Ordinary Women in Extraordinary Times

New screening – Ordinary Women in Extraordinary Times will be screened in the Gate Cinema in Cork at 11am on Sunday 9th October 2022 as part of IndieCork 2022 Film Festival.
Bookings at https://gatecinemas.com/

A new documentary about some of the women who played an important role in the revolutionary period in Cork will be screened at the Dance Cork Firkin Crane Theatre in Shandon, Cork on Friday 29th July at 7.30pm, as part of the Spirit of Mother Jones Festival 2022. ‘Ordinary Women in Extraordinary Times’ tells the story five women -  Nora and Sheila Wallace and Mary, Annie and Muriel MacSwiney. These women played a vital role in the formation of the Irish state and yet their stories are not widely known. This documentary provides an account of the lives of these five women and in particular the part they played in the Irish Revolution. It attempts to answer in some small way the question that was often asked in the early years of the Irish Free State, ‘What did the women do anyway?’. The documentary has been produced by Frameworks Films in collaboration with the Shandon Area History Group and was funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. It will also be broadcast at 8pm on Sunday 31st July on Cork Community Television, which is available on Channel 803 on Virgin Media’s digital cable package and online on www.corkcommunitytv.ie

Cruinniú na nÓg 2022

As part of Cruinniú na nÓg 2022 Frameworks Films will be providing a free film-making workshop for young people aged 13-18 from 2pm – 5pm on Saturday 11th June 2022.

In this workshop young people will learn about how to use cameras and microphones and will get to film a short studio-based TV programme about a topic of their choice. There will be opportunities to be both in front of and behind the camera so if you’re a budding TV presenter or film-maker, then this is the place for you!

Places are limited and booking is essential. To get further information or to book a place please call or text 087-7940653 or send an email here. The deadline for booking is 8th June 2022.

Latest Screening News

‘The Quay Co-op’ documentary will be broadcast on Cork Community TV at 8pm on Wednesday 24th November 8.40pm on Thursday 25th November and 8.30pm on Sunday 28th November 2021.  This is available on Channel 803 on Virgin Media’s digital cable package or online on www.corkcommunitytv.ie 

The documentary will also be premiered on Frameworks YouTube channel at 11.45am on Saturday 27th November as part of the National Community Television Festival.

Fords – Memories of the Line

A new documentary by Frameworks Films called ‘Fords – Memories of the Line’ will have its premiere screening at the Firkin Crane in Shandon, Cork on Wednesday 1st August 2018 at 7.30pm as part of the 2018 Spirit of Mother Jones Annual Festival.

Fords – Memories of the Line’ is a documentary about what is was like to work on the assembly line at Ford’s car manufacturing plant in Cork, which operated from 1917 to 1984.

A group of former workers share their memories of what it meant to have a job in Fords, how the assembly line worked, the social life and some of the people and stories they remember from their years working there. One hundred and one years after Henry Ford founded the factory in Cork, it is the men who built the cars who are mostly remembered in this documentary. The film also details the closure of the factory in 1984 and the impact this had on the men, their families and the city of Cork.

The documentary was produced by Frameworks Films in collaboration with the Ford Ex-Worker's Group and was funded through the Sound & Vision scheme operated by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. The documentary will also be broadcast on Cork Community Television.

The Quay Co-op

The Quay Co-op’ documentary will be shown at 11am in the Gate Cinema in Cork on Sunday 26th September 2021 as part of the IndieCork Festival. The documentary tells the fascinating story of a workers co-operative in Cork that created not only a thriving food business but also a space in which many of the social justice campaigns of recent years could develop. It features some of the key people involved in the foundation of the Co-op along with those working there today.

Blackpool to the Front

Blackpool to the Front’ tells the stories of some of the men from Blackpool who fought in World War One. Based on the book by the same name written by Blackpool resident Mark Cronin, the documentary provides an introduction to Blackpool at the outbreak of the war and military historian Gerry White, sets the scene in Ireland and Europe at the start of the twentieth century. The documentary also features some of the relatives of those who fought in the war and they bring to life the men from Blackpool who for a variety of different reasons, went off to war.

The documentary then follows a group from Blackpool, who in April 2018 travelled to France and Belgium to visit some of the places where their relatives had fought and, in some cases, died. This provides an opportunity for the audience to see these locations on the Western Front and to hear what happened to some of the men who fought there. The documentary also includes footage from the Foret de Mormal in Northern France where Denis Jones was killed, the last man from Blackpool to die in World War One. Two sapling trees are presented by forestry officials to his niece Eileen Jones and members from the Blackpool Historical Society and the film concludes with these trees being planted in Blackpool as a living memorial to the men from Blackpool who died.

Blackpool to the Front’ was produced by Frameworks Films,  in collaboration with the Blackpool Historical Society. Cork Community Television is available on Channel 803 on Virgin Media’s digital cable package and streamed live on www.corkcommunitytv.ie

‘Blackpool to the Front’ was funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland under their Sound and Vision Scheme and also received support from the Blackpool Historical Society through a Heritage Grant from Cork City Council.

Know Your Media

'Know Your Media', a series of short programmes made by young people about media literacy will be broadcast on Cork Community Television every Wednesday evening at 8pm starting on Wednesday 18th September 2019. Cork Community Television is available on Channel 803 on Virgin Media’s digital cable package and online on www.corkcommunitytv.ie

The programmes have been produced by Frameworks Films, a Cork based production company, in collaboration with young people from the Cork Life Centre, which was set up in 2000 to provide an alternative learning environment for young people. The aim of the project was to get young people thinking critically about the media and to share this with other young people in Cork.

In this series called ‘Know Your Media’, young people from the Cork Life Centre present six short ten-minute programmes. They present profiles of the different types of social media platforms used by young people and talk to young people on the streets of Cork about their media usage. There are also interviews on how different topics such as gender, disability and the environment are portrayed in the media.

Media literacy refers to the ability to access, analyze, evaluate and create media messages of all kinds. These are essential skills for young people to have in today's world, particularly in an era of fake news and the fast pace of change in media consumption. Frameworks is part of a national network, Media Literacy Ireland, which seeks to promote media literacy in Ireland. It is hoped that these programmes could also be used in schools and youth group settings to stimulate discussion about the media.

The series has been funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland under their Sound & Vision scheme.

The ‘Know Your Media’ series will be launched in Nano Nagle Place, Douglas St in Cork at 4pm on Friday 20th September 2019 as part of Culture Night Cork where a selection of clips from the finished programmes will also be screened.

Cork Through the Barracks

This documentary, produced by Frameworks Films, tells the story of Collins Barracks in Cork and what a key role it has played in all of the major historic events in Cork over the past two centuries. In particular it will outline the part that the barracks played during the revolutionary period in Cork and in the formation of a new Ireland.

The documentary features serving and retired members of the Irish Defence Forces and in particular Gerry White who is a retired Army Company Quartermaster Sergeant who had 43 years of service in the Irish Army. He has a huge interest in military history and has written several books on the subject, including co-writing one on the history of the Barracks. 

From its construction at the start of the nineteenth century following the French Revolutionary wars, its connection with historical figures such as the Duke of Wellington, through to the 1st World War, the War of Independence and subsequent Civil War, the Emergency years, right up to the peacekeeping missions around the world, Collins Barracks has played a key role in of all these events.

However ‘Cork through the Barracks’ is not just about the historical events that occurred at the barracks. It is also about the people who served there and the documentary will also feature serving members of the garrison today, including some of the first women to join the army.

Although Collins Barracks has been in Cork for over two hundred years, many of those living in Cork are unaware of its rich history. This documentary aims to address that and to enable the people of Cork to see just how strong the relationship is between the barracks and the city. As we continue the Decade of Centenaries, it will also add to the body of knowledge about that period of history and show the part that Collins Barracks has played in the twists and turns of Irish history.

The documentary, which was produced with support from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, will be broadcast at 8pm on Cork Community Television, available on Channel 803 on Virgin Media’s digital cable package. It will also be streamed live on www.corkcommunitytv.ie and will be premiered on Frameworks Films YouTube Channel, which can be accessed via the link above.