
THE WONDER
Ireland, UK, United States Rafael 1 Oct 12 WORLD CINEMA FilmWORLD
US, UK, Ireland 2022, 102 min, Director: Sebastián Lelio
Sebastián Lelio (A Fantastic Woman, MVFF40) directs this gripping adaptation of Emma Donoghue’s (Room, MVFF38) revisionist historical novel set in her native Ireland. It’s…

TUKDAM – BETWEEN WORLDS
mvff 2022 Estonia, Finland, Ireland SPIRIT Rafael 3, Virtual Oct 12, Oct 14, Oct 6 DOCS FilmSPIRIT | DOCS
Finland, Ireland, Estonia 2022, 91 min, Director: Donagh Coleman
Is it possible to die in a consciously controlled way? The Tibetan Buddhist tradition of “tukdam,” a practice of meditating at the deepest level of consciousness…

SHORTS: FREE TO BE ME
mvff 2022 Brazil, France, Ireland, Italy, Mongolia, United States Sequoia 2, Virtual Oct 6, Oct 9 FAMILY FILMS, SHORTS FilmTotal program 80 min
We can all feel a little awkward or insecure sometimes, but the young people featured in this international selection of shorts demonstrate some admirable examples of how to believe in yourself—regardless of what others…

THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
mvff 2022 Ireland, UK, United States LAUGH Lark Theater, Rafael 1 Oct 7, Oct 9 WORLD CINEMA FilmLAUGH | WORLD
Ireland, UK, US 2022, 114 min, Director: Martin McDonagh
While civil war rages across Galway Bay, another kind of battle bursts forth on the tiny island of Inisherin when fiddler Colm (Brendan Gleeson) severs his friendship with…