Underground Cinema Film Festival: Sunday Preview
1. Area 51 – The Duke is called in for an emergency delivery Directed and Produced by Carl Collins – Running Time 13 Mins
2. Impetuous – On her way to a party with some friends, Kerrie is in a sudden car accident and awakes tied up in an abandoned shed unable to move Directed & Produced by Dave Thorpe – Running Time 12 Mins
3. Suitcases – When twins spend the summer with their grandfather, they uncover a tragic family secret. Directed by Alan Dunne – Produced by Alan Dunne & Elaine Dunne – Running Time 15 Mins
4. Kara – Kara is a dark drama that sees a young woman follow a nightmarish creature to an isolated farmhouse where she starts to uncover memories that she has repressed. Directed & Produced by Traolach Ó’Mhurchú – Running Time 7 Mins
5. Beach – A lonely man finds himself on a secluded beach after a nights heavy drinking and becomes aware of a presence that seems to want something. Directed by Thomas J Smyth – Running Time 3 Mins
6. Prodigal Son – Shadowy US medical company Prodigal Inc. bring a Dublin mobsters son back from the dead, to the horror of his devoted mother, and without reckoning on the son’s enigmatic killer returning to finish the job Directed by CJ Scuffins – Produced by CJ Scuffins & Ellis Mernagh – Running Time 18 Mins
7. The Hatch – Set against the backdrop of a stormy night onboard a small rural fishing trawler, Jeremiah the skipper and his Ronan witness an unearthly glowing object fall into the sea. Directed by Enda Loughman & Mike Ahearn – Produced by Gary Moore – Running Time 14 Mins
8. Solaria – Alex Russell, a geneticist on-board the Solaria Research Station has devoted his life to test subject Rachel, a comatose woman who is immune to the ageing process. Directed by John Hoey & Produced by Craig Broughton – Running Time 11 Mins
9. Walt – James is an abandoned young child who meets Walt. Walt befriends him and teaches him how to fish. The pair become friends. But Walt is not all he seems Directed & Produced by Randal Plunkett – Running Time 23 Mins
10. Sliced - A mysterious voyeur catches a young couple inside a house. In this eight minute ‘one take’ film, not all is as it seems. Directed & Produced by Alex Fegan – Running Time 8 Mins
11. Refugio 115 – 1938. The population of Barcelona is devastated by the continued indiscriminate bombing. In one of the refuges something unknown is hidden in the darkness, hidden and waiting to take people one by one. Directed by Ivan Villamel & Produced by Maria José Garcia – Running Time 6 Mins
12. Hell Cat – Charlotte lives alone with the internet sensation Charlie, her adorable talking cat. However she begins to suspect what Charlie is saying might not be so innocent. Directed by Ged Murray & Produced by David Lestor Mooney – Running Time 9 Mins
13. He Moved Through The Fair – Mick was a simple man, never spared a thought for yarns. Yet this man with no time for superstition, finds himself facing a nightmare he can scarcely believe Directed by John Hennesey & Produced by Jack Kavanagh – Running Time 13 Mins
Student Short Film Program 1 – The Maretello Suite at 10am:
1. Red Bear – While documenting the Bosnian War in the early nineties, a lonesome Irish conflict photographer experiences life on the other side of the lens. Directed by Ricardo Deakin & Produced by Conor O’Farrell & Max Ramsbottom – Running Time 12 Mins
2. Ambrose – A day in the life of ill strucken Ambrose takes a turn from the mundane when Samuel receives an unexpected letter Directed by Gavin Butler & Produced by Robert Mulligan – Running Time 9 Mins 3. Flippin The Bird – Two ignorant bird watchers suffer the consequences of taking a hungry magpie for granted. Directed by Adam Kavanagh, Maureen Walshe, Barry Keegan & Mike McCann Produced by Ballyfermot College of Further Education – Running Time 3 Mins
4. Following Strangers – A chronic stalker leaves his previous relationship in order to find true love. Directed by Chris Kelly & Produced by Vanessa Malone – Running Time 3 Mins
