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This year, we at the Junior Film Fleadh are proud to pay host to feature films and documentaries that will inform, educate and entertain our audiences.
We did not seek a theme to this years’ selection, but after an initial study of them all, it was clear that the films shared a common concern. While each is different; in time, space
and country – each presents their own moral dilemma.
The dilemma is a universal condition when one faces a quandary. Two moral concerns are in conflict - and by honouring one, another is transgressed. In dramatic terms, we see how our hero tightropes between opposing forces, while trying to retain their self worth, their lives or even their very soul.
In The Cove Ric O’Barry, who made his fortune from capturing dolphins for the TV show Flipper faced a dilemma when Cathy, the dolpin that starred in Flipper died in his arms. In his heart, he knew that dolphins should not be in captivity. What should he do?
In The Counterfeiters Soloman is a master forger placed in a Nazi concentration camp during WWII . He must forge the perfect dollar bill (which would allow the Nazis to flood the American economy and win the war), or his fellow inmates will be killed. What will he do?
King Lear wants to divide his kingdom between his three daughters; and requests them To pledge their love. Two are euphoric in their protestations of love, one is simply honest. What will the King do?
In The Class François is a teacher who wants enrich his students lives by offering a rounded education – not just studying texts. But then, an offhand comment made in class is misrepresented – he is treated as a bully. What will he do?
We hope to see you at this years Junior Film Fleadh, where you will find out the answers to all the above questions. It’s the ambition of this programme of festive documentaries, feature films and shorts – to have audiences leave the auditorium with a cinematic experience that will remain with them.
Felim & Annette
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