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Fear Itself Charlie Lyne | UK | 2015 | 88mins
2015 | TRISKEL CHRISTCHURCH This essay documentary deconstructs the horror genre of film using an assemblage of classic and lesser-known film clips, from Fritz Lang’s M to Brian De Palma’s Carrie. Fear Itself simultaneously decodes the nature of fear and what draws us to disquiet, suspense and utter horror in film. This screening will be followed by a Q+A with the director.
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I Am Not a Serial Killer Billy O’Brien | Ireland, UK | 2016 | 104mins
This screening will be followed by a Q+A with dir. Billy O’Brien and prod. Nick Ryan.
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Dark Night
Cork Film Festival
Spirit of the Festival Award 2016
Thursday 17 November
2045 | THE EVERYMAN Clinically diagnosed sociopath teenager John is utterly convinced he understands the minds of serial killers, a ‘gift’ he can put to use, as his town seems to have one. This dexterous thriller hybrid is simultaneously both a tension ratcheting rollercoaster ride and a wry positing of contemporary adolescent sociopathy.
Tim Sutton | USA | 2016 | 85mins
2100 | GATE Tim Sutton’s disquieting response to the mass shooting that took place in a cinema in Aurora, Colorado in 2012 is a chilling critique of American gun legislation and culture. Following several characters in an unnamed suburbia on the day of this inevitable violence, Dark Night hauntingly points to the fact that we are all would-be victims.
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The Salesman (Forushande) Asghar Farhadi | Iran, France | 2016 | 125mins | Subtitled
2100 | GATE Their Tehran apartment block on the brink of collapse, a couple is obliged to move into a shabby nearby flat. Soon an unfriendly visitor comes calling and there is an eruption of violence. This is a film of unnerving, slow-burning suspense, locking the viewer in a realm of simmering domestic tension, elegantly rendered by Academy Award®-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi (A Separation). Eligible for the Audience Award, presented by The River Lee Courtesy of Artificial Eye.
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