Clackity Films

26/07/2024

This Sunday 28 July I'll be giving a talk and archive presentation on sporting heroes from East Belfast at the Little Theatre. Rare archive of George Best will feature and there will even be some clips from two films I've made, Spirit of '58 and Yer Men in Spain. Tickets available from: https://www.glistrr.com/events/e/sporting-eastside-on-film-3507-18

19/05/2024

A twentieth anniversary retrospective of the popular home movie archive series, Super 8 Stories, is being presented at this year's Docs Ireland festival in Belfast. You can get tickets at this link for £4.50 with a screening and a talk: https://docsireland.ie/programme/whats-on/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3kOq14wpQU0XL0LEURVJkjfZCG4guoseKwCnbQWkPDZWLpn4Dt7VUGUFc_aem_AUNVzvQOySr-ocGY05xxiJHTyQ5RFOzfPX--QgaEYfqish92A1925QLY4qBuQZiXUkaklI0iqlQZ6gwmODT_ynpq

16/03/2024

There's another chance to see Yer Men in Spain tomorrow evening at Dunmurry Rec. World Cup hero Billy Hamilton will be in attendance.

04/08/2023

My staff pick this month from the Digital Film Archive at Northern Ireland Screen is this story from the wonderful Charlie Witherspoon, roving reporter supreme, road testing some very strange old bikes.

11/07/2023

For nearly two years I've enjoyed working with the UTV archives in Northern Ireland Screen and coming across great pieces of old film and video. Plenty of drums will be banged over the next few days in Northern Ireland but this film from Sandy Row, Belfast shows how the famous Lambeg drum is made.

22/03/2023

If you missed Yer Men in Spain back in December at the Odeon it has now started screening around the country via Northern Ireland Screen's outreach programme. The latest screening is next Friday, 31 March 2023 at Bangor FC. World Cup legends Gerry Armstrong, Billy Hamilton and George Dunlop will all be in attendance for a Q&A afterwards. I think there's just a small number of tickets left with all money raised going to charity. Details via the link below.

🎥 Tickets for our special showing of Yer Men In Spain are now available - https://app.teamfeepay.com/s/OL7PkmG

Tickets are £5 with proceeds from this special event going to Cancer Research, in memory of Bangor FC President Billy Palmer.

Full details 👇🏻

bangorfc.com

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27/01/2023

If you missed the film I made for Northern Ireland Screen at its Odeon premiere back in December it is now available through the Digital Film Archive outreach for screenings. First up is on 1 February at the home of East Belfast's greatest football team at Dundela Social Club. It's *free entry* at 7.30pm.

15/12/2022

A rather heart-warming tale following on from Sunday's screening. Many of you have been in touch to share memories of this meeting of fans and players and it makes me very happy indeed to have reconnected people to such a joyful time. One of the nicest things I've ever had the opportunity to work on.

Let’s take a walk down memory lane…

In 1982 nine-year-old Paul won a Dale Farm Spot the Ball competition securing a two-week holiday to Spain with tickets to all of the NI World Cup group matches.

On his 10th birthday, Paul and his brother Dave accompanied by their mum, were on the touchline to see Gerry Armstrong score that iconic goal and they celebrated with the fans as Northern Ireland National Team beat Spain in Valencia.

Unfortunately, the camera Paul’s mum used to capture images of her sons with the NI players at their hotel hadn’t worked properly. The photos were lost and their only memories were destined to be tales of their experience.

Until now….

As the family sat in the Odeon cinema last Sunday evening at the screening of Northern Ireland Screen's Digital Film Archive YER MEN IN SPAIN, they saw footage of themselves at the World Cup in 1982 for the first time, dressed in their finest football kits and cheering for the players.

“The film was an incredible time capsule which brought the memories flooding back and brought some of them to life again.” Paul

12/12/2022

Many thanks to all 350 of you who were at the Odeon last night (and many more well wishers) for Northern Ireland Screen and Belfast Film Festival's showing of Yer Men in Spain. So glad the fans enjoyed it and had nice trip down memory lane with laughs in all the right places. Gerry and Billy had a ball as well - two total legends. It will be available to view on the Digital Film Archive at some stage in the New Year and will be available for groups to view around Northern Ireland as part of Northern Ireland Screen's outreach programme.

11/12/2022

Nice long piece on Belfast Live about Yer Men in Spain which I’ve been fortunate enough to put together for Northern Ireland Screen. One night only screening this evening at the Odeon. Over 300 tickets gone so move quickly for the last seats.

Access all areas documentary highlights the impact España 82 had at home and abroad

10/12/2022

Big piece on the new film Yer Men in Spain on the UTV News yesterday evening. You can see it via the link below and it starts around the 12:25 mark.

UTV Live brings you the latest news, sport and weather for Northern Ireland. | UTV News

08/12/2022

Great interviews with Northern Ireland fans in the new documentary Yer Men in Spain, including some lovely ones with the optimistic young fans before the Spain game. Hope lots of people recognise themselves in the footage. Does anyone know these people - Cyril Crooks of Lisburn, John McCrystal of Cookstown and Colin Hughes of Portadown? They're brilliant in the film. Tickets well over half way gone now in this one night event. Buy them quick at: https://belfastfilmfestival.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873641929

05/12/2022

Tickets selling very fast for this one night only event.

03/12/2022

Yer Men in Spain. Behind the scenes at the 1982 World Cup with Northern Ireland. Watch the trailer now and buy tickets via the link. At the Odeon in Belfast for one night on 11 December. Q&A with Gerry Armstrong and Billy Hamilton. Share this wide and far to everyone you know!

Footage of the Northern Ireland football squad sending shockwaves through the 1982 World Cup will be on show in a new documentary created by Northern Ireland Screen’s Digital Film Archive.

30/11/2022

I'll be sharing the trailer for the new film later in the week. In the meantime, tomorrow is the 1 December and what better stocking filler can there be for the Northern Ireland fan in your family than Fields of Wonder, giving the full incredible story of the nation's immortal heroes of 1982. If you already bought it and liked it please help out by leaving a review.

‘I was never as proud to be part of a team as I was being part of that team.’ PAT JENNINGS By the end of the 1970s, the Northern Ireland football team was in the doldrums. Against a background of civil unrest, the team had endured long periods of playing all their games away from home and had ju...

25/11/2022

Imagine that Ulster Television sent a television crew to follow the Northern Ireland football team every day of the 1982 World Cup. Imagine they interviewed the manager, the players, the backroom staff, and accompanying press and fans. Imagine they captured the team training and relaxing and also shot reactions from the streets and pubs and houses of Belfast as the team progressed through the tournament. Imagine that footage then sat in cans unseen for forty years until someone took it all and cut it into a documentary of the behind-the-scenes account of a team at the World Cup. Imagine no more. It has happened. Keep Sunday 11 December in your diary. Details coming soon.

01/10/2022

I'll be signing copies of Fields of Wonder and Spirit of 58 tomorrow at the Football Programme and Memorabilia Fair at Windsor Park. Good to see it back on after the Covid postponement years and it's always worth a look-in for football fans interested in great old merchandise. Hope to see some of you there.