British & Irish Film Festival Luxembourg (BIFFL) 2022 Presents:

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Enter the relentless pressure of a restaurant kitchen as a head chef wrangles his team on the busiest day of the year.

Filmed in one continuous shot, the third of four takes.

Season Special tickets are available by contacting Luxembourg-ticket.lu by tel: 470895-1 (Mon-Fri: 10:00-18:30): €35 for 5 films

Internationally acclaimed Indian classical musician and composer Ustad Wajahat Khan and renowned Irish musician and composer Peadar Ó Riada come together - in what promises to be a historical meeting of East and West - in a unique and exciting exploration of the shared musical heritage of their native traditions.

Compiled from over 40 hours of footage, filmed over a two-year period, Continuing Traditions intimately captures the creative process, charting the birth and evolution of two new compositions, from their initial conception through meticulous arrangement and rehearsal, right through to their first public performance.

The screening will be followed by an in-person Q&A with Ustad Wajahat Khan & Alishaan Khan, then a reception with live Irish traditional music with the Luxembourg branch of Comhaltos Ceolteoiri Eireann.

Season Special tickets are available by contacting Luxembourg-ticket.lu by tel: 470895-1 (Mon-Fri: 10:00-18:30): €35 for 5 films

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Tomás, a busy Irish-language TV producer, is a private man, who likes to keep things quiet and ordered. He takes his wife Siobhan and their beloved baby son Oisín to their secluded holiday home, on a north coast island, as frequently as he can. They don't go out, they don't interact with the locals – he just wants to enjoy the peace. And he does, until he receives an urgent call from work – he's needed back on the mainland. He knows he can't delegate – any time he leaves someone else to do his work, it goes wrong. He'll have to go himself and leave his family on the island. Later that day Tomás returns to the island to find that his wife, their baby, and all trace of them gone. An investigation by the island's only police officer, the elderly Labhaoise, exposes that not all is as it seems. With a storm forecast for that night, they search the island only to discover something: his wife's abandoned car and a body on the beach. The body of a man.

In Irish with EN & FR sub-titles

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Set in the wild mountains of Connemara, Foscadh tells the story of friendless and guileless recluse John Cunliffe who is suddenly propelled into manhood at the ripe old age of 28. When his over-cosseting parents pass away, John inherits mountain land that is in the way of a lucrative wind-farm development, and he is forced to navigate the choppy waters of romance, trust and vengeance for the first time.

Foscadh won the award for Best Irish First Feature at the Galway Film Fleadh 2021.

In Irish with EN & FR sub-titles.

Followed by a Q&A with Siún Ní Raghallaigh (former CEO of Ardmore Studios in Bray, Co Wicklow, and MD of TG4 broadcaster)

Season Special tickets are available by contacting Luxembourg-ticket.lu by tel: 470895-1 (Mon-Fri: 10:00-18:30): €35 for 5 films

Ali SAHIB fled Iraq as a refugee in 2015 and recently attained Luxembourgish nationality. He is a photographer and, shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine in February this year, he travelled with his camera to the Poland-Ukraine border, and also into Lviv in Ukraine, taking photographs along the way. This is his story, and those of the people he encountered along the way.

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The film follows Joy, a train-wreck on an adventure who is ready to give away her new-born baby. Joined by a cheeky street urchin, they are two diamonds in the rough on the run.

The screening will be followed by a live Q&A with Emer Reynolds (director)

Season Special tickets are available by contacting Luxembourg-ticket.lu by tel: 470895-1 (Mon-Fri: 10:00-18:30): €35 for 5 films

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Monday 19 September 2022

The inspiring true story of the dawn of Irish surfing and how the sport's brave pioneers found peace and escape in the water during the most violent years of The Troubles in Northern Ireland.

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Saturday 17 September 2022

93 mins

A "road movie" in which there are many unknowns waiting to be revealed. A reluctant father and his estranged 19-year-old daughter are forced to make a long eventful car journey home after she leaves university under tragic circumstances. While initially he tries to support her, the balance changes as he becomes the one looking for answers. Their conversations touch on popular music, sport and philosophical ramblings.

Shot in Cornwall with superb cinematography.

Season Special tickets are available by contacting Luxembourg-ticket.lu by tel: 470895-1 (Mon-Fri: 10:00-18:30): €35 for 5 films

Online screenings and ticketing from https://www.ifiinternational.ie/page/biffl; also, €50 for all online screenings

The film charts Sinéad OʼConnorʼs phenomenal rise to worldwide fame and examines how she used her voice at the height of her stardom. Focusing on Sinéad’s prophetic words and deeds across a five-year period (1987–1992), Nothing Compares presents an authored, cinematic portrait of a musical icon through a contemporary feminist lens.

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This wonderfully entertaining dance documentary tells the extraordinary story of how Irish dance developed over centuries from a traditional peasant dance to a form that has taken the world by storm and is enjoyed by tens of millions. The film shows how Irish dance has both been influenced by and influenced the dance of many cultures and how it developed as an expression of resistance.

