Filíocht Anois

Filíocht Anois(2014–)

Name: Filíocht Anois
Genre: Animation
Released: 2014-01-27

January 27, 20141 Season · 10 Episodes

Returning Series

Animation

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Overview

Animated shorts exploring the meanings behind poems.

Network BBC Two

Seasons

Season 1

10 Episodes

2014

E01

An Peaca

1/27/2014·4m

Witty animation that explores the philosophical thoughts and meanings behind the poem An Peaca, written by the great Irish language poet Seán Ó Ríordáin.

E02

Oileán agus Oileán Eile

2/3/2014·4m

Witty animation that explores Seán Ó Ríordáin's personal philosophy on the nature of poetry in the poem Oileán agus Oileán Eile.

E03

An tSeanbhean Bhocht

2/10/2014·4m

Witty animation that explores Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill's poem, where Ireland is no longer portrayed as a beautiful woman, but a quarrelsome old woman who cannot be pleased.

E04

Leaba Shíoda

2/17/2014·4m

Enchanting animation that explores Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill's powerful love poem, where the natural world becomes a metaphor for physical love.

E05

Oileán

2/24/2014·4m

Animation that explores Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill's radical poem where she imagines her lover as an island.

E06

Cuimhne an Domhnaigh

3/3/2014·4m

Striking animation that explores Máirtín Ó Direáin's reflective poem about the uneasy relationship between the individual and his island home, Inis Mór.

E07

An tEarrach Thiar

3/10/2014·4m

A striking animation that explores the poet Máirtín Ó Direáin's early romantic reflections of his island home, Inis Mór.

E08

Blianta an Chogaidh (The War Years)

10/28/2013·4m

Powerful animated short that explores Máirtín Ó Direáin's guilty reflection on Ireland's neutral stance during the Second World War, captured in the poem Blianta an Chogaidh.