Black Butterflies
Directed by David Baute, 2024
Fri 12 Sept, 6.30pm
Tanit, Valeria and Shaila are three women from very different parts of the world who face the same problem: climate change. They will lose everything because of global warming effects, and they will be forced to emigrate to survive. David Baute’s ambitious and deeply moving animated feature film, Black Butterflies, paints a vivid picture of the climate crisis and the very real lives it is already affecting, evoking the animation styles of the regions it depicts – the Caribbean, India and Kenya – to weave these three profound narratives together.
Screened in collaboration with the Dublin International Film Festival
Éiru
Directed by Giovanna Ferrari
Sat 13 Sept, 5pm
Éiru is the smallest child of an Iron-Age clan. All she wants is to be a mighty warrior who is taken seriously by her kinfolk. But when the village’s well mysteriously dries up, only she is small enough to descend into the belly of the earth to investigate and bring the water of life back to her people. Éiru is the story of a child in search of a challenge, and a goddess in search of a champion
Flow
Directed by Gints Zilbalodis, 2024
Sat 13 Sept, 5.30pm
When a flood of biblical proportions washes its home away, a solitary cat must seek refuge with a motley crew of animals (including a dog, a capybara, a lemur, and a secretary bird), who gradually learn to get along in this endearing, one-of-a-kind animation.
Wunderkind director Gints Zilbalodis has taken the animation world by storm with his beautifully crafted sophomore feature Flow, which has received a multitude of awards and nominations to date, the Academy Award for best animated feature, 2025.
Screened in collaboration with the Dublin International Film Festival
Koyaanisqatsi
Directed by Godfrey Reggio, 1982
Sun 14 Sept, 5.30pm
Drawing its title from the Hopi word meaning “life out of balance,” this renowned documentary reveals how humanity has grown apart from nature. Featuring extensive footage of natural landscapes and elemental forces, the film gives way to contrasting scenes of modern civilisation and technology. With its lack of narration and dialogue, the production makes its points solely through imagery and music, with many scenes either slowed down or sped up for dramatic effect.
Directed by Godfrey Reggio with a now instantly recognisable score from Philip Glass, this cinematic rarity remains a striking meditation on progress, disconnection, and consequence.
Screened in collaboration with the Dublin International Film Festival