by Dan | Feb 27, 2009 | Announcements
Cork based company StormVids have recently teamed up with The Naomh ColmCille Youth Club to start ACTION – a new tv and film-making mentoring project where we are teaching the kids in Farranree to make films so they can adapt their award winning play, ‘The Wrong Turn’ into a short film.
The kids will be mentored through various workshops and on the sets of all and any films we make.
We are holding a Film Themed Pub Quiz in the Crane Lane on Sunday the 8th of March at 7:30pm to raise funds for the ACTION project! There will be prizes on the night and Pascal Scott (from Killinaskully) will be our guest MC. Also watch out for the Roman Soldiers who will be guarding the answers carefully!
€20 for a team of 4.
by Dan | Feb 26, 2009 | Documentary
Seán Le Sleán, the award winning documentary (Tuam 2008) on traditional turf cutting, by our very own Seán Breathnach, is to be shown at the Seachtain Na Gaeilge film fest – which is being shown in venues both nationwide, in London and New York.
Seán Le Sleán tells the story of one of the last men to perform the art of Turf cutting. It demonstrates an art that is truly almost lost forever. What was once a field covered with men digging for turf has become a place of silence and solitude.
The full venue listings can be found here:
http://www.ionad.org/scannain.html
by Dan | Feb 26, 2009 | Announcements
The deadline for the short animation scheme – Frameworks – co funded by BSÉ/IFB, the Arts Council and RTÉ has been announced for Friday, April 24th.
The Frameworks scheme is provided for the development and making of 6 animated short films per year with a budget of up to €50,000 awarded to each film. Films can be in Irish or English with a maximum duration of 6 minutes
FRAMEWORKS is an established scheme for the making of animated short films which BSÉ/IFB considers to be so successful in stimulating ground-breaking new work from Irish animators that it intends to continue the scheme in its present form.
Projects selected for funding will combine creative exploration with an ability to appeal to a broad audience.
Films may be made in Irish or English.
Parameters of the Scheme
– Number of films: up to 6 per year
– Duration: maximum 6 minutes
– Budget per film: maximum €50,000
– Format:
– Origination using any technique or format
– Delivery on digi-beta
– Further funding to cover costs of 35mm prints may be
provided where a film obtains a bona fide theatrical
release in Ireland or is invited to a major international
film festival, subject to BSÉ/IFB regulations in force at
the time
Application forms can be downloaded from IFB website www.irishfilmboard.ie.
by Dan | Feb 23, 2009 | Announcements
The egomotion blog has arrived!
egomotion is a Cork based film-makers community that provides members with internet discussion groups and meeting points, personal networking opportunities, film making opportunities and an ever-growing database of local industry resources.
egomotion is dedicated to:
1. Networking regional talent, to allow them more job opportunities, and a chance to learn from one another toward the improvement of their craft
2. Assisting film-makers in their endeavours to create movies in the southwest, by putting enthusiastic, skilled and dedicated people in contact with each other and listing resources available at their disposal
3. Developing a rich film-making tradition in the southwest
4. Promoting national awareness of film making in the Cork region, thereby increasing film-making opportunities in the region
5. Involving the broadest possible section of the community in the production and promotion of film in the Cork region
6. Creating a portfolio of films that deal with diverse social, political, historical and cultural issues of particular interest to the southwest region
