Kerry Film Festival - Brochure 2016

19th 23rd Oct 2016

Féile Scannáin Chiarraí Deireadh Fómhair 19-23 2016

director’s note

Welcome to the 17th Kerry Film Festival It is my pleasure to take the helm this year and work with the Kerry Film Festival board and creative team to deliver a jam packed schedule of local, national and international cinema.

We are delighted to present 16 programmes of short film in 2016. The short film programme is an integral part of the Kerry Film Festival schedule and this year we had films submitted from Kerry to Japan to Peru and further afield. With a national and international focus on short film reflected in the programme we also have an overflowing programme of Kerry short films in our KERRY CONNECTION programme highlighting the wealth of creative talent creating film in the county.

We will open and close the festival with the World Premieres of two Made in Kerry feature films, MAKING IT and BRACKENMORE. The production of these films is a testament to the determination of production companies filming in Kerry and the wealth of locations in Kerry suitable for filming.

In between there are another three Irish premieres of celebrated feature films including A GOOD WIFE which opened in Sundance this year and in keeping with our tradition of focusing on music in film, we are delighted to offer the Irish premiere of Paul Thomas Anderson’s JUNUN and the acclaimed music documentary, WE ARE X. With a documentary on the Life of Ken Loach, VERSUS and the Kerry Premiere of MATTRESS MEN with director Colm Quinn in attendance we present a selection of films that will appeal to all.

This year we will introduce our SHORT FILM MARKET, an industry day aimed at emerging and experienced filmmakers. With panel discussions, masterclasses, Q & A sessions and a special focus on the diaspora in our Irish International Film Festival panel.

I would like to thank all our funders, Kerry County Council, Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Killarney Chamber of Tourism and Commerce, Fáilte Ireland and the patrons and sponsors who support the festival all year around. Thank you to Killarney Brewing Company and our venues and partners who are working in association with us and the accommodation partners and businesses in Killarney.

Special thanks to Tom Cooper at Cinema Killarney for his ongoing generous support of the festival.

To the filmmakers who submit their films for consideration in the festival and those who travel to participate and the audience that come to watch them.

I personally want to thank the creative team in the KFF office and our volunteers and the Board of Kerry Film Festival.

Go Raibh Míle Maith Agaibh, Have a great KFF 2016

Maeve McGrath Artistic Director.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

STAFF:

CE Participants

Philip Doyle (Chair) Yvonne Murphy Grace O’Donnell Alex Fegan Elaine Kinsella Áine Moriarty Mike Hayes

Artistic Director: Maeve McGrath Prog Assistant: Declan Mc Steen Office Manager: Neasa Ní Bhric Website Developer: Maria McCarthy

Eamonn Campbell Peter Foran Denis O’Connor Kevin Williams

Web: www.kerryfilmfestival.com Email: info@kerryfilmfestival.com Tel: +353 (0)66 7129934 @KerryFilmFestival @KerryFilmFest

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Wed 19th OCt

Shorts

SOUNDS OF LIFE

October 19th Venue Cinema Killarney Time 12pm Price €5

Dawn Of The Deaf

Echoes

Dreams On Sale

Who Are You?

Stereotype

Ernestine & Kit

UK / 11 min 52 / Director: Rob Savage When a strange sound wipes out the hearing population, a small group of deaf people must band together to survive.

Romania / 9 min 25 / Director: Vlad Buzaianu If we sell all our dreams all we’ll be left with are the nightmares.

UK / 10 min 09 / Director: Jordan McGibney A teenager wants to avenge his brother’s death, and finds himself locked in a moral dilemma.

Ireland / 7 min 30 / Director: Brian Dunster While in her grandmother’s attic, Sally discovers an old CB radio and a pilot’s last transmission.

UK / 6 min 09 / Directors: Ben & Chris Blaine Esme’s question splits open the very nature of reality for her mum, Peggy.

UK / 10 min 52 / Director: Simon Bird This is an absurd and macabre tale about how the petty minded destroy themselves.

In Sickness

Poppy

UK / 11 min 25 / Director: Richard Platt When Poppy starts to see things, the family dismiss her until a TV news report becomes shockingly real.

UK / 14 min 25 / Director: Thomas Edwards A couple struggle to cope in the aftermath of a near-tragedy.

Wed 19th OCt

SHORTS

AFTER 16

October 19th Venue Cinema Killarney

After ’16 is a creative response by Irish filmmakers to the events of Easter 1916. This collection of nine short films is a mixture of live action, animation and documentary, telling stories from the eve of the Rising all the way to the Troubles in 1970s Northern Ireland and beyond.

Time 12pm Price Free Booking Essential

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A Terrible Hullabaloo 9 min / Director / Editor Ben O’Connor The story of young Vinny Byrne, a fourteenyear-old boy who found himself fighting for Ireland in the Easter Rising.

Granite and Chalk 12 mins / Director/Editor Patrick HodginsAs rebels planned Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising, they were watched by two spies code-named Granite and Chalk.

The Cherishing 14 mins / Director/Script Dave Tynan When The Rising starts the local sweet shops are the first to be looted by Dubliners living in the tenements.

A Father’s Letter 12 min / Director Joe Dolan On the eve of his execution on May 7th 1916, Michael Mallin’s two-year-old son Joseph was brought to see him in Kilmainham Gaol.

Goodbye Darling 11 mins / Director Maria-Elena Doyle Goodbye Darling is one day in the enduring love story of Irish Volunteer Michael Joseph O’Rahilly and his wife Nancy.

My Life for Ireland 14 mins / Director Kieron J. Walsh Ireland, Easter, 1916. In Dublin, Irish rebel Patrick Pearse leads a revolt to free Ireland from the grips of the British Empire.

