Screen Ireland has announced the successful applicants for funding for the third quarter of 2019 for fiction, animation, and documentary. Projects are given funding at development, production and distribution stages.
Development
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Project Development
Project Director Writer Production Company Funding Award Saipan Paul Fraser Wild Atlantic €31,900 Radiant Kirsten Sheridan Subotica Ltd €30,000 No Man’s Land Stuart Drennan Vico Films €14,000 A High Place Rebecca Daly Rebecca Daly, Glenn Montgomery Cowtown Pictures Limited €31,900 Captain Bolt Daniel O’Hara Brian Reddin Blue Ink Films €21,300 PROSERPINA Oonagh Kearney Oonagh Kearney Tyrella Pictures €6,000 Bonobo JoJo Clifford Parrott Clifford Parrott Magpie 6 Media Entertainment Ltd €40,000 Size Zero Alan Gilsenan Alan Gilsenan O’Sullivan Productions Limited €34,800 A Kind of Longing Malgorzata Szumowska Ger Gleeson Black Sheep Productions €12,832 The Quiet Woman Virginia Gilbert Virginia Gilbert Park Films €20,560 All Fall Down Peter Murphy, Rachael Moriarty Brian Lynch Cornelia Street Productions €14,200 The Disappeared Vincent Gallagher Hugh Travers Treasure Entertainment Ltd. €22,300 50,000 Words Pat Mills David Turpin Kennedy Films €19,100 Kicking the Habit Mike Uppendahl Mary Kate O’Flanagan Treasure Entertainment Ltd. €€24,700 Jolly Sinead Fagan Treasure Entertainment €20,000 Dead Cities Gavin Burke Tailored Films €18,600 Black Unicorn David Turpin Tailored Films €14,600 The Foundling David Turpin Tailored Films €€21,500 The Restoration of Grayson Manor Glenn McQuaid Glenn McQuaid Fantastic Films €14,950 House of the Dark One Brendan Muldowney Brendan Muldowney Savage Productions €17,300 The Ballroom Aisling Walsh Aisling Walsh Parallel Film Production €42,500 Della & Jim Marian Quinn Marian Quinn Janey Pictures €23,900 Patashnik Emer Reynolds Gavin Burke Samson Films €21,300 The Old Man & The Princess Richard Gorodecky Ailbhe Keogan, Richard Gorodecky Port Pictures €30,100 Plurabelle Michael Kinirons John Kelleher Media €5,550 Sheriff Street Jim Sheridan Jim Sheridan Hell’s Kitchen €33,713 Untitled Jim Sheridan Jim Sheridan Hell’s Kitchen €22,500 -
Animation Development
Project Director Writer Production Company Funding Award Natu Natu Fran Bravo Cartoon Saloon €20,000 Bogboy Jack O’Shea, Paul Ruttledge Jack O’Shea, Paul Ruttledge Bogboy Productions Limited €14,350 Buddybugzz Jason Tammemagi Design BOS €20,000 Tessa of The Islands Louise Bagnall Shane Perez, Alan Keane Cartoon Saloon €20,000 Snake News Andrew Kavanagh, Jenny O’Brien Andrew Kavanagh Kavaleer Productions €20,000 The Wee Littles Emma Hogan Armin Prediger, Clifford Parrott, Emma Hogan Magpie 6 Media Entertainment Ltd €20,000 The Inventors Aidan O’Donovan Aidan O’Donovan, Colm Tobin Turnip & Duck Ltd €20,000 -
Documentary Development
Project Director Writer Production Company Funding Award Demons and Dancers Pat Collins Pat Collins Harvest Films €100,000 Girl Taken (Zephany: The Hidden One) Francois Verster, Simon Wood Francois Verster, Neasa Ní Chianáin, Simon Wood Soilsiu Films €Unquantified Offer of Support All the Numbers Ross Whitaker Ross Whitaker True Films €150,000 Untitled Jim Sheridan project Jim Sheridan, Colm Quinn Colm Quinn Hell’s Kitchen €150,000 Atomic Hope Frankie Fenton Frankie Fenton Kennedy Films €100,000 Young Plato Declan McGrath, Neasa Ní Chianáin Neasa Ní Chianáin Soilsiu Films €112,500 Eat Sleep Cheer Repeat Tanya Doyle Daniel Hegarty, Tanya Doyle Marmalade Films €15,000 The Dead Zoo Gang Tanya Doyle Daniel Hegarty, Tanya Doyle Marmalade Films €15,000 The Container Aoife Kelleher Aoife Kelleher Cornelia Street Productions €15,000 Lost Futures (A film about Mark Fisher) Niall McCann Niall McCann Redemption Films €15,000 Mitochondrial Jeremiah Cullinane Jeremiah Cullinane Planet Korda Pictures €15,000 Beyond Nuala O’Connor Nuala O’Connor, Dan Colley South Wind Blows €15,000 Peter O’Toole – In Eight Performances Brian Lally Brian Lally Instigator Films €15,000 Whiddy Adrian McCarthy Adrian McCarthy Curious Dog Films €14,800 -
