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13/10/2023

We at aemi are excited to announce our extensive programme @ CIFF 2023 (Cork International Film Festival)! 🌟 This includes our aemi Artist in Focus, Kevin Jerome Everson, who will be present for a Q&A following a screening of his short works and will lead a masterclass.
🎬 We are also thrilled to present the theatrical debut of 'Spirit Messages', our new aemi touring programme, which spotlights some truly exciting moving image works by a range of Irish and international filmmakers.
Additionally, we are proud to present the World Premiere of Lisa Freeman's new film 'Approx 1 Second of a Sweet Kiss', which is the aemi & SIRIUS commission for 2023, screening as part of aemi's Experimental Shorts: A Moment Between.

Event listings and booking information for individual programmes:

aemi @ CIFF: aemi Experimental Shorts: A Moment Between
18 November 2023 / 13:00 / Sirius Arts Centre 🎥
🎫: https://aemi.ie/event/aemi-ciff-a-moment-between/

aemi @ CIFF: Kevin Jerome Everson Masterclass
18 November 2023 / 15:00 / Sirius Arts Centre
🎫: https://aemi.ie/event/aemi-ciff-masterclass/

aemi @ CIFF: aemi Artist in Focus: Kevin Jerome Everson
19 November 2023 / 10:45 / Triskel Arts Centre 🎥
🎫: https://aemi.ie/event/aemi-ciff-artist-in-focus/

aemi @ CIFF: Spirit Messages
19 November 2023 / 20:30 / Triskel Arts Centre 🎥
🎫: https://aemi.ie/event/aemi-ciff-spirit-messages/

Image Credit: © Kevin Jerome Everson; courtesy of the artist; trilobite-arts DAC; Picture Palace Pictures

Sirius Arts Centre, Triskel Cork, LUX Moving Image Canyon Cinema Foundation 💫

11/10/2023

🥂 Join us for the opening reception of 'Súitú' this Friday, Oct 13 at Mermaid Arts Centre (Mermaid County Wicklow Arts Centre)! 🎥 🎉

🗓️ Opening Reception Schedule:
🗣️ 5:15 PM – 6:00 PM: Introductory talk with ‘Súitú’ featured artist Lisa Freeman in conversation with aemi co-director Daniel Fitzpatrick.
🍷 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM: Reception
All are welcome. Thanks to Mermaid Arts Centre for their generous hosting.

aemi’s 2023 touring programme ‘Súitú’ screens as a fully captioned in-person film installation at Mermaid Arts Centre in Bray, Co. Wicklow from October 14th - December 2nd, 2023.
🎟️ Free entry!

'Súitú' features works by Fábio Andrade (Brazil) (), Susan Hughes (Northern Ireland (), Morgan Quaintance (U.K.), Bárbara Lago (Argentina) (.bbb), Sofia Theodore-Pierce (U.S.A.) (), Lisa Freeman (Ireland) (.freeeman), and Holly Márie Parnell (Ireland) ().

Image Credit: Fábio Andrade, Contorno/ Contour, 2021, Brazil, 10 mins. Courtesy of the artist.

[ This is a still from the film 'Contorno/ Contour' (2021) by Fábio Andrade. The image depicts an old stone wall that is predominantly in shades of grey, with various hues and textures. At the bottom of the wall, there is an abundance of green moss and a few small plants that cover most of its surface. In the middle of the image, there is a line of white snail shells resting on the mossy area at the base of the wall, positioned in a slightly alternating pattern from left to right. Above the shells, the wall continues towards the top of the image, with smaller patches of moss in some areas.].



More info here 👇

aemi’s 2023 touring programme ‘Súitú’ screens as a fully captioned in-person film installation at Mermaid Arts Centre in Bray,...

10/10/2023

Don't miss Chapter 2 of 'Long time we’ve been working / Tamall fada atá muid ag obair show' now showing at Project Arts Centre (Project Arts Centre) until October 21st.