Baring Arms 13 mins / Director / Script Colm Quinn There are many ways to commemorate the 1916 Rising, only one involves bloodshed.

Mr. Yeats & the Beastly Coins 12 minutes / Directors/Producers Ann Marie Hourihane, Laura McNicholas Ten years after the Easter Rising, in 1926, the Free State government decided to create a new coinage for the new state.

The Party 13 minutes / Director Andrea Harkin Belfast 1972. Laurence welcomes his cousin and man-on-the-run Mickey to a party of drinking, dancing and young love.

1916 Commemoration supported by Kerry County Council

Buy tickets - kerryfilmfestival.com Box Office - 066 712 9934

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Wed 19th OCt

shorts October 19th

IN THE END

Venue Cinema Killarney Time 2pm Price €5

The Order

Till the End of the World

Nymphet

The Storyteller

The Land Of Exodus

The Disappearance of Willie Bingham

UK / 12 min 53 / Director: Matthew Browne Moments away from his handover, an informant spurs a crisis of conscience in his captor.

Belgium/Ireland / 12min 22 / Director: Laura Hermanides A twelve year old girl plays a dangerous game with unforeseeable consequences.

USA / 10 min 58 / Director: Skinner Myers A Mexican street kid confronts the harsh realities of the border between the United States and Mexico as he attempts to assist an abducted American teenager.

Japan / 13 min 34 / Director: Keishi Suenaga A retired teacher’s peaceful life with his wife is threatened by the appearance of “The Domes”.

UK / 17 min 55 / Director: Alex Emanuel A Ghanaian taxi driver delves into folktales of his past to win back his children.

Aus / 12 min 44 / Director: Brendan Guerin In the future, amputations replace incarceration and the death penalty.

Wed 19th OCt

shorts

VIBRANT EXCHANGE

October 19th Venue Cinema Killarney Time 4pm Price €5

The Five Wives & Lives of Melvyn Pfferberg

Le Duc

UK / 16 min 56 / Director: Damian Samuels Five brides. One time machine. The confetti is about to hit the fan.

Canada / 17 min 53 / Directors: Jacinthe Parenteau & Régis Coussot Woman looking for man to sit in her room at night wearing an owl costume.

Tattooed

Slices

UK / 2 min 20 / Director: John Michell An award-winning short comedy about lust, names and wobbly eyebrows. Naturally.

Gone Viral

Ireland / 7 min 29 / Director: Charlo Johnson You have 6 seconds to make millions of people laugh.

The United Guys Network

Canada / 9 min 49 / Director: Tabatha Golat A loving newlywed husband is kidnapped by neighbourhood guys who demand he act more “manly”.

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Ireland / 12 min 33 / Director: James Murray Following his discovery of sliced bread, Charlie realises life won’t always be bread and butter.

West Side Swordy

USA/Argentina / 8 min 13 / Director: Dan Liu A Sword-Swinging Beat-Down Boogie.

Wed 19th OCt

OPENING GALA

MAKING IT World Premiere Made in Kerry Lights, camera, chaos!

Family man, Mike McMahon loses his job and enters a filmmaking competition to win a big cash prize. With little talent and large ambitions, his efforts soon land him in hot water with both sides of the law.

October 19th Venue Cinema Killarney Time 8.45pm Price â‚Ź8 Ireland / 81mins/ 2016/ Dir. Eamonn Norris

Making It is an original feature-length comedy and was shot in and around Tralee and Listowel, Co Kerry.

Buy tickets - kerryfilmfestival.com Box Office - 066 712 9934

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thurs 20th oct

feature

MUSTANG Set in a remote Turkish village, this Oscar-nominated drama depicts the lives of five orphaned sisters and the challenges they face growing up as girls in a conservative community. Longing to have their own freedom, they are forbidden by their elders to have any contact with the outside world, in particular with boys.

Turkish-born French director Deniz Gamze Ergüven balances out the film’s bleakness with unexpected humour and warmth to create this tender and fresh coming-of-age film.

October 20th Venue Cinema Killarney Time 11am Price €5 France / Germany /Turkey / Qatar 2016 / Drama / 97min Director: Deniz Gamze Ergüven

‘This screening is presented in association with IFI Education”.

thurs 20th oct

Shorts

THE SCORE

October 20th Venue Cinema Killarney Time 12pm Price €5

To The Sea

Turkey / 12 min 22 / Director: Ufuk Çavuş A long bedridden disease of Yunus leads to the flourishing of new feelings between his wife Emine and his brother Adem.

The Dishwasher

Canada / 10 min 24 / Director: Matt David Johnson An immigrant kitchen worker forms an unexpected alliance with a young prostitute.

The Wake

Ireland / 19 min 28 / Director: Oonagh Kearney Exploring women’s stories inside the house.

Therein lies a world of memory, joy, violence and transformation.

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Sing For Your Supper

USA / 15 min 17 / Director: Mu Sun In a totalitarian world where one only eats as well as they can sing, a man must overcome his bout of laryngitis if he ever wants to eat again.

Nino

Germany / 17 min 41 / Dir: David Hugo Schmitz Two boys, two different lives and problems.

Sometimes one chance encounter can change everything.

Connection Lost (The Tinder Opera) USA / 11 min 05 / Director: Adam Taylor The operatic tale of a newly single man’s first steps into the unfamiliar world of Tinder dating.

thurs 20th oct

shorts October 20th

IZMIR SHORTS

Venue Cinema Killarney Time 1pm Price €5

International Izmir Festival Shorts Exchange Golden Cat Award Winners Selection Showcase

As It Appears

Gul Ali

Fidelity

10 min 34 / Tufan Tastan / Fiction A homeless man dances with a mannequin on the purpose of not to get frozen by the cold outside.

