14th Junior Film Fleadh

12th - 14th November 2008Town Hall Theatre, Galway

Booking & InformationEmail festival@juniorfilmfleadh.comWeb www.juniorfilmfleadh.comTel 091 751655

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Town Hall Theatre 12th – 14th November 2008

Wed 12th 10.00am The Wave 4 15A

12.00pm Persepolis 5 12A

2.00pm Man On Wire 6 12A

Thur 13th 10.00am The Beat That My Heart Skipped 7 15A

10.30am Acting Workshop 15 10.30am Animation Workshop 15 12.00pm We Are Together 8 PG

1.45pm Script Competition 9

2.30pm Up The Yangtze 10 12A

Fri 14th 10.00am Macbeth 11 15A

10.30am Animation Workshop 15 12.30pm Poitín 12 EDU

2.15pm Shorts Programme 16 12A

All screenings €5.50 except Shorts Programme €3.00. Workshops €12.50.

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14th Junior Film Fleadh

The Junior Galway Film Fleadh (JGFF) is committed to safeguarding the wellbeing of children and young people while they are participating in events run by or on behalf of JGFF. We adhere to the recommendations of Children First: National Guidelines for the Protection & Welfare of Children, published by the Department of Heath & Children. We operate a code of good practice for all our staff, tutors & volunteers.

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Town Hall Theatre 12th – 14th November 2008

Welcome to the

14th Junior Film FleadhThis year the Junior Film Fleadh once again showcasies a selection of wonderful films from the International world of cinema. These films offer glimpses into world, both real and imagined, that we hope will enrich their audience.

In here you will read about Up The Yangtze – a documentary about the fate of those Chinese whose lives are affected by the rising Yangtze river; some hope to profit while others hope to survive its rise. Man On Wire isn’t just a documentary about Philippe Petit’s illegal high wire act across New York’s Twin Towers in 1974, it examines the exuberant, sometimes dangerous nature of the artistic impulse. French cinema’s The Beat My Heart Skipped tells the story of a brutal gangster with a musical heart. While the German film, The Wave is a cautionary tale drawing upon the experiences of German history. Our Irish language feature is the ground-breaking Poitín, by Bob Quinn. We Are Together, is a documentary about children who look to the restorative power of music to escape their poverty and move towards a better life. With Persepolis, audiences will experience first hand the animation that rocked the Cannes Film Festival – and might be surprised by how universal the process of growing up really is – even for those teenagers in Iran during their revolution! Polanski’s vision of Shakespeare’s Macbeth is in here, as is a selection of choice short films from new Irish filmmakers.

These films are about more than just their story, they operate on a multitude of levels. While blockbusters scream their message loud and proud the films listed in this programme do not. These films deliver their power to their audience with a whisper.

But this whisper may well be heard for years.

We’re looking forward to seeing you there.

Felim & Annette

The Wave

The film opens as charismatic teacher Rainer Wegner begins a week long class on autocracy. To indifferent students, it’s a hard sell, but Wegner gets an idea for an experiment: as their leader he asks the students to call him Mr. Wegner, chooses a motto, creates a logo, decides that everyone wears a white shirt, and names the group, The Wave adding a secret sign reminiscent of a Nazi salute. Much to their surprise the students find that they like the power of unity and soon this new found discipline spills over to other school activities and newcomers join the group. The Wave gives the kids something to believe in for a change, until they go too far and The Wave spins out of control.

Key Study Areas German Language – History

Germany 2008 Drama 101 minsDirector Dennis Gansel Cast Juergen Vogel, Frederick Lau, Max Riemelt, Jennifer UlrichGerman Language with English subtitles

Town Hall Theatre 10.00am Wednesday 12th November

A cautionary tale about democracy, freewill

and the effects of power.

A Study Guide will accompany this film.4

15A(Die Welle)

Town Hall Theatre 12.00pm Wednesday 12th November

Persepolis

Persepolis is the tale of Marjane, sharing her experiences as a young girl coming-of-age in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. It is through her eyes we see a peoples’ hopes dashed as fundamentalists take power – forcing the veil on women and imprisoning thousands. Though she outsmarts the “social guardians” and discovers punk, ABBA and Iron Maiden, the daily fear that permeates life in Iran is palpable, as bombs fall on Tehran during the Iran/Iraq war and those close to her fall foul of the regime… This striking animation covers her childhood in Iran, her escape to an education in Vienna and then a bittersweet return to her native country.

Key Study Areas Religion – Society – History – Gender Roles

France/USA 2007 Drama/Animation 91 minsDirectors Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud Featuring the voices of Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Iggy Pop and Sean Penn.

War. Revolution. Family. Punk Rock.

All part of growing up.

A short animated film – The Crumblegiant (5 mins) will be screened beforehand.5

12A

Town Hall Theatre 2.00pm Wednesday 12th November

Man On Wire

On August 7th 1974, a young French juggler named Philippe Petit stepped out on a wire illegally rigged between New York’s twin towers, then the world’s tallest buildings. After nearly an hour dancing on the wire, he was arrested, taken for psychological evaluation, and brought to jail before he was finally released. James Marsh’s documentary brings Petit’s extraordinary adventure to life unfolding like a delicious heist film.

