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Ireland’s National Mobile Digital Cinema
2015/16
Secondary schools’ programme
Cinemobile – Ireland’s Mobile Digital Cinema
School Brochure 2015/16
Bring the cinema experience to your school!
We can screen up to 4 films in the school
day, parked on your school grounds
SENIOR CYCLE
COMPARATIVE FILM TEXTS
Death of a Superhero (15A)
Leaving Certificate 2016 & ‘17
2011/ 97 mins/ Germany/Ireland
A dying 15-year-old boy draws stories of an invincible
superhero as he struggles with his mortality.
Director: Ian Fitzgibbon
Starring: Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Lilly Forgach, Ian
Fitzgibbon
Genre: Animation/Drama
Admission is €4.50 per student
For enquiries and comments contact us on:
091 751629 or email: education@cinemobile.ie
The Artist (PG)
Leaving Certificate 2016 & ‘17
2011/ 100 mins/ France
Winner of 5 Oscars The Artist tells the story of a silent
movie star who meets a young dancer, but the arrival of
talking pictures sends their careers in opposite directions.
Cinemobile carries all the school curriculum titles
Director: Michel Hazanavicius
Starring: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman
Genre: Comedy/Drama/Romance
Cinemobile – Supporting the School Curriculum
“Dim the lights, open your mind and discover films that fire the imagination ...
Bring the cinema experience to your school.
Pick a film from the following selection ... or choose your own film !”
www.cinemobile.ie
Cinemobile is a subsidiary of the IFI
The King’s Speech (12A)
Leaving Certificate 2016 & ‘17
2010 /118 mins/ USA/UK
The story of King George VI of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, his impromptu
ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who
helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it. Winner of 4 Oscars.
Director: Tom Hooper
Starring: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter
Genre: Biography/Drama/History
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Richard III (15A)
Children of Men (15A)
Leaving Certificate 2016 & ‘17
1995/ 104 mins/ UK
Leaving Certificate 2017
2006/ 109 mins/ USA
The classic Shakespearean play about a murderously scheming king staged in an alternative fascist
England setting.
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which women have
become somehow infertile, a former activist agrees to
help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a
sanctuary at sea.
Director: Richard Loncraine
Starring: Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent
Genre: Drama/War
Juno (15A)
Leaving Certificate 2016 & ‘17
2007/ 96 mins/ USA
Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat
young woman makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.
Director: Jason Reitman
Starring: Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner
Genre: Comedy/Drama/Romance
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Starring: Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, Chiwetel
Ejiofor
Genre: Drama/Sci-fi/Thriller
Rear Window (PG)
Leaving Certificate 2017
1954/112 mins/ USA
A wheelchair bound photographer spies on his
neighbours from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
Citizen Kane (G)
Leaving Certificate 2016
1941/ 119 mins/ USA
Following the death of a publishing tycoon, news
reporters scramble to discover the meaning of his
final utterance.
Director: Orson Welles
Starring: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy
Comingore
Genre: Drama/Mystery
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Films for the New Junior Cycle
English curriculum
Son of Rambow (12A)
2007/ 96 mins/ UK
Life is Beautiful (PG)
During a long English summer in the early 1980s,
two schoolboys from differing backgrounds set out
to make a film inspired by First Blood.
1997/ 116 mins/ Italy
When an open-minded Jewish librarian and his son
become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect
mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect
his son from the dangers around their camp.
Director: Roberto Benigni
Starring: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini
Genre: Comedy/Drama/Romance
Director: Garth Jennings
Starring: Bill Milner, Will Poulter, Jessica Hynes
Genre: Action/Adventure/Comedy
The Night of the Hunter (12A)
Whale Rider (PG)
1955/ 92 mins/ USA
A religious fanatic marries a gullible widow whose
young children are reluctant to tell him where their
real daddy hid $10,000 he’d stolen in a robbery.
2002/ 101 mins/ New Zealand/German
A contemporary story of love, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny
her grandfather refuses to recognize.
Director: Charles Laughton
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian
Gish
Genre: Crime/Drama
Director: Niki Caro
Starring: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene
Genre: Family/Drama
Bend it Like Beckham (12A)
School of Rock (PG)
2003/ 108 mins/ USA
2002/ 112 mins/ UK
The daughter of orthodox Sikh rebels against her
parents’ traditionalism by playing semi-pro lady’s
soccer
Director: Gurinder Chadha
Starring: Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Genre: Comedy/Drama/Romance
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After being kicked out of a rock band, Dewey Finn
becomes a substitute teacher of a strict elementary
private school, only to try and turn it into a rock
band.
