The Model in Sligo presents its first Music Film Festival: Sound and Vision
The Model’s brand new Music Film Festival, aptly titled SOUND+VISION will take place at The Model, Sligo from November 16 – 27 and will feature over 40 events happening throughout 12 days, all centering around the music film genre.
The programme includes concert films, musical documentaries, films which popularised major movements in music history, films defined by their soundtracks and landmark moments of musical and cinema history and will be opening on November 16th with the Irish Premiere of Susanne Rostock’s, Sing Your Song about the ‘King of Calypso’, Harry Belafonte Jr.
Some highlights of the Festival include Inni, Sigur Rós from Icelandic Icons Sigur Ros, which is being released in Ireland next month; Pearl Jam Twenty celebrating Pearl Jam’s 20th Anniversary; special guest appearances from indie-rock pop hero Bob Forrest at the screening of his documentary Bob and the Monster and Musical Documentary Director Tony Palmer who will introduce the Irish Premiere of Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire, one of two of his films being screened at the Festival.
The Model’s Director, Seamus Kealy is delighted with the breadth of the Festival programme, saying “SOUND+VISION merges the genres of music and cinema, as both have developed in parallel through cinema, whether drama, children’s films or musicals, as well as exploring their juxtaposition in more experimental live performances.”
Two very special live music performances feature in the programme. Wavetrain, an exciting new chamber duo, will be performing, among others, the work of Olivier Messiaen, together with a screening of a film based on his work, The Crystal Liturgy: Oliver Messaien. The performance will also feature the world premiere of The Whitening a new piece by Irish Composer Siobhan Cleary based on the W.B. Yeats poem “Cap and Bells”.
Choice Music Prize Nominees Dark Room Notes will perform a specially composed score accompaniment to the silent film classic The Lost World, followed by a special late night club with sound and visuals by Donal Dineen’s Parish project featuring Congolese guitarist Niwel Tsumbu, Amina Dastan of Madu amongst others.
A special Family Season of Film Screenings includes animated films such as The Jungle Book and The Gruffalo with attendees encouraged to dress-up and sing-along and a very specially constructed Gruffalo Cave! A series of free animation workshops, including stop-motion animation, will be held during the festival ensuring there will be something for all ages to enjoy.
The Festival will conclude with Punk Sunday, which will feature the Irish Premiere of Punk’s Not Dead from Macedonian Director, Vladimir Blazevski, and a special event, Punk Lives On In Belfast.
Special Festival and Weekend passes giving access to all screenings and events will be available from The Model Box-Office and full programme details are available at www.themodel.ie <http://www.themodel.ie> .
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