Spotlight on teen movies
by Annika Pham
The 9th Junior Film Fleadh (November19-22) is going to celebrate the American centenary of cinema this year, by showing some of the best US teen movies, like Blackboard Jungle, American Graffiti, Over The Edge and Donnie Darko.
European films screening at the festival include Nicolas Philibert's To Be and To Have, Wolfgang Becker’s Good Bye, Lenin! [+see also:
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The Irish films being shown include the 1997 feature by Graham Jones, How To Cheat In The Leaving Certificate and the winner of the Best Irish Short at this year’s Galway Film Fleadh, Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom.
As part of an animation workshop, younger audiences will have the chance to watch Michel Ocelot’s Kirikou and The Sorcerer, alongside the creation myth by local animator, Edith Pieperhoff, How It All Began.
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