Fallen Leaves
Fallen Leaves
Location
Date
Description
Thurs. 18 Jan.
8pm
Sligo Film Society
€9 / €7 (conc)
Title: Fallen Leaves
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Cast: Alma Poysti, Jussi Vatanen, Alina Tomnikov
INFO: 81 minutes, Finland, Germany, 2023, Cert: 12A
In Helsinki, Ansa and Holappa spend their lonely days in drab workplaces, bars full of stone-faced patrons, and sparsely decorated homes. When they meet randomly, their chance of happiness together is threatened by Holappa’s dependence on alcohol. Will they find their way back to each other? Aki Kaurismäki’s new film is typically melancholic, wryly humorous, life affirming, and wonderful fun.
Organiser
Sligo Film Society is not for profit and run entirely by volunteers. We programme two seasons of cultural cinema a year from The Model, Sligo and are members of Access Cinema.
Sligo Film Society was first established in April 1944 when a branch of the Irish Film Society was set up at The Gaiety Cinema. The aim was to bring a monthly programme of outstanding films of every nationality, not normally screened in mainstream cinema. A committee of nine was elected with R.H.Campbell-Perry as Chairman and Anthony (Tony) P. Toher as Secretary.
However, the idea to bring the best of world cinema to Sligo is said to have been born in the 1930s when the late Tony Toher’s father, Thomas P. Toher, decided to screen films in a shed in the back of Tohers Chemist, formerly located on Stephen Street.
The society began by screening its programme in the Gaiety cinema and went on to showcase films in venues all over Sligo including the Hawk’s Well Theatre, the Glasshouse Hotel, the Yeats Memorial Building, IT Sligo and the Teacher’s Centre (now the ETB).
While the film programme was a form of entertainment for local people, the ambition of the committee was to also encourage an appreciation of the art of cinema.
This was fulfilled with the establishment of the RTC (IT Sligo) in 1970, when a group of film enthusiasts emerged and took over the running of SFS. Many of these members still serve on the committee today and are joined by several new members.
Today, Sligo Film Society operates a weekly film night over two seasons from September to December and January to April, usually (but not always) showing 14 titles per season.
SFS Committee
Hans Wieland (Chair), Edel Doherty, Pat Doherty (Treasurer), Dave Gunne, Denise Haugh (Secretary), Jack Lynch (PRO), Justin McCarthy, Patrick Curley.
Venue
The Model. Home of The Niland Collection., The Mall, F91 TP20 Sligo
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Fallen Leaves
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