BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/Dublin X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Dublin BEGIN:VEVENT UID:442@visualartists.ie DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin;VALUE=DATE:20250903 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin;VALUE=DATE:20250929 DTSTAMP:20250829T090518Z URL:https://visualartists.ie/events/radical-witness-margo-harkins-retrospe ctive-at-the-irish-film-institute SUMMARY:Radical Witness | Margo Harkin's Retrospective at the Irish Film In stitute DESCRIPTION:Margo Harkin is one of Ireland’s most versatile and respected filmmakers – having directed and produced fiction and documentary films for over forty years. Her work includes an invaluable chronicle of Northe rn Ireland’s recent political history.\n\nAfter graduating in Fine Art f rom the Ulster College of Art and Design in 1974\, Harkin worked as an art teacher and community worker in socially deprived areas of Derry. She joi ned Field Day Theatre Company in 1980 as an Assistant Stage Manager on Bri an Friel’s Translations\, before going on to work as a stage designer fo r the company.\n\nIn 1984\, Harkin co-founded Derry Film &\; Video Work shop with Anne Crilly and Trisha Ziff delivering critical perspectives tha t ran counter to the censored narratives then broadcast by British and Iri sh television. The signal works of this period were Mother Ireland (1988)\ , Anne Crilly’s controversial documentary about feminism and Irish repub licanism\, and Harkin’s own Hush-A-Bye Baby (1990)\, a feature drama abo ut teenage pregnancy following the 1983 abortion referendum in Ireland.\n\ nHarkin established Besom Productions in 1992 making educational films for Channel 4 but her reputation as an astute\, local documentarian of injust ices was soon forged through a series of highly regarded television docume ntaries. Her cinema films\, the surf documentary Waveriders (2003)\, by Jo el Conroy (which she produced)\, and Stolen (2023)\, about the plight of u nmarried mothers in Ireland in the 20th century\, provided thoroughly rese arched\, compelling accounts of their subjects.\n\nMargo Harkin is a membe r of Aosdána. Her work has won countless awards and is widely taught to t hird-level film and media students.\n\nSpanning over four decades\, Harkin ’s work has consistently challenged societal narratives\, giving voice t o the silenced and bearing witness to the social and political upheavals t hat have shaped the contemporary Irish landscape. This retrospective will span across the IFI’s cinema screens\, as well as online via IFI@Home\, IFI International and the IFI Archive Player.\n\nIFI DIGITAL PLATFORMS\n\n A selection of Margo Harkin’s films are available to rent for Irish audi ences on IFI@Home and for international audiences on IFI International. Th ese titles are now available for pre-order and will be available to watch from Wednesday Sept 3. Film bundles are available for purchase with pricin g below.\n\nTitles available on both IFI@Home and IFI International includ e: Hush-A-Bye Baby (1990)\, 12 Days in July (1997)\, Waveriders (2008)\, B loody Sunday – A Derry Diary (2010)\, Far Side of Revenge (2012)\, and S tolen (2023).\n\nA selection of Margo Harkin’s films are available free- to-watch worldwide on the IFI Archive Player.\n\nIFI Archive Player exclus ive titles will be available from Wednesday Sept 3\, with The Hunger Strik e (2006) and Eamonn McCann: A Long March (2018) available from Wednesday O ct 1\, following their respective theatrical screening dates.\n\nIFI Archi ve Player titles include: NYPD Nude (1995)\, Clear The Stage (1998)\, A Pl ague on Both Your Houses (1999)\, Looking for Lundy (2000)\, \, You Lookin g at Me? (2003)\, The Hunger Strike (2006)\, Ocras (2006)\, The Return of Colmcille (2013)\, Eamonn McCann: A Long March (2018)\n\nThe IFI Archive P layer is the virtual viewing room for the remarkable moving image collecti ons held in the IFI Irish Film Archive\, giving audiences across the globe instant access to this rich heritage.\n\nBOOKING INFO\n\n Booking via if i.ie/margo-harkin or by calling the IFI Box Office on 01 679 3477\, or in person at the IFI\, 6 Eustace Street\, Temple Bar\, Dublin 2.\n The seaso n is eligible for the IFI’s 25 &\; Under scheme\, details of which ca n be found via ifi.ie/25under\nTickets to the Margo Harkin: Career Intervi ew will be €10.\n Season ticket bundles available: 3 for €30 and full season pass for €70.\n IFI Membership is required for all films withou t IFCO classification. If you are not an IFI Member then a membership fee of €1.50 will be added to each unclassified Margo Harkin: Radical Witnes s ticket price\, and/or a Season Membership fee of €5.00 will be added t o each Margo Harkin: Radical Witness ticket bundle.\n Films on IFI@Home a nd IFI International will be €5.99 each\, with the exception of the newl y restored\, exclusive title Hush-A-Bye Baby which will be €7.99.\n A b undle of all streaming titles will be available for €34.\n\nSUPPORT\n\nT he titles in this retrospective were digitised and preserved thanks to a g rant from Coimisiún na Meán’s Archiving Funding Scheme\, which aims to preserve content recorded for broadcast on radio or television. The resto ration of Hush-A-Bye Baby (1990) from original 16mm elements has been crea ted by the IFI Irish Film Archive for IFI’s Digital Restoration Project funded by Screen Ireland/Fís Éireann and supported by A Season of Classi c Films an initiative of ACE – Association des Cinémathèques Européen nes supported by the EU Creative Europe MEDIA programme.\n\nThe IFI Archiv e Player is developed with the support and partnership of Axonista.\n\nThe IFI acknowledges the support of the Arts Council. 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