by Dan | Jan 8, 2010 | Announcements, Education
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.
www.corkfilmcentre.com
by Dan | Dec 13, 2009 | Announcements, Screening
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.
by Dan | Nov 1, 2009 | Announcements, Festivals
Interview with Mick Hannigan:
by Dan | Jul 28, 2009 | Announcements, Screening
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?
by Dan | Jul 24, 2009 | Announcements
Apple updates Final Cut Studio with more than 100 new featuresApple today announced a significant update to Final Cut Studio, offering more than 100 new features and new versions of Final Cut Pro, Motion, Soundtrack Pro, Color, and Compressor. Final Cut Pro 7 expands Apple’s ProRes codec family to support virtually any workflow and includes Easy Export for one step output to a variety of formats. At €999, the new Final Cut Studio is €300 less than the previous release and is also available as an upgrade for just €299.
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.