The screening is accompanied by a Q&A with Ruán Magan (director)

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From an Afghan aubergine curry barbequed in an Athenry glasshouse, to a Guinean goat curry made on a wet and windy farm in West Clare, four chefs from a refugee background cook food from home with Irish producers.
Working with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and Jess Murphy, owner and Head Chef of Kai restaurant, Galway, these four short documentaries follow the cooks as they meet Irish producers and chefs all over the country to showcase their home cuisine from Afghanistan, Palestine, Guinea/Senegal and Yemen. Jess Murphy is a UNHCR high-profile supporter and has been supporting the organization since 2017.

More than 100 million people have been forced to flee war, conflicts and persecution around the world. UNHCR is a global organization working to save lives, protect rights and build a better future for refugees, internally displaced communities and stateless people, with a focus on shelter, access to clean water, healthcare, education and jobs. Every person has the right to seek safety, whoever they are, wherever they come from, and whenever they are forced to flee.

In EN with EN sub-titles.

The screening is accompanied by an introduction with Carine Rustom (UNHCR) and a Q&A with Bibi Wintersdorf of Kachen magazine

Season Special tickets are available by contacting Luxembourg-ticket.lu by tel: 470895-1 (Mon-Fri: 10:00-18:30): €35 for 5 films

Online screenings and ticketing from https://www.ifiinternational.ie/page/biffl; also, €50 for all online screenings

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Season Special tickets are available by contacting Luxembourg-ticket.lu by tel: 470895-1 (Mon-Fri: 10:00-18:30): €35 for 5 films

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Life in the Scottish Hebrides can be harsh - the edge of the world some call it. For the beautiful Kirsty Macleod, the love of Murdo and their dreams of America promise an escape from scraping a living from the land, the repression of the Church and the inevitablility of the path their lives would take. But, as the Great War looms, Murdo is conscripted. The villagers hold a grand Road Dance to send their young men off to battle. As the dancing gets underway, the wheels of tragedy are set in motion.

Filmed during Oct - Nov 2020 on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.

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From the producers of Yesterday, The Score boldly combines real-time heist-thriller suspense with offbeat romance and a killer soundtrack; starring and featuring the music of Johnny Flynn, alongside Naomi Ackie (Whitney Houston in I Wanna Dance with Somebody) and Will Poulter.

Two small time crooks, Mike and Troy, are on a mission. The ‘score’ that they both expect will utterly transform their circumstances. At a roadside café, as they wait for a rendezvous handover, Troy falls for the waitress, Gloria, and begins to question his life choices… while the threat of real danger is driving to meet them.

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The story of Alan Corcoran’s unprecedented length of Ireland – 500 kilometre – sea swim for charity has all the hallmarks of a fascinating documentary. With the stunning backdrop of Ireland’s wild coastline, the story unfolds to show the succession of challenges faced during such a monumental undertaking.

It is a film that explores a person’s journey through grief, using the swimming project to channel the negative emotions into a meaningful, hopeful and inspiring adventure.

Season Special tickets are available by contacting Luxembourg-ticket.lu by tel: 470895-1 (Mon-Fri: 10:00-18:30): €35 for 5 films

The Ireland Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce (ILCC) was launched in 2012. As part of its 10^th anniversary celebrations, we are partnering with the British & Irish Film Festival Luxembourg (BIFFL) for this event.

Following the screening of the acclaimed Irish-language drama Foscadh (Shelter), the event will then address the topic of “The Business of… Film Production” with guests Siun Ni Raghallaigh (formerly CEO at Ardmore Studios and MD at TG4) and Bernard Michaux (producer of the film The Runway, a joint Ireland-Luxembourg co-production).

The event will be followed by a crémant reception with finger-food.

To attend (event free for ILCC members; €40 for non-members), please register via email: info@ilcc.lu. 

To attend the event (excluding reception), simply purchase a ticket for the screening of Foscadh (€9) via Luxembourg-ticket.lu.

Season Special tickets are available by contacting Luxembourg-ticket.lu by tel: 470895-1 (Mon-Fri: 10:00-18:30): €35 for 5 films

Presentation by Paul Lesch, whose private collection of Hitchcock memorabilia formed the basis of a fascinating exhibition at the Cercle Cité earlier this year, and whose enthralling book “Hitchcock. The Brand” was published this year too, will present a captivating insight into Alfred Hitchcock, the actor and performer.

• The ‘Hitchcock brand’, very efficiently developed by the famous filmmaker, was largely based on his skills as a performer. He ‘acted’ in his films, his trailers, his TV series, as well as in front of the numerous photo cameras.
• The seminar will be illustrated by a large number of clips illustrating Hitchcock’s visual presence in his films and in the media.

Reception (crémant, finger-food)

To attend as a BCC member, see www.bcc.lu; €40 for non-members).

To attend the event (excluding reception), simply purchase a ticket via Luxembourg-ticket.lu.

Season Special tickets are available by contacting Luxembourg-ticket.lu by tel: 470895-1 (Mon-Fri: 10:00-18:30): €35 for 5 films

Season Special tickets are available by contacting Luxembourg-ticket.lu by tel: 470895-1 (Mon-Fri: 10:00-18:30): €35 for 5 films