Ulysses | Film
Alan Gilsenan’s Ulysses | Film was specially commissioned by MoLI.
It is a personal response to, and a cinematic ‘reading’ of James Joyce’s iconic novel. Fractured and poetic, reverent and irreverent, the film is a ragbag of sorts; a myriad of images and sounds emerging from the infinite wonders of Joyce’s imaginary world. Structured around the eighteen episodes of the book, the film acts as a distillation of Ulysses. Our screenings for Words at Wilton Park bring it alive in the heart of Dublin itself.
Running Time: 70 mins
Alan Gilsenan
Ulysses | Film
Alan Gilsenan
Ulysses | Film
Alan Gilsenan
Alan Gilsenan is an Irish writer, filmmaker and theatre director. His most recent work include the cinema documentary Meetings with Ivor, the feature film Unless, based on a novel by Carol Shields and The Meeting, which he wrote and directed and premiered at the 2018 Dublin Film Festival.
Gilsenan is a former chairperson of the Irish Film Institute. He also served on the Irish Film Board, and on the board of the International Dance Festival Ireland. Between 2009 and 2014, Gilsenan served on the board of Raidió Teilifís Éireann, where he chaired the Editorial and Creative Output Committee.
He is currently on the Board of Fighting Words, a creative writing centre for young people founded by Sean Love and novelist Roddy Doyle.
