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WEDNESDAY 13 NOVEMBER
UK 2019
87 mins + Q&A Subtitled
HERE FOR LIFE
Andrea Luka Zimmerman, Adrian Jackson
20:45 | GATE ARTIST FILM
The resilient stories of ten London residents form the basis of this collaborative project directed by artist and filmmaker Andrea Luka Zimmerman and Adrian Jackson, founder of Cardboard Citizens, a theatre project that aims to change the lives of homeless people through the performing arts. The subjects congregate at Nomadic Community Garden in Shoreditch, East London, where they tell stories, eat, dance and bicker, eventually producing provocative performance pieces of their own. Collectively, they resist the gentrification and the erosion of communities they are witnesses to. Here for Life stands as an important, poetic and potent statement for our times. MH
Special Mention, Filmmakers of the Present Award, Locarno Film Festival, 2019
There will be a post-screening Q&A with Andrea Luka Zimmerman.
FIRE WILL COME
(O QUE ARDE)
Oliver Laxe
21:00 | GATE NARRATIVE
Amador (Amador Arias) returns to the lush mountain greenery of his birthplace in Galicia, an autonomous region in the north-west of Spain, having spent two years in prison for setting fire to a local hillside. He
is reunited with his elderly mother Benedicta (Benedicta Sanchez) and sets to work on their meagre farmstead, while trying to ignore the suspicious glares and judgemental whispers that follow him around his village. The community appears to be waiting for something to happen... and when it does, it is to visceral, mesmerising effect. Oliver Laxe’s patient film is the definition of a slow burn with a haunting, dreamy aesthetic that belies its powerful intensity. MH
Winner, Un Certain Regard Jury Prize, Cannes Film Festival, 2019
DER GOLEM
Paul Wegener, Carl Boese
21:30 | TRISKEL CINE CONCERT
Widely considered to be an inspirational title in the horror genre, Der Golem is a classic example of early German Expressionist cinema. Taking its themes from folkloric legend, Der Golem tells the tale of Rabbi Loew, a Jewish community leader, who creates a huge monster from clay to help save his people from persecution. One of the very few films from the early 1920s that hasn’t been lost or destroyed, it has nevertheless often been shown from prints of a poor, deteriorated quality. We are delighted to present this screening of a new 4K restoration, returning the film to its original colour-tinted glory. SE Kindly supported by the Goethe-Institut Irland. Live music: see p. 98 for details.
France, Luxembourg, Spain 2019
85 mins Subtitled
Germany 1920
91 mins Subtitled
Second Chance Thu 14 Nov | 12:30 | Triskel (no live music)
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