"Tremble All You Want" is one of three movies being shown at Garter Lane for the Japanese Film Festival.
Síle says it's been a really busy period for the Arts Centre and they're happy to report there have been plenty of bums on seats and people through the doors over the past few months. She dropped into me On the Fringe with a low-down of some pretty cool happenings over the Easter hols.
Japanese Film Festival
THE line-up for this year’s Japanese Film Festival has official been unveiled. Running Easter Week from April 18th to 20th, it will feature three films from contemporary Japanese cinema, and covering a variety of themes, genres and topics. Here's the line up:
Tremble all you want will show on Thursday, April 18 at 7.30pm.
24-year-old Yoshika has long left school, but after all those years she still harbours an all-consuming crush on her former classmate Ichimiya (who she affectionately refers to as ‘One’). When she goes on a few dates with co-worker Ni (or ‘Two’) and the pair clearly hit it off, Yoshika still can’t shake off her obsession with her idealised memory of ‘One’. After a near death experience involving a blanket and a heater, a newly-determined Yoshika decides to organise a class reunion in the hopes that ‘One’ will show up. As the plan plays out, it begins to dawn on her just how deep into her own fantasy world she has disappeared.
Penguin Highway runs Friday, April 19 at 7.30pm.
10-year old Aoyama is serious beyond his years. He is an enthusiastic scientist and spends his days filling notebooks with his observations and theories. At the same time he is counting down the days until he will be grown up, so that he’ll finally be able to marry his crush – a young woman who works in the local dentist’s office!
However when lots of penguins begin to appear without any logical explanation in the sleepy town where Aoyama lives, he and his friends must turn their attention to investigate this strange phenomenon and get to the bottom of this mystery.
And last but not least; One cut of the dead, which you can catch on Saturday, April 20, at 7.30pm.
One snowy evening, a young hunter Minokichi and his older mentor Mosaku take shelter in an old mountain cabin. As the pair try to keep warm, a ghostly woman enters the cabin and kills the older man by spraying him with her icy breath. However, she spares Minokichi, on the condition that he keeps silent about what he has seen. The freezing night passes, and the young man makes it home. Some time later, he meets the beautiful, mysterious Yuki, but he dare not utter a word about her striking similarity to the ghostly snow woman. Minokichi and Yuki marry, and soon they have a daughter named Ume. But as Ume grows older, the events of that fateful night on the mountain continue to haunt Minokichi and his family.
Egg and Spoon, a kids show on April 25th.
And for something completely different - if you're looking to entertain small kids over the Easter Holidays, Egg and Spoon is aimed at tots aged one to five, and has two showings on April 25th; at 11.30am and 2pm. Bearing in mind that small kids don't like to sit still for too long, this is an interactive romp through all the seasons. It's a story about Percy and April who bring you on a magical journey through nature.
You can have a look at the promo video of Egg and Spoon here
In the meantime, have a listen to Síle Penkert's chat with Mary below:
https://soundcloud.com/wlrfmwaterford/theres-plenty-happening-at-garter-lane-arts-centre-over-easter
