On Wednesday, 19 November, the screening will serve as a fundraiser for a Palestinian cultural charity. Irish musicians will perform before the screening and crafts will be on sale in the Atrium bar. The doors will open from 19:00. It will be introduced by historian Geoffrey Bell, author of several books about Ireland, including The Twilight of Unionism.
Cillian Murphy and Pádraic Delaney play brothers who join the Irish Republican Army in 1920 after witnessing the killing of a friend at the hands of the Black and Tans, the British body employed to suppress revolution in Ireland. As the conflict gets increasingly violent and friends and family are tortured and murdered, the brothers become ideologically divided, with tragic results.
The film provoked controversy, with many critics decrying it (some without having seen it) for its negative view of the British. – BFI
The film won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival (1996)
The Wind That Shakes The Barley will be screened with English subtitles.
This event will help us raise funds for the Jenin Cultural Centre. Crafts on sale will include ceramics,photography, collages, badges by Croí na Gaeilge, lin prints and Films of Resistance tote bags. Proceeds from items by @mosaicsforpalestine will go to the Ghassan Abu Sittah Children's Fund.
The Jenin Cultural Centre currently provides shelter and therapeutic art activities to hundreds of children and adults in the city of Jenin and those who have been made homeless since the destruction of the Jenin refugee camp in Spring 2025. A team from the Centre is also planning a tour of the UK in Spring 2026 to showcase Palestinian music and films, and give talks on life in Jenin and the West Bank. If you wish to support or donate to this project, please visit the fundraiser page.
