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Spring Season 2020 - Program and Poster

Season of World Cinema announced for Seanscoil Sailearna, Indreabhán

Important notice (18/03/2020)
In light of the current challenges related to the coronavirus the film club committee has decided to cancel the rest of the Spring Season 2020. We hope to be back with a new season as usual in the autumn. In the meantime let us look after one another and we appreciate your patience and understanding.

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Club Scannán Sailearna are pleased to announce another wonderful season of World Cinema to be shown in Seanscoil Sailearna, Indreabhán.

Every Thursday evening throughout the season the best films from around the world are shown in their native languages with English subtitles. Seanscoil Sailearna is a wonderful venue with a large cinema screen, comfortable tiered seating and a great sound system.

Each film season is organised by local film club, Club Scannán Sailearna, in association with Access Cinema and with the assistance of Galway County Council.

Membership in the Club costs € 35 (€ 30), and covers the full season of films, or if you prefer you can pay € 8 (€ 7) for any single film.

The films scheduled for the current season are listed below:

  • 23 January: A Faithful Man (France 2018)
  • 30 January: Rojo (Argentina, Brazil 2018)
  • 06 February: Burning (South Korea 2018)
  • 13 February: Honeyland (Republic of Macedonia 2019)
  • 20 February: Le Brio (France 2017)
  • 27 February: Birds of Passage (Colombia, Mexico 2018)
  • 05 March: Gaza (Éire, Palestine 2019)
  • 12 March: Arracht (Éire, 2019) [Special Preview]
  • 19 March: Monos (Colombia, Argentina 2019)
  • 26 March: Pain and Glory (Spain 2019)
  • 02 April: In the Aisles (Germany 2018)

As usual film commences at 8.15pm, in the Seanscoil, Indreabhán, on Thursday evening, January 23rd.

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A Faithful Man

(L'Homme Fidèle)

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Director: Louis Garrel
France 2018
75 minutes
Cert: Club
 

 

Two women go to war over the main character in this ménage à trois comedy full of love, sex, death, adultery and picturesque Paris streets which pays homage to the French New Wave.

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Burning

Due to a technical problem it was not possible to show the film Burning scheduled for last Thursday, for which we apologise. It is hoped to show Burning again at the end of the season on Thursday 9th April.

(Beoning)

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Director: Lee Chang-Dong
South Korea 2018
148 minutes
Cert: 16
 

 

Burning is a mystery thriller about obsessive love set in the modern consumerist Korea of the callous Gangnam-style rich and the poor young people who often go invisibly to ground, pursued by credit-card debt.

Winner - FIPRESCI Prize, Chang-dong Lee, Cannes Film Festival 2018

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Rojo

 

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Director: Benjamín Naishtat
Argentina, Brazil 2018
109 minutes
Cert: Club
 

 

In Argentina prior to the military coup a small-town lawyer is rattled by an investigation into the disappearance of a stranger seen in the area three months earlier. A stylish drama about about middle-class society turning a blind eye to the excesses committed in the name of so-called stability.

Winner, Best Director, San Sebastián International Film Festival 2018
Winner, Best Actor, San Sebastián International Film Festival 2018
Winner, Best Cinematography, San Sebastián International Film Festival 2018.

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Honeyland

 

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Director: Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov
Republic of Macedonia 2019
90 minutes
Cert: Club
 

 

An astonishing, immersive environmental documentary set in an abandoned village in North Macedonia where Hatidze, a woman in her mid-50s, harvests honey in the traditional sustainable way from wild hives. She is one of Europe’s last wild-beekeepers.

Winner-Grand Jury Prize, World Cinema, Documentary, Sundance Film Festival 2019

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