Director: Richard Linklater
Starring: Jack Black, Mike White, Joan Cusack
Genre: Comedy/Music
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Spirited Away (PG)
2001/ 125 mins/ Japan
Documentaries on poets prescribed
for Higher Level English
During her family’s move to the suburbs, a sullen
10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods,
witches, and spirits, and where humans are changed
into beasts.
Paul Durcan – The Dark School (G)
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Starring: Daveigh Chase, Suzanne Pleshette, Miyu
Irino
Genre: Family/Animation/Adventure
Paul Durcan - The Dark School is an intimate and enthralling account of
the childhood and youth of one of Ireland’s best-loved as well as critically
acclaimed poets.
2007 45 mins
Ireland
Director: Alan Gilsenan
Starring: Paul Durcan
Genre: Documentary
In America (15A)
2002/ 105 mins/ Ireland/UK
A family of Irish immigrants adjust to life on the
mean streets of Hell’s Kitchen while also grieving
the death of a child.
Director: Jim Sheridan
Starring: Paddy Considine, Samantha Morton
Genre: Drama
A Vision: A Life of W.B. Yeats (G)
2013 75 mins
Ireland
The life and work of W.B. Yeats holds a particular place in hearts and imaginations across the world. This film is a response to that vast body of work – a
visual and avowedly experimental ‘film-poem’ using solely the words of Yeats.
Director: Alan Gilsenan
Genre: Documentary
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (G)
1982/ 115 mins/ USA
A troubled child summons the courage to help a
friendly alien escape Earth and return to his homeworld.
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Henry Thomas, Drew
Barrymore, Peter Coyote
Genre: Family/Sci-fi
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Philip Larkin – Love and Death in Hull
(G)
2003 60 mins
UK
An insight into the life of British poet, Philip Larkin.
Directors: James Kent, Nicolas Kent, Ian MacMillan
Featuring: Martin Amis, A.N. Wilson, Andrew Motion
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Foreign Language titles
The Selfish Giant (15A)
Bande de filles (Girlhood) (15A)
2014 113 mins
Suggestions for Transition Year study
France
201391 minsUK
A girl with few real prospects joins a gang, reinventing herself and gaining a sense of self confidence in
the process. However, she soon finds that this new life
does not necessarily make her any happier.
A contemporary fable about two scrappy 13-year-old
working-class friends in the UK who seek fortune by
getting involved with a local scrap dealer and criminal,
leading to tragic consequences.
Director: Céline Sciamma
Starring: Karidja Touré, Assa Sylla, Lindsay Karamoh
Genre: Drama
IFI study notes available
Director: Clio Barnard
Starring: Conner Chapman, Shaun Thomas
Genre: Drama
’71 (15A)
La jaula de oro (The Golden Dream) (15A)
2013 108 mins
Guatemala/Spain/Mexico
Very popular Spanish language drama concerning a
group of Guatemalan teenagers who attempt to make
their way to the USA, dreaming of a better life. However, they are ill equipped, both physically and emotionally, for the challenges they face in getting there.
This is an absorbing and suspenseful film, with excellent performances by its three non-professional leads.
Director: Diego Quemada-Díez
Starring: Brandon López, Rodolfo Domínguez
Genre: Drama
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201499 minsUK
A young British soldier is accidentally abandoned by his
unit following a terrifying riot on the streets of Belfast
in 1971. Unable to tell friend from foe, the raw recruit
must survive the night alone and find his way to safety
through a disorienting, alien and deadly landscape.
Director: Yann Demange
Starring: Jack O’Connell, Sam Reid, Sean Harris
Genre: Action/Drama/Thriller
IFI study notes available
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Irish Language shorts
Rúbaí (2014)
As her classmates prepare for their First Holy Communion, Rúbaí announces
that she is an atheist and refuses to participate.
Director: Louise Ní Fhiannachta/ Running time: 12 mins.
English Language shorts
Bird Food (2012)
A man plans to eat his lunch in the park, but the local pigeons have other ideas!
