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Last week, the Jameson Belfast Film Festival announced the documentary programme for its 9th annual film festival.
44 documentaries, from experimental to cinema verite in form, participate in almost every section of the festival programme: the 4th Maysles Brothers Competition, Panorama (out-of-competition), Truth/Memory/Transition (debate and discussion), special events, Twisted Cornea (experimental), Same Sex Cinema, New Irish Cinema and Sound and Vision (music documentary).
Highlights include the 4th year of the Maysles Brothers Competition, platforming excellence in cinema verite filmmaking and innovation in film form or technology. Previous winners were Kim Longinotto for Sisters in Law (UK), Raoul de la Fuente for Nomadak TX (Spain), and Robert Nugent for End of the Rainbow (Australia).
The rest of the programme includes the European Premiere of Pulling John, bringing 1980s arm-wrestling and the cold war back in fashion! World premieres of new Irish and northern Irish documentary, including a night out with legendary Shellshock Rock filmmaker John T Davis, both performing his music and presenting his new film Tailwind.
Our experimental documentaries prove an exciting part of Twisted Cornea this year, with I Love Alaska highlighting issues of privacy and the internet while FLiCKeR mesmerises.
Music documentaries always prove popular in Belfast where both RiP: A Remix Manifesto and Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison suit audience taste and will receive a warm welcome.
Finally, a section of the festival that is extremely important to us, Truth/Memory/Transition, attempts to present and discuss documentary films and their worldwide stories in the context of conflict resolution, managing the emotional impact of history and the flexible nature of memory. This strand centres around debate and Pray the Devil Back to Hell will provide a thrilling centrepiece discussion in the presence of filmmaker and subject as it sits alongside a fascinating discussion about the consequences of fame in politics with world-renowned Northern Ireland civil rights campaigner Bernadette McAliskey (nee Devlin) and the film Bernadette.
In addition, Sheffield Doc/Fest's Charlie Philips and Karolina Lidin will be presenting their MeetMarket and meeting with Northern Ireland factual production companies.
THE FILMS:
4th Maysles Brothers Competition
In A Dream: dir. Jeremiah Zagar, USA, 2008, Ireland Premiere
Corridor #8: dir. Boris Despodov, Bulgaria, 2008, Ireland Premiere
Desert Brides: dir. Ada Ushpiz, Israel, 2008, UK and Ireland Premiere
Hair India: dir. Rafaele Brunetti, Marco Leopardi, Italy, 2008, UK and Ireland Premiere
Flying on One Engine: dir. Joshua Z Weinstein, USA, 2008, UK and Ireland Premiere
Forgetting Dad: dir. Rick Minnich, Matt Sweetwood, Germany, 2008, UK and Ireland Premiere
Presumed Guilty: dir. Roberto Hernandez, Mexico, 2008, UK and Ireland Premiere
Rene: dir. Helena Trestikova, Czech Republic, 2008, Ireland Premiere
Rough Aunties: dir. Kim Longinotto, UK, 2008, UK and Ireland Premiere
Valentino: The Last Emperor: dir. Matt Tyrnauer, USA, 2008
Yodok Stories: dir. Adrzej Fidyk, Norway, 2008, UK and Ireland Premiere
Z32: dir. Avi Mograbi, Israel/France, 2008, Ireland Premiere
Panorama (out of competition)
American Swing: dir. Matthew Kaufman, John Hart, USA, 2008, Ireland Premiere
Beautiful Losers: dir. Aaron Rose, USA, 2008, Ireland Premiere
Nobody's Perfect: dir. Niko von Glassow, Germany, 2008, UK and Ireland Premiere
Poet of Poverty: dir. Sean Dougherty, Tana Ross, Freke Vuijst, USA, 2008, UK and Ireland Premiere
Blind Loves: dir. Juraj Lehotsky, Slovakia, 2008, Ireland Premiere
Chevolution: dir. Trisha Ziff, US/UK/Mexico, 2008, UK and Ireland Premiere
Comrades: dir. Dagmar Tatarczyk, Poppy Simpson, UK, 2008, UK and Ireland Premiere
Upstream Battle: dir. Ben Kempas, Germany, 2008, Ireland Premiere
Words of Advice - William S Burroughs On The Road: Lars Movin, Steen Moller Rasmussen, Denmark, 2007, Ireland Premiere
Pulling John: Vassiliki Khonsari, Sevan Matossian, USA, 2008, European Premiere
New Irish Cinema
MacGill - Tachran gan Todhchai: dir. Desmond Bell, 2009, World Premiere
Blanketmen: dir. Barry Curran, 2009, World Premiere
Prods and Pom Poms: dir. Ben Jones, 2009, World Premiere
Same Sex Cinema
Chris and Don: A Love Story: dir. Tina Mascara/Guido Santi, USA, 2007
Twisted Cornea
He Who Hits First, Hits Twice: The Films of Santiago Alvarez: dir. Santiago Alvarez, Cuba
26/06/08 - Dublin: The Movie: dir. Various, led by Lenny Abrahamson, Ireland, 2008, UK Premiere
FLicKeR: dir. Nik Sheehan, Canada, 2008
I Love Alaska: dir. Lernert Engelberts, Sander Plug, The Netherlands, 2008, Ireland Premiere
Special Events
John T Davis: Tailwind and Music: dir and performer. John T Davis, Northern Ireland , 2008, World Premiere
Sound and Vision
Dub Echoes: dir. Bruno Natal, The Netherlands, 2008, Ireland Premiere
Who Killed Nancy?: dir. Alan G Parker, UK, 2008, Ireland Premiere
Urban Hymns: The Movie: dir. Will McConnell, Ireland, 2008, World Premiere
RiP: A Remix Manifesto: dir. Brett Gaylor, Canada, 2008, UK and Ireland Premiere
Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison: dir. Bestor Cram, USA, 2008, UK and Ireland Premiere
South Coast: dir. Will Jewel, UK, 2008
Memory, Truth and Transition
Pray the Devil Back to Hell: dir. Gini Reticker, USA, 2008, Ireland Premiere
Bernadette: dir. Duncan Campbell, Northern Ireland/Ireland, 2008, World Premiere
AWingBigCell: dir. Seamus Harahan, Miriam deBurca, Northern Ireland/Ireland, 2008, World Premiere
For the Record: dir. Mairead McClean, Northern Ireland/Ireland, 2009, World Premiere
An Phailistin - Disturbing the Silence: dir. Sonia NicGiolla Easbuig, Ireland, 2004
Talking Film
Sheffield Doc/Fest: Meet the MeetMarket: with Charlie Philips and Karolina Lidin |
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