RTE and The Irish Film Board have invited applications to Short Cuts, the award scheme for new short Irish fiction films. The deadline for the receipt of completed applications is 5.30pm on Friday 13th of November 1998. See awards and deadlines for further information.
As part of the Cork Film Festival the Irish Film Board is holding an exhibition of film posters for previous projects they have been involved in at the Triskel Arts Centre for the duration.
Conflict of Interest
The Irish Film Board has reviewed its policy and procedures on conflict of interest with the intention of reconciling a relevant Board including members active in the film industry, with the highest standards of public integrity. The Board examined the codes of conduct and examples of best practice from ten equivalent film agencies in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Canada and has adopted stringent procedures to ensure that any board member who has an interest in a film will not be involved in decisions taken in relation to that project.
As a result, the Board has adopted the following Standing Orders relating to Conflict of Interest:
1. A Conflict of Interest arises when a member of the Board, or a member of the Board member's family or a person or corporate or other organisation connected with the member has an interest in any matter to due to come before the Board.
2. This conflict shall be communicated by the member in writing to the Chief Executive as soon as is practical when they become aware of it.
3. The Chair shall declare that Conflict of Interest at the meeting, which shall be noted in the minutes, and the member shall absent himself/herself from all discussions relating to that matter.
4. The Board member concerned shall not be directly informed of the Boards decision which will be communicated to the applicant in the normal way.
5. A Board member who becomes attached to any project subsequent to a board decision to support it shall notify the Chief Executive in writing who shall maintain a register of all such interests.
Film Board Results
The Film Board results for the May 31st Deadline are as follows:
The Board received 82 applications for development finance; 22 applications for production finance; 34 applications for Documentary (development and production); 17 applications for Animation (development and finance)
The following applicants have been made offers of finance subject to contractual agreement:
Development Finance
A Little Piece of Earth - Bandit Films
Castle Rackrent - Parellel Film Productions
Cuban Liberties - Roisin Rue Films
Famine - Revolution Films
Half Life - Jeffrey Levy-Hitne
No Magic Pill - Metropolitan Films
Timbuktu - Magahy and Company
Tone Dead - Ocean Film Productions
Vallie and Sammy - Rough Magic
Production Finance
Country - Indi Films
Days Like This - Paerallax films/Raw Nerve Productions
The Mammy - Hell's Kitchen
Park - High Hat Productions
A Perfect Stranger - Zanita Films
Documentary Production
Fiddler in India Archiva Chonamara
I Am Aidan Graph Films
It Must Be Done Right De Facto Films
McDonagh Pictures Seafield Productions
Documentary Development
Chess - Telwell Productions
Don't Muck About With The Moon - Tim Booth
Summer on 'Le Sel' - Vinagar Hill Productions
Year Zero - Hot Rock
Animation Productions
De Brudders - Brown Bag Films
Penny Dreadful - Alegro Animation
Michael McMahon 15/10/98