Screenplay Development
Project Director Writer Production Company Funding Award Dysphoria Jenny Roche €12,000 Baltimore Joe Lawlor, Christine Molloy Joe Lawlor, Christine Molloy €16,000 Airport Pigeon Mick O’Hara, Ciaran Morrison €16,000 -
New Writing Development
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International Development
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TV Drama Development
Project Director Writer Production Company Funding Award Darklands Mark O’Connor Mark O’Connor Parallel Films €50,000 The Good People Steve Kenny Forty Foot Pictures €15,000 In Blood Larry Bambrick Underground Films €23,629 The Dry Nancy Harris Element Pictures €28,150 Legless Hope Dickson Leach Louise Bruton Element Pictures €28,240 Knights of the Borrowed Dark Dave Rudden Blinder Films €35,000 Singularity Jim Sheridan Jess Kidd Hell’s Kitchen €28,000 The Pretender Michael Kinirons, Arnaud Benoliel Tiger Darling Productions €18,800
Distribution
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Direct Distribution
Project Director Writer Production Company Funding Award One Million American Dreams Brendan Byrne Brendan Byrne Fine Point Films €8,500 Best Before Death Paul Duane Paul Duane Screenworks €8,500 -
Distribution Support
Project Director Writer Production Company Funding Award Dark Lies the Island Ian Fitzgibbon Kevin Barry Sentio Ar Ltd t/a Break Out Pictures €35,000 Animals Sophie Hyde Emma Jane Unsworth Sentio Ar Ltd t/a Break Out Pictures €€30,000 Extra Ordinary Enda Loughman, Mike Ahern Enda Loughman, Mike Ahern Wildcard Distribution €75,000 Gaza Garry Keane, Andrew McConnell Garry Keane, Andrew McConnell Wildcard Distribution €17,500 Never Grow Old Ivan Kavanagh Colin Downey, Ivan Kavanagh Wildcard Distribution €25,000
Production
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Fiction Irish Production
Project Director Writer Production Company Funding Award Wildfire Cathy Brady Cathy Brady Samson Films €10,400 Cutters Rachel Carey Rachel Carey O’Sullivan Productions Limited €700,000 L.O.L.A Andrew Legge Andrew Legge, Angeli MacFarlane Cowtown Pictures €700,000 Four Mothers Darren Thornton Darren Thornton, Colin Thornton Port Pictures €Unquantified Offer of Support -
Fiction Creative Co-Production
Project Director Writer Production Company Funding Award Ballywalter Prasanna Puwanarajah Stacey Gregg Cowtown Pictures Limited €Unquantified Offer of Support Rocket Surgery Nicky Lianos Stewart Thomson Vico Films €250,000 -
Animation Television Production
Project Director Writer Production Company Funding Award Stories from the Backwoods Leevi Lemmetty Leevi Lemmetty Ink and Light €300,000 Flix (aka Birdie) Liz Whitaker Kristina Yee, Nicole Paglia Pictor Productions €300,000 Old Irish Tales Trevor Courtney Danny Stack, Marina Carr, Trevor Courtney Igloo Animations €Unquantified Offer of Support Shakes Versus Shav Damien Farrell, Gerry Hoban Gerry Hoban Caboom Ltd €135,000 Royals Next Door Veronica Lassenius Carolyn Hay, Hugh Duffy Ink and Light €150,000
