Cinema North West News

NORTH LEITRM WOMENS FILM FESTIVAL, MANORHAMILTON, 12th & 13th NOVEMBER

2011-11-04T06:04:00.000-07:00

TWO DAYS OF FILM FOR WOMEN

Saturday 12th November

4pm Build Something Modern

Build Something Modern tells the story of a hidden canon of Irish architecture; groundbreaking young architects who pushed the boundaries of Irish design, with surprisingly little recognition at home. From the 1950’s to the 1970’s adventurous architects, including Seán Rothery, Richard Hurley and Gerald Fay, eager to be among the first Irish modernists, travelled to Africa for excitement and creative freedom. At the same time, other Irish architects fresh out of university, were also given the opportunity to design modern buildings in Africa, but remarkably never got to see them.

8pm Winters Bone (15+)
17-year-old Ree Dolly (Jennifer Lawrence) sets out to track down her father, who put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared. If she fails, Ree and her family will be turned out into the Ozark woods. Challenging her outlaw kin's code of silence and risking her life, Ree hacks through the lies, evasions and threats offered up by her relatives and begins to piece together the truth. Based on the novel by Daniel Woodrell, WINTER'S BONE is the winner of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize.

Sunday 13th November

4 pm Musical Mayhem
Cinema North West's Colin Mckeown presents a dazzling selection of clips from musical movies. Come along and Sing along.
For all ages

8pm Made in Dagenham (15+)
A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.

CINEMOBILE
MANORHAMILTON

Supported by The International Fund for Ireland, North WLeitrim Women's Centre and Arts Office Leitrim County Council.

Sound + Vision

2011-10-22T08:17:00.000-07:00

Our director Colin McKeown has curated a film programme for the Model and we include their press release below.
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The Model presents its first Music Film Festival:

SOUND+VISION

The Model's brand new Music Film Festival, aptly titled SOUND+VISION will take place at The Model, Sligo from November 16 - 27 and will feature over 40 events happening throughout 12 days, all centering around the music film genre.

The programme includes concert films, musical documentaries, films which popularised major movements in music history, films defined by their soundtracks and landmark moments of musical and cinema history and will be opening on November 16th with the Irish Premiere of Susanne Rostock’s, Sing Your Song about the ‘King of Calypso’, Harry Belafonte Jr.

Some highlights of the Festival include Inni, Sigur Rós from Icelandic Icons Sigur Ros, which is being released in Ireland next month; Pearl Jam Twenty celebrating Pearl Jam’s 20th Anniversary; special guest appearances from indie-rock pop hero Bob Forrest at the screening of his documentary Bob and the Monster and Musical Documentary Director Tony Palmer who will introduce the Irish Premiere of Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire, one of two of his films being screened at the Festival.

The Model’s Director, Seamus Kealy is delighted with the breadth of the Festival programme, saying “SOUND+VISION merges the genres of music and cinema, as both have developed in parallel through cinema, whether drama, children’s films or musicals, as well as exploring their juxtaposition in more experimental live performances.”

Two very special live music performances feature in the programme. Wavetrain, an exciting new chamber duo, will be performing, among others, the work of Olivier Messiaen, together with a screening of a film based on his work, The Crystal Liturgy: Oliver Messaien. The performance will also feature the world premiere of The Whitening a new piece by Irish Composer Siobhan Cleary based on the W.B. Yeats poem “Cap and Bells”.

Choice Music Prize Nominees Dark Room Notes will perform a specially composed score accompaniment to the silent film classic The Lost World, followed by a special late night club with sound and visuals by Donal Dineen’s Parish project featuring Congolese guitarist Niwel Tsumbu, Amina Dastan of Madu amongst others.

A special Family Season of Film Screenings includes animated films such as The Jungle Book and The Gruffalo with attendees encouraged to dress-up and sing-along and a very specially constructed Gruffalo Cave! A series of free animation workshops, including stop-motion animation, will be held during the festival ensuring there will be something for all ages to enjoy.

The Festival will conclude with Punk Sunday, which will feature the Irish Premiere of Punk’s Not Dead from Macedonian Director, Vladimir Blazevski, and a special event, Punk Lives On In Belfast.

Special Festival and Weekend passes giving access to all screenings and events will be available from The Model Box-Office and full programme details are available at www.themodel.ie .

Ends.

The Model would like to thank especially Colin McKeown of Cinema Northwest, the International Fund for Ireland, Irish Film Institute for their support in making Sound + Vision a reality.

For further information, images and interview requests please contact:

Lisa Hallinan

lisahallinan@themodel.ie

A letter from John LeCarré

2011-10-18T04:23:00.000-07:00

Cinema North West Adaptation Festival 2011

Dear Friends,

Thank you for giving time to the screen versions of my novels. I’m sorry I can’t be with you but thanks not least to the success of Tinker Tailor, I’ve become a bit of a moving target. Now I have to tell you, you are in for a mixed bag. In principle, unlike some writers, I like my work to be adapted. The first and most obvious reason is that film and television reach an audience few writers can dream of. A whole lot of people go through life without reading a single novel, others might not think of reading my work if they hadn’t first seen it on the screen.

