The Ban
The Ban
dir. Roisin Agnew
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Ireland, UK
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2024
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27 min
Film presented in set: Block 3. Short Films
venue
date
time
available
Kinoteka, 2
2025-05-11
15:30
Iluzjon, Mała Czarna
2025-05-13
18:00
Iluzjon, Mała Czarna
2025-05-17
16:00
Via interviews with key figures such as Gerry Adams and Stephen Rea, “The Ban” looks at the British government’s use of the threat of ‘terrorism’ to justify censorship, reflecting on the central role of the voice to draw inevitable comparisons with the present.
During the conflict in Northern Ireland, a bizarre practice developed that saw actors hired to dub those associated with the IRA. Via unseen archive footage and present-day interviews with key figures such as Gerry Adams and Stephen Rea, “The Ban” looks at the British government’s use of the threat of ‘terrorism’ to justify censorship, reflecting on the central role of the voice to draw inevitable comparisons with the present.
- duration:
- 27 min
- country / year of production:
- Ireland, UK / 2024
- director:
- Roisin Agnew
- cinematography:
- Sam Howard
- production:
- Sam Howard, Alison Millar / Erica Starling Productions, Unbecoming Productions
- selected festivals and awards:
- 2025 – London Short Film Festival: Best UK Short Award, 2024 – IDFA Amsterdam
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