In Dambé: The Mali Project, director Dearbhla Glynn follows Irish musicians Liam Ó Maonlaí and Paddy Keenan on a journey across Mali, from Bamako to the edge of the Sahara. Along the way, Irish and Malian musical traditions reveal unexpected affinities: cyclical rhythms, echoes between the harp and the kora, the bodhrán and the calabash, and between sean-nós singing and the voices of the griots.

The film reaches its climax at the Festival au Désert near Timbuktu, in a performance where musical journeys, personal stories, and a shared search for artistic intensity converge. The screening will be followed by the presence of Liam Ó Maonlaí, who is also a featured artist in the performance YULE.