The second reason is more personal. I find it thrilling when a skilled film-maker is inspired by my work to translate it into his own medium. He takes the germ of the idea, and the characters, and the story, and lets it infect him. He assembles his army of technicians and artists and players, and sets out on his march. And now and then, something wonderful happens. We don’t get the film of the book. We get the film of the film. We get the miracle of a full realisation in a different, sovereign art form with its own disciplines and values.

The average reader addressing a full-length novel will give it his creative attention for as much as fifteen or maybe even thirty hours. The same person sitting in the audience at the cinema needs a good reason why the story is not realised for him in two. The art of telling stories in pictures is plain - as the Russians say - to a hedgehog. You never speak it if you can show it. Words give way to images. So in that sense, the novel and the film are from the start at odds with one another.

I have been very lucky, and also at times deeply disappointed with the translation of my work from book to film. You will choose for yourselves the high points and the low.
For me, the landscape is pretty clear. There are four peaks, some foot-hills, and some pretty awful wasteland. My peaks, in chronological order, areThe Spy Who Came in from the Cold , the television adaptations of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Smiley’s People, The Constant Gardener , and the recently released movie of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

Of all of them, I suspect that the last will endure, despite its seeming complexity, as the most artistically satisfying, the most accomplished and the most daring. But this isn’t a beauty contest. It’s your choice, not mine. And if other adaptations of my work please you more than they do me, I can only be happy. Each production, whatever its merits, has received the devoted attention of gifted artists and technicians who have given their hearts to the project. And it’s more than possible that, where an adaptation has failed, the original novel has failed the adaptation.

Thank you again for being here. I wish you a lot of pleasure, and a lot of boisterous argument.
John le Carré, October 2011.

Photo (c)Stephen Cornwell for White Hare 2010

Adaptation 2011 Dromahair

2011-10-08T08:20:00.000-07:00

2011 has brought many changes for Cinema North West.
We have created and curated new festivals, visited many new venues, installed a new digital projection system, started providing training courses and begun exhibiting in venues other than the cinemobile.

New funding from the International Fund for Ireland has led to the appointment of new staff and the opening of an office.

The new office is, appropriately, in Dromahair. We discussed other options but Dromahair feels like home for us. Many of the board of directors live close by, our biggest audiences live here, and we are dedicated to the rural rather than the urban audience. Most importantly Dromahair is home to Adaptation.

The first Adaptation Film Festival was created by Johnny Gogan in 2004. Johnny had attended one of Stephen Cleary's workshops and heard Stephen talk about the importance of adaptations within the film business. A significant proportion of films are based upon adaptations. Johnny felt that it would be a good idea to create a festival dedicated to the art and craft of screen adaptations. Cinema North West face more changes this year as Johnny Gogan will be stepping down from the board to concentrate on new filmmaking opportunities and the growth of the collective Studio North West. We wish him well in his new endeavors and thank him for his hard work and dedication. More change comes in the appointment of Colin McKeown as programme director for Cinema North West and Adaptation.

Over the year's the festival has celebrated the work of John McGahern, William Trevor, Edna O'Brien, Roddy Doyle, Bernard MacLaverty and Jennifer Johnston. Each year the featured author has given a public interview. This year we will be looking at the many films based upon the work of John Le Carre. In a break with tradition the author will not be in attendance. John Le Carre will celebrate his 80th birthday a few days after our festival. We wish him a very happy birthday and will raise a toast to him during the festival. Thankfully the festival will host a range of exceptional guest speakers - all of whom have been involved with John le Carre and passionate about his work.

We are pleased to be hosting Stephen Cleary at this year's festival. He will hopefully be a regular visitor to Dromahair in the next few years as our commitment to training increases. Stephen worked for many years with the wonderful Hannah Kodicek. She was a multi-talented woman and an incredible thinker. She was, among many other things, a writer, composer, director, painter, actress, puppeteer and teacher.

Hannah played IRINA in the original Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy tv series. We will see clips of her over the weekend during our interview with Director John Irvin. Hannah died earlier this year. Hannah's son Danny will be in attendance at the festival. It is hoped that Cinema North West and Adaptation can pay tribute to this remarkable figure in a permanent way through an annual award. So 2011 is barely over and yet we are planning the changes for 2012...

We look forward to seeing you over the weekend.

We would like to thank all our volunteers, Chloe James, Jo Lewis, the board members, Johnny Gogan, Maeve Cooke at Access Cinema, Deirdre at GFD, Tommy Ahearne, Lara Byrne at The Model, Helen and Sorcha at Screen Training Ireland, Eibhlinn at Media Antennae, Alice Lyons , Padraig at Pure Designs, Julie Thomys, Cian Flynn, Blayze at Fremantle, Fleur at BFI, Jo and Jonny at Curtis Brown, Gavin LaGrange, and the people of Dromahair.

