Jellybaby
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Ronan and Rob Burke's IFTA nominated short film ‘Jellybaby’ has picked up the award for Best Comedy at the Golden Star Shorts Festival in Hollywood.
‘Jellybaby’ is a humorous story about a young couple driven demented by their newborn
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terror. The film features some of Ireland’s rising acting talent including the IFTA nominated Tadhg Murphy and Katie Kirby.
Both directors attended the screening in Hollywood’s Egyptian Theatre where festival organisers had arranged meetings with LA studio executives. They received a large amount of interest for their planned feature film debut ‘Genius’, also written by ‘Jellybaby’ screenwriter Pierce Ryan.
Produced by John Wallace, ‘Jellybaby’ is looking forward to a successful international tour in March with the film traveling to the HBO US Comedy Arts Festival, World of Comedy Film Festival, the Florida Film Festival, Bermuda International Film Festival, Cinegael Montreal, The Chicago Irish Film festival and The Craic NY film festival. On the other side of the Atlantic it can be seen at the Kino in Manchester and The Celtic Film and Television Festival where has been nominated in the best short film category.
