Solus is an independent film collective and platform
for film-makers working in Super-8mm / 16mm and DV. It has the
dual aim of showing Irish short and avant-garde films abroad and
international short and avant-garde films in Ireland. We curate
programmes which screen with international partners and collaborators
on an ongoing basis.
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AT ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES
MAY
25 / 26
May 25th
7.30pm SOLUS COLLECTIVE PROGRAM
Featuring work by Egyptian,
Irish, Mauritanian & Senegalese film-makers.
See
here for full program details
May 26th
6.15pm SOLUS COLLECTIVE PROGRAM
French & Irish children's
workshop films.
8.00pm THE BLACK AND THE GREEN
by St. Clair Bourne / post screening discussion with reverend
Herbert Daughtry & Sandy Boyer.
ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES
32 2nd Avenue, New
York / F Train to Second Avenue
Admission: $8 general
/ $7 students, seniors and children / $6 members
http://anthologyfilmarchives.org
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THIS EVENT IS SUPPORTED BY CULTURE IRELAND, DUBLIN
CITY COUNCIL AND THE IRISH FILM INSTITUTE
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IN THE
MOUTH OF THE VOLCANO
LITHUANIAN
FILMS AT THE IRISH FILM INSTITUTE AND FILMBASE:
DECEMBER 1 - 2 / 2011
'Revisiting Solaris', Deimantas
Narkevicius, 2007
Tinklai International Short Film Festival, in collaboration
with Solus Film Collective and the Irish Film Institute, presents
a selection of short documentaries and experimental films from
Lithuania. The programme showcases a cross section of Lithuanian
experimental cinema from the previous 30 years. It will be presented
by Arturas Javdokimovas, film producer and director of the Tinklai
Festival in Lithuania. 'In The Mouth Of The Volcano' is a reference
to the condition of Lithuanian experimental filmmakers:
IRISH FILM INSTITUTE: 6 Eustace Street, Temple Bar,
Dublin 2 / Screen 3 / 6:45pm - December 1
www.irishfilm.ie
FILMBASE: Curved Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 /
Basment Venue / 3 - 7pm - December 2
www.filmbase.ie
Also supported by
The Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in Dublin and The Ministry
of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania
Solus are currently developing the ‘Trans-siberian
Film Tour’, which brings Eastern European and Russian films
to Ireland and new Irish experimental programmes to Lithuania,
St.Petersburg and later into Korea and Japan in 2012. This Darklight
and Greenpoint programmes ( below ) provide the backbone for the
outgoing arm of the Trans-siberian tour. The incoming arm of this
tour begins with the following programme.
Check back for more details about the Russian events.
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2011 - 2012
2 new programmes
begin the Solus tours for 2011- 2012,
a
homegrown programme and an Irish / African mix
DARKLIGHT
FESTIVAL / GREENPOINT
FESTIVAL
NEW IRISH PROGRAMME AT
DARKLIGHT: OCTOBER 20 - 22 / 2011
For Darklight this year Solus are screening a new
Irish programme with a mix of music videos, documentaries and
experimental films, featuring work from Moira Tierney / Alan Lambert
/ Max Le Cain & Vicky Langan / Esperanza Collado / Eamonn
Crudden / Anthony Kelly & David Stalling / Dennis Kenny and
the Rubberbandits !
or check the Darklight site in 'New
Indie Voices'.
IRISH / AFRICAN PROGRAMME
AT GREENPOINT: OCTOBER 27 - 30 / 2011
Featuring work by Le Filles Du Bled / Moira Tierney
and Mohamed Idoumou / Alan Lambert / Ahmed Talek / Ronan Coyle
/ Ould Taled Lehlar / Hugh McGrory / Ahmed Ghoneimy / Felix Samba
N'Diaye and the Rubberbandits !
Click
here for full Greenpoint programme notes
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IRISH ARABIAN FILM TOUR
FINAL STOP IN TUNIS, TUNISIA, NOV 2010.
Friday November 26th, 7:00pm
Hosted by ATCA, the Association
Tunisienne du Cinema d'Animation: http://www.atca-tunisia.org
IRISH / ARABIAN 'AVANT-GARDE'
FILM TOUR 2009/10
SLUA
NEAMHSPLEÁCH SCANNÁN SOLUS CAMCHUAIRT RÉAMHTHEACHTACH
SCANNÁN ÉIREANNACH-ARABACH
The Solus Irish / Arabian avant-garde film tour brings the work
of over 20 filmmakers and artists from Muslim, Arabic speaking
countries to 8 venues around Ireland in autumn 2009, running concurrently
with the screening of work by 15 emerging and established Irish/international
filmmakers in 3 North African and Middle Eastern venues.
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