Joe Lawlor

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Peace Starts With Me

By MarBelle ⋅ August 22, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

For its new annual peace commission PUMA.Peace, has worked with seven filmmakers from across the globe to create new short works (30 to 90 seconds) under the banner Peace Starts With Me to be shown at the World Peace Festival 2011. The films were all produced by filmmaker network Shooting People, with the creators actively [...]

Civic Life Hits the Road

By MarBelle ⋅ January 31, 2011 ⋅ One comment

Desperate Optimists Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor take their well regarded, award winning Civic Life series of short films on the road, kicking off with a screening tonight at the Renoir Cinema, London. For the past seven years Molloy and Lawlor have created films in collaboration with local residents and community groups through the Civic [...]

DN EP 124: Helen – Christine Molloy & Joe Lawlor

By MarBelle ⋅ February 26, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] This week’s guest directors Christine Molloy & Joe Lawlor join me to discuss how several years of honing their community based approach to filmmaking through their Civic Life Project series of films, culminated in the well regarded debut feature Helen. Showlinks Desperate Optimists Helen Civic Life

Helen – Christine Molloy & Joe Lawlor

By MarBelle ⋅ February 25, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Helen (2008) An 18 year old girl called Joy has gone missing. Another girl called Helen is a few weeks away from leaving her care home. Helen is asked to play Joy in a police reconstruction that will retrace Joys last known movements. Joy had everything. A loving family, a boyfriend, a bright future. Helen, [...]