5. Imbalance – Owen Hunt is living a double life. While he leaves his wife Lydia at home to care for his young child, he keeps up a tawdry affair with his mistress Clarissa. His two worlds collide when he is kidnapped by the mysterious Yohannes Riyadi and forced to make a heartbreaking choice. Directed by Daniel J Doody & Produced by Patrick Thompson – Running Time 10 Mins
6. Muddy Feet Mountain High - Set back in the time of the Celts. One Celt races to get to his comrades. Does he get there in time? Directed & Produced by Benjamin Barry – Running Time 3 Mins
7. Nunday – A documentary short about a town in Kerry attempting to break the world record for the most nuns in a single place to raise awareness about suicide. Directed and Produced by James Keating – Running Time 5 Mins
8. Trapped – An autobiographical film told in a chase sequence of a fox character getting chased by demonic dogs in a claustrophobic environment Directed by Laura Murray – Produced by Ballyfermot College of Further Education – Running Time 3 Mins
9. Chat – Chat is a short film about the connection between two people, Adam & Jane Directed by David Cullinan & Produced by David Cullinan & Elliot Murphy – Running Time 7 Mins 10. Marionette – A man who has recently lost his wife discovers a marionette puppet made in her image. What follows is the man finding his own way of saying goodbye. Directed by Sam Banahan & Produced by Kieran O’Byrne – Running Time 5 Mins
11. Flight of the South – A young boy builds a robot to help him escape the violent reality of his stepfather. Directed & Produced by James Fitzgerald – Running Time 15 Mins
12. Oddity – Oddity is a story about Alex, a young teenager who is just now ready to ‘Come Out’ to his parents. He soon finds he must learn to cope with pre-judgments about his sexuality in a world where prejudice is rife. Directed by Eoghann McEntee & Produced by Emer Flaherty – Running Time 8 Mins
Student Short Film Program 2 – The Maretello Suite at 3.45pm
1. Red Flag – Two friends attempt to find the last safe place on earth, in this post apocalyptic world. Directed and Produced by James Fitzgerald – Running Time 7 Mins
2. Right of Way – Documentary short about the legal battle faced by two men who claimed a public right of way over private land. Directed & Produced by James Keating – Running Time 5 Mins
3. Ar Scáth a Chéile – Adopted from a Joyce short story, ‘A Painful Case’, taken from his book ‘Dubliners’, this Irish language short tells the story of a bachelor, reflecting on his time spent with an old flame. Directed by Daithí Ó’Cinnéide & Produced by Daithí Ó’Cinnéide & Seán Breathnach Running Time 11 Mins
3. Ciarán – A documentary film based around the life of a twelve year old boy with a sever mental disability which has never been diagnosed. Directed & produced by Diarmuid Hayes, Shauna Farrell & Jane Wilson – Running Time 22 Mins 4. Taryn Barker – When Taryn’s young sister is abducted from school, she must journey to the darkest corners of the city to save her. Directed by Zoe Kavanagh & Produced by Steve Jackson – Running Time 13 Mins
5. Unheard – Unheard tells the story of a young piano teacher and aspiring open mic musician, Aisling. With the help of her loyal friend Joanne, she tries to cope with losing her hearing without losing the music in her life. Directed by Carla Maria Tighe & Produced by Lynda Bradley – Running Time 16 Mins
6. Shellshock – Ireland, 1923. A young man returns home after having served with the British Army during World War I. He struggles to readjust to civilian life, his memories of the trenches far from his mind. Directed & Produced by John Corcoran – Running Time 11 Mins
Features:
Deadlift - Screening in the Dargan Suite at 10am
World Gym is the last of Dublins traditional bodybuilding establisments. Unlike the plethora of lifestyle fitness centres around the country, it is a bastion of old school power lifting. DeadLift will cast an acerbic but affectionate all seeing eye on a vibrant and vital Dublin institution.
