Irish Reels Film Festival: 2010 Film List

SUNDAY, MARCH 14th: SEATTLE ART MUSEUM
Kisses

Director: Lance Daly
Producer: Macdara Kelleher, Lance Daly, Tomas Eskilsson, Malte Forsell

Running Time: 72mins

On the fringes of Dublin two kids, Kylie and Dylan, live in a suburban housing estate devoid of life, colour and the prospect of escape. Kylie lives with five other siblings and her overworked mother. Next door, Dylan lives in the shadow of an alcoholic father and the memory of an elder brother who ran away from home two years earlier.

After a violent altercation with his father, Dylan runs away from home and Kylie decides to run away with him. Together they make their way to the magical night time lights of inner city Dublin, to search for Dylan’s brother in the hope of finding the possibility of a new life.

Lance Daly’s vision of Dublin, as seen through the innocent eyes of our protagonists, is a kaleidoscope of magic, wonder and mystery. But as the night wears on, and Dublin takes on a darker character, the two kids have to rely on the kindness of strangers, the advice of Bob Dylan and their trust in each other to survive the night.

Website: http://www.kisses.ie/
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Screens Sunday, March 14th, 6:30pm at the Seattle Art Museum.
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Waveriders

Director: Joel Conroy
Producer: Margo Harkin
Running Time: 80mins
Format: DVD

WAVERIDERS is the previously untold story of the unlikely Irish roots of the worldwide surfing phenomenon and today’s pioneers of Irish big wave surfing. The story unfolds through the inspirational and ultimately tragic history of Irish/Hawaiian legendary waterman, George Freeth, the son of an Irishman, who was responsible for the rebirth of this sport of Hawaiian kings in the early twentieth century. With its distinguished cast of world-renowned Irish, British and Irish/American surfers WAVERIDERS journeys full-circle from Hawaii to California and back to Irish shores following Freeth’s wave of influence. The journey reaches a spectacular climax when the surfers conquer the biggest swell ever to have been ridden in Ireland by catching monster waves of over fifty feet.

Film Website: http://www.waveridersthefilm.com/

Screens Sunday, March 14th, 9:00pm at the Seattle Art Museum.
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