Adaptation is supported by an annual grant from The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Éalaíon.

Cinema North West acknowledges the support of the Irish Film Board towards our overall operation.

Adaptation 2011

2011-09-21T10:10:00.000-07:00

Headlines for schedule:
Fri 14th Opening Night event: Director John Irvin talks
about making the seminal TV Series Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy with Alec Guinness.

Saturday Evening Jeremy Howe from BBC Radio 4 takes us through the COMPLETE SMILEY
Sunday afternoon Colin Bateman and Eoin McNamee talk adaptation.

The weekend is full of films, some rare tv films and special events.
Plus a special kids movie and writing workshop on Saturday.
Full Schedule here

We will also host Steve Cleary's 2 day Adaptation workshop.

Book via info@cinemanorthwest.com
Seating is limited - Advance Booking advised

Green Door Leitrim

2011-08-23T04:08:00.000-07:00

A festival of great architecture in Leitrim will include a day long festival of film in Dromahaire on September 10th.
Full Details of the films on our site and on the whole festival on the Inspirational Homes Leitrim site.

Prison Escapes at Sligo Gaol

2011-08-18T06:58:00.000-07:00

During Heritage Week, Cinema North West will screen two exciting documentaries in the unique setting of Sligo Gaol. The stories of Linda Kearns and Frank Carty and their escapes from the Gaol will be screened on Monday 22nd August. Full details on our site.

Admission is free but booking is essential.
Tiickets are available via the Heritage office in Sligo County Council.
Screening: Cinema North West, Gaol Yard, behind St. Anne's by the Fire Station.

Gasland - Drumshanbo - Tuesday 16th August, 9pm

2011-08-11T04:06:00.001-07:00

A must see for the residents of Drumshanbo and surrounds. The screenings of Gaslands in the county have been sold out as people learn about the issues behind the upcoming testing for gas exploitation in the area. It details how hydraulic fracturing works and charts its rapid progress across the US.
Tickets are limited due to prebookings.
Please order from info@cinemanorthwest.com
Mobile cinema,
Mayflower
Tuesday 16th August,
9:00pm
€8/€7 unwaged

The trailer for the film has received over 1M views in the past few months.

Gasland screens for Fermanagh and West Cavan audiences

2011-07-22T05:57:00.000-07:00

Hydraulic Fracturing ("fracking") is the highly controversial method of drilling Australian company Tamboran Resources have confirmed they intend to use in Fermanagh. The company have recently secured Licensing options to further explore for Shale Gas Deposits in Fermanagh, Cavan and Leitrim. They met this week with Fermanagh District Council to further their plans for the County.

"Fracking" is the subject of the Academy Award nominated film Gasland screening
Cinema North West, Mobile Cinema
BLACKLION next Wednesday, 8.00pm.
Cinema parked at Enterprise Board Car-park.

Gasland details the U.S. experience of "fracking" and highlights the extraordinary environmental side-effects involved: chemical pollution of ground-water; gas-leakage into ground-water aquifers and significant air pollution.

These are just a number of issues which the granting of licenses in Fermanagh as well as Counties Leitrim, Cavan and Donegal have raised in public debate recently.
Internationally, the process is banned in 50 municipalities in the U.S., the Canadian state of Quebec, France, South Africa. Hydraulic Fracturing was recently suspended in Lancashire following two earthquakes in the region.

Seating is limited for this Blacklion screening, so to ensure your place please email
info@cinemanorthwest.com
Full details www.cinemanorthwest.com
Admission: €8/7

G Day in Dromahair

2011-07-14T11:40:00.000-07:00

Friday 15th is G DAY in Dromahair.

We will be there from 2pm to support the village.

Our screening schedule is:
2pm Irish Language Cartoons & Short Films
4pm Kings
starring Colm Meaney in the film version of the acclaimed play KIngs of The Kilburn High Road.
6 pm Homeland
Johnny Gogan's new film about Leitrim
8 pm Gasland
the Anti-Fracking film that is vital viewing for all in Leitrim.

TG4 and Adare Productions are producing a brand new series where non-Gaeltacht communities can compete against each other for the opportunity to call themselves The G-Team winners 2011 and win a €40,000 Foras na Gaeilge prize to use in promoting their local area.

‘The G-Team’ is a new 10 part series on TG4 that will feature non-Irish speaking communities from all over Ireland and challenge them to begin using their native tongue in their daily routines. Can your local butcher sell the Sunday roast in Irish? Can the parents in your community learn enough of the language to read their kids a bedtime story?

Rosses Point 18th and 19th June

2011-06-16T04:58:00.000-07:00

Cinema North west are part of both the World Fireball Championship 2011
and the Sea Shanty Festival in Rosses Point this weekend.

We will be parked at the Yeats Country Hotel.

We would like to thank Willie Murphy and Niall Henry for their invitation to the weekend.
We would also like to thank Fiona, Brian and all the staff at the Yeats Country Hotel.

