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Off the Beaten Track

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One year in the life of Albin and his family of shepherds in the North of Transylvania. In direct cinema style, this documentary follows their day to day routines, and their struggle to adapt to a new world where traditions are gradually replaced by modern values. Since joining the EU, Romania has been facing, like several other Eastern European countries, the pressure of modern values, introducing in farmer's lives the cruel notion of competition, the temptation of migrating to the higher salaries abroad, and the marginalization of locally produced food against industrial products.

Blinding

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BLINDING follows the story of three people who have experienced a major eruption in their life forcing them to redefine their understanding of the world. Ryan is a writer who, twenty years ago at age 18 started to slowly go blind. Jackie is an ex cop who worked the Toronto streets for almost ten years, while Jamie is a former Canadian Air Force pilot who flew in Sarajevo, the Gulf War and in Rwanda during the genocide. Each has had to grapple with fear and trauma and have undergone massive inner transformations in which their lives were forever changed.

The Story of Film: An Odyssey

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Award-winning film-maker Mark Cousins provides a worldwide guided tour of the greatest movies ever made and tells the story of international cinema through the history of cinematic innovation.

Ballymun Lullaby

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Music teacher Ron Cooney has been working in the Republic of Ireland's only high-rise housing estate for fifteen years. During this time he has seen the area undergo a dramatic transformation, including the demolition of six of it's seven tower blocks. The young people of Ballymun have had an extraordinary experience, and Ron sets out to produce a collection of music that gives voice to their story. Working with composer Daragh O'Toole, Ron's ambition is to create a 'world class' collection of music for his talented students to play and write lyrics for. This music will challenge the negative views many still hold of the area - views that have the potential to hold his students back, and undermine the aims of the Ballymun Music Programme. The music that is produced attracts the attention of the RT Concert Orchestra, and is soon recorded by them in a unique collaboration with the students. A dynamic funny and driven man, despite his own health problems, what Ron and his students have achieved is simply amazing. 'Ballymun Lullaby' is a story that needs to be heard.

The Pier

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Jack McCarthy left Ireland for the US twenty years ago when his business failed and he had to get out in a hurry. Now he's called home by his father, Larry, who claims he is dying.Finding his father apparently fit enough to hit golf balls in a field of cattle. Jack is furious but decides to stay in Cork when he meets an American tourist, Grace although she's quick to tell him she's just out of a divorce and not ready for another relationship. Jack tries to call in debts from local people who owe his father money, but their time together becomes more and more unbearable until Larry is finally honest with his son.