The film begins with the three gathering in April 2009 – before the idea of Triúr even existed – to explore what Martin described as ‘their shared understanding of the music’ and follows their journey over three years; ending on the stage of the historical Abbey Theatre in Dublin in February 2012. The work “sees the three musicians in a sublime communion with the music . . . that achieves such an orchestral sound (it) may echo for years to come” (Irish Times Review).

The collaboration has already produced 3 albums:
2010’s Triúr sa Draighean (The Three in the Blackthorn House),
2012’s Triúr Arís (The Three Again)
& 2013’s Triúr Omós (Respect)

This is the 1st film in Dónal Ó Céilleachair’s ‘Irish Music Trilogy’ that includes
3-TRIÚR (2012),
Aisling Gheal (2013)
& From Coolea to Iona (2014).

Co-Producer
BOB KELLY

Associate Producers
IONAD CULTÚRTHA, BAILE MHÚIRNE

Produced by ANÚ PICTURES
In Association with RTÉ

© Ó CÉILLEACHAIR 2012
Music © Peadar Ó Riada All Rights Reserved

Peadar O Riada – www.peadaroriada.ie

Martin Hayes –martinhayes.com

Caoimhin O Raghallaigh – www.caoimhinoraghallaigh.com

Winner of the 2013 Michael Dwyer Award for Outstanding Irish Film

‘Philosopher-poet John Moriarty drank deep from the well of Irish mythology, seeking a new understanding of what it means to be Irish, to be Celtic, to be human. Dreamtime Revisited is a mesmeric kaleidoscope of images from Ireland’s past and present, in a joyous tribute to one of the sharpest minds that Ireland has produced in our time.’’ Michael Gray, Film Critic – Irish Echo, New York

‘A dreamy celebration of great poetic beauty . . . fans of Terrence Malick should really check out this Irish offering’’ Gavin Burke – Irish Independent

‘A transcendentally beautiful film ’ Irish Times

‘A marriage of visuals and words, this is a strange and sensuous experience . . . something otherworldly’ Entertainment.ie

‘A piece of truly original cinema! Not just food for thought but a feast for thought!’ Poet Paul Durcan

‘A magical, hallucinatory feast of wonders. I emerged from the cinema spellbound and soul-bathed’ Mike Scott (The Waterboys)

‘Reawakens a more mystical dimension of Irish experience, one to which the majority of us have become closed off.’ Padraic Killeen – The Examiner

‘Dreamtime, Revisited is like a long Imagist poem.’ * * * * Paddy Kehoe, RTE

‘Magical, wondrous, sensual and spiritual. Aesthetically this film is a varied feast of epic sweeping views that would make Peter Jackson jealous . . . a nostalgic heart wrenching and at times hilarious piece of cinema’. Gemma Creagh – Film Ireland Magazine

‘This film is not just like a poem, it is a poem; a visual poem’ Poet Tony Curtis

‘Dreamtime Revisited, in presenting John Moriarty in all his clarity and urgency, invokes the power of the mystical, the metaphorical and the magical . . . and offers the beginnings of an opportunity to snatch ourselves back from the edge of the abyss we have constructed’ John Waters, Writer

‘Dreamtime Revisited is a poem … (it) achieves a sense of what John Moriarty would invoke time and time again during his life. I can watch and re-watch this piece and feel the same pleasure as I do from listening and re-listening to a great song.’ Liam Ó Maonlaí, Singer

A REEL ART FILM Funded by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon

“DREAMTIME REVISITED” A Film by Dónal Ó Céilleachair & Julius Ziz

Music by Peadar Ó Riada

Based on the works of John Moriarty With the kind permission of The Literary Estate of John Moriarty & Slí Na Fírrine Foundation & The Publisher Lilliput Press, Dublin

Featuring Archive from IFI Irish Film Archive /Cartlann Scannán na hÉireann

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Scéalta Mhuscraí (Muskerry Stories) comes from Cinema Workshops for adults and seniors, conducted by NY and Ireland based filmmaker Dónal Ó Céilleachair who was based in the Muskerry Gaeltacht working on a number of film projects.

Participants were given an entire overview of the filmmaking process from story conception right through to editing and production with Ó Céilleachair showing excerpts from his own international work in experimental, documentary and fiction filmmaking.

There was an onus on how artists make films with a particular focus on the experimental films of Ó Céilleachair, filmmakers he has collaborated with and on international filmmakers such as Andrei Tarkovsky.

