Eight members of EUNIC Ireland (European Union National Institutes for Culture) are again presenting a selection of European short films in Dublin, Galway, Cork and Limerick. The audience will be asked to vote for their favourite film after the evening. The Irish Film Institute, the Cork Film Festival and Limerick School of Art & Design will each present a short film out of competition. The Goethe-Institut Irland has selected Jürgen Heimüller’s award-winning film
The Last 5 Minutes of the World as the contribution from Germany.
Due to Covid-19 restrictions this screening can not take place until further notice.
Tuesday, 20 October 2020 at 6:30 pm
Pálás Cinema
15 Merchants Road Lower, Galway
Admission free, booking required: palas.ie - booking link to follow
Monday, 9-11 November 2020
Cork Film Festival
Online Screening
Admission free,
booking required
Thursday, 10 December 2020 at 7:00 pm, doors 6:30 pm
Limerick Schook of Art & Design
Millenium Theatre, Moylish Campus, Limerick Institute of Technology
Admission free, booking required:
Eventbrite
Please note: As travel outside counties is not allowed this event is only for attendees living in County Limerick. Face covering and social distancing required.
Programme:
Norma, Dir: Agata Mianowska
Norma
Dir.: Agata Mianowska, Animation, Poland 2018, 7’, No dialogue
Two young girls try to live up to contemporary notions of beauty. They are both different and, in fact, wonderful in their own special way, and yet neither one of them feels good about herself. Norma and her neighbour use a variety of methods in an attempt to find self-acceptance.
Agata Mianowska is an animation director and illustrator. She was born in 1992 in Warsaw, graduated from the High School of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 2012. In 2017 she graduated from The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Łódź.
Presented by the Embassy of Poland.
Artem Silendi, Dir: Frank Ychou
Artem Silendi
Dir.: Frank Ychou, Comedy, France 2017, 8’, No dialogue
Devout nuns gather in a convent, but things are not as they seem. These nuns are human, and they too commit sins...
Frank Ychou’s short film won the award for best short film at the Alpe d’Huez International Comedy Film Festival in 2018. Frank Ychou is a French director and assistant director. He regularly works in advertising and video (commercials, video clips) as well as in cinema. He was assistant director for films like Case Départ
by Lionel Steketee and Anna M
by Luc Besson. Artem Silendi
is his third short film.
Presented by Alliance Française and the Embassy of France.
Mi Hermano Juan, Regie: Cristina & María José Martín
Mi Hermano Juan
Dir.: Cristina and María José Martín, Drama, Spain 2019, 9’, English subtitles
A 6 year-old girl tells an adult about her family, in particular about her brother Juan. She describes what he likes, how he feels about her, how they play together… Soon, it will be revealed that things are not what they seem.
Directors and producers, Cristina and María José Martín founded their own company (Las del cine) in 2013. Since then, they have directed two music documentaries, have created video clips and recorded live albums.
Presented by Instituto Cervantes and AECID.
Italy & (this is) Water, Dir: Joan Gavriel & Anja F. Plaschg
Italy & (this is) Water
Dir.: Ioan Gavriel & Anja F. Plaschg, Music Video, Austria 2018, 5’, No dialogue
A single day: from the tender break of dawn to the darkest night. One out of many days to come? Quite possibly the very last. Last caresses in solidarity, last minutes in shelter.
Ioan Gavriel directs commercials and music videos. He also works as a camera technician and B-cameraman in various Austrian and international productions with directors like Michael Haneke, Ridley Scott, Josef Hader, Ulrich Seidl or Jessica Hausner.
Presented by the Embassy of Austria.
Grandad was a Romantic, Dir: Maryam Mohajer
Grandad was a Romantic
Dir.: Maryam Mohajer, Romance, UK 2019, 4’, English
A child documents the love life of her Grandad – a man who has a reputation for being a passionate romantic. She tells the story of how her Grandad decided that her Granny must be the love of his life.
Maryam Mohajer is a British-Iranian, BAFTA winning animatordirector. Born in Tehran, Iran she lived through revolution, war and immigration. With a background in painting, she discovered animation after moving to the UK in 2000.