Tickets: Free | Unticketed 🎟️
Gallery Hours: Mon-Sat, 11am-6pm | Sun 15 Oct, 4:30-6pm 🗓️

Film Information: 🎥
'Back Inside Herself' (1984) by S.Pearl Sharp
'Nettle Bush' (2021) by Francis O'Mahony
'Sacred Disease and Sacred Disease: Epilogue' (2019) by Renèe Helèna Browne

The programme is curated by Project Arts Centre, alongside Alice Butler (co-director of aemi) and Charlotte Procter of Cinenova Distribution. 🎥

[ This is a still from the 2019 film 'Sacred Disease and Sacred Disease: Epilogue' by Renèe Helèna Browne. The image features a black circle positioned at the centre of the frame, set against a neon yellow background. Within the circle, the words 'I LOVE YOU' are written in a script font.]

[ This still is from 'Nettle Bush' (2021) by Francis O'Mahony. It features a tightly framed shot of a person with fair skin reclining on a white sheet and wearing a white sleeveless top. The frame includes part of their left arm, which features a line drawing tattoo of a hot water bottle on the inside of the upper arm. Their right hand holds onto the lower portion of their left arm.]

[ This is a still from the 1984 film 'Back Inside Herself' by S. Pearl Sharp. In the image, a person with dark skin and dark hair is positioned on the left side of the frame. They are looking at a slight angle into a mirror placed on the right side of the frame, appearing to style their hair with both hands. The person is wearing numerous bracelets. The frame captures only their head, shoulders, and hands. The image is in black and white.]

06/10/2023

📽️ aemi's touring programme 'Súitú' screens tonight, October 6th, at 7pm at Filmform in Stockholm, Sweden.

Followed by a Q&A with artists Lisa Freeman, Susan Hughes, and Holly Márie Parnell, moderated by Martin Grennberger.

Supported by Culture Ireland

🎟️ Full info here ⬇️

aemi’s 2023 touring programme ‘Súitú’ screens at Filmform in Stockholm, Sweden, with support from Culture Ireland. Film info: Fábio...

05/10/2023

📣 We're thrilled to share that '2 Channel Land' by Frank Sweeney, commissioned by AEMI in partnership with Sirius Arts Centre, will be screened at two upcoming events:

On October 7th at The Model in Sligo (The Model Sligo) as part of a Spilt Milk event.
🎟️ www.themodel.ie

From October 18th to 22nd at the Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival (LUFF) in Switzerland.
🎟️ 2023.luff.ch/fr/film

We also highly recommend Ruairí McCann's fantastic article about '2 Channel Land' which can be found at this link: https://ruairimccann.substack.com/p/the-land-of-saints-sinners-and-big.

The article starts with a fascinating piece on Eimear and Cat McClay's latest film 'A mother's love for her baby'. We were delighted to present their previous film as part of our aemi @ GAZE programme.

🎥🎬 📝

04/10/2023

We're delighted to screen our touring programme 'Súitú' with South Tipperary Arts Centre (South Tipperary Arts Centre) in Clonmel this Friday, October 6th, at 7.30 pm.

This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Alice Butler, co-director of aemi.

More details here: https://aemi.ie/event/aemi-south-tipperary-arts-centre-present-suitu/

03/10/2023

⚡🎥 We're thrilled to be in Sweden this week for the second leg of our international tour 🇸🇪 🇮🇪 'Súitú' will screen at Galleri Format (Galleri Format) in Malmö on Wednesday the 4th at 6pm, and at Filmform (Filmform) in Stockholm on Friday the 6th at 7pm. 📽️ We would love to see some of you there!

🎟️ ENTRY IS FREE.
🔗 Malmö: https://aemi.ie/event/aemi-galleri-format-suitu/
🔗 Stockholm: https://aemi.ie/event/aemi-filmform-present-suitu/

Both screenings will be followed by an in-person discussion with our featured Irish artists: Lisa Freeman, Susan Hughes, and Holly Márie Parnell, moderated by Mads K. Mikkelsen (Head of Programme at Copenhagen Int. Documentary Film Festival CPH:DOX) at Galleri Format, and Martin Grennberger (Film curator and writer) at Filmform.