19 min 57 / Gokhan Altuntas / Fiction Gul Ali lives in a suburb and one day he hears Mozart’s works. With the help of neighbourhood’s pressure, we watch Gul Ali’s dreams in an unprosperous place.

11 min / Ezgi Akyol / Fiction While trying to hide what happened with his housemate, Engin invites Esin who works at the same place, to dinner.

24 min 08 / İlker Catak / Fiction Asli gives shelter to a young political activist, who got into a fight with the police. Her husband gets drawn into the affair. Their lives and also their son’s start to become compromised.

thurs 20th oct

SHORTS

DOCUMENTARY

October 20th Venue Cinema Killarney Time 2pm Price €5

Sumud (Everyday Resistance)

Ireland/Palestine / 11 min 55 / Directors: Bryan Gerard Duffy / Emmet Sheerin Examining life under Israeli military occupation in the West Bank through the stories of Palestinian women.

Seán Hillen, Merging Views

Ireland / 10 min 30 / Director: Paddy Cahill This portrait observes artist Seán Hillen as he creates a new photomontage and shares thoughts about his work and recent personal discovery.

Methane Ghosts

USA / 9 min 20 / Director: William Randall Landscape falls into an ecological fever dream as past and future go up in smoke.

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Prison Fight

Can/Thai / 15 min 37 / Dir: R. Pilichowski.

Two men fight to the finish within one of Thailand’s notorious prisons.

Beneath The Embers

Mex / 10 min 08 / Dir: V. López Sainz Isabel, from Guanajuato, learns that to achieve her dreams she must sacrifice her present.

Soul Of A Tree

USA / 16 min 47 / Director: Mari Walker The Soul of a Tree follows two men whose lives intersect in unexpected ways.

Moriom

Switz/Bang / 12 min / Dir: F. Scalisi & M. Olexa.

This is the story of a girl and the tragedy that changed her life.

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thurs 20th oct

feature

VERSUS The Life and Films of Ken Loach

October 20th

VERSUS is a funny, provocative and revealing account of the life and career of Ken Loach, one of Britain’s most celebrated and controversial film directors, as he turns eighty and looks back at his extraordinary fifty year career.

Venue Cinema Killarney Time 4pm Price €6

“Excellent” - The Independent

Director: Louise Osmond

2016 / UK / 93 min

Shot on the Arri Amira

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thurs 20th oct

shorts

KENDAL MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL

October 20th Venue Cinema Killarney Time 6pm Price €5

Film Festival Exchange Kendal Mountain Festival is the UK’s premier mountain film festival. It’s the most diverse event of its type in the world and their vision is to inspire more people to explore, enjoy and represent moun-tains, wilderness and their cultures. We are delighted to partner with KMF this year to screen a range of their award-winning short films at this year’s festival. A must for outdoor enthusiasts!

Operation Moffat

Hang Son Doong

UK / 20min / Directed by Jen Randall & Claire Carter Operation Moffat takes inspiration and wit from the colourful climbing life of Britian’s First Female Mountain Guide Gwen Moffat.

UK / 7 min / Directed by Ryan Deboodt A visually stunning journey through what may be the largest cave passage in the world, Hang Son Doong.

Of Fells and Hills South Africa / 7 min / Directed by Dean P Leslie In ‘Of Fells and Hills’ American trail runner Rickey Gates joins forces with British fell runner, Ricky Lightfoot, to explore the ancient practise of ‘Fell Running’.

Snowflake USA / 5 min / Directed by Ben Sturgulewski Snowflake, shares the story of an iconic and local legend from Englelberg, Switzerland who choos-es to base his life in the mountains.

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Blue Hue UK / 7 min / Directed by Natasha Brooks Blue Hue explores a swimmers experience of year round submersion in the cold mountain lakes of Snowdonia.

Cascada USA / 8 min / Directed by Anson Fogel and Skip Armstrong Tangled vines. Endless rain. Dodgy hotel rooms. Mud. Biting flies. Aggressive viruses…perfection. Is this a vacation?

Erik Boomer and team hunt the remote Mexican jungle for the perfect water-fall… and the perfect shot.

Supported by Killarney Chamber of Tourism and Commerce.

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thurs 20th oct

feature

SIDEWAYS Food & Film Two men reaching middle age with not much to show but disappointment embark on a week-long road trip through California’s wine country, just as one is about to take a trip down the aisle. USA / 126 mins /Director: Alexander Payne

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October 20th Venue Sol Y Sombra, Killorglin Dinner: 6pm – 7pm Screen Time: 8:45pm Price €5 + €1 booking fee (Dinner menu extra) Ticket Sales: www.solysombra.ie/events

thurs 20th oct

feature

A GOOD WIFE Irish Feature Premiere MILENA (50) is a woman who, at first glance, is living a suburban dream. One day while cleaning, she happens upon a videotape that incriminates her husband in horrific war crimes. A Good Wife is the story of how this secret reverberates in Milena’s life and eventually changes her.

October 20th Venue Cinema Killarney Time 8.30pm Price €8 2016 / Serbia / 94 min Director: Mirjana Karanović

Sundance 2016 World Dramatic Competition

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fri 21st oct

shorts October 21st

ANIMATION

Venue Cinema Killarney Time 12pm Price €5

Mr Madila

Eye For An Eye

UK / 8 min 37 / Director: Rory Waudby-Tolley A series of conversations between the filmmaker and a gifted spiritual healer, exploring the inner mind, the fabric of the universe, and the nature of reality itself.

