Bob Quinn Movies

  • 1978
    Poitín

    Poitín

    Poitín

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    A poitín (moonshine) maker attempts to avoid the attentions of the Gardaí (police) in Connemara in the west of Ireland.

    Poitín
  • 1987
    Budawanny

    Budawanny

    Budawanny

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    During a conversation he has with a young priest, a bishop reveals to him a love story that turned his beliefs upside down. Remade as "The Bishop's...

    Budawanny
  • 1984
    Waterbag

    Waterbag

    Waterbag

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    A precursor to Reefer and the Model, Waterbag involves the relationship between two fishermen and a pregnant woman, and ends with an apparently...

    Waterbag
  • 1984
    Atlantean

    Atlantean

    Atlantean

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    Documentary about the Irish, dispelling the myth that they are all of pure Celtic heritage, but showing them as the mix of races they really are, and...

    Atlantean
  • 2004
    Cinegael Paradiso

    Cinegael Paradiso

    Cinegael Paradiso

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    Cinegael is an independent cinema set up by filmmaker Bob Quinn in the 1970's, in which his son, the director Robert Quinn, lived as a child. The...

    Cinegael Paradiso
  • 1977
    Down the Corner

    Down the Corner

    Down the Corner

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    A group of Ballyfermot schoolboys attempt to rob an orchard in the more affluent, nearby suburb of Chapelizod.

    Down the Corner
  • 1994
    The Bishop's Story

    The Bishop's Story

    The Bishop's Story

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    During a conversation he has with a young priest, a bishop reveals to him a love story that turned his beliefs upside down.

    The Bishop's Story
  • 1976
    Self Portrait with Red Car

    Self Portrait with Red Car

    Self Portrait with Red Car

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    An artist attempts to draw but has difficulty reconciling what he sees with what he hears.

    Self Portrait with Red Car
  • 1978
    Listen

    Listen

    Listen

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    Composer Roger Doyle is inspired by sounds from our environment to create new rhythms. Creating a musical soundscape Doyle uses the sounds around us...

    Listen
  • 1987
    Fly Tippers

    Fly Tippers

    Fly Tippers

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    The film follows Connemara emigrants in London who make a living fly-tipping. In the 1980s as Thatcher's entrepreneurial friends were demolishing...

    Fly Tippers
  • 1966
    The Island

    The Island

    The Island

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    Budawanny was filmed on location on Clare Island, Co. Mayo. Exactly twenty years before, Bob Quinn had made a half-hour documentary on the daily...

    The Island
  • 1993
    The Family

    The Family

    The Family

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    Bob Quinn’s seminal documentary, deemed too disturbing for television viewers and not broadcast until 10 years after its completion, reveals...

    The Family
  • 2005
    The Emigrant Dance

    The Emigrant Dance

    The Emigrant Dance

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    The story of Irish emigrants in the 50's the huge supportive communities they formed at the Galtymore Ballroom, Cricklewood, London. In 2005, after...

    The Emigrant Dance
  • 2005
    ConTempo Goes West

    ConTempo Goes West

    ConTempo Goes West

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    The ConTempo Quartet from Bucharest has been Galway's Ensemble in Residence since 2003. As world-class musicians in the community, these four young...

    ConTempo Goes West
  • 1999
    'It must be done right!' with Donal mcCann

    'It must be done right!' with Donal mcCann

    'It must be done right!' with Donal mcCann

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    A Documentary Tribute to Donal McCann. The basis of this documentary was the first and only public interview given by the actor. It happened at the...

    'It must be done right!' with Donal mcCann
  • 2004
    The Gaeltacht's Last Spark

    The Gaeltacht's Last Spark

    The Gaeltacht's Last Spark

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    Last Spark Of The Gaeltacht (Laetha Deiridh na Gaeltachta) is a documentary programme about the Civil Rights Movement in the Gaeltacht which was...

    The Gaeltacht's Last Spark
  • 1976
    Vet On The Rocks

    Vet On The Rocks

    Vet On The Rocks

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    Renowned Irish filmmaker, Bob Quinn of Cinegael, spent a week in the mid-1970s following Connemara vet, Maurice O'Scanaill, on his rounds in the wild...

    Vet On The Rocks
  • 2019
    Bog Graffiti

    Bog Graffiti

    Bog Graffiti

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    Bob Quinn's 'Bog Graffiti' explores the relationship between humankind and nature, addressing the issue of climate change. Bob Quinn said: 'To...

    Bog Graffiti
  • 1997
    Graceville - Na Connemaras i Minnesota

    Graceville - Na Connemaras i Minnesota

    Graceville - Na Connemaras i Minnesota

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    This documentary traces the emigration of 50 Irish families, mostly from Connemara, who were transported to Minnesota in 1880 in a misguided attempt...

    Graceville - Na Connemaras i Minnesota
  • 1975
    Lament for Art Ó Laoghaire

    Lament for Art Ó Laoghaire

    Lament for Art Ó Laoghaire

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    A group of unruly Irish stage actors refuse the orders of their British director as he orchestrates a dramatic retelling of Eibhlín Dubh...

    Lament for Art Ó Laoghaire