IFB Announce €2m Funding Decisions | The Irish Film & Television Network

The feature films that have received production funding include Neil Jordan and John Boorman’s ‘Broken Dream’ which has been offered a provisional offer of commitment by the IFB. For more information about the project click here.

Venom Limited’s ‘Sanctuary’ which has been written by Gabriel Vargas Vasquez and Norah McGettigan (What’s It Like to be My Mother) who will also direct has received €600,000 and Colin Downey’s ‘The Shadows’ from EMU Productions which has received €100,000.

Where development funding decisions are concerned, €16,000 has been offered to ‘Commonwealth’, written by Christian O’Reilly (Inside I’m Dancing) and Tom Hall (Sensation) who will direct the feature; €20,000 has been promised to Treasure Entertainment for ‘Shrooms 3’ which has been written by Brian O’Neill and Paul Bushe and is to be directed by Jure Matjazic and €50,000 support has been given to Octagon Films for Neil Jordan’s new feature, ‘Skippy Dies’.

Furthermore €30,000 has been offered to Parallel Films for new feature, ‘The End of Sleep’ which has been penned by Mark O’Rowe (Perrier’s Bounty) and directed by John Crowley (Intermission) along with €20,000 which has been offered to Fastnet Films for Lancy Daly’s new project, ‘Dead as Doornails’.

Where Irish co-productions are concerned Subotica Limited have received €360,000 for ‘Flowers of Desire’. The Danish language co-production is written by Simon Staho (Day and Night) and Peter Birro (We Can be Heroes!) and will be directed by Staho and is to shoot in June and July in Wicklow and Kerry. Other co-productions receiving support include Samson Films’ ‘The Moth Diaries’ which is currently in post-production in Canada and has received a further €25,000 from the IFB and Newgrange Pictures’ whose upcoming feature, ‘Call Girl’ has been offered an additional €25,000. The film is written by Marietta Von Hausswolff Von Baumgarten (Allrams höjdarpaket) and will be directed by Mikael Marcimain (Wallander).

Just one Irish animation project received funding; Kavaleer Productions’ 52 x 11 min TV series, ‘The Wordles’ which has been written by Andrew Kavanagh (Hasan Everywhere) and will be directed by Owen Stickler.

Finally, where distribution funding decisions are concerned, €9,780 marketing support has been offered to Eclipse Distribution for Carmel Winter’s ‘Snap’ whilst €75,000 has been granted to Element Distribution for Ian Power’s ‘The Runway’. Blinder Films received €15,000 direct distribution support for ‘100 Hundred Mornings’ written and directed by Conor Horgan (Deep End Dance).

PRODUCTION FUNDING

Project		Director	Writer	Production Company	Funding Award
Fiction Feature Films
	Sanctuary	Norah McGettigan	Norah McGettigan & Gabriel Vargas Vasquez	Venom Limited	€600,000
	Broken Dream	John Boorman	John Boorman & Neil Jordan	Merlin Films	Provisional Offer Of Commitment
	The Shadows	Colin Downey	Colin Downey	EMU Productions	€100,000
	Grooskill	Mark O'Connor	Mark O'Connor	Vico Films	Provisional Offer Of Commitment
	Bailout	Roy Knyrim	Denis Bartok & Tom Abrams	Fantastic Films	Provisional Offer Of Commitment
Fiction Creative Co-production
	Flowers Of Desire	Simon Staho	Peter Biro & Simon Staho	Subotica Limited	€360,000
	The Moth Diaries	Mary Harron	Mary Harron	Samson Films	€25,000
	Call Girl	Mikael Marcimain	M. Von Hausswolff Von Baumgarten	Newgrange Pictures	€25,000
	Sean	Juliette Sales & Fabien Suarez	Juliette Sales & Fabien Suarez	Blinder Films	Provisional Offer Of Commitment
Animation
	The Wordles	Owen Stickler	Andrew Kavanagh	Kavaleer Productions	€150,000
Documentary
	A Stranger In A Strange Land	Pamela Drynan		Subotica Limited	€100,000
	Nightdancers	Emille Dineen		Still Films	€85,000
	The Cause Of Progress	Chris Kelly		Zanzibar Films	Provisional Offer Of Commitment
	Get The Picture	Cathy Pearson		Ferndale Films	€15,000
	The Last Hijack	Femke Wolting & Tommy Pallota	Femke Wolting & Tommy Pallota	Still Films	€280,000
Completion Fund
	Hammer To Bell	Christina Grangos		Three Legged Dog Films	€10,000

DEVELOPMENT FUNDING

Project		Director	Writer	Production Company	Funding Award
First Draft Loans
	Commonwealth	Tom Hall	Christian O'Reilly & Tom Hall		€16,000
	A Crack In Everything		Mary Kate O'Flanagan		€12,000
	Miles To Go		Patrick Kenny		€12,000
Fiction Development Loans
	The Last Snows Of Spring	David Gleeson	Jenny Roche	Wide Eye Films	€5,500
	Shrooms 3D	Jure Matjazic	Brian O'Neill & Paul Bushe	Treasure Entertainment	€20,000
	Life's A Breeze	Lance Daly	Lance Daly	Fastnet Films	€15,000
	Dead As Doornails	Lance Daly	Lance Daly	Fastnet Films	€20,000
	Easy Does It	Marion Quinn	Marion Quinn	Janey Pictures	€10,000
	Secret Scripture	Dearbhla Walsh	Johnny Ferguson	Ferndale Films	€15,000
	Love Eternal	Brendan Muldowney	Brendan Muldowney	Fastnet Films	€15,000
	Skippy Dies	Neil Jordan	Neil Jordan	Octagon Films	€50,000
	The End Of Sleep	John Crowley	Mark O'Rowe	Parallel Film Productions	€30,000
	Break Point	Nick Kelly	Nick Kelly	Zanita Productions	€16,000
	The Grass Arena		Brock Norman Brock	Screenworks Limited	€12,500

DISTRIBUTION FUNDING

Project		Director	Writer	Production Company	Funding Award
Print Provision
	Noreen	Domhnall Gleeson	Domhnall Gleeson	El Zorrero Films	€465
	Pentecost	Peter McDonald	Peter McDonald	EMU Productions	€400
	Switch	Thomas Heffron	Thomas Heffron	Warrior Films	€465
	The Crush	Michael Creagh	Michael Creagh	Purdy Pictures	€665.50
	Shoe	Nick Kelly	Nick Kelly	Zanita Productions	€735
	Snap	Carmel Winters	Carmel Winters	Samson Films	€6,450
	Crossing Salween	Brian O'Malley	Brian O'Malley	Rad Rage Films	€3,942
Marketing Support
	Snap	Carmel Winters	Carmel Winters	Eclipse Distribution	€9,780
	The Runway	Ian Power	Ian Power	Element Distribution	€75,000
Direct Distribution
	One Hundred Mornings	Conor Horgan	Conor Horgan	Blinder Films	€15,000

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