Rosses Point Schedule

Saturday 18th June

2pm Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures
This spectacular animation follows the wonderful adventures of Sammy the sea turtle
as he searches the ocean for his one true love. During the epic journey, Sammy dodges every possible danger; he battles with piranhas, escapes a fish eagle and searches for a mysterious secret passage.

6pm Around Cape Horn
Captain Irving Johnson sailed aboard the bark "Peking" in 1929, as the sun set on the day of commercial sail. During his voyage on the big German windjammer, Johnson compiled unequaled footage of the crew's daily activities, and spectacular images of a wild storm as the ship made the dangerous passage around.

8pm Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Russell Crowe plays a brash British captain, during the Napoleonic Wars, who pushes his ship and crew to their limits in pursuit of a formidable French war vessel.

Sunday 19th June

1pm JIG
JIG is the remarkable story of the 40th Irish Dancing World Championships, held in March 2010 in Glasgow.

3-5pm Rosses Point Remembered
A screening of rarely seen historical footage of Rosses Point from the RTE archives.
All proceeds from this screening goes to RNLI.

8pm Deep Water
The stunning true story of the first solo, non-stop, round-the-world boat race, and the psychological toll it took on its competitors.

Tickets: 7 Euro Adult and 5 Euro concession

Gasland screening in Ballymote

2011-06-11T09:25:00.001-07:00

Another great screening of Gaslands in Leitrim. Here the films producer Trish Adlesic answering questions at The Dock with Johnny Gogan, of Cinema North West.

Next screening is in Ballymote, in the centre of the shale deposits in Sligo.

Screening- 8:00pm
Thursday 23rd June
Cinema North West

Leitrim screening of Gasland June 11th

2011-06-07T03:17:00.000-07:00

The latest Leitrim screening of Gasland, the US Academy Award nominated film takes place at The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon, Sat 11th June. The screening is being organised by Cinema North West and commences at 3.00pm (note: post-screening discussion commences 4.50pm).

The U.S. Producer of the film Trish Adlesic will address a post-screening discussion of the film, which deals with the environmental side-effects of Shale Gas Exploration, a phenomenon that now faces County Leitrim and adjacent counties.

With licenses granted to two companies - Lough Allen Natural Gas Company and the Australian-owned Tamboran Resources - to explore a large area of Leitrim spanning north from Lough Allen, the County now finds itself as part of a debate that is gathering momentum internationally.

The French Parliament have banned the only viable form of Shale Gas exploitation - known as Hydraulic Fracturing or "fracking"; all exploration has been halted as of last week in Lancashire, England, following earthquakes in the immediate vicinity of "fracking" activity. In addition, many U.S. States are now taking action on the basis of the damaging effects of "fracking" on human and animal health.

Gasland has been viewed by capacity audiences in Leitrim, including public representatives Michael Colreavy TD, Gerry Dolan CC, Sinéad Guckian CC, Enda McGloin CC, Martin Kenny CC, Frank Dolan Cathaoirleach CC, Seán MacSharry CC. Michael Colreavy has planned a screening of the film in the Dáil for fellow TDs.

Cinema North West are delighted to be screening Gasland as a matter of public interest to Leitrim audiences almost ten years to the day since our inaugural film show in Drumshanbo in 2001.

Please join us in Carrick, The Dock Arts Centre for this latest screening of Gasland.

Johnny Gogan, Chair

Gasland at the Dock June 11th

2011-06-04T05:44:00.000-07:00

Gasland continues it's tour around Leitrim. Absolutely vital viewing for anyone interested in the issues involved as Leitrim is being considered for 'fracking' a form of gas extraction.

The producer of this Oscar-nominated documentary, Trish Adlesic, will be present at the film screening in in the Dock. Visit the Gasland website for more information.

Gasland
3.00pm
Saturday, 11th June
The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon

Jig and Gasland in Manorhamilton

2011-05-24T04:47:00.000-07:00

Two fine documentaries come to Manorhamilton on Thursday June 2nd.

First JIG at 5:30pm - visit Jig's website

An award winning documentary on the passion and commitment in the world of competitive Irish Dancing.
Jig - 5:30pm
Admission - €5 for all

Then GASLAND at 8:00pm - visit Gasland's website

This Oscar nominated documentary should be essential viewing for all Leitrim residents covering as it does the issue of 'Fracking' which may uncover Leitrim's gas fields. Following the phenomenal response to our screening of Gaslands in Drumshanbo last Thursday the film will screen in Manorhamilton. If you are attending the screening please let us know in advance of your intention to attend and we can reserve your place up to 10 minutes before the screening
Gasland - 8:00pm
Admission €7/8

Jig

2011-05-23T14:54:00.000-07:00

Young Brogan McCay, the World Irish Dancing Champion, and her mother Carole are joined by Colin McKeown, Programme Director of Cinema North West and Lara Byrne of the Model at last Sundays screening of JIg, the wonderful documentary showing the passion behind the worldwide phenomenon of competitive Irish Dancing.

