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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Sligo short film ‘…for peace comes dropping slow…’ to screen at The Model this May
April 22, 2011 at 9:30 am | Posted in Film | Leave a commentTags: For Peace Comes Dropping Slow, sligo arts, Sligo County Council
'Light writers at Carrane Hill' Image by Cian de Buitléar taken from the short film '...for peace comes dropping slow...' by Lisa Vandegrift Davala
The film ‘…for peace comes dropping slow…’ is to be screened as part of The Model’s season of short films ‘Shorts@The Model‘ on Saturday May 7th at 3pm. The film, conceived and directed by Sligo based artist Lisa Vandegrift Davala and commissioned by Sligo County Council, was shot at a number of Sligo locations during the summer of 2010. Admission to the screening is free.
With cinematography by Cian de Buitléar, Tony Kearns as editor, a soundtrack produced by Seamie O’Dowd on vocals and fiddle and Darren Carr as the stills photographer, the film has been well-received since it’s release in Autumn of 2010. The film also received a nomination in the Best Irish Short Category at the Foyle International Film Festival in Derry and was later screened to full audiences as part of Sligo Live Sessions 2010 in October. Later this summer it will also be screened at the New Hope International Film Festival in Pennsylvania, USA.
About the Film
In 1888 the young William Butler Yeats wrote ‘The Lake Isle of Innisfree’, as a yearning incantation of his youth spent in County Sligo near the Atlantic coast in the northwest of Ireland. Lisa Vandegrift Davala lives near this island. In her film, the words “…for peace comes dropping slow…” from Yeats’ poem were re-enacted in light across the landscape of the Sligo.
During two fine summer days, people from all over Ireland including members of the Yeatsian Legacy and Peace III Programme of Northern Ireland and a team of young actors and performers, were invited by Director Lisa Vandegrift Davala to County Sligo. They gathered on Carrane Hill Bog, at Culleenamore Strand near Knocknarea and at Parke’s Castle on Lough Gill overlooking Innisfree; to inscribe this ‘Land of Heart’s Desire’ with the line and mark of W. B. Yeats’ poetic light.
This film was made with the support of the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government Per Cent For Art Scheme and the PEACE III Programme on behalf of Sligo Peace and Reconciliation Partnership Committee.
For further information visit www.forpeacecomesdroppingslow.com or www.themodel.ie/film
IFI@The Model : Essential Killing April 20th -24th
April 15, 2011 at 8:30 am | Posted in Film | Leave a commentEssential Killing ,€8/ €6 /
Winner of Special Jury Prize in 2010 Venice Film Festival and Best Actor award for Vincent Gallo. Mohammed (Gallo) is captured by the US military in Afghanistan, and subsequently transported to a secret detention centre in Europe.
Described by Tara Brady of the Irish Times as ”a running man drama. Like Apocalypto , it thrives on adrenalin and the thrill of the chase. Gallo’s tremendous central performance, though mesmerising, exists as a hypnotic binary: fight or flight”.
Screenings
20, 21 Apr. at 8pm
23, 24 Apr. at 3pm
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski. 83 minutes, Poland/UK/Ireland/Hungary, Subtitled, 201
For more info log on to www.themodel.ie
Sligo Short Film ’1 missed call’ to be premiered next month at Court Métrage
April 15, 2011 at 8:00 am | Posted in Arts, Film | Leave a comment
Cannes Court Métrage presents the complimentary dynamics of the Short Film Competition and the Short Film Corner giving you an overview of worldwide productions in the short format.
The world premiere of Sligo Short Film ’1 missed call’ will take place at Court Métrage next month.
About the film: A man, with the bottom falling out of his near perfect world, has two choices. Which one will he take? Starring Hugh Sweeney, Nichola MacEvilly and Sarah Guckian and directed by Mike Guickian.
For more info click here.
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