CINE GAEL MONTREAL 2011
19th Annual Series
Season Overview & Admission costs for Non-members: Admission for Members: To join Cine Gael on Facebook click here! All screenings are at:
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Friday, February 4th: |
The Pipe (D: Risteard Ó Domhnaill, 2010)
"Irish
farmers and fisherman rise up in protest when Shell tries to build a
pipeline for natural gas through their county. The local confrontation
reflects an international concern for how energy companies affect the
environment and communities." - Tom Powers, TIFF |
Friday, February 25th: Film: |
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| Saturday, March
26th: A Tribute to Cyril Cusack 3:15pm: Screening Guest Spearker: |
A Tribute to Cyril Cusack "Although born in South Africa, Cyril Cusack was brought up in Ireland. He was a child star on the Irish stage, appearing first at the age of 7. He toured Ireland with his own theater company.  He was offered the role of the Doctor in "Doctor Who" (1963) in 1963 but turned it down.
He tried to discourage all of his six children from pursuing the entertainment field, going so far as to not keeping a TV inside the house while they were young. Nevertheless, all of them went into some form of entertainment. Sons Paul and Padraig worked behind the scenes as director/producer types and daughters, Sinead, Sorcha, Niamh and Catherine all became actresses. In 1990 Cyril performed in an acclaimed stage production of Chekhov's "The Three Sisters" with daughters Sinead, Sorcha and Niamh at the Gate Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. Educated in Newbridge College, Newbridge, Co. Kildare, and University College, Dublin, but left without a degree to join the Abbey Theatre in 1932. He received honorary doctorates in 1977 and 1980 from the NUI and the University of Dublin, respectively. His parents separated when he was young and his mother took him to England, and then to Ireland. Cusack's mother and her subsequent partner, Breifne O'Rorke, joined the O'Brien and Ireland Players where Cyril made his theater debut at age 6. Formed his own company and staged productions in Dublin, Paris and New York beginning in 1947. Became a campaigner for conservative causes in Ireland in his later years, notably in his opposition to abortion, where he became a frequent letter-writer into the main Liberal Irish newspaper, The Irish Times. His conservative credentials came under scrutiny, however, following his death and the revelation that he had not been faithful in his first marriage, with a long-term mistress, Mary Rose Cunningham, who bore him a daughter, Catherine. Cusack married Cunningham following his first wife's death." - Steve Crook, imbd.com |
Saturday, April 9th 2PM: GUEST SPEAKER:
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The Secret of Kells (D: Tomm Moore, 2009) |
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Friday, April 15th |
AN EVENING OF RECENT AWARD-WINNING SHORT IRISH FILMS Programmed by Heather Macdougall and Kester Dyer For details of the shorts programme click here. |
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Thursday, April 28
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Swansong: The Story of Occi Byrne
(D: Conor McDermattroe, 2009) "Swansong, Story of Occi Byrne portrays the life of Austin ‘Occi' Byrne who is brought up in Sligo by his alcoholic mother and who suffers traumatic bullying at the hands of a local gang because he has no father. Occi grows up plagued by anger, confusion and pain. In the hopes of unlocking his own identity and overcoming the past that haunts him, he sets out to find his father and discover the secret of his birth. Remaining fiercely loyal to his mother, Occi is consistently tested on his journey, but eventually learns the true power that comes with love, friendship and most of all, a sense of belonging....The film premiered at last year's Galway Film Fleadh where it picked up the runner up prize for Best Irish Feature Film and was also nominated for Best First Feature at the Munich Film Festival earlier this year." - www.irishfilmboard.ie |
"Another great Irish documentary...a deserved winner at the Galway Film Fleadh" - Gavin Burke, 
The film is based on the one-man show by actor, now film director, Conor McDermottroe.