Presented by British Council.
Tasks of the Day, Dir: Petya Zlateva
Tasks of the Day
Dir.: Petya Zlateva, Animation, Bulgaria 2019, 5’, English subtitles
A short visual poem in which the main heroine is looking for escape from solitude in the routine of daily tasks. Instead of getting her life in order, she discovers madness and chaos, which overwhelm her. Based on the poem by Stefan Ivanov.
Petya Zlateva graduated in 2011 from the New Bulgarian University in Animation Directing. Since 2007 she has been working on various Bulgarian and foreign animation projects. She currently works as an animator at Sugar Shack Animation, as well as other projects as a freelancer animator and director.
Presented by the Embassy of Bulgaria / State Institute for Culture
Break Us, Dir: Rioghnach Ní Ghrioghair
Break Us
Dir.: Rioghnach Ní Ghrioghair, Thriller, Ireland, 2019, 9’, English
Mark and Sophie plan to rob a post office but as things go awry, they each discover what they’re really made of…
Rioghnach works as Development Executive in Samson Films on an extensive slate of film and television projects including Float Like a Butterfly
and Rose Plays Julie
. She is a writer/director of Screen Ireland funded sci-fi short NEON
and post office robbery thriller Break Us
, both produced by 925 Productions. Break Us
premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh in July 2019.
Presented by Culture Ireland.
The Last 5 Minutes of the World, Dir: Jürgen Heimüller
Die letzten 5 Minuten der Welt / The Last 5 Minutes of the World
Dir.: Jürgen Heimüller, Live Action, Germany 2019, 9’, English subtitles
What is important when time is up? Five people in the last five minutes before the world ends. Two couples and one loner. The last beer. Quarrels and conciliations. But the impending end brings them together again.
Jürgen Heimüller is an actor, musician, director and author from Nürnberg, Germany. He wrote, directed, produced and acted in The Last 5 Minutes of the World
which was Winner of the 2019 German Film Award in Gold.
Presented by Goethe-Institut Irland.
Out of Competition
Tribulations Irlandaises, Dir: Éclair Journal
Tribulations Irlandaises
Dir.: Éclair Journal, Documentary, France 1965, 7’, English subtitles
A whirlwind tour of Ireland in the 1960s, this newsreel documents multiple facets of Irish life. From the blessing of the Aer Lingus planes to Irish dancing in country halls, to Gaelic games and the Traveller community, the film shows what French reporters found distinctive about Irish life at the
time.
This film is preserved in the IFI Irish Film Archive.
Presented by the Irish Film Institute.
The Last Organist, Dir: Paddy McConnell
The Last Organist
Dir.: Paddy McConnell, Documentary, Northern Ireland 2019, 6’, English
Truly one of a kind, 93-year-old organist George takes us through his love of music and his move from Belgium to Ireland 67 years ago.
Paddy McConnell is a director and producer from Belfast. His work mostly focuses on factual filmmaking usually centred around a unique individual.
Presented by the Cork Film Festival.
Food Connects Us, Dir: Amerson Fortunato
Food Connects Us
Dir.: Amerson Fortunato, Documentary, Ireland 2020, 4’, English
Brazilian Chef, Andrios Fortunato, relies on his love of cooking, good humour, and his undauntingly uplifting spirit to connect with a new community in Ireland and feel at home while being abroad.
Amerson Fortunato loves telling stories about experiences close to his heart through art. Like Andrios, Amerson is an immigrant with a passion for food since he was still a kid.
Presented by the Limerick School of Art & Design in partnership with the Richard Harris International Film Festival.
Have a look at the full programme:
Hosted by EUNIC Ireland in cooperation with the Irish Film Institute, Galway 2020, Pálás Cinema, Limerick School of Art & Design, the Richard Harris International Film Festival and Cork Film Festival.
EUNIC (European Union National Institutes for Culture) is a network of European national institutes of culture and national bodies engaged in cultural and related activities beyond their national borders.
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