The next screening of Jig will be in Manorhamilton. Thursday June 2nd at 5:30PM. Don't miss it.

Gasland and Homeland - touring around Leitrim

2011-05-10T15:03:00.000-07:00

This month sees two films touring around Leitrim

Gasland - The Movie for Drumshanbo
Drumshanbo is the venue for the first Irish screening of the Academy Award nominated documentary film Gasland. Highlighting the environmental effects of Shale Gas exploitation in the United States, in particular the drilling method known as Fracking, the film will be of particular interest to Leitrim audiences. The Lough Allen Basin which covers Leitrim, parts of Cavan Fermanagh, South Donegal and Sligo has been identified as being rich in Shale Gas deposits. A combination of rising oil prices and new drilling methods such as those used across the United States are being cited as reasons making the Leitrim gas deposits more viable. The issue has been a source of much debate in the US, most recently in an April cover story in the reputable Time Magazine.

Admission €8/€7 unwaged

Venue: Cinema North West, Mayflower Ballroom, Drumshanbo, 8.00pm Thurs. 19th May
Bookings and Queries: bandito@eircom.net, 086.317.3075

Homeland
Johnny Gogan profiles the esoteric community of returned emigrants and more recent immigrants who have helped form the unique character of Leitrim - Ireland’s Cinderella county. The documentary is Leitrim through and through both sides of the camera with some of the county's musical and film-making talent contributing to the production - a musical score from Padraig Meehan assisted by Ray Coen and Tom Jameson, editing and sound from Patrick O'Rourke, closing song from Glenn Garrett and Perry Blake and from across the county boundary Cavan cinematographer Nuria Roldos.

Interviewees include Michael Gallagher who challenged the State in the Supreme Court in 1982 and won; The King Family who featured in a landmark 1967 Documentary about Leitrim; Pete Kern "the first German in Dromahair"; Hans Wieland who helped start Leitrim's Organic Centre; and representing the county's internal migrants Rossa ÓSnodaigh who came up with the idea for Manorhamilton's Gaelscoil and Anna Conlan who won an all Ireland football medal with Leitrim.

Admission Free

The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon, 8:00pm Friday 20th May
Sports Centre, Ballinamore, 8:00pm Saturday 21st May
Fire Station, Manorhamilton, 8:00pm, Sunday 22nd May
Bookings and Queries: bandito@eircom.net, 086.317.3075

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Animation Workshop

2011-05-09T15:39:00.001-07:00

Lightbox Stop-Motion Workshop 2011 from Eimhin McNamara on Vimeo.

Fantastic work by all the participants on Eimhin's workshop at the Lightbox Festival.

Behind the Scenes - My Dog Tulip

2011-05-01T06:57:00.000-07:00

Making of My Dog Tulip - Paul & Sandra Fierlinger from Gravitas VOD on Vimeo.

A fascinating series of videos on Vimeo documenting the production of My Dog Tulip, our opening Feature for next weekend's Lightbox Programme.

Lightbox Animation Festival 2011 trailer

2011-04-29T06:49:00.000-07:00

Coming up quick! Check out Full Information and detailed Programme for our upcoming festival of pure imagination.

Lightbox Animation Festival
May 6 - 8th in Sligo
Cinemobile, Quay Street Carpark
The Model, Sligo

Lightbox Trailer

2011-04-29T01:34:00.000-07:00

The Lightbox trailer is available to view online here.

Including clips from some of the films at this year's festival.
We are very grateful to the very lovely THE FRAMES for allowing us to use their song
STAR STAR - PURE IMAGINATION MEDLEY. It's exceptionally lovely. It's on the album SET LIST (available on itunes). It's a real ear worm... you'll be humming it all day.

Lightbox 2011 programme

2011-04-25T09:53:00.000-07:00

We are very pleased to announce the full programme for Lightbox.

The poster image is from KOOKY. The image is courtesy and copyright of Biograf/Jan Sverak/Portobello Pictures.

2011-04-21T06:23:00.000-07:00

Cinema North West are very pleased to announce the return of LIGHTBOX.

As part of the first LIGHTBOX festival in 2010, a round table discussion attended by filmmakers and students agreed that there was a need for an Irish Animation Festival. The group congratulated Cinema North West and The Model and "... called on them to make LIGHTBOX into an annual animation festival".

So we are back!

LIGHTBOX intends to reflect the strong position Irish animation holds both in the Irish film industry and the international animation scene. LIGHTBOX will be a space for animators, visual artists and live action filmmakers to come together with audiences and film fans to celebrate the wide diversity of animation.

A full programme of events will be posted in the next few days.

Keep watching and see you there!

LIGHTBOX 2011 will open officially on 6th May in Sligo.

