With great pleasure we invite you to the Irish Cinema Review which will take place during the 25th edition of the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography CAMERIMAGE. This will be another edition of the long-lasting Camerimage initiative of bringing to the festival's participants interesting films from all over Europe that demonstrate the cinematic richness of the Old Continent. The Irish Culture Foundation and the Consulate of Ireland in Poznań are the official partners of the Review's screenings of five recognized Irish films from the last two years.

Discover with us the treasures of Irish cinema!

 As a part of the Review we will screen:

 Date for Mad Mary, A 

Original title: A Date for Mad Mary
Director: Darren Thonrton
Cinematographer: Ole Bratt Birkeland

 ‘Mad’ Mary McArdle returns to Drogheda after a short spell in prison she’d rather forget. Back home, everything and everyone has changed. Her best friend Charlene is about to get married, and Mary is maid of honour. When Charlene refuses Mary a ‘plus one’ on the grounds that she probably wouldn’t find a date anyway, Mary becomes determined to prove her wrong.

Handsome Devil

Polish title: Piękny drań
Director: John Butler
Cinematographer: Cathal Watters

Ned is a sensitive Irish teenager. He hates high school – a place where everyone is obsessed with rugby and people constantly take him for a gay outsider. Being an optimist, he patiently bears the humiliation. That is, until one day he decides he’s had enough when he finds out that he’ll have to share his boarding school room with a newly admitted student. Conor is a great rugby player and seems to embody everything that is ruining Ned’s life. At first glance, there’s no way the boys will get along. But then a wise English teacher gets involved. A surprisingly serene film about adolescence complemented by a wonderful soundtrack.

Sanctuary

Original title: Sanctuary
Director: Len Collin
Cinematographer: Russell Gleeson 

Larry and Sophie are in love. What could be more natural for them than to want to be alone together? They convince the feckless Tom to book them into a hotel for an afternoon’s tryst and look forward to getting to know each other, like countless couples before them. But Larry and Sophie aren’t just any couple – they both have intellectual disabilities and Tom is their care worker. Both hilarious and heartbreaking, Sanctuary is a truly subversive piece of cinema about two young people trying to be together in a world doing everything to keep them apart.

Sing Street

Polish title: Młodzi przebojowi
Director: John Carney
Cinematographer: Yaron Orbach

Dublin, 1985. Conor is an average Irish guy. He goes to a private school, loves playing guitar, and even composes a bit. Than he learns that due to his family’s financial problems he needs to change school – to a worse one. Everything changes once he meets the extraordinary Raphine. Under her influence he starts to seriously consider forming a band. Shortly afterwards, he changes his image, chooses a stage name, and becomes increasingly successful. He soon finds out, though, that local fame just isn’t enough for him.

South

Original title: South
Director: Gerard Walsh
Cinematographer: Kevin Treacy

South tells the story of Tom, a young man struggling with the recent death of his father. After finding a note from his estranged mother, he decides to hit the road and try to find her. Throughout this journey Tom also tries to overcome his crippling stage fright as a musician. Somewhere along the way he meets Jess, a free-spirited young woman who captivates his heart and mind.

25th Camerimage will be held in Bydgoszcz from November 11th through 18th

More about Bydgoszcz can be found here: www.visitbydgoszcz.pl 

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Applications are now open for FIPRESCI Warsaw Critics Project – Warsaw Film Foundation and FIPRESCI training programme for young film journalists and film critics from Central and Eastern Europe.

The 12th edition of the workshop will be held October 13-22, 2017, within frames of the 33rd Warsaw Film Festival. A group of young critics will be invited to the event and have a unique opportunity to take part in one of the biggest film events in this part of Europe, meet high-profile film professionals and to take part in the deliberations of the festival’s FIPRESCI jury.

Our aim is to create an opportunity for participants, who usually have little chance to go abroad and work in their profession, to work with world-class professionals and be exposed to movie journalism at the highest level.

FIPRESCI Warsaw Project involves young film critics, who will be invited to the event and work under the editorial guidance FIPRESCI members:

- Michael Pattison, British journalist working with numerous film and trade outlets like Sight & Sound, Fandor, Vice, The Guardian along with
- Carmen Gray – New Zealand’s, Berlin-based journalist contributing to Dazed & Confused, Screen International and The Guardian.

Participants will be covering the festival and industry events, delivering film reviews and interviews. The organizers will team-up with Film New Europe to give more exposure and promote emerging journalist talents. 

Workshops are designed for critics under the age of 30 with proficiency skills in written and spoken English. All participants are granted with travel expenses and accommodation in youth hostel. We also guarantee an unforgettable adventure and give a unique opportunity to meet the contemporary filmmakers from all over the world face-to-face.

Previous participants include journalists currently contributing to major film and trade magazines like Screen International, IndieWire, The Hollywood Reporter, Cineuropa.

Please send your application including CV, self-introduction, and three samples of your published work, by Friday, September 15, 2017.

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Astra Film Festival, the 24th edition, will enliven Sibiu between the 16th and 22nd of October 2017. In the 7 venues, turned into film theatres for 7 days, there will be screenings of the most recent and captivating Romanian films, hits of the international cinema, concerts, multimedia systems and immersive events. The films selected for competition were announced on the 31st of August, the information being available on www.astrafilm.ro.

WARSAW: Agnieszka Holland’s awarded drama Spoor / Pokot was selected as Poland's official entry for an Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences nomination in the Best Foreign Language Film category. The film is a Polish/German/Swedish/Czech/Slovak coproduction.

VILNIUS: Frost / Šerkšnas by Sarunas Bartas has been chosen as the official candidate from Lithuania for an Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences nomination in the Best Foreign Language Film category. The film is a Lithuanian/Ukrainian/French/Polish coproduction.