Blackstairs Rural Festival Programme

FRI 7th NOV

(early bird meal deals)

• 7:30 pm Borris Vocational School
  • Festival Opening and Reception
• 8.15 pm Borris Vocational School
  •  Natural Grace: Irish Music and Martin Hayes (2012) Dir Art O’Briain 78 mins.
  • Screening followed by a selection of Traditional Music’ from the  ‘Grúpa Cheoil’ at Borris Vocational School

SAT 8th NOV

(early bird meal deals)

• 11.00 am Borris Library
  • The Secret World of Arriety (2010) G dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi 95 min. Suitable for children 5 yrs upwards,  FREE event.
• 11am Rathanna Hall
  •  The Cup (1999) PG dir. Khyentse Norbu suitable for older children who can read subtitles, 93 min
• 12.30pm O’Shea’s Pub
  • The Irish Pub (2013) dir. Alex Fagan 76min. FREE event.
• 2pm – 5.30 pm Borris House
  • Blind Spot-exhibition of artists films  FREE event.  Also TOUR of Borris House at 2.30 (€10 per person)
• 2 pm Rathanna Hall
  • Silence (2012) G dir. Pat Collins 84 mins
• 3pm Borris Town Hall
  •   Spirited Away (2001) PG Dir. Hayao Miyazaki 125 mins
• 3pm  Borris Lodge Nursing Home
  • The Glen Miller Story (1954)  Director Anthony Mann 113 mins G cert. Invitation only event – friends and family of residents. FREE event.
• 4pm Hollywood Forest, Killedmond
  • Resiliencies – Stories Of Transformation From Within A Small South Carlow Forest 40 mins. Numbers for this event are limited.
• 4pm Borris House
  • The Rabbit and the Teasel (2014) Director Els Dietvorst, Cert G
• 7pm  Borris Town Hall
  • Local Hero (1983) PG dir. Bill Forsyth 111 mins PG
• 9pm  Borris House
  •  The Quiet Man (1952) dir. John Ford 129 mins.
  • Introduced by Professor Luke Gibbons of Maynooth University and author of The Quiet Man (2002) Cork University Press. (Pre-film meal deal in Borris House)

SUN 9th NOV

(Sunday lunch deal)

• 5.00 pm  Killoughternane Hall
  • A selection of Michael Fortune’s films including ‘The Banshee Lives in the Handball Alley’ with Aileen Lambert, 30 mins and  The Last Storyteller (2002) dir Des Bell 55 mins.
  • The screening will be followed by an informal discussion on oral history and cinema with Michael Fortune and Lisa Godson NCAD.
• 7.30 pm Blackstairs Eco Trails, Killedmond
  • Trashed (2012) dir. Candida Brady 97 mins

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