IFI teams up with Jameson Dublin International Film Festival

The Irish Film Institute (IFI), in collaboration with the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival (JDIFF), presents three film programmes to run in conjunction with the festival. Hosted at the IFI, the screenings include film works by British artist Andrew Kötting, films by Derry filmmaker Terence McDonald and works from the Arts Council’s Reel Art scheme.

The first programme features two films by British painter performance artist and resolutely independent filmmaker, Andrew Kötting. The first in the programme, Gallivant, documents the artist’s 6,000-mile clockwise road trip around the coast of Great Britain in 1996 with his 85-year-old grandmother Gladys and his seven-year-old daughter Eden, who has a rare genetic disorder that affects sight, movement and speech. This touching, offbeat documentary film – Kötting’s first feature-length film – explores the deepening relationship between the three characters as they make the journey. Time Out described Gallivant as “a marvellously fresh, warm, enlightening and often very funny look at Britain”.

The second film in this programme features Kötting’s recent, bittersweet film, This Our Still Life. This highly personal film looks again at Eden, now as an adult, living with her father in the family’s farmhouse in the Pyrenees, painting, singing and watching the seasons ebb and flow. Following the screening, GradCAM Fellow, Martin McCabe will interview Kötting.

The second programme presented as part of the IFI/JDIFF collaboration is the ‘IFI Irish Film Archive’s Monthly Must-See Cinema’ programme for February: a short film series entitled Out of the Past: Terence McDonald, which celebrates the pioneering work of the late Derry amateur filmmaker. This series ranges from slapstick comedy to experimental work and local documentary. It includes a remarkable portrait of Derry, scripted and directed by a then 26-year-old schoolteacher, John Hume.

The third programme is a showcase of work from the Arts Council’s ‘Reel Art’ scheme, featuring films by Margo Harkin, Oonagh Kearney and Julius Ziz and Dónal Ó Céilleachair. Each of the three films in this programme are challenging, evocative celebrations of the filmmakers’ unique vision. The Reel Art scheme provides film artists with a unique opportunity to make highly creative, imaginative and experimental documentaries on an artistic theme.

Stellan Skarsgård officially launched the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival on February 2nd. The festival runs from February 16th to 26th. For a full lineup of the festival’s collaborative programme with the IFI, see below. To purchase tickets for any of the screenings, visit www.ifi.ie.

IFI & JDIFF Joint Presentations Schedule

Films from the Arts Council Reel Art Scheme

The Far Side of Revenge, Margo Harkin, February 21st at 6.30pm
Dreamtime, Revisted, Julius Ziz & Dónal Ó Céilleachair, February 22nd at 6.30pm
Wonder House, Oonagh Kearney, February 23rd at 6.30pm

IFI & JDIFF: Andrew Kötting

Gallivant, February 25th at 2.00pm
This Our Still Life, followed by an onstage interview with Kötting, February 25th at 4.00pm

IFI Irish Film Archive: Monthly Must-See Cinema

Out of the Past: Terence McDonald (an approximately 90-minute short film programme including A City Solitary, The Man from Aunt, Nebelung, The Fugitive, The Portable Theatre) , February 26th at 2.00pm