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The Department of Film and Screen Media is delighted to welcome our 2024 UCC/Arts Council Film Artist in Residence, Emer Reynolds, for the first public event of her residency.
On Monday January 22nd at 3pm, join us for a masterclass on her 2021 film, Phil Lynott: Songs for While I’m Away, a fascinating journey into the life and career of the legendary singer with Thin Lizzy.
Described by Donald Clarke of The Irish Times as a “touching tribute to a near-legendary figure” and by The Guardian as a “sad, sweet trip down memory lane”, Songs for While I’m Away truly captures the charisma and talent of Lynott and the power of the songs he created with Thin Lizzy. The film was included on Hot Press’ Top Ten Irish Films of 2021 list, while the Irish Post noted it was an “absolute must-watch”.
Emer will also introduce a screening of the film, which will be followed by a Q+A.
Date/time: Monday 22nd January at 3pm
Venue: Film and Screen Media auditorium, Kane B10b
All welcome
Emer Reynolds is an Emmy winning Director and Film Editor, based in Dublin, Ireland. Having enjoyed a successful and multi-award-winning 20 year career as a Film Editor - spanning narrative features, TV drama and documentaries - she transitioned into directing; first co-directing with John Murray, the Grierson nominated feature documentary on the Cuban Missile Crisis, HERE WAS CUBA. She went on to direct THE FARTHEST, the multi-awarded feature documentary on the Voyager spacecraft - which won the 2018 EMMY for Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary and The George Morrison Best Feature Documentary at IFTA 2018 - and the critically acclaimed SONGS FOR WHILE I’M AWAY, a poetic and celebratory look at the life and work of Thin Lizzy legend, Philip Lynott. JOYRIDE, Emer’s debut narrative feature, starring Oscar-winner Olivia Colman and newcomer Charlie Reid, went on general release in UK and Ireland in Summer 2022, and is available to stream worldwide. Emer was the delighted recipient of The Maureen O’Hara Award 2017 at Kerry Film Festival, and The George Byrne Maverick Award by Dublin Film Critics Circle in 2017.