The Bloomsday Film Festival, arguably the most literary film festival in Ireland, have announced their programme of events for this year's event, which runs from 12th - 16th June.
The popular event, which is run in partnership with the Bloomsday Festival and the James Joyce Centre, blends film and literature in celebration of James Joyce’s relationship with cinema and the city of Dublin.
Among this year's events is a 20th anniversary screening of Lenny Abrahamson's award-winning film Adam and Paul, presented in partnership with the Irish Film Institute.
This will be preeded by a screening of the short film An Encounter, written by Adam and Paul screenwriter and star Mark O’Halloran and directed by Kelly Campbell. The film is based on a short story in James Joyce’s Dubliners.
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Mark O’Halloran will introduce the screenings with an exploration of the Joycean connections in both films.
For Irish cineastes and literary enthusiasts, James Joyce's brief role as manager of Dublin's Volta Cinema is well known - filmmaker Martin Turk will present his documentary Kino Volta, exploring cinema history and paying tribute to his hometown Trieste, so beloved of Joyce, and his wife Nora.
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Elsewhere, Alice in Wonderland is given a nightmarish treatment in Cléa van der Grijn's experimental film The Disembodiment of Alice, inspired by Joyce's novel Finnegan’s Wake.
Both films screen at the IFI and will be followed by a Q&A with filmmakers.
The James Joyce Centre will play host to an eclectic array of short films that range from short stories about Dublin to films with Joycean, literary, poetic and experimental themes.
Urban beekeepers, boxing clubs and Dublin's Smithfield Market feature in the documentary shorts, while Colm Meaney provides the voice of George Bernard Shaw in a madcap puppet film which portrays a spat between Shaw and Shakespeare.
The festival will culminate with an award ceremony at the IFI, with music from Irish singer-songwriter David Keenan.
The Bloomsday Film Festival runs at various Dublin venues from 12th - 16th June - find out more here.
