What makes a Gamechanger?
06.03.2026 by Eimear
By Vinny McCale
Amidst this years' workshops, documentaries and roundtable discussions at Darklight there is a reminder of what constitutes a gamechanging endeavour. The kind of feat of which I speak, is that which appears from nowhere and makes everyone sit-up and take notice. It’s an endeavour that’s quick, it’s decisive, it enthrals and more importantly it leaves us all in dust scratching our little heads saying “How come I didn’t think of that?”.
Darklight’s Gamechanger series focuses on five films that are considered to have changed the art of filmmaking for us all. Selected by Niall McCann, Assistant Programmer, each film holds a resonance and poignancy that spans genre and continent. Kicking off, literally, with Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas, we glimpse through the cinematic minds of Goddard, Ford & Wendt before finishing up by drawing a fine line with Richard Linklater’s A Scanner Darkly.
The Gamechanger series screens Fri 24th & Sat 25th and takes place in the delectable Cinemobile in Smithfield Square. Tickets €8. Book here.