CINEMA
Gorey Film Club
Gorey Film Club, established in March 2018, is a 32 SEAT CINEMA, where local film-lovers gather every fortnight to watch critically-acclaimed films from around the world. We're a micro Cinema that pitches high. So in addition to an impressively diverse programme, we also host special discussions and Q&A's to encourage inquiry, an exchange of ideas and a wider appreciation of the cinematic arts.
We are proud to partner accessCINEMA to deliver a new community cinema experience. access>CINEMA’s purpose is to deliver a diverse range of quality cinema, that is not available on commercial cinema screens, to local Irish audiences; to provide advice, expertise and support for cultural film programming and technical presentation; to support and present the work of Irish filmmakers; and to grow, develop and promote opportunities to expand access to and participation with cultural cinema exhibition regionally.
May 7th, 7.30pm
Director(s): Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham
Occupied Palestinian Territories, Norway, 2024
Duration: 92mins
Adra, a young Palestinian activist from Masafer Yatta, has been fighting his community's mass expulsion by the Israeli occupation since childhood. Basel documents the gradual erasure of Masafer Yatta, as soldiers destroy the homes of families - the largest single act of forced transfer ever carried out in the occupied West Bank. He crosses paths with Yuval, an Israeli journalist who joins his struggle, and for over half a decade they fight against the expulsion while growing closer. Their complex bond is haunted by the extreme inequality between them: Basel, living under a brutal military occupation, and Yuval, unrestricted and free. This film, by a Palestinian-Israeli collective of four young activists, was co-created during the darkest, most terrifying times in the region, as an act of creative resistance to Apartheid and a search for a path towards equality and justice.