Author: Redazione IFF
La storia della gente di Dublino nelle anteprime dell’Irish film festa[E Polis Roma]
IL PAESE: IRISHFILMFESTA[Alias]
CINEMA: CASA DEL CINEMA[Roma]
Cinema, serie tv e documentari Irlanda superstar[Il messagero]
CINEMA: Irish film festa[Leggo]
IrishFilmFesta[Corriere Della Sera]
IrishFilmFesta[City]
Con IrishFilm è la festa del cinema[Metro]
Irish singer-songwriter Kay Kay McCarthy will perform at Irish Film Festa
Saturday 29th November, on the occasion of the screening of the Gaelic language film Kings (Tom Collins, 2007) Kay McCarthy will attend at Irish Film Festa. Irish born, Italian by adoption, for over twenty years now, Kay McCarthy has been bringing Irish traditional music and culture to Italy. Her repertoire ranges from traditional melodies to songs and instrumental tunes written by herself. She began performing in Rome in the seventies when the city’s mythical Folkstudio hosted her on a regular basis. In August 2000, Kay and the group were hosted by Lorient Interceltic Festival. Furthermore, Kay McCarthy is a teacher of both English and Gaelic language
Silvia Calamati at Irish Film Festa to talk about his upcoming book about Bobby Sands
Friday 27th November, on the occasion of the screening of Hunger (S. McQueen, 2008) Silvia Calamati, journalist and writer, will take part in Irish Film Festa to present her new book about IRA activist Bobby Sands, publishing next May by Castelvecchi. Silvia Calamati has concerned herself with the Irish question since 1982, she has been working as a free-lance journalist for Rai News 24 and for the Italian weekly magazine Avvenimenti, focusing on Ulster matters. She won the Tom Cox Award, she has translated One day in my life (Feltrinelli, 1996), the book written by Bobby Sands, and she published, one among so many, Qui Belfast. 20 anni di cronache dall’Irlanda di Bobby Sands e Pat Finucane (Edizioni Associate, 2008)
Dr. Barry Monahan, lecturer in the history and aesthetics of Irish cinema at University College Cork, will be guest of Irish Film Festa
Dr. Barry Monahan, lecturer in history and aesthetics of Irish cinema at Cork’s University College, will be guest of Irish Film Festa. He has published on contemporary Irish cinema from different theoretical and aesthetic perspectives. He just published the book Ireland’s Theater on Film: Style, Stories and the National Stage on Screen and he’s involved in the project Capturing the Nation: Irish Home Movies 1930-1970. Dr. Barry Monahan will take part in Irish Film Festa with the talk Television in Ireland, focusing on the Lenny Abrahamson’s tv drama Prosperity (2007)