Key Study Areas History – Citizenship – Culture – French Language

UK 2008 Documentary 94 minsDirector James Marsh Cast Paul McGill, Ardis Campbell, David DematoEnglish and French Language with English subtitles

“The artistic crime of the century.”

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12A

The Beat That My Heart Skipped

After ten years away from the panio Tom becomes obsessed with recapturing the talent he displayed as a teenager. But drifting away from the criminal world he inhabits is not so simple. Though he feels the pull of the piano, an instrument that rekindles a bond with his late mother and exposes a gentleness he’d forgotten he had, he cannot easily escape his reality. As soon as he make a breakthrough he is drawn back into his father’s violent business feuds. The film features a dynamic mix of high tempo dance music and haunting classical pieces.

Key Study Areas French Language – Drama – Music

France 2005 Drama 107 minsDirector Jacques Audiard Cast Romain Duris, Niels Arestrup, Jonathan Zaccaï, Gilles Cohen French Language with English subtitles

Audiard’s thought-provoking film deals with

the dilemmas of filial responsibility and the

lure of pursuing a new direction in life.

Study guide available. Special Thanks to The Irish Film Institute7

15A

Town Hall Theatre 10.00am Thursday 13th November

(De Battre Mon Coeur S’est Arrêtté)

We Are Together

We Are Together tells the moving and inspiring story of 12 year old Slindile and her remarkable friends at the Agape orphanage in South Africa who use music to overcome hardship and loss. It is the story of the determination of these young singers and their teachers to make it to London for a series of concerts. We Are Together is a stirring and uplifting documentary for all ages full of soaring music and plot surprises. With special thanks to the RISE Foundation.

‘A life-affirming testament to the power of music’ The Times

Key Study Areas Social Studies – Music – Cultural Diversity

UK/South Africa 2006 Documentary 86 minsDirector Paul Taylor Featuring Alicia Keys, Lorraine Bracco, Mbali. Mthobisis Moya, Kanye WestZulu and English Language with English subtitles

Town Hall Theatre 12.00pm Thursday 13th November

The musical journey of a life time.

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PG(Thina Simunya)

A short film – New Boy (11 mins) will be screened beforehand.

Town Hall Theatre 1.45pm Thursday 13th November

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Script Competition

The Junior Galway Film Fleadh, in association with SpunOut – a leading national youth organisation, are delighted to announce our story pitch competition.

Open to those 13 – 18 years old. Interested? Then submit your idea – for a book, a movie, a short film, documentary – even a video game (500 words max)

Maybe your idea will grip the audience from the outset, maybe it will slowly intrigue, maybe the end will offer a surprise, or a twist that will floor the audience?

For those interested in competing, we would advise them to write down a draft of their idea, and then practice to family and friends. Become comfortable relaying, even performing the story outline. Because, should your idea be one of the five shortlisted, you will be invited to present the it on the stage of the Town Hall Theatre to an assembled audience.

Each idea will be critiqued by the award winning Irish screenwriter, Christian O’Reilly (Inside I’m Dancing and On Home Ground), and following this, the assembled audience will vote on the best pitch.

Prizes supplied by Galway Film Centre and Charlie Byrne’s.

ClOSING DATE FOr ENTrIES – 24th OCTOBEr 2008.

Address for EntriesJunior Galway Film Fleadh Script CompetitionCluain MhuireMonivea RoadGalway

Entry Froms are available from our website: www.juniorfilmfleadh.com and from www.spunout.ie and www.galwayfilmcentre.ie and from Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop, Middle St. Galway.

Have you got the X-Factor for Storytelling?

Town Hall Theatre 2.30pm Thursday 13th November

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XXUp The Yangtze

A luxury cruise boat motors up the Yangtze river. Meanwhile at the river’s edge Yu Shui says goodbye to her family forced to leave to find work.Life on board mirrors the hierarchy of the wider world. Western passengers take in the spectacular views, consuming entertainment on the spacious upper deck while Yu Shui toils in the galley below. Back at the river’s edge Yu Shui’s parents assemble their humble possessions as the floodwaters rise.

Key Study Areas History – Chinese language – citizenship – coming of age

Canada 2007 Documentary 93 minsDirector Yung Chang Featuring Cindy Yu Shui, Jerry Chen Bo YuMandarin with English Subtitles

A dramatic and disquieting documentary on

life inside the 21st century Chinese dream.

12A

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Town Hall Theatre 10.00am Friday 14th November

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Macbeth

The opening shot of a yellow withering moonscape stretching away into infinity – revealed to be a desolate sea-shore on which the three witches partake in the ritual burial of a noose, a severed arm and a dagger – effortlessly establishes the cold, barbarous climate of Shakespeare’s play. Roman Polanski’s potent interpretation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth is rich in period detail, while entirely modern in it’s nihilism and cynicism.

Key Study Areas Leaving Certificate Examination 2009

UK 1971 Drama 140 minsDirector Roman Polanski Cast Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw

An unforgettable film that is

almost ceaselessly riveting.

