DARKLIGHT FESTIVAL BEGINS! WELCOME TO DARKLIGHT 2014: REBOOT
06.03.2026 by Eimear
FREE EVENTS @ DARKLIGHT
Darklight's programme offers a mix of screenings, roundtable discussions, workshops and an exhibition that are all free. Click here to view listing all FREE events at Darklight 2014.
We are very excited to present GIFted--Darklight's animated GIF exhibition showcasing over 200 original GIFs received from around the globe. Be inspired, entertained and enthralled by a truly gifted exhibition, showing in spaces across Dublin including the Science Gallery, The Bernard Shaw, Light House Cinema and BlockT.
PARTIES & MUSIC @ DARKLIGHT
This evening at 6pm we welcome you to our Gala Festival Opening Party in BlockT, before the Irish Premiere Screening of 'Last Hijack' in Light House Cinema.
Roll on tomorrow, Darklight fills the GoodFriday dancing shoes, with Buffalo Woman and Tara McCormack performing in Darklight's HQ, BlockT from 8pm.
And then there's Saturday's Darklight Party 2014, taking place in Generator with Elastic Witch/Skinny Wolves DJs (10pm-11.30pm); Forza Italo AV Set (11.30pm-1.00am) and Lil Dave (1am - 2.30am).
Keep an eye on our News section for reduced rate party tickets, prizes and competitions!
SPECIAL SCREENINGS and Q&A's @ DARKLIGHT
For the next four days, we are welcoming some very special international and Irish guests who will showcase work and share insights, answering all questions posed by you, at post-show screening talks and roundtable discussions. We welcome director Ben Russell, Anna Higgs, Film4's commissioning editor; Hugh Garry, Femke Wolting, the directors of 'Wizards Way,' Forsyth & Pollard, Storytelling Hack Jammers from Europe and the U.S., and will be chatting with directors Tommy Pallotta and the Oscar-nominated Joshua Oppenheimer - to name but a few.
WORKSHOPS @ DARKLIGHT
If you literally want to roll the sleeves-up and get immersed there's an array of workshops available over the weekend. Photography your thing? BlockT's Darkroom are running a DSLR Hacking Workshop at a discounted rate for Darklighters. Damn Fine Prints keeps it coming with film-themed workshops. Dissect the Anatomy of a Film or build your own Virtual Reality Headset from plastic googles, a lense, cardboard and your phone! Or be part of a the hackathon Storytelling Hack Jam, brainstorm ideas and demo prototypes with a top-notch international team.
For a full list of Darklight workshops, click here.
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We're excited. We hope you are too.
Box Office is now open at BlockT, 1-6 Haymarket, Smithfield Square, Dublin 7.
www.darklight.ie / info@darklight.ie / 089 431 6410
Darklight is proud to be principally funded by The Arts Council / An Comhairle Ealaíonn. The Irish Film Board / Bord Scannán na hÉireann is an official Festival Industry Partner. Darklight is supported by Dublin City Council & Screen Training Ireland.