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access CINEMA and JDIFF to tour two films in February
access CINEMA in partnership with the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival, will tour two films included in this year’s festival, on its network during February.
First up is Stella Days, directed by Thaddeus O’Sullivan and starring firm favourite Martin Sheen. Daniel Barry (Sheen), plays a priest stuck in Borrisokane in Co. Tipperary in 1956 who finds his faith sorely tested when he battles to open a local cinema. With his passion for all things filmic, Daniel faces plenty of opposition from the Bishop, influential parishioners and his own crisis of conscience. Ably supported by a cast including Stephen Rea, Amy Huberman and Tom Hickey, the film encapsulates the dilemma of Ireland in the mid-1950s- on the cusp of the modern but stilling clinging to old values and morals.
Stella Days screens on Saturday, February 25 at 8.00pm in:
Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick
Saturday Feb 25 8.00pm
Information/Booking: Belltable Arts Centre
(061) 319866 www.belltable.ie
Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge
Saturday Feb 25 8.00pm
Information/Booking: Riverbank Arts Centre
(045) 448327 www.riverbank.ie
The second film to tour is Sherlock Jr, directed by and starring the deadpan Buster Keaton. Sherlock Jr. made in 1924 is not just an incredible technical achievement but a meditation on the nature of cinema reality. Here Keaton plays a cinema projectionist, framed for theft by a jealous rival for his girl’s hand, who daydreams himself into life as a daring detective. In an unforgettable sequence, Buster (actually fallen asleep beside the projector) forces his way onto the screen and into the movie he is projecting, only to find himself beset by perils and predicaments as the action around him changes in rapid montage.
Musical accompaniment will be performed by Morgan Cooke, an actor and musician living in Galway, who has been performing live improvised soundtracks to films since 2009.
Sherlock Jr. screens at:
Garter Lane Arts Centre —Waterford
Saturday Feb 25: 7.00pm
Booking/information: (051) 855038 www.garterlane.ie
Athy Film Club — Athy, Co. Kildare
Sunday Feb 26: 4.00pm
Booking/information: 086 2112046
The Seamus Ennis Cultural Centre — Naul, Co. Dublin
Saturday Mar 3 : 3.00pm
Booking/information: (01) 8020898 www.seamusenniscentre.com
Friars’ Gate Theatre — Kilmallock, Co. Limerick
Booking/information: (063) 98727 www.friarsgate.ie
Sunday Mar 4 : 1.30pm