Clifden Cinema Day

Tue 14 Oct | 10:00-15:00 | Clifden Station House

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GENERATION FLEADH will bring an array of films to local schools as part of the GEN Beyond programme. Students can look forward to thought-provoking screenings, including the French film Les Choristes followed by award winning Irish film Christy.

Please email generation@filmfleadh.ie for more information.

Les Choristes

Tue 14 Oct | 10:30 | Clifden Station House

2004 | France | 97′ | Narrative | 12+

In 1940s France, Pierre is an aimless child at an austere boarding school. The students and faculty are constantly at odds with one another, until a music teacher, Clément Mathieu, arrives and starts a choir. Clément, who has troubles of his own, tries to change the reactionary policies of the school, choosing instead to encourage his students. His efforts have a particular impact on Pierre, who shows great musical promise.

Director: Christophe Barratier
Writers: Christophe Barratier, Philippe Lopes-Curval
Producers: Jacques Perrin & Nicolas Mauvernay, Gérard Jugnot, Claude Berri, Jérôme Seydoux.
Cast: Gérard Jugnot, François Berléand, Jacques Perrin, Jean-Baptiste Maunier, Kad Merad, Marie Bunel

Christy

Tue 14 Oct | 13:00 | Clifden Station House

2025 | Ireland, UK | 99′ | Narrative | 15A

17-year-old Christy is at a crossroads. He’s been thrown out of his pleasant suburban foster home and moves in with his estranged older brother Shane. As far as Shane is concerned, this is a temporary arrangement, but Christy begins to feel at home on Cork’s working-class north side. As he makes friends and begins to let the community in, he also reconnects with his past through his seemingly more corrupting extended family, despite Shane’s efforts to steer him away from this crowd. Shane wants something better for Christy at any cost – even if it means he must push him away. After so many years apart, the brothers need to reconcile their turbulent past, whilst deciding what the future looks like.

Awarded the Grand Prix of the Generation 14plus International Jury at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival.

Director: Brendan Canty
Writer: Alan O’Gorman
Producers: Marina Brackenbury, Meredith Duff, Rory Gilmartin
Cast: Danny Power, Diarmuid Noyes, Emma Willis