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Freshers week 2009/10 was in full swing in the college this week.

Athlone Film Club is teaming up with Triathlone and Waterways Ireland to exclusively show the RTÉ footage of Triathlone 2009 in the Dean Crowe Theatre, Athlone on Tuesday September 29 at 7.30pm. This is a great opportunity for participants and spectators of Triathlone to relive all the excitement of the July event on the big screen.

Continuing its successful third season, Athlone Film Club transports audiences to World War II-era Copenhagen where two men put everything on the line in their fight against the Nazis.

Athlone Film Club presents Tokyo Sonata (Japan/Netherlands, 2008) the Cannes award-winning film on Tuesday October 27 at 8pm in the Dean Crowe Theatre and Arts Centre, Athlone. Tokyo Sonata, a poignant social satire directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, offers cinematic audiences a unique perspective on the universal subjects of family and survival.

Experience the triumph of the human spirit and the strength of will, with a few tears and laughs thrown in with equal measure!

Athlone Film Club continues its autumn/winter season on November 24 with The Visitor (USA 2007) a heartfelt, humanistic drama that deftly explores identity, immigration, and other major post- 9/11 issues.

Come along to the Dean Crowe Theatre on Tuesday December 8 as Athlone Film Club leads you into the Christmas season with A Christmas Tale (Un Conte de Noel), a film that appeared on many critics’ top 10 list of the best films of 2009 and was also a leading contender for the prestigious Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival.

Brighten up your winter evening on Tuesday December 15 at 8pm in the Dean Crowe Theatre with Athlone Film’s Clubs final film of the season, the timeless classic White Christmas, one of the best loved Christmas movies ever made.

It may still be winter but spring is in the air in the Midlands, as Athlone Film Club launches their spring season on Tuesday January 12 with the award winning Australian Film, Black Balloon, a tender and witty portrayal of a family coping with autism.

Journey to France and to an uplifting film that unfolds amid the dappled sunshine and dusty roads of a summer time in beautiful Provence. Athlone Film Club’s second film of the season is the engaging, impressively directed, and superbly written French drama, Grocer’s Son (2008), which will be screened in the Dean Crowe on Tuesday January 26 at 8pm.