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Both film and music lovers alike will delight at what Happenings have planned for this Saturday 1st July, in the heart of the city, Merrion Square. We will be landing in the city park and combining great weather and instant communication to gather hundreds of people to witness the 1925 silent horror 'The Phantom of the Opera'.

Not only will we be screening The Phantom of the Opera - but we will be welcoming ' The Happenings Quartet' made up of musicians Matthew Nolan, David Stalling, Sean Mac Elaine and Sharon Phelan who will perform an original score that will accompany Rupert Julian’s 1925 classic.

Happenings & Dcc want Dublin film lovers to grab their mates, loved ones and some picnic blankets for this blissful summer evening as the city centre park will be transformed into a pop-up outdoor cinema, musical amphitheatre with entertainment, music and food.

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This year sees the first outing of Rewind, a new and exciting Dublin film festival, taking place at Rua Red Arts Centre in Tallaght. In the tradition of classic repertory cinema, the arts centre will present a series of iconic movies specifically chosen by curator Matthew Nolan, to promote discussion around what it is to be a film spectator in 2015 including: The Thing from Another World – classic 1950s cold war horror (5th Nov, 9pm) Akira – the great cyberpunk thriller and anime classic. (7th Nov, 8.30pm) Godzilla – the mother and father of all monster movies. (7th Nov, 10.30am) Tron – one of the first to truly address our place in the digital age. (7th Nov, 3pm) Sleeper – Woody Allen’s classic take on what the future holds. (6th Nov, 8.30pm) Thx 1138 – George Lucas’s real Sci-Fi classic! (6th Nov,...

Watch extracts from the 1971 German film by Hellmuth Costard, Fußball, Wie Noch Nie (Football As Never Before), soon to be re-released with a new score. The avant garde film, in which a camera follows George Best for the duration of a single match at Old Trafford in 1970, has been resurrected by Irish composer, Matthew Nolan, who has created a new score for its re-release. It will be launched at the Visual Arts Centre, Carlow Town, Ireland, on 25 November

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3Epkano in association with the Goethe Institut present:

Metropolis

With live musical accompaniment National Concert Hall July 17th at 8pm.

Tickets €15 available from www.nch.ie or 01 4170000

3epkano celebrate their 10th anniversary with a presentation of the most unique cinematic achievement from the silent era, Metropolis. Fritz Lang’s sci-fi epic will be screened in its original format, as seen by German cinema-goers in 1927. 3epkano’s original score will provide a contemporary musical accompaniment to this great modernist classic.

For further information please contact Matthew Nolan at matthewjanolan@gmail.com / 087 126 9715...