The European Parliament Liaison Office in Ireland is delighted to present free showings of five wonderful films in Gaoth Dobhair over the next month.
The will partner with Amharclann Ghaoth Dobhair to screen all five films shortlisted for the LUX Audience Award 2023.
LUX – The European Audience Film Award was introduced in 2020 and is presented every year by the European Parliament and the European Film Academy, in partnership with the European Commission and Europa Cinemas.
The LUX Audience Award aims to strengthen ties between politics and the people by inviting European audiences to become active protagonists and rate their favourite films in order to help determine the winner. The films are being screened, and rated by audiences throughout the EU.
Thanks to the LUX Audience Award, all five films will be subtitled by the European Parliament in the 24 official languages of the EU, including Irish, and will be screened across Europe and beyond. The screenings in Amharclann Ghaoth Dobhair will feature subtitles in both Irish and English.
The films are critically acclaimed and have each been nominated for, and won, numerous prizes at film festivals around the world.
An integral part of these screenings is audience voting. Audiences are invited to rate the LUX Audience Award films: five stars ‘excellent’ to one star ‘poor’. Rating is open until 12th June 2023. The final ranking will be determined by combining the public score from all around Europe and the score from the Members of the European Parliament, with each group being weighted at 50%. The winning film will be announced at the LUX Audience Award Ceremony at the European Parliament in June 2023.
The screenings represent an excellent opportunity to see locally some of the most acclaimed European films of the past year. They will be of particular interest to those interested in international films and languages.
This ‘mini-season’ of LUX Audience Award films will be officially launched on Friday at Amharclann Ghaoth Dobhair, with a reception open to all attendees. All are welcome.
The schedule is as follows. All are welcome to these free-of-charge screenings (subject only to theatre capacity).
Close
12.5.2023 at 8pm, with free reception to launch the series of films taking place beforehand, to which all attendees are invited.
Directed by Lukas Dhont (Belgium, France, Netherlands | 104 min | 2022 | 15A) Languages French and Dutch.
The intense friendship between two thirteen-year-old boys Leo and Remi suddenly gets disrupted. Struggling to understand what has happened; Leo approaches Sophie, Remi’s mother. Close is a film about friendship and responsibility.
Triangle of Sadness
19 May 2023 at 8pm
Directed by Ruben Östlund (Sweden, Germany, France, United Kingdom | 142 min | 2022 | 15A) In English, with subtitles in Irish
An uninhibited satire where roles and class are inverted and the tawdry economic value of beauty is unveiled. Models Carl and Yaya are navigating the world of fashion while exploring the boundaries of their relationship. The couple are invited for a luxury cruise with a rogues’ gallery of super-rich passengers, a Russian oligarch, British arms dealers and an idiosyncratic, alcoholic, Marx-quoting captain. At first, all appears Instagrammable. But a storm is brewing, and heavy seasickness hits the passengers during the seven-course captain’s dinner. The cruise ends catastrophically. Carl and Yaya find themselves marooned on a desert island with a group of billionaires and one of the ship’s cleaners. Hierarchy is suddenly flipped upside down, as the housekeeper is the only one who knows how to fish.
Burning Days
26 May 2023 at 8pm
Directed by Emin Alper (Turkey, France, Germany, Netherlands, Greece, Croatia | 130 min | 2022 | 16+); Turkish, with subtitles in English and Irish.
Emre is a prosecutor, young, ambitious and dedicated. He is appointed to a position in a small, remote town, drastically hit by a water crisis and rife with political scandal. After an initially steady start and seemingly accepted into the community, Emre becomes inadvertently embroiled in an incident which could devastate his career. In this superbly crafted Turkish thriller, director Emin Alper expertly lets the tension bubble under the surface whilst gradually turning the thumbscrews and keeping the viewer guessing until the intense climax.
Alcarrás
2 June 2023 at 8pm.
Directed by Carla Simón (Spain, Italy | 120 min | 2022 | 15A): Language Catalan, with subtitles in English and Irish
This Spanish drama follows the Solé family, who have been tending the peach orchard in the little traditional Catalan village of Alcarràs for generations. This large happy family is making a living from picking peaches every summer, however, the new owner decides to replace the trees with solar panels. This moving, intimate and authentic personal portrait of a tight-knit family facing an uncertain future won director Carla Simón The Golden Bear at the Berlinale in 2022.
Will-O’-the-Wisp
3 June 2023 at 8pm.
Directed by João Pedro Rodrigues (Portugal, France | 67 min | 2022 | 18+); Portuguese with subtitles in English and Irish.
On his deathbed, his royal highness Alfredo, king without a crown, is taken back to distant youth memories and the time he dreamt of becoming a fireman. The encounter with instructor Afonso from the fire brigade, opens a new chapter in the life of the two young men immersed in love and desire, and the will to change the status quo.
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