Darklight : Reboot shines a light on future-forward film as Dublin’s festival of independent creativity, running from 24-27 April 2014. This year sees the festival rebooting and relocating to Smithfield. Smithfield will be transformed to the head quarters of independent forward thinking film, street games, screenings, visual art, live music, workshops and so much more. Locations include the Light House Cinema, BlockT, Generator, Third Space and Smithfield Square.
As Dublin’s pioneering festival of independent creativity, Darklight has been showcasing new ways of making film, art and DIY culture for 15 years – from digital cinema to 3D printing. This year promises to be even more dynamic as the festival explores evolving interactions with new technologies through four different strands. The DIGITAL STORYTELLING strand will take a look at what new technologies, thinking models and platforms are out there for exploring narratives. The WHAT’S UP DOC? strand showcases the rapidly transforming genre of documentary. Decisive moments in the development of cinema as an artform are celebrated within the GAMECHANGING strand. Finally the award winning SHORT FILM strand shines a spotlight on emerging talent, merging disciplines and incipient artistic vision.
Some exciting additions to the festival line-up include a Cinemobile to create a unique outdoor cinematic experience, screenings of movies that have transformed film culture such as Scorsese’s mob epic ‘Goodfellas‘, and a think-tank brunch on the last day of the festival which will allow festival revellers, creative minds and guest speakers to network and exchange thoughts.
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The 2014 Darklight Symposium features keynote speaker Anna Higgs of Film 4 leading the discussion with special guests such as Lenny Abrahamson, director of ‘Frank’. Theatre Company ‘Make and Do’ will introduce the biggest interactive game of chasing Dublin city has ever witnessed called ‘Journey Through The End of Night’.
Some of this year’s festival highlights announced to-date include the screening of 2014 Oscar nominated, BAFTA Award winning documentary ‘The Act of Killing’ directed by Joshua Oppenheimer, who will also be fielding questions for the post-screening Q&A. This will be the Irish premier of the director’s cut. Amongst the many Irish premiers to be screened at Darklight are ‘A Spell to Ward off Darkness’ by Ben Rivers and Ben Russell which includes a post screening Q&A, plus ‘Last Hijack’ and Q&A with director Tommy Pallotta. Pallotta is famed for introducing startling animation techniques to the worlds of Richard Linklater’s Waking Life and A Scanner Darkly.
Festival fans can avail of a 40% discount on an Early Bird Season Ticket as Darklight are currently running a Fund:It campaign offering funders the discounted rate. Darklight’s Fund:It campaign can be found at http://fundit.ie/project/
The full programme is to be announced on the 27th March but here is a taste of what Darklight Festival has in store.
TASTER OF DARKLIGHT’S 2014 PROGRAMME – FULL PROGRAMME TO BE ANNOUCED 27 MARCH
THURS 24 April:
- Opening Gala and Irish Premier Screening of ‘Last Hijack’
FRI 25 April:
- Anna Higgs, Film4.0 Keynote Symposium
- Digital Storytelling
Roundtable Discussion - Storytelling Hack Jam with
Mozilla & Popathon Workshop - Anatomy of a Film with Hugh
Garry and Lenny Abrahamson Discussion
SAT 26 APRIL:
- …Even that void: Screening followed by Q&A
with - Film4.0 Showcase: Screening
- The Act of Killing, Irish
Premiere of Directors Cut: Screening followed by Q&A with Joshua Oppenheimer - The Late Night Work Club Animation: Screening
- DATA Presents A New Media
Nostalgia: Discussion - Future Shorts Presented by
Happenings & Le Cool Dublin: Screening - Goodfellas: Cinemobile Screening
- ‘Good Fridays’: Party – Hosted by BlockT, curated by
Darklight & Beatyard - VFX & Audio: Workshop with Egg Post
Production - Damn Fine Print: Workshops
- Last Hijack Animation: Workshop with Tommy Pallotta &
Gavin Kelly - New Irish Experimental Docs: Screening followed by Q&A
- ‘What’s Up Doc’?: Roundtable Discussion
- Forsyth & Pollard: A Retrospective and Q&A
- A Spell To Ward Off The
Darkness: Screening followed by Q&A - Breathless (À bout de souffle)
, Jean Luc Godard: Screening - The Searchers: Screening
- Wetlands (Feuchtgebiete): Screening
- A Scanner Darkly: Screening
- 8.30pm | Cinemobile | Ticket:
€8 - Darklight Party 2014
- Journey To The End of Night: Interactive game of chasing through Dublin
SUN 27 APRIL:
- Oculus Rift Bedamned! Make
your own VR headset: Workshop - The Lawnmower Man: A Discussion on Virtual
Reality 2.0 - Sunday Brunch
- Elecktro Moskva: Screening
- Wizards Way: Screening, followed by Q&A
with directors - Storytelling Hack Jam
Presentation - A Spell To Ward Off the
Darkness. Live II: Symposium - Space Baby Awards
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