Best wishes to Garry Keane and the team on the Irish premiere of his latest documentary ‘Gaza’ at the Dublin Film Festival this weekend. The film, which took five years to produce, received its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January, and has been receiving rave reviews since then.
https://www.diff.ie/festival/film/gaza
Looking for tickets? We’ll have our box office open in the Abbey Centre on Wednesday and Thursday from 1.00pm to 3.00pm. Many of our events are free and tickets will not be required, but some events are ticketed, and have limited seating. Don’t miss out!
Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Secondary Schools Fiction and Poetry competitions. We had a great response this year, and the standard was higher than ever. The future of literature and poetry is bright!
Winners (first, second and third places) are invited to attend the Awards Ceremony in the Abbey Arts Centre, Ballyshannon, on Saturday November 10th at 13.30. See you all there!
U13 Flash Fiction
1. Conor Boyle "Out of the Frying Pan."
2. Isabel Gomez "Boys"
3. Olivia Stefanska "Once in a Faraway Land"
U13 Poetry
1. Sophia Brock "Goodbye and Goodnight"
2. Joshua Mullins "Monday Morning Blues"
3. Orla Grant "One Smile"
U15 Flash Fiction
1. Mirren Dunlop "Swan Song "
2. Sorcha Feehily "The Fire"
3. Conor Grant Farren "Two in the Morning"
U15 Poetry
1. Sean Livesley "Cutting Turf 2"
2. Ben Kelly "Sealing the Bond"
3. Orla Devlin "Not Twins"
U19 Flash Fiction
1. Cadhla Doyle"Autumn Equinox"
2. Penelope Durran "Skipping Generations"
3. Rachel Thorpe"Beeswax"
U19 Poetry
1. Siofra Kelleher"Candle Women"
2. Ella Sloane"Heather Hen"
3. Penelope Durran " Metamorphosis"
Reflections and reminiscences about the late Donegal poet and playwright from leading poets Moya Cannon and Theo Dorgan, journalist Gerry Moriarty, and Francis Harvey's daughter Attracta Harvey Kinsella. The evening will include a multimedia presentation “Celebrating Francis Harvey” by photographer Emer O'Shea, inspired by and featuring Harvey’s poem ‘Heron’ which won the 1998 Guardian and World Wildfund Life Poetry Competition.
Entry is free but seats are limited so booking is essential.
Join us in the Abbey Centre next Saturday afternoon for a very special screening of hit Irish movie, 'Black 47', in the company of key members of the production team. Patrick and Rossa O'Neill will both be in attendance for a Q&A following the movie, giving fans a fantastic opportunity to learn more about the making of the film. Rossa was the Locations Manager for the film, and Patrick was an Associate Producer, as well as the CEO of Wildcard Films, the film distribution company which he set up five years ago. The Q&A will be hosted by Ken Fox, Principal Lecturer in the School of Media, Art and Design, Canterbury Christ Church University.
Book Now as we expect this event to be busy!
