by Dan | May 25, 2009 | Announcements, Documentary
WANTED: Short Film Scripts for the SIGNATURES and REALITY BITES Schemes
The deadlines for the Irish Film Board’s flagship short film scheme SIGNATURES and the short documentary scheme REALITY BITES have been announced. Applications will now be accepted until Friday, July 17th for Signature applications while Reality Bites applications will be accepted until Friday, August 7th.
SIGNATURES is a short film scheme for the making of live-action, fiction films that act as a proving-ground for Irish creative talents which aims to encourage strong, original storytelling, visual flair, and production values appropriate to the big screen.
The first round of Signatures shorts premiered last year at the Cork Film Festival and included Rory Bresnihan’s The Man Inside which won The Best European Short Film at the European Independent Film Festival earlier this year.
The scheme is an opportunity for producers, directors and writers to work in a professional environment that will allow them to further their experience.
REALITY BITES aims to encourage experimentation and a fresh approach to short non-fiction filmmaking. We are looking for something new in the use of the documentary form, whether the projects are journalistic or creative, observational or aesthetic, objective or personal.
The successful short films will premiere at the Corona Cork Film Festival next year.
by Dan | May 9, 2009 | Announcements, Screening
It’s been a long time coming but we’ve finally managed to get off our backsides and hold a screening night! With a selection of private first time screenings including…
Tom
by Fiona O’Riordan
Séan Le Sléan
By Sean Breathnach
65
By Mark cogan
Hatch
by Damien McCarthy
Bottle
By Fiona O’Riordan, Gemma McCarthy, Hayret Abdula and James Sullivan
Driving Test
By Sean Breathnach
and
Pork Pies
by Daniel O’Connell
The Screening Takes Place at 7.30pm sharp on Tuesday 26th May at The Triskel Arts Centre Tickets can be purchased on the night for €5. Cover charge will cover cost of the room. There should be a good crowd there and I know lots of people have projects they would like to discuss with fellow filmmakers.
Directors will be there on the night to take any questions.
UPDATE NOTE: Tickets are Limited to 90 seats and I’ve already been asked to reserve 40 so if you want to make sure you get a ticket and not be disappointed on the night you can reserve them by sending me an email to
dan@egomotion.net
by Dan | Apr 25, 2009 | Announcements
It’s Empire Magazine’s 20th anniversary.
Empire magazine is probably the most popular film related magazine worldwide. One which I definately cannot go the month without. On sale from today is the 20th Anniverary edition, packed fulll of features, but most amazing of all is that Steven Spielberg himself is taking it over for the special edition as a guest Editor.
I personally can’t wait to get my hands on a copy…
Dan.
by Dan | Apr 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
Closing Date for Cork Youth International Film Festival Looms!
Closing date for entries:
24th April 2009
The Cork Youth International Film & Video Festival, was established in 1980 to open doors of the world of film making to the young, especially those involved in youth clubs, schools, community groups. The whole emphasis of the festival is to create awareness and involve them in all forms of art and to provide a showcase for their work.
Since the year 2000, we have a complete section in the irish language, to encourage the widest possible use of irish in the most modern media
Programme of Events
Cork School of Music, Union Quay, Cork
MAY 26th – Opening – 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM
MAY 27th – Public Screening – 10:30 AM to 2:00 PM
MAY 28th – Awards Night – 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Brochure & Application Form:
brochure
by Dan | Apr 6, 2009 | Announcements, Festivals
It’s been a while since there was a Cork filmmaking event… Ever since the Kommando 24 hour contest ended, Thanks to Mutant Space and the Cork Mid Summer Festival there is one coming to town!
Details are outlined below:
Brief:
We’re inviting groups of people to get together and create their own short films.
This is not a competition but an opportunity for participants to make their own short film [10 – 15min] and show it in Cork during the Cork Midsummer Festival and in other venues around Ireland as part of our touring mutantspace.ie festival.
The showcase will have a theme which will be announced online on Saturday 13th June to ensure everyone has the same amount of time in which to produce their work. Film makers will have a week to make their short after which we will screen the shorts in various locations around the city. The work can then be changed and mutated before the next screening
All resources of mutantspace.ie can be used for shorts and we will be working hard to ensure that this project gets as much exposure as possible
If you’re interested in getting involved please email admin@mutantspace.ie for details
Deadline for inclusion in the project is Friday 29th May
Please note all participants have to provide their own equipment
Venue: TBC, Cork
Date: Monday 22nd June – Friday 26th June
Time: TBC
Tickets: TBC
