Wed Jan 20th – 6:30 pm (film) | Online
Q & A at 7:45pm
Directions for Film Society Member
You do not have to worry about purchasing tickets, since BIFF Year ‘Round series screenings are FREE for all members. FSOB members will receive a special login link via email (*see additional info below).
Click on the link to reach the Cinenso site. Sign up for an account the first time you arrive. After that, log into Cinenso. Scroll down to the BIFF logo. Click on that. You will be taken to a page that will have a “Watch” button and a “Join Q&A” button. Click on the “Watch” button to watch the film. After the film is complete, click on the “Join Q&A” button to attend the Q&A, where you will be able to see the filmmakers and the moderator, and you’ll be able to use a messaging component to send questions and comments to the filmmakers.
It’s that easy! Start marking your calendars! Make Wednesday evenings a lot more special with remarkable independent films at BIFF Year ‘Round!
*The special link you received is specific to the email address to which it was sent. When you sign up or log into Cinenso you must use that email address only.
If you have questions or concerns, send an email to service@beloitfilmfest.org, call Greg at 608-302-7554 or call Ana at (773) 818-5010
Directions for General Public
Create your account
Click on “Event Pass $6.00”
Follow the purchase instructions. When your purchase is complete, you will be taken to the BIFF Year ‘Round page (on Cinenso) where you will see a button for watching the film and a button to join the Q&A after the film is complete.
Click on the “Watch” button to watch the film. After the film is complete, click on the “Join Q&A” button to attend the Q&A, where you will be able to see the filmmakers and the moderator, and you’ll be able to use a messaging component to send questions and comments to the filmmakers.
If you have questions or concerns, send an email to service@beloitfilmfest.org, call Greg at 608-302-7554 or call Ana at (773) 818-5010
Sat Feb 29, 2020 – 12:00 pm | La Casa Grande
Burren Girl
Rita Davern
Documentary Feature
USA | 53 min | 2020
A Minnesota woman searches for the place and people her grandmother left behind. The quest takes her to the Burren: a beautiful, windswept region of County Clare, Ireland. There she finds a clan – and its medieval legacy – that were scattered and lost during some of the most difficult centuries in Irish history.
Director Statement
Rita Davern
Director
Over the past 40 years, Rita Davern has traveled the Burren, birthplace of her grandmother’s people in County Clare, Ireland. You will often find her there, in the parlor, drinking tea with friends and distant relations. The conversation may turn to those who stayed and those who left, as the devastation of colonization, hunger and emigration took its toll. Rita knows firsthand that, for U.S. people with European heritage, reconnecting to our homeland and our cultural history adds huge richness to our lives. Rita believes that the greatest find of genealogy is the living relatives.
Rita worked as a communication and leadership consultant to corporate America for twenty years. When her adopted Korean son became ill, she discovered — and now teaches — Parenting-by-Connection, an approach to parenting that builds deep, strong, healing relationships with children through play.
Finding and facing one’s own story – and then letting that experience change you – is a big theme in Rita’s life. She also enjoys time outdoors in her beloved Minnesota. She can be found snowshoeing in the north woods or hiking along the Mississippi River Valley with her husband, Bob.