'Súitú' features works by Fábio Andrade (Brazil), Susan Hughes (Northern Ireland), Morgan Quaintance (U.K.), Bárbara Lago (Argentina), Sofia Theodore-Pierce (U.S.A.), Lisa Freeman (Ireland), and Holly Márie Parnell (Ireland).

Supported by Culture Ireland (Culture Ireland) & our touring partners.

[ This web listing is for the 'Súitú' film programme by aemi, hosted at Galleri Format in Malmö. It features a still from Sofia Theodore Pierce's 'Other Tidal Effects'. The listing includes event details, presented in English language, with black text on a white background indicating that the screening 'Gallery Format & aemi present: Súitú' will be held on October 4th, and that ticket sales will end soon, in purple text.]

[ This web listing is for the 'Súitú' film programme by aemi, hosted at Filmform in Sweden. It features a still from Morgan Quaintance's film 'A Human Certainty'. The listing includes event details, presented in English language, with black text on a white background. These details indicate that the event 'FILMFORM & AEMI PRESENT: SÚITU' will be held from 7 pm to 9 pm on October 6th, along with booking details, image credits, and a longer event description].

27/09/2023

👏 ✨ Congratulations to Fiona Hallinan on the sold out premiere of her feature film 'Making Dust', presented by AEMI & IFI as part of the IFI Documentary Festival this coming Sunday, October 1st, at 3:30pm.

Film Info:
‘Making Dust’ is a powerful portrait of the demolition in 2021 of the Church of the Annunciation in Finglas, once the second-largest Catholic Church in Ireland. Understanding this moment as a rupture, the film is structured around a fascinating and deeply insightful essay by architectural historian Ellen Rowley which considers some of the ways in which the building has both influenced and been influenced by the community it was built to serve.

Learn more about her work here: https://fiona-hallinan.com/

Image Credit: Research image for Fiona Hallinan's ‘Making Dust’. Photography by Faolán Carey.

Irish Film Institute (IFI)

[ This is a still from the film ‘Making Dust’ by Irish artist and filmmaker Fiona Hallinan. The image shows a section of the demolished ‘Church of the Annunciation’ in Finglas, Co. Dublin. Metal frames and fragments of grey brick wall support the remaining structure. The image features large stained-glass windows arranged on two levels and separated by metal dividers. The stained glass is brightly coloured and comprised of small abstract panels in shades of blue, pink, yellow, green, red, and brown. The sky in the background is a light grey colour.]

20/09/2023

We had an amazing time screening aemi's touring programme 'Súitú' at WORM in Rotterdam (WORM Rotterdam) and Filmhuis Cavia (Filmhuis Cavia) in Amsterdam last week.

Our sincere thanks to the screening artists, the venues, the Q&A hosts Tim Leyendekker (WORM) and Cristina Kolozsváry-Kiss (International Film Festival Rotterdam), the Q&A featured artists Lisa Freeman, Susan Hughes, and Holly Márie Parnell, and everyone who made it along! The Filmhuis Cavia event was completely sold out!

'Súitú' features work by Fábio Andrade (Brazil), Susan Hughes (Northern Ireland), Morgan Quaintance (U.K.), Bárbara Lago (Argentina), Sofia Theodore-Pierce (U.S.A), Lisa Freeman (Ireland), and Holly Márie Parnell (Ireland).

Massive thanks to Culture Ireland (Culture Ireland) for making our international tour, along with the participation of our three Irish featured artists, possible.

Next up:
'Súitú' at Galleri Format, Malmö (Galleri Format)
4th October 2023, cinema event + Q&A with featured artists

'Súitú' at Filmform, Stockholm (Filmform)
6th October 2023, cinema event + Q&A with featured artists