Germany / 4 min 25 / Directors: Steve Bache & Mahyar Goudarzi & Louise Peter Hand-drawn animated Documentary about a murderer’s time on death row, and the conflicts about his guilt and destiny.

Rabbit Blood

Buoy

Turkey / 4 min 36 / Director: Yagmur Altan Just an ordinary day at an old mysterious Turkish country house where its residents have an extraordinary way of brewing tea.

Ireland/UK / 2 min 41 / Director: Olly Blake A boy goes on a journey to the depths of the sea to return back a fallen spyglass.

Artemis Hugo Bumfeldt Hungary / 12 min 02 / Director: Éva Katinka Bognár An alien boy from a far-away planet gets his first pet: a human scuba diver.

USA / 3 min 40 / Director: Heather D. Freeman A driver witnesses the transformation of a stag’s spirit and body after a car accident.

A Lighthouse In Breaking Waves The Lighthouse Netherlands / Austria / 11 min 20 / Director: Simon Scheiber A lighthouse keeper’s surprising discovery pulls him out of his daily routine and takes him into uncharted territory.

Weather The Storm UK/USA / 4 min 54 / Director: Peter Baynton Dickie has run out of toothpaste, but Dot used to do the toiletries shopping.

A Bumpy Ride USA / 2 min 08 / Director: Chang Shu A small girl tries to ride a roller coaster at all costs.

UK / 12 min 41 / Director: Cheryl White A broken-hearted mother finds her lost son through a chance encounter and a magical work of art.

My Friend Nearly Killed Patti Smith Ireland / 6 min 22 / Director: Richard O’Connor A near fatal accident. A near romance. Paper houses, matchbox cars. Patti Smith.

OCD UK / 3 min 28 / Director: Zoey Zhao This animation tells the story of a young man who has obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).

The Song Of Wandering Aengus UKA Spain / 3 min 00 / Director: Valle Comba Canales Uka lives in a grey abandoned factory. While painting her canvas, she finds a way of changing how she sees the world.

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UK / 4 min 04 / Director: Matthew Lawes A mystical and magical short animated film, about the long search for love and beauty.

fri 21st oct

shorts

STUDENT

October 21st Venue Cinema Killarney Time 2pm Price €5

Rigamo

USA / 12 min 35 / Director: Che Grayson In the midst of family loss and tragedy Kera Moore discovers she has the power to bring people back to life with her tears.

My Mother Once Told Me

Ireland / 7 min 17 / Director: Philip Davin Alone in the woods, a young man must reconnect with his imaginative spirit.

The Spotter

Canada / 8 min 52 / Director: Mitchell Lazar In the near future, a criminal is roped into helping a group flee from an oppressive government surveillance system.

1942

Switz/Fra / 10 min 37 / Dir: Valentin Pittard Mathieu and his Mothers’ peaceful lives are upset when the prodigal Victor returns.

Oleka

Ireland / 7 min 32 / Director: Aaron Stapleton Rain…Darkness…hand… a face. Blue, Sea, Red. Two Halves… Everything. For them, for you.

The Swelling

Germany / 15 min / Dir: Tom Bewilogua X-33 lives in a rundown apartment complex, where strange things occur. A peculiar and pulsing bulge-like object in the wall follows him permanently at every turn.

fri 21st oct

shorts

JOURNEY

October 21st Venue Cinema Killarney Time 4pm Price €5

Terminal

An Irish Father

Clocks

Numb

Cuts

The Man With Dyed Hair

Ireland / 10 min 50 / Director: Natasha Waugh A girl and a woman meet at an airport terminal, as a traumatic journey awaits them.

Ireland / 17 min 35 / Director: Kevin Kiely Jnr Sometimes we wish for what we already have, be careful what you wish for.

Ireland / 6 min / Dir: Anthony Breathnach Two part-time barbers, full-time murderers and wannabe vaudevillians double-cross Mr Big.

This Is My Son

Ireland / 18 min 30 / Director: John Corcoran A grieving man questions his own faith as he struggles to deal with the fate of his son’s soul.

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Ireland / 7min 52 / Director: Carl Finnegan An estranged son, returns home on the advice of his counsellor to see his father.

Ireland / 15 min 22 / Director: Dara McConnell After a tragic accident with his girlfriend, Michael is left to deal with the consequences.

Ireland / 3 min 23 / Director: Calvin Doyle A complete stranger begins to open up about his troubled past over a few drinks.

Bearing All

Ireland / 10 min / Director: Garret Daly Friends come in all shapes and sizes, but Jason’s friend is a little overbearing.

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fri 21st oct

music documentary

JUNUN Irish Premiere Spring 2015, the Maharaja of Jodhpur, India hosts Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood, Nigel Godrich, Paul Thomas Anderson and a dozen Indian musicians. Composed by Shye Ben Tzur, an Israeli musician & poet who lived for 15 years in India, the music was crafted and shaped by the influences of Jonny Greenwood and Nigel Godrich, and captured on film by Paul Thomas Anderson. The results deliver the close camaraderie of artistic collaboration and a sonic, visual and sensory experience that will intrigue and capture your imagination.

October 21st Venue Cinema Killarney Time 7pm Price â‚Ź6 USA / 54 mins / 2015 Director Paul Thomas Anderson Cast: Shye Ben Tzur,

Jonny Greenwood, and The Rajasthan Express

Photographer: Shin KATAN

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fri 21st oct

documentary

MISE ÉIRE 1916: A Centenary on Screen The Irish Film Institute and Kerry Film Festival present Produced by the pioneering Irish language filmmakers Gael Linn, Mise Éire, draws almost exclusively on contemporaneous newspapers, newsreels and actuality footage from the early years of Ireland’s revolutionary period to present a history of that turbulence. It is a marvellously patriotic piece of work underpinned by a magnificent orchestral score interweaving traditional music elements composed by Seán Ó Riada.

