Sanctuary Screenings 2009-2011

December, 2009: Screening before features – First Day of the Rest of Your Life, Nowhere Boy, The Red Shoes and Humpday. Irish Film Institute, Dublin

June 5, 2010: The Flat Lake Literary and Arts Festival, June 4 - 6, 2010. Monaghan, Ireland.

July 24, 2010: The dlr Festival of World Cultures, July 23 – 25, 2010. Dublin, Ireland

September 24, 2010: Culture Night. Dublin, Ireland

October 16, 2010: Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival, Sep 30 Oct 17, 2010. DCC, Wood Quay Venue, Dublin, Ireland

November 27, 2010: Story Tellers of Ireland - ‘Storytelling Beyond Borders’ at the Irish Writers Centre. Dublin, Ireland

January 18, 2011:  Kino Moviemento, Berlin- Kreuzberg, Germany.

January 19, 2011: Kino Xenon, Kolonnenstr. 5-6, Berlin Schöneberg, Germany.

Ice and Fire - Exploring human rights stories through performance 

Sanctuary

'Sanctuary' is a collection of stories of people seeking asylum in Ireland in association with Storytellers of Ireland and the Irish Refugee Council. In 24 ultra-short monologues, all less than one minute long, people who have sought asylum and received refuge in Ireland tell their stories – in their own words, but performed by actors and writers living in Ireland. From George Seremba's extraordinary story of escaping death in Milton Obote's Uganda, told by the actor himself, to the stories of children being sent into exile alone, of people stuck in legal limbo in the asylum system, and of people triumphing over huge odds to make new lives in Ireland, Sanctuary tells stories of loss, survival, tragedy and perseverance.

'Sanctuary' stars Sebastian Barry, Marian Keyes, Mick Lally, Eileen Walsh, Aidan Kelly, and other leading performers and writers.

Directed by Barrie Dowdall; Script: Colin Murphy; Casting coordinator: Jack Lynch; Camera: Joe McKeever and Barry MacNeill; Editor: Kevin de la Isla O’Neill; Producers: Áine O’Brien and Alan Grossman, FOMACS.

'Sanctuary' travels to public venues and classrooms across Ireland and is produced by FOMACS in solidarity with Ice and Fire Theatre Company, UK. The 'Sanctuary' project combines screenings of monologues with live performance, in addition to input from advocates at the Irish Refugee Council. Should you wish to find out more about this traveling show and book it for your organisation, please contact, Aileen Blaney, FOMACS Exhibitions Programmer at 4027126; or email:aileenfomacs@gmail.com.  

The 'Sanctuary' screenings are listed in 'more info'

For a related FOMACS’ project see ‘Living in Direct Provision: 9 Stories’.

For a range of like-minded media projects go to Links.