TRADERS ScreeningFriday,July29that10:30pm atManshipTheatreattheShawCenterfortheArts 2016 ThirdStreetatNorthBoulevard,BatonRougeJobs are gone. Homes are being repossessed. Suicide rates are soaring. But Vernon Stynesmighthavetheanswer-Trading.Throughanundergroundonlinenetworkofsimilarlydisplacedindividuals,twopeopleagreetoTradebyemptyingtheirbankaccounts,sellingeverythingtheyownandputtingthecashintonondescriptgreenbags.Theythentraveltoaremotelocation,digagraveandfighttothedeath.Winnerburiestheloserandtakesthetwobags.Thenyoufind someone else and do it again, and again, and again, until you are rich enoughor dead,whichevercomesfirst.HarryFoxhaslosthisjob,hisdignity,hisbestfriend.Whatelsehashegottolose?WhynotbecomeaTrader?Year:2015RunTime:90minutesRating:NRGenre:ThrillerLanguage:EnglishCountries:IrelandCAST&CREDITSWriter-Directors:RachelMoriarty,PeterMurphyProducers:LibbyDurdy,RachelLysaght,StuartSwitzerCast:KillianScott,JohnBradley,PeterO’Meara,NikaMcGuigan,BarryKeoghanCompany:CocoTelevision,IrishFilmBoardTRAILER:https://youtu.be/XleAc2a_i0MAWARDS:
• BrusselsInternationalFantasticFilmFestival,2016:Won7thOrbitAwardforBestFilm• BelfastFilmFestival,2016:WontheAudienceAward
Irish Classics: THE QUIET MAN ScreeningSaturday,July30that10:00am atManshipTheatreattheShawCenterfortheArts 2016 ThirdStreetatNorthBoulevard,BatonRougeAretiredAmericanboxerreturnstothevillageofhisbirthinIreland,wherehefindslove.Year:1952RunTime:129minutesRating:NRGenre:Comedy|Drama|RomanceLanguage:EnglishCountries:Ireland,USCAST&CREDITSDirector:JohnFordWriters:FrankS.Nugent(Screenplay),MauriceWalsh(FromtheStoryBy)Producers:MerianC.Cooper,JohnFordCast:JohnWayne,MaureenO’Hara,BarryFitzgerald,WardBond,VictorMcLaglenCompany:RepublicPictures,SwankMotionPicturesTRAILER:https://youtu.be/3srATpDcoNUAWARDS
• AcademyAwardsUSA,1953:WontheOscarsforBestDirector(JohnFord),andBestCinematography(WinstonC.Hoch,ArchieStout).NominatedforBestPicture,BestActorinaSupportingRole(VictorMcLaglen),BestScreenplay(FrankS.Nugent),BestArtDirection-SetDecoration(FrankHotaling,JohnMcCarthy,Jr.,CharlesS.Thompson),andBestSound(DanielJ.Bloomberg)
• Director’sGuildofAmericaUSA,1953:WontheDGAAwardforOutstandingDirectorialAchievementinMotionPictures(JohnFord,WingateSmith)
• Writer’sGuildofAmericaUSA,1953:WontheWGAAwardforBestWrittenAmericanComedy• GoldenGlobesUSA,1953:NominatedforBestDirector,andBestOriginalScore• AddedtotheNationalFilmRegistrybytheNationalFilmPreservationBoardUSAin2013
YOU’RE UGLY TOO ScreeningSaturday,July30
that12:30pm
atManshipTheatreattheShawCenterfortheArts 2016 ThirdStreetatNorthBoulevard,BatonRouge
WillisreleasedfromprisononcompassionateleavetocareforhisnieceStaceyafterthedeathofhermother.As theybothhead into thesleepy Irishmidlandsandattempt tobea family,theysufferaseriesofsetbacks;Staceyisrefusedadmissiontothelocalschoolbecauseofherrecently developed narcolepsy; Will repeatedly comes close to breaking his prison-orderedcurfew;andhisattemptsatbeingafatherfiguretoherprovedisastrous...Astheirfuturehangsinthebalancetheymustsearchforanewwayforwardtogether.Year:2015RunTime:81minutesRating:NRGenre:Comedy|DramaLanguage:EnglishCountries:IrelandCAST&CREDITS
Writer-Director:MarkNoonanProducers:ConorBarry,JohnKevilleCast:AidanGillen,LaurenKinsella,ErikaSainteCompany:SavageProductions,PictureTreeInternationalTRAILER:https://youtu.be/976KyKzqMf4AWARDS:
• GalwayFilmFleadh,2015:WontheawardforBestIrishFeatureFilm• AthensInternationalFilmFestival,2015:WontheGoldenAthenasforBestScreenplayandBest
Picture• BostonIrishFilmFestival,2016:WontheawardforBestBreakthroughFeature• Director’sFindersSeries,Ireland,2015:WonDirector’sFindersAward(MarkNoonan)
