Film: Award-Winning The Artist and The Descendants at The Model
February 16, 2012 at 7:08 pm | Posted in Arts, Film | 1 CommentNew from Feb 29 – Double Screenings at The Model
The Model is delighted to announce its Cinema programme for March 2012!
Featuring Golden Globe and BAFTA award-winning sensations The Artist and The Descendants, The Model’s cinema programme for March includes screenings of Roman Polanski’s new black comedy, Carnage, Young Adult starring Charlize Theron and Michael Fassbender and Viggo Mortenson in A Dangerous Method, exploring the intense relationship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud.
The Model are also launching Double Screenings, with two screenings daily every Wednesday and Thursday at 6.15pm and again at 8.15pm and matinees on Sundays at 3.15pm and 6.15pm from February 29.
To celebrate they are hosting a drinks reception in The Model Atrium on February 29 at 5.30pm, followed by a screening of The Artist and The Descendants and all are encouraged to come along. Put it in your diary!
Full programme details are available at www.themodel.ie/film.
New Screening Times:
Wednesday – Thursday: 6.15pm & 8.15pm
Friday: 6.15pm
Sunday: 3.15pm & 6.15pm
Advance online tickets are just 7.00 – www.themodel.ie/film
The Artist
22, 23 & 24 Feb. at 8pm. 25 and 26 Feb. at 3pm 29 Feb, 01, 02 March at
6.15pm. 03 & 04 March at 3.15pm.
STROLL-IN CINEMA: Thursday, Mar 01 at 12.30pm
(For Parents/ Minders & Toddlers – Bring your baby or toddler and stroll in
and out as you need.)
Dir: Michel Hazanavicius, Fra/Bel. 201, 100min.
***** THE IRISH TIMES
The Descendants
29 Feb. at 8.15pm. 01, 02 at 8.15pm. 03 & 04 March at 6.15pm. 07 & 08 March at 8.15. 11 March 3.15pm.
Dir: Alexander Payne. U.S.A.,2011, 115 min
‘‘He [Alexander Payne] bagged an Oscar for Sideways (after refusing George Clooney a lead role). Now he’s back with The Descendants (and this time Clooney made the cut).’THE GUARDIAN
‘packs a wicked, classy punch.’ Tara Brady
THE IRISH TIMES****
Carnage
Dir: Roman Polanski, France –Ger- Poland – Spain, 79 mins. 2011
07, 08, 09 & 11 March at 6.15pm. 14, 15 March at 8.15pm and 18 March 3.15pm
‘Polanski’s adaptation of Yasmina Reza’s play, rapturously received in Venice, is a pitch-black farce of unbearable tension’
**** Xan Brooks, THE GUARDIAN
Young Adult
14, 15, 16 March at 6.15pm. 18 March at 6.15. March 21 and 22 March at 6.15pm
Dir: Jason Reitman. U.S.A, 2011, 94 min.
‘Smart, honest, sickeningly funny and supremely well judged in the writing,
direction and acting.’ EMPIRE ****
A Dangerous Method
21, 22 March at 8.15pm. 23 March at 6.15pm. 28, 29 March at 8.15 and 30 March at 6.15pm.
Dir: David Cronenberg, UK – Ger. – Canada – Switz., 2011, 100 min.
‘In this erotic mind-bender from director David Cronenberg, talk isn’t cheap,
it’s what helped birth modern psychiatry at the start of the 20th century.’
ROLLING STONE
Encounter – a short film set in Sligo Fundit Campaign
February 14, 2012 at 11:00 am | Posted in Film | Leave a commentTags: Crowdsourcing, Encounter, Film, Fundit, sligo
Since September 2011, Sligo based community group ‘Sabona Community Productions’ (meaning “hello” in Zulu) have been working with local filmmaker Sinead Dolan on a collaborative project “Encounter”, a short romantic comedy set in Sligo; African boy meets Irish girl.
Bringing together a diverse group of international and Irish people who live in Sligo the script, which is the product of Create’s Artist in the Community scheme reflects real-life experiences incorporating themes of difference, cross-cultural issues and identity but is first and foremost a romantic comedy.
Jonah visits Sligo from South Africa but finds himself falling for Irish girl, Bella. He quickly realizes that the ways of Sligo are quite different to home and has to learn what makes an Irish girl tick.
They have a cast and crew ready, willing and able to bring this story from script to screen. Shooting “Encounter” is also an opportunity for participants to gain experience and put their new skills into practice. They have commitments from a range of professionals in the area who are willing to share their skills and time, but the group will need transport, some crew and equipment to realise the project.
