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6th - 10th November 2007FeaturingComme Une ImageWarchildRed Like The SkyGod Grew Tired of UsThe Passion of Joan of ArcUnder The Mud32AAs You Like ItShorts Programme

WorkshopsLunchbox AnimationMake-Up for Film and TelevisionActing for the ScreenPresenting for Television

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Date Time Event Page Cert Venue

Tuesday 6th 9.15am Comme Une Image 4 12A Cinemobile 11.30am Warchild 5 15A Gullane’s 1.30pm Red Like The Sky 6 12A Hotel 5.00pm Surf’s Up 7 G Ballinasloe 8.00pm The Bourne Ultimatum 8 12A Co Galway

Wednesday 7th 10.00am Comme Une Image 4 12A Town Hall 12.30pm The Passion of Joan of Arc 9 PG Theatre 2.15pm Under The Mud 10 15A Galway

Thursday 8th 10.00am Warchild 5 15A Town Hall 12.00pm God Grew Tired of Us 11 12A Theatre 2.00pm 32A 12 12A Galway

Friday 9th 10.00am Red Like The Sky 6 12A Town Hall 10.30am Make-Up for Film & Television Workshop 18 Theatre 12.00pm As You Like It 13 12A Galway 12.00pm Acting for Screen Workshop 18 2.30pm Shorts Programme 16 PG

Saturday 10th 10.30am Lunchbox Animation Workshop 18 Town Hall 10.30am Presenting for Television Workshop 18 Theatre 11.00am Make-Up for Film & Television Workshop 18 Galway 11.30am Underdog 14 PG

All screenings €5.00 except Shorts Programme €3.00

Day by Day Guide

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Welcome to the 13th Junior Film FleadhThis year marks the thirteenth Junior Film Fleadh, and it seems appropriate that this year we celebrate the teenager. The films in this programme are all excellent explorations of different aspects of teenage journeys.

Red Like The Sky is the tale of a blind boy who loves cinema, who grew up to be one of Italy’s most prominent sound designers. It is a story of triumph over adversity – told with compassion, and a refreshing lack of sympathy for its blind protagonists.

God Grew Tired of Us is a documentary that is engaging, funny and tragic in equal measures as it chronicles it’s teenage protagonists’ integration to American society from a Kenyan refugee camp. They have never experienced an airplane, running water or electricity. Will the USA prove to be their Heaven? The film is as much an examination of the material values of the USA, as the power of community and national identity within the people of Sudan.

32A is a stunning film that explores the emotional growing pains of teenage girls. In addition to the screening, we are honored to host a Q&A session with some of the film’s young stars, who will discuss their experience of making the film.

The centerpiece of this year’s Junior Fleadh will be a screening of Carl Dreyer’s The Passion of Joan of Arc, one of the world’s most iconic teenagers. The film is a silent masterpiece and it will be played along with a recent score by Richard Einhorn – specially commissioned for the film. This screening will challenge the perception that silent cinema cannot be as gripping and as emotionally satisfying as anything in your Omniplex.

Under The Mud is a great accomplishment, not just because local teenagers wrote it but also because it is such an enjoyable film that examines the importance of family and community within Liverpool. Indeed many of the young cast will be present for our screening and there will be a questions and answers session afterwards.

In conjunction with the Irish Film Institute we are delighted to screen two new films. Our French film, Comme Une Image, is a contemporary look at family relationships and the nature of celebrity, while our German film, Warchild, focuses on a Bosnian woman’s search for her fostered daughter.

Our Shorts Programme is an ever popular element of our festival, and this year is no different with shorts from Limerick’s Fresh Film Festival, TG4 and our own Young Film Makers.

We trust that you will enjoy the cinema on offer here, and we look forward to meeting you at the Junior Film Fleadh!

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Cinemobile Gullane’s HotelBallinasloeTuesday 6th November9.15am

Town Hall TheatreGalwayWednesday 7th November10.00am

Comme Une Image Look At Me

Comme Une Image is an intelligent film which explores family relationships, the nature of celebrity and contemporary society’s obsession with image. Lolita is a talented but insecure teenager who is trying to develop a classical singing career and a more positive sense of herself, despite being almost completely ignored by her self-obsessed famous father. She is pretty but overweight, and is desperate for her father’s affection. She is also barely noticed by others until they discover who her father is – which makes her suspicious of people’s motives.

