17/11/2014 - Festival for young people celebrates 25th anniversary with Eurocentric programme

Belfast’s Cinemagic (November 17-28), the international film and television festival for young people, turns 25 this year and will open with the UK premiere of Stéphane Berla and Mathias Malzieu’s Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart [+see also:
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film profile] (France/Belgium). Programme highlights include UK premieres of Lourens Blok’s A Christmoose Story [+see also:
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film profile] (Netherlands/Sweden); Markus Dietrich and Pavel Strnad’s Mission: Sputnik [+see also:
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film profile] (Germany/Belgium/Czech Republic); Bas Devos’s Violet [+see also:
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film profile] (Belgium); Christophe Cousin’s False Movement (Canada); Jean Denizot’s The Good Life [+see also:
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Irish and Northern Ireland premieres include Martin Lagestee’s Bobby and the Ghost Hunters [+see also:
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interview: Rok Biček
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film profile] (Slovenia); Ragnar Bragason’s Metalhead [+see also:
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Cinemagic Chief Executive Joan Burney Keatings said, “Our film programme has a vast range of films from around the world and our comprehensive education programme will give young people an insight into various film and television disciplines.”

Richard Williams, CEO, Northern Ireland Screen said, “Through our continued core funding, supported by the Department of Culture Arts and Leisure, Northern Ireland Screen acknowledges the Cinemagic Film Festival in Belfast as a key component in our efforts to achieve our goal of making a significant contribution to film culture, education and training.”