So they need a little help, and that’s where you come in! Join their community as funders on www.fundit.ie/project/encounter where they have just launched our crowd funding campaign. You can fund as little as €5.00 so they can get ready to shout “Lights.Camera.Action!”
“LOLS, this is one of our favourite project films to date! Made in ‘Slollywood’, this is community film-making at it’s best!” fundit team
The Model screen new Irish documentary ‘Bernadette: notes on a political journey’
January 25, 2012 at 9:21 pm | Posted in Film | Leave a commentThis new documentary from director, Lelia Doolan, Bernadette: notes on a political journey will be screened in The Model Cinema from Wednesday, January 25th at 8pm (screenings also on Thursday, 26th January at 8pm and Saturday & Sunday at 3pm).
Described as the ‘Roaring Girl’ from Derry and an Irish Joan of Arc, Bernadette Devlin-McAliskey was also patronisingly called a mini-skirted Castro. In 1969, she won the mid-Ulster by-election, survived an assassination attempt in 1981 and to this day remains a radical socialist republican.
Made over a period of nine years, this documentary is the first major insight into McAliskey’s life since 1969 and features the campaigner reflecting movingly on her early life and her prominent role in the republican struggle.
The story of Bernadette Devlin McAliskey’s remarkable political life is told in Lelia Doolan’s inquisitive documentary, which combines remarkable archive footage with intimate interviews conducted with its subject over the last ten years.
A member of the People’s Democracy movement in Northern Ireland in the late 1960s, Bernadette Devlin was elected MP for Mid-Ulster when she was 21 years-old and still a student, and briefly rattled the Wilson government and the Westminster establishment. She witnessed the Bloody Sunday massacre, and went on to co-found the Irish Republican Socialist Party, only to leave it soon afterwards.
She survived an assassination attempt while campaigning for the H-Block hunger strikers in the early 1980s and her family suffered harrassment for years beyond that. The archive footage presents her as a firebrand with a gift for public speaking, derided as ‘Castro in a miniskirt’ by one opponent. Now into her sixties, she remains just as articulate and uncompromising, critical of the Good Friday Agreement while still deeply passionate about – and engaged in – community politics. Doolan’s film acknowledges a unique, formidable figure in the Irish civil rights movement. This is an engrossing, humbling and possibly divisive documentary.
‘The patronising media quips about “Castro in a miniskirt” are particularly delicious.’- Donald Clarke, THE IRISH TIMES ****
Buy tickets online for this screening at the reduced price of €7.00 at www.themodel.ie/film
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SOUND+VISION: The Model presents its first Music Film Festival this November
October 24, 2011 at 10:00 am | Posted in Film, Sligo Events News | Leave a commentTags: November, sligo, Sound and Vision, The Model
The Model’s brand new Music Film Festival, aptly titled SOUND+VISION will take place at The Model, Sligo from November 16 – 27 and will feature over 40 events happening throughout 12 days, all centering around the music film genre.
The programme includes concert films, musical documentaries, films which popularised major movements in music history, films defined by their soundtracks and landmark moments of musical and cinema history and will be opening on November 16th with the Irish Premiere of Susanne Rostock’s, Sing Your Song about the ‘King of Calypso’, Harry Belafonte Jr.
Some highlights of the Festival include Inni, Sigur Rós from Icelandic Icons Sigur Ros, which is being released in Ireland next month; Pearl Jam Twenty celebrating Pearl Jam’s 20th Anniversary; special guest appearances from indie-rock pop hero Bob Forrest at the screening of the documentary ‘Bob’ (Keirda Bahruth) and the Monster and Musical Documentary Director Tony Palmer who will introduce the Irish Premiere of Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire, one of two of his films being screened at the Festival.
The Model’s Director, Seamus Kealy is delighted with the breadth of the Festival programme, saying “SOUND+VISION merges the genres of music and cinema, as both have developed in parallel through cinema, whether drama, children’s films or musicals, as well as exploring their juxtaposition in more experimental live performances.”
Two very special live music performances feature in the programme. Wavetrain, an exciting new chamber duo, will be performing, among others, the work of Olivier Messiaen, together with a screening of a film based on his work, The Crystal Liturgy: Oliver Messaien. The performance will also feature the world premiere of The Whitening a new piece by Irish Composer Siobhan Cleary based on the W.B. Yeats poem “Cap and Bells”.
Choice Music Prize Nominees Dark Room Notes will perform a specially composed score accompaniment to the silent film classic The Lost World, followed by a special late night club with sound and visuals by Donal Dineen’s Parish project featuring Congolese guitarist Niwel Tsumbu, Amina Dastan of Madu amongst others.
