After starring in the indie hit Once in 2007 and winning the Academy Award® for best original song (“Falling Slowly”), folk rock musicians Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova won over audiences and skyrocketed to fame.
For them life seemed to imitate art—the onscreen relationship was closely intertwined in both fact and fiction. But when they got back to post-Oscar® reality, Hansard, 35, and Irglova, only 18 years old, decided to dive in and ride the wave of newfound popularity by heading on tour.

This subtle and mesmerizing black-and-white music documentary bears witness to the band and the couple, from musical numbers that pleasure the ears and vibrate the screen to quiet moments where body language and silent pauses linger with foreboding heartbreak. It has always been apparent that the modest duo has a special connection musically, but when the offstage relationship doesn’t run as smoothly, it raises real questions about the future. Newcomer directors Nick August-Perna, Chris Dapkins, and Carlo Mirabella-Davis weave an intelligent and poignant tale with universal themes of love and expectations faithfully imbued with the magic and honesty of Hansard and Irglova’s music.
–Genna Terranova — Tribeca Film Festival

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The Runway: After a South American pilot crashes his plane in Cork, Ireland, Paco, a young boy without a father, rallies the locals and against all odds tries to build a runway and get the pilot home. Writer/Director Ian Power will attend the Q&A. (Opening Night Film) Thur. Sep. 22, 8:00pm

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Parked: Fred Daly returns to Ireland with nowhere to live but his car. Then dope-smoking 21-year-old Cathal parks beside him and brightens up his lonely world. Encouraged by Cathal, Fred meets attractive music teacher Jules. Growing closer, these three outsiders are set on a course that will change their lives forever. Parked is triumphant story of friendship, hope, and perseverance. Winner of the best feature from the Galway Film Festival. Fri. Sep. 23, 7:00pm

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I Went Down: Hold onto your fingers as we follow the misadventures of Git and Anto, who undertake a mission for the mob in Paddy Breathnach’s 1997 crime comedy. The film spurred a number of gangster caper film knockoffs in Ireland, but this flick was the original. Having never been released on DVD, the festival screening is a rare treat! Film director Paddy Breathnach will be in attendance for a Q&A.. Fri. Sep. 23, 9:00pm

New York Times article: “Cavorting in Irish Gangland in I Went Down”

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The Secret of Kells: To help complete an ancient magical book, a young boy named Brendan has to overcome his deepest fears on a dangerous quest that takes him into the enchanted forest filled with mythical creatures. Magic, fantasy, and Celtic mythology come together in this 2010 Academy Award-nominated animated film. This screening is sponsored by Bart Murphy and family. Sat. Sep. 24, 3:00pm

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Pyjama Girls: Irish teenagers Lauren and Tara navigate the trials of life, dressed all the while in their uniform of rebellion: pyjamas. Balancing tenderness with hilarity, Pyjama Girls tracks the explosive micro-dramas of teenage life against the bleak backdrop of Dublin’s inner city flats. Sat. Sep. 24, 5:00pm

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Kick up your heels, have a free Magners hard cider, and enjoy the very best in contemporary Irish short films.

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Short Films:

The Crush
An 8 year-old school boy is so besotted with his teacher that he challenges her boyfriend to a duel…to the death. 2011 Academy Award nominated short film. (10 mins)

Needle Exchange
Two recovering drug addicts practice tattooing on each other and find over time that they mark each other in more ways then merely physical. (10 mins)

Happy Birthday Timmy
Timmy gets an inappropriate present from his father. (3 mins)

Shoe
Vince is about to kill himself- but that crazy beggar keeps killing the mood. (13 mins)

Noreen
Two policemen learn life lessons on a house-call in rural Ireland-Frank is young and heartbroken. Con is middle-aged and weary. They’re both alone. And they’re both idiots. (18 mins)

Riders to the Sea
A surfing duel breaks out between a male and female surfer off the West Coast of Ireland. Breaking waves, racing hearts, and the treachery of Lycra. (5 mins)

Rickshaw Rick
(photo stil above) Ricky falls for a girl on his rickshaw. Discovering her forgotten handbag, he rushes to meet her in the Dublin night. (11 mins)

The End of the Reel
His desire for life extinguished by the grief of losing his beloved wife, Edward attempts several times to die in the local cinema hoping to prompt the management to pay for the funeral. (12 mins)

Taibhreamh (Dream)
A humorous exploration of the filmmaker’s challenges speaking the Irish language. (6 mins)

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Once: The film tells the story of a street musician (Glen Hansard of the Irish band “The Frames”) and a Czech immigrant during an eventful week as they write, rehearse and record songs that reveal their unique love story in this modern day musical set on the streets of Dublin. Sat. Sep. 24, 9:00pm

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In the Name of the Father: Based on the true life story of the Guildford Four, Gerry Conlon’s (Daniel Day Lewis) coerced confession to an IRA bombing he didn’t do imprisons his father as well. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards. Sun. Sep. 25, 3:00pm

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Hunger: Set in Northern Ireland’s notorious Maze prison, the film follows the final months of Bobby Sands (Michael Fassbender), the Irish Republican Army activist who protested his treatment at the hands of British prison guards with a hunger strike. The film received its world premiere at Cannes Film Festival where it won the Golden Camera award. Sun. Sep. 25, 6:00pm

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