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It is with great sadness that the staff, management and board of Filmbase announce that, after thirty two years of serving the Irish film community, the organisation is coming to a close.

Filmbase has been fighting for many years against difficult financial circumstances and as a not for profit organisation that fight has always been a tough and challenging one.

Debts which had accumulated at the organisation had reached a point where it was unrealistic for Filmbase to continue operations.

This is a decision which has been reached with great sadness by all involved and the organisation will now move into Voluntary Liquidation.

From a statement released by Filmbase, in Temple Bar, Dublin 2, this afternoon.

Read the statement in full here

Thanks John Gallen

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Gemma Creagh at Filmbase writes:

We’re thinking this might be of interest to you guys, mainly because it features your very own Emily O’Callaghan!

‘The Feminists Are Awake’ is fundraising event for the Rape Crisis Network Ireland and taking place in here in Filmbase, Curved Street, Temple Bar this Saturday at 8pm-1am.

#TFAA is an evening of performances featuring everything from storytelling to poetry to burlesque. We were lucky enough to get Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh as the host, and there’ll be raffles, music, cakes and all attendees are welcome to BYOB.

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The Feminists Are Awake

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Tonight, at 6pm, in Filmbase, Temple Bar, Dublin, Women to Blame – a multimedia history of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution – will be launched by Marie McMahon and Maura Molloy.

It will run until November 17.

Maura Molloy says:

“Gathering the history of the 8th Amendment into one room is no mean feat. Women to Blame allows those of us involved in the 1970s to look back and view our progress. It gives more recent choice activists an opportunity to view their own struggle as a continuation of second wave feminism in the 1970s. Tonight, I look forward to remembering and celebrating 40 years of Irish women’s struggle, with both veteran and young feminists who have taken up the torch.”

Exhibition organiser, Therese Caherty says:

“We see Women to Blame as an act of retrieval, not just of bags of memorabilia given to us by activists throughout the decades, but also of our history. The story of the struggle for contraception and abortion is fragmented and scattered. Our exhibition is a first attempt to bring that story in from the margins, make it whole and make it mainstream.”

Women to blame exhibition (Filmbase)

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Oliver Nolan writes:

“The MSc Course in Digital Feature Film Production at Filmbase, Temple Bar [Dublin] are in the midst of a campaign to fund the production of two feature films. ‘Poison Pen’ is a romantic comedy written by Artemis Fowl author Eoin Colfer, while ‘The Light of Day’ is a mockumentary billed as ‘The Office meets Heart of Darkness’, by course alumnus Chris Brennan.
“We’re looking to raise €25,000 to cover the production costs of the films, and with less than two weeks left in the campaign, and we’re trying to spread the word as best we can,. Funding details ( below). Thank you.”

Filmbase Finance (Indiego)

Thanks Sam Fitzpatrick