Bl!nder Films’ feature film, ‘One Hundred Mornings’, directed by Conor Horgan (The Last Time) in his debut as a feature director, is to have its US premiere screening at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah in January 2010.
‘One Hundred Mornings’ will be one of ten feature films screened at the festival in the Narrative Feature Competition line-up, chosen from approximately 5000 applicants.
Starring Ciaran McMenamin (The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce), Alex Reid (Wilderness), Rory Keenan (Ella Enchanted) and Kelly Campbell (Speed Dating), ‘One Hundred Mornings’ is set in a world upended by a complete breakdown of society where two couples hide out in a lakeside cabin hoping to survive the crisis. As resources run low and external threats increase, they forge an uneasy alliance with their self-sufficient hippie neighbour. With no news from the outside world they can't know how long they must endure living in such close quarters, and with such limited supplies. Finally, each of them faces a critical decision they never thought they'd have to make.
The Slamdance Film Festival is in its sixteenth year. Its main focus is on films by first time directors with low budgets and its lineup of narrative and documentary films are programmed in the spirit of its motto ‘by filmmakers, for filmmakers’. Previous filmmakers to debut at the festival include Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight) and Greg Mottola (Superbad). Steven Soderberg, whose debut feature ‘sex, lies and videotape’ premiered at Slamdance will also premiere his documentary ‘And Everything is Going Fine’ at next year’s festival which takes place between January 21st and 28th.
Following the film’s selection Horgan commented: "I'm delighted that ‘One Hundred Mornings’ is one of only ten narrative features selected to be shown in competition at Slamdance. It's an honour to be screened at the festival where many directors I admire have premiered their first feature films. I'm very much looking forward to the festival and am sure that it will be a great launching pad for our film."
‘One Hundred Mornings’ was developed and funded by the Irish Film Board Catalyst scheme.
Producer Katie Holly says: “We’re thrilled with the selection and look forward to the future opportunities this may bring to find an audience for the film world-wide. It’s a great endorsement of the Catalyst scheme and of the tremendous work of all our cast & crew.”
For more information about the Slamdance Film Festival and for a full list of the feature film finalists visit www.slamdance.com