Special thanks to the Irish Film Institute. A Study Guide will accompany this film.

France | Italy 2004 Drama 112 mins

Director Agnès Jaoui Cast Marilou Berry, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Agnès Jaoui, Laurent GrévillFrench language with English Subtitles

12A

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Warchild Stille Sehnsucht

Warchild is a powerful drama from German director Christian Wagner. Unlike our previous choices which concentrated on German stories, this riveting film explores the connection between Germany and nearby Bosnia, through the search of a resolute Bosnian woman for her daughter who was fostered during the war a decade earlier. Senada travels illegally from Sarajevo to Ulm in Germany, where she finds her missing daughter Kristina, who is being raised by a well-to-do German family. The heart-breaking dilemma faced by Senada, set against the terror of her past experiences, goes some way towards showing how lives have been affected by the conflict.

Special thanks to the Irish Film Institute. A Study Guide will accompany this film.

Germany | Slovenia 2006 Drama 103 mins

Director Christian Wagner Cast Labina Mitevska, Senad Basic, Katrin Saß, Crescentia DünßerGerman language with English Subtitles

Cinemobile Gullane’s HotelBallinasloeTuesday 6th November11.30am

Town Hall TheatreGalwayThursday 8th November10.00am

15A

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Cinemobile Gullane’s HotelBallinasloeTuesday 6th November1.30pm

Town Hall TheatreGalwayFriday 9th November10.00am

Red Like the Sky Rosso Come Il Cielo

When Mirco was blinded at eight years of age – what future was left for him? In 1970’s Italy, his future was bleak. He was sent to an industrial school for the blind where he was taught to weave material – one of the few occupations that were possible for someone without sight to secure. But Mirco could see beyond his disability, he finds a tape recorder, and is given some sound reels – and starts to make audio portraits of the world around him. But when the principal of the school finds out he is keen to crush his emerging talents. Based on the life of one of Italy’s most gifted sound engineers, Mirco Mennaci, Red Like The Sky received a standing ovation from an enthusiastic audience when it opened this years’ Galway Film Fleadh – and deservedly so. Cristiano Bortone’s beautiful film is a tribute to the unsurpassable spirit of youth, imagination and to the magical power of cinema itself.

Italy 2007 Drama 96 mins

Director Cristiano Bortone Cast Francesco Campobasso, Luca Capriotti, Marco CocciItalian language with English Subtitles

12A

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Surf’s Up

A stylistically daring CGI feature, Surf’s Up is based on the groundbreaking revelation that surfing was actually invented by penguins. In the film, a documentary crew will take audiences behind the scenes and onto the waves during the most competitive, heartbreaking and dangerous display of surfing known to man, the Penguin World Surfing Championship.

Alex Madison

USA 2007 Animation 85 mins

Director Ash Brannon / Chris Buck Voices Shia La Beouf, Jeff Bridges, Zooey Deschanel

Cinemobile Gullane’s HotelBallinasloeTuesday 6th November5.00pm

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Cinemobile Gullane’s HotelBallinasloeTuesday 6th November8.00pm

The Bourne Ultimatium

Bourne is once again brought out of hiding, this time inadvertently by London-based reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation BlackBriar – an upgrade to Project Treadstone – in a series of newspaper columns. Bourne (Damon) sets up a meeting with Ross (Considine) and realizes instantly they’re being scanned. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally, ultimately, uncover his dark past whilst dodging The Company’s best efforts in trying to eradicate him.

Corey Hatch.

USA 2007 Drama 112 mins

Director Paul Greengrass Cast Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, David Strathairn, Paddy Considine

12A

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The Passion of Joan of Arc

It seems fitting that in the year we celebrate the teenager, that have as the centerpiece of our programme, Carl Dreyer’s The Passion of Joan Of Arc. A rebel, a leader at 15 years of age, and now a religious icon, Joan of Arc was literally the teenager that saved her nation. This drama is set in the period where she was interrogated by dozens of theologians and for fourteen months, managed to stay true to her inner spirit, and even challenge the prejudice of her interrogators. She is subsequently sentenced to death, unless she renounces God – this is her dilemma, her passion. In this film, Maria Falconetti commits to film one of the greatest performances of all time. And we are honored to present this film with a score written by Richard Einhorn to compliment the film. The Passion of Joan of Arc may well challenge an audiences’ perception of silent film, and demonstrate it as an experience that is truly captivating and utterly forgettable.

