Saturday, June 28th

Masterclass: The Darklight/Screen Training Ireland Masterclass: “For Those About To Rock: Making Heavy Metal In Baghdad” Filmbase, 10.30am

Suroosh Alvi and Eddy Moretti explore the unique challenges encountered when shooting a feature documentary guerilla-style in one of the most volatile war zones on the planet today.

NB: To participate in this event, contact Screen Training Ireland via www.screentrainingireland.ie

Masterclass:The Darklight/Screen Training Ireland Masterclass: “Paddy Considine In Conversation”  Project Arts Centre, 10.30am

Mr. Paddy Considine explores his creative process, in conversation with writer and actor Mark O’Halloran (Adam & Paul, Garage), from his collaborations with filmmaker Shane Meadows – amongst them A Room For Romeo Brass and Dead Man’s Shoes – to his own award-winning directorial debut, Dog Altogether.

NB: To participate in this event, contact Screen Training Ireland via www.screentrainingireland.ie – places are limited, so early registration is advisable.

Screening: Faceless (AKA Surveillance) The Light House, 1.00 p.m.

In a society under the reformed ‘Real-Time’ Calendar, without history nor future, everybody is faceless. A woman panics when she wakes up one day with a face… Faceless was produced under the rules of the ‘Manifesto for CCTV Filmmakers’. The manifesto states, amongst other things, that additional cameras are not permitted at filming locations, as the omnipresent existing video surveillance (CCTV) is already in operation.

Masterclass: The Darklight/Screen Training Ireland Masterclass: “Crispin Glover In Conversation”  Filmbase, 2 p.m

Actor, filmmaker and Darklight 2008 Guest Of Honour Crispin Glover discusses his formidable career to date, detailing the creation of his self-financed features What Is It? And It Is Fine! EVERYTHING IS FINE!

NB: To participate in this event, contact Screen Training Ireland via www.screentraining.ie – places are limited, so early registration is advisable.

Screening: ANIMADRID: Spanish Animation Programme Part 2 The Light House, 3.00 p.m.

Our second programme of Spanish animation juxtaposes a series of seminal works by veteran Catalan directors Jan Baca and Toni Garriga alongside a selection of stunning plasticine animations by recent Goya Award winner Pablo Llorens.

Family Workshop: Morphathon Meeting Room, Irish Film Institute, 11 a.m Hosted by Michael Connolly

Fun for all the family! Bring life to an inert blob of clay! Darklight’s popular animation workshop for kids returns – and this time Mammys and Daddys are allowed to join in! Everyone attending will get an opportunity to be an animator, cameraman and video editor, creating their own personal clips. All are welcome!

Advance booking is required for this event. Contact Darklight at 01 6709017 or mail info AT darklight DOT ie

Free Screening: Uncle Conzo’s Cartoon Lounge Meeting Room, Irish Film Institute, 3 p.m

Buala bos! Join Darklight’s King Of Cartoons for a selection of classic Irish animation, suitable for children of all ages.

Screening: Searchers 2.0 Irish Film Institute, 2 p.m

Two actors go on a road trip from Los Angeles to Monument Valley, Arizona, in search for revenge… And the director of Repo Man and Sid And Nancy gleefully embraces low-budget digital filmmaking (with help from veteran b-movie producer Roger Corman) with this welcome return-to-form, a deadpan road movie riff on John Ford and Sergio Leone.

‘Think Cheech And Chong meets Road Trip, with smarter jokes and poignant insights about American culture and Hollywood.’ The Onion

Screening: Focus On Warp: Dead Man’s Shoes Irish Film Institute, 3.30 p.m

In Shane Meadows’ uncompromising classic, Paddy Considine (who co-wrote the script) delivers a tour-de-force as a a tortured ex-solder who returns to the rural Midlands village of his youth to take revenge on the local thugs who used and abused his younger, mentally challenged brother. One of the defining British films of the new millennium.

Plus: Dog Altogether

in Paddy Considine’s remarkable directorial debut, Joseph (Peter Mullan) is a man plagued by a violence and rage, driving him towards self destruction; as he falls further into turmoil, Joseph scours the landscape in search of a single grain of redemption.

NB: This screening will be introduced by Paddy Considine, who will participate in a Q&A afterwards.

Workshop: David O’Reilly Gets Animated Filmbase, 5 p.m

David O’Reilly talks about ideas relating to modern animation filmmaking, with a particular focus on 3D aesthetics, appreciation of movement and (in his words) a whole load of other things. He will illustrate using choice examples of his own work.

Screening: Saving Pop Culture Experimental German Music Videos 2003 – 2007 The Light House, 5 p.m. Presented in association with the Goethe Institute.

This selection of recent German music videos offers compelling evidence that the medium is alive and kicking; featured artists include Amon Tobin, The Streets and Chicks On Speed.

Screening: Underground Presents: Last Night of the Funnel Filmbase, 8 p.m.

The Funnel Bar on Dublin’s City Quay was the key underground music venue in the

late ’90s. Shot by artist Stephen Rennicks, Last Night of the Funnel features 80 minutes of roughly edited hand-held camcorder footage of the Funnel’s final bash, a massive party featuring DJs from U:Mack, D1, Bassbin, The Fear and Pure from Scotland; it captures a moment in time and a night to remember.

Screening: Crispin Hellion Glover Presents: It is Fine. Everything is Fine! Irish Film Institute, 8 p.m.

Plus: The Big Slide Show

Crispin Glover teams with screenwriter Steven C. Stewart for the successor to What Is It?  – a surreal, psycho-sexual, semi-autobiographical feature detailing cerebral palsy-sufferer Stewart’s remarkable life and many love affairs. Once again, the screening will be preceded by a live performance from Crispin Glover, presenting an all-different Big Slide Show. Don’t miss this truly unique event.

NB: This screening will be followed by a Q&A and book signing.

Screening: New Adventures In Animation: Part 2 The Light House, 8 p.m.

All killer, no filler: presenting more of the finest new animation from home and abroad.