A summer programme at the Nerve Centre commences from June 9th offering films, gigs, creative workshops and more for all the family. The bumper cinema programme is being launched through the Foyle Film Festival (which is
accepting submissions now) and includes award-winning films, documentaries and family blockbusters. It runs until August 21st.
The season will open next Monday with ‘The Irish Pub’, a feel-good documentary based on the pub and the publicans that run them. The screening will include coverage of pubs in Northern Ireland that were absent in the original documentary. It will be followed by a Q&A with Alex Fegan who directed, wrote and produced ‘The Irish Pub’.
On Monday and Thursday afternoons through July and August, a number of family animated features will be showing at the Nerve Centre’s cinema including ‘Frozen’, ‘Smurfs 2’ and ‘The Nut Job’. For older kids, there is a Young People’s Horror Festival in August 4-8 at which ‘Daddy, I’m a Zombie!’, ‘Igor’ and ‘Coraline’ will screen. A hands-on workshop where you can make a multi-platform horror game, create a spooky soundtrack and star in an original live action zombie scene is also available.
Young film fans can also attend a week-long filmmaking school to learn how to create and screen their own zombie movie in the Creative Learning Centre. Another highlight of this year’s programme is the popular Parent & Child Fab Lab Maker Club, which uses new digital fabrication technology like 3D printers, laser cutters, vinyl cutters and milling machines to create anything children (aged eight or more) or their parents can imagine.
Academy Award-winning films such as ‘Gravity’ and ‘12 Years a Slave’ will be screened among many others. On June 27th and 28th, Northern Ireland’s queer arts festival Outburst Arts will present a number of LGBT and queer film performances at the Nerve Centre over its two-day running. Cannes success ‘Stranger by the Lake’ and ‘My Prairie Home’, which premiered at Sundance this year, will be presented.
Moyra C. Lock, Head of marketing and exhibition at Northern Ireland Screen, has said, “The Foyle Film Festival’s flair and enthusiasm for innovative and creative programming remains undiminished and we are delighted to see another superb and eclectic programme of screenings and educational events.
“Through our continued core funding, supported by DCAL, Northern Ireland Screen acknowledges the Foyle Film Festival and the Cinema Initiative at the Nerve Centre as key components in our efforts to achieve our goal of making a significant contribution to film culture, education and training.”
Bernie McLaughlin, Foyle Film Festival director and programmer, says “Film lovers will definitely not be bored this summer with the programme that we've put together. Every year our workshops also prove to be a huge hit with kids and young people so we'd urge you to register now to avoid disappointment.”
Register for or find out more about the workshops from Bernie McLaughlin by calling 028 7126 0562 or 7137 3456.
