Abstract The article considers the question of locality and universality regarding two locations and populations: the Inuit of the Canadian North, and the Aran Islanders living off the western coast of Ireland. These locations provide the setting for Robert J. Flaherty’s documentary films Nanook of the North (1922) and Man of Aran (1934). The two films attempt to reveal …
The Essence of the Emerald Isle – An Insight into Irish film
Irish-born director Martin McDonagh’s latest film, The Banshees of Inisherin and Colm Bairéad’s The Quiet Girl are finally in Hungarian cinemas. In the following article I have picked out what makes Irish cinema so special and how it reflects our unique cultural heritage.
YOUNG PLATO – “If I can dream…”
Film Review by Krisztina Kodó 6 February 2023 Young Plato is an observational documentary filmed in Ardoyne North Belfast in 2020 and 2021. The film features as the opening film within the documentary festival. The screening of the film was sponsored by the Embassy of Ireland in Budapest which took place in Mammut Cinema City, …
In Memory of Lost Friendships – The Banshees of Inisherin
There are few things in the world more precious than a true and lasting friendship. But when it all ends, wounds are torn open, and a huge void is left in our soul. The Banshees of Inisherin, directed by Martin McDonagh, explores a painful theme that happens at least once in every person’s life.
Cultural Programmes for January and February by the Embassy of Ireland in Budapest
The Young Plato Facebook event link: https://fb.me/e/3SqX6wJhC With the support of the Embassy the Budapest International Documentary Film festival will screen the documentary film titled The Young Plato in the Cinemacity Mamuth for 3 days in January. You can meet the Irish directors Declan McGrath and Neasa Ní Chianáin after the screening in the cinema. If you …
Opening Joycean Art Exhibition and Film Screening of Joycean Inspired Music Works
Joycean Transfigurations: Ulysses and Ireland in the Works of Ferenc Martyn and Imre Szemethy “The soul is in a manner all that is: the soul is the form of forms. Tranquility sudden, vast, candescent: form of forms.” One of the greatest literary works in history, Ulysses by James Joyce was published in its entirety in …