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Amharc Éireann 1956-1959

Interprovincial Rowing Finals / Babhtaí Ceannais Rámhaíochta Idirchúige Cheatharlach

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Amharc Éireann – Eagrán 16   A Garda team representing Leinster win the Scéala Éireann Cup on the River Barrow near Carlow. Bhain foireann Gardaí Chúige Laighean Corn Scéala Éireann ar Abhainn na Bearú taobh le Ceatharlach.     Produced by Gael Linn, Amharc Éireann (A View of Ireland) is Ireland’s first long-running indigenous newsreel series. […]
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Amharc Éireann 1956-1959

Autumn Fashions / Faisin an Fhómhair

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Amharc Éireann – Eagrán 9   Taffeta, silk, mink, and velvet adorn the runway as models showcase Irene Gilbert’s new autumn collection in Dublin. Tá tafata, síoda, minc agus veilbhit le feiceáil ar an ardán taispeána agus mainicíní ag taispeáint bailiúchán nua an fhómhair ó Irene Gilbert i mBaile Átha Cliath.     Produced by […]
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Louis Marcus Collection

Rhapsody of a River

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This short film was conceived by two Cork natives, Louis Marcus and Seán Ó Ríada, as a romantic tribute to the city and river they knew and loved. The images of the River Lee are underscored by Ó Ríada’s glorious score which is performed by the Radio Éireann Symphony Orchestra and features Seán Ó Sé […]
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Children on Film

An Rinceoir

Irene Falvey
A short film about a beautiful dance and a dancer of unexpected origins. At an Irish Feis, a talented young dancer (Vitalija Bondareva) waits nervously in the wings before taking to the stage and performing a perfectly executed Irish dance. The Irish-speaking MC is surprised when she corrects his pronunciation of her name and tells […]
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1960s-1980s

Páistí ag Obair

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Louis Marcus’s observational documentary Páistí ag Obair (Children at Work) watches children learning through play in Irish Montessori schools in the 1970s. A voiceover, in both Irish and English, explains the Montessori method which celebrates the importance of play in developing children’s potential. Children are seen in classrooms playing with Montessori materials which promote reasoning […]
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2000s-present

Marion agus an Banphrionsa

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A heart-warming tale of a young girl’s encounter with Princess Grace of Monaco on her visit to Ireland in 1961. Marion agus an Banphrionsa shows that for a lucky few, dreams can come true. Courageous Marion steps in front of Princess Grace’s car as it drives through her village. She presents her with a bunch of roses, and the […]
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2000s-present

Rúbaí

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‘God is everywhere, Rúbaí. Everyone knows that.’ – Despite her teacher’s declaration, eight-year-old Rúbaí challenges the existence of God in the days before her Holy Communion.   When Rúbaí continues to challenge her teacher and announces to the visiting priest  that she is an atheist, she provokes their frustration and leaves them speechless when she cites Charles Darwin as ‘a fella who makes sense’.  Enigmatic scenes of […]
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2000s-present

Bua (Victory)

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A twelve-year-old girl gallops her horse fearlessly across the open countryside, an unspoken and visceral language emerging between them as the horse begins to see what she sees, and feel what she feels.   A young girl (Jemma Harris) sits on her majestic white horse driving him faster and faster as she tries to ride beyond […]
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