Country wide celebrations

MEANWHILE, the Federation of Irish Film Societies will celebrate the centenary tomorrow week with a range of international cinema…

MEANWHILE, the Federation of Irish Film Societies will celebrate the centenary tomorrow week with a range of international cinema represented at many of the locations where societies are based. Triskelodeon in Cork will present a very attractive all day programme of Luis Bunuel films beginning at 2 p.m. with The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie, followed at 4 p.m. by That Obscure Object Of Desire and at 8 p.m. by a double bill of Belle De Jour and Un Chien Andalou.

Both the Kilkenny and Wexford societies will screen Ingmar Bergman's great Fanny And Alexander. And Galway Film Society gets into a party mood with Some Like It Hot, a jazz hand and fancy dress. Venue by venue, the other screenings are.

Cavan - the early German classic, Die Drei Von Der Tanksteelle

Castlebar - Au Revoir Les Enfants, as a tribute to its director, Louis Malle, who died last year

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Roscrea-Birr - Katzelmacher, an early (1969) film directed by and starring Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Sligo - Paolo and Vittorio Taviani's finest film, Padre Padrone

Tralee - the mouth watering Babette's Feast

University of Limerick - Powell and Pressburger's satirical The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp.

For further information, contact the individual societies, or the central office of the Federation of Irish Film Societies at (01) 679-4420.