Film Screenings
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Atlantic Technological University | Galway, Ireland
Join us for a special day of film screenings inspired by the human journey.
Come #LearnDiscoverExplore the world through the lens and lived experience of storytellers and the creative works of partnering artists - photographers, producers, and filmmakers. Our program includes special film screenings, lectures and education with Q&A sessions, and special activities.
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'Survival, resilience, and renewal are the common threads woven through the narrative of the human journey. ARRIVALS: What’s Left Behind, What Lies Ahead shares the compelling stories of refugee, immigrant, and Native American diasporas that are foundational to our culture and help us to create a shared future. The film relies on first-hand accounts from displaced people filmed in Boise, Idaho.
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Documentary
Filmed and Edited by Ben Hemmings
Collaborators: Stephanie Bacon, Andy Bale, Jon Cox, and Palina Louangketh
Salted Earth plunges us into the heart of an invisible and creeping crisis that’s transforming the Mid-Atlantic – the inexorable rise of sea levels. This hard-hitting, yet tenderly woven 20-minute documentary paints a vivid picture of an escalating environmental catastrophe, where the threat is not just the swelling sea, but the encroaching salt that kills forests and decimates arable land, but could also signal a return to the natural order of the Atlantic Coast.
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Documentary
Ben Hemmings (Director, Producer), Joseph Coppolino (Producer), Jon Cox; Holly Michael; Jeanette Miller (Executive Producers) | 2023
20 minutes
"Waiting to Explode" is a documentary about the lingering impacts of nine years of saturation bombing with anti-personnel bombs and other ordnance during the "Secret War" in Laos (1964-1973). The film aims to heighten world awareness and the pressing need to accelerate explosive ordnance disposal in Laos. Interviews with Fred Branfman (publisher of "Voices from the Plain of Jars") and others who are active in accelerating UXO clearance were weaved into this documentary including photographs and fact sheets while following several victims of anti-personnel bomb explosions as they strive to move forward after their injuries.
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Documentary
Shuja Paul, Director and Videographer
Yosh Yamanaka, Producer and Production Assistant
Danse Demain (Dance Tomorrow) is an independent documentary that sheds light on the benefits of dance for humanity, and questions the place of dance in tomorrow's society.
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Documentary
Directed by Dounia Zellou
Ukrainian journalist Nataliia Metsenko ventures far from her war-torn home region of Donbas to the tranquil shores of Galway, Ireland, in search of solace and understanding. As she delves into the stories of other asylum seekers, she reflects on her own battle with the trauma of displacement, embarking on a deeply personal odyssey towards healing and rediscovery.
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Film production team:
Jennifer Blyth - Pianist | Andy Bale - Photographer
Jon Cox - Director | Ben Hemmings - Cinematographer and Technical Director | Patrick Long - Composer | Nataliia Metsenko - Field Producer | Vadym Shapran - Editor​