Mick Hannigan, Co-Director of the IndieCork Festival will be joined by a contemporary Irish filmmaker, to take a look at the best of new Irish short films, many of them making their international premiere at LIF 2016.
Hot off the presses from the recent IndieCork Festival – the world of Irish short cinema unreels with exciting new productions. With introductions, background information and a Q&A to follow, this is a must for contemporary film makers, film lovers and those interested in the Irish zeitgeist.
This event is held in partnership with IndieCork and Picture House
£7/£5 conc and members
In the anniversary year of the 1916 Rising, Mick Hannigan, Co-Director of the IndieCork Festival, presents Irish short films which take a satirical and critical view of the Ireland promised by the Proclamation of 1916.
Films presented include Eireville, Our Country and Horse; all key films in the canon of Irish film. Our August Destiny is a filmic response to post-1916 Ireland and will be a rare chance to see these great Irish shorts, consider how they regarded the wake of 1916, and will be of interest to film lovers, historians, specialists, the Irish community and beyond.
This event is held in partnership with IndieCork and Picture House
It is 1914 in Downings, County Donegal. In a women’s commune, we meet and witness the journeys of five women, accompanied by live music, imagery and old, Celtic stories.
Our main character, Murieann, is leaving the island of Tory for America. We journey with her, exploring early-twentieth-century revolution and suffrage, in Ireland and England, precipitating the feelings, actions and emotions that continue informing politics today, locally and globally. Should we take action? Should we educate? Must we be involved? What does that mean?
A brand new production and original play, at up-and-coming venue The Invisible Wind Factory, Scadán is fictional play (based on historic accounts) produced, performed and written by young, emerging artists living in the city, including young writers, Lauren O’Hara and Connor Kelly (from Derry-Londonderry), who live in Liverpool alongside upcoming, Liverpool-based Producer/Director Roisin Fletcher.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/scadn-2016-1
www.facebook.com/scadan2016
£8/£6 conc/£3 15-17 year olds
Half-hour slots are given to local musicians and performers to perform informal, acoustic seisiúns in this post-show, ‘relax and wind down’ hour.
Seisiún performers volunteered themselves in advance of the festival and have been selected for their ability, charm and capacity to share the stage with audiences, who are encouraged to sing along, bring instruments and generally take part in the activity
Social seisiún platlist PDF available.
This local history walk features Irish journalists, Italian craftsmen, Lancashire slavers, Polish Impressionists and Liverpool pirates in an exploration of arts and politics, taking in Bluecoat and the surrounding district.
For strong walkers also see the Scotland Road walk taking place later the same day
A perfect follow on from the morning’s Irish Heritage Walk (for those with a bit of walking stamina), the Scotland Road walk will be led by local historians, exploring Liverpool’s world famous dockland district, its Irish traditions, connections to the Easter Rising and forgotten graveyards, tunnels
Meet on Juvenal-Grosvenor Street corners (see Scotland Road walk meeting point in Venues)
£6/£4 conc/£0 under 16s, pre-booking required. Call walk leader on +44 (0)785 441 5721
This walk is offered again on Sat 22 Oct
Lynched are a four-piece traditional folk group from Dublin, who combine distinctive four-part vocal harmonies with arrangements of uilleann pipes, concertina, Russian accordion, fiddle and guitar.
Their repertoire spans humorous Dublin music-hall ditties and street-songs; classic ballads from the Traveller tradition; traditional Irish and American dance tunes and their own original material
£15 from the Liverpool Philharmonic (+ booking fees)
The Gaelic League and the Easter Rising is a lecture from Tony Birtill, Secretary of the Gaelic League (Liverpool), founded in 1896. Tony teaches Irish at St Michael’s Irish Centre and, as a National Union of Journalists member, contributes to The Irish Post. The majority of the Easter Rising leaders were members of the Irish Language movement The Gaelic League. Members of the organisation’s Liverpool branch made a particularly important contribution to the events of 1916. This lecture will look at the work of some of the key individuals involved and examine why Liverpool was so important to the Irish cultural revival and revolution
‘I am standing on the threshold of another trembling world. May God have mercy on my soul’.
With these words, IRA volunteer Bobby Sands began his hunger strike on 1 March 1981. Sands’ undoubted act of personal bravery brought Ireland to a standstill as the outside world looked on to see an intense battle unfold between an unseen prisoner and the might of the British Government. 66 Days tells the factual story of Bobby Sands’ life for the first time on film.
Shown in association with Picture House
A friendly, musical and warm atmosphere awaits anyone stepping across the threshold at ‘the Eddie’, with a great selection of ales, bar snacks and songs. This Grade II listed pub, transports guests to Ireland every Monday, but make sure arrive early to secure your seat in this cosy, two-roomed gem
