Galway Film Centre’s 'Talent Talks' series continues
Galway Film Centre’s Talent Talks series continues next week when local filmmaker, Mark Byrne, introduces his recent documentary, Beyond The Wall, which he co-directed with Rob Dennis.
This no-budget feature documentary received its world premiere at Galway Film Fleadh 2010 and has already won awards in the States. These include:
- Best Documentary Feature at The Indie Gathering in Ohio, 2010
- The Silver Sierra Award, Yosemite Film Festival, USA, 2010
- Honourable Mention, Los Angeles Film and Script Festival, 2010
All are welcome and admission is free.
Where: The Harbour Hotel, The Docks, Galway City
When: Tuesday, 7th December @ 8 pm
View Trailer: http://www.beyondthewallfilms.com/index.html
About the Film:
The fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 symbolized the end of the Cold War and spurred on the peaceful revolutions that caused Communism to crumble. Twenty years later, BEYOND THE WALL, examines the communist era and its legacy, illustrating the endurance of the human spirit in the face of political dogma. Filmed in the Czech Republic, Germany and Poland, BEYOND THE WALL humanizes life under Communism and the complex issues that still face the region.
The central characters include Martina Ulbrich, a teacher who was disillusioned by the way East Germans were treated after the collapse of the GDR; Sławomir Idziak, an Academy Award-nominated cinematographer who helped produce a golden age of Polish cinema despite government censorship; and John Bok, a Czech dissident who was imprisoned and tortured by the Communist regime, and who now battles miscarriages of justice in the Czech Republic.
