Fingal Film Festival will take place in Blanchardstown on May 8th – 10th.
The festival has brought together leading industry experts delivering workshops, a diverse range of national and international screenings, equipment / software demonstrations and a host of other activities.
FINGAL FILM FESTIVAL 2013 – DAY ONE WED 8th MAY WORKSHOPS
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WORKSHOP 1 : Brown Bag Films Animation Workshop
VENUE: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 1st Floor Blanchardstown, D15
TIME: 10-1pm – 2pm -4pm
GUEST SPEAKERS : Producer Jennie Stacy : Directors Richard Keane : Damien O’ Connor
JENNIE STACEY – Head of Development Brown Bag Films
RICHARD KEANE – Director / Head of Previsualisation Brown Bag Films
DAMIEN O’ CONNOR – Director & Writer Brown Bag Films
WORKSHOP 2 : Film & TV Producer – Zanzibar Films
VENUE: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 1st Floor Blanchardstown, D15
TIME: 10-1pm – 2pm -5pm
PRODUCER: Edwina Forkin
Edwina Forkin set up Zanzibar Films in 2002 where she has created a strong, strategic, dynamic company. Edwina’s debut Feature HEADRUSH (2003) has four international awards to its credit. Her latest feature SUGAR was premiered in Sundance 2005 and screened in competition at Edinburgh & Thessaloniki film festivals.SWANSONG – the story of Occi Byrne (2010) six IFTA nominations –Winner of Best Actor – IFTA 2011. Also recently completed 2 GRAVES – director Yvonne McDevitt, (2011) She is also involved as co-producer on feature films DOT.COM (2006) & JOHNNY WAS (2005) and associate producer on SOUL BOY (2009) and on recent short film NOWHERE IN PARTICULAR (2012) her feature length documentaries are AIDAN WALSH – MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE (2002) and BREAKING BOUNDARIES – the Irish Cricket team’s world cup (2008) -Shimmy Marcus’s Documentary GOOD CAKE BAD CAKE (2011) and Patrick Jolley’s Documentary – A DOOR A JAR (2011)Currently in post-production on the TV series JACK TAYLOR – “PRIEST & THE SORROWS” as well as in pre-production on the next TV series of JACK TAYLOR – “TINKERS”. She is working on numerous features 66 DEGREES NORTH – director Oskar Jonasson due for production early 2013 while also co-producing The Treehouse – 2012.
WORKSHOP 2: Actors Workshop Stephen Lord
VENUE: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 1st Floor Blanchardstown, D15
TIME: 10-1pm – 2pm -5pm
Bio
Stephen is best known for his roles in “Shameless” “, Eastenders,” Default,” “Heartbeat” and “Casualty”, His breakout roles were in the Cannes winner “Raining Stones, a Ken Loach film and “Jonno Fox” in the award winning “Common As Muck” for the BBC which led him to BAFTA recognition. His solid performances as Darwin in two series of Carla Lane’s comedy for the BBC “ Luv”, “Into the Fire” by award winning writer Tony Marchant led to 2 series of “City Central” for the BBC playing rookie cop PC Steve Jackson.
Stephen has gone on to film Jackboots on Whitehall (2010), starring alongside Ewan McGregor, Timothy Spall and Richard E. Grant. He also took a trip back to his roots, by working with the much-loved director, Ken Loach, in his latest film, Route Irish (2010), and worked with the 3-times Oscar DOP whose films include “The Killing Fields” (2000).
A familiar face on the small screen, Stephen lit up the big screen with his performances in “The Bullion Boys” which picked up the Emmy award directed by Christopher Morahan. “Judge Dredd”, “Giving Tongue” and “Prince of Denmark Hill” followed. With a filmography that many actors dream of Stephen also played a mad anarchist Fazer in “SW9” for Fruit Salad Films and “Al’s Lads” opposite Ricky Tomlinson and Richard Roundtree which was directed by ‘Cracker’s’ original director Richard Standeven.
As well as“Octane” with Madeline Stow for Random Harvest and Four Horseman Films and the leading role of Spook a psychotic marine in Random Harvest and Four Horseman’s “LD50”. Stephen also enjoyed filming “Reverb” a psychological thriller with Leo Gregory and Eve Bertwistle and he played opposite the much loved Stephen Rea and Jean Claude Van Damme in the new Action film “Till Death”. One of his many amazing short films was an adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe’s “Tell Tale Heart” working with Oscar winner Jack Cardiff. He also worked on the small micro budget film “The Truth” with Elaine Cassidy and Elizabeth McGovern and again with Jean Claude Van Damme playing an American bad guy Benjamin Myers in the $12 m action film “The Shepherd”.
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