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DARKLIGHT SCREENINGS 21st - 24th June 2007 SCREENINGS FRIDAY 22nd June

IFI 5:00 – 7:00 PM Chris Shepherd Screening and Artist Talk

Award winning filmmaker Chris Shepherd presents his BAFTA nominated short, 'Dad’s Dead' (2003). ‘Who I Am and What I Want’ (2005), will also be shown along with his latest work ‘Silence is Golden’ (2006).

CineWorld - 6:00 PM Daydream by Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor (Desperate Optimists) 35mm

Daydream, a specially commissioned film for the Liverpool Biennial 06, is a highly poetic and meditative work tracing the connection between a city at a moment of great change and how this moment is reflected in the world of its citizens.

IFI 7:00 - 9:00 PM Maeve by Pat Murphy Britain, 1981, sound, colour, 110 mins 16mm

Informed by feminist critiques of representation and narrative structure, ‘Maeve’ is one of the most significant examples of avant-garde filmmaking in Irish cinema.

SCREENINGS SATURDAY 23rd June

IFI 12.45 – 2.15 PM David Phillips and Paul Rowley, Joe Comerford and Western Plumbers. Followed by artist talk

Featuring new work from David Phillips and Paul Rowley ‘Commonwealth’ and ‘Gravity Loop’, as well as the first test screenings of Joe Comerford’s new film, working title ‘Roadside’ and Western Plumbers (formerly Dogmedia) ‘DEMO CRA CY: A futile exercising of your non-existent democratic freedoms.’ Feedback on both test screenings will constitute part of this artist talk.

IFI 4:30 – 6:00PM Halloween Short Film Festival Selection Curated by Philip Ilson

Halloween Short Film Festival present a selection of short films that fit the Halloween ‘remit’ – films that are unexpected, take chances, don’t play by the rules. This selection covers all bases, from lo-budget quirkiness to glossy special effects, from animation to documentary, from filmmaker experiments to confidence in ideas. These shorts truly bring death to the genre as they rise phoenix like from the flames in all their glory – beware the projector with teeth!

SCREENINGS SATURDAY 23rd June

IFI 3:00 – 5:00 PM Structural Materialist Film Curated by Esperanza Collado

Wavelength by Michael Snow Canada, 1966-67, sound, colour, 45 mins, 16mm

Zorns Lemma by Hollis Frampton US, 1970, sound, colour, 60 mins, 16mm

IFI 7:00 – 9:00 PM Vivienne Dick Retrospective curated by Maeve Connolly

Excerpt from ‘Experimental Conversations’ by Fergus Daly IRL, 2006, sound, colour, 5-10 mins

Guérillière Talks by Vivienne Dick US, 1978, sound, colour, 28 mins

Visibility Moderate by Vivienne Dick US, 1981, sound, colour, 45 mins

A Skinny Little Man Attacked Daddy by Vivienne Dick IRL, 1994, sound, colour, 28 mins

Filmbase Cafe time: TBA Fast Forward Film Festival Curated by Andrew McAvinchey.

Screening of the Best of the Fast Forward Film Festival, TFFFF is a 24 Hour filmmaking festival. You shoot, edit, produce and deliver your movie for screening in 24 hours. The movie is made based on a topic we give you, so no one gets a head start. And there's hugs and a prize for the best!

ALL WEEKEND!

Filmbase Line Describing a Cone By Anthony McCall UK, 1973, silent, B&W, 30 mins, 16mm Filmbase Thursday/Friday/Saturday and Sunday

Described by the artist as a ‘solid light film’, this film-installation questions the traditional film limitations eliminating the screen in favor of the primacy of the projection event. It draws attention to the projector’s cone of light interacting with the physical presence of the audience.

Filmbase YouTube Salon

The YOUTUBE SALON is set up for any user to vision mix between streaming Youtube videos. It is the perfect opportunity to showcase your own favourite online videos and an excuse to express yourself through the creation of a live mashup of audio and video, creating and rearranging works into a live video stream controlled by a single user that evades rational analysis, but allowing subtle new meanings emerging from the chaos of Youtube's immense video library.

Come down and use this exciting platform to show the world your favorite clips! Sign up with Linda on 01 6709017 or email Linda(at)darklight-filmfestival.com.

IFI Meeting Room IFI Archive Selection

The Irish Film Archive have provided all the films for the Irish Retrospective programme and are also making availible for viewing films from '30 Years On' which is a selection of Irish films compiled in 2001 that celebrated the Arts Council's support for film - making over 30 years.

Darklight is funded by: The Arts Council of Ireland, Digital Media Forum, Dublin City Council, Krombacher, Meath County Council, Screen Training Ireland.

Media Partners: RTE, Candy, Tower records, ProBone Publico, CIRCA, IFTN, Micromedia.

Sponsors: Cineworld, Budda Bag, Eurotek, Avtek, Goethe-Institute, Piranha Bar, FLK Studio, Sink Digital Media, Grammu, Weblink Internet, Gruel, Wildlight Channel, British Council Ireland, U:MACK, Huston Film of School.

69 Dame St, Dublin 2, Ireland Tel:+353 1 6709017

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