Director/Script: Richard Keane
Yu Ming is Anim Dom (2003)
Aroma (2004)
Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom is the story of a young Chinese man, who is disillusioned with his dead-end job at a supermarket. A spin of the globe leads him to
choose Ireland as the destination for his new life.
Director: Daniel O’Hara/Running time: 13 mins.
Two elderly ladies out for a night of their lives, it’s a blast!
Director/Script: Damon Silvester
Filleadh an Athair (2015) (The Return of the Father)
A man gets out of prison to see his adult daughter. Shame, rejection, trouble
with his family and his freedom ensues.
Director/Script: Tomasz Woszczynski/ Running time: 10 mins.
City of Roses (2015)
One Halloween night a smouldering suitcase was pulled off a bonfire in Dublin
and thus was saved a true story of love, loss and hope.
Director/Script: Andrew Kavanagh
A Coat Made Dark (2015)
Maidhm (2015)
A man follows the orders of a dog to wear a coat with impossible pockets.
Director/Script: Jack O’ Shea
An autistic boy’s world is thrown into chaos as he searches for his mother.
Director/Script: Seán Breathnach/ Running time: 12 mins.
Unhinged (2015)
Lipservice (1998)
A sharply satirical comedy about north Dublin kids improvising wildly to impress a visiting Irish language examiner. Director/Script: Paul Mercier/ Running time: 18 mins.
Fluent Dysphasia (2005)
Fluent Dysphasia stars Stephen Rea who wakes up one day, mysteriously speaking perfect Irish – which he never could before - and having forgotten how to
speak English, he must look for help wherever he can get it.
Director: Daniel O’Hara/ Running time: 16 mins.
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The squeaky hinge gets the oil. But when the squeak escapes the oil, it’s sure to
get you! Director/Script: Tom Caulfield
Blight (2015)
A young priest is sent to battle dark supernatural forces threatening a remote
island community. Director: Brian Deane. Script: Matthew Roche.
January Hymn (2015)
A reflection on the intangible experience of grief, January Hymn sees Clara return home for the first anniversary of her father’s death.
Director/Script: Katherine Canty
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Senior Cycle – Art
Ireland’s National Mobile Digital Cinema
Mr. Turner (15A)
2014150 minsUKFrance/Germany
Focusing on the last years of British landscape artist J.M.W. Turner’s life and directed by Mike Leigh, this historical biopic presents
Turner’s contradictory nature and profound genius, capturing a
sense of the paintings through careful cinematography. Featuring
an award-winning performance from Timothy Spall, this is a bold
insight into the life of an often misunderstood artist.
Director: Mike Leigh
Starring: Timothy Spall, Paul Jesson, Dorothy Atkinson
Genre: Biography/Drama/History
IFI study notes available
Cinemobile is Ireland’s National Mobile Digital Cinema. It is a non-profit making organisation
and a registered charity. Schools have always played a large part in the work of Cinemobile, and
having developed an extensive schools programme, we now screen to 10,000 school children each
year, at both primary and secondary level. Cinemobile arrives to the school door, avoiding transport costs, with the cinema experience packed in an amazing truck where children of all ages can
experience the magic of the moving image.
Cinemobile offices are based in Cluain Mhuire, Monivea Road, Galway.
For enquiries and comments, or to help update our database, contact us
on: 091 751629 or email education@cinemobile.ie
www.cinemobile.ie
Admission is €4.50 per child.
Thanks to all Cinemobile Board members and in particular our Chairman, Bernard McCloskey.
Finding Vivian Maier (12A)
201383 minsUSA
When John Maloof bought a box of photos at a thrift auction in
2007 he didn’t realise he was about to discover Vivian Maier, a
nanny from Chicago who would become one of the most celebrated photographers of the last ten years. Maloof shot this documentary while sorting through over 100,000 negatives and following
clues to discover the identity of this mysterious photographer who
had managed to create a unique record of Chicago street life.
Directors: John Maloof, Charlie Siskel
Starring: Vivian Maier, John Maloof, Daniel Arnaud
Genre: Documentary/Biography/Mystery
IFI study notes available
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Cinemobile staff members:
Cinemobile Manager: Noreen Collins
Administrator: Goretti O’Brien
Educational officer: Jarlath Henehan
Projectionist: Nick Hitchcox