Participants learned the basic language of filmmaking and thinking visually to tell stories, and learned how to work with basic filming equipment. Participants brought story ideas to the workshops which were then developed into film scripts. Each participant was asked to write down their dreams in a dream diary which were then shared and discussed throughout the workshop process with the idea that these dreams would eventually influence the films being made.

The workshops took place at Ionad Cultúrtha over 8 weeks in the Autumn/Winter of 2010. There were over 15 participants in total and 6 completed films were produced in the final process. The films were shot during the course of the 8 weeks of workshops and edited in Spring, 2011 to be ready for the May 12th Premiere date.

Each film relates different stories from the Muskerry Gaeltacht dealing with themes of immigration as in Mary Joan McCarthy’s ‘Dearthair/Brother’, or exploring challenges in speaking the Irish language as in Hannie Corkery’s ‘Taibhreamh/Dream’. Other films deal with the rich culture of the region including a look at some of the almost 10,000 archaelogical sites of mid-cork in Helen Willems ‘Sraith/Cycle’ or the local Bardic School tradition in Betsy Ní Suibhne’s ‘File/Poet’. Áine Bean Uí hAirtnéada’s film Mórathrú (Upheaval) looks back at the tragic flooding of the Gearagh region while Catherine Ketch follows a more experimental approach to documenting the area in ‘Amuigh/Outside’.

These are all first films from first time filmmakers; a courageous achievement for each of the participants, and the films are 100% made in the Muskerry region of Mid-Cork, with music from local musicians including Ger Wolfe and Fiona Kelleher.

Tugtar léargas iomlán den phróiséas scannánaíochta do na rannpháirtithe, ó chumadh scéil go h-eagarthóireacht agus léiritheoireacht. Taispeanann Ó Céilleachair samplaí dóibh de scannánaíocht triallach, faisnéise agus ficsean as a chuid oibre obair idirnáisiúnta féin. Bhí béim curtha ar an chaoi ina ndeanann ealaíontóirí a gcuid scannáin, le bhéim speisialta curtha ar na scannáin triallach atá déanta ag Ó Céilleachair, ar scannánaithe eile go bhfuil Ó Céilleachair tar éis comhoibriú leo, agus ar scannánaithe idirnáisiúnta ar nós Andrei Tarkovsky.

D’fhoghlaim na rannpháirtithe an “teanga” bunúsach de’n scannánaíocht, agus conas scéal a insint le hiomhánna, agus conas trealamh bunúsach scannánaíochta a úsáid. Thug na rannpháirtithe a smaointí féin isteach ins na ceardlanna, agus dhein siad forbairt ar na smaointí sin chun scripteanna scannáin a dhéanamh astu. Cuireadh ceist ar gach rannpháirtí a chuid taibhreamh a scríobh síos I ndialann, agus ansin deineadh iad a phlé ins an phróiséas ceardlainne ar fad, leis an smaoineamh go mbeidh tionchar ag na taibhreamh seo ar na scannáin.

Bhí na ceardlanna ar siúl san Ionad Cultúrtha ar feadh 8 seachtaine i rith fómhair agus geimhreadh 2010. Bhí níos mó ná 15 rannpháirtithe ag freastail agus críoochnaiodh 6 scannáin ag deireadh an phróiseas. Bhí na scannáin taifeadta I rith na 8 seachtaine de na ceardlanna, agus rinneadh eagarthóireacht orthu in earrach 2011, ionas go mbeidhis réidh don Premiere ar an 12ú lá de mhí Bealtaine.

Léiríonn gach scannán scéal difriúil ó nGaeltacht Mhuscraí, ag deileáil le théamaí éagsúla ar nós an imirce, mar atá I “Deartháir”, scannán le Mary Joan McCarthy, nó ag deileáil le dúshlán na Ghaeiluinne a labhairt, mar atá I “Taibhreamh”, le Hannie Corkery. Tá scannáin eile bunaithe ar chultúr saibhir na háite, ar nós “Sraith”, scannán le Helen Willems, a bhreathnaíonn ar cuid de na 10,000 suíomh seandálaíochta atá lonnaithe I gCorcaigh Láir, agus “File”, le Betsy Ní Shuibhne, mar gheall ar an traidisiún na dámhscol aitiúl. Tá “Mórathrú”, scannán le Áine Bean Uí hAirtnéada, ag féachaint siar ar an dtuilleadh a chlúdaigh an cheantar Ghearagh, agus téann Catherine Ketch síos bealach triallach chun an cheantar agus an dúlra a thaispeáint trí shúile eile in “Amuigh”.

