DEAF & DARKLIGHT PRESENT FILMS @ IFI

Tekkonkinkreet

From the creators of Animatrix comes a visually stunning new anime film based on a popular Japanese manga written by Taiyo Matsumoto. Directed by American Michael Arias (also responsible for effects
photography on Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away), Tekkonkinkreet features a soundtrack by UK electronica veterans Plaid.

The story focuses on two orphans: street urchins who patrol their home metropolis of Treasure Town doing battle with an array of Yakuza gangsters, religious fanatics and alien assassins, whose skills and friendship are put to the ultimate test when a corporation called Kiddy Kastle tries to tear down and rebuild Treasure Town according to its own twisted ends.

Taiyo Matsumoto ( Matsumoto Taiyo, born 1967) made his debut in Afternoon, Kodansha's weekly manga magazine, but is probably best known for his works with Kodansha's rival publisher Shogakukan, including Black & White , Ping Pong and No. 5. He has won wild critical praise for his unconventional and often surrealist art style, and is perhaps one of the most influential manga artists of his time. Ping Pong and Aoi Haru have been adapted into live action feature films. Acclaimed animation studio 'Studio 4' adapted Black and White into an anime feature film, called Tekkon-Kinkurito in Japanese. Matsumoto's subsequent works would bear a unique art style that reflected both Japanese and European influences. His art is best described as surreal, with frenzied line-work and bizarre backgrounds. The energy of his artwork is mirrored in the stories he tells. Matsumoto's manga has covered a variety of topics, from sports to family comedy to science fiction epic, but each work bears a unique brand of storytelling. While his unique approach to storytelling has only resulted in mild commercial success, it has earned him many devoted fans around the world. He is also highly regarded in critical circles; some people even consider him to be one of the best mangaka of his generation.

Tekkon-Kinkurito was released in Japan in late 2006. US distribution rights lie with Sony Pictures Releasing, who plan to release the film as Tekkonkinkreet. This will be the Irish premiere screening.

 

Tropical Malady

Described by The Guardian as one of “the most daring and strangest movies of the year”, Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Tropical Malady offers a dream-like story set in the jungles of north Eastern Thailand. Two young men form an intensely close relationship which is sundered when one disappears from their village – an apparent victim of a mysterious otherworldly creature said to be terrorizing local communities.

Winner of the Prix du Jury at the Cannes Film Festival 2004 and the Grand Prize at the fifth FILMeX Festival in Tokyo, Tropical Malady serves up a folk-tale the likes of which you haven’t witnessed before.

 

SATURDAY 27th OCTOBER

DEAF & Darklight Festival Film Screening

Film: Tekkonkinkreet - Soundtrack by Plaid [Japanese Manga Film]

Date: Saturday October 27th

Venue: IFI [Irish Film Institute]

Address: Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

Admission: €7.75

Time: 12 noon
Tickets available from IFI Box Office

 

MONDAY 29th OCTOBER

DEAF & Darklight Festival Film Screening

Film: Tropical Malady by Apichatpong Weerasethakul [Thailand]

Date: Saturday October 27th

Venue: IFI [Irish Film Institute]

Address: Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

Admission: €7.75

Time: 12 noon

Tickets available from IFI Box Office

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