elcome to the Irish Reels Film Festival
2010.
The festival will take place March 12th -14th in Seattle. Now in our twelfth year we are delighted to bring to you a
wonderful collection of refreshing and exciting new works in Irish cinema. Screenings will take place at the Henry Art Gallery, Seattle Art Museum and at the Seattle Center.
Irish Reels, a forum for features, shorts, and documentaries by independent Irish filmmakers, kicks off on Friday night, March 12th, at 7:00 p.m. at the Henry Art Gallery with a screening of Saving Our Heritage: The Irish Georgian Society a film which presents the work of The Irish Georgian Society. A lecture by the Hon. Desmond Guinness will accompany the screening.
Pictured at left are Irish Reels Film Festival founders Caroline Cumming (left) and Fidelma McGinn (right) with the Hon. Desmond Guinness at the Henry Art Gallery on opening night.
The festival continues through Saturday and Sunday. A selection of documentaries and shorts will be presented at the Seattle Center as part of Irish Week celebrations - including The Liberties, a series of twelve beautifully crafted short films, each focusing on a different character in Dublin’s inner-city; Waiting for The Light a documentary accounting the life and works of legendary Irish filmmaker George Morrison; Butte America chronicling the remarkable history of Butte, Montana, once "The Most Irish City in North America" and The Bass Player which explores the the intertwined yet separate lives that define an adult son’s relationship with his parents.
Feature presentations will be screened each evening at the Seattle Art Museum. At 6:30pm on Saturday, Alan Gilsenan's new feature documentary The Yellow Bittern provides a revealing and surprising portrait of the last surviving member of The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. The 9:00pm feature presentatoin is The Eclipse, Conor McPherson's latest feature film which explores the challenges of love, fear of the unknown and release from the burden of grief.
Our closing night begins with a 6:30pm feature screening of award winning Kisses which takes us on a journey into the streets of inner city Dublin with two ten-year-old kids. The 9:00pm screening is Waveriders a feature documentary which showcases the world class surfing destinations available off the North West coast of Ireland. Featured shorts screened at this year's festival include Oscar nominated Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty and The Herd.
