Audi Dublin International Film Festival Fantastic Flix programme for schools
Audi Dublin International Film Festival
21st February – 4th March 2018
Fantastic Flix, ADIFF’s strand for young people aged 4-16, returns for its third thrilling year with the support of Cheestrings and featuring an exciting programme of international films for school groups.
Director of Collapsing Horse Theatre, Dan Colley, will give post-screening talks at both At Eye Level (12+), a father and son reunion tale, and Liyana (12+), a beautiful Swazi documentary with animated elements about a girl who goes to great lengths to save her younger brothers from harm. Director Meikeminne Clinckspoor will attend two screenings of Cloudboy (9+), an enchanting film about Niilas, who is sent to visit his mother in the wonderful forests of Lapland and learns about the Sami people.
Nora Twomey, director of the much-anticipated The Breadwinner, will introduce a screening of children’s classic My Neighbour Totoro. Brown Bag Films’ Vampirina (4+) and the Fantastic Flix Shorts (4+) are sure to delight the youngest budding cinemagoers. Actress Wilma Lundgren will attend the festival for her film, Room 213, a seriously spooky Swedish mystery. Other highlights include the terrific animations from France, The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales (6+), and Japan, Mary and the Witch’s Flower (6+).
The Fantastic Flix Children’s Jury, a collaboration with The Ark’s Children’s Council and the Irish Film Classification Office, returns for a second year, as do a fascinating choice of workshops in collaboration with The Ark.
Schools Programme
Primary Level
My Neighbour Totoro – Thursday 22nd February – Light House 1 – 11am – Age Recommendation 5+
Cloudboy – Thursday 1st March – Omniplex Rathmines – 10am & Friday 2nd March – Light House 3 – 11.30am – Age Recommendation 9+
At Eye Level – Thursday 1st March – Movies @ Dundrum – 1pm – Age Recommendation 12+
Vampirina – Friday 2nd March – Light House 3 – 10am – Age Recommendation 4+
Room 213 – Friday 2nd March – Omniplex Rathmines – 11am – Age Recommendation 12+
Post – Primary Level
At Eye Level – Thursday 1st March – Movies@Dundrum – 1pm – Age Recommendation 12+
Room 213 – Friday 2nd March – Omniplex Rathmines – 11am – Age Recommendation 12+
Liyana – Friday 2nd March – Movies@Dundrum – 12.30pm – Age Recommendation 13+
Career’s Day – Thursday 1st March – IFI – 10am – Tickets €5 – Age Recommendation 14+
This one day event, aimed at Senior Year Secondary Level students will unpack some of the many di erent lm and television departments and skills required for a career in the lm industry. There will be insights from sparks and foley artists, script supervisors and VFX supervisors, and will feature some of the Irish lm industry’s most talented artists including Darragh O’Connell (Brown Bag Films), Louise Kiely (Casting Agent), Piers McGrail (Cinematographer), Steven Fanagan (Sound Editor & Composer).
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The Career’s Day is a joint initiative from
Audi Dublin International Film Festival, the Irish Film Institute, Irish Film Board and Broadcasting Authority Ireland.
For more information go to www.diff.ie