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TALKS AND SPECIAL EVENTS
Photo: And If In A Thousand Years, Patrick Hough, 2017. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood/FVU Awards.
PATRICK HOUGH:
THE TWO FACES OF TOMORROW
Fri 8 Nov | 14:30 | Nano Nagle Place | Free but ticketed
Patrick will introduce the conceptual shift in his practice away from history represented in cinema, to new ideas around deep time, ecology, technology and the Anthropocene. In the creation of this
new work, The Two Faces of Tomorrow, to be premiered at Cork Film Festival 2020, he examines algae (specifically cyanobacteria) as actors that have shaped all life on earth, from the deep past through to the near and deep future.
Patrick Hough is a recipient of a 2019 Film London FLAMIN Productions commission and the 2017 Jerwood/Film and Video Umbrella Award. Recent exhibitions include Artist Film International, Whitechapel Gallery, London & MAAT Lisbon, Portugal; Jerwood | FVU Awards, Firstsite, Colchester and Jerwood Space, London, UK.
THE IFI IRISH INDEPENDENCE NEWSREEL COLLECTION: CORK IN THE NEWSREELS
Mon 11 Nov | 18:00 | The Cellar Theatre | Free but ticketed
The era of the cinema newsreel in the 1900-1930 period coincided with an era of turmoil in Irish social and political life. Cork city and county appeared frequently in newsreels which documented events during the War of Independence and Civil War and later in the early years of the state. With a focus on stories relating to Cork city and environs, Dr Ciara Chambers (UCC) considers the history of early newsreel production and distribution while Kasandra O’Connell
(IFI Irish Film Archive) discusses the acquisition, digitisation and preservation of the Irish Independence Newsreel Collection, now safeguarded within the IFI Irish Film Archive. The full collection is available to view for free on the IFI Player (ifiplayer.ie). SOF
ALAN GILSENAN IN CONVERSATION
Thu 14 Nov | 18:00 | Gate
Alan Gilsenan, the Arts Council/UCC Film Artist in Residence for 2019/20, joins Cork Film Festival for a discussion about his life and career, following a special tenth anniversary screening of his feature documentary The Yellow Bittern, which chronicles the life of Liam Clancy (see p. 56 for screening details).
A key figure in Irish theatre and film, Gilsenan’s film work is rich, captivating and widely admired, extending across documentary, narrative and experimental projects. His films include Meetings with Ivor (2017), Unless (2015), The Ghost of Roger Casement (2004) and The Road to God Knows Where (1988).
Alan Gilsenan, Film Artist in Residence at UCC 2019/20, is supported by the Arts Council
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