BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0-5@blogs.qub.ac.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240502T033000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240502T173000 DTSTAMP:20240430T110923Z URL:https://blogs.qub.ac.uk/eutopiafilmfest/events/ni-mental-health-arts-f estival-film-daytrip-screening/ SUMMARY:Archive and Memory Film Screening DESCRIPTION:Screening Location\n\nQueen’s Film Studio（Enter through Que en's Film Theatre）\n\n20 University Square\, Belfast BT7 1PA\n\nThis eve nt is free and open to the public\, please click the below button for regi stration.\n\n\n\nScreening Introduction\n\nThe Eutopia Arthouse Film Festi val (EAFF) is a non-profit international film exhibition focused on foster ing artistic exchange and development among young filmmakers. EAFF is orga nized by the Queen’s University Belfast\, and funded by the 2024 Queen ’s Annual Fund. EAFF\, rooted in Northern Ireland\, features a section c alled ‘Northern Ireland Stars\,’ showcasing films by local filmmakers or those filmed in Northern Ireland\, offering a glimpse into the region ’s rich culture and compelling stories. Working with director Dawn Richa rdson\, artist Jonathan Brennan and the Digital Film Archive\, writer Paul Doran has developed a specially-commissioned script for NI Mental Health Arts Festival about the ways in which myths are created and how they live alongside those who experience and remember their stories.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nDaytrip (In Memory of Mary Butters) (27min)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\ n\n\n\n\n\nDaytrip (In Memory of Mary Butters) looks at how myths are crea ted and what they can tell us about the way our minds work.\n\nWe follow a group of people remembering a trauma from their childhood. They have revi sited it many times. At first apart\, then together as a story\, turning t he events forwards and backwards across the years until they have formed a mystic ritual that connects them with deeper\, older scars.\n\nThe connec tions between lived mental health challenges\, half-remembered stories and the intangibles of intergenerational trauma forms the backbone of the sto ry. Echoing the wider experience of the Northern Irish Troubles and how it s many traumas are remembered\, retold and processed.\n\nThe film is an ar tistic and poetic treatment of archive material and original footage that brings modern folklore together with locations that have a much older sign ificance. The piece explores ideas such as psychogeography and hauntology\ , and how these are reflected in Northern Ireland’s more recent history.  This has been achieved through collaborations with the recipients of NI Mental Health Arts Festival’s Artist Residency – EG Dunne\, Brian Cone y and Ben Harris – over four days in the Sperrins\, County Tyrone. Also by working with culture bearers the Armagh Rhymers.\n\nThe film is narrate d by BBC Radio Ulster’s Steven Edward Rainey and features a soundtrack f rom the archives of Belfast-based record label Touch Sensitive Records.\n\ n \;\n\nMemory of Rivers (19min)\n\n\n\nDirector's interpretation：\n \nFarewell is an eternal theme\; when faced with the pain of loss and the joy of gain\, loss often leaves a deeper impression\, making parting a sig nificant theme in our lives. When facing the departure of loved ones\, I o ften contemplate how to deal with separation and how to cope with the emot ional detachment\, which inspired the creation of this story. The protagon ist of the film is a poet who can no longer write poetry following the dea th of his mother. This character's emotional confusion sets the stage for suspense\, and the identity of the little girl who joins him on the road a lso becomes part of the answer as the suspense gradually unfolds. The film is a road movie\, combining light comedy and fantasy. It begins with a re alistic perspective\, gradually incorporating fantastical elements\, using the metaphor of crossing a river to reach the other side to express the p rotagonist's relief and growth. It tells a wonderfully warm tale of farewe ll.\n\n\n\n CATEGORIES:EAFF SCREENING END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240331T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR