ILBF 2011 Training Schemes Now Open – Scéimeanna Ioliúna
The Irish Language Broadcast Fund at Northern Ireland Screen is seeking applications from fluent Irish speakers for two training schemes.
Archive for May, 2011
NI writers opportunity at Galway Film Fleadh
Due to Northern Ireland Screen’s partnership with the Galway Film Fleadh, Northern Ireland writers will be offered the opportunity for a one-to-one meeting with the Fleadh’s Screenwriter in Residence Gill Dennis (Walk the Line; Return to Oz).
People of the Year Awards
Now in its 37th year, the People of the Year Awards, which are organised by Rehab and sponsored by QUINN-healthcare, provide an opportunity for the Irish public to honour real-life heroes.
Dublintellectual – Conversations on Culture
Barry Monahan of UCC will give a talk entitled ‘Taking on Hollywood: The Style of Contemporary Irish Film’ as part of Dublintellectual – Conversations on Culture series.
Engine Room Pitch Workshop
Galway Film Centre and FÁS Screen Training Ireland are running a two-day Engine Room Pitch Workshop workshop on 23–24 June in Galway.
Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival – Report Page
The Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival ran from May 26th – 29th, read our reports here.
2-day comedy writing workshop in Galway & consultations available.
Galway Film Centre & Screen Training Ireland are running a 2-day comedy writing workshop in Galway in July 2011. The workshop is open to emerging and experienced screenwriters. Separate to this event are 3 one-to-one consultations available for writers with comedy screenplays in development.
Single Shot Cinema Workshop
FÁS Screen Training Ireland and Guth Gafa Festival are running a two-day ‘Single Shot Cinema’ course with Leonard Retel Helmrich – detailing his working methods as a director and cinematographer.
High Anxiety at the IFI
High Anxiety at the IFI: A season of classic American conspiracy thrillers in the era of Vietnam and Watergate, that run from 1–26 June.
RTÉ Storyland Finale
The final round of webisodes in this year’s Storyland competition are now online.
A Divided World: Hollywood Cinema and Emigré Directors in the Era of Roosevelt and Hitler 1933-1948
Examines some of the important programs of the Roosevelt’s New Deal of the 1930s and the subsequent response of the Hollywood film community with a focus on three European directors in particular – Billy Wilder, Ernst Lubitsch, and Fritz Lang, whose works are compared and contrasted with the products of mainstream Hollywood.
Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival 26th to 29th May, Schull
The Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival opening party is on Thursday 26th May at 7pm in the Village Hall in Schull and will be followed at 8pm with a screening of Mexican Short Films presented by the Mexican Institute of Cinematography.
‘Chico and Rita’ at the MLFS
This Thursday, the Magic Lantern Film Society in Derry brings a Latin feel to the programme with a screening of animated feature ‘Chico and Rita’ – the winner of Best Animated Feature at the Spanish Academy Awards in Cuba,1948.
Guth Gafa Industry Events
Industry experts from Sundance Documentary Fund, Tribeca Film Institute, POV/ American Documentary, Chicken & Egg Pictures and Hot Docs Forum, are heading to Donegal in June for the 6th Guth Gafa Documentary Festival, where they will also be joined by 9 filmmakers from US and Canada, whose films are screening in the 2011 programme.
Donal Gilligan Tribute at IFI
The Irish Film Institute will pay tribute to the late Donal Gilligan, a highly respected and greatly missed cinematographer, with a screening of ‘Country’, a rural drama written and directed by Kevin Liddy, on 30th May.
‘Can’t Stop the Music!’ at Dublin Film Qlub
The Dublin Film Qlub will screen ‘Can’t Stop the Music!’ on Saturday 18th June at 3:30pm at the ‘New Theatre’.
Super8 Shots Film Festival 2011….. Call For Submissions!
Super 8 Shots are now accepting submissions of films shot on 8mm.
Deadline Reminder for The Chaplin Comedy Festival
The Chaplin Comedy Festival, which takes place in Waterville Co Kerry from 25–28 August, is accepting entries until June 1st, 2011.
NI Short Film Production Funding
Northern Ireland Screen has announced that funding for short film production is now available.
Music for Games Workshop
FÁS Screen Training Ireland are running a two-day ‘Music for Games’ course with Garry Schyman on 18th June, which will take place in the Morrison Hotel Dublin.
EntreVues call for entries
The Belfort International Film Festival, which celebrates young cinema, is accepting entries for the 2011 competition.
American Documentary Film Season
The Centre for Creative Practices’ American Documentary Film Season will screen award-winning contemporary American documentaries that offer a view on American society and culture, as seen by independent documentary filmmakers.
Out Now! Issue 137 – The Summer Issue
Summer’s here and the time is right for reading Film Ireland in the streets.
Filmbase and TBCT to fund short films
Filmbase and Temple Bar Cultural Trust are to fund three short films inspired by the title of TBCT’s summer festival Made in Temple Bar.
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Sparrow’s back along with more weapons of mast destruction.
Second Burial at Le Blanc at the Project Arts Centre
Sarah Browne’s new film installation Second Burial at Le Blanc is currently running in the Gallery at Project Arts Centre and focuses on the small French town of Le Blanc – where a coalition of local artisans and shopkeepers have created one of the last refuges for indigenous currencies.