A special Family Season of Film Screenings includes animated films such as The Jungle Book and The Gruffalo with attendees encouraged to dress-up and sing-along and a very specially constructed Gruffalo Cave! A series of free animation workshops, including stop-motion animation, will be held during the festival ensuring there will be something for all ages to enjoy.
The Festival will conclude with Punk Sunday, which will feature the Irish Premiere of Punk’s Not Dead from Macedonian Director, Vladimir Blazevski, and a special event, Punk Lives On In Belfast.
Special Festival and Weekend passes giving access to all screenings and events will be available from The Model Box-Office and full programme details are available at www.themodel.ie
The Model Cinema reopens for the Autumn/Winter season with a screening of the controversial documentary Gasland
September 4, 2011 at 10:41 am | Posted in Film | Leave a commentTags: Film, Gasland, sligo, The Model Cinema
The Model Cinema reopens this week for the autumn winter season with the award-winning Poetry, from South Korean director Lee Chang-Dong and the controversial documentary Gasland.
‘Fracking’ is the subject of the Oscar nominated documentary Gasland and this extremely relevant film highlights the largest domestic natural gas drilling boom in history, which has just swept across the United States.
Recent screenings by Cinema Northwest in Leitrim were sold out due to issues surrounding the upcoming potential for gas exploitation in Leitrim and the surrounding counties and licences have also been issued for Sligo. An extra screening will run on Saturday 10 September at 8pm with an open discussion on issues raised in this film, in addition to its usual weekly programme.
Poetry tells the story of a suburban woman in her 60s who begins to grow an interest for poetry while struggling with Alzheimer’s disease and her irresponsible grandson. Lee Chang-Dong wrote the role especially for Yoon Jeong-Hee, a major star of Korean cinema from the 1960s and 1970s and the story has its origin in a true case where a small town schoolgirl had been raped by a gang of teenage boys
Gasland highlights the extraordinary environmental side-effects involved in fracking, which include chemical pollution of ground-water, gas-leakage into ground-water aquifers and significant air pollution. The film is set in the US and is directed by Josh Fox
Further information and booking: www.themodel.ie/film
Screenings times:
IFI@The Model Weekly Cinema Programme every
Wed, Thurs. and Fri. at 8pm and Sat. & Sun. at 3pm
For One Week Only:
POETRY
Dir: Lee Chang-Dong
Wed. 07, Thurs. 08, Fri. 09 Sep. at 8pm
Sat.10 & Sun. 11 Sep. at 3pm
By popular demand:
GASLAND
Dir: Josh Fox
Thurs. 08 Sep. & Fri. 09 Sep. at 6pm
Sat. 10 Sep. at 8.00pm
Followed by an open discussion.
Coming up next week:
THE TREE OF LIFE
Dir: Terence Malick
Wed. 14, Thurs.15, Fri.16 Sep. at 8pm.
Sat. 17 & Sun. 18 Sep. at 3pm
Noticeboard: Extras wanted for short film about the unique, natural and cultural energy of Sligo
August 24, 2011 at 9:26 pm | Posted in Film | Leave a commentA short film is being produced next week in Sligo and the film production are looking for a number of extras for a film.
It’s a short directed and written by Johnny Gogan that celebrates the unique natural and cultural energy of Sligo. If you’re free next Monday (29th August) and you’re in the Sligo area, come along to the Factory performance Space on Lower Quay Street at 3pm.
It’ll just be for an hour and they’ll give you a lovely cuppa tea after!
Lunasa Festival at The Model: Surfers choice ‘Minds in the Water’
August 15, 2011 at 8:50 am | Posted in Film | Leave a comment
Join pro surfer Easkey Britton as she introduces the Irish premier of Surfers for Cetaceans’ new documentary Minds in the Water.
Minds in the Water is being screened as part of the Lúnasa festival at the Model Cinema in Sligo, Ireland on Thursday 18th and Friday 19th August.
The documentary features as the Surfers choice, and the surfer in question is Easkey Britton; female surfing icon, big wave charger, artist, explorer and 5x Irish National champ.
Easkey will personally introduce this film on Thursday 18th August, showing at 8pm and all donations are welcome to S4C (Surfers for Cetaceans) on the night.
“As a water person and life-long surfer I feel a responsibility to protect the ocean that I love so much, that has given me such gifts and experience. And to give thanks for the beauty and wildness that she is. Minds in the Water and the journey of Dave “Rasta” Rastovich and his friends is about giving voice to the power, beauty and vulnerability of our beloved playground and all her creatures. A journey that shows just how true the words of Margaret Mead are; ‘Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it’s the only thing that ever does.’ I’m delighted that I’m able to bring this powerful story to Ireland for the first time, to an island nation strongly tied to the sea all around her.”
