He emailed to say fuck yes before, as i recall, hed finished reading the. The 19th belfast film festival by belfastfilmfestival2 issuu. 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. I am belfast is an arthouse documentary that captures the soul, emotion and spirit.
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. Like all of cousinss documentary filmmaking and criticism, it refuses easy cynicism in favour of unashamedly heartfelt human. From wandering through the streets, meeting jaunty pensioners rosie and maud, to the horrors of the troubles, i am belfast is an impassioned, politically. Travel ideas and destination guide for your next trip to europe. Northern ireland film boom fuelled by game of thrones and belfast punk film. An interview with mark cousins belfast film festival. An odyssey, a story of children and film writes and directs this dreamlike evocation of belfast, beautifully shot by christopher doyle in the mood for love, 2046. 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.
The film holds a 100% approval rating on rotten tomatoes. I am belfast sees celebrated filmmaker, writer and curator mark cousins 6 desires. 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. I am belfast 15 directed by mark cousins celebrated cinephile mark cousins the story of film. 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 conflict. Film events, screenings and festival in northern ireland. I am belfast is an arthouse documentary that captures the soul, emotion and spirit of the city that is belfast, northern ireland. At first she shows us fun things the way people talk, unusual vantage points, fragments of the citys visual landscape.
Students are not expected to purchase their own camera, laptop or editing software. Technically wonderful, the loose narrative of i am belfast shows off cousins profound sense of landscape through story. Cousins delights in setting up illusions like this with help from accomplished australian cinematographer christopher doyle, encouraging us to. Northern ireland film boom fuelled by game of thrones and. Like all of cousinss documentary filmmaking and criticism, it refuses easy cynicism in favour of unashamedly heartfelt human sympathy.
Mark cousins has just completed his mammoth 840 minute film project women make film. With the camera focussed on an elderly lady as she wanders through the citys streets and suburbs, cousins narrates her journey commenting on the landscape, architecture and people she views and meets on her way. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. The city of belfast appears to consist of three shabby suburban streets, while the whole of northern ireland seems to be run by two. This visually poetic documentary is director mark cousinss love letter to a city he left many years ago but still treasures. Explore sydenham in northern ireland, belfast united kingdom. Apr 08, 2016 this is a particularly niche film, and i suspect that the majority audience will not go for it. The film personifies belfast and portrays it as an experienced gentle. My first idea was to make a movie about two cities, belfast and. I can see how people would really like this film, it was incredibly done and. Apr 09, 2020 the belfast film festival presents exciting yearround film culture including its spring festival, summer events and outreach programme. The lord mayor of belfast, 28yearold nuala mcallister, has taken global belfast as a theme throughout her term in office, pledging to promote the city as an open, inclusive and welcoming.
Thank you ebiac for the wonderful work you do in our community, especially in regards to difficulties experienced by residents with welfare reform. She is now permanently moored as a museum ship on the river thames in london and is operated by the imperial war museum. Meet the actress cast as a wise old woman who portrays belfast city. Apr 08, 2016 mark cousins i am belfast inspires engagement with city, space and identity. There is currently one video available for the film, of which one and only one is a trailer, as listed below. The evocative score by david holmes, with a little help from van morrison, also enhances the films appeal. Free screening of i am belfast film this thursday brian oneill on february 7, 2017, 3. Apr 04, 2016 photographed by christopher doyle in the mood for love, i am belfast is a film that finds beauty in the colourful blaze of a mural or the strange, lunar landscapes of towering mountains of salt. He also added, not even meaneys heavyweight gravitas can save a belfast story from its weak script, sluggish pacing and onedimensional characters. Dh lawrence and sardinia, here be dragons cast his painterly eye on his home town, the port city belfast. Belfastborn documentarian mark cousins abstract exploration of his home city, featuring a 10,000yearold protagonist, and which details and confronts belfasts troubled past and present. Our season of contexutalising events is made possible by film hub ni with the support of the bfi, awarding funds from the national lottery.
His recent films also include the citysymphony i am belfast 2015, and the eyes of orson welles 2018. Coming attractions for you 2020s most anticipated movies. I am belfast is mark cousins unique film about an infamous place, and this woman we meet becomes our free spirited walking tour guide. Belfast film festival yearround films and special events. 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. The film personifies belfast and portrays it as an experienced gentle, older woman played by helena bereen, who has seen, and accepted it all. Part documentary, part reverie, i am belfast is mark cousins film exploration of the city he calls home. A new road movie through film and is well known for his compendious 2011 documentary the story of film. Builders are preparing to move off the site beside the harland and wolff cranes. Ive always believed belfast is a very female place i am belfast, a film by cousins with a score by david holmes, tells the story of the city as embodied by a 10,000yearold. Nov 10, 2015 video archive for the film i am belfast, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 2015. A unique film about an infamous place, with this 10,000 year old woman as our free spirited walking tour guide. 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. Hms belfast is a townclass light cruiser that was built for the royal navy.
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. Creative documentary done in a style unique to mark cousins a visual, poetic. In his customary style, cousins makes a lot of points. Students will be provided with all of the film equipment and editing suites needed. Like all of cousinss documentary filmmaking and criticism, it refuses easy cynicism. Steve rose of the guardian gave the film 2 stars out of 5 and wrote, the plot scatters too many pieces about, putting the film s star off screen for long stretches. 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. Her graduate film good girls screened at a variety of festivals and went on to win the shorts competition at the belfast film festival. I am belfast is a 2015 documentary film about belfast, directed by mark cousins reception. Cousins is the kind of thoughtful, gentle and poetic auteur that a city as traumatised and as beautiful as belfast deserves. 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. Themes brought up in the film range from the landscapes surrounding the city, its changing architecture and social structure to the political and personal. Watch i am belfast prime video skip to main content.
Work on belfasts newest film studio has begun on location at giants park, belfast. I am belfast dual format edition film by mark cousins. I am belfast is a 2015 documentary film about belfast, directed by mark cousins. She completed the scottish shorts development programme with. The film personifies belfast and portrays it as an experienced gentle, older. Creative documentary done in a style unique to mark cousins a visual.
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