Denmark 1928 Drama 82 mins

Director Carl Dreyer Cast Maria Falconetti, Eugene Silvain, André Berley, Maurice SchutzB&W, Silent

Town Hall TheatreGalwayWednesday 7th November12.30pm

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Town Hall TheatreGalwayWednesday 7th November2.15pm

Under the Mud

Under The Mud depicts a hectic day in the life of a family from hell, or are they ‘one hell of a family’? Under the Mud is a huge achievement made and scripted by local young people In Liverpool. Shot in and around Speke and Garston – an area with high unemployment – the action takes place during a hectic twenty-four hours, and centres around the Potts household – second home to teenage slacker, Magic, who’s such a part of the furniture that his longing for the eccentric beauty Paula Potts goes completely un-noticed. To the love of his life he’s just her twin brother’s best mate. With the family set on a course of self-destruction, aided by an old enemy of dad’s – and Paula set to run off to Ibiza with the local slime-ball, Magic realises that he only has a few hours to save the family, get the girl and change all of their lives forever.

UK 2006 Drama 85 mins

Director Sol Papadopoulos Cast Andrew Schofield, Kate Fitzgerald, James McMartin, Lenny Wood

12A

A short film Mister Freeze (Ballinfoile Youth Development Project) will be screened before this film.

This screening will be followed by a Q&A Session with the director and members of the film’s cast.

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God Grew Tired of Us

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, God Grew Tired Of Us explores the indomitable spirit of three ‘Lost Boys’ from the Sudan who leave their homeland. These teenagers were among the 25,000 children who fled villages, formed surrogate families and sought refuge from famine, disease, wild animals and attacks from rebel soldiers. They triumphed over seemingly insurmountable adversity and civil strife in their own country, and were selected by a US programme where they are brought to the US, and given jobs and accommodation. These people have never know airtravel, electricity, escalators or running water. Will the USA prove to be their nirvana? What about the tribe they left behind? A film that is, in turns, funny and moving, tragic and heartwarming, God Grew Tired of Us is an intelligent film telling an important story. Narrated by Nicole Kidman.

USA 2006 Feature Documentary 98 mins

Directors Christopher Dillon Quinn, Tommy Walker

Town Hall TheatreGalwayThursday 8th November12.00noon

12A

A short film Memory Box will be screened before this film.

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Town Hall TheatreGalwayThursday 8th November2.00pm

32A

How does life look to a 13-year-old girl? This story is set in the “in-between” time of a girl’s life, when she is no longer a child and not yet a woman. We open with our heroine, Maeve, putting on her new snow-white bra, and stepping out into the world as a young woman. She has an obsession with breasts and bras and can’t help but stare at other women; even the head nun doesn’t escape her gaze. Her world revolves around her three friends, Ruth, Claire and Orla, who are more experienced in the ways of the world. They wear bras already (except Claire the feminist) and they’ve all had boyfriends. The new bra is a start but they really hope Maeve can find a boyfriend, even offering kissing lessons to prepare her. What no one expects, least of all Maeve, is that she should snare the local heart-throb, Brian Power…

Ireland 2007 Drama 90 mins

Director Marian Quinn Cast Ailish McCarthy, Sophie Jo Wasson, Orla Long, Riona Smith, Meadhbh Ní Dhalaigh

12A

This screening will be followed by a Q&A Session with members of the film’s cast.

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As You Like It

Director Kenneth Branagh’s imaginative adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic As You Like It celebrates the enduring power of love in all its many disguises. Witty, playful and utterly magical, the story is a compelling romantic adventure in which Rosalind and Orlando’s celebrated courtship is played out against a backdrop of political rivalry, banishment and exile in the Forest of Arden. Rosalind, the daughter of a banished Duke, is forced to flee her uncle’s court and brave the wild Forest of Arden. Accompanied by her loyal cousin Celia, Rosalind disguises herself as a man which. comes in handy when she tests the devotion of Orlando, and teaches him lessons about matters of the heart. Some of the Bard’s most poetic and beautiful language flows as a merry and melancholy series of misunderstandings unfolds amidst the collision of court the way, the forces of true love and justice eventually triumph.

USA | UK 2006 Drama 127 mins

Director Kenneth Branagh Cast Romola Garai, Bryce Dallas Howard, Kevin Kline, Adrian Lester

Town Hall TheatreGalwayFriday 9th November12.00noon

15A

A short film Skool Sux (Colaiste Mhuire, Ballygar, Co Galway) will be screened before this film.

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Town Hall TheatreGalwaySaturday 10th November11.30am

UnderdogUSA 2007 Adventure Comedy 84 mins

Director Frederik Du Chau Cast Jim Belushi, Peter Dinklage, John Slattery, Patrick Warburton, Brad Garrett, Amy Adams and Jason Lee as the voice of Underdog

PG

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“There’s no need to fear. Underdog is here!” The superhero canine with a gift for rhyme returns in an all new live-action re-imagination of the classic cartoon, Underdog.

After an accident in the mysterious lab of maniacal scientist Dr. Simon Barsinister (Peter Dinklage), an ordinary beagle unexpectedly finds himself with unimaginable powers and the ability to speak. Armed with a fetching superhero costume, Underdog (voiced by comedian Jason Lee vows to protect the beleaguered citizens of Capitol City and, in particular, one beautiful spaniel named Polly Purebread (voiced by Academy Award®nominee Amy Adams). When a sinister plot by Barsinister and his overgrown henchman Cad (Patrick Warburton) threatens to destroy Capitol City only Underdog can save the day.

We are grateful to Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Ireland for this special preview.

Utilizing state-of-the-art CGI special effects mixed with live-action, Underdog will hit Irish cinemas in February 2008.

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Shorts Programme

Town Hall TheatreGalwayFriday 9th November2.30pm

12A This programme includes work from young people involved in the JFF Young Film Makers Projects, Galway Film Centre Flying Film Squads, TG4/Ciak Shorts and the Fresh Film Festival Showcase.

Feirmeor FreakyScoil na mBraithre, Mitchellstown, Co Cork. Ciak Junior International Script Competition.A humerous look at an aged farmer’s obession with a pretty TV presenter. Irish with English Subtitles.

Abuelta Winner of Radharc Documenatary Award at 2007 Fresh Film Festival. Director Santana Hernandez PowerA film about Santana’s grandmother in El Salvadore

Lunchbox Animation Laurencetown NS, Ballinasloe.

It’s A Girl Thing Seamount College, Kinvara.A new PE teacher is swamped by the affections of besotted student. Made as part of the JFF Film Makers Project.

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An t-Athair Basiti Colaiste Treasa, Kenturk, Co Cork. Ciak Junior International Script Competition.On the day that Seán is to become godfather to his niece, he is challenged to a car race with fatal consquences.

Beethoven Near Death 3rd Prize Winner at 2007 Fresh Film Festival. Director Sam CollBeethoven’s last hours of life.

Genders Divided Trading Faces Stage School, GalwayA humerous look at male and female roles

Upside Down Goldfish Brown Bag Animation Award at Fresh Film Festival 2007.Made by Bryan O’Sullivan this claymation was made as a music video.It’s A Girl Thing

Abuelta

Feirmeor Freaky

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Last Friday Holy Rosary Secondary School, Mountbellew, Co Galway.In the wrong kind of athmosphere, every day events can turn suspicious and everyone can seem guilty. Made as part of the JFF Film Makers Project.

Lunchbox Animation St Brendan’s NS. Loughrea.

We Are Kilkerrin NS Oliver Plunkett NS, Kilkerrin.As the school year draws to a close, we join the students at Oliver Plunkett NS as they turn their hand to dancing, gardening and signing each other’s t-shirts. Made as part of the JFF Film Makers Project.

An Dara Seans Holy Faith Secondary School, Clontarf, Co Dublin. Dublin Winner of the Ciak Junior Interational Script competition.Sixteen year old Saoirse wakes up in hosptial after attempting to take her own life. In flashback sequences the audience gets to see the growing pressures faced by the teenager which led to her decision. Irish with English Subtitles.

Memory Box Director Siobhan TwomeyDocumentary and animation combine in this docu-mation which explores issues facing those new to life in Ireland.

An t-Athair Basiti

We Are Kilkerrin NS

Last Friday

Ireland’s Young Filmmaker of the Year takes place at the Fresh Film Festival in Limerick each Spring. The Competition features the best films made by young people aged between 7 and 18 years. Next year’s festival will run from the 3rd - 9th March 2008. The closing date for receipt of entries is Friday 24th February 2008. The films screened at this year’s Junior Film Fleadh are a representative selection of previous entries. For further details and entry forms please contact Ireland’s Young Filmmaker of the Year, Fresh Film Festival, Belltable Arts Centre, 69 O’Connell Street, Limerick. Tel/Fax 061 319555 Email info@freshfilmfestival.net Web www. freshfilmfestival.net

Workshops ProgrammeMake-Up for Film & TelevisionFriday 9th November, 10.30am – 12.30pm | Saturday 10th November, 11.00am – 1.00pm. 12 – 16 yearsAlways a very popular and rewarding class, this year Roisin Derrane will be facilitating the Make Up Workshop. Participants will be given a demonstration on how to create all kinds of characters using the tricks of the trade before being transformed into a character themselves.

Acting for the ScreenFriday 9th November 12.00noon – 3.00pm. 15 – 18 yearsWe are honored this year to have Gary Lydon present this year’s Acting for the Screen workshop. A workshop that will be both strongly facilitated yet participatory. Participants will work from scripts, and learn how an actor studies this text as a guiding principle. There will be a camera and projector to hand during the workshop to which participants will act, and performances will be discussed and critiqued.

Lunchbox Animation in association with Galway Film Centre Saturday 10th November 10.30am – 1.00pm. 9 – 12 years

An exciting way to explore creative story-telling and visual images through animation using the Animation Lunchbox. Participants will be shown under the watchful eye of Edith Pieperhoff how to create their own images and characters and transform this into a short animated film. Watching the images come alive before their eyes is one of the most rewarding aspects of this popular workshop. Participants will be given a DVD copy of the animations after the workshop.

Presenting for TelevisionSaturday 10th November 10.30am – 1.00pm. 15 – 18 yearsIn this workshop participants will be shown the role of a television presenter; how they research and prepare, through to their presentation to the camera. Participants will also be invited to try their hand at presenting themselves. Afterwards, Páidí Ó Lionáird will offer a critique of the participants’ attempt in front of the cameras. Places on workshops are strictly limited and allocated on a first come first served basis, so early booking essential on 091 751655.

Town Hall Theatre, Galway | All workshops €10 per participant

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Whether you’re a school, youth or community group, the Galway Film Centre has a film-making workshop to suit your needs. Live action, drama, documentary and animation allow participants to explore creative story-telling and visual images. Our workshops teach technical skills and nurture team building, communication and organisational skills.

Courses are tailor-made to meet the requirements, needs and size of your group. Our tutors teach the basic principles of film-making including script, direction, camera, sound, production and editing.

For more information contact:Galway Film Centre, Cluain Mhuire, Monivea Road, GalwayTel: 091 770748 Email: info@galwayfilmcentre.ie

Film-making for Young People

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AcknowledgementsSadie Mackey, Cathy O’Connor, Miriam Allen and Debbie McVey at The Galway Film Fleadh; Trish Long at Buena Vista Ireland; Martin McGagh, Maeve Joyce, Tracy Geraghty, Orlaigh, Se and Pete, Galway Film Centre; Noreen Collins and Goretti O’Brien at The Cinemobile; Alicia McGivern and Deirdre Quinlan at The Irish Film Institute; German Embassy; Fergal McGrath and all at The Town Hall Theatre; The Fresh Film Festival; Adriana Chiesa Enterprises; Janey Pictures; Media 8 Entertainment; Roy Boulter & Sol Papadopoulos; Richard Einhorn; Lionsgate Films; TG4; Siobhan Twomey and our volunteers.

Festival Co-ordinator Annette MayeFestival Programmer Felim Mac DermottManaging Director Miriam AllenFleadh Team Cathy O’Connor, Debbie McVeyGraphic Design Paul Callanan at Design AssociatesWeb Design A Man and InkProjectionists Fred Diviney at Town Hall Theatre Filmmaking Tutors Martin McGagh, Eamon LittleBoard of Directors Billy Loughnane, Brendan McCaul, Siún Ní Raghallaigh, Máire Ní Thuathail,

Kate O’Toole (Chair), TC Rice, Steve Woods.

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