NEW IRISH CINEMA-DAY OF DEBATE on SATURDAY APRIL 12TH
10.30a.m – 4.30p.m
Saturday April 12th
The Irish Film Centre
Admission free-however you do need to obtain a ticket event from the IFC Box office (Call 01 679 3477) - if there are any remaining seats you will be able to get in without a ticket at the door
10.35a.m - Introduction – Ossie Kilkenny (Chairman of the Irish Film Board)
10.50a.m - Keynote Address: The State and Film – A personal reminiscence
Louis Marcus (Director and Former chairman of the Irish Film Board 1997-1999)
11.15a.m -
Panel 1: Perceptions
How is Irish cinema perceived at home and abroad?
Chair: Roddy Doyle (Author)
Panellists:
Directors: Neil Jordan (The Crying Game, The Good Thief)
Conor McPherson (Saltwater, The Actors)
Thaddeus O’Sullivan (Nothing Personal, The Heart of Me)
12.35p.m - Keynote Address: Film Production in Ireland-A cultural industry
James Hickey (Partner in Charge, Entertainment Law Group, Matheson Ormsby
Prentice)
1.00p.m - Lunch Break
2.00p.m - Keynote Address: TBA
2.30p.m - Panel 2 – Generations
How do different generations view the aspirations and realisations of Irish filmmaking?
Chair: Hugh Linehan (Journalist)
Panellists:
Directors: Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot, In America)
Kirsten Sheridan (Disco Pigs)
Robert Quinn (Dead Bodies)
Pat Murphy(Anne Devlin, Nora)
4.00p.m - Closing note – Alan Gilsenan (Director and Board member of the Irish Film Board)
