Happy New Year and welcome
to the start of the IFI’s 20th anniversary celebrations!
2012 is an exciting
year for the IFI as we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the IFI the
film centre and IFI Irish Film Archive being in Temple Bar. During that time
the IFI has played a very important part in the lives of generations of film
lovers and with the support of a very loyal audience, has grown to being one of
Ireland’s busiest and most relevant cultural organisations. We look forward to
celebrating 20 years of great film with you over the course of the year.
Come On Over
As part of our 20th
anniversary celebrations we are starting a new monthly programme of great films
from the IFI Irish Film Archive. We are beginning on January 9th with
one of our newest acquisitions, Come on Over, a 1922 silent film that we have brought back to Ireland with the help
of the Film Department of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York. With
live musical accompaniment this is not to be missed and all proceeds from the
screening will go towards the IFI Irish Film Archive Preservation Fund.
War Horse
There must be few
amongst us that haven’t been gripped at some point by Steven Spielberg’s
extraordinary power as a story-teller. To mark the release of his new film War Horse, we are showing a small
selection of his films, focusing on two of his recurrent themes: war and
childhood. Spanning from Raiders of the Lost Ark to Schindler’s List, it
is a great chance to see some old favourites on the big screen (and on 70mm)
and to re-evaluate the work of one of the most successful and popular film
directors of all time. Esteemed film critic and writer, Professor Neil Sinyard
will be giving an illustrated lecture on January 14th about the
extraordinary legacy of Spielberg’s career.
Steve McQueen and Michael Fassbender on the set of Shame
Steve McQueen made an
extraordinary transition from film artist to feature director with Hunger in 2009 and his second film, Shame, fully delivers on all the promise
of that debut. His collaboration with Michael Fassbender continues with another
staggering performance by this very, very talented actor. The result is an
extremely powerful and compelling film that will stay with you long after it
finishes, if only for the mastery of the filmmaking. It opens on January 13th
but there will be a special preview on January 10th with a live
satellite Q&A with Steve McQueen.
The Artist
Michel Hazanavicius’ ‘silent’
film The Artist was the unexpected
hit at Cannes in 2011 and has received a host of Golden Globe nominations and
is being hotly tipped for a Best Picture nomination at the Academy Awards. It
captures all the glamour, passion and drama of Hollywood’s silent era and
offers respite from what may be a less than glamorous 2012!
It’s cold outside so
what better place to be than in the cinema… so come along and lose yourself in
these and some of the other wonderful films that we have screening this month!
Director
For more information on the IFI Irish Film Archive Preservation Fund, please visit our website http://www.ifi.ie/support/donations/.
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