Clones Film Festival line-up announced
The annual Clones Film Festival (October 26-27) will host two special events on Friday and Saturday night- the first celebrating the reissue of Timothy O’Grady’s 1997 novel ‘I Could Read the Sky’; and secondly a special screening of F.W. Murnau’s groundbreaking masterpiece ‘Nosferatu’.
The event celebrating the legacy of ‘I Could Read the Sky’ takes place Friday, October 27, and is followed by a screening of the 1999 film based on the book, starring Dermot Healy, Maria Doyle Kennedy and Stephen Rea.
Author O’Grady and Unbound publisher John Mitchinson will also be in attendance at the Courthouse event, for what promises to be a memorable evening (doors open 7.30pm).
On Saturday night (9pm) St Joseph’s Temperance Hall will host the screening of ‘Nosferatu’, accompanied by a live score composed by Robert Perry’s Dark Mountain Radio. The core members of this group were also behind the epic screening of ‘Man of Aran’ at CFF in 2021.
Other unique highlights over the weekend also include the screening of the 40th anniversary, digitally remastered version of Talking Heads’ ‘Stop Making Sense’ on Friday at 10.30pm in the Courthouse.
At 2pm on Saturday CFF are offering patrons a unique virtual reality experience in Clones Art Studios where ‘A Cushla, My Own Native Land’, directed by Cavan’s Kim Doherty, will be shown using VR headsets. There is no booking for this event, and only a limited number of VR headsets are available. However, this short film is just over 8 minutes long and organisers say the experience will be definitely worth the wait.
Several highly acclaimed Irish documentaries will also be screened at CFF this year.
On Saturday at 4.30pm, ‘Tuilte’ directed by long time festival friend Deaglán Ó Mocháin, will be shown at in the Courthouse, followed by ‘Pray for our Sinners’ directed by Sinead O’Shea on Saturday at 6.45pm.
‘Town of Strangers’ directed by Treasa O’Brien will meanwhile be shown on Sunday at 12.45pm in Clones Art Studios.
For more details on events taking place, from opening night on Thursday, October 26 at 8pm with the screening of Full Time (À plein temps) to the screening of The Eight Mountains (Le Otto Montagne) on Friday, October 27 at 7.45pm at The Old Post Office, and finally to closing night with the awarding of ‘The Francies’, named in honour of Francie Brady in Pat McCabe’s ‘The Butcher Boy’ (Sunday, October 29, 8.30pm), visit www.clonesfilmfestival.com.