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The IFI Unveils Its Plans For 2019
2019-02-14 13:00 : News Desk
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The Irish Film Institute (IFI) has revealed a number of plans across its core activities of exhibition, preservation and education for 2019.

The IFI announced new strands, events and seasons will be displayed in both Dublin and across Ireland in addition to its festivals, comprehensive educational initiatives, historically significant archival projects and the completion of its highly-anticipated refurbishment plan.

In order to successfully deliver many of the proposed plans, the IFI will undergo a major capital refurbishment project in summer 2019 which will see, two completely refurbished cinema spaces offering IFI audiences the opportunity to see films with the best of facilities. The major refurbishment will integrate the existing 18th century Quaker building in which the IFI makes its home, whilst increasing the comfort and enjoyment of audiences.

The IFI's comprehensive exhibition programme will include a complete retrospective of the work of Robert Bresson (‘Au Hasard Balthazar’, ‘The Trial of Joan of Arc’), one of the most pivotal figures in French cinema. A season entitled Memory on Film will highlight how this most abstract of concepts has been represented on screen. Additionally a short focus will also showcase the feature films of Derek Jarman, one of the most influential figures in 20th century British culture to tie-in with a major exhibition at IMMA. Finally the return of the occasional look at the work of forgotten filmmakers, Hidden Figures, which will this year centre on American Dorothy Arzner (1987-1979), the only female director in Hollywood in the 1930s, who launched the careers of many of the era's finest talents including Katherine Hepburn.

2019 will also bring the third Dark Skies Science Fiction season, headlined by a 70mm screening of James Cameron’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day; IFI remains the only cinema in Ireland with the facilities to screen this format.

Speaking at the programme’s announcement, IFI Director Ross Keane, said: 
"We are delighted with the programme of activities planned for 2019 which offer breadth, balance and variety. Alongside some exciting new programming concepts and events, the launch of key archival preservation projects, and the expansion of film clubs to even more schoolchildren around the country, this year will also see the most transformational change to the IFI's main home in Temple Bar since the last major redevelopment back in 2009. We look forward to unveiling our wonderful new facilities the summer, and offering our audiences the opportunity to enjoy our curated events and programmes in even better surroundings."

The 2019 plans place emphasis on Irish filmmakers and their work remaining central to the IFI's focus throughout the year. Seasons this year include Neglected Perspectives – a look at work that challenged the prevailing representations of the Northern Ireland Troubles, co-curated by director Donal Foreman (‘The Image You Missed’). Trish MacAdam, director of ‘Snakes and Ladders’, ‘Hoodwinked’ and ‘What Do I Do Now?’ will partake in a retrospective and a career-spanning public interview, while the IFI’s ongoing collaboration with Dublin City Council will continue with the Edna O'Brien Trilogy, featuring screenings of ‘The Country Girls’, ‘The Girl with Green Eyes’ and ‘I Was Happy Here’. The agenda-setting IFI Spotlight day will return, alongside the regular free Archive at Lunchtime programmes, and the monthly From the Vaults and Irish Focus strands.

The IFI's four flagship festivals will return, with the IFI French Film Festival in November, the IFI Family Festival in August, the IFI Documentary Festival in September, and IFI Horrorthon over the October Bank Holiday weekend. Also scheduled to return are collaborations with East Asia Film Festival Ireland, IFI Kinopolis, the annual focus on the best of new and classic Polish cinema, plus the annual collaboration with the Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival.
 
This summer will also see the launch of the second part of the Irish Independence Film Collection which has repatriated newsreels from international news crews, bringing material that relates to one of the most important periods in Irish history back home, where it belongs, and presented to audiences for free on the IFI Player. Meanwhile, in April, the release of the Loopline Collection will make public on the IFI Player and the IFI Player app the exceptional documentary output of the pioneering Irish production company established by Sé Merry Doyle.
 
Other exciting Archive projects include a second collaboration between the IFI Irish Film Archive, Screen Scene and the Radharc Trust, which will see 50 Radharc films digitally preserved and remastered; this project is co-funded via the BAI Archiving Scheme. The autumn will see the commencement of a unique project to preserve a large collection of broadcast material created by the community production company Ballymun Communications.

The IFI’s education plans for the year start early in February with the second annual Careers In Screen Day, presented in association with Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival; this year's event will feature guests including director Lenny Abrahamson, costume designer Consolata Boyle, and producer Ed Guiney. The hugely popular and comprehensive 2019-2020 Schools Programme will launch in September, with the second phase of the Film Clubs initiative running in schools until June 2019; the third and final phase will begin in September. The IFI's commitment to lifelong learning continues with spring and autumn Evening Courses, which will focus on British and Asian cinema respectively.

The Bigger Picture, IFI Family, aemi, Wild Strawberries and Feast Your Eyes will all return, while Mystery Matinée will continue to go from strength-to-strength in its monthly Sunday lunchtime slot. The IFI will also continue its programme of exciting and exclusive 70mm events throughout the year, and IFI Open Day will return after the refurbishment of the IFI's two biggest screens for another day of free screenings and behind-the-scenes tours.

IFI will continue its vast programming in IFI National and IFI International strands, bringing the best of local cinema to communities across the country with Local Films for Local People programmes travelling to counties including Leitrim, Fermanagh, Cork, Sligo and Galway. IFI National is also delighted that its collaboration with Limerick arts venue Belltable will continue into 2019. Once again, IFI International will bring the very best of Irish cinema to cities and countries across the world including Trinidad and Tobago, Thailand, Egypt, Serbia, Luxembourg, Barbados, Czech Republic and Colombia.

To book tickets and find more information on the IFI’s 2019 plan click here  





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