admission free, but please book at www.corkfilmfest.org (from 20/10/2017)
PROGRAMME:
TRAVELLING COUNTRY
By Vessela Dantcheva & Ivan Bogdanov
presented by the Embassy of Bulgaria
Travelling Country
Animation – Bulgaria – 2016 – 13’38 min – Without dialogue
Once upon a time, there was a country on the back of a giant horse, but it was ruined by stupidity and greed. Now, only the horse’s tail remains of its former glory, while the people live in the shadow of what used to be a happy world.
FARE THEE WELL
By Mattia Venturi
presented by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura
Fare Thee Well
Live Action – Italy – 2015 – 9 min – English subtitles
Filippo is a spoilt boy scout. His scoutmaster entrusts him the mission of filling all the flasks at the fountain deep in the woods. There, he encounters Rodolfo, a desperate fisherman in need of water for his car. The two will start a quarrel over the fountain, with an explosive ending.
LE CONSTRUCTEUR DE MALHEUR
By Team Malheur (Kristin Müller, Manuel Preuß, Philipp Gratzer and Peter Affenzeller)
presented by the Austrian Embassy
Le Constructeur de Malheur
Animation – Austria – 2015 – 9 min – without dialogue
"Le Constructeur de Malheur" tells the life of a French inventor in the beginning of the 20th century in Paris. He’d like to fulfill his personal dream of flying but he fails again and again.
Tough
By Jennifer Zheng
presented by the British Council
Tough
Animation – UK – 2016 – 4’49 min – English subtitles
New light is shed on childhood cultural misunderstandings when a Chinese mother and her British born daughter speak as adults for the first time. An animated documentary. Tough was nominated for the BAFTA Animated Short Film 2017 and continues to receive accolades in the UK and internationally.
PLAN B
By Simona Sava
presented by the Embassy of Romania / Romanian Cultural Institute
Plan B
Live Action – Romania – 2015 – 10 min – English subtitles
A married couple and their 7-year-old girl return from a ski trip. The parents are quite tense and it’s not the first time when Miruna hears them fighting. In her sweet innocence, she tries to resolve things, but the rules of her game don’t work in real life.
PORTRAIT OF A WIND-UP MAKER
By Darío Pérez
presented by the Instituto Cervantes / AECID
Portrait of a Wind-up Maker
Live Action – Spain – 2015 – 4 min – In English
Chema is an expat architect from Spain who lives in Amsterdam. He has built up a new life there as a wind-up toy maker and he creates small pieces of art from recycled items.
SWEEPER’S PRIDE
By Matthias Koßmehl
presented by the Goethe-Institut
Sweeper's Pride
Live Action – Germany – 2015 – 7’38 min – without dialogue
Every night, Bodo sweeps the empty city streets. Attracted by the lights he comes across an opening of an art exhibition, where he discovers something unexpected.
TEA TIME
By Thomas Bourret, Vincent Delmon, François Gris, Julian Mifsud, Rémi Vincent
presented by the Alliance Francaise
Tea Time
Animation – France – 2015 – 7 min – English subtitles
A grandmother replaces her old companion robot by a more recent one. But things won’t go as expected…
MY LIFE FOR IRELAND
By Kieron J. Walsh
presented by the Irish Film Institute
My Life for Ireland
Live Action – Ireland – 2016 – 14 min – In English
Ireland, Easter, 1916. In Dublin, Irish rebel Patrick Pearse leads a revolt to free Ireland from the grips of the British Empire. Meanwhile, in a small village some miles away a young Irish patriot wants to join them in their fight for freedom.
THE BLOW-IN
By Treasa O’Brien
presented by the Cork Film Festival
The Blow In
Live Action – Ireland/Germany – 2016 – 8 min – English subs
Frenchwoman Véronique has been living in the small town of Gort in the West of Ireland for 6 years, but she still doesn’t feel at home. Veronique looks into the windows of people living in Gort today to see what ‘a real home’ is like. "The Blow-In" was the Irish contribution to the Europe-wide project "Europoly" by the Goethe-Institut.
Tickets for the screening on 6 November 2017 in the Irish Film Institute are available
here
Tickets for the screening on 14 November 2017 at the Cork Film Festival are avaiable
here
Presented by EUNIC Ireland
In cooperation with the Irish Film Institute and the Cork Film Festival
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