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The Volta Exhibition 2nd Edition


From the Bloomsday Film Festival

4 February 2025 — Present

In 1909, James Joyce, with the backing of Italian investors from Trieste, set up the Cinematograph Volta on Mary Street, Dublin — Ireland’s first cinema. It showed mostly European films, much to the displeasure of the locals. Joyce managed the cinema for a few months before returning to Trieste. The Volta would remain open until 1919. In honour of Joyce’s introducing film to Ireland, the film room on the top floor of the James Joyce Centre is called “the Volta.”

In celebration of Joyce’s birthday on February 2nd, we are pleased to announce that the 2nd Edition of the Volta Exhibition is now live. Refreshed with new Joycean work from the most recent Bloomsday Film Festival, the exhibition is now on permanent display in the Volta Room of the James Joyce Centre for visitors to view.

Volta Exhibition – 2nd Edition

  • Silently (2022) Tadeusz Kabicz, 5 min, Poland (new addition)
  • A Book, a Bible and a Beach (2023) Liz Roche, José Miguel Jiménez, 21 min, Ireland
  • Lucia Joyce: Full Capacity (2019) Deirdre Mulrooney, 7 mins, Ireland
  • Joyce’s City (2022) Luke De Brún, David Keenan, 4 min, Ireland
  • Nowthen… (2024) Luke Brabazon, 11 min, Ireland (new addition)
  • Penelope (2019) Caitríona Ní Threasaigh, 29 min, Ireland
  • FAMILY ReJOYCE (2024) Godfrey Jordan, 17 min, Canada (new addition)
  • Eveline (2024) Sam Harman Conlon, 9 min, Ireland (new addition)
  • Tilly (2024) Matthew Thompson, 3 min, Ireland (new addition)
  • Pepette (2021) Luke Brabazon, 23 min, Ireland
  • Luteofluvous Ebullition (2022) Jonathan C. Creasy, 10 min, Ireland (new addition)
  • Somewhere in the Body (2022) Áine Stapleton, 30 min, Ireland (new addition)

The Bloomsday Film Festival is an annual film festival that celebrates cinema inspired by Joyce’s work. It is held during the Bloomsday Festival. The Bloomsday Festival 2025 will be held on June 11-16.

The James Joyce Centre is supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.

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