January 29th, 2016

 Irish Film Festival in Berlin   ‘Shebeen Flick’

Shebeen Flick 2016 will take place on 17th-20th March in ‘Kino Moviemento’ showing a curated programme of Irish films that have not yet been distributed in Germany alongside selected favourite Irish classics.

Each feature film will be paired with a short and, whenever possible, the filmmakers and cast will attend the screenings and take part in Q&A sessions with the audience at the Shebeen Pop-up Bar.

Irish films growing international reputation

While known for its many good actors, Irish film making and film makers have until now been rarely heard of outside Eire. Irish cinema a decade ago had only two filmmakers anyone had heard of, namely Neil Jordan and Jim Sheridan. The Irish film industry has grown in recent years thanks partly to the promotion by the ‘Bord Scannán na hÉireann’ -Irish Film Board, along with substantial tax breaks.

Things have changed and Ireland now has more than a dozen directors and writers with significant and growing international reputations. Ireland has now reached a stage of ‘critical mass’ in filmmaking talent to match the kind of influence that it has historically had in the fields of literature and theatre in the English speaking world.

‘Moviemento Theater’ Kottbusser Damm 22 in Berlin-Kreuzberg.

All showings will be at the The ‘Moviemento Theater’ on Kottbusser Damm 22 in Berlin-Kreuzberg.

The ‘Moviemento Theater’ has a pretty illustrious history, being founded in 1907 by the Berliner restaurateur Alfred Topp . Over the years the name was changed several times-since 1984 it bears the name “Moviemento”.

We will be writing up some of the films and their directors of ‘ Shebeen Flick’ of which Next-Estate is proud to be one of the sponsors . http://www.shebeenflick.com/