‘Whenever I am obliged to lie with my eyes closed I see a cinematograph going on and on and it brings back to my memory things I had almost forgotten.’ – James Joyce
Ireland’s most literary film festival was set up as a celebration of cinema, literature, and artistic innovation, inspired by the long reaching arm of Ireland’s Father of modernism, James Joyce. The festival is run in partnership with the Bloomsday Festival & the James Joyce Centre and will run between the 11th – 16th June, with screenings taking place at the historic James Joyce Centre and the IFI.
As is our tradition, we celebrate the birthday of W.B Yeats on the 13th of June with a selection of Poetry and Literature short films. On the 14th, in keeping with Joyce’s radical and experimental spirit, we screen the best Experimental Films. To celebrate the anniversary of the publication of Dubliners, June 15th is dedicated to screenings of Joycean short films and Dublin Short Stories.
In addition to our cinematic celebration of Joyce and modernism, the Bloomsday Film Festival hosts a range of other events including director Q&A’s and workshops, musical performances and poetry events.
We are passionate about encouraging artistic innovation within the medium, artists who do things their own way, and films that seek to push the craft forward, as Joyce did so greatly within his own craft of literature.
For enquiries: bloomsdayfilmfestival@jamesjoyce.ie