New Roots film festival finishes in Carrick-on-Shannon this weekend

2011-02-14T13:27:00.000-08:00

Following two weekends with packed audiences in Manorhamilton and Ballinamore, Cinema North West’s New Roots film festival heads for Carrick-on-Shannon this Friday, Saturday and Sunday for its final weekend of free film screenings.

All screenings take place in Cinema North West’s Cinemobile, which will be located at The Dock arts centre in Carrick-on-Shannon this coming weekend (Feb. 18th – 20th).

View the full programme here. Booking is recommended for groups. Enquiries and bookings: 086 604 9365 or info@cinemanorthwest.com

Programme Schedule:

Friday 18th February 
2.00pm - Leaps and Bounds / Hoppet 
6.30pm - Here to Stay
8.30pm - The Reverse Rewers

Saturday 19th February 
3.00pm - Kirikou and the Sorceress
5.30pm - Le Grand Voyage 
8.00pm - The Last Temptation of Christ

Sunday 20th February 
5.00pm - Kundun
8.00pm - The Front Line

This project has been funded by the PEACE lll Programme through the European Union's European Regional Development Fund managed for the Special EU Programme Body by Leitrim county council on behalf of County Leitrim Peace lll Partnership.

Martin McCann wins IFTA for Swansong

2011-02-13T12:54:00.000-08:00

Congratulations to Martin McCann in his richly deserved Best Actor win at last nights IFTA awards. Martin’s performance in Conor McDermottroe’s debut feature film, Swansong, the Story of Occi Byrne had been a personal favourite this year at CInema North West but faced a very formidable set of candidates. Congratulations to Martin, Conor and producers Edwina and Hermann from all of us here.

New Roots film festival comes to Ballinamore this weekend

2011-02-09T05:26:00.000-08:00

After a weekend of eager audiences last weekend in Manorhamilton, Cinema North West’s New Roots film festival comes to Ballinamore this weekend (Feb. 11th - 13th) with a host of free screenings to suit all ages and tastes.

Cinema North West’s New Roots film festival aims to screen entertaining films that reflect Leitrim’s many cultures, races and religions, to be enjoyed by newcomers, minority groups and those who have been deeply rooted here for generations.
All films are free of charge and will be screened in Cinema North West’s Cinemobile, which will be located outside Ballinamore Sports Complex.

Programme Schedule:

Friday 11th February
2pm - Leaps and Bounds / Hoppet
6.30pm - Here to Stay
8.30pm - The Reverse Rewers

Saturday 12th February
3pm - Kirikou and the Sorceress
6.30pm - Le Grand Voyage
8.30pm - The Last Temptation of Christ

Sunday 13th February
5pm - Kundun
8pm - The Front Line

View the full programme here or download the programme flyer as a PDF

Don't miss the New Roots Film Festival in Manorhamilton this weekend

2011-02-01T12:44:00.000-08:00

Cinema North West’s ‘New Roots’ film festival kicks off in Manorhamilton this coming weekend (Feb. 4th - 6th) with a host of free screenings to suit all ages and tastes.

Cinema North West’s New Roots film festival aims to screen entertaining films that reflect Leitrim’s many cultures, races and religions, to be enjoyed by newcomers, minority groups and those who have been deeply rooted here for generations.

All films are free of charge and will be screened in Cinema North West’s Cinemobile, which will be located outsider Manorhamilton Library.

Films included:

Friday 4th February
2pm - Leaps and Bounds / Hoppet
6.30pm - Here to Stay
8.30pm - The Reverse Rewers

Saturday 5th February
3pm - Kirikou and the Sorceress
6.30pm - Le Grand Voyage
8.30pm - The Last Temptation of Christ

Sunday 6th February
5pm - Kundun
8pm - The Front Line

View the full programme here or download the programme flyer as a PDF.

Dermot Healy documentary added to Made In Sligo

2011-01-22T08:54:00.000-08:00

A late addition to our Made In Sligo programme offers Sligo audiences a chance to catch the wonderful documentary, "The Writing in the Sky", featuring renowned local writer Dermot Healy who is based out in Ballyconnell. The documentary will screen at 2:30 on Sunday 30th in the afternoon.

A fantastic opportunity to see this thoughtful beautiful piece which covers Dermot's life and works including his latest book of poetry "A Fool's Errand". Dermot will be in attendance himself to answer questions after the screening. The Sunday Business Post recently did an in-depth interview with Dermot which may be of interest.

The Writing In The Sky
30th January
2:30
Admission €5
Dermot Healy will be in attendance.

"I think of Dermot Healy as the heir to Patrick Kavanagh" - Seamus Heaney
'Ireland's greatest writer" - Roddy Doyle

This is the story of a writer and his place, of his horse and his dog, and of 3,000 migrating barnacle geese, a film to warm the heart on a winter's night. The writer is Dermot Healy, an outstanding poet, playwright, novelist and autobiographer who is, according to Roddy Doyle, "Ireland's greatest writer". The place is Ballyconnell, on the wild coast of Sligo, the dog is Tiny, the horse is Lucky, and the geese arrive from Greenland around October each year for a six-month stay.
Shot over those six months, this Arts Lives documentary is both the portrait of an artist and of a magnificent landscape and its inhabitants, human and animal.
With an original score by composer Steve Lynch, narrated by Sean McGinley, with contributions from poet Seamus Heaney, novelists Roddy Doyle and Patrick McCabe, and Bill Swainson, senior editor with Bloomsbury, this Arts Lives sets a wonderful writer in the place that he loves and which inspires him.

