IFI EVENING COURSE:
ART THROUGH A LENS

A four-week evening course in conjunction with NCAD that will look at key figures from the world of art and cinema who have experimented with film or developed a cinematic aesthetic to their work.

Complete course including Artists’ Day €60/€55 (members).

Tickets for individual screenings from Box Office on the night, subject to availability. For information or bookings, please contact Deirdre Dolan on 01 679 5744 or ddolan@irishfilm.ie.

Our course starts with two films and a follow-up talk exploring Dada, Surrealist film movements and the emergence of the American avant-garde.

BLOOD OF THE POET (1930)
French Surrealist Jean Cocteau’s first full-length feature was his most abstract and shows a strong influence of filmmakers Salvador Dali and Luis Buñuel.

MESHES IN THE AFTERNOON (1943)
Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid were part of a new generation of post-World War II Americans who began experimenting with cinema. This short film remains one of the most culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant films made during this period.