Surfers for Cetaceans are a not-for profit collective committed to activating ocean-minded people everywhere to support the conservation of whales, dolphins and marine life. It’s through compassion, awareness, education, media and dedicated interventions they make their mark, seeking to be a human voice and defender of cetaceans worldwide. They urge for the global surfing tribe to take action with them on these issues, joining the race against time in protecting and preserving our oceans. Minds in the Water is an incredible insight into Rasta’s five-year journey from apathetic pro to respected ocean activist, and features epic surf footage alongside a vital environmental message.
After being screened just a handful of times; in Byron Bay, Jersey (during the International Whale Celebration), Newquay and London; Surfers for Cetaceans are proud to take their inspiring work to Irish shores and connect with the passionate surfing community based there. Coincidentally the same night Minds in the Water is opening for the Artivist film festival in Hollywood, California making its North American debut.
Booking is recommended for this very special event!
Minds in the Water:
Thurs. & Fri. 18 & 19 Aug. 8pm
The Model Cinema, The Mall, Sligo, Co. Sligo, Ireland
Sligo Film climbs International Film Festival ratings – give it your help!
July 13, 2011 at 8:35 am | Posted in Arts, Film | Leave a commentSligo film “…for peace comes dropping slow…”, Directed by Lisa Vandegrift Davala and commissioned by Sligo County Council in 2010, is climbing the “audience buzz” ratings at The New Hope International Film Festival in the US.
The short film will also screen as an Official Selection at the New Hope Film Festival(NHFF), Pennsylvania on Saturday July 16th. The festival’s chairman Doug Whipple commented that “…for peace comes dropping slow…” is the first Irish film to screen at NHFF , and said, “You’re breaking new ground for Ireland at our festival, and I should add that your blend of poetry, nature and peace is a fine tribute to your country”. The film will screen at the state-of-the-art Stephen S. Busk Memorial Theatre at New Hope.
Conceived and directed by Sligo-based artist Lisa Vandegrift Davala and commissioned by the Arts Office, Sligo County Council, the film was shot at a number of Sligo locations during the summer of 2010.
In the film, a line from W.B. Yeats’ famous poem “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” “…for peace comes dropping slow…” is inscribed in light across the landscape of Sligo by up to seventy people from all over Ireland.
Three of the region’s most scenic locations feature across the film including Carrane Hill, Culleenamore Strand and Lough Gill at Parke’s Castle, the location of the Lake Isle of Innisfree. The original film score includes the moving Gaelic vocals and fiddle of the legendary Seamie O’Dowd (son of Joe O’Dowd and long-time member of Dervish).
With cinematography by Cian de Buitléar, Tony Kearns as film editor, and Darren Carr as the stills photographer, the film has been well-received since its release in Autumn of 2010. Nomination in the Best Irish Short Category at the 23rd Foyle International Film Festival in Derry, the film has received screenings at Culture Night Sligo 2010, Sligo Live Festival 2010, Strule Arts Centre, Omagh, The Model Sligo, and the Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival in Cork.
The film will screen on July 16th.
Sligo short film ‘…for peace comes dropping slow…’ to be screened at W.B. Yeats Society of New York next week
June 7, 2011 at 8:30 am | Posted in Film, Sligo Events News | Leave a commentTags: Lisa Vandegrift Davala, New York, sligo arts, Sligo Arts Office, Sligo County Council, sligo events, Society, W.B. Yeats
The Sligo short film ‘…for peace comes dropping slow…’ is to be screened next Monday June 13th at 6pm, at a celebration of W.B. Yeats’s 146th birthday at the W.B. Yeats Society of New York in the National Arts Club, Gramarcy Park, New York City.
In July, the short film will also screen as an Official Selection at the New Hope Film Festival(NHFF), Pennsylvania on Saturday July 16th. The festival’s chairman Doug Whipple commented that “…for peace comes dropping slow…” is the first Irish film to screen at NHFF , and said “You’re breaking new ground for Ireland at our festival, and I should add that your blend of poetry, nature and peace is a fine tribute to your country”. The film will screen at the state-of-the-art Stephen S. Busk Memorial Theatre at New Hope.
Conceived and directed by Sligo-based artist Lisa Vandegrift Davala and commissioned by the Arts Office, Sligo County Council, the film was shot at a number of Sligo locations during the summer of 2010.
Lightbox Animation Festival May 6th – 8th
April 22, 2011 at 10:00 am | Posted in Film | Leave a commentLightbox, the 2nd Annual Irish & International Animation Festival, takes place in the Cinemobile at Quay Street and The Model Cinema from May 6th – 8th. Log on to www.cinemanorthwest.com for the latest film news.
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