The May Film Tour is back for 2022 and will take place at locations nationally throughout the month of May to celebrate the annual Bealtaine Festival.
After a 3 year hiatus the May Film Tour will return for 2022.
The May Film Tour is organised jointly by access>CINEMA and the Irish Film Institute to co-incide with the annual Bealtaine Festival, and features free screenings of a film specially selected with older audiences in mind.
This year the Bealtaine Festival will be continuing to celebrate the theme of In(ter)dependence.
With this theme in mind, the film chosen for the 2022 May Film Tour is the feel good crowd-pleaser Military Wives.
Singing and the feeling of community through the formation of a choir are at the core of the story in Military Wives, and as public singing was not allowed for so long during the pandemic, this is the perfect choice for this year’s Film Tour.
The 2022 May Film Tour is presented with the support of Lionsgate Films UK.
Military Wives
A group of women are thrown together by life on a military base while their partners serve on a tour of duty in Afghanistan. They find an unexpected way to raise their spirits and combat the isolating realities of being an army wife – by forming the first ever Military Wives’ Choir …
Directed by Peter Cattaneo (The Full Monty) and starring Academy Award® nominee Kristin Scott Thomas alongside our own Sharon Horgan, Military Wives is an inspirational story about friendship, love and support, which is based on true events.
Where to attend a free screening of Military Wives
(Please note that while screenings are free, most require advance booking of tickets)
May 03 @ 14.30 Tipperary Excel, Tipperary Town
May 04 @ 19.30 Íontas Centre, Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan
May 05 @ 20.00 Carnegie Arts Centre, Kenmare, Co. Kerry
May 06 @ 20.00 Tracton Film Society, Inkwell Theatre, Minane Bridge, Co. Cork
May 10 @ 14.00 An Táin Arts Centre, Dundalk, Co. Louth
May 10 @ 20.00 Brewery Lane Theatre & Arts Centre, Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary
May 12 @ 19.30 Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Co. Meath
May 18 @ 19.30 Friars Gate Theatre & Arts, Kilmallock, Co. Limerick
May 18 The Regal Cinema, Youghal, Co. Cork
May 18 @ 11.00 Seán Lemass Public Library, Shannon, Co. Clare
May 24 @ 11.00 De Valera Public Library, Ennis Co. Clare
May 25 @ 20.00 Abbey Arts Centre, Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
May 25 @ 11.00 & 20.00 Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise, Co. Laois
May 25 @ 11.00 Irish Film Institute, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
May 26 @ 20.30 The Séamus Ennis Arts Centre, Naul, Co. Dublin