October 21st Venue St. Mary’s Church, Killarney Time 7pm Price Free B/W 90 mins/ Directed by George Morrison The IFI is supported by the Arts Council

1916 Commemoration in association with Kerry County Council

fri 21st oct

music documentary

WE ARE X Irish Premiere X Japan was formed by childhood friends, Yoshiki and Toshi, who ignited a musical revolution in Japan during the late 80’s with their melodic metal and flamboyant fashion. With more than 30 million albums sold worldwide, X is the most successful rock band in Japanese history. Almost twenty years after their tragedy-fueled split, the band prepares to reunite for a show at the legendary Madison Square Garden.

WE ARE X is the story of the most influential band in the world that you’ve never heard of… yet.

Buy tickets - kerryfilmfestival.com Box Office - 066 712 9934

October 21st Venue Cinema Killarney Time 8:30pm Price €8 English/Japanese / Documentary / 102min / 2016 Director: Stephen Kijak

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sat 22nd oct

industry event

SHORT FILM MARKET

October 22nd Venue Killarney Plaza Hotel Time 11am - 5pm Price Free

A day long event of panel discussions, industry masterclasses, Q & A discussions, screenings and a conversation with representatives from Irish International Film Festivals.

Booking essential:

https://shortfilmmarket.eventbrite.ie

Pie & Pint

By invitation - IFTA Members PIE & PINT event at Killarney Brewing Company in association with IFTA.

Casting Master Class

Future Film Event

A three hour masterclass with Louise Kiely Casting. Booking essential. €30 Fee applies.

Numbers limited.

Future Film will challenge filmmakers and film viewers to reevaluate our connection with filmmaking and film viewing - and to consider how future generations will interpret their world as audio-visual stories.

Book at: www.kerryfilmfestival.com

sat 22nd oct

shorts October 22nd

STUDENT

Venue Cinema Killarney Time 12pm Price €5

Offside

UK /17 min 35 / Director: Jimmy Dean Eleven-year-old Kirsty struggles to come to terms with her evolving identity as a young woman.

A long time ago in Silesia

Poland / 15 min 40 / Director: Tomasz Protokowicz Two orphans from the Polish/German border reunite in a time of peril.

Cousins

Ireland / 14min / Director: Ciarán Behan Thrown together by circumstance, cousins Jason and Leon are left alone to navigate the world the only way they know how.

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Hannah

USA / 14 min 38 / Director: Nathan Ng An estranged father struggles to connect with his daughter during his first day back.

Eden

Portugal/UK / 15min / Director: Ana Pio In 1974, at a Portuguese Catholic seminary, a boy learns to speak up in a society based on censorship.

Adolf & Eva

Ireland / 11min 06 / Director: Ciarán Mc Namara Hitler and Eva Braun bicker, attempting to delay their inevitable suicide, in this short comedy.

sat 22nd oct

shorts October 22nd

IRISH STORIES

Venue Cinema Killarney Time 1.30pm Price €5

The Boring Diary of Frances Noone Ireland / 10 min 42 / Director: Cara Holmes The pen is mightier than the ruler.

Homecoming

Ireland / 13 min 22 / Director: Sinéad O’Loughlin A young man struggles to find his place in life after returning to Ireland.

Lily

Ireland / 21 min / Director: Graham Cantwell Lily, a girl with a secret on the cusp of becoming a young woman, is faced with the greatest challenge of her young life.

Gridlock

Ireland / 19 min 45 / Director: Ian Hunt Duffy When a little girl goes missing in a traffic Jam, her father forms a desperate search party, and soon everyone is a suspect.

Pause

Ireland / 8 min 17 / Director: Niamh Heery When Eva visits an island to confront her past, her surroundings take on a new life.

Wifey Redux

Ireland/USA / 22 min 30 / Director: Robert McKeon A man becomes maniacally obsessed with chasing off his teenage daughter’s new boyfriend.

sat 22nd oct

shorts

1916 - A DIFFERENT VIEW

October 22nd Venue Methodist Church, Killarney Time 3pm Price Free

Proclaim!

Ireland / 20 min / Director: Maureen O’Connell April, 1916. 3 Dublin Printers. 2000 Irish Proclamations to print in 1 night- and in secret!

Can they do it?

Diarmuid Lynch - Óglach Dearmadta/ The Forgotten Volunteer Ireland / 25 min / Director: Ciara Hyland The extraordinary story of the forgotten last man out of the GPO.

1916, Souls Of Freedom

Ireland / 11 min 29 / Directors: Dermott Hayes & Gary Kelly Two Volunteers, hiding in the final day of the Rising, become two souls, trapped in time.

1916: A Centenary on Screen

The Irish Film Institute and Kerry Film Festival present Appraising the Uprising : 1916 Newsreel Cineconcert This programme presents a programme of silent newsreels documenting events lead-ing up to and following the Easter Uprising in Dublin in 1916. The programme includes a fascinating series of perspectives from British, German, American, Australian and Irish newsreels which were presented in 1916 in cinemas in Ireland and further afield. They are presented here with live improvised musical accompaniment.

B/W 42 mins

1916 Commemoration supported by Kerry County Council

Buy tickets - kerryfilmfestival.com Box Office - 066 712 9934

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sat 22nd oct

shorts

BEATING HEART

October 22nd Venue Cinema Killarney Time 3.30pm Price €5

Pebbles

Blackbird

A Single Woman’s Guide To Life

Disappear

Ireland / 14 min 55 / Director: Jonathan Shaw On her 50th Wedding Anniversary, Ruby returns to the hotel where she spent her honeymoon.

