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Archive for October, 2009
33rd Montreal International Film Festival
Anthony Kirby’s coverage of the World Film Festival, which took place in Montreal 27th August–7th September 2009.
Japanese Film Festival 2009
The Japanese Film Festival launches at the Town Hall Theatre in Galway, on Saturday 31st October before touring to Limerick, Cork and Dublin throughout November.
'The Eclipse' Wins at Sitges
Conor McPherson’s supernatural drama ‘The Eclipse’ has picked up the prestigious Méliès d’Argent Award for Best European Motion Picture at the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival in Spain, one of the world’s most prominent fantasy and horror film festivals.
Clones Film Festival 2009
The Clones Film Festival is set to take place over the course of the October Bank Holiday weekend, 21–25 October, bringing with it the usual mix of international movies, short film competitions, discussions, schools programmes and children’s films as well as the ever popular festival club with live music every night.
Newry to Host Celtic Media Festival
Newry has been chosen as the host city for the prestigious Celtic Media Festival from the 21–23 April, 2010.
Screenings of 'Blood Coloured Moon'
Filmbase/ RTÉ short Blood Coloured Moon has been invited to screen at the Global Cinema Festival, Madhya Pradesh, India, this month. This screening follows on from director Marc-Ivan O’Gorman’s, Culture Ireland sponsored, Video Art retrospective presented in Delhi earlier this year.
Short Film Competition in Irish
Third level students are invited to submit a short film in Irish for the Comórtas Gearrscannán i gcuimhne ar Riobard Mac Góráin 2010. The prize fund is €5,000 and the closing date is 1st July 2010.
Screen Lovers Season at Light House Cinema
Light House Cinema is offering the public the opportunity to see some classic cinematic love stories on the big screen, as they were meant to be experienced. The Screen Lovers Season, which will run for one month only, 10th October–10th November, will feature the unforgettable classics ‘Brief Encounter’ (1945), ‘South Pacific’ (1958), ‘Some Like It Hot’ (1959), ‘Pierrot le fou’ (1965) and ‘My Beautiful Laundrette’ (1985).
Reel Art 2009 Calls for Applications
Reel Art is an Arts Council scheme designed to provide film artists with a unique opportunity to make highly creative, imaginative and experimental documentaries on an artistic theme. Operated in association with Filmbase and the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival, Reel Art will support three films with a grant of up to €80,000 per project. [...]
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Clouds never tasted so good in this, the first truly great 3D film.
KERRY FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES LINE-UP OF ADJUDICATORS
The adjudicators that will judge this year’s Kerry Film Festival short film competitions are Jeremy Irons, Michael Fassbender, Simon Brown and James Christopher. A €5,000 cash prize in Best Director Competition will be adjudicated by Jeremy Irons.
Information Session on MEDIA Support for New Talent at Filmbase
Filmbase, in association with MEDIA Desk Ireland and FÁS Screen Training Ireland, is hosting an information session for audiovisual professionals. The session is aimed at emerging talent within the film and digital media sectors (particularly emerging producers, writers and writer/directors).
Film Competition to Promote Responsible Attitudes Towards Alcohol
Now in its third year, DARE2BDRINKAWARE is a digital film competition for third-level students, sponsored by drinkaware.ie and organised by the Digital Hub Development Agency (DHDA). The aim of the competition is to promote responsible attitudes towards alcohol amongst Ireland’s student population.
Popular ITV drama ‘Primeval’ to move filming to Ireland
The hugely successful ITV drama ‘Primeval’ has announced that the fourth and fifth series of the programme will film on location in Ireland. The hit drama has a budget of circa €15 million and will create over 70 crew jobs in the Irish film and television industry.
The 5th Annual Adaptation Film Weekend pays tribute to Bernard MacLaverty and Jennifer Johnston
The 5th Adaptation Film Weekend in Leitrim is paying tribute to the contribution of Bernard MacLaverty and Jennifer Johnston to cinema and television. Both writers have had a strong Northern focus in their careers, are former Booker nominees and have had substantial work adapted for Cinema and TV.
A week of ‘Mumblecore’ at the Douglas Hyde Gallery
A series of nine recent low-budget indie films from America, in a style known collectively as ‘mumblecore’, will be shown in the Gallery from 19–23 October.
The Horrorthon Returns to the IFI in October
This year’s Horrorthon will take place during the bank holiday weekend (22-26 October 2009) at the Irish Film Institute, Dublin.
