Errant Greased pigs, Scanbitz Shorts, Agitprop Singers, Brendan Boyer,
International Shorts, Poetry, Some Muck, Green Socked Defrocked Priests
With A Penchant For Marathon Runners And Formula One Cars, Some More
Muck, Psychedelic Wellies, Gypsy Musicians, Campfire Bars, Poets On
Horseback, Radio Butty Ringing Out Across The Rolling Manicured Monaghan
Hills And An Audience Rapt By The Choice On Offer?
It can only be The Flat Lake, the festival we now insist on every
August....
Clones Film Festival is now taking entries for its 2009 Francie Awards. Named after the protagonist in The Butcher Boy, written by our Patron Pat McCabe, the awards are growing in stature every year. Visit www.clonesfilmfestival.com for more details.
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Clones Film Festival is delighted to announce a brand spanking new
website. Please visit www.clonesfilmfestival.com, we will be adding to
it from now on as content comes in. If you have any suggestions or wish
to submit, please contact us on info@clonesfilmfestival.com
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Clones
Courthouse was filled to capacity last Friday night for
Clones Film Club's and its screening of the 1957 classic
“Twelve Angry Men”.The big screen experience and the atmosphere of
conviviality, which prevailed, enthralled film loving locals and
visitors alike. Audience enthusiasm was palpable as folk collectively
responded to the tension, drama and flashes of humour, which punctuated
this vintage courtroom drama.The sense of occasion was greatly enhanced
by the delicious nibbl...
Clones Film Club launches ‘Courthouse Classics’ with ‘Twelve Angry
Men’
In
these recessionary times a day in court might seem like an unlikely
prescription to beat the blues and forget our financial woes: After all it is not
often that court can promise entertainment, good conversation and tasty
nibbles, and a glass of wine. However, that is exactly what is on offer at
8.30pm on Friday April 24th in Clones, where the newly refurbished
courthous...
This month we launch our brand spanking new venue at the refurbished Courthouse at McCurtain Street. The venue has been equipped with state of the art projection and sound equipment and we are really excited about it. Come along if you are in the area and enjoy seeing 12 Angry Men on the big screen again.
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8 of our committee are in Letterkenny this weekend at the excellent Access Cinema screening weekend. On offer is a delectable smorgasbord of international film and of course, communion with like minded people. Many of the films on view will end up on this years festival programme. Congratulations once again to Access Cinema for putting a super event together. They are the unsung heroes and heroines of Irish cinema!
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Clones Film Festival was launched in 2001 and is steadily growing to be the biggest event of it's type in the area. Organised by Lmb Entertainments, the festival was artistically directed by Larry and Gilly Fogg in 2001. Since then the festival has been artistically directed by Thomas Zechner and Harry Cleary, who have chosen programmes that are as diverse as they have been entertaining. 2009 sees the 8th year of the festival and will be our biggest and most ambitious yet. This is the 3rd year...
