Jane Campion: Cork cinema season pays tribute to trailblazing female director
(Left to right) Founding member of Screen Cork, Sinead O'Riordan; Triskel’s head of cinema, Chris O'Neill and senior lecturer at UCC’s School of Film, Music and Theatre, Barry Monahan.
She’s the New Zealand filmmaker whose films speak to the human experience and who is regarded as a trailblazer for women’s voices in cinema. Jane Campion was the first woman to win the Palme D’Or at Cannes Film Festival for her critical and commercial hit, The Piano, and the first to be nominated for Best Director at the Oscars twice, eventually winning for The Power of the Dog.
Now three of Campion’s most-acclaimed films are to return to the big screen in Cork as part of a special programme at Triskel. (March 15) stars Nicole Kidman in a tale of independence and desire. (March 16) stars Holly Hunter as a mute woman in 1850s New Zealand, sent for an arranged marriage to a wealthy landowner, only to find herself desired by a local worker. Kate Winslet heads the cast in (March 18), the tale of a woman who alarms her family when she goes to find herself in India.
