As reported on their website (www.filmboard.ie), Bord Scannán na hÉireann / the Irish Film Board has announced the first series of Short Shorts and Irish Flash.
"Short Shorts aims to add to the range and scope of Irish short film-making and to encourage talent in all areas of film production. Film-makers are invited to send proposals for brillant, imaginative, eye-catching films from one to three minutes long. Short Shorts should work with all the high impact power of ads, but without a product to sell. They could be strange, witty, unexpected, colourful, mini-narratives, abstractions with music, arguments, jokes, messages.
Short Shorts were selected by Damien O'Donnell (director of 35 Aside and East is East), Mick Hannigan (the director of the Cork Film Festival) and Rod Stoneman (Bord Scannán na hÉireann / the Irish Film Board). A total of twelve Short Shorts and seven Irish Flash projects have been selected for production. Film Board member and Short Shorts panelist Mick Hannigan felt the response to the Short Shorts launch was "wonderfully gratifying". He said that "Filmmakers responded to this 3-minute discipline with great invention, employing a wide variety of styles and approaches."
SHORT SHORTS
1. Racism, Brown Bag Films
2. Agin'the Wall, Guerilla Films
3. 50% Grey, Zanita Films
4. Storm, Clare Langan
5. The Box, Raven Films
6. Ivor the Insomniac, Zanzibar Productions
7. The Man Who Took on the Tide, Paradise Pictures
8. Feline Persuasion, Fu Fu Productions
9. Riblock Foundation, Zanzibar Productions
10. Man, Great Western Films
11. Chicken, Hit & Run Productions
12. Pitch 'n' Putt, Blue Light Productions
IRISH FLASH, initiated by Bord Scannán na hÉireann / the Irish Film Board and AtomFilms, builds on the success of Frameworks to add to the range and scope of Irish animation and to encourage new talent working in this new digital format.
Animators and artists were invited to send proposals for imaginative flash animations from one to three minutes long. The selection panel were Luke Keen (AtomFilms), Nicky Gogan (Darklight Digital Film Festival) and Rod Stoneman (Bord Scannán na hÉireann / the Irish Film Board). Luke Keen from Atom Films stated that "Flash continues to impress and excite me and these animations look as if they will be fresh, and really fun. I can't wait to see them in the flesh and being showcased by Atom Films."
1. Polly, Rosg Teoranta
2. Inferno, One Productions
3. Crap in the Park, Stephan Simpson
4. Dress Rehearsal, Cartoon Saloon
5. Bear, Cartoon Saloon
6. Kid Biscuit & the King, 9mm Film.com
7. Rolondo, Monster Animation
NEW SHORT CUTS ANNOUNCED
Bord Scannán na hÉireann / the Irish Film Board and RTE are delighted to announce the winners of this year's Short Cuts. This year's selection panel included Paddy Breathnach, who previous film credits include Southpaw, I Went Down and Blow Dry.
Short Cuts aims to add to the range and scope of Irish short film-making and to encourage new talent in all areas of film production. Special attention is given to directors, writers and producers with imagination and visual flair, taking a fresh look at contemporary Ireland.
The short films that have been selected this year are:
1. Zulu 626 Yellow Asylum Films
2. Pluck Zanzibar Productions
3. Saturday Squint Productions
4. White Great Western Films
5. This Little Piggy Vinegar Hill Productions
Please contact the Board for further details on (091) 561398 or info@filmboard.ie
