Hey everyone,
Just letting ye all know there is a screening this Thursday (8th April 2010) night at 8pm, get there earlier as seats are limited. The nights feature is The Shout:
Idyllic Devon locations. Hot, liquid afternoons; a game of cricket watched by ‘mad’ trees, the air punctuated by the cries of peacocks and a terrifying story of a man from the outback, who exercised the right to kill his children and who can kill anyone with the Terror Shout. A man (Alan Bates) who infiltrates the lives of a couple who live in a remote cottage by a rocky coast. A man who takes the wife (Susannah York) as his own property leaving the husband (John Hurt) utterly powerless, until he finds the man’s soul trapped in a pebble. The shout itself …truly disturbing. The ending brings both the story and the the cricket game together in spectacular fashion. At the close of play, you realize you’ve witnessed a straight horror story that is grounded in mundane reality.
Should be a good one.
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The Cork Film Centre is pleased to announce our ever popular Short Film Making and Documentary Making courses start the end of January.
Introduction to Short Film Making - 10 week evening course (including two weekends) starting Thurs 28th Jan 7-10pm. A very practical hands on approach, lots of fun and actually making short films. Suitable for beginners but more experienced people also welcome. Cost €295, deposit of €150 to secure your place payable to the Film Centre. To book call 087 7911316.
Introduction to Documentary Film Making – 10 week evening course (including two weekends) starting Tues 26th Jan 7-10pm. A very practical hands on approach, learn lots in a relaxed friendly environment. Suitable for beginners but more experienced people also welcome. Cost €295, deposit €150 to secure your place payable to the Film Centre. To book call 087 7911316.
These always sell out quickly so early booking is advisable.
Hello Again !!
This year has certainly been a difficult one, especially for film. Recession, depression doom and gloom have dominated. In Cork however the trend was bucked and a great selection of top quality shorts were made.
The standard in the Made in Cork Section of the Cork Film Festival was very high this year, and a number of egomotion members had films screened in it. A number of filmmakers with equally good films missed out though. For that reason we decided a screening night should be held, to celebrate the quality , talent and diversity of Cork films.
That night is the 19th of December, the venue is the Pavilion (Corks oldest cinema and now an excellent night venue) the programme includes:
Mr Blue Sky Flash Mob,
Breakfast,
The Tunnel,
Kissing Rachel,
The Park,
Weekend Warriors,
and many more!
The time is 7.30. The cost is €5. The craic will be mighty and the club after is free for all who attend the screening. It has to be over 18’s though, because it’s a bar and because some of the films might not be suitable for younger viewers.
We hope to see as many of you as possible for this one, it’s Christmas, and it’s going to be a cracker. If you don’t make it though, Happy Christmas and a prosperous New year, and hopefully we’ll see you at the next one.
A British zombie film made for just £45 is to be released in cinemas across the country after finding a distributor.
Marc Price has reason to smile after signing cinema deal
The flick, entitled Colin, was recorded on a camcorder and shot in Wales and London over 18 months by amateur filmmaker Marc Price.
It has now been snapped up Kaleidoscope Entertainment and is due to hit the big screen in time for Halloween.
The 97 minute film received much praise when it was shown at this year’s Cannes Film Festival which no doubt helped to land the deal.
Colin puts a different spin on the zombie genre by telling the story from the viewpoint of one of the undead.
It shows him trying to understand what has happened to him in contrast to similar films which focus on humans trying to escape from the zombies.
Price, 30, wrote, filmed and produced the horror flick by persuading actors and make-up artists to take part for free.The filmmaker, who edited Colin while working for a courier firm in London, could not believe it got signed up.
“The whole thing is just insane, If you’d told me the film was going to get released in the cinema when we first started on the project I just wouldn’t have believed it. “I really thought it was a joke when I was told.”
“I hope that this will encourage others to go out with the video cameras and make films. It just goes to show you don’t need thousands and thousands of pounds to make a film.”
Actor Alastair Kirton plays the lead character who is bitten by a zombie, dies and is resurrected as one of the flesh-eating un-dead.
It will then be released in London and major cities across the UK but I dunno about Ireland release yet?