Reel Art Deadline Approaches | The Irish Film & Television Network

Reel Art films will premiere at the JDIFF in February 2012. The deadline for receipt of applications is Monday, 18th October at 5.00pm. Arts Council funded projects which have premiered at JDIFF include Conor Horgan’s ‘The Beholder’ (pictured), ‘Outliving Dracula: Le Fanu’s Carmilla’ by Fergus Daly and Katherine Waugh ‘Jimmy Murakami: Non Alien’ by Sé Merry Doyle.

The Arts Council's purpose in offering the Reel Art scheme is to support film artists to make documentary art films that would not otherwise get made. A key aim of the scheme is to complement, rather than replicate, the documentary and other funding programmes offered by the Arts Council, broadcasters and funding agencies in Ireland.

Reel Art projects should be conceived for theatrical exhibition at film festivals and in arthouse cinema settings. Only proposals for original, imaginative and aesthetically-driven treatments of arts subjects will be considered while proposals that offer visually engaging, creative and experimental approaches to their subject will be prioritised.

Film artists interested in applying for Reel Art are invited to attend an information session on the scheme at Filmbase on Tuesday 21st September at 2.30pm. Here, representatives from the Arts Council and JDIFF will outline the purpose and priorities of the award and will answer questions on the scheme. Anyone interested in attending is required to register their interest by sending an email to info@reelart.ie. Updated guidelines for Reel Art 2010, together with application forms for the scheme are available for download from the website www.reelart.ie.

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