2017: A Cinema for Ballitore
Ballitore Young Film Makers was set up, sadly it wasn't to survive Covid.
The village once had its own cinema down Cockpit Lane, the Picture House. It was here that Gabriel Byrne saw his first Alfred Hitchcock movie and developed his love for acting:
dear leish
As you know ballytore is a very special place to me
It is the village in which my father was born.
I saw my very first film there in the old cinema as a six year old.
My parents and sister are buried in the local graveyard.
I've returned there every year of my life and observed its many ups and downs
However, a most exciting event occurred when you founded your drama group some years ago, and changed the cultural trajectory of the town in the most profound way
You might think I exaggerate. But how can you put a price on the nurturing of the creative lives of young people?
Through drama, and subsequent exposure to the world of ideas, a consciousness is formed which changes the way we think about who we are as individuals, and as a society
Creative interaction fosters tolerance and compassion
It helps us to appreciate the complexity of what it means to be human; to work in harmony with others for a common cause. It teaches us curiosity and how to think critically………
Sincerely Gabriel
GYT and Kildare Young Film Makers, Leixlip shoot a short film with director John Conway.
