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Twenty Irish film screenings in Israel, 7-17 March 2020
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02 March 2020
The period leading up to our national day will see a feast of Irish film in several locations in Israel, with no fewer than twenty screenings between 7 and 17 March.
Most of these will be within the framework of the well-established Irish film festival, which will involve screenings of five recent Irish films in the Cinematheques of Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa.
The festival gets off to a light-hearted start with
A Bump Along the Way, about a mother and daughter placed in an unusual and interesting situation. The unusual continues with the horror comedy
Extra Ordinary.
Lost Lives is a moving illustration of the impact of the Northern Ireland “Troubles”, in which more than 3,700 people were killed. Going back to an earlier time in Irish history,
Black 47 tells the story of how one Irishman, finding that his family members had died in the Great Famine, mounts his own personal war against those he believes responsible. We are brought back to the present and to parent-child relationships (father and son this time) with
End of Sentence, the action of which takes place on both sides of the Atlantic. The characters fly to Ireland, something which will become easier for people in Israel very soon, with the opening of a regular direct air connection between Tel Aviv and Dublin in May 2020.
Viewers who have not yet seen Garry Keane and Andrew McConnell’s acclaimed documentary
Gaza will have two further chances to do so, in Holon on 7 March and in Jerusalem on 14 March as part of the Francophonie film festival.
Finally, on 13-14 March the EPOS International Art Film Festival, taking place at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, will screen three films about Irish-born or Irish-connected artists: Dublin-born modern artist
Sean Scully, Nobel Prize-winning poet
Seamus Heaney, and singer-songwriter
Liam Gallagher of the group “Oasis”.
The full list of screening times and locations is below. Tickets are available from the venues.
Date |
Time |
Film |
Venue |
7 March |
17:00 |
Gaza |
Holon Cinematheque |
10 March |
20:30 |
A Bump Along the Way |
Tel Aviv Cinematheque |
11 March |
18:00 |
A Bump Along the Way |
Jerusalem Cinematheque |
11 March |
19:00 |
Extra Ordinary |
Tel Aviv Cinematheque |
12 March |
19:00 |
Lost Lives |
Tel Aviv Cinematheque |
12 March |
22:00 |
Extra Ordinary |
Haifa Cinematheque |
13 March |
12:00 |
Unstoppable (Sean Scully) |
Tel Aviv Museum of Art |
13 March |
15:00 |
End of Sentence |
Jerusalem Cinematheque |
13 March |
20:00 |
End of Sentence |
Haifa Cinematheque |
14 March |
12:00 |
Seamus Heaney and
the Music of What Happens
|
Tel Aviv Museum of Art |
14 March |
15:30 |
A Bump Along the Way |
Haifa Cinematheque |
14 March |
17:00 |
Gaza |
Jerusalem Cinematheque |
14 March |
18:00 |
As It Was (Liam Gallagher) |
Tel Aviv Museum of Art |
15 March |
20:15 |
Black 47 |
Haifa Cinematheque |
15 March |
20:30 |
Lost Lives |
Jerusalem Cinematheque |
15 March |
21:00 |
Black 47 |
Tel Aviv Cinematheque |
16 March |
18:00 |
Extra Ordinary |
Jerusalem Cinematheque |
16 March |
19:00 |
End of Sentence |
Tel Aviv Cinematheque |
16 March |
20:30 |
Lost Lives |
Haifa Cinematheque |
17 March |
20:30 |
Black 47 |
Jerusalem Cinematheque |
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