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The Flat Lake Literary and Arts Festival 2009

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Errant Greased pigs, Scanbitz Shorts, Agitprop Singers, Brendan Boyer, International Shorts, Poetry, Some Muck, Green Socked Defrocked Priests With A Penchant For Marathon Runners And Formula One Cars, Some More Muck, Psychedelic Wellies,  Gypsy Musicians,  Campfire Bars,  Poets On Horseback, Radio Butty Ringing Out Across The Rolling Manicured Monaghan Hills And An Audience Rapt By The Choice On Offer? It can only be The Flat Lake, the festival we now insist on every August....

Call For Entries

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Clones Film Festival is now taking entries for its 2009 Francie Awards. Named after the protagonist in The Butcher Boy, written by our Patron Pat McCabe, the awards are growing in stature every year. Visit www.clonesfilmfestival.com  for more details. ...

New Website Launched

Clones Film Festival is delighted to announce a brand spanking new website. Please visit www.clonesfilmfestival.com, we will be adding to it from now on as content comes in. If you have any suggestions or wish to submit, please contact us on info@clonesfilmfestival.com ...

Courthouse Launch a Huge Success!

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Clones Courthouse was filled to capacity last Friday night for Clones Film Club's and its screening of the 1957 classic “Twelve Angry Men”.The big screen experience and the atmosphere of conviviality, which prevailed, enthralled film loving locals and visitors alike. Audience enthusiasm was palpable as folk collectively responded to the tension, drama and flashes of humour, which punctuated this vintage courtroom drama.The sense of occasion was greatly enhanced by the delicious nibbl...

More Details on The Film Club Launch.

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Clones Film Club launches ‘Courthouse Classics’ with ‘Twelve Angry Men’   In these recessionary times a day in court might seem like an unlikely prescription to beat the blues and forget our financial woes: After all it is not often that court can promise entertainment, good conversation and tasty nibbles, and a glass of wine. However, that is exactly what is on offer at 8.30pm on Friday April 24th in Clones, where the newly refurbished courthous...

All New Venue

This month we launch our brand spanking new venue at the refurbished Courthouse at McCurtain Street. The venue has been equipped with state of the art projection and sound equipment and we are really excited about it. Come along if you are in the area and enjoy seeing 12 Angry Men on the big screen again. ...

Screening Weekend

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8 of our committee are in Letterkenny this weekend at the excellent Access Cinema screening weekend. On offer is a delectable smorgasbord of international film and of course, communion with like minded people. Many of the films on view will end up on this years festival programme. Congratulations once again to Access Cinema for putting a super event together. They are the unsung heroes and heroines of Irish cinema!     ...

A Little History and a Look into the Future

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Clones Film Festival was launched in 2001 and is steadily growing to be the biggest event of it's type in the area. Organised by Lmb Entertainments, the festival was artistically directed by Larry and Gilly Fogg in 2001. Since then the festival has been artistically directed by Thomas Zechner and Harry Cleary, who have chosen programmes that are as diverse as they have been entertaining. 2009 sees the 8th year of the festival and will be our biggest and most ambitious yet. This is the 3rd year...

Clones Film Festival

A 4 day Film Festival showcasing all that is good in international and Irish cinema.

The festival also hosts workshops, lectures and a childrens film festival.

 

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