Jameson Dublin International Film FestivalTwo of that country's finest film-making talents are represented with Guy Maddin's hilarious trilogy of short campery - Cowards Bend The Knee, Sisssy Boy Slap Party and Sombra Dolorosa - and with Deepa Mehta's adaptation of Carol Shields's Pulitzer prizewinning novel, The Republic of Love.
Daniel Roby's La peau blanche takes us into a world of wounded male pride and terror, while It's All Gone Pete Tong is Michael Dowse's affectionate look at the rise and fall of legendary funnyman Frankie Wilde.
Falling Angels is Scott Smith's wickedly funny look at the coming of age of three sisters in a wildly dysfunctional family while Jean-Claude Lauzon (best known for the highly controversial Léolo) presents Un Zoo la Nuit.
With Scaredsacred, award-winning film-maker Velcrow Ripper visits the 'Ground Zeros' of the planet.
An ageing con man and a beautiful woman cross paths in Gary Yates's Seven Times Lucky. And director Avi Lewis, one of Canada's most outspoken journalists, with writer Naomi Klein, champion a radical economic manifesto for the 21st century in The Take.
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