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Limerick Quimper Short Film Exchange unites two cities this November 16th

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Limerick Quimper Short Film Exchange unites two cities this November 16th. Mark O’Connor and Lionel Poiraudeau in Quimper with their committee members Michel Pensec and Josiane Beujet in, April 2024

Limerick residents will gather with the people of Quimper, France for the inaugural Limerick Quimper Short Film Exchange on Saturday, November 16

Limerick residents will gather with the people of Quimper, France for the inaugural Limerick Quimper Short Film Exchange on Saturday, November 16
Mark O’Connor played in a music session in the Céilí Irish Bar in Quimper

Residents of Limerick and Quimper will come together this Saturday, November 16 for the inaugural Limerick-Quimper Short Film Exchange.

The event will showcase five short films from both regions, simultaneously screened in each city with Limerick’s screenings taking place at the People’s Museum of Limerick at 7pm.

The Limerick Quimper Short Film Exchange is the first collaborative event organised by the committees in both locations and plans are in place for a follow-up in 2025.


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It aims to share the unique stories, landscapes, sounds, music, and poetry of Celtic traditions from each region.

In a special feature on the night, a live link-up will connect the event organisers; Mark O’Connor, Secretary of the Limerick Committee, and his French counterpart, Lionel Poiraudeau.

Explaining his own connection with Quimper, Mark explained he visited on a student exchange in 1990 and a recent bike trip to Brittany in April and May 2024.

Mark and committee members on a recent zoom call/sound check from the People’s Museum!

Mark said, “As I cycled from Roscoff to Quimper and onto Lorient and Quiberon, I was struck by how beautiful and similar in ways the landscape was to ours in Ireland.  On my visit to Quimper I played in the session in the Céilí Irish Bar and was amazed to learn not one of the musicians was Irish. 

“They were all Breton, our Celtic cousins!  And mighty were the tunes and musicians too, including members of O Tridal (coming to Limerick in January ’25) and their amazing pipe band, Bagad de Kemper.”

Speaking about the upcoming event, O’Connor said, “This event is a wonderful way to share our story telling and film making traditions.  It should be fun to chat with the French side on the night too.  They’re having an Irish session to close out their event, and so we will have a few Breton and French tunes on our side to reciprocate!”

Admission is free, with donations welcome, and places can be reserved on Eventbrite.

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