Ireland / 8 min 28 / Director: Jennifer Davidson. A day in the life of a vintage girl in the modern world.

Falling In Love

Ireland / 15 min / Director: Finian Robbins Keith and Katsy come together to try and escape the suffocating hopelessness that surrounds them.

Ireland / 5 min 52 / Director: John White A running man on a road to nowhere meets an artist who knows more about him than he could ever dare imagine.

Ireland / 10 min 44 / Director: Shaun O Connor In a psychiatrist’s office, a young man whose life has been all but ruined by anxious thoughts comes to a new and frightening conclusion about his condition.

Eadrainn Féin (Between Us)

Ireland / 11 min 16 / Director: Daithí Ó Cinnéide A widowed farmer’s life changes when his son begins to question his gender identity.

The Clockmaker’s Dream

Ireland / 13 min 30 / Director: Cashell Horgan n a world where everything runs as clockwork, a clockmaker embarks on a quest to create ‘truelove’ and cheat death.

Solid

Ireland / 15 min 56 / Director: Patrick O’Shea When Robbie’s brother dies from drugs, he vows revenge on the dealer he holds responsible.

sat 22nd oct

shorts

DIASPORA

October 22nd Venue Cinema Killarney Time 6pm Price €5

We Have Each Other

Driving To Thule

Good Fight

Drop The Hand

Ireland/ 18min 22 / Director: Naomi Sheridan A couple try to survive a crisis, but the real danger may be far more personal than either of them realise.

USA / 12 min 48 / Dir: Sarah-Jane Drummey In Los Angeles, an overworked mother, her unemployed husband, their small baby and El Salvadorian nanny, have more in common than they think.

Ire/Faroe Islands / 7 min 15 / Dir: Tommy Flavin A bored Faroese teenager drives aimlessly around the islands every night pondering his future.

Ireland/UK / 23 min 08 / Dir: Simon O’Neill Comedy drama set among the Irish community and building sites of 1980s Reading, Berkshire.

This programme contains mature content

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sat 22nd oct

feature

MATTRESS MEN Kerry Feature Film Premiere In an attempt to save his struggling mattress selling business, sixty-something Michael Flynn reinvents himself as the eccentric online persona ‘Mattress Mick’, under the guidance of his good friend Paul Kelly. As business begins to grow, their friendship starts to implode.

MATTRESS MEN is a bittersweet and moving tale of friendship and the struggles of two men that is sure to delight audiences everywhere.

Director, Colm Quinn will be in attendance.

October 22nd Venue Cinema Killarney Time 8.45pm Price €8 IRELAND / 82 MIN / 2016 / Directed by Colm Quinn

sun 23rd oct

shorts

INTERNATIONAL

October 23rd Venue Cinema Killarney Time 12pm Price €5

The Way Back

The Rain Collector

3000

Twinsburg

Hunter

Frail

Northern Ireland/ 14 min 22 / Dir: John Carlin.

Faye tries to discover the real truth behind the disappearance of her young sister 25 years ago.

Aus | Greece / 19 min 59 / Dir: Antonis Tsonis Athens, Greece. Leon’s actions to save his best friend have irreversible consequences.

USA / 4 min 02 / Director: Jane Geisler An adolescent girl and her grandfather go to extreme lengths in protecting their swamp.

UK / 12 min 16 / Director: Isabella Wing-Davey A young woman in Victorian England finds purpose, and maybe even love, through science.

USA / 15 min 48 / Director: Joe Garrity Jerry reunites with his reluctant brother Paul at the world’s largest congregation of twins.

Switzerland / 18 min / Director: Ares Ceylan Ruben is orchestrated by his father’s rules.

Everything changes when he enters the forbidden workshop.

Dreaming of Peggy Lee

UK / 10 min 43 / Dir: James Everett Two children escape their oppressive care home to sneak into a 1940’s jazz club in London.

sun 23rd oct

shorts October 23rd

NICKEL FILM FESTIVAL

Venue Cinema Killarney Time 2pm Price €5

Short Film Exchange Wife and Death

NL/ 8min / Dir: Matt Wright/Drama A visit from Death leaves Jack on borrowed time to patch things up with his girlfriend.

Terra Nova Matadora

NL /14 min / Dir: Rhonda Buckley/ Doc The incredible story of Carolyn Hayward, who, in 1957, began her career as a famous professional bullfighter in Spain, Mexico, and throughout SouthAmerica.

Touch

NL / 15 min / W/D: Noel Harris, P: Mark O’Neill When a single mom, facing eviction, is offered a night’s work, she unsuccessfully seeks a babysitter for her two small children.

Desperate, she reaches out to the last person she wants to ask for a favour.

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Olilo

USA/ 6 min / Dir: Ao Li /Animation Love, and its capacity to transform all things.

A combination of traditional frame by frame and digital drawing, as well as key frame animation.

The King of the Hill

CAN / 21 min / Dir: Anh Minh Truing / Drama Suburban teenagers, Jo and Jay, frequently challenge one another to a game of “King of the Hill”. As summer draws to an end, they are forced to confront their fears and decide on their future.

Marie’s Dictionary

CH / 9 min / Dir: Emmanuel Vaughn Lee / Doc This short documentary tells the story of Marie Wilcox, the last fluent speaker of the Wukchumni language.

sun 23rd oct

shorts

KERRY CONNECTION Discovery

October 23rd Venue Cinema Killarney Time 3.30pm Price €5

The Black

LEFTLINE - Shane O’Donovan

Save Our Seas

Blue Shawl

Ireland / 7 min 28 / Director: Mark Riordan Jane interviews Sarah about a violent incident that happened between her parents last night.

