OoF 2025 wraps

 

 

Three Out of Focus screenings across Sept. 10th, 17th and 24th at The Watergate Theater, Kilkenny. A wonderful eclectic programme and for the first time, a closing music gig post-screening. 

 

Sept 10th - Feature Presentation - A Hole in the Head by Dean Kavanagh

John Kline Jnr. (John Curran) is an amateur filmmaker and cinema projectionist who was abandoned by his parents in unexplained circumstances as a child. Deeply affected by this trauma into adulthood, he hires actors to help him recreate his family’s home movies in an attempt to make sense of their disappearance. Kavanagh’s multi-layered, multi-formatted approach investigates questions of memory and the increasing role of technology in the mediation of experience in a manner evocative of Atom Egoyan and will no doubt reward repeat viewings. Special thanks to Dean for making it to the screening. 

 
Sept 17th - City Symphonies

A programme of short films exploring the life, memory and transformation of cities. This screening has been curated to sit alongside Butler Gallery’s exhibition Cities of the World, extending its exploration of how artists respond to the urban environment.​From Dublin to New York to Nouakchott and Mexico City, these films capture moments of change, resilience and imagination within the fabric of city life.​​Special thanks to Andrew Manson, Anne Maree Barry and Dean Kavanagh. 
 

Sept 24th - Body Frames 

Body Frames explores the intersection of performance, the body, and the moving image - where the body becomes both subject and medium, opening space for intimate, cultural, and political reflection through experimental film.​​ Special thanks to Chloe Brennan, Frances Mezzetti, Suzanne Walsh, Vivienne Dick, Max Le Cain and Vicky Langan. 

 

The final screening was followed by an incredible live performative music and visual set by Hilary Woods at The Hole in the Wall. 

Here's hoping for more next year. 

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