THE TRUTH COMMISSIONER ScreeningSaturday,July30that2:25pm atManshipTheatreattheShawCenterfortheArts 2016 ThirdStreetatNorthBoulevard,BatonRougeInapost-TroublesNorthernIreland,careerdiplomatHenryStanfieldhasjustbeenappointedasTruth Commissioner to Northern Ireland. Eager tomake good as a peacemaker, the PrimeMinsterurgesacommissionfollowingtheSouthAfricanmodelofTruthandReconciliation.Buthe quickly uncovers some bloody and inconvenient truths about those now running thecountry;truthswhichnoneofthoseinpowerarepreparedtohaverevealed.Year:2016RunTime:94minutesRating:NRGenre:Drama|CrimeLanguage:EnglishCountries:NorthernIreland(UK),IrelandCAST&CREDITSDirector:DeclanRecksWriters:EionO’CallaghanProducers:DavidCollins,KevinJackson,EionO’CallaghanCast:RogerAllam,BarryWard,ConlethHill,MadeleineMantockCompany:BigFishFilms,SamsonFilms,CarnabyInternationalTRAILER:https://vimeo.com/153499221
NAME YOUR POISON (DEOCH AN DORAIS) ScreeningSaturday,July30that4:20pm atManshipTheatreattheShawCenterfortheArts 2016 ThirdStreetatNorthBoulevard,BatonRouge
MikeMalloy was a lowly alcoholic vagrant in Depression-era New York. Four unscrupulous
associates sawhimasaneasy target fora fastbuck:Whydon’twe takeouta life insurance
policyonthisIrishbumandkillhim?“DurableMike”survivedovertwentyattemptsonhislife
and the story of this Rasputin of the Bronx is told here for the first time in all its glorious,
gobsmackingandgorydetail.
Q&AwithDirectorPaddyHayestofollow!
Year:2015RunTime:50minutesRating:NRGenre:Documentary|Crime|History
Language:IrishCountries:Ireland,US
CAST&CREDITSDirector:PaddyHayesProducer:CiaraNicChormaic
Company:Magamedia
TRAILER:https://vimeo.com/136618960
AN KLONDIKE ScreeningSaturday,July30that7:15pm atManshipTheatreattheShawCenterfortheArts 2016 ThirdStreetatNorthBoulevard,BatonRougeAn Klondike is the first Western to be made in Ireland and tells the story of the ConnollyBrothers;threeIrishemigrantswhotravelfromMontanatotheYukonduringtheKlondikegoldrushofthe1890'sinthehopeofstrikingitrich.AnKlondikefollowstheConnollybrothersfromMontana to Dominion Creek, a town on which they will leave a permanent mark. TheConnolly’sarrivalinDominionsetsinmotionachainofeventsthatleadstoadeadlyshowdownwithJacobHopkins,themanwhorunsthetown.Year:2015RunTime:105minutesRating:NRGenre:Action|Drama|WesternLanguage:EnglishCountries:IrelandCAST&CREDITSDirector:DathaíKeaneScreenwriters:DathaíKeane(Creator),MarcusFlemingProducer:PierceBoyceCast:OwenMcDonnell,DaraDevaney,SeánT.ÓMeallaigh,JulianBlackAntelopeCompany:AbúMedia,TG4TRAILER:https://youtu.be/Q0R-nbXSAlsAWARDS
• Irish Film and Television Awards, 2016: Won awards for Best Drama, Best Script – Drama(MarcusFleming),BestActorinaLeadingRole-Drama(DaraDevaney),andBestMakeup&Hair- Film/TV Drama (Stephanie Lynne Smith, Ailbhe Fitzpatrick). Nominated for Best Director –Drama(DathaíKeane),BestActressinaSupportingRole–Film(SiobhánO’Kelly),BestActorinaSupportingrole–Drama(RobertO’Mahoney),BestProductionDesign–Film/TVDrama(PadraigO’Neill),andBestCostumeDesign–Film/TVDrama(TrionaLillis)
SING STREET ScreeningSaturday,July30that9:25pm atManshipTheatreattheShawCenterfortheArts 2016 ThirdStreetatNorthBoulevard,BatonRougeWith1980sDublinmired in recession,Conor’sparentsmovehim fromacomfortableprivateschool to a rough inner-city public school where the scrappy 14-year-old forms a band.Mentored by his older brother, a dropoutwho’s hip to cool tunes, Conor starts to composelyrics and the glam-ish band finds its “no covers” groove. Renaming himself Cosmo, heconvincesthemysterious,über-coolRaphinatostarintheirmusicvideos(andtriestowinherheartintheprocess).Year:2016RunTime:106minutesRating:PG-13Genre:Comedy|Drama|MusicLanguage:EnglishCountries:Ireland,UK,USCAST&CREDITSWriter-Director:JohnCarneyProducers:AnthonyBregman,MartinaNiland,JohnCarneyCast:FerdiaWalsh-Peelo,LucyBoynton,JackReynor,AidanGillen,MarkMcKenna,MariaDoyleKennedyCompany:TheWeinsteinCompany,SwankMotionPicturesTRAILER:https://youtu.be/C_YqJ_aimkMAWARDS
• IrishFilmandTelevisionAwards,2016:WonawardforBestActorinaSupportingRole–Film(JackReynor).NominatedforBestFilm,BestDirector–Film(JohnCarney),BestCound(RobertFlangan),BestCostumeDesign–Film/TVDrama(TizianaCorvisieri),BestMakeupandHair–Film/TVDrama,andBestOriginalMusic(GaryClark,JohnCarney)
1916: THE IRISH REBELLION ScreeningSunday,July31stat12:00pm atCelticMediaCentre 2016 10000CelticDrive,BatonRougeNarrated by acclaimed actor and Irish native Liam Neeson, 1916; The Irish Rebellioncommemorates this seminal event with a combination of rarely seen archival footage, newsegmentsfilmedonlocationworldwide,andinterviewswithleadinginternationalexperts.Thedocumentaryalsouncovers theuntold storyof thecentral role IrishAmericansplayed in thelead-uptotherebellionthatwouldchangethecourseofIrishhistory.Year:2016RunTime:80minutesRating:NRGenre:Documentary|HistoryLanguage:EnglishCountries:IrelandCAST&CREDITSDirector:PatCollins,RuanMaganWriter:BríonaNicDhiarmada,RuanMaganProducers:LindaCullen,BríonaNicDiarmada,ChristopherFox,JackieLarkinCast:LiamNeeson(narrator)Company:CocoTelevision,PublicBroadcastingServiceTRAILER:https://youtu.be/CN2dimzxzp8
THE BLOODY IRISH! ScreeningSunday,July31stat3:00pm atCelticMediaCentre 2016 10000CelticDrive,BatonRougeGeneral Sir John Grenfell Maxwell – the man who signed the death warrants of the 1916leaders-narratesthisdramaticretellingoftheeventsofEasterWeek.Startingoutwithabeliefthat the rising is a foul act of treachery, Maxwell has a change of heart, asking in the endwhether he has made a grievous mistake in sending Pearse, Connolly and the rest to theirdeath. Hisquestioningisdrivenalongbytheactionthatunfolds-acombinationofsonganddramatic cameos set in the GPO and in the killing fields of the suburbs – as Easter weekprogresses;actionthatculminatesintheexecutionoftheleadersandinthechangeofpublicattitudes to English rule that led to thewarof independence and the settingupof the FreeState.Year:2015RunTime:77minutesRating:NRGenre:Musical|HistoryLanguage:EnglishCountries:IrelandCAST&CREDITSDirector:MichaelBarker-Cavin(forthestage),RussellThomasWriter:BarryDevlinProducers:NedO’Hanlon,SiúnNíRaghallaighCast:MalcolmSinclair,LorcanCranitch,GavinO’Connor,LisaLambe,KarlaLyonsCompany:ikandiProductions,BloodyProductionsTRAILER:https://vimeo.com/142195234
ATLANTIC ScreeningSunday,July31stat5:30pm atCelticMediaCentre 2016 10000CelticDrive,BatonRougeNarrated by Emmy Award-winning actor Brendan Gleeson, Atlantic follows the fortunes ofthree small fishing communities as they struggle tomaintain theirway of life in the face ofmounting economic and ecological challenges. Filmed in some of the most remote andbreathtakinglocationsintheNorthAtlantic,andatclosequarterswithsomeofthesea’smostcaptivatingcharacters,Atlanticwillbringtheverypersonalstoriesinthevitalresourcedebatetothefore,exploringhowthreemoderndaycommunitiesmustlearnfromthepast,inordertosecureabrighterfuture.Year:2016RunTime:80minutesRating:NRGenre:Documentary|Adventure|EnvironmentLanguage:EnglishCountries:Ireland,Canada,NorwayCAST&CREDITSDirector:RisteardO'DomhnaillWriter:AngelaAntleProducers:Marie-ThereseGarvey,JillKnox-Gosse,KarlEmilRikardsen,LynneWilsonCast:BrendanGleeson(narrator)Company:ScannáinInbhearTRAILER:https://vimeo.com/163938093AWARDS:
• DublinInternationalFilmFestival,2016:WonforBestIrishDocumentary• ScreenDirector’sGuild(SDG),2016:FindersSeriesAwardwinnerfor2016(Risteard
O'Domhnaill)
ON THE NOSE ScreeningMonday,August1stat7:30pm atPhilBrady’sBarandGrill 2016 4848GovernmentStreet,BatonRougeAlucklessgamblerfinallyfindsthesecrettopickingwinnersatthetrack-aheadinajar.Year:2001RunTime:104minutesRating:NRGenre:Comedy|FantasyLanguage:EnglishCountries:Ireland,CanadaCAST&CREDITSDirector:DavidCaffreyWriter:TonyPhilpottProducers:ScottKennedy,TristanLynchCast:RobbieColtrane,DanAkroyd,BrendaBlethyn,TonyBriggs,JimNortonCompany:SuboticaEntertainment,HighwireEntertainmentTRAILER:https://youtu.be/8Ei8kqPkm7IAWARDS:
• NewportBeachFilmFestival,2002:WontheAudienceAwardforBestFeature