Late Night Comedy Shorts

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Filmbase will host a late night screening of a selection of recent Irish comedy short films in the Basement Space on Culture Night. This screening includes two shorts recently funded through the Filmbase/RTÉ Short Film awards scheme, Cold Turkey and Dead Load. Also, selected are recent award-winning films The Crush (Honorable Mention Best First Short Drama, Galway Film Fleadh 2010) and Noreen (Winner Best Short Drama, Galway Film Fleadh 2010).

Basement Space – free, ticketed
Screening time: 10 – 11pm
NB this screening is not suitable for kids

Below is the list of films chosen as part of this special screening:

COLD TURKEY
Written and directed by Gavin Keane Produced by Ruth Coady
Cold Turkey tells the story of a particularly challenging day in the life of Steve, a sound mixer on a low-budget feature film. The pressure is on from his Proudcer, who needs him to deliver sounds within 12 hrs. Low budget filmmaking. It’s a hard habit to break.

THE CRUSH
Written and directed by Michael Creagh  Produced by Damon Quinn
An eight year old schoolboy challenges his teacher’s fiancé to a duel. To the death…

DEAD LOAD
Written by Colin Corrigan & Greg Corcoran
Directed by Greg Corcoran Produced by Dave Leahy
Joe’s evening is about to get extremely complicated. But it’s more than just his fat friend’s corpse that’s weighing him down.

NOREEN
Written and directed by Domhnall Gleeson  Produced by Juliette Bonass, David Clarke, Ciarán Deeney
Two policemen learn life lessons on a house-call in rural Ireland. Frank is young and heartbroken; Con is middle-aged and weary. They’re both alone. They’re both idiots.

To book call Filmbase reception on (01) 679 6716 or just call by Filmbase on the night 15 minutes before the screening starts.

For more info on all of the other events taking place during Culture Night 2010 visit www.culturenight.ie