Nine projects now shortlisted for the next stage of Film Limerick, John Corcoran’s ‘The Return’ selected for Cannes Short Film Festival and Cathal Black’s ‘Butterfly’ to premiere next week in Maynooth.
Nine projects now shortlisted for the next stage of Film Limerick
Limerick City of Culture in partnership with Behind the Scenes has announced the shortlist for Film Limerick. This scheme is the first of its kind and has attracted a total of 131 applications of which nine have been shortlisted.
Of the nine shortlisted, two projects will receive funding of €15,000 towards the production of their short film, the only stipulation being that filming must take place in Limerick. Each production will also receive advice and support for making the films. Interviews will be held in Limerick during the coming weeks to decide on the successful applicants and the winners will be announced at the end of the month.
Limerick City of Culture project manager for Film Limerick, Ronan Cassidy, said: Film Limerick has been a massive success. For a first time scheme, we have received applications from all over the country. The quality of work received was highly competitive and the wealth of talent among established and emerging filmmakers in Ireland shows the necessity of having schemes such as this in place. I would like to thank all who submitted scripts and wish them the best of luck in the future. I’m looking forward to meeting the shortlisted applicants and working with the successful teams.
The shortlist is as follows:
- Danann Breathnach – ‘No One Comes back from the Sea’
- Trevor Curran – ‘Crystal’
- Paul Freeney – ‘It's Like This’
- Cashell Horgan – ‘The Clock Makers Doll’
- David Leahy – ‘When Badly comes’
- John McKeown – ‘The Cobbler’
- Daniel Mooney – ‘Nobody Plans to Die’
- Harriet O'Carroll ‘Jane Austin's Limerick Love’
- Liam O'Neill – ‘Lost and Found’
John Corcoran’s ‘The Return’ selected for Cannes Short Film Festival
The latest short from Irish Director John Corcoran, (‘Poultry in Motion’, ‘Virtues of a Sinner’) has been officially selected for the inaugural Cannes Short Film Festival which takes place between the 19th and the 22nd of November.
‘The Return’, was independently funded and shot in Rathdrum, County Wicklow.
It stars Sean Treacy (‘Vikings’), Peter Molly and Jill Sartini (‘Prodigal Son’).
The DOP was Paddy Jordan (Pentacost), who shot it at 4k on the Sony F55.
The music was composed by Darius McGann and Sound Design was carried out by Fiadhnait McCann in association with Ardmore Sound. It was edited by Nicky Dunne with Visual Effects finished by Darach McHugh at Piranha Bar.
The story centers on an unusual encounter between a young boy named George and a stranger who has just woken up in the middle of nowhere.
This is the sixth short film that John wrote and directed; his previous shorts have screened at a number of festivals including, Galway, Cork and the Kinofilm Festival, Bristol. He picked up the Best Director at the NYIFF, New York for his short, ‘Virtues of a Sinner’.
There will be over a hundred short shown at the 3-day event where screenings will take place at the famous MJC Picaud Cinema in downtown Cannes.
Cathal Black’s ‘Butterfly’ to premiere next week in Maynooth
Nightingale Films Ltd has announced the date of the premiere of director Cathal Black's new short film ‘Butterfly’, written by Neil Donnelly and starring Denis Conway and Antonia Campbell-Hughes.
The film will screen at the Iontas Theatre in Maynooth on Tuesday, November 4th 2014 at seven in the evening and has a running time of 36 minutes. The screening will be followed by a reception, and a short Q&A session with Cathal Black, Denis Conway and Antonia Campbell-Hughes. This is a public event and all members who may wish to attend are welcome.
