Documentaries 2020

Beijing into Songs

Sat 25 Jan 2020
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Odeon Point Square, E Wall Rd, North Dock, Dublin

Fifteen people from different origins who live in the city of Beijing, China, sign a song and tell the history of how this song influenced their lives. Inspired by the dispositif of the film “As Canções”, directed by Eduardo Coutinho, and the imitation concept from Chinese Art this documentary searches the singularity of Beijing people, passing through the historical transformations of Chinese society from the sixties until nowadays.

Director: Milena de Moura Barba
China // Doc // 82mins

A Rugby Story

Tue 21 Jan 2020
11:00 pm
Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin

Filmed over the course of one year, a group of rugby players in Benghazi, Libya cope with the realities of a civil war, as they come together to form Libya’s first national rugby team.

Director: Rashid Kadura
Libya // Doc // 94mins

Admission: Free

Murghab

Tue 21 Jan 2020
1:00 pm
Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin

A generation ago, Murghab was well taken care of. As the highest town of the former Soviet Union at 3600 metres above sea level and close to the sensitive borders with Afghanistan and China, the town enjoyed ample provisions from Moscow brought in via the Pamir Highway. It had electricity around the clock, an airport, a movie theatre, and a hospital with central heating. Since then, Murghab and its people have weathered several storms and the Soviet hallmarks are crumbling away. Yet, live goes on and, with wit and improvisational skills, the ruins of Socialism afford a plethora of new but precarious ways to make do.
The film provides a window into contemporary life in Murghab. It follows a group of men harvesting shrubs on the windswept high-altitude plateau, a nurse keeping regional health statistics, a passionate teacher inspiring a sense of history and purpose in her class, and a welder building stoves from the scraps of Soviet modernity. A winter film of hardship, work and hope.

Directors: Martin Saxer, Marlen Elders, Daler Kaziev
Germany & Tajikistan // Doc // 81mins

Admission: Free

I Am the Author of My Name Mia Couto

Tue 21 Jan 2020
2:30 pm
Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin

A documentary overview on the life and work of the writer Mia Couto.

Director: Solveig Nordlund
Mozambique & Portugal // Doc // 52mins

Admission: Free

In My Garden

Wed 22 Jan 2020
2:30 pm
Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin

A man is inside a store where the shutter door is half closed. There are no customers at this store, and although the sign says “Boseong Tile Interiors,”the space is filled with canvas, art tools and unfinished paintings. The man stays here every day from morning until sunset and spends his day painting on canvas or resting on the rocking chair. His repetitive routine forms a part that holds his life together, and yet, it also disconnects him from the world outside the shutter door. Unlike the seasons of the world that flow from summer to autumn, from winter to spring, his time floats around in unknown places. From a corner in this small space, the film carefully observes his time crisscrossed with doubt and resolution.

Director: Taewoong Won
Republic of Korea // Doc // 72mins

Admission: Free

Digital Karma

Thu 23 Jan 2020
11:00 pm
Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin

In a remote village nestled in the foggy hills of northern Bangladesh, a young girl named Rupa struggles against her inescapable fate. With a bike, a camera and her knowledge only, she defies the traditions and makes her way to empowerment. But when a misfortune strikes her family, Rupa’s freedom is threatened. Will she be able to maintain the fragile balance between her loved ones’ expectations and her own aspirations?

Director: Mark Olexa, Francesca Scalisi
Bangladesh & Switzerland // Doc // 78mins

Admission: Free

Stand Up Doll

Thu 23 Jan 2020
12:30 pm
Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin

The Stand Up Doll marks the 100th year in the life of Risa Igelfeld. Documenting the last ten years from 85- 100; Risa makes peace with her early years as Jewish Refuge, and escaping the Nazi invasion, losing her children and then the love of her life at 98. How does Risa keep getting back up with joy after so many blows? How did she find the love of her life at 85? How does she look happy and young at 100? Attitude. Risa shows us her secrets to choosing joy instead of suffering. A meditation on life, time and love.

Director: Evelyne Tollman Werzowa
USA & Austria // Doc // 76mins

Admission: Free

Camp on the Wind´s Road

Thu 23 Jan 2020
6:00 pm
Synge Theatre, Trinity College, Dublin

Following the death of her father, Belekmaa (25) lodges herself in his sheepherdsman’s encampment. She hopes to see her father at least in her dreams, up to the day when, according to the Tuvan tradition, the spirit of the deceased would be fed and given ultimate send-off.

Director: Nataliya Kharlamova
Russia // Doc // 70mins

Admission: Free

Who Made You?

Thu 23 Jan 2020
7:15 pm
Synge Theatre, Trinity College, Dublin

A film which shows the humanistic perspective to the current feature of our era: rapid development of the technology and the transformation followed by it. The film will approach artificial intelligence and technology with sheer curiosity and wondering, giving the voice to the researchers who are working on the field. Displaying the visions of the experts and encounters between people and robots, the film captures a glimpse of our near future. The film will introduce us a cyborg, a developer for artificial intelligence of sex robots, an android developer, a coder who transforms thoughts into images, and robots of various kinds. 

Director: Iiris Härmä
Finland // Doc // 80mins

Admission: Free

The Golden Harvest

Sat 25 Jan 2020
12:00 pm
Macneill Theatre, Trinity College, Dublin

A 6,000-year old love story in which the filmmaker tries to understand the profound, often troubled, relationship between olive trees and the people of Mediterranean, including her own father. It is a complicated romance, sometimes funny, sometimes tragic, that is constantly evolving in a region that includes some of the poorest and most conflicted areas of Europe and the Middle East.

Director: Alia Yunis
USA // Doc // 85mins

Admission: Free

Tommy Emmanuel: The Endless Road

Sat 25 Jan 2020
2:00 pm
Macneill Theatre, Trinity College, Dublin

From the Australian outback to Music City USA, a child guitar prodigy dedicates his life to become the world’s greatest acoustic guitarist, even as revelations of dark family secrets send him into a battle with addiction that threatens to destroy his career, his family and his life.

Director: Jeremy Dylan Potts
Australia // Doc // 80mins

Admission: Free

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