N.B.Please note two different screenings and times
Saturday 6th July at Áras Éanna
One of Galway Film Society’s (GFS) 60th anniversary initiatives is a pilot collaboration with Áras Éanna, to host two screenings on Inis Oírr. Celebrating the work of renowned Director Pat Collins: That They May Face The Rising Sun, the adaptation of John McGahern’s 2002 novel and winner of Best Film at The Irish Film and Television Awards 2024; and John McGahern: A Private World, Pat’s documentary that won Best Documentary at the Irish Film and Television Awards 2005. GFS is privileged to have Pat in attendance to present the screenings and provide audiences with an insight into his highly acclaimed works.
4.00pm John McGahern: A Private World (2005) (54m)
An exploration of the life and work of Ireland’s leading fiction writer, using McGahern's published memoirs as a backbone. Through intimate interviews, a strong and compelling sense of the man behind the work emerges, offering a rare insight into the creative process.
8.00pm That They May Face The Rising Sun (2023) (1h 51m)
Capturing a year in the life of a rural, lakeside community in Ireland in the 1970’s, That They May Face The Rising Sun is an adaptation of the final novel from John McGahern, one of Ireland’s greatest novelists
Tickets:
John McGahern: A Private World (2005) (54m) €8/€10
That They May Face The Rising Sun (2023) (1h 51m) €10/€12
Tickets for both screenings €15/€20
Ar cheann de thionscnaimh chomóradh 60 bliain Chumann Scannán na Gaillimhe tá comhoibriú píolótach le hÁras Éanna, chun dhá scannán a óstáil ar Inis Oírr. Ag ceiliúradh saothar an Stiúrthóra mór le rá Pat Collins: That They May Face The Rising Sun, cóiriú ar úrscéal 2002 John McGahern agus buaiteoir an Scannán is Fearr ag Gradaim Scannán agus Teilifíse na hÉireann 2024, agus John McGahern: A Private World, clár faisnéise a bhuaigh an Clár Faisnéise is Fearr ag Gradaim Scannán agus Teilifíse na hÉireann 2005. Is mór an phribhléid do Chumann Scannán na Gaillimhe go mbeidh Pat féin i láthair chun na scannáin a chur i láthair agus léargas a thabhairt don lucht féachana ar a shaothar den scoth.
4.00i.n. John McGahern: A Private World (2005) (54nóiméad)
Iniúchadh é seo ar shaol agus ar shaothar phríomhscríbhneoir ficsin na hÉireann, ag úsáid cuimhní cinn McGahern mar chúltaca. Trí agallaimh dlúthphearsanta, tagann tuiscint láidir agus spéisiúil den fhear a chruthaigh an saothar chun cinn, a thugann léargas ar leith ar an bpróiseas cruthaitheach.
8.00i.n. That They May Face The Rising Sun (2023) (1uair agus 51nóiméad)
Léargas ar bhliain i saol phobal tuaithe, cois locha, in Éirinn sna 1970idí, is cóiriú é ‘That They May Face The Rising Sun’ ar úrscéal deiridh Brian McGahern, duine d’úrscéalaithe mór le rá na hÉireann.
Ticéid:
John McGahern: A Private World (2005) (54nóiméad) €8/€10
That They May Face The Rising Sun (2023) (1uair agus 51nóiméad) €10/€12
Ticéid don dá scannán €15/€20