Made in Sligo - NEW DATES

2011-01-13T00:43:00.000-08:00

Made in Sligo is back and will run with the same programme the last weekend in January.

See you there!

Made in Sligo
January 28th - 30th.
Quay Street Carpark

Swansong - Six IFTA nominations!

2011-01-12T00:48:00.000-08:00

I know many people here will join with us in congratulating Conor McDermottRoe and the rest of the Swansong team, Hermann Edwina, Martin, Marcella, Joan and Gill, in this years IFTA nominations, they're nominated for no less than six awards!

Best Picture
Best Script
Best Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Costume Design
Best Make Up

Crossing Borders on Screen - Position Available

2010-12-20T11:09:00.000-08:00

Cinema North West are pleased to announce a brand new programme

Crossing Borders On Screen – Cinema Serving Our Communities

With funding from the International Fund for Ireland we have initiated a film-in-the-community programme with three specific community groups in North Leitrim, West Cavan and Fermanagh. More details will be forthcoming as we progress towards our project launch.

In the meantime we are seeking to employ a Programme Director to come and take Cinema North West and this exciting programme forward over the next two years. Full details on the position are here.

Postponement - Made In Sligo

2010-12-09T14:40:00.000-08:00

We're very sorry but we've had to postpone Made in Sligo at the very last minute. The cinema faced too many difficulties getting to Sligo, given the continuing weather conditions which made driving conditions, especially for a vehicle of that scale, too hazardous.

We're disappointed for sure, but equally positive that we will be back with revised dates shortly.

Made In Sligo - A Festival celebrating Sligo film

2010-11-24T14:18:00.000-08:00

Cinema North West are proud to present Made In Sligo, a follow up to our successful Made in Leitrim festival last year. This year we focus on Sligo's filmmakers and the films made here. With a programme which covers feature films (Mapmaker, Waveriders, 32A, Swansong) documentaries (Tell Me Captain Strange) as well as extensive Shorts and Community programmes, there's sure to be lots to enjoy.

We include the little seen Coney Island Baby as well as the local production 3.10 to Claremorris straight after it's world premiere in Tubbercurry. On top of that we have firm family favourites such as ET-The Extraterrestrial and the original Miracle on 34th Street, just to get you in the Christmas mood. (Okay, those two weren't made in Sligo, but we do like them.)

Check out the full programme on the Made in Sligo page and be sure to drop by. And don't forget, one low price for all tickets, five euro.

Another Adaptation in the can...

2010-11-08T12:29:00.000-08:00

Yet another Adaptation Festival under our belts here. Well done to Johnny Gogan of Cinema North West and Sunniva O'Flynn and Aoife Coughlan in the IFI for sourcing and arranging such marvellous material.

A few snaps of Eugene McCabe, our featured writer, this year. Thanks again to all our visitors, it makes such a difference when we get to meet and chat with all of you.

Photo: writer Gerry Stembridge, Eugene McCabe and former Film Censor and film producer John
Kelleher shake on the deal to re-make the Monaghan writer's Leitrim set King of the Castle

Eugene McCabe Q&A

2010-11-02T09:51:00.000-07:00

Eugene McCabe will speak about his work and take questions after the 2.00pm screening of King of the Castle on Saturday.

Adaptation Press Launch

2010-10-23T07:48:00.000-07:00

Go on over to see some photos from our Press Launch of Adaptation. Looking forward to some advance features in the coming weeks and the festival itself on November 5th, the weekend after Halloween.

Adaptation 2010 - Adapting the Border

2010-10-16T15:10:00.000-07:00

Just to let you all know that Adaptation is coming up and our Press Launch is on Wednesday, October 20th.

November 5 - 7th in Dromahaire, County Leitrim

This year it's Adapting the Border, focussing in particular on the work of Eugene McCabe, as well as featuring the work of Shane Connaughton and others.

A PDF of the programme and poster is here for download. The site will be updated over the coming few days with the full programme.

Swansong in Gaiety and in Carrick Cineplex

2010-09-19T05:16:00.000-07:00

So after a stunning buzzy week in Sligo with packed out audiences in the cinemobile, we are off around our tour of venues around the counties, starting with Arigna, dates, times and venues are all here.

The good news is the print doesn't leave Sligo. Our friends in the Gaiety cinema are showing Swansong starting this weekend. Times and full details are all on their site and we give you the booking number below.

We also arrive in Carrick-on-Shannon in the marvellous Cineplex from 29th onwards. Times are yet to be set but all details will be posted on their site and here of course.

