IFI TradFest 2012: Pay With a Tweet

Pay With a Tweet and avail of a discounted ticket price of just €5 for the screening of the IFI TradFest 2012 Programme: The Dubliners In The Rare Oul Times (Saturday Jan 28^th, 12.00) or The Celtic Dream + Bodhrán (Sunday Jan 29^th, 12.00) at the Irish Film Institute. 

ABOUT the IFI TradFest 2012 Programme

In celebration of Trad Fest 2012 we present two remarkable programmes of films about traditional Irish music.

PROGRAMME 1 (Saturday, Jan 28th, 12.00):
THE DUBLINERS IN THE RARE OUL TIMES
A programme of rarely-seen films about The Dubliners, including a 1967 pop-video, Seven Drunken Nights, made by renowned music documentarian Peter Whitehead for BBC’s Top of the Pops in 1967.

PROGRAMME 2: (Sunday, Jan 29th, 12.00)

LA RÊVE CELTIQUE
(THE CELTIC DREAM)
Directed for French television by Frederick Rossif, produced by Tom Hayes and scored by film composer Vangelis (Blade Runner, Chariots of Fire), La Rêve Celtique presents Irish traditional musicians in ethereal Irish landscapes and in O’Connor’s Pub in Doolin. The film features The Mummers of Lady’s Island, The Choir of Cúil Aodha, Junior Crehen, Máire Ni Ceilleachair, Nicholas Toibin, and Peter Flaherty.

DIRECTOR: Frederick Rossif
FILM INFO: 25 minutes, 1978, Colour

BODHRÁN
This documentary, directed by Tom Hayes with support from Roinn na Gaeltachta, explores the history and popularity of the Bodhrán in various locations around Ireland. 

DIRECTOR: Tom Hayes
FILM INFO: 30 minutes, 1974, Colour