- Civic Life: Seven films by desperate optimists
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- Film Screening
- Saturday 25 March 2006
2pm | 100 mins
desperate optimists (Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy) have spent the last two years creating a series of films that capture different places and communities in a single, daring take. Working with 35mm equipment, complex film rigs and environments, not to mention hundreds of extras and a propensity for working with both children and animals, they have generated a body of work that is both theatrical and deeply cinematic, experimental and highly accessible. Christine will introduce and answer questions about the films.
Who Killed Brown Owl UK | 2004 | 9:23
A sunny day by the riverbank - the perfect English arcadia gives way to varying kinds of misfortune, disruption and violence. Winner of the Best British Short Prize at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Moore Street Ireland IRL | 2005 | 5:45
A woman walks through a deserted Dublin market street at night. A quietly powerful meditation on what it means to belong to a new city and a new country.
Revolution UK | 2005 | 10:16
A technically astonishing circular shot depicts how a community fete descends into chaos and mayhem, and there's a gorilla in the library.
Twilight UK | 2005 | 5:22
On a boat on the Tyne during the time that cinematographers call 'The Magic Hour', a group of friends listen to a revelation.
Town Hall UK | 2005 | 10:35
It's open day at the town hall, and we go on a dazzling visual journey through its mazelike corridors and rooms in a celebration of community expression.
Leisure Centre IRL/UK | 2005 | 17:42
A young man returns to his workplace after a life-changing event. Walking from one end of the Lesiure Centre to the other becomes a compelling emotional journey with a stunning finale.
Now we are grown up UK | 2005 | 11:40
Commissioned to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Cornerhouse Arts Centre in Manchester, this film places a bunch of 20 year olds in a room, where they tell each other stories of confusion, love, pain and experience.