Ireland / 4 min 06 / Director: Aoife King A short animation raising awareness of the problem of overfishing and its impact on our seas.

Uisce Beatha (Water Of Life)

Ireland / 5 min 24 / Director: John Kennedy This short documentary offers a glimpse into the life Cork based Artist Shane O’ Donovan.

Ireland / 5 min 56 / Director: Mike O’ Dowd An elderly couple do some last minute shopping while Alex prepares for a big performance

Ireland / 11 min / Director: Elaine Kennedy Bebhínn’s struggling relationship with her father changes through an experience with a new born lamb.

Deadly View

The Uncharted Atlas of Iveragh

Tale Of A Tinkerer

USA/ 16 min 42 / Director: Shane O’Neill A documentary as a medium in order to cultivate an awareness of Iveragh’s cultural heritage.

Ireland / 3 min 03 / Director: Malcolm Willis A man makes a journey from darkness to light with deadly consequences. .

UK / 12min / Director: Ben Hutchinson The discovery of a lifetime leaves Alan questioning whether he’s really lived at all.

sun 23rd oct

shorts

KERRY CONNECTION Reflection

October 23rd Venue Cinema Killarney Time 4.30pm Price €5

Animus

Fred - A Journey Home

Banna Strand, County Kerry 1916 - The Day After

Apis Andreniformis

Ireland / 16 min 31 / Director: Ryan Higgins A retired thug is dragged back into the world he has tried to forget when he is forced to help an unlikely friend, a 17 year old boy.

Ireland / 2 min 56 / Director: Des Fitzgerald A seven-year-old is curious on seeing boot prints coming out of the sea on the day after Roger Casement landed.

Ireland / 19 min 58 / Director: Paul Dolan Celebrating Fred’s gentle life philosophy, his love of cycling and the beautiful landscape of Kerry.

Ireland / 20 min / Director: Shay Nolan A visionary director, with an encyclopaedic knowledge of bees, takes on the Hollywood elite.

Lemon Drops

Ireland / 11 min 48 / Director: Kevin Kelleher He spent his whole life afraid of moving on, but soon he’ll have no choice.

Buy tickets - kerryfilmfestival.com Box Office - 066 712 9934

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sun 23rd oct

feature

BRACKENMORE World Premiere Made In Kerry A story of festering family history and enigmatic traditions.

Filmed on location in Kerry, Brackenmore is a suspenseful thriller that weaves together the exploration of occult ritual with complex human relationships.

Caragh Lake Films collaborated with a number of local organisations including Kerry County Council and the Kerry Education and Training Board, along with leading industry talent in the development of Brackenmore.

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October 23rd Venue Cinema Killarney Time 6pm Price â‚Ź8 Starring Sophie Hopkins and DJ McGrath.

sun 23rd oct

awards night

AWARDS INEC ACOUSTIC CLUB, Killarney Come join us at the INEC Acoustic Club to celebrate a week of film at the Kerry Film Festival’s Award Ceremony.

The evening will start with the award ceremony and finish with the beginning of our WRAP PARTY with a screening of the renowned TALKING HEAD’s documentary STOP MAKING SENSE and an alternative music DJ set.

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE BEST DOCUMENTARY

October 23rd Venue INEC ACOUSTIC CLUB, Killarney Award Ceremony at 8pm sharp Film & DJ set after 9pm

BEST ANIMATION BEST STUDENT BEST SCORE BEST IRISH NARRATIVE

STOP MAKING SENSE film screening and DJ set will follow the awards ceremony.

West Ger / 1984 / DOC / 88 mins / DIRECTOR: Jonathan Demme

An innovative concert movie from rock group Talking Heads.

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sponsors & patrons

Festival Patrons 2016 HITCHCOCK Randles Hotel SCORSESE Beaufort Bar & Restaurant The Lake Hotel Tralee Chamber Alliance Killarney Credit Union Mariam McGillycuddy Cúil Dídin - Residential and Nursing Care FELLINI Martin Moore & Co. Kellihers Hardware Ltd JamMedia Quinn Casey and Company

KUBRICK Martin Ferris TD Rhyno Mills Bill Naughton Tralee Credit Union Dr Pat English Jimmy Deenihan CH Chemist Hogan’s Décor Ross Jewellers Hilser’s Jewellers Louie R Quinlan Walsh Brothers Ltd Brookfield College Daly Foran Solicitors

CAMPION Spa Seafoods Killarney Park Hotel Mary Nash Aghadoe Heights Hotel & spa Premier Financial services Ballygarry House Hotel John and Christina Kinsella Barry and Mairéad Kinsella Christopher Kinsella Alison Nulty Caroline McEnery, The HR Suite Grace O’Donnell

We would like to thank the following for their support of Kerry Film Festival 2016 Roísín McGuigan, Margaret Brosnan, Tom Cooper and staff at Cinema Killarney, Kate Kennelly & the Kerry County Arts Office, Killarney Plaza Hotel, Tom Randle at Randles Hotels, Barry Spellman at Killarney Brewing Company, Scotts Hotel, Paul O’Neill at Park Place Apartments, The Methodist Church, Killarney, St. Mary’s Church, Killarney, The Gleneagle Group, INEC Acoustic Club, Clíodhna Foley at Sol y Sombra, Killorglin, Aoife Hickey at The Lake Hotel, Catriona Fallon at Siamsa Tíre, Niall Carr, Tom McGillicuddy, Damien Slattery, Justyna Orlik, Melanie O’Donnell, Caroline Drummey, Jack Duggan, the Ballymacelligott CE Scheme and all the KFF Volunteers.