15A

Town Hall Theatre 12.30pm Friday 14th November

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This classic story tells of an elderly poitín maker and his daughter who exact revenge on the two agents who cheat and terrorise them. The film upends stereotypes of the Irish landscape and the representation of women. Poitín is presented in a new digtially remastered version with a new music score.

The director will introduce the film – questions and answers will follow the screening

Key Study Areas Irish Language – History – Irish Culture

Ireland 1977/2007 Drama 65 minsDirector Bob Quinn Cast Cyril Cusack, Niall Tóibín, Donal McCann, Mairead Ní Conghaile Irish Language with English subtitles

A short film Lipserve (15 mins) a comedy about the Irish Oral Exams featuring Sean McGinley directed by Paul Mercier will be screened beforehand.

12APoitín

Taispeántas scannánaíochta saothair daltaí scoile Ghaeltacht Mhúscraí leis an scannánaí Dónal Ó Céilleachair – mar chuid do Scéim Cónaitheach Scannánaíochta Mhúscraí 2008.

Film exhibition of work created by school children from the Muskerry Gaeltacht with the the film maker Donal Ó Céilleachair – during the Muskerry Film Residency 2008.

Peidhleacán Solais/Butterfly Light

runs during JFF in Town Hall Theatre. Admission Free.

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Town Hall Theatre 2.15pm Friday 14th November

Treeclimber

New Boy

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Shorts Programme

Crumble Giant

Alien Verbatim

Alien Verbatim Director Laurence Snashall | 12 mins

New Boy Director Step Green | 11 mins

Oranmore’s Next Top Model Calasanctius College, Oranmore | 12 mins

Broken Youth Reach Limerick | 9.5 mins

last Day* GFC Animatrion Camp | 4 min

The Golden Crucifix Dir Nick Sheridan | 15 mins

Treeclimber Director Michael Kinirons | 4 mins

The Sub Clongowes Wood College | 10 mins

revolution 365.1 Director Sean Roxenham | 3 mins

School Break* St. Mary’s Ballygar | 6 mins

The Crumblegiant Director John McCloskey | 5 mins

Magical War* Mol an Óige | 11 mins

Totally TY’s Gort Community College | 8 mins

Streets Youth Reach Limerick |11 mins

John Jennings’ Animated Shorts 4 mins Man’s First Alien Encounter, Hula Hoop Aliens, Zombies in Galway and How To Save The Planet

120 mins

* Made as part of JFF Film Makers Project in association with The Galway Film Centre

Magical War

12A

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Workshops

Festival Co-ordinator AnnetteMaye

Festival Programmer FelimMacDermott

Managing Director MiriamAllen

Fleadh Team CathyO’Connor,DebbieMcVey

Graphic Design PaulCallananatDesignAssociates

Web Design AManandInk

Projectionists FredDivineyatTownHallTheatre

Board of Directors BillyLoughnane,BrendanMcCaul,SiúnNíRaghallaigh,

MáireNíThuathail,KateO’Toole(Chair),TCRice,SteveWoods.

SPECIAL THANKSSadie Mackey, Cathy O’Connor, Miriam Allen and Debbie McVey at The Galway Film Fleadh, Maeve Joyce, Nuala Broderick, Se and Pete at The Galway Film Centre, Paul Murphy, Alicia McGivern and Deirdre Quinlan at The Irish Film Institute, Fergal McGrath and all at the Town Hall Theatre, Siobhan Farrell at Eclipse Pictures, The Fresh Film Festival, Ann McCabe, Sony Pictures, Momentum Pictures, Optimum Releasing, National Film Board of Canada, Bob Quinn, The RISE Foundation/Shooting People Films, The Irish Film Board, A Man and Ink, Youth Reach, Emily and all at SpunOut, Brendan McCaul, Christian O’Reilly, Vinny Browne at Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop and of course all our volunteers.

Acting for the ScreenThursday 13th November 10.30am – 1.00pm. 15 – 18 yearsWorking with a well know actor, participants will work from scripts, and learn how an actor studies this text as a guiding principle. There will be a camera and projector to hand during the workshop to which participants will act, and performances will be discussed and critiqued. Please call 091 751655 for further details.

lunchbox Animation in association with Galway Film Centre Thursday 13th & Friday 14th November 10.30am – 1.00pm. 9 – 12 yearsAn exciting way to explore creative story-telling and visual images through animation using the Animation Lunchbox. Participants will be shown under the watchful eye of Edith Pieperhoff how to create their own images and characters and transform this into a short animated film. Watching the images come alive before their eyes is one of the most rewarding aspects of this popular workshop. Participants will be given a DVD copy of the animations after the workshop.

Whether you’re a school, youth or community group,

the Galway Film Centre has a film-making workshop

to suit your needs. Live action, drama, documentary

and animation allow participants to explore creative

story-telling and visual images. Our workshops

teach technical skills and nurture team building,

communication and organisational skills.

Courses are tailor-made to meet the requirements, needs and size of your group. Our tutors teach the basic principles of film-making including script, direction, camera, sound, production and editing.

Film-making for Young People

For more information contact:Galway Film Centre, Cluain Mhuire, Monivea Road, GalwayTel: 091 770748 Email: info@galwayfilmcentre.ie