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Guth Gafa International Documentary Film Festival Announce 2014 Programme
03 Oct 2014 : Seán Brosnan
The week-long Guth Gafa International Documentary Film festival will get underway on Saturday October 25th and Sunday October 26th in Malin, County Donegal and continue over the following weekend at Headfort House in Kells, County Meath.

Over 20 films from 15 different countries, celebrating the ground-breaking work of some of the world’s leading independent documentary filmmakers will be premiered in pop-up cinemas in both venues.

The impact of conflict, globalisation and climate change on the lives of ordinary people resonates through this year’s programme.

Festival Director David Rane said:It is one of our strongest programmes to date. We are delighted that almost all of the films we are screening this year will be having their Irish premiere at Guth Gafa and many of them have scooped top film awards at major international festivals, including two winners from this year’s Sundance Film Festival.

Highlights of this year’s programme include:

  • ’Thule Tuvalu’, a quietly devastating portrait of two villages dangerously stuck between ice and sea exposing the issue of climate change
  • ‘Return to Homs’, winner of the World Cinema grand jury prize for Documentary at this year’s Sundance Festival
  • ’The Domino Effect’, winner of this year’s Krakow Film Festival
  • ’Waiting for August’, winner of Best International Feature Documentary at Hot Docs
  • ’Happiness’, winner of the Best Cinematography award at Sundance Festival
  • A new international film forum, supported by the Honeycomb-Creative Works Programme, which will take place in the Virginia Park Hotel in Cavan on October 31st with a focus on how independent filmmakers can reach wider audiences and become a catalyst for change.
  • ’La Violencia, the Untold Truths of Guatemala’, a film by Kerry-based Bold Puppy productions, will have its world premiere at the festival

In addition to this, the origins of the food we eat will be scrutinised through a number of hotly topical food-themed documentaries, including ‘Canned Dreams’ from Finland, ‘Food Chains’ from the USA , ‘Meat and Milk’ from France, ‘My Name is Salt’ from Germany, and the Irish-made ‘Blood Fruit’. These films will set the scene for panel discussions in both venues on the future of Irish agriculture and food production with input from award winning chef Richard Corrigan and cheese maker, Kevin Sheridan, among others.

The festival will also reflect the changing landscape for making and distributing documentary films. ‘An Honest Liar’, a film by US-based directors Justin Weinstein and Tyler Measom, who will be in attendance, and profiles the colourful life of famed magician turned professional sceptic James ‘The Amazing’ Randi, was made possible thanks to over 3,000 people who donated $246,989 via Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign.

With the same selection of films being screened in both Malin village and Headfort House, Kells, festival-goers will be able to choose the location that best suits them. Alongside the films, they can also look forward to a packed programme of industry and social events in both venues.

Full programme details are available on the Guth Gafa website which can be seen here.

The Guth Gafa International Documentary Film Festival is sponsored by The Arts Council, The Irish Film Board, The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Honeycomb – Creative Works, Fáilte Ireland, Donegal County Council, Meath County Council, and RTÉ- Supporting the Arts.





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