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The Adventures of Prince Achmed

If you like x you'll like y. If you like Ireland's 'finest' musicians you'll like that 3epkano's members will be playing. If you like live movie scores to silent movies you'll like this. If you like talented independent females from bygone days and left-wing-Nazi-era-Germans you'll be enamored by the film's illustrator. If you like Rob Ryan's paper cutout art you'll like this. If you like pre-Disney animation films, fairytales and storytelling you'll love this. If you like one-off cultural experiences you'll absolutely attend this. 'This' is a rare screening of Lotte Reiniger's The Adventures of Prince Achmed, an Arabian original. Luscious tales of Princesses, thieves, and dusty footed underdogs, it's captured the imaginations of generations of children who rubbed teapots, squinty eyed, wishing dearly for a Genie to emerge. If you like magical nights...