Funders and Supporters

Map Cinema Killarney East Avenue Road Killarney. cinemakillarney.com Church of the Sloes, St. Mary’s Church, Kenmare place, Killarney churchofthesloes.ie

Scotts St. Mary’s Church Killarney Plaza

Cinema Killarney Methodist Church

Scotts Hotel Scotts Street, Killarney. scottshotelkillarney.com Killarney Brewing Company, Muckross Road, Killarney. killarneybrewing.com Killarney Plaza Hotel Kenmare Place Killarney killarneyplaza.com INEC Acoustic Club Muckross Road, Killarney inc.ie

Killarney Brewing Co. INEC

Methodist Church Kenmare Place Killarney irishmethodist.org/church/killarney

The Beaufort Bar Restaurant opening hours: Friday/Saturday 6pm to 9.30pm and Sunday from 5.30pm to 8pm.

The Beaufort Bar and Restaurant offers fine cuisine and friendly service in a superb location - close to the town of Killarney yet in the heart of the picturesque setting of Beaufort village.

The historic Bar was established in 1841 and has been owned by the O’Sullivan family ever since. Between the years of 1911 and 1914 it was at the centre of a thriving movie industry when the Kalem Film Company of America used the bar as their base to make over seventy feature films.

The Beaufort Bar comes highly recommended in Georgina Campbell’s Jameson Guide, Ireland’s leading independent hospitality guide, which features Ireland’s finest places to eat and drink.

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Beaufort Bar & Restaurant, Beaufort, Killarney, Co.Kerry W: www.beaufortbar.com E: beaurest@eircom.net T: +353 (0) 646644149 facebook.com/beaufortbarandrestaurant

AT A GLANCE FILM

VENUE

TIME

PRICE

WEDNESDAY 19TH OCT 2016 SHORTS - SOUNDS OF LIFE

Cinema Killarney

12.00 pm

€5.00

SHORTS - AFTER 16

Cinema Killarney

12.00 pm

FREE

SHORTS - IN THE END

Cinema Killarney

2.00 pm

€5.00

SHORTS - VIBRANT EXCHANGE

Cinema Killarney

4.00 pm

€5.00

MAKING IT - WORLD PREMIERE - MADE IN KERRY FEATURE FILM

Cinema Killarney

8.30 pm

€8.00

IFI SCREENING - MUSTANG - FEATURE FILM

Cinema Killarney

11.00 am

€5.00

SHORTS - THE SCORE

Cinema Killarney

12.00 pm

€5.00

IZMIR SHORTS

Cinema Killarney

1:00pm

€5.00

SHORTS - DOCUMENTARY

Cinema Killarney

2.00 pm

€5.00

VERSUS - THE LIFE AND FILM OF KEN LOACH - FEATURE FILM

Cinema Killarney

4.00 pm

€6.00

SHORTS - KENDAL MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL

Cinema Killarney

6.00 pm

€5.00

A GOOD WIFE - IRISH PREMIERE - FEATURE FILM

Cinema Killarney

8.30 pm

€8.00

SIDEWAYS - FOOD AND FILM - SOL Y SOMBRA, KILLORGLIN

Sol Y Sombra K'glin

8.45 pm

See Website

SHORTS - ANIMATION

Cinema Killarney

12.00 pm

€5.00

SHORTS - STUDENT

Cinema Killarney

2.00 pm

€5.00

SHORTS - JOURNEY

Cinema Killarney

4.00 pm

€5.00

MISE ÉIRE - FEATURE FILM

St. Mary’s Church, Killarney

7:00pm

FREE

JUNJUN - IRISH PREMIERE - FEATURE FILM

Cinema Killarney

7.00pm

€6.00

WE ARE X - IRISH PREMIERE - FEATURE FILM

Cinema Killarney

8.30 pm

€8.00

SHORT FILM MARKET

Killarney Plaza Hotel

11:00am

See Website

SHORTS - STUDENT

Cinema Killarney

12.00 pm

€5.00

SHORTS - IRISH STORIES

Cinema Killarney

1.30 pm

€5.00

SHORTS - 1916 - A DIFFERENT VIEW

Methodist Church, Killarney

3.00 pm

FREE

SHORTS - BEATING HEART

Cinema Killarney

3.30 pm

€5.00

SHORTS - DIASPORA

Cinema Killarney

6.00 pm

€5.00

MATTRESS MEN - KERRY PREMIERE - FEATURE FILM

Cinema Killarney

8.45 pm

€8.00

SHORTS - INTERNATIONAL

Cinema Killarney

12.00 pm

€5.00

NICKEL FESTIVAL SHORTS

Cinema Killarney

2.00 pm

€5.00

SHORTS - KERRY CONNECTION - DISCOVERY

Cinema Killarney

3.30 pm

€5.00

SHORTS - KERRY CONNECTION - REFLECTION

Cinema Killarney

4.30 pm

€5.00

BRACKENMORE - WORLD PREMIERE - MADE IN KERRY FEATURE FILM

Cinema Killarney

6.00 pm

€8.00

AWARDS NIGHT - Wrap Party

INEC - Acoustic Club

8:00pm

THURSDAY 20TH OCT 2016

FRIDAY 21ST OCT 2016

SATURDAY 22nd OCT 2016

SUNDAY 23RD OCT 2016

Web: www.kerryfilmfestival.com Email: info@kerryfilmfestival.com Tel: +353 (0)66 7129934

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