Educational Screenings
Fidil Ghorm
Wednesday 8 October | 2pm
Birr Theatre & Arts Centre
Fidil Ghorm tells the story of 10-year-old girl Molly, whose father is in a coma. She believes that if she learns to play the fiddle like her dad did and win an All Ireland contest that she can wake him up.
Irish • 1hr 25 mins
Students €5 Teachers Free
Bookings
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Josep
Thursday 9 October | 10am
Birr Theatre & Arts Centre
February 1939. Overwhelmed by the flood of Republicans fleeing the Franco dictatorship, the French government parked them in camps. Two men separated by the barbed wire will become friends. One is a gendarme, the other a cartoonist. From Barcelona to New York, the true story of Joseph Bartolí, anti-Franco fighter and exceptional artist.
French • 1hr 14 min
Students €5 Teachers Free
This screening is presented in association with the French Embassy in Ireland and Institut Francais.
Bookings
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Au Revoir Les Enfants
Thursday 9 October | 10am Esker Arts / 1.30pm Birr Theatre & Arts Centre
1944, Julien is a boarder at a Catholic college. He discovers Jean, a proud and secret newcomer. Julien and Jean become friends little by little. However, this bond will never be able to blossom. One day, the Gestapo arrives at the school and arrests Father Jean and the three Jewish children he had hidden among his Catholic children.
French • 1hr 35 min
Students €5 Teachers Free
This screening is presented in association with the French Embassy in Ireland and Institut Francais.
Bookings
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When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
Thursday 9 October | 1.30pm Esker Arts
Friday 10 October | 10am Birr Theatre & Arts Centre
1933: The young Jewish girl Anna is repeatedly forced to flee the Nazis with her family. A captivating watch on the experience of becoming a refugee, based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Judith Kerr.
German • 1hr 59min
Students €5 Teachers Free
This screening is presented in association with the Goethe-Institut Irland.
Bookings
Please contact offlinefilmschools@gmail.com