Seo hiad na chéad scannáin a rinne na scannáinaithe seo riamh, éacht cróga atá bainte amach acu, agus tá na scannáin seo 100% déanta I gceantar Mhuscraí I gCorcaigh Láir, le cheol ó ceoltóirí áitiúla Ger Wolfe agus Fiona Kelleher san áireamh.

• Ionad Cultúrtha (Cultural Centre) in the Cork Gaeltacht.
• Cork Film Festival, 2011 (‘Dearthair’ Receives a Special Mention)
• San Francisco Irish Film Festival, Sept. 2011
• Féile na Laoch Festival, Cúil Aodha (‘Dearthair’ Receives a Special Prize)
• Fastnet Short Film Festival, 2012
• The Seachtain na Gaeilge Travelling Film Festival 2012 to Offaly, Dublin, Belfast, Manchester and Havana Cuba

Tá an scéim seo maoinithe ag / This scheme is supported by:

Údarás na Gaeltachta
Ealaín na Gaeltachta
An Chomhairle Ealaíon (The Arts Council)
Comhairle Chontae Chorcaí (Cork County Council Arts Office)
And Ionad Cúlturtha

Buíochas Breise go dtí / Additional Thanks to CCTV (Cork Community Television) and Údarás Craolacháin na hÉireann (Broadcasting Authority of Ireland).

Inspired by Stan Brakhage’s seminal film Mothlight from 1963, Dónal conducted workshops in the five national schools of the Muskerry Gaeltacht as part of his residency with over 160 students in the five villages of the area.

The workshops introduced students to the fundamentals of cinema, animation and experimental film techniques by working directly with strips and reels of 16mm and 35mm film. For the purpose of the resulting film, students were given 24 frames (1 second long) of clear 35mm film each, which they decorated with local flora and the wings of dead butterflies. By joining together each strip of film from the students the resulting film is 150 seconds long.

The resulting film and accompanying exhibition was exhibited at the Ionad Culturtha Cultural Centre and at the Cork Film Festival in 2008 and the 35mm print of Butterfly Light premiered at the Rotterdam International Film Festival, 2009 and went on to screen at festivals worldwide.

A. Ten (10) transparent Perspex panels each containing sixteen (16) original strips of film (1 example above – 160 in total) laid out in four horizontal rows. Each Panel is approx. 6’3” long x 12” high (1,900mm long x 285mm high).

B. Plus 2 Films Playing on a Continuous Loop DVD in the space:
1. Peidhleacán Solais (Butterfly Light) Film – 7 min. film.

Preceded by:

2. Cruthanna Gluaiseacha Na Céille (Moving Shapes of Wisdom) – 20 min. documentary of the making of Peidhleacán Solais.

The Cork Film Festival / October, 2008

The Triskel Arts Center, Cork / October, 2008

Anthology Film Archives, New York / Nov. 2008

The Kerry Film Festival / Nov 2008

The 38th International Film Festival, Rotterdam / January 2009
(World Premiere of the 35mm print)

The Clermont-Ferrand Short film Market, France / Feb. 2009

Museo Centro de Arte Reina Sofia / May 2009

Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Madrid / June, 2009

Kratkofil Film Festival, Bosnia-Herzegovina / June, 2009

Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Madrid / Dec., 2009

Museo Patio Herreriano, Valladolid, Spain / Oct. 2009

Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt / Sept., 2009

La Maison des Cineastes, Nouakchott, Mauritania / Nov. 2009

El Teatro, Tunis, Tunisia / Nov. 2009

Jonas Mekas Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania / Nov. 2009

Tallinn Arts Center, Estonia / Nov 2009

Fastnet Film Festival, Cork / May 2010

Singapore Short Film Festival / August, 2010

Kiev Irish Fest, Ukraine / May 2011

Portobello Film Festival, London / August 2011

Funding for attendance at the Rotterdam Festival was supplied by Culture Ireland.

35mm print funding was provided by the Irish Film Board / Bord Scannán ha hÉireann.

Workshop Photographs courtesy of Esperanza Collado

http://esperanzacollado.org