Sligo Gaiety Booking line: 1520 927 011

Carrick Cineplex Booking line: 071 967 2000

We'll leave you with a lovely review from Le Cool.

The weekend's press - Martin and Jodie

2010-09-14T10:03:00.000-07:00

Yes, more great profiles of the universally praised cast in Swansong, a lovely in depth profile of Jodie Whittaker in the Sunday Business Post and also another two page profile in the Irish Times.

Another profile of Martin in the Sunday Independent.

The Irish Times also praised the film - "McDermottroe’s yarn does exert a firm grip. Credit must go to the actors who breathe life into broadly drawn characters. Jodie Whittaker appears a decade older than her true age as Occi’s mother. Gerard McSorley is reliably seedy as his grandfather. And Martin McCann...buzzes with cross-wired energy as the title character."

Swansong gets ★★★★★ review

2010-09-09T11:32:00.000-07:00

Great responses all round to Swansong, especially the performances, in the reviews coming in:

RTE gave a five star review - ★★★★★ "McDermottroe shows himself to be a filmmaker of real promise who can move from heart-warming to chilling and depict the remedial influence of relationships and cruelty towards the weakest with equal power"

and also "One of the real treats of cinema is experiencing a performance by a young, relatively unknown actor or actress and then thinking of the great career they have ahead of them. There are goose bumps aplenty watching Belfast man Martin McCann in 'Swansong.'"

Other reviewers have also praised the film

Breaking News - "Great performances in Swansong"

entertainment.ie - "performances that will last long in the memory, McCann's confident swagger keeps the film burning"

Interview with Martin McCann at IFTN

2010-09-09T05:22:00.000-07:00

A detailed interview and profile of leading actor, Martin McCann in IFTN in advance of Swansong's release on Friday 10th.

Major Profile in the Sunday TImes Culture magazine

2010-09-06T08:21:00.000-07:00

Just in case you missed it, yesterday's Sunday Times Culture magazine carried a major profile of Conor and Swansong.

Quite apart from including it in their Autumn's Hot 100 arts events they gave a long and detailed interview which can be read here.

More Press

2010-09-05T09:14:00.001-07:00

Some more press about Swansong at home and abroad. First a profile in the Irish Examiner.

And then a lovely appraisal of Conor and the film in the Montreal Gazette - " A deeply moving Irish feature".

Conor McDermottroe to launch Swansong in Dublin

2010-09-03T07:54:00.000-07:00

Our friends, the Light House Cinema, in Smithfield in Dublin is the fabulous venue which will screen Swansong. Conor McDermottroe will be there after the screening on Friday 10th at 6:30 to answer questions and discuss the film.

Conor then travels to Tubbercurry on Saturday 11th. The North Wests first stop on the tour by Cinema North West, to introduce the film to the town which saw it being made. Should be a great night!

Current Press

2010-09-03T01:40:00.000-07:00

Looking forward to an interview with Conor McDermottroe, Swanson's writer/director in the upcoming Sunday Times Culture Magazine.

In the meantime, thanks to Donald Clarke in the Irish Times for noting our introduction into the distribution arena. Also you can listen to Conor McDermottroe being interviewed on RTE Radio 1 last Friday by Gavin Duffy.

Jodie Whittaker profile

2010-09-02T01:12:00.000-07:00

A great interview with leading actress Jodie Whittaker in this weeks RTE Guide in advance of Swansong's release.

Interview at In Dublin magazine

2010-09-01T07:30:00.000-07:00

Prior to our Swansong launch on Friday Week, some press coverage has started to flow in. In the meantime, you can read a preliminary interview with Conor over at In Dublin this week. Check it out.

Launch of Swansong

2010-08-28T05:36:00.000-07:00

Sligo film writer and director, Conor McDermottroe in front of the North West Cinema, Quay Street, Sligo at the launch of Swansong - The Story of Occi Byrne.

More launch photographs here.

Swansong - initial timetable

2010-08-26T13:37:00.000-07:00

The current dates and confirmed venues are up on the Swansong page.

From The Light House in Dublin to Sligo city centre, Tubbercurry, Manorhamilton, Ballymote, Blacklion and Carrick-on-Shannon, full details over there.

Swansong Release

2010-08-05T07:04:00.000-07:00

Cinema North West present in association with Florin Film and Zanzibar Films

Swansong - The Story of Occi Byrne

By award-winning actor, writer and director Conor McDermottroe.
Winner Best Drama Galway Film Fleadh 2009
Official Selection - Montreal Film Festival 2010

National Release September 10th. For more information check out here.

Found on YouTube

2010-08-05T06:26:00.000-07:00

This shows our driver/projectionist Tommy Aherne as he closes up the cinemobile at the end of a night. You can see our old livery, more than likely this was done in the early days when Leitrim County Council ran the cinema.

Welcome to our new website.

2010-08-05T05:49:00.000-07:00

Hope you like it. We will keep you posted here with all our latest developments.