Directed and Produced by Patrick Cooney
Running Time 40 Mins
Who Is Dervla Murphy – Screening in the Dargan Suite at 1115am
Who Is Dervla Murphy?
A profile documentary of Irelands foremost travel writer Dervla Murphy
Directed by Garret Daly
Produced By Martina McGlyn
Running Time 65 Mins
The Looking Glass – Screening in the Martello Suite at 11.45
The Looking Glass is a surreal thriller from writer-director Colin Downey.
The film follows Paul, a troubled young man who lives in a rural cottage
with his pregnant girlfriend Claire. Paul’s world is turned upside down one night when Claire’s sinister, predatory mother Agnes arrives at their house
to visit.
Paul is instinctively afraid of this witch-like woman who seems to know all
of his darkest secrets and fears. Agnes begins to exert a malevolent influence
over Paul’s life. One of her patients, a terrifying burn victim, starts to stalk Paul
with murderous intent.
Directed by Colin Downey
Produced by Eimear O’Kane
Running Time 75 Mins
The Raj In The Rain – Screening in the Dargan Suite at 12.45pm
The Anglo Irish Ascendancy were Medieval immigrant gangsters who for centuries led the life of Riley in the wild pastures of Ireland. But in Celtic Tiger.com, their numbers have dwindled to a few hundred, with even fewerliving in the crumbling ramshackle palaces that great great grand daddy built
Directed & Produced by Patrick Cooney
Running Time 90 Mins
The Song For The Year – Screening in the Dargan Suite at 2.30pm
Living between Waterford and Mahattan, Pierce Turner has been lauded for over 20 years by a cult following, receiving the sort of press better known acts only dream of. He has been championed by Americas most important modern composser Philp Glass, and found himself immortalised by the folk legend Christy Moore’s tribute recording ‘I love the way Pierce Turner Sings’
Directed and Produced by Colin Murnane
Running Time 60 Mins
Fight or Flight – Screening in the Dargan Suite at 6pm
Filmmaker Peter McCarthy was randomly attacked on a night out in Galway, leaving him badly scarred and threatening the vision in his left eye. On his recovery Peter came across an article on Muay Thai boxing in a newspaper and decided to leave Ireland for Thailand and learn how to defend himself.
Fight or Flight documents Peter’s journey over a year and a half in Thailand as he goes from novice in Muay Thai to fighting in semi-professional bouts in arenas full to capacity around Thailand. Through the course of his experiences in Muay Thai, Peter learns that behind his compulsion to fight lies fear and ultimately a deep-seated anger that has driven him to risk his body in the ring. Fight or Flight is a compelling first person account of Peter’s journey as he tries to come to terms with the anger within him.
Directed by Peter J McCarthy
Produced by Shane Sutton & Peter J McCarthy
Running Time 78 Mins
The Festival Awards
The Festival Awards will take place in the Martello Suite at 7pm
The Festival Awards will be presented in the Martello Suite at 7pm.
Awards will be presented for the following:
Best Indepedent Feature Film
Best Short Film
Best International Short Film
Best Student Film
Best Documentary
All are welcome to the awards ceremony
Derelict – Screening will be in the Carlisle Suite at 9pm
Four desparate men try to change their fortunes by kidnapping a bank manager and his family. It should be a simple job. But when they think someone might be watching them things start to fall apart.
Directed by Frank Kelly
Produced by Frank Kelly, Ricahrd Quinn & Elliot V. Kotek
Running Time 74 Mins
The closing film will be held in the main function room of the Royal Marine Hotel, the magnificent Carlisle Suite. After the closing film is screened the final festivities will begin with the Closing Festival Party with music and food provided. Tickets for the closing film and party are priced at €10
Click here for the festival’s full schedule
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