The Flats

Belfast’s New Lodge is a Catholic neighbourhood violently affected by The Troubles. Many of the men who live here engaged in paramilitary activity in their youth and now suffer from disillusionment, unemployment, and poor mental health. The women work to keep the community afloat. Joe, a middle-aged tower block resident, reenacts traumatic memories from his childhood. His neighbours too participate in this unsettling process, revisiting events that shaped their lives, and the district they live in. A profound and provocative portrait of a community infused with deep humanity and caustic wit. (Irish Film Institute)

Director's Filmography (Selection)
The Flats (2024) - La mécanique des choses (The Mechanics of Things, 2023, doc) - Anatomia del miracolo (2017, doc) - Mirage à l'Italienne (An Italian Mirage, 2013, doc) - The Bookseller of Belfast (2011, mid-length doc)
CROSSING EUROPE AWARDS
2025: CROSSING EUROPE Social Awareness Award – Best Documentary
Competition Documentary 2025
Alessandra Celesia
France / Belgium / Ireland / Great Britain 2024
color
114 minutes
English
OV with English subtitles

Screenings / Tickets

Film guest(s) present: Jeremiah Cullinane (Production)


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Screenplay Alessandra Celesia
Cinematography François Chambe
Editing Frédéric Fichefet
Sound/Sounddesign Quentin Jacques
Music Brian Irvine
Producer(s) Jean-Laurent Csinidis, Geneviève De Bauw, Jeremiah Cullinane, John McIlduff
Production
Films de Force Majeure, Thank you & Good Night Productions, Planet Korda Pictures, Dumbworld
World Sales
The Party Film Sales
Trailer
Austrian Premiere
World Premiere
CPH:DOX 2024
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