Further Beyond
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{{Infobox film
| name = Further Beyond
| image = Further_Beyond_Poster.jpg
| caption = Promotional Poster
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| director = {{plainlist|
- Joe Lawlor
- Christine Molloy
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| producer = {{plainlist|
- Joe Lawlor
- Christine Molloy
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| starring = {{plainlist|
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| music = Stephen McKeon
| released = {{Film date|2016|02|19|Dublin International Film Festival}}
| runtime = 89 minutes
| country = Ireland
| language = English
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Further Beyond is a 2016 Irish film by Desperate Optimists (Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor) that has been described as "part essay, documentary and quirky drama"{{cite web |last=Felperin |first=Leslie |title=Further Beyond review – cinematic essay on loss and exile is essential viewing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/oct/27/further-beyond-review-film-joe-lawlor-christine-molloy |website=The Guardian |date=27 October 2016 |access-date=19 August 2021}} and a 'masterpiece of intricate if indirect construction.'{{Cite web|title=Desperate Optimists: power to the public {{!}} Sight & Sound|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/interviews/desperate-optimists-power-public|access-date=2021-09-22|website=British Film Institute|language=en}}
The film is very loosely based on the story of Ambrosio O'Higgins, an Irish-Spanish colonial administrator who served the Spanish Empire as captain general of Chile from 1788 to 1796 and as viceroy of Peru from 1796 to 1801. However, as David Jenkins notes in Little White Lies, it is a "movie biopic that’s been carefully pulled inside-out, interested in posing questions about the ethics of representation and what it means to deliver personal history as objective fact".{{cite web |last=Jenkins |first=David |title=Further Beyond Review |url=https://lwlies.com/reviews/further-beyond/ |website=Little White Lies |access-date=19 August 2021}}
Further Beyond was made under the Arts Council Ireland Reel Art scheme.{{Cite web|url=https://ifi.ie/film/reel-art-further-beyond-adiff-2016/|title = Reel Art: Further Beyond (Adiff 2016)}}
Cast
- Jose Miguel Jimenez as Ambrosio O'Higgins
- Denise Gough as Voice Over 1
- Alan Howley as Voice Over 2
- Aidan Gillen as Ambrosio O'Higgins
Reception
Further Beyond was very well received critically{{cite web |title=Further Beyond Reviews |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/further_beyond |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=19 August 2021}}{{cite web |last=Clarke |first=Donald |title=Further Beyond review: a labyrinthine journey well worth taking |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/further-beyond-review-a-labyrinthine-journey-well-worth-taking-1.2836802 |website=Irish Times |access-date=19 August 2021}}{{cite web |last=Nabarro |first=Patrick |title=Further Beyond - Review |url=https://oneroomwithaview.com/2016/10/29/further-beyond-review/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117155552/https://oneroomwithaview.com/2016/10/29/further-beyond-review/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=17 January 2018 |website=One Room With A View |date=29 October 2016 |publisher=London Film School |access-date=19 August 2021}} with Mark Kermode describing it as "groundbreaking" and "playful".{{cite web |last=Kermode |first=Mark |title=Mark Kermode reviews Further Beyond |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86SVcRnMYqE |website=BFI Player |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=19 August 2021}} Leslie Filperin gave it a five star review in the Guardian and called it "essential viewing".
Release
Further Beyond had its world premiere at the Dublin International Film Festival on 19 February 2016,{{Cite web|url=https://ifi.ie/film/reel-art-further-beyond-adiff-2016/|title = Reel Art: Further Beyond (Adiff 2016)}} and its international premiere in competition at FID Marseille in 2016,{{Cite web|url=https://fidmarseille.org/en/film/further-beyond/|title={{sic|Futh|er|nolink=y}} beyond}} followed by its UK premiere at the London Film Festival in 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/comment/festivals/experimenta-2016-london-film-festival|title = Experimenta 2016: Explosions at the end of the line | Sight & Sound}} The film then went on to screen on MUBI{{Cite web|url=https://mubi.com/films/further-beyond|title = Further Beyond}} and in selected UK and Irish cinemas.
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