Day Three
06.03.2026 by Eimear
By Vinny McHale
Day three of Darklight 2014 came to an end in an triumphant fashion with the long journey into night! But before that there was yet another day of spectacular events.
Kicking off our workshops was the Damn Fine print workshop that was held in Block T. Several were held and in which time each of the lucky groups got an excellence guide to this interesting art form. Not to be outdone each group member got to make their own poster to bring home. One excited participant tweeted afterwards.
Our Gamechangers series continued throughout the day in the impressive Cinemobile situated in Smithfield. Over the day audiences got a chance to watch Jean Luc Goddard’s “Breathless (A bout soufflé),” John Ford's “The Searchers,” David Wendt’s “Wetlands (Feuchtgebiete)” and Richard Linklater's “A Scanner Darkly.”
Model and actress Jenny Lee Masterson tweeted: “Classic movie watching 2day @ 4pm #thesearchers @cinemobileirl @darklightfest #darklight #johnwayne #film #westerns pic.twitter.com/qnJtgDGdxU. Furthermore, she tweeted of John Ford's “The Searchers”: Don't call me uncle. I ain't your uncle! Classic John Wayne The Searchers #darklight @darklightfest @cinemobileirl pic.twitter.com/fblt2jWrzn.
But the highlight of the day was the most elaborate game of tag/hide and seek. At 8pm eager participants for the Journey to the End of the Night began gathering at CHQ in the I.F.S.C. Up to 200 people queued to be assigned a red or white arm band. White meant you were a player and red meant you were a chaser. Within two hours the players had to get to 6 points across Dublin city without falling foul of the chasers. It wasn’t difficult to get carried away with excitement that this colourful chase provided. In the quite residential streets saw the biggest chases which provided losers and winners on both sides. On Clonbrassil Street I encountered one Argentinian chaser who held three trophies in the form of three white ribbons. She gleefully boasted “I could have more but I’m too nice”. Not too far down the street or out of the Chasers eye line. I encountered a player cowering in the shadows. Not wanting to give away her position, I simply sauntered past.
Overall, the day was one of creativity and euphoria, euphoria and creativity and euphoria through creativity.