Page 20 - Cork Film Festival 2019 Brochure

FRIDAY 8 NOVEMBER SATURDAY — 9 NOV
INTERNATIONAL SHORTS 1 – FAMILY
13:15 | GATE
Belonging Rory Bentley
Sleepwalking Melissa Anastasi
Lake of Happiness Aliaksei Paluyan
Lefty/Righty Max Walker-Silverman
I’ll Be Here for a While Dylan & Dakota Pailes-Friedman Funfair Kaveh Mazaheri
For full details, see p. 93
ORAY
Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay
14:00 | TRISKEL
SHORTS
Various 98 mins 2019
Germany 100 mins 2019 Subtitled Photo: © FilmFaust + Christian Kochmann
Second Chance Sat 9 Nov | 13:00 | Triskel
Oray (Zejhun Demirov) is a German Muslim living in Hagen, attempting to leave the misadventures of his youth behind. He finds solace in his marriage to Burcu (Deniz Orta) and more in his faith. A row with Burcu leads to Oray impulsively repeat the word talaq three times, which by Islamic law invokes a divorce. Advised by an imam to take time away, Oray moves to Cologne, where ingratiating himself with the local community leads to further angst. Featuring a cast of promising young talent and non-professional actors, Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay’s assured debut feature addresses complex issues of faith, love and identity with a refreshing lightness of touch. MH
Winner, Best First Feature Award, Berlin Film Festival, 2019 Kindly supported by Goethe-Institut Irland.
WAITING FOR THE CARNIVAL
(ESTOU ME GUARDANDO PARA QUANDO O CARNAVAL CHEGAR)
Marcelo Gomes
14:00 | GATE DOCUMENTARY
Toritama is a small town in the northeast of Brazil, part of a poor, neglected region known as the Argeste. Most of the population
is self-employed producing jeans and it’s a place dominated by cramped factory units converted from domestic homes. Without union representation or much concern for working conditions, many devote long, unsociable hours to stitching and styling while looking forward to the only holiday of the year, an eight-day festival when the entire town heads to the beach. Marcelo Gomes’ compassionate observational documentary is warmly entertaining while also making salient points about the dignity of labour. MH
Official Selection, Panorama, Berlin Film Festival, 2019
NARRATIVE
Brazil 86 mins 2019 Subtitled
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Second Chance Sun 10 Nov | 20:45 | Gate