An odyssey, a story of children and film writes and directs this dreamlike evocation of belfast, beautifully. The film personifies belfast and portrays it as an experienced gentle, older woman played by helena bereen, who has seen, and accepted it all. Mark cousins, filmmaker, artist and writer, has leapt from the expansive, sprawling gombrichian scale of the story of film to the personal and intimate i am belfast. There is currently one video available for the film, of which one and only one is a trailer, as listed below. Ask for a free quote from cinemas listings near you. I am belfast sees celebrated filmmaker, writer and curator mark cousins 6 desires. The 19th belfast film festival by belfastfilmfestival2 issuu. The new films at this eclectic festival encompass everything from an icelandic humanequine romcom of horses and men to a. Part documentary, part reverie, i am belfast is mark cousins film exploration of the city he calls home. From wandering through the streets, meeting jaunty pensioners rosie and maud, to the horrors of the troubles, i am belfast is an impassioned, politically. Multi i am belfast 2015 720p brrip h264 aacrarbg 1. I am belfast sees celebrated filmmaker, writer and curator mark cousins a story of film, here be dragons cast his painterly eye on.
The film is least convincing when making overt polemical points, as in its enactment of the funeral of the last bigot. Steve rose of the guardian gave the film 2 stars out of 5 and wrote, the plot scatters too many pieces about. I am belfast at the belfast film festival gives a unique and personal view of the city, showing a belfast that is vivid and alive and full of colour. Mark cousins i am belfast inspires engagement with city, space and identity. View film synopsis and movie show times, with free online booking for any movie house cinema. I am belfast 2016 a poetic visual depiction and exploration of belfast and its citizens, told by a former resident who still loves the city. This is not to suggest that i am in the 1% and therefore incredibly cultured and smart but rather that i was born in belfast, and also grew up with the odd tones of mark cousins as part of my cinematic education. It is also possible to buy i am belfast on apple itunes as download or rent it on apple.
Belfast film festival, bradford international film. This visually poetic documentary is director mark cousinss love letter to a city he left many years ago but still treasures. I am belfast 2015 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Made in belfast 20 an author returns home to belfast after eight years and finds a city that has moved on without him. I am belfast mark cousins applies his particular touch a capacity to look closely, listen carefully and find magic in the mundane to his northern ireland hometown in. Themes brought up in the film range from the landscapes surrounding the city, its changing architecture and social structure to the political and personal. Filmmaker mark cousins and composer david holmes discuss their documentary i am belfast and reveal why they rarely went to the cinema at the height of the troubles. Check out the site, download the app, love belfast music. I am belfast, mark cousins documentary about his home town, is a wonderfully particular and eccentric affair. Students will be provided with all of the film equipment and editing suites needed. An avid authorised training manual for media composer is required at level 1 at a cost of approx. A poetic visual depiction and exploration of belfast and its citizens, told by a former resident who still loves the city. You can choose to download your tickets and print at home or bring along your confirmation email.
Belfast film festival yearround films and special events. The belfast film festival presents exciting yearround film culture including its spring festival, summer events and outreach programme. He also added, not even meaneys heavyweight gravitas can save a belfast story from its weak script, sluggish pacing and onedimensional characters. Trailer for the documentary i am belfast, which screened at sxsw creative documentary done in a style unique to mark cousins a visual, poetic depiction of belfast and its citizens, told with love and passion of someone, who has left the city many years ago but is still fascinated by it. Mark cousins paints a vital, intimate portrait of a. A visual, poetic depiction of belfast and its citizens, told with love and passion of someone, who has left the city many years ago but is still fascinated by it. Creative documentary done in a style unique to mark cousins a visual, poetic depiction of belfast and its citizens, told with love and passion of someone, who has left the city many years ago but is still fascinated by it. Rather than take us through belfasts past the industrial history, the troubles etc. Video archive for the film i am belfast, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 2015. The film is produced by canderblinks film and music, the people behind good vibrations, and hopscotch films, which produced marks 15 hour the story of film an odyssey. I am belfast is a 2015 documentary film about belfast, directed by mark cousins. I am belfast dual format edition film by mark cousins. Buy i am belfast dual format edition today from the bfi store. Themes brought up in the film range from the landscapes surrounding the city, its changing architecture and social structure to the political and personal repercussions of the northern irish.
The film takes the form of a dialogue between cousins and belfast, embodied as a mother couragelike woman helena bereen. A poem, a documentary and a cinematic walking tour all in one, i am belfast is in essence a love letter from the filmmaker mark cousins to his home city. This is a particularly niche film, and i suspect that the majority audience will not go for it. Coming attractions for you 2020s most anticipated movies. After his bestselling novel exposes the private lives of his closest friends, jack kelly returns home to put right some of the wrongs which included breaking up his best friends marriage.
No stranger to the documentary essay form, cousins director of the story of film. Incorporating contemporary dreamlike sequences, archival film and a haunting score by david holmes, the film portrays the city in an ethereal light not usually associated with belfast. Dh lawrence and sardinia, here be dragons cast his painterly eye on his home town, the port city belfast beautifully shot by christopher doyle in the mood for love, rabbitproof fence and with a powerful soundtrack by the. But one came back, a 10,000 year old woman who claims that she is the city itself. I am belfast yify movies torrent magnet and i am belfast. It wont be easy as his friends wont forget or forgive. Belfast, its a city that is changing, changing because the people are leaving. Born today most popular celebs most popular celebs.
Students are not expected to purchase their own camera, laptop or editing software. Pages in category films set in belfast the following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. Join us this december for lots of great music across the city centre. A visual, poetic depiction of belfast and its citizens, told with love and passion of someone, who has left the city many years ago but is still fasci. Themes brought up in the film range from the landscapes surrounding the city, its changing architecture and. Filmmaker mark cousins on becoming chairman of the belfast film. What is a mark cousins film without that critics characteristically eccentric incantations. Mark and david will show 1015 minutes of the film, this will be the first time any of i am belfast has been screened in the world. The evocative soundtrack by great belfast dj and film composer david holmes oceans eleven, hunger, 71 mixed with cousins poetical narration give the film its dreamlike quality.
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