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Christine Molloy

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Christine Molloy at DIFF 2024

Christine Molloy, is a UK-based artist known for her works of theatre, interactive art, and film.

Life and career

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Molloy was born in Dublin, Ireland.[1] She studied theatre in the late 1980s at Dartington College of Arts, UK, alongside her partner Joe Lawlor,[1] both graduating in 1992. Molloy and Lawlor have together made works of theatre, interactive art, and film, as creative partnership Desperate Optimists,[1] which also became the name of their production company.[2]

Career

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In a 2016 article in Sight and Sound, Sophie Mayer described their filmmaking process as 'a unique merging of community arts (with months spent developing relationships and stories) and vérité documentary'.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Mark Kermode (19 September 2021). "Rose Plays Julie review – identity quest goes to truly dark places". theguardian.com.
  2. ^ a b "Desperate Optimists: power to the public". Sight and Sound. BFI. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2021.