KILLRUDDERY FILM FESTIVAL
Celebrating Lost, Overlooked
& Forgotten Cinema

11 – 14 March 2010
Killruddery House & Gardens

www.killrudderyfilmfestival.com

A unique repertory film festival celebrating lost,
overlooked and forgotten cinema. With various silent and contemporary screenings, including many rarely seen classics. Taking place over four days within the historical surrounds of the majestic Killruddery House and Gardens and incorporating screenings, lectures and workshops.

With Confirmed Special Guests attending and contributing to the Festival including: The award winning filmmaker John Boorman, NYTimes film-critic and video-essayist Matt Zoller Seitz, historian/filmmaker Kevin Brownlow, celebrated film writer Charles Barr, filmmaker Andrew Legge, documentary filmmaker Bob Quinn, composer Roger Doyle, filmmaker and author Rebecca Miller and the IFI’s curator Sunniva O’ Flynn.

Selected Festival Highlights:

Irish titles-
Sunday 14th @ 4pm : A rare screening of Budawanny (1987). Frequently described as Bob Quinn’s greatest film, it will be followed by a performance by the composer Roger Doyle.
Thursday 11th 6.15 pm and Friday 12th 6pm: Down Wicklow Way and Back Down Wicklow Way Two programmes of films selected from the Irish Film Archives by Sunniva O Flynn and focusing on material shot in and around Wicklow.

Premieres/rare screenings-
Friday 12th @ 7pm : A rare screening of the overlooked Terence Malick masterpiece The New World (2005).
Saturday 13th @ 2.15pm: Nina Paley’s exuberant animated film Sita Sings the Blues (2008),
Saturday 13th@ 8.30pm: a special outdoor screening of I Know Where I’m Going (1945) by Powell & Pressburger
Sunday 14th @ 6.15pm : a rare screening of Goddess/Devi (1960) by the great Satyajit Ray, introduced by filmmaker and author Rebecca Miller

Talks/lectures and workshops-
Saturday 13th @ 4pm : an illustrated lecture On the developing art of the video essay presented by NY Times film critic Matt Zoller Seitz.
Sunday 14th @ 12pm : Unknown Chaplin, an illustrated lecture by film historian and special guest of the festival Kevin Brownlow presenting the results of recent research on lost Chaplin and featuring never before seen footage.
Sunday 14th @ 1pm : Brittanica & other stories. A selection of Artist’s films selected and introduced by Elisa Kay (Flat Time House, London) and Eilis Lavelle (Mermaid Arts Centre), including a rare chance to see the work of John Latham.

Silent titles-
Thursday 11th @ 8.30pm : The thrilling, expressionistic A Cottage on Dartmoor (1929), by the great Anthony Asquith. Live accompaniment by Stephen Horne.
Saturday 13th @ 6pm : The documentary-drama Chang shot in 1927 in and around the Thai border with Laos by the film-making team who would later bring us King Kong.
Sunday 14th @ 2.15pm : The captivating drama Ingeborg Holm by the great Swedish master Victor Sjostrom. Described by Bergman as “one of the most remakable films ever made” and introduced here by the film writer Charles Barr.
Sunday 14th @ 6pm : The snappy, almost Coen Brothers esque, comedy The Patsy (1928) by King Vidor. With live accompaniment by Josh Johnston.

Many more also, see full programme for details: www.killrudderyfilmfestival.com

This year’s festival follows on from and expands upon last year's Killruddery Silent Film Festival. We will continue to celebrate the world of silent film with another exciting and illuminating selection, chosen once again with the invaluable help of celebrated historian and filmmaker Kevin Brownlow who returns as special guest of the festival.

The subtitle for the festival is Celebrating Lost, Overlooked & Forgotten Cinema and we will be adding a second more contemporary strand to this year’s programme. We have invited a number of very special guests to select one film of their choosing - a favourite that they feel remains unfairly overlooked. Confirmed guests already include the celebrated filmmaker John Boorman, author/filmmaker Rebecca Miller and NYTimes film critic Matt Zoller Seitz.

We will be screening rarely seen films, specially selected for the programme, and taken from the worlds of contemporary animation, the film essay, the Irish Film Archives, alongside some personal favourites of our own. Several talks and illustrated lectures will take place over the course of the festival including an introduction to the developing art of the video essay by NY Times film critic Matt Zoller Sietz as well as Kevin Brownlow presenting his research on Unknown Chaplin. Our off-site programme includes a selection of artist’s film screenings curated by Eilis Lavelle. Other events include a Foley workshop for children with the internationally renowned Foley artists Caoimhe Doyle and Jean Mc Grath and a series of artistic interventions by Jennie Moran (KFF Artist-in-Residence).

We look forward to seeing you there,

Daniel Fitzpatrick
Festival Director


Book with our Festival Partners:
Box Office:
Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co.Wicklow
You can book tickets online, over the phone, or
in person.
Online Bookings: www.mermaidartscentre